Publications

Preprints and Dataset

Surette E, Donahue J#, Robinson S#, McKenna D#, Soto Martinez C, Fitzgerald B#, Karlstrom RO, Cumplido N, McMenamin SK. Adult caudal fin shape is imprinted in the embryonic fin fold. bioRxiv: 10.1101/2024.07.16.603744.

Parikh P#, Nguyen S, McMenamin SK, Kenaley C. Thyroid ablation alters passive stiffness and swimming kinematics in zebrafish. bioRxiv: 2022.09.09.507357.

Nguyen SV, Lee RS#, Mohlmann E#, Petrullo G#, Blythe J#, Ranieri I, McMenamin S. Craniofacial diversity across Danionins and the effects of thyroid hormone status on craniofacial morphology of two Danio species. bioRxiv: 10.1101/2023.08.09.552728.

Dataset: Blythe J, Nguyen S, McMenamin SK. Thyroid hormone mediates juvenile and adult craniofacial shape change in zebrafish. Facebase. DOI: 10.25550/1Q-X114.

2024

Woronowicz CZ, Esin Evgeny, Markevich GN, Soto Martinez C, McMenamin SK, Daane JM, Harris MP, Shkil FN. Phylogenomic analysis of the Lake Kronotskoe species flock of Dolly Varden Charr reveals genetic and developmental signatures of sympatric radiation. Development, https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.203002.

Autumn M, Zeng J#, Raineri I#, McMenamin SK. 2024. Experimentally manipulating the thyroid hormone asxis in Zebrafish. In Press for Thyroid Hormones, Springer Press.

Autumn M, Hu Y, Zeng J#, McMenamin SK.  2024. Growth patterns of caudal fin rays are informed by both external signals from the regenerating organ and remembered identity autonomous to the local tissue. Developmental Biology, S001216062400188X. 

2023

Harper M (equal contributor), Hu Y (equal contributor), Donahue J#, Acosta B#, Dievenich Braes F#, Nguyen S, Zeng J#, Barbaro J#, Lee H#, Bui H#, McMenamin SK. 2023. Thyroid hormone regulates proximodistal patterning in fin rays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023 May 23;120(21):e2219770120.

Fath M, Nguyen S, Donahue J#, McMenamin SK, Tytell E. 2023. Static stability and swim bladder volume in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Integrative Organismal Biology, obad005, 10.1093/iob/obad005

2022

Conith MR, Ringo D, Conith AJ, Deleon A, Wagner M, McMenamin SK, Cason S, Cooper WJ. 2022. The evolution of feeding mechanics in the Danioninae, or why giant Danios don't suck like zebrafish. Integrative Organismal Biology. 10.1093/iob/obac049.

Nguyen S, Lanni D#, Xu Y#, Michaelson J, McMenamin SK. 2022. Dynamics of the zebrafish skeleton in three dimensions during juvenile and adult development. Frontiers in Physiology. 10.3389.

Keer S, Storch JD, Nguyen S,  Prado M, Singh S, Hernadez LP, McMenamin SK. 2022. Thyroid hormone shapes craniofacial bones during postembryonic zebrafish development.  Evolution & Development. 10.1111/ede.12399.

McMenamin SK*, Shkil FN, Koyama T. 2022. Editorial: Hormones and Life History Strategies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10.3389/fevo.2022.838555.

2020

Bagwell J, Norman J, Ellis KL, Peskin B, Hwang J, Ge X, Nguyen S, McMenamin SK, Stainier DYR, Bagnat M. 2020. Notochord vacuoles absorb compressive bone growth during zebrafish spine formation. eLife. 9:e51221.

2019

Hu Y,  Mauri A#,  Donahue J#, Singh R#,  Acosta B#, McMenamin SK. 2019. Thyroid hormone coordinates developmental trajectories but does not underlie developmental truncation in danionins. Developmental Dynamics. 10.1002/dvdy.76. 

Galindo D, Sweet E, DeLeon Z, Wagner M, DeLeon A, Carter C, McMenamin SK, Cooper WJ. 2019. Thyroid hormone modulation during zebrafish development recapitulates evolved diversity in danionin jaw protrusion mechanics. Evolution & Development. e12299.

Keer S, Cohen K, May C, Hu Y, McMenamin SK, Hernandez LP. 2019. Anatomical assessment of the adult skeleton of zebrafish reared under different thyroid hormone profiles.  The Anatomical Record. 10.1002/ar.24139.

2018

Hur M, Gistelinck CA, Huber P, Lee J, Thompson MH, Monstad-Rios AT, Watson CJ, McMenamin SK, Willaert A, Parichy DM, Coucke P, Kwon RY. 2018. MicroCT-based skeletal phenomics in zebrafish reveals virtues of deep phenotyping in a distributed organ system. Zebrafish. 15(1):77-78. 

2017

McMenamin SK, Carter C, Cooper WJ. 2017. Thyroid hormone stimulates the onset of adult feeding kinematics in zebrafish. Zebrafish, 14(6):517-525. 

Hur M, Gistelinck AC, Huber P, Lee J, Thompson MH, Monstad-Rios AT, Watson CJ, McMenamin SK, Willaert A, Parichy DM, Coucke P, Kwon RY. 2017. microCT-based skeletal phenomics in zebrafish reveal virtues of deep phenotyping in a distributed organ system. eLife, 6:e26014.

Prior to Boston College

McMenamin SK, Chandless M# and Parichy DM. 2016. Working with zebrafish at postembryonic stages. Methods in Cell Biology, 133.

McMenamin SK, Bain EJ, McCann AE, Patterson LB, Eom DS, Waller ZP#, Hamill JC#, Kuhlman JA, Eisen JS, Parichy DM. 2014. Thyroid hormone-dependent adult pigment cell lineage and pattern in zebrafish. Science 345(6202), 1358-1361.

McMenamin SK, Minchin J (equal contributor), Rawls JF, Gordon TN, Parichy DM. 2013. Dwarfism and increased adiposity in growth hormone 1 zebrafish mutant vizzini. Endocrinology 154(4), 1476-1487.

McMenamin SK and Parichy DM. 2013. Metamorphosis in Teleosts. Current Topics in Developmental Biology 103, 127-159.

McMenamin SK and Hadly EA. 2013. Ancient DNA assessment of tiger salamander population in Yellowstone National Park. PLoS One e32763.

Shoo LP, Olson DH, McMenamin SK, Murray KA, Van Sluys M, Donnelly MA, Stratford D, Terhivuo J, Merino-Viteri A, Herbert SM, Bishop PJ, Corn PS, Dovey L, Griffiths RA, Lowe K, Mahoney M, McCallum HL, Shucker J, Simpkins C, Skerratt LF, Williams SE, Hero JM. 2011. Engineering a future for amphibians under climate change. Journal of Applied Ecology 48(2), 487-492.

McMenamin SK and Hadly EA. 2010. Developmental dynamics of Ambystoma tigrinum in a changing landscape. BMC Ecology 10, 10.

McMenamin SK, Hadly EA and Wright CK. 2008. Climate change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105(44), 16988-16933.

McMenamin SK#, Reinsch S and Conway G. 2003. Direct comparison of common fixation methods for preservation of microtubules in zebrafish embryos. BioTechniques 34(3), 468-72.