Bracken-Grissom, Heather

Bracken-Grissom, Heather
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Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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hbracken@fiu.edu

Bracken Grissom Lab

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The Bracken-Grissom Lab is fundamentally interested in the evolution of marine invertebrates with an emphasis in decapod crustaceans. Specifically, our present research combines molecular, morphological and fossil evidence to gain insights into evolutionary relationships (phylogeny/phylogenomics), biogeography, biodiversity, ecology, origins and diversification of crabs, lobsters and shrimp. As part of this research, we have been developing and applying novel methods for DNA sequencing using next-generation technology. More recently, we have been exploring visual systems and structures involved in marine bioluminescence using deep-sea shrimp as model organisms.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Diagnosis of a new subfamily within Barbouriidae (Decapoda: Caridea)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruab054
- 2021
  
  Population Genomics of the Commercially Important Gulf of Mexico Pink Shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Burkenroad, 1939) Support Models of Juvenile Transport Around the Florida Peninsula
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.659134 Web of Science: 000677477000001
- 2021
  
  FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS OEDICEROIDES (AMPHIPODA: AMPHILOCHIDEA: OEDICEROTIDAE) FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF ANEW SPECIES
  Web of Science: 000674744500003
- 2021
  
  More from less: Genome skimming for nuclear markers for animal phylogenomics, a case study using decapod crustaceans
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruab009 Web of Science: 000697763200002
- 2021
  
  First worldwide molecular phylogeny of the morphologically and ecologically hyperdiversified snapping shrimp genus Alpheus (Malacostraca: Decapoda). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107080 Web of Science: 000632429800002
- 2021
  
  How to become a crab: Phenotypic constraints on a recurring body plan. BIOESSAYS.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100020 Web of Science: 000626836000001
- 2021
  
  DNA barcoding enhances large-scale biodiversity initiatives for deep-pelagic crustaceans within the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruab005 Web of Science: 000649390100021
- 2021
  
  Monsters in the dark: Systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus godzillius (crustacea: Remipedia) from the lucayan archipelago
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1383
- 2021
  
  Surf and turf vision: Patterns and predictors of visual acuity in compound eye evolution. ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT. 60.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.101002 Web of Science: 000623900400002
- 2020
  
  A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Deep-Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico Following Deepwater Horizon. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.548880 Web of Science: 000605646500001
- 2020
  
  Illuminating the impact of diel vertical migration on visual gene expression in deep-sea shrimp. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY. 29:3494-3510.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.15570 Web of Science: 000562443300001
- 2020
  
  Visual perception of light organ patterns in deep-sea shrimps and implications for conspecific recognition. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 10:9503-9513.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6643 Web of Science: 000556756900001
- 2020
  
  Anchialine adjustments: an updated phylogeny and classification for the family Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987 (Decapoda: Caridea). JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY. 40:401-411.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa037 Web of Science: 000598791200006
- 2020
  
  An encounter between a pelagic shark and giant cephalopod. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14415 Web of Science: 000542477900001
- 2020
  
  Population genomics of three deep-sea cephalopod species reveals connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS. 158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103222 Web of Science: 000523718600004
- 2020
  
  Light organ photosensitivity in deep-sea shrimp may suggest a novel role in counterillumination
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61284-9 Web of Science: 000560038200001
- 2020
  
  Comparative Population Genomics and Biophysical Modeling of Shrimp Migration in the Gulf of Mexico Reveals Current-Mediated Connectivity. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00019 Web of Science: 000513492700001
- 2019
  
  Notes on the behavior and first records of three enigmatic anchialine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Barbouriidae, Palaemonidae) in the Bahamas. JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY. 39:684-688.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruz061 Web of Science: 000507311500002
- 2019
  
  Freshwater-to-marine transitions may explain the evolution of herbivory in the subgenus Mollienesia (genus Poecilia, mollies and guppies). BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 127:742-761.
  Web of Science: 000485141200003
- 2019
  
  Comparative mitogenomics of the Decapoda reveals evolutionary heterogeneity in architecture and composition. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47145-0 Web of Science: 000476874600054
- 2019
  
  A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 286.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0079 Web of Science: 000465657800011
- 2019
  
  A tree money grows on: the first inclusive molecular phylogeny of the economically important pink shrimp (Decapoda:Farfantepenaeus) reveals cryptic diversity. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 33:488-500.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS18044 Web of Science: 000468005800007
- 2019
  
