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Thomas J. Sharpton

Oregon State University · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Gut microbiota and health, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.
h-index
44
citations
22,406
works
175
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Modeling the zebrafish gut microbiome’s resistance and sensitivity to climate change and parasite infection
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
The disciplinary matrix of holobiont biology
Science 2024cited by 37position: middledoi
Gut enterotype-dependent modulation of gut microbiota and their metabolism in response to xanthohumol supplementation in healthy adults
Gut Microbes 2024cited by 24position: middledoi
Gut enterotype-dependent modulation of gut microbiota and their metabolism in response to xanthohumol supplementation in healthy adults.
2024cited by 18position: contributordoi
Microbiome ecological memory and responses to repeated marine heatwaves clarify variation in coral bleaching and mortality.
2024cited by 12position: contributordoi
Gut microbiota metabolically mediate intestinal helminth infection in zebrafish.
2024cited by 10position: contributordoi
Best practice for wildlife gut microbiome research: A comprehensive review of methodology for 16S rRNA gene investigations
Frontiers in Microbiology 2023cited by 39position: lastdoi
Compositional Graphical Lasso Resolves the Impact of Parasitic Infection on Gut Microbial Interaction Networks in a Zebrafish Model
Figshare 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Defining the environmental determinants of dysbiosis at scale with zebrafish
Current Opinion in Toxicology 2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist
Nature Medicine 2021cited by 456position: middledoi
Transkingdom interactions between Lactobacilli and hepatic mitochondria attenuate western diet-induced diabetes.
2021cited by 117position: contributordoi
Effects of zinc status on age-related T cell dysfunction and chronic inflammation.
2021cited by 28position: contributordoi
Insights Into the Oral Microbiome and Barrett's Esophagus Early Detection: A Narrative Review
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 2021cited by 12position: middledoi
TXN, a Xanthohumol Derivative, Attenuates High-Fat Diet Induced Hepatic Steatosis by Antagonizing PPARγ
2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Zebrafish microbiome studies make waves.
2020cited by 53position: contributordoi
Gut Feelings Begin in Childhood: the Gut Metagenome Correlates with Early Environment, Caregiving, and Behavior.
2020cited by 51position: contributordoi
Improvements in Metabolic Syndrome by Xanthohumol Derivatives Are Linked to Altered Gut Microbiota and Bile Acid Metabolism.
2020cited by 42position: contributordoi
Bighorn sheep gut microbiomes associate with genetic and spatial structure across a metapopulation.
2020cited by 32position: contributordoi
Effects of Six Sequential Charged Particle Beams on Behavioral and Cognitive Performance in B6D2F1 Female and Male Mice.
2020cited by 30position: contributordoi
Germ-Free Swiss Webster Mice on a High-Fat Diet Develop Obesity, Hyperglycemia, and Dyslipidemia
Microorganisms 2020cited by 24position: contributordoi
Experimental metatranscriptomics reveals the costs and benefits of dissolved organic matter photo-alteration for freshwater microbes.
2020cited by 18position: contributordoi
Harnessing the gut microbiome in the fight against anthelminthic drug resistance.
2020cited by 14position: contributordoi
Taxonomic and functional assessment using metatranscriptomics reveals the effect of Angus cattle on rumen microbial signatures.
2020cited by 8position: contributordoi
Supplementation with Sea Vegetables <i>Palmaria mollis</i> and <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i> Exerts Metabolic Benefits in Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice.
2020cited by 7position: contributordoi
Retrospective analysis of the Zebrafish International Resource Center diagnostic data links Pseudocapillaria tomentosa to intestinal neoplasms in zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton 1822).
2020cited by 5position: contributordoi
Pan-tissue transcriptome analysis of long noncoding RNAs in the American beaver Castor canadensis.
2020cited by 3position: contributordoi
A Metagenomic Meta-analysis Reveals Functional Signatures of Health and Disease in the Human Gut Microbiome
mSystems 2019cited by 159position: lastdoi
A Metagenomic Meta-analysis Reveals Functional Signatures of Health and Disease in the Human Gut Microbiome.
2019cited by 125position: contributordoi
Microbiome Multi-Omics Network Analysis: Statistical Considerations, Limitations, and Opportunities.
2019cited by 111position: contributordoi
A longitudinal assessment of host-microbe-parasite interactions resolves the zebrafish gut microbiome's link to Pseudocapillaria tomentosa infection and pathology.
2019cited by 76position: contributordoi

Grants

URoL:MTM2: Defining the ecological and genomic properties that underlie microbiome sensitivity and resilience
NSF2025457$2,998,0432021–2026PIRePORTER
Using Phylogenetic Structure to Clarify the Evolutionary Ecological Distribution of Microorganisms
NSF1557192$731,7912016–2021PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 6 papers (2021–2025)Jan F. Stevens · Oregon State University6 papers (2020–2024)Katherine S. Pollard · Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders6 papers (2012–2019)Claudia S. Maier · Oregon State University5 papers (2020–2024)Adrian F. Gombart · Oregon State University3 papers (2020–2021)Timothy Laurent · Humboldt State University2 papers (2014–2015)Gerd Bobe · MDPI2 papers (2020–2021)Michael J. Sieler Jr. · Oregon State University2 papers (2024–2025)Manuel García-Jaramillo · Oregon State University2 papers (2021–2024)Yuanfei Li · Nanjing Agricultural University2 papers (2017–2019)Weiyun Zhu · Nanjing Agricultural University2 papers (2017–2019)Stephen Nayfach · Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)2 papers (2015–2019)Kevin R. Theis · Wayne State University1 papers (2024–2024)Fouad Otaki · NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital1 papers (2021–2021)Anna E. Jolles · University of Georgia1 papers (2023–2023)Yuqi Li · Nanjing Agricultural University1 papers (2019–2019)Quinn Washburn · Oregon State University1 papers (2023–2023)Giorgio Trinchieri · National Cancer Institute1 papers (2021–2021)Ostaizka Aizpurua · University of Copenhagen1 papers (2024–2024)Emily Ho · University of Arizona1 papers (2024–2024)