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Biography:
Tracy’s primary focus is developing immunoassays for detection of immune and fertility biomarkers in fish and marine mammals.
Education:
Ph.D. in Medical Science from the University of South Florida, College of Medicine
B.S. in Biology
Current Publications
Tracy A. Sherwood, Rebecca Medvecky, Christelle Miller, Dana L. Wetzel (2024). Biochemical, molecular, and physiological assessments of crude oil dietary exposure in sub-adult red drum. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 278, 109864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109864
Sherwood, T. A., Rodgers, M. L., Tarnecki, A. M., Wetzel, D. L. (2021). Characterization of the differential expressed genes and transcriptomic pathway analysis in the liver of sub-adult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) exposed to Deepwater Horizon chemically dispersed oil. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 214, 112098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112098
Rodgers, M. L., Sherwood, T. A., Tarnecki, A. M., Griffitt, R. J., & Wetzel, D. L. (2021). Characterizing transcriptomic responses of southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) chronically exposed to Deepwater Horizon oiled sediments. Aquatic Toxicology, 230, 105716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105716
Sherwood, T.A., Main, K.L., Wetzel, D.L. (2019). De novo assembly and transcriptome dataset of liver, testis, and head kidney from red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Data in Brief, 22.0, 934-939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.01.011
Andrea M. Tarnecki, Christelle Miller, Tracy A. Sherwood, Robert J. Griffitt, Ryan W. Schloesser, Dana L. Wetzel (2022). Dispersed Crude Oil Induces Dysbiosis in the Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus External Microbiota. Microbiology spectrum, 10(1), e00587-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00587-21
Sherwood, T.A., Medvecky, R.L., Miller, C.A., et al. (2019). Nonlethal Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Oiled Sediment Exposed Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma): Utility for Field-Base Monitoring Exposure and Potential Recovery. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(24), 14083-14770. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05930
Additional Publications
Tracy A. Sherwood, Liang Nong, Marisela Agudelo, Cathy Newton, Ray Widen, and Thomas W. Klein. 2009. Identification of transcription start sites and preferential expression of select CB2 transcripts in mouse and human B lymphocytes. Journal of NeuroImmune Pharmacology 4(4):476-88.