Marisa Mayer, Mary N. Parenteau, Megan L. Kempher, Michael T. Madigan, Linda L. Jahnke, Paula V. Welander. 2021. Anaerobic 3-Methylhopanoid Production By An Acidophilic Phototrophic Purple Bacterium. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-390249/v1
Isaac D. Falk, Bálint Gál, Ahanjit Bhattacharya, Jeremy H. Wei, Paula V. Welander, Steven G. Boxer, Noah Z. Burns. 2021. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Archaeal Lipid Parallel GDGT-0 (Isocaldarchaeol). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 10.1002/anie.202104051
Paula V. Welander. 2019. Deciphering the evolutionary history of microbial cyclic triterpenoids. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 140 (20): 270–278. 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.05.002
Laura K. Meredith, Jérôme Ogée, Kristin Boye, Esther Singer, Lisa Wingate, Christian von Sperber, Aditi Sengupta, Mary Whelan, Erin Pang, Marco Keiluweit, Nicolas Brüggemann, Joe A. Berry, Paula V. Welander. 2019. Soil exchange rates of COS and (COO)-O-18 differ with the diversity of microbial communities and their carbonic anhydrase enzymes. ISME Journal, 13 (2): 290–300. 10.1038/s41396-018-0270-2
Zhirui Zeng, Xiao-Lei Liu, Kristen R. Farley, Jeremy H. Wei, William W. Metcalf, Roger E. Summons, Paula V. Welander. 2019. GDGT cyclization proteins identify the dominant archaeal sources of tetraether lipids in the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (45): 22505–22511. 10.1073/pnas.1909306116
Zhirui Zeng, Xiao-Lei Liu, Jeremy H. Wei, Roger E. Summons, Paula V. Welander. 2018. Calditol-linked membrane lipids are required for acid tolerance in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (51): 12932–12937. 10.1073/pnas.1814048115
Alysha K. Lee, Amy B. Banta, Jeremy H. Wei, David J. Kiemle, Ju Feng, José-Luis Giner, Paula V. Welander. 2018. C-4 sterol demethylation enzymes distinguish bacterial and eukaryotic sterol synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (23): 5884–5889. 10.1073/pnas.1802930115
Amy B. Banta, Jeremy H. Wei, Clare C. C. Gill, José-Luis Giner, Paula V. Welander. 2017. Synthesis of arborane triterpenols by a bacterial oxidosqualene cyclase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (2): 245–250. 10.1073/pnas.1617231114
Trinity L. Hamilton, Paula V. Welander, Heidi L. Albrecht, James M. Fulton, Irene Schaperdoth, Laurence R. Bird, Roger E. Summons, Katherine H. Freeman, Jennifer L. Macalady. 2017. Microbial communities and organic biomarkers in a Proterozoic-analog sinkhole. Geobiology, 15 (6): 784–797. 10.1111/gbi.12252
David T. Wang, Paula V. Welander, Shuhei Ono. 2016. Fractionation of the methane isotopologues (CH4)-C-13, (CH3D)-C-12, and (CH3D)-C-13 during aerobic oxidation of methane by Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 192: 186–202. 10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.031
Jeremy H. Wei, Xinchi Yin, Paula V. Welander. 2016. Sterol Synthesis in Diverse Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:990. 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00990
Amy B. Banta, Jeremy H. Wei, Paula V. Welander. 2015. A distinct pathway for tetrahymanol synthesis in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (44): 13478–13483. 10.1073/pnas.1511482112
Shaun M. Baesman, Laurence G. Miller, Jeremy H. Wei, Yirang Cho, Emily D. Matys, Roger E. Summons, Paula V. Welander, Ronald S. Oremland. 2015. Methane Oxidation and Molecular Characterization of Methanotrophs from a Former Mercury Mine Impoundment. Microorganisms, 3 (2): 290–309. 10.3390/microorganisms3020290
Crystal L. Schmerk, Paula V. Welander, Mohamad A. Hamad, Katie L. Bain, Mark A. Bernards, Roger E. Summons, Miguel A. Valvano. 2015. Elucidation of the Burkholderia cenocepacia hopanoid biosynthesis pathway uncovers functions for conserved proteins in hopanoid-producing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 17 (3): 735–750. 10.1111/1462-2920.12509
Jessica N. Ricci, Maureen L. Coleman, Paula V. Welander, Alex L. Sessions, Roger E. Summons, John R. Spear, Dianne K. Newman. 2014. Diverse capacity for 2-methylhopanoid production correlates with a specific ecological niche. ISME Journal, 8 (3): 675–684. 10.1038/ismej.2013.191