  A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 9:1957-1971.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4888 Web of Science: 000461114900033
- 2019
  
  Widespread phenotypic hypervariation in the enigmatic anchialine shrimp Barbouria cubensis (Decapoda: Barbouriidae)
- 2018
  
  RNA profile diversity across arthropoda: Guidelines, methodological artifacts, and expected outcomes
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpy012
- 2018
  
  Bathynomus giganteus (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) and the canyon: a population genetics assessment of De Soto Canyon as a glacial refugium for the giant deep-sea isopod. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 825.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3563-6 Web of Science: 000450649200014
- 2018
  
  Phylogenetic annotation and genomic architecture of opsin genes in Crustacea. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 825.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3678-9 Web of Science: 000450649200010
- 2018
  
  Transcriptomic Insights into the Loss of Vision in Molnar Janos Cave's Crustaceans. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 58:452-464.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy071 Web of Science: 000451996200009
- 2018
  
  DECAPOD DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP-SEA OCTOCORALS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. CRUSTACEANA. 91.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003829 Web of Science: 000443699000010
- 2018
  
  The Application of Novel Research Technologies by the Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) Consortium. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL. 52.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.52.6.10 Web of Science: 000457656100013
- 2017
  
  Phylogenetic evidence from freshwater crayfishes that cave adaptation is not an evolutionary dead-end. EVOLUTION. 71:2522-2532.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/evo.13326 PMID: 28804900 Web of Science: 000412834700018
- 2017
  
  The role of isolation on contrasting phylogeographic patterns in two cave crustaceans. BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 17.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1094-9 PMID: 29216829 Web of Science: 000417601800002
- 2016
  
  Life in the Underworld: Anchialine cave biology in the era of speleogenomics. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY. 45:149-170.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.45.2.1954 Web of Science: 000383778600005
- 2016
  
  Phylogeny of Stenopodidea (Crustacea : Decapoda) shrimps inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes reveals non-monophyly of the families Spongicolidae and Stenopididae and most of their composite genera. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 30:479-490.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16024 Web of Science: 000387249500004
- 2016
  
  The Origin of Large-Bodied Shrimp that Dominate Modern Global Aquaculture. PLOS ONE. 11.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158840 PMID: 27415002 Web of Science: 000379579500043
- 2015
  
  A synthetic phylogeny of freshwater crayfish: insights for conservation. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 370.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0009 PMID: 25561670 Web of Science: 000347312400008
- 2015
  
  Phylogenetic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in marine deep-sea shrimps of the family Oplophoridae (Crustacea: Decapoda). MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 83:278-292.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.013 PMID: 25482362 Web of Science: 000350008400025
- 2015
  
  THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: EVALUATING MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGHER-LEVEL DECAPODA. JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY. 35:577-592.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002371 Web of Science: 000361166600001
- 2014
  
  Molecular phylogenetics of American snapping shrimps allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). ZOOTAXA. 3895:492-502.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.2 PMID: 25543583 Web of Science: 000346899000002
- 2014
  
  ON STABILISING THE NAMES OF THE INFRAORDERS OF THALASSINIDEAN SHRIMPS, AXIIDEA DE SAINT LAURENT, 1979 AND GEBIIDEA DE SAINT LAURENT, 1979 (DECAPODA). CRUSTACEANA. 87:1258-1272.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003354 Web of Science: 000342332200008
- 2014
  
  Provisional revision of American snapping shrimp allied to Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) with notes on A. floridanus africanus. ZOOTAXA. 3895:451-491.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.1 PMID: 25543582 Web of Science: 000346899000001
- 2014
  
  Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BIOSCIENCE. 64:808-819.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu119 Web of Science: 000341124000008
- 2014
  
  The Emergence of Lobsters: Phylogenetic Relationships, Morphological Evolution and Divergence Time Comparisons of an Ancient Group (Decapoda: Achelata, Astacidea, Glypheidea, Polychelida). SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY. 63:457-479.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu008 PMID: 24562813 Web of Science: 000338133300001
- 2014
  
  The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): Developing Community Resources to Study Diverse Invertebrate Genomes. JOURNAL OF HEREDITY. 105:1-18.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est084 Web of Science: 000328427800001
- 2014
  
  Using phylogenetically-informed annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting genes in transcriptomes from non-model organisms. BMC BIOINFORMATICS. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12859-014-0350-x PMID: 25407802 Web of Science: 000347428200001
- 2013
  
