Stephen Richards, Ph.D.

image: Stephen Richards, Ph.D.Contact Information

stephenr@bcm.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Rice University, 1999
B.Sc., The University of Bath, 1990

Research Interests:

Dr. Stephen Richards has a broad background in genomics, with a focus on quantitative traits in insect models, arthropod comparative genomics, methods for genome sequencing, assembly and annotation, and a history in human genetics.

Publications

2024
Ritter DI, Byun J, Wang J, Richards S, Luna PN, Williams LT, et al.. Experiences in providing a community educational resource for the All of Us Researcher Workbench. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024;.

Wright A, Wilkinson MD, Mungall C, Cain S, Richards S, Sternberg P, et al.. FAIR Header Reference genome: a TRUSTworthy standard. Brief Bioinform. 2024;25(3).

Schaeffer SW, Richards S, Fuller ZL. Genomics of Natural Populations: Gene Conversion Events Reveal Selected Genes within the Inversions of Drosophila pseudoobscura. G3 (Bethesda). 2024;.

Huang M, Kingan S, Shoue D, Nguyen O, Froenicke L, Galvin B, et al.. Improved high quality sand fly assemblies enabled by ultra low input long read sequencing. Sci Data. 2024;11(1):918.

2023
Wright A, Wilkinson MD, Mungall C, Cain S, Richards S, Sternberg P, et al.. DATA RESOURCES AND ANALYSES FAIR Header Reference genome: A TRUSTworthy standard. bioRxiv. 2023;.

Labbé F, Abdeladhim M, Abrudan J, Araki ASaori, Araujo RN, Arensburger P, et al.. Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(4):e0010862.

2022
Lewin HA, Richards S, Aiden ELieberman, Allende ML, Archibald JM, Bálint M, et al.. The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(4).

2021
Petersen M, Armisén D, Gibbs RA, Hering L, Khila A, Mayer G, et al.. Correction to: Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects. BMC Ecol Evol. 2021;21(1):146.

2020
Fuller ZL, Koury SA, Leonard CJ, Young RE, Ikegami K, Westlake J, et al.. Extensive Recombination Suppression and Epistatic Selection Causes Chromosome-Wide Differentiation of a Selfish Sex Chromosome in . Genetics. 2020;216(1):205-226.

Rotenberg D, Baumann AA, Ben-Mahmoud S, Christiaens O, Dermauw W, Ioannidis P, et al.. Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests. BMC Biol. 2020;18(1):142.

Rotenberg D, Baumann AA, Ben-Mahmoud S, Christiaens O, Dermauw W, Ioannidis P, et al.. Correction to: Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests. BMC Biol. 2020;18(1):169.

Sparks ME, Bansal R, Benoit JB, Blackburn MB, Chao H, Chen M, et al.. Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest. BMC Genomics. 2020;21(1):227.

Oeyen JPhilip, Baa-Puyoulet P, Benoit JB, Beukeboom LW, Bornberg-Bauer E, Buttstedt A, et al.. Sawfly Genomes Reveal Evolutionary Acquisitions That Fostered the Mega-Radiation of Parasitoid and Eusocial Hymenoptera. Genome Biol Evol. 2020;12(7):1099-1188.

Thomas GWC, Dohmen E, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Poelchau M, Glastad K, et al.. Gene content evolution in the arthropods. Genome Biol. 2020;21(1):15.

2019
Petersen M, Armisén D, Gibbs RA, Hering L, Khila A, Mayer G, et al.. Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects. BMC Evol Biol. 2019;19(1):11.

Saha S, Hosmani PS, Villalobos-Ayala K, Miller S, Shippy T, Flores M, et al.. Improved annotation of the insect vector of citrus greening disease: biocuration by a diverse genomics community. Database (Oxford). 2019;2019.

Panfilio KA, Jentzsch IMVargas, Benoit JB, Erezyilmaz D, Suzuki Y, Colella S, et al.. Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome. Genome Biol. 2019;20(1):64.

Richards S. Arthropod Genome Sequencing and Assembly Strategies. Methods Mol Biol. 2019;1858:1-14.

2018
Armisén D, Rajakumar R, Friedrich M, Benoit JB, Robertson HM, Panfilio KA, et al.. The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water. BMC Genomics. 2018;19(1):832.

Lindsey ARI, Kelkar YD, Wu X, Sun D, Martinson EO, Yan Z, et al.. Comparative genomics of the miniature wasp and pest control agent Trichogramma pretiosum. BMC Biol. 2018;16(1):54.