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Overview

Edward G. Ruby is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Immunology.

Key topics in Edward G. Ruby's research include:

  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Recent publications by Edward G. Ruby and collaborators reflect a focus on symbiotic relationships between bacteria and marine organisms as well as host-microbe interactions. Notable papers include:

  • "A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host," 2021, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "The noncoding small RNA SsrA is released by Vibrio fischeri and modulates critical host responses," 2020, published in PLoS Biology
  • "Interactions of Symbiotic Partners Drive the Development of a Complex Biogeography in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis," 2020, published in mBio
  • "Modeled microgravity alters lipopolysaccharide and outer membrane vesicle production of the beneficial symbiont Vibrio fischeri," 2021, published in npj Microgravity
  • "Using Colonization Assays and Comparative Genomics To Discover Symbiosis Behaviors and Factors in Vibrio fischeri," 2020, published in mBio

Edward G. Ruby frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Common co-authors include Margaret McFall-Ngai, Clotilde Bongrand, Silvia Moriano-Gutierrez, Tara Essock-Burns, and Jonathan B. Lynch. These collaborations have contributed to a multidisciplinary exploration of microbial symbiosis and host interaction mechanisms.

Their work is often published in scientific venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, mSystems, Journal of the Endocrine Society, and UNC Libraries, showing a spread across preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals.

Best Publications

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • Depressed light emission by symbiotic Vibrio fischeri of the sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes.

    K J Boettcher;E G Ruby

  • Vibrio fischeri lux Genes Play an Important Role in Colonization and Development of the Host Light Organ

    Karen L. Visick;Jamie Foster;Judith Doino;Margaret McFall-Ngai

  • LESSONS FROM A COOPERATIVE, BACTERIAL-ANIMAL ASSOCIATION: The Vibrio fischeri–Euprymna scolopes Light Organ Symbiosis

    Edward G. Ruby

  • Symbiont recognition and subsequent morphogenesis as early events in an animal-bacterial mutualism

    Margaret J. McFall-Ngai;Edward G. Ruby

  • Complete genome sequence of Vibrio fischeri: A symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners

    E. G. Ruby;M. Urbanowski;J. Campbell;A. Dunn

  • Establishment of an animal–bacterial association: Recruiting symbiotic vibrios from the environment

    Spencer V. Nyholm;Eric V. Stabb;Edward G. Ruby;Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

  • RP4-based plasmids for conjugation between Escherichia coli and members of the vibrionaceae

    Eric V Stabb;Edward G Ruby

  • The Vibrio fischeri quorum-sensing systems ain and lux sequentially induce luminescence gene expression and are important for persistence in the squid host.

    Claudia Lupp;Mark Urbanowski;E. Peter Greenberg;Edward G. Ruby

  • Effect of transposon-induced motility mutations on colonization of the host light organ by Vibrio fischeri.

    J Graf;P V Dunlap;E G Ruby

  • Growth and flagellation of Vibrio fischeri during initiation of the sepiolid squid light organ symbiosis

    E. G. Ruby;L. M. Asato

  • Effect of the Squid Host on the Abundance and Distribution of Symbiotic Vibrio fischeri in Nature.

    Kyu-Ho Lee;Edward G. Ruby

  • A unified initiative to harness Earth's microbiomes

    A. P. Alivisatos;M. J. Blaser;E. L. Brodie;M. Chun

  • Vibrio fischeri Uses Two Quorum-Sensing Systems for the Regulation of Early and Late Colonization Factors

    Claudia Lupp;Edward G. Ruby

  • A single regulatory gene is sufficient to alter bacterial host range

    Mark J. Mandel;Michael S. Wollenberg;Eric V. Stabb;Karen L. Visick

  • Host-derived amino acids support the proliferation of symbiotic bacteria

    Joerg Graf;Edward G. Ruby

  • Chemolithotrophic Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria from the Galapagos Rift Hydrothermal Vents

    E. G. Ruby;C. O. Wirsen;H. W. Jannasch

  • Diverse high-torque bacterial flagellar motors assemble wider stator rings using a conserved protein scaffold

    Morgan Beeby;Deborah A. Ribardo;Caitlin A. Brennan;Edward G. Ruby

  • Shedding light on bioluminescence regulation in Vibrio fischeri

    Tim Miyashiro;Edward G. Ruby

  • Symbiotic conversations are revealed under genetic interrogation

    Edward G. Ruby

  • Vibrio fischeri and its host: it takes two to tango.

    Karen L Visick;Edward G Ruby

  • Competitive Dominance among Strains of Luminous Bacteria Provides an Unusual Form of Evidence for Parallel Evolution in Sepiolid Squid-Vibrio Symbioses

    Michele K. Nishiguchi;Edward G. Ruby;Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Jennifer L. Reed
Jennifer L. Reed University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeff F. Miller
Jeff F. Miller University of California, Los Angeles
Janet K. Jansson
Janet K. Jansson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bradford W. Gibson
Bradford W. Gibson Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
Anders Meibom
Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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