Curriculum Vitae

Academic Experience

B.S.  – North Carolina State University (Raleigh,  NC) – 1997
Natural Resources - Concentration in Marine and Coastal Resources

Ph.D.  – University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) – 2002
Integrative Cell and Molecular Physiology
Characterization of Growth Hormone in Yellow Perch and Myostatin in Several Teleost Species

Professional Experience

Refereed Publications

Roberts SB, Jackson LF, King WK, Taylor RG, Grier HJ, Sullivan CV. (1999) Annual reproductive cycle of the common snook: Endocrine correlates of maturation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 128:426-445.

Langenau DM, Goetz FW, Roberts SB. (1999)  The upregulation of messenger ribonucleic acids during 17a, 20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced ovulation in the perch ovary. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 23(2):137-52. (LINK)

Roberts SB, Langenau DM, Goetz FW. (2000) Isolation through cloning of fish prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (cyclooxygenase) in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Reproductive Physiology of Fish; B Norberg, OS Kjesbu, GL Taranger, E Andersson, and SO Stefansson, editors. Bergen, Norway. July 4-9, 1999. p 197.

Moser ML, Roberts SB. (2000) Effects of nonindigenous ictalurids and recreational electrofishing on the ictalurid community of the Cape Fear River drainage, North Carolina. in Catfish 2000: Proceedings of the International Ictalurid Symposium; ER Irwin, WA Hubert, CF Rabeni, HL Schramm, Jr., and T Coon, editors. Davenport, IA. June 23-25, 1998. pp 479-485.  (LINK)

Roberts SB, Langenau DM, Goetz FW. (2000) Cloning and characterization of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-1 and -2 from the brook trout ovary.  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 160(1-2):89-97. (LINK)

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2001) Differential skeletal muscle expression of myostatin across teleost species, and the isolation of multiple myostatin isoforms.  FEBS Letters. Vol 491, No. 3, pp. 212-216.  (LINK)

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2003) Myostatin protein and mRNA transcript levels in adult and developing brook trout. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 210 (1-2): 9-20.  (PDF)

Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2003)  Expressed sequence tag analysis of genes expressed in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians. Biological Bulletin. 205: 227-228.  (LINK)

Roberts SB, Barry T, Malison J, Goetz FW. (2004) Production of a recombinantly-derived growth hormone antibody and the characterization of growth hormone levels in yellow perch. Aquaculture. Vol. 232/1-4: 591-602. (PDF)

Hollis DM, Goetz FW, Roberts SB, Boyd SK. (2004) Acute neurosteroid modulation and subunit isolation of the GABAa receptor in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 32:921-34. (LINK)

Biga PR, Cain KD, Hardy RW, Schelling GT, Overturf K, Roberts SB, Goetz FW, Ott TL.  (2004) Growth hormone differentially regulates muscle myostatin1 and -2 and increases circulating cortisol in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).  General and Comparative Endocrinology. Vol 138(1):32-41 (LINK)

Kim H-W, Mykles DL, Goetz FW, Roberts SB.  (2004) Characterization of an invertebrate myostatin homologue from the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians.  BBA – Gene Structure and Expression. 1679(2):174-9 (PDF)

Roberts SB, McCauley LAR, Devlin RH, Goetz FW.  (2004)  Transgenic salmon over-expressing growth hormone exhibit decreased myostatin transcript and protein expression. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(Pt 21):3741-8 (PDF)

Biga PR, Roberts SB, Iliev DB, McCauley LA, Moon JS, Collodi P, Goetz FW. (2005) The isolation, characterization, and expression of a novel GDF11 gene and a second myostatin form in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 141: 218-230 (PDF)

Jentoft S, Topp N, Seeliger M, Malison JA, Barry TP, Held JA, Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2005)  Lack of growth enhancement by exogenous growth hormone treatment in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in four separate experiments. Aquaculture. In press (PDF).

Roberts SB, Romano C, Gerlach G. (2005) Characterization of EST derived SSRs from the bay scallop, Argopectens irradians.  Molecular Ecology Notes. 5: 567-568 (PDF)

Lyons MM, Smolowitz R, Dungan C, Roberts SB. (2006) Development of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the hard clam pathogen, Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 72(1):45-52.

Rodgers BD, Roalson EH, Weber GM, Roberts SB, Goetz FW. (2006) A Proposed Nomenclature Consensus for the Myostatin Gene Family. AJP- Endocrinology and Metabolism. In press.

Hodgins-Davis A, Roberts SB, Cowan D, Atema J, Avolio C, Defaveri J, Gerlach G. (2006) Characterization of SSRs from the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Molecular Ecology Notes. In press.

Hodgins-Davis, A, S Roberts, DF Cowan, J Atema, M Bennie, C Avolio, J Defaveri, G Gerlach. (2007) Characterization of SSRs from the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Molecular Ecology Notes. 7(2):330-332(3).

Maille Lyons, M, Y-T Lau, WE Carden, JE Ward, SB Roberts, R Smolowitz, J Vallino, B Allam. (2007) Characteristics of marine aggregates in shallow-water ecosystems: implications for disease ecology. EcoHealth. 4:406–420.

Rodgers BD, EH Roalson EH, GM Weber, SB Roberts, FW Goetz. (2007) A proposed nomenclature consensus for the myostatin gene family. American Journal of Physiology—Endocrinology and Metabolism. 292(2):E371-2.

Lyons MM, Lau Y-T, Carden WE, Ward JE, Roberts SB, Smolowitz R, Vallino J, Allam B. Characteristics of marine aggregates in shallow-water ecosystems: Implications for disease ecology. Environmental Research. Submitted

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