PUBLICATIONS
Co-first authors #; Mentored graduate student * or undergraduate student ^
18. Brückner, A, JM Badroos, RW Learsch, M Yousefelahiyeh, SA Kitchen, & J Parker. (bioRxiv) Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.13.444042)

17. Brückner, A, AA Barnett, IA Antoshechkin & SA Kitchen. (bioRxiv) Molecular evolutionary trends and biosynthesis pathways in the Oribatida revealed by the genome of Archegozetes longisetosus. (https://bit.ly/2W3IMoU)

16. Vasquez Kuntz, KL*#, SA Kitchen#, TL Conn, SA Vohsen*, AN Chan*, MJA Vermeij, C Page, KL Marhaver, & IB Baums. (bioRxiv) Juvenile corals inherit genetic mutations acquired during their parent’s lifespan. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345538v1
       - ​“Corals are first animals seen to pass on mutations acquired as adults” New Scientist

15. Baker, LJ, HG Reich, SA Kitchen, JG Klinges, HR Koch, IB Baums, E Muller, & R Vega Thurber. (in review) The coral symbiont Candidatus Aquarickettsia is variably abundant in threatened Caribbean acroporids and transmitted horizontally. (https://bit.ly/2MAt8jl)

14. Kitchen, SA, CC Osborne*, ND Fogarty & IB Baums. (in review) The “bushy” morphotype is not linked to mitochondrial haplogroups of Caribbean acroporid hybrids. 
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13. Reich, HG*, SA Kitchen, KH Stankiewicz*, MK Devlin-Durante, ND Fogarty, & IB Baums (2021) Genomic variation of an endosymbiotic dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium ‘fitti’) among closely related coral hosts. Molecular Ecology.

12.Gorman, LM*, SP Wilkinson, SA Kitchen, CA Oakley, AR Grossman, VM Weis, & SK Davy. (2020) Phylogenetic analysis of cell-cycle regulatory proteins within the Symbiodiniaceae. Scientific Reports, 10:20473.
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11. Kitchen, SA, G Von Kuster, KL Vasquez Kuntz*, HG Reich*, W Miller, S Griffin, ND Fogarty & IB Baums (2020) STAGdb: a 30K SNP genotyping array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts. Scientific Reports, 10(12488) 
       - Highlighted by NSF “4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About”

10. Baums, IB, AC Baker, SW Davies, A Grottoli, CD Kenkel, SA Kitchen, IB Kuffner, TC LaJeunesse, MV Matz, MW Miller, JE Parkinson, & AA Shantz (2019) Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic.  Ecological Applications, e01978.

9.  Parkinson, JE, AC Baker, IB Baums, SW Davies, A Grottoli, SA Kitchen, TC LaJeunesse, MV Matz, MW Miller, AA Shantz, & CD Kenkel (2019) Molecular tools for coral reef restoration: beyond biomarker discovery. Conservation Letters, e12687.

8. Kitchen, SA#, A Ratan#, OC Bedoya-Renia, R Burhans, ND Fogarty, W Miller, & IB Baums (2019) Genomic variants among threatened Acropora corals. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 9.5: 1633-1646.
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7. Kramer, B, AJ Bourdelais, SA Kitchen, & AR Taylor. (2018) Uptake and localization of fluorescently-labeled Karenia brevis metabolites in marine microbial taxa. Journal of Phycology, 55 (1), 47-59.

6. Kitchen, SA, AJ Bourdelais, & AR Taylor. (2018) Interaction of a dinoflagellate neurotoxin with voltage-activated ion channels in a marine diatom. PeerJ  6: e4533.

5. Sproles*, AE, NL Kirk, SA Kitchen, CA Oakley, AR Grossman, VM Weis, & SK Davy. (2018) Phylogenetic characterization of transporter proteins in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 120: 307-320.  

4. Kitchen, SA,  AZ Poole, & VM Weis. (2017)  Sphingolipid metabolism of a sea anemone is altered by the presence of dinoflagellate symbionts.  The Biological Bulletin, 233(3): 242-254. 

3. Kitchen, SA &  VM Weis. (2017)  The sphingosine rheostat is involved in the cnidarian heat stress response but not necessarily in bleaching. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220: 1709-1720.
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2. Poole, AZ,  SA Kitchen, & VM Weis. (2016)  The role  of complement in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and immune challenge in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7: 519.

1. Kitchen, SA#, CM Crowder#, AZ Poole, VM Weis & E Meyer. (2015) De novo assembly and characterization of four anthozoan transcriptomes. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics,  5(11): 2441-2452.  Cover Art

PAPERS IN  PREPARATION
2. Kitchen, SA, K Stankiewicz*, CC Osborne*, MK Devlin-Durante, AN Chan*, B Kamel, SB Piorkowski^, HG Reich*,  SA Vohsen*, ND Fogarty, W Miller, & IB Baums (in preparation) Genome-wide analysis of introgression and speciation in Caribbean acroporids.

1. Kitchen, SA, D Jiang, S Harii, N Satoh, VM Weis, and C Shinzato. (in preparation) Hyperthermal stress alters phenotypic and transcriptomic response of coral larvae at the onset of symbiosis.