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  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Valerie J. Paul is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on the study of coral and marine ecosystems, marine sponges and natural products, and marine and coastal plant biology. Additional areas of interest include microbial natural products and biosynthesis, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, marine biology and ecology research, and marine and fisheries research.

Their main fields of study encompass Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields relevant to their work include Ecology, Oceanography, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

Valerie J. Paul has contributed numerous papers to scientific literature, including recent publications such as:

  • Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Gatorbulin-1, a distinct cyclodepsipeptide chemotype, targets a seventh tubulin pharmacological site (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chemical and genomic characterization of a potential probiotic treatment for stony coral tissue loss disease (2023), Communications Biology
  • Gene Expression Response to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Transmission in M. cavernosa and O. faveolata From Florida (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine reserves, fisheries ban, and 20 years of positive change in a coral reef ecosystem (2021), Conservation Biology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Marine Drugs
  • Coral Reefs

Valerie J. Paul has collaborated regularly with co-authors such as Hendrik Luesch, Blake Ushijima, Sarath P. Gunasekera, Ranjala Ratnayake, and Jennifer M. Sneed, contributing to a substantial body of co-authored work.

In addition to articles, Valerie J. Paul has published books including Ecological Roles of Marine Natural Products released by Cornell University Press eBooks in 2020.

The scientist has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1996.

Best Publications

  • Climate change: links to global expansion of harmful cyanobacteria.

    Hans W. Paerl;Valerie J. Paul

  • Inhibition of coral recruitment by macroalgae and cyanobacteria

    Ilisa B. Kuffner;Linda J. Walters;Mikel A. Becerro;Valerie J. Paul

  • Natural Chemical Cues for Settlement and Metamorphosis of Marine-Invertebrate Larvae

    Michael G. Hadfield;Valerie J. Paul

  • Structure and activity of largazole, a potent antiproliferative agent from the Floridian marine cyanobacterium Symploca sp.

    Kanchan Taori;Valerie J Paul;Hendrik Luesch

  • Marine chemical ecology

    Valerie J. Paul;Melany P. Puglisi;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • Isolation of dolastatin 10 from the marine cyanobacterium Symploca species VP642 and total stereochemistry and biological evaluation of its analogue symplostatin 1.

    Hendrik Luesch;Richard E. Moore;Valerie J. Paul;Susan L. Mooberry

  • Total structure determination of apratoxin A, a potent novel cytotoxin from the marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula.

    Hendrik Luesch;Wesley Y. Yoshida;Richard E. Moore;Valerie J. Paul

  • Mini-review: quorum sensing in the marine environment and its relationship to biofouling

    Sergey Dobretsov;Max Teplitski;Valerie Paul

  • New perspectives on ecological mechanisms affecting coral recruitment on reefs

    Raphael Ritson-Williams;Suzanne N. Arnold;Nicole D. Fogarty;Robert S. Steneck

  • Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases.

    Cory J. Krediet;Kim B. Ritchie;Kim B. Ritchie;Valerie J. Paul;Max Teplitski;Max Teplitski

  • Ecological roles of marine natural products

    Valerie J. Paul

  • Seaweed susceptibility to herbivory: chemical and morphological correlates

    Valerie J. Paul;Mark E. Hay

  • Laulimalides. New potent cytotoxic macrolides from a marine sponge and a nudibranch predator

    David G. Corley;Rolf Herb;Richard E. Moore;Paul J. Scheuer

  • Chemical defense in tropical green algae, order Caulerpales

    VJ Paul;W. Fenical

  • Toxin release in response to oxidative stress and programmed cell death in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.

    Cliff Ross;Lory Santiago-Vázquez;Valerie Paul

  • Chemical mediation of interactions among marine organisms

    Valerie J. Paul;Melany P. Puglisi

  • Global warming and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms

    Valerie J Paul

  • Activation of chemical defenses in the tropical green algae Halimeda spp.

    Valerie J. Paul;Kathryn L. Van Alstyne

  • Chemical defenses: from compounds to communities.

    Valerie J. Paul;Karen E. Arthur;Raphael Ritson-Williams;Cliff Ross

  • The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals

    Jennifer M. Sneed;Koty H. Sharp;Kimberly B. Ritchie;Valerie J. Paul

  • Isolation, Structure Determination, and Biological Activity of Lyngbyabellin A from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula

    Hendrik Luesch;Wesley Y. Yoshida;Richard E. Moore;Valerie J. Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

Hendrik Luesch
Hendrik Luesch University of Florida
Raphael Ritson-Williams
Raphael Ritson-Williams Smithsonian Institution
Richard E. Moore
Richard E. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
William Fenical
William Fenical University of California, San Diego
Max Teplitski
Max Teplitski University of Florida
Wesley Y. Yoshida
Wesley Y. Yoshida University of Hawaii at Manoa
Steven C. Pennings
Steven C. Pennings University of Houston
Marc Slattery
Marc Slattery University of Mississippi
Mark E. Hay
Mark E. Hay Georgia Institute of Technology
Tao Ye
Tao Ye Pennsylvania State University

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