Dr. Michael W Sandel

Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A., Neely, D., Kirilchik, S., Bogdanov, B., Fast, K. M., Millwood, J. 2025. Sink or Swim: Phylogenomic Analysis of Baikal Sculpins Reveals Multiple Transformations to Pelagic, Bathybenthic, and Lotic Ecomorphologies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Guégan, J., Vargas Campos, C. E., Chevillon, C., Sylla, A., Dogbe, M., Fast, K. M., Pechal, J., Rakestraw, A., Scott, M. E., Sandel, M. W., Jordan, H., Benbow, M. E. 2025. Land use and land-cover changes and emerging non-tuberculous and tuberculous infectious diseases in human and animals: a mixed-methods review of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspectives. Environmental Research: Health

Chevillon, C., de Thoisy, B., Rakestraw, A. W., Fast, K. M., Pechal, J. L., Picq, S., Epelboin, L., Le Turnier, P., Dogbe, M., Jordan, H. R., Sandel, M. W., Benbow, M. E., Guégan, J. 2024. Ecological and evolutionary perspectives advance understanding of mycobacterial diseases. The Lancet Microbe 5(11):100906.

Buser, T. J., Larouche, O., Aguilar, A., Neves, M. P., Sandel, M. W., Sidlauskas, B. L., Summers, A. P., Evans, K. M. 2024. Freshwater Habitats Promote Rapid Rates of Phenotypic Evolution in Sculpin Fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidea). The American Naturalist 204(4):345-360.

Hilburn, B. G., Alley, Z. D., Pounders, D., Wood, J. E., Mullins, C., Dattilo, J. E., Sandel, M. W. 2024. Goldstripe Darters (Etheostoma parvipinne) Spawn in Isolated Vernal Pools and Seepages in Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 23(2).

Sylla, A., Chevillon, C., Djidjiou-Demasse, R., Seydi, O., Campos, C. A., Dogbe, M., Fast, K. M., Pechal, J. L., Rakestraw, A., Scott, M. E., Sandel, M. W., Jordan, H., Benbow, M. E., Guégan, J. 2024. Understanding the transmission of bacterial agents of sapronotic diseases using an ecosystem-based approach: A first spatially realistic metacommunity model. PLOS Computational Biology 20(9):e1012435.

Fast, K. M., Larrimore, J. D., Alley, Z. D., Sandel, M. W. 2024. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Starhead Topminnow Fundulus dispar (Cyprinodontiformes: Fundulidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 9(3):342-346.

Alley, Z. D., Fast, K. M., Delolme, J., Sandel, M. W. 2023. First Report of Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther) (Southern Platyfish) and Confirmation of Poecilia reticulata (Peters) (Guppy) from the Island of Guadeloupe, France . Caribbean Naturalist

Sandel, M. W. 2023. Mitochondrial Haplotype Modulates Genome Expression and Mitochondrial Structure/Function in Cardiomyocytes following Cyclical Stretch and Volume Overload. American Journal of Physiology

Fast, K. M., Fluker, B. L., Kuhajda, B. R., O’Neil, P. E., McGregor, S. W., Piteo, M. S., Sandel, M. W. 2023. Conservation genomics of the threatened Trispot Darter (Etheostoma trisella). Conservation Genetics 25(2):291-304.

Sandel, M. W. 2023. Complete mitochondrial genome of a livebearing freshwater fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): Poecilia parae. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources

Sandel, M. W. 2023. Geographic distribution: Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole). Herpetological Review 54(1).

Chusyd, D. E., Austad, S. N., Dickinson, S. L., Ejima, K., Gadbury, G. L., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Holden, R. J., Jamshidi-Naeini, Y., Landsittel, D., Mehta, T., Oakes, J. M., Owora, A. H., Pavela, G., Rojo, J., Sandel, M. W., Smith, D. L., Vorland, C. J., Xun, P., Zoh, R., Allison, D. B. 2023. Author Correction: Randomization, design and analysis for interdependency in aging research: no person or mouse is an island. Nature Aging 3(2):238-238.

Fast, K. M., Rakestraw, A. W., Sandel, M. W. 2023. Complete mitochondrial genome of a livebearing freshwater fish (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): Poecilia parae. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 8(2):215-219.

Receveur, J. P., Bauer, A., Pechal, J. L., Picq, S., Dogbe, M., Jordan, H. R., Rakestraw, A. W., Fast, K., Sandel, M. W., Chevillon, C., Guegan, J., Wallace, J. R., Benbow, M. E. 2022. A need for null models in understanding disease transmission: the example of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli Ulcer Disease). FEMS Microbiology Reviews 46(1).

St. John, C. A., Buser, T. J., Kee, V. E., Kirilchik, S., Bogdanov, B., Neely, D., Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A. 2022. Diversification along a benthic to pelagic gradient contributes to fish diversity in the world's largest lake (Lake Baikal, Russia). Molecular Ecology 31(1):238-251.