  A comprehensive and integrative reconstruction of evolutionary history for Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda). BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-128 PMID: 23786343 Web of Science: 000321580600001
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetic relationships, character evolution, and taxonomic implications within the slipper lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.019
- 2012
  
  Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2:2367-2373.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.347 PMID: 23145324 Web of Science: 000312451300001
- 2011
  
  Targeted amplicon sequencing (TAS): A scalable next-gen approach to multilocus, multitaxa phylogenetics
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr106
- 2011
  
  Directed next generation sequencing for phylogenetics: An example using Decapoda (Crustacea)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2011.05.010
- 2010
  
  Phylogenetic position, systematic status, and divergence time of the Procarididea (Crustacea: Decapoda)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00410.x
- 2009
  
  The decapod tree of life: Compiling the Data and Moving toward a Consensus of Decapod Evolution
Book Chapter
- 2021
  
  The Pancrustacean conundrum: A conflicted phylogeny with emphasis on Crustacea. 80-104.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190637842.003.0004
Conference
- 2021
  
  Ecological predictors of eye size in deep-sea shrimp. E808-E809.
  Web of Science: 000651814703010
Correction
- 2016
  
  Phylogeny of Stenopodidea (Crustacea : Decapoda) shrimps inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes reveals non-monophyly of the families Spongicolidae and Stenopididae and most of their composite genera (vol 30, pg 479, 2016). INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 650-+.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16024_CO Web of Science: 000390319000008
Editorial Material
- 2018
  
  Preface: Recent advances in Crustacean Genomics. HYDROBIOLOGIA.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3773-y Web of Science: 000450649200001
Letter
- 2018
  
  New NSF policy will stifle innovation. SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.aav4793 Web of Science: 000447680100033
Meeting Abstract
- 2020
  
  Evidence for Extraocular Photosensitivity in the Bioluminescent Organs of Deep-sea Shrimp. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E23-E23.
  Web of Science: 000536432400091
- 2020
  
  The Largest Migration on Earth: Sensory Adaptations of a Bioluminescent Deep-sea Vertical Migrator. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E55-E55.
  Web of Science: 000536432400220
- 2020
  
  Vision and Bioluminescence in Deep-sea Shrimps: Implications for Conspecific Recognition. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E209-E209.
  Web of Science: 000536432401033
- 2018
  
  Transcriptomic and epigenetic insights into the evolution of vision loss in cave-dweling crustaceans. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E175-E175.
  Web of Science: 000429309602217
Other Scholarly Work
- 2020
  
  Author Correction: Light organ photosensitivity in deep-sea shrimp may suggest a novel role in counterillumination (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (4485), 10.1038/s41598-020-61284-9)
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65514-y
- 2017
  
  Corrigendum to: Advancing genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA) (Invertebrate Systematics (2017) 31: 1 (1-7) DOI: 10.1071/IS16059). 231.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16059_CO
Publication
- 2021
  
  Lighting the way: Forces driving the diversification of bioluminescent signalling in sea fireflies. 1747-1750.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/mec.15880 Web of Science: 000634293600001
- 2021
  
  Editorial: Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column: The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.653074 Web of Science: 000631381600001
Review
- 2017
  
  Advancing genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA). 1-7.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/IS16059

chaired theses and dissertations

Timm, Laura, Evolutionary and Population Dynamics of Crustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico 2018

research interests

Evolutionary relationships (phylogeny/phylogenomics), biogeography, biodiversity, ecology, origins and diversification of crabs, lobsters and shrimp

principal investigator on

Collaborative Research: The evolution of bioluminescence and light detection in deep-sea shrimp (Oplophoridae and Sergestidae) awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
Training workshop on genomic methods and analysis for early-career invertebrate systematists awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH:Phylogenetic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic analyses of vision and chemoreception in cave adapted crustaceans awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
DEEPEND: Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico awarded by Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2015 - 2018
Evolution in the underworld: Molecular insights from subterranean waters. awarded by Cave Research Foundation 2016 - 2017
Bioluminescence and Vision in the Deep-sea Benthos II awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2015 - 2017
Stress Response of Decapod Crustaceans to BP Oil Spill awarded by Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2012 - 2015

teaching activities

BSC3941-B52: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B52: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-B52: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
PCB3063-B51: Genetics Spring Term 2019

full name

Heather Bracken-Grissom

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