Publications

Peer-Reviewed

*undergraduate researcher

Stellwagen, S. D., and Burns, M. 2021. Repeat variation resolves a complete aggregate silk sequence of bolas spider Mastophora phrynosoma. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(4):1450–1458. (Invited)

Stellwagen, S. D., Culin, J. D. 2020. Diversity and habitat distributions of ground-surface spiders (Araneae) in Kings Mountain National Military Park, SC. Southeastern Naturalist. 19(1): 128-151.

Stellwagen, S. D., Renberg, R. L. 2019. Toward spider glue: Long-read scaffolding for extreme length and repetitious silk family genes AgSp1 and AgSp2 with insights into functional adaptation. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 9(6): 1909-1919.

Opell, B. D., Stellwagen, S. D. 2019. Properties of orb weaving spider glycoprotein glue change during Argiope trifasciata web construction. Scientific Reports. 9: 20279.

Stellwagen, S. D., Sarkes, D. A., Adams, B. L., Hunt, M. A., Renberg, R. L., Hurley, M. M., Stratis-Cullum, D. N. 2019. The next generation of biopanning: Next Gen sequencing improves analysis of bacterial display libraries. BMC Biotechnology. 19: 100.

Stellwagen, S. D., Opell, B.D., Clouse, M. E.* 2016. The impact of UVA on the glycoprotein glue of orb-weaving spider capture thread from a diurnal and a nocturnal species (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology. 44(3): 401-404.

Stellwagen, S. D., Opell, B.D., Clouse, M. E.* 2015. The impact of UVB radiation on the glycoprotein glue of orb-weaving spider capture thread. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218(17): 2675-2684. COVER 

Stellwagen, S. D., Opell, B.D., Short, K. G.* 2014. Temperature mediates the effect of humidity on the viscoelasticity of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of an orb-weaving spider’s prey capture threads. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 1563-1569. 

Broad Audience

Burns M., Stellwagen S. D. 2021. The Ties that Stick: Challenges and future promise in the field of bioadhesives. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(4): 1406-1410.

Stellwagen, S. D., Spider glue’s sticky secret revealed by new genetic research. The Conversation. June 5, 2019.