##Steven B. Roberts
 
**Associate Professor; University of Washington**    
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355020, Seattle WA 98195     
phone: 206-866-5141 - email: sr320@uw.edu - website: [robertslab.info](robertslab.info)     
 
_Professional Preparation_      

* PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2002, Biological Sciences    
* BSc, North Carolina State University, 1997, Natural Resources    
 
_Appointments_  

* 2013-present Associate Professor - University of Washington  
* 2007-2013 Assistant Professor - University of Washington    
* 2003-2006 Assistant Research Scientist - Marine Biological Laboratory, MA    
* 2002-2003 Post-doctoral scholar – USDA NRI Fellowship   
 
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###Research Interests 
Physiological response of aquatic species to environmental change with a particular focus on the relationship of transcriptomics, genetics, and epigenetic modifications. Current research efforts include characterizing the adaptive potential of native oysters in Puget Sound and the functional role of DNA methylation in shellfish.



###Publications

Publication Impact: [Impact Story](https://impactstory.org/StevenRoberts), [Google Scholar](http://scholar.google.com/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=aAoYWVUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works) (citations = 954, h-index = 16)

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####Related Products
Garcia-Vedrenne AE, Groner M, Page-Karjian A, Siegmund G-F, Singhal S, Sziklay J and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Development of Genomic Resources for a thraustochytrid Pathogen and Investigation of Temperature Influences on Gene Expression](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0074196) PLoS ONE 8(9): e74196. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074196

Burge CA, Mouchka ME, Harvell CD and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Immune response of the Caribbean sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, exposed to an _Aplanochytrium parasite_ as revealed by transcriptome sequencing](http://www.frontiersin.org/invertebrate_physiology/10.3389/fphys.2013.00180/abstract) Frontiers in Physiology 4:180. doi:10.3389/fphys.2013.00180

Timmins-Schiffman EB, Friedman CS, Metzger DC, White SJ and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Genomic resource development for shellfish of conservation concern](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.12052/abstract) Molecular Ecology Resources. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12052

Roberts SB and Gavery MR (**2012**) [Is there a relationship between DNA methylation and phenotypic plasticity in invertebrates?](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249382/?tool=pubmed) Frontiers in Physiology 2:116. doi:10.3389/fphys.2011.00116

Roberts SB, Sunila I, and Wikfors G. (**2011**) [Immune response and mechanical stress susceptibility in diseased oysters, _Crassostrea virginica_](http://www.springerlink.com/content/u975017n6763324n/) Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182:1 41-48. doi:10.1007/s00360-011-0605-z


#### Other Products

Gavery MR and Roberts SB. (**2014**) [A context specific role for DNA methylation in bivalves](http://bfg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/01/06/bfgp.elt054.short) Briefings in Functional Genomics. doi:10.1093/bfgp/elt054 

Burge CA, Douglas N, Conti-Jerpe I, Weil E, Roberts SB, Friedman CS and CD Harvell. (**2012**) [Friend or foe: the association of Labyrinthulomycetes with the Caribbean sea fan, _Gorgonia ventalina_](http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v101/n1/p1-12) Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 101:1-12. doi:10.3354/dao02487

Timmins-Schiffman EB, Nunn BL, Goodlett DR and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Shotgun proteomics as a viable approach for biological discovery in the Pacific oyster](http://conphys.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/cot009.full.pdf+html) Conservation Physiology. doi:10.1093/conphys/cot009

Seeb JE, Carvalho G, Hauser L, Naish K, Roberts SB and Seeb LW. (**2011**) [Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and applications of SNP genotyping in nonmodel organisms](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02979.x/full) Molecular Ecology Resources 11 1–8. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02979.x

Morera D, Roher N, Ribas L, Balasch JC, Doñate C, Callol A, Boltaña A, Roberts SB, Goetz G, Goetz FW and Mackenzie SA. (**2011**) [RNA-Seq reveals an integrated immune response in nucleated erythrocytes](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026998) PLoS ONE 6(10): e26998. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026998

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 Storer CS, Quinn TP and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Quantitative PCR analysis used to characterize physiological changes in brain tissue of senescent sockeye salmon](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10522-013-9448-1) Biogerontology. doi:10.1007/s10522-013-9448-1

Gavery MR and Roberts SB. (**2013**) [Predominant intragenic methylation is associated with gene expression characteristics in a bivalve mollusc](https://peerj.com/articles/215/) PeerJ 1:e215. doi:10.7717/peerj.215

Timmins-Schiffman EB and Roberts SB. (**2012**) [Characterization of genes involved in ceramide metabolism in the Pacific oyster _Crassostrea gigas_](http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/502) BMC Research Notes 5:502.  doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-502
 
Metzger DC, Pratt P and Roberts SB. (**2012**) [Characterizing the effects of heavy metal and _Vibrio_ exposure on hsp70 expression in _Crassostrea gigas_ gill tissue](http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.031.0305) Journal of Shellfish Research 31(3):627-630. doi:10.2983/035.031.0305 [pdf](http://faculty.washington.edu/sr320/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Meztger_JSR.pdf)

Roberts SB, Hauser L, Seeb LW and Seeb JE (**2012**) [Development of genomic resources for Pacific herring through targeted transcriptome pyrosequencing](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030908) PLoS ONE 7(2): e30908. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030908

Storer CG, Pascal CE, Roberts SB, Templin WD, Seeb LW and Seeb JE. (**2012**) [Rank and Order: Evaluating the Performance of SNPs for Individual Assignment in a Non-Model Organism](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0049018) PLoS ONE 7(11): e49018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049018

Timmins-Schiffman EB,  O’Donnell M, Friedman CS, and Roberts SB. (**2012**) [Elevated pCO2 causes developmental delay in early larval Pacific oysters, _Crassostrea gigas_](http://www.springerlink.com/content/j051782638k7n058/) Marine Biology. doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2055-x [pdf](http://eagle.fish.washington.edu/cnidarian/ETS_oyster_larve_MB.pdf)


Olson CE and Roberts SB. (**2014**). [Genome-wide profiling of DNA methylation and gene expression in _Crassostrea gigas_ male gametes](http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00224/abstract). Frontiers in Physiology. 5:224. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00224

Gavery MR* and Roberts SB. (**2012**) [Characterizing short read sequencing for gene discovery and RNA-Seq analysis in Crassostrea gigas](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1744117X11001018) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 7:2 94-99. doi:10.1016/j.cbd.2011.12.003



####Preprints
Timmins-Schiffman E, Coffey WD, Hua W, Nunn BL, Dickinson GH and Roberts SB (**2014**) [Shotgun proteomics reveals physiological response to ocean acidification in _Crassostrea gigas_](https://peerj.com/preprints/388/). PeerJ PrePrints 2:e388v1  doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.388v1

Gavery MG and Roberts SB (2013): [A context specific role for DNA methylation in bivalves](http://figshare.com/articles/Preprint_A_context_specific_role_for_DNA_methylation_in_bivalves/880763) figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.880763

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###Synergistic Activities
* Visiting Professor: University of Brest - IFREMER France (November 2013)   
* Board of Directors: Pan-American Marine Biotechnology Association (2009-present)  
* Organizer: Aquaculture Genomics Workshop, Plant Animal Genome Conference, San Diego CA   (2013-2014)
* Faculty Mentor: Ocean and Coastal Interdisciplinary Science (OACIS) GK-20 Program (2011-2013)   
* Advocate for open notebook science and data sharing. All students and staff maintain open access electronic lab notebooks and share resources using a wiki-based platform.