Biography
Nicole L. Garrison is an Associate Professor in the West Liberty University Department of Biological Sciences. She received her B.S. in biology and chemistry with a minor in geography from West Liberty University (2009) and her PhD in biology from Auburn University (2018). She is interested in the intersection of bioinformatics and systematics, with a focus on invertebrates with a special emphasis on spiders, crayfish, and freshwater mussels. She also manages sustainability initiatives on campus including composting, recycling, the Research, Education and Appalachian Cultural Heritage (REACH) garden, and the Arnett pollinator garden.
Most Recent Publications and Presentations
Adcock, M. C., Moles, K. R., Garrison, N. L., Donohoo, S. A., and Whelan, N. V. (2024). Population genomics of the endangered freshwater mussel, Arcidens wheeleri (Unionoidea: Unionidae: Anodontini), in the Little River, Arkansas, USA. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 90(3), eyae029.
Cantlay, S., Garrison, N. L., Patterson, R., Wagner, K., Kirk, Z., Fan, J., … and Horzempa, J. (2024). Phenotypic and transcriptional characterization of F. tularensis LVS during transition into a viable but non-culturable state. Frontiers in microbiology, 15, 1347488.
Gomes?dos?Santos, A., Froufe, E., Pfeiffer, J. M., Johnson, N. A., Smith, C. H., Machado, A. M., … and Lopes Lima, M. (2023). A novel assembly pipeline and functional annotations for targeted sequencing: A case study on the globally threatened Margaritiferidae (Bivalvia: Unionida). Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(6), 1403-1422.
Stout, C., Schonhuth, S., Mayden, R., Garrison, N. L., and Armbruster, J. W. (2022). Phylogenomics and classification of Notropis and related shiners (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) and the utility of exon capture on lower taxonomic groups. PeerJ, 10, e14072.
Gladstone, N. S., Garrison, N. L., Lane, T., Johnson, P. D., Garner, J., and Whelan, N. V. (2022). Population genomics reveal low differentiation and complex demographic histories in a highly fragmented and endangered freshwater mussel. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(8), 1235-1248.
Whelan, N. V., Johnson, P. D., Garner, J. T., Garrison, N. L., and Strong, E. E. (2022). Prodigious polyphyly in Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 1(2).
Garrison, N. L., Johnson, P. D., and Whelan, N. V. (2021). Conservation genomics reveals low genetic diversity and multiple parentage in the threatened freshwater mussel, Margaritifera hembeli. Conservation Genetics, 22(2), 217-231.
Garrison, N. L., Brewer, M. S., and Bond, J. E. (2020). Shifting evolutionary sands: transcriptome characterization of the Aptostichus atomarius species complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 68.
Godwin, R. L., Opatova, V., Garrison, N. L., Hamilton, C. A., and Bond, J. E. (2018). Phylogeny of a cosmopolitan family of morphologically conserved trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae) using Anchored Hybrid Enrichment, with a description of the family, Halonoproctidae Pocock 1901. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 126, 303-313.
Folt, B., Garrison, N., Guyer, C., Rodriguez, J., and Bond, J. E. (2016). Phylogeography and evolution of the Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98, 97-110.
Garrison, N. L., Rodriguez, J., Agnarsson, I., Coddington, J. A., Griswold, C. E., Hamilton, C. A., … and Bond, J. E. (2016). Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life. PeerJ, 4, e1719.