Personal Summary

I am a geneticist of host-microbe interactions, starting as an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University in August 2023. I am finishing my postdoctoral work as an NSF postdoctoral fellow at the University of Montana with Prof. Brandon Cooper and received my PhD as an NSF graduate research fellow at Vanderbilt University with Prof. Seth Bordenstein. My research has focused on understanding the mechanisms and diversity of bacterial manipulations of insect reproduction, with Wolbachia bacteria as a model. In addition to my passion for research, I am deeply passionate about mentorship and education.

Publications

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2022

• Shropshire, J.D., Hamant, E., Conner, W.R., & Cooper, B.S. (2022) cifB-transcription largely explains cytoplasmic incompatibility variation across divergent Wolbachia. PNAS Nexus. Download PDF.
• Kaur, R.^†,Shropshire, J.D., Leigh, B., & Bordenstein, S.R.^† (2022) Nuclease proteins CifA and CifB promote spermatid DNA damage associated with symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. BioRxiv. Download PDF.
• Hague, M.^†, Shropshire, J.D., Caldwell, C.N., Statz J.P., Stanek K.A., Conner, W.R., & Cooper, B.S. (2022) Temperature effects on cellular host-microbe interactions explain continent-wide endosymbiont prevalence. Current Biology. Download PDF. Primer by Stuckert & Matute.

2021

• Shropshire, J.D.^†, Hamant, E.^*, & Cooper, B.S. (2021) Male age and Wolbachia dynamics: Determining how fast and why bacterial densities and cytoplasmic incompatibility strengths vary. mBio. Download PDF.
• Shropshire, J.D.^†, Rosenberg, R.^*, & Bordenstein, S.R.^† (2021). The impacts on cytoplasmic incompatibility factor (cifA and cifB) genetic variation on phenotypes. Genetics. Download PDF. Journal cover.
• Kaur, R.K.^†, Shropshire, J.D., Cross, K.L., Leigh, B., Mansueto, A.J., Stewart, V., Bordenstein S.R., and Bordenstein S.R.^† (2021). Living in the Endosymbiotic World of Wolbachia: A Centennial Review. Cell Host & Microbe. Download PDF.

2020

• Shropshire, J.D.^†, Kalra, M.^*, & Bordenstein, S.R.^† (2020). Evolution-guided mutagenesis of the cytoplasmic incompatibility proteins: Identifying CifA’s complex functional repertoire and new essential regions in CifB. PLOS Pathogens.Download PDF.
• Pugazenthi, S.^*, White, P.^*, Basu, A.^*, Chandrashekar, A.^*, & Shropshire, J.D.^† (2020). Survey of Wolbachia prevalence in Nashville, Tennessee reveals novel infections. American Journal of Undergraduate Research.Download PDF.
• Shropshire, J. D.^†, Leigh, B., & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2020). Symbiont-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility: what have we learned in 50 years? eLife.Download PDF.

2019

• Layton, E.M.^*, On, J.^*, Perlmutter, J., & Bordenstein, S.R.^† & Shropshire, J.D. ^† (2019). Paternal grandmother age affects the strength of Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster. mBio.Download PDF.
• Shropshire, J. D.^†, & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2019). Two-By-One model of cytoplasmic incompatibility: Synthetic recapitulation by transgenic expression of cifA and cifB in Drosophila. PLOS Genetics.Download PDF.
• Shropshire, J. D.^†, Leigh, B., Bordenstein, S. R., Duplouy, A., Riegler, M., Brownlie, J. C., & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2019). Models and Nomenclature for Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: Caution over Premature Conclusions-A Response to Beckmann et al. Trends in genetics: TIG.Download PDF.

2018

• Shropshire, J. D.^†, On, J.^*, Layton, E. M.^*, Zhou, H.^*, & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2018). One prophage WO gene rescues cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Download PDF. In the news.

2017

• LePage, D. P.^#, Metcalf, J. A.^#, Bordenstein, S. R., On, J.^*, Perlmutter, J. I., Shropshire, J. D., Layton, E.M.^*, Funkhouser-Jones, L. J., Beckmann, J.F., & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2017). Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility. Nature.Download PDF. In the news.
• Shropshire, J. D. & A. Rokas^† (2017). Heredity: The gene family that cheats Mendel. eLife.Download PDF.

2016

• Shropshire, J. D. ^†,#, van Opstal, E. J.^#, & Bordenstein, S. R. ^† (2016). An optimized approach to germ-free rearing in the jewel wasp Nasonia. PeerJ.Download PDF.
• Dittmer, J., van Opstal, E. J., Shropshire, J. D., Bordenstein, S. R., Hurst, G. D., & Brucker, R. M.^† (2016). Disentangling a holobiont–recent advances and perspectives in Nasonia wasps. Frontiers in Microbiology.Download PDF.
• Shropshire, J. D.^†, & Bordenstein, S. R.^† (2016). Speciation by symbiosis: The microbiome and behavior. mBio.Download PDF.

2015

• Shropshire, J.D., Moore, D., Seier, E., & Joplin, K. H.^† (2015). Male aggression, limited female choice and the ontogeny of mating behaviour in the flesh fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis. Physiological Entomology.Download PDF.

2014

• Moore, D., Paquette, C., Shropshire, J. D., Seier, E., & Joplin, K. H.^† (2014). Extensive reorganization of behavior accompanies ontogeny of aggression in male flesh flies. PLOS One.Download PDF.