Kim, C.#, S.N. Smith#, S.S. Gopalan, K. Ballard, R.H. Adams, A. Saviola, S.P. Mackessy, and T.A. Castoe. 2025. Divergent physiological and regulatory activity drives divergent toxin and non-toxin gene expression in rattlesnake main versus accessory venom glands. Toxicon. (#co-first authors). doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108376

Kaspari, M., M. Weiser, C.D. Siler, K. Marshall, S.N. Smith, K. Stroh, and K. de Beurs. 2024. Capacity and establishment rules govern the number of nonnative species in communities of ground-dwelling invertebrates. Ecology and Evolution 14: e10856.

Kirsch, M.R., S.N. Smith, K. Sankaranarayanan, D.J. Becker, J. Watters, K.A. Marske, C.D. Siler, and H.C. Lanier. 2024. Family shapes microbiome differences in Oklahoma salamanders. Frontiers in Microbiomes 3: 1277645.

Reinhold, J.M., E. Halbert, M. Roark, S.N. Smith, K.M. Stroh, C.D. Siler, D.S. McLeod, and C. Lahondère. 2023. The role of Culex territans mosquitoes in the transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to amphibian hosts. Parasites and Vectors 16: 424.

Smith, S.N., J.L. Watters, and C.D. Siler. 2023. Host ecology drives frog skin microbiome diversity across ecotone in South-Central North America. Frontiers in Microbiomes 2: 1286985.

Watters, J.L. T. Yuri, E.S. Freitas, L. Souza, S.N. Smith, and C.D. Siler. 2023. Development of environmental DNA assay for screening of Blanchard’s cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) via laboratory and field methods in Oklahoma, USA. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 103: 21–40.

Nichols, M.H., S.N. Smith, J.L. Watters, and C.D. Siler. 2022. Implementation of a citizen science program to assess chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) prevalence in amphibians across Oklahoma, USA. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 102: 1–18.

Smith, S.N., I. Schlupp, E.D. Higgins, J.L. Watters, K.-A. Bennett, S. Bräger, and C.D. Siler. 2022. Development and validation of an environmental DNA protocol to detect an invasive Caribbean freshwater fish, the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Environmental DNA 4: 304–310.

Weiser, M.D., C.D. Siler, S.N. Smith, K.E. Marshall, J.F. McLaughlin, M.J. Miller, and M. Kaspari. 2022. Robust metagenomic evidence that local assemblage richness increases with latitude in ground-active invertebrates of North America. Oikos e08791.

Smith, S.N., T.J. Colston, and C.D. Siler. 2021. Venomous snakes reveal ecological and phylogenetic factors influencing variation in gut and oral microbiomes. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 657754.

Smith, S.N., J.L. Watters, E.D. Ellsworth, D.R. Davis, and C.D. Siler. 2019. Assessment of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus among wild amphibians from four Philippine islands. Herpetological Review 50: 729–734.

Smith, S.N., J.L. Watters, E.C. Marhanka, S.L. McMillin, D.R. Davis, J.K. Farkas, and C.D. Siler. 2019. Investigating ranavirus prevalence in central Oklahoma, USA, amphibians. Herpetological Review 50: 508–512.

Schaper, E.G., P.J. Bergmann, G. Morinaga, J.B. Fernandez, S.N. Smith, E.D. Ellsworth, and C.D. Siler. 2018. A novel natural history observation concerning a species of Philippine Slender Skink (Brachymeles bicolor). Herpetological Review 49: 740–741.

Blair, J. D., M. D. Weiser, C. D. Siler, M. Kaspari, S. N. Smith, J. F. McLaughlin, and K. E. Marshall 2024. A hybrid approach to invertebrate biomonitoring using computer vision and DNA metabarcoding. bioRxiv 2024-09.

Forehand, C., S.N. Smith, F. Nielsen, B. Bauer, J. Watters, R. Moody, D. Becker, H. Lanier, K. Marske, and C.D. Siler. Comparative assessment of Texas horned lizard gut microbiome diversity and composition throughout transition from captivity to wild. Under review at Frontiers in Microbiomes.

Francioli, Y.Z., J.M. Bernstein, R.H. Adams, H.D. Guss, D.R. Schield, S.N. Smith, S.S. Gopalan, D.W. Magg, J.M. Meik, T. Jezkova, J.P. Demuth, R.W. Clark, S.P. Mackessy, Z. Gompert, and T.A. Castoe. Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress. Under review at Nature Communications.

Smith, S.N., J. B. Fernandez, and C. D. Siler. Host habitat shapes the gut microbiomes of insular reptilian hosts in the Philippines. For submission to ISME Communications.

Smith, S.N., S.S. Gopalan, C. Kim, K. Ballard, B.W. Perry, C.F. Smith, A.J. Saviola, R.H. Adams, S.P. Mackessy, and T.A. Castoe. Convergent co-option of novel gene regulatory networks underlie the evolution of snake venoms. For submission to PNAS.

Gopalan, S.S., S.N. Smith, C. Kim, K. Ballard, B.W. Perry, Y.Z. Francioli, D.R. Schield, H.D. Guss, C.F. Smith, A.J. Saviola, R.H. Adams, S.P. Mackessy, and T.A. Castoe. Integrating evolutionary and single-cell variation to test snake venom gene regulatory network hypotheses. For submission to Nature Genetics.

Ballard, K., S.N. Smith, S.S. Gopalan, H.D. Guss, B.W. Perry, S.P. Mackessy, and T.A. Castoe. The roles of miRNAs in regulating rattlesnake venom gene expression. For submission to Genome Biology and Evolution.