Edgecomb, V. P., Bernhard, J. M., Beaudoin, D., Pruss, S., Welander, P. V., Shubotz, F., Mehay, S., Gillespie, A. L., Summons, R. E. 2013. Molecular indicators of microbial diversity in oolitic sands of Highborn Cay, Bahamas. Geobiology, 11: 234–251. 10.1111/gbi.12029
Alex L. Sessions, Lichun Zhang, Paula V. Welander, David M. Doughty, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman. 2013. Identification and quantification of polyfunctionalized hopanoids by high temperature gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Organic geochemistry, 56: 120–130. 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.12.009
Paula V. Welander, David M. Doughty, Chia-Hung Wu, Sabine Mehay, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman. 2012. Identification and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris hopanoid biosynthesis mutants. Geobiology, 10: 163–177. 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00314.x
Paula V. Welander, Roger E. Summons. 2012. Discovery, taxonomic distribution, and phenotypic characterization of a gene required for 3-methylhopanoid production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (32): 12905–12910. 10.1073/pnas.1208255109
Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Yusuke Tsukatani, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Stefan Schouten, Paula V. Welander, Roger E. Summons, Donald A. Bryant. 2012. Identification of the bacteriochlorophylls, carotenoids, quinones, lipids, and hopanoids of "Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum." Journal of Bacteriology, 194: 1158–1168. 10.1128/JB.06421-11
Paula V. Welander, Edouard Cantin, and Patric Lundberg. 2011. Using Taguchi-based statistics to produce robust PCR results. Bioprocessing, 10: 22-26. 10.12665/J101.Lundberg
Paula V. Welander, Maureen L. Coleman, Alex L. Sessions, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman. 2010. Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (19): 8537–8542. 10.1073/pnas.0912949107
Alex L. Sessions, David M. Doughty, Paula V. Welander, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman. 2009. The continuing puzzle of the great oxidation event. Current Biology, 19: R567-R574. 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.054
Paula V. Welander, Ryan C. Hunter, Lichun Zhang, Alex L. Sessions, Roger E. Summons, Dianne K. Newman. 2009. Hopanoids play a role in membrane integrity and pH homeostasis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1. Journal of bacteriology, 191 (19): 6145–6156. 10.1128/JB.00460-09
Paula V. Welander, William W. Metcalf. 2008. Mutagenesis of the C1 oxidation pathway in Methanosarcina barkeri: new insights into the Mtr/Mer bypass pathway. Journal of Bacteriology, 190: 1928–1936. 10.1128/jb.01424-07
Patric Lundberg, Paula V Welander, Carl K Edwards 3rd, Nico van Rooijen, Edouard Cantin. 2007. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) protects resistant C57BL/6 mice against herpes simplex virus-induced encephalitis independently of signaling via TNF receptor 1 or 2. Journal of Virology, 1: 1451–1460. 10.1128/JVI.02243-06
Paula V. Welander, William W. Metcalf. 2005. Loss of the mtr operon in Methanosarcina blocks growth on methanol, but not methanogenesis, and reveals an unknown methanogenic pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102: 10664–10669. 10.1073/pnas.0502623102
Patric Lundberg, Paula V. Welander, Xiao Han, Edouard Cantin. 2003. Herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA is immunostimulatory in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Virology, 77: 11158-11169. 10.1128/JVI.77.20.11158-11169.2003
Patric Lundberg, Paula V. Welander, Harry Openshaw, Christina Nalbandian, Carl Edwards, Lyle Moldawer, Edouard Cantin. 2003. A locus on mouse chromosome 6 that determines resistance to herpes simplex virus also influences reactivation, while an unlinked locus augments resistance of female mice. Journal of Virology, 77: 11661-11673. 10.1128/jvi.77.21.11661-11673.2003
