Steffaney Wood-Rocca @steffwould
PhD @Scripps_Ocean | Marine Chemical Biology & Harmful Algae 🌊 | @DavidsonCollege @FulbrightFIN @HelsinkiUni Alum | She/Her/Hers steffaneywood.com San Diego, California Joined January 2015-
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First paper from my PhD is officially out! We uncovered how benthic diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica makes the neurotoxin domoic acid. Grateful to all our collaborators in the @BradMoore_SIO, Todd Michael, @andreweallen, and Mari Yotsu-Yamashita labs! doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…
The benthic #diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica harbors massive genomes and an expanded domoic acid (dab) gene cluster (>60 kb). Genomics + biochemistry reveal enzyme diversification driving a unique toxin chemotype. @andreweallen @BradMoore_SIO doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0… #enzymology
The benthic #diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica harbors massive genomes and an expanded domoic acid (dab) gene cluster (>60 kb). Genomics + biochemistry reveal enzyme diversification driving a unique toxin chemotype. @andreweallen @BradMoore_SIO doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0… #enzymology
🔬 Cuts to federal research funding put our family, friends, communities and planet at risk. Scripps Oceanography scientists Paul Jensen and @BradMoore_SIO spoke with NBC News on how cutting and freezing research dollars impacts crucial breakthroughs. ⬇️ nbcnews.com/now/video/fede…
🌊 ⚠️ If you're curious to learn more about the harmful algal bloom currently impacting Southern California waters, @SCCOOS_org director and Scripps Oceanography biological oceanographer Clarissa Anderson shares more about the event with @ocregister. ⬇️ ocregister.com/2025/05/02/bur…
A #HarmfulAlgalBloom is affecting #SoCal marine life, and Scripps Oceanography scientists like @SCCOOS_org's Clarissa Anderson are on the frontlines to better understand its impact. She shares more on the importance of this work for @RandomLengths. ⬇️ randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2025/…
With the support of @NOAA funding, Scripps PhD candidate Steffaney Wood (@steffwould) is working to better understand and predict a neurotoxin called domoic acid—a toxin directly affecting marine life along our shores. Learn more from @SpecNews1SoCal. ⬇️ spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-ca…
Check out this news story about our research and the ongoing domoic acid event. None of this work would be possible without NOAA funding. Thank you @jo_kwon and @SpecNews1SoCal for the feature! @Scripps_Ocean @BradMoore_SIO @andreweallen spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-ca…
Standing-room only as Professor Bradley Moore (@BradMoore_SIO) accepts @UCSanDiego’s prestigious Distinguished Research Award. The award is a sign of respect from his peers for his groundbreaking research mining the ocean for new medicines.
California Department of Public Health Issues Recreational Shellfish Advisory for Santa Barbara County independent.com/2024/09/30/cal…
A team of researchers from JCVI, @Scripps_Ocean, and collaborators published a groundbreaking study on predicting harmful algal blooms (HABs) that contain high levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid. jcvi.org/media-center/s…
New pub today in @PNASNews that extends our @noaacoastalsci ECOHAB work at @Scripps_Ocean on domoic acid biosynthesis with @andreweallen to support toxin forecasting during an oceanic diatom bloom pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
@BradMoore_SIO @Scripps_Ocean Thank you, @BradMoore_SIO and @Scripps_Ocean!!!
My graduate student Steffaney Wood @steffwould is pretty cool! Check out her @Scripps_Ocean profile... scripps.ucsd.edu/news/scripps-s…
Out today at @ScienceMagazine - giant PKZILLA proteins spew huge polyketide marine toxins, just like #Godzilla! Witnessed by @photocyte & @VikShende at @Scripps_Ocean science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
SCCOOS is fortunate to be led by Clarissa Anderson - take a moment find out more!! scripps.ucsd.edu/news/scientist… @SCCOOS_org @CeNCOOS @usioosgov @Scripps_Ocean
.@UCSanDiego has been awarded $7.35 million in @NSF and @NIH funding for the Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health, led by faculty member Bradley Moore. The program seeks to understand marine contaminants and nutrients in a changing climate: bit.ly/3Q4uqks
Move over titin... introducing PKZILLA as the largest protein in life that makes one the largest nonpolymeric compounds in biology, the marine polyether toxin prymnesin. Congrats to @photocyte & @VikShende and rest of team! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Excited to share my research on harmful algal blooms (#HABs) and their impact on marine ecosystems!🌊🔬 Thanks for featuring my work @Scripps_Ocean! Check out the video to learn about fieldwork exploring Pseudo-nitzschia HABs. #PhDResearch #MarineScience #ScienceCommunication
Scripps PhD candidate Steffaney Wood (@steffwould) studies harmful algal blooms or HABs, which is when microscopic algae grow in overabundance & produce toxins that pose a threat to marine mammals. Learn more about her fieldwork in Monterey Bay looking at Pseudo-nitzschia HABs.⬇️
Grateful to have presented my work at the International Conference of Harmful Algae this week in Hiroshima, Japan! What a great week learning more about HABs and biotoxins🔬 #ICHA2023 @ISSHarmfulAlgae
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