Chusyd, D. E., Austad, S. N., Dickinson, S. L., Ejima, K., Gadbury, G. L., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Holden, R. J., Jamshidi-Naeini, Y., Landsittel, D., Mehta, T., Oakes, J. M., Owora, A. H., Pavela, G., Rojo, J., Sandel, M. W., Smith, D. L., Vorland, C. J., Xun, P., Zoh, R., Allison, D. B. 2022. Randomization, design and analysis for interdependency in aging research: no person or mouse is an island. Nature Aging 2(12):1101-1111.

Olivares‐Zambrano, D., Daane, J., Hyde, J., Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A. 2022. Speciation genomics and the role of depth in the divergence of rockfishes (Sebastes) revealed through Pool‐seq analysis of enriched sequences. Ecology and Evolution 12(9).

Wood, J. E., Fast, K. M., Sandel, M. W. 2022. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tennessee Dace (Chrosomus tennesseensis). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7(1):101-102.

Receveur, J. P., Bauer, A., Pechal, J. L., Picq, S., Dogbe, M., Jordan, H. R., Rakestraw, A. W., Fast, K., Sandel, M. W., Chevillon, C., Guégan, J., Wallace, J. R., Benbow, M. E. 2022. A need for null models in understanding disease transmission: the example ofMycobacterium ulcerans(Buruli ulcer disease). FEMS Microbiology Reviews 46(1).

Olivares‐Zambrano, D., Daane, J., Hyde, J., Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A. 2022. Speciation genomics and the role of depth in the divergence of rockfishes (Sebastes) revealed through Pool‐seq analysis of enriched sequences. Ecology and Evolution 12(9).

Wood, J. E., Fast, K. M., Sandel, M. W. 2022. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tennessee Dace (Chrosomus tennesseensis). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7(1):101-102.

Kolora, S. R., Owens, G. L., Vazquez, J. M., Stubbs, A., Chatla, K., Jainese, C., Seeto, K., McCrea, M., Sandel, M. W., Vianna, J. A., Maslenikov, K., Bachtrog, D., Orr, J. W., Love, M., Sudmant, P. H. 2021. Origins and evolution of extreme life span in Pacific Ocean rockfishes. Science 374(6569):842-847.

Wood, J. E., Pugh, M. W., Harris, P. M., McGregor, S. W., Sandel, M. W. 2021. Range Extension of Blackfin Darter and Tennessee Dace, and First Collection of Western Blacknose Dace from Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River in 80 Years. Southeastern Naturalist 20(1):N30-N36.

Eastis, A. N., Fast, K. M., Sandel, M. W. 2021. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Variable Platyfish (Xiphophorus variatus). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(9):2640-2642.

Wood, J. E., Pugh, M. W., Harris, P. M., McGregor, S. W., Sandel, M. W. 2021. Range Extension of Blackfin Darter and Tennessee Dace, and First Collection of Western Blacknose Dace from Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River in 80 Years. Southeastern Naturalist 20(1).

Eastis, A. N., Fast, K. M., Sandel, M. W. 2021. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Variable Platyfish Xiphophorus variatus. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(9):2640-2642.

Fast, K. M., Johnson, K. G., Mayfield, K. N., Stephens, L. A., Reid, T. H., Ryan, E. D., Keener, T. W., Sandel, M. W. 2020. Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages OKaNui and DroogsArmy. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(33).

Sandel, M. W., Fast, K. M., Albanese, B., Popp, A., Nensteil, P., Sudmant, P. H. 2020. Complete mitochondrial genome of the imperiled Trispot Darter (Etheostoma trisella). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(2):1523-1524.

Fast, K. M., Johnson, K. G., Mayfield, K. N., Stephens, L. A., Reid, T. H., Ryan, E. D., Keener, T. W., Sandel, M. W. 2020. Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages OKaNui and DroogsArmy. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(33).

Sandel, M. W., Fast, K. M., Albanese, B., Popp, A., Nensteil, P., Sudmant, P. H. 2020. Complete mitochondrial genome of the imperiled Trispot Darter (Etheostoma trisella). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(2):1523-1524.

Fast, K. M., Forrest, B. E., Granec, G. R., Larrimore, J. D., Morse, A. E., Ryan, E. D., Schellhammer, P. K., Keener, T. W., Sandel, M. W. 2019. Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages Candle, Schatzie, Sumter, and Waleliano. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(30).

Jones, K. D., Kuhajda, B. R., Sandel, M. W. 2019. Complete mitochondrial genome for the Mobile River Basin endemic Coal Darter, Percina brevicauda (Perciformes, Percidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(1):2031-2032.

Fast, K. M., Keener, T. W., Castleberry, S., Jones, K. D., Larrimore, J. D., Long, C. A., Newburn, J. T., Pritchett, N. C., Schellhammer, P. K., Sandel, M. W. 2018. Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages Kwksand96 and Cane17. Microbiology Resource Announcements 7(17).

Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A., Buonaccorsi, V. P., Herstein, J., Evgrafov, O. 2018. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of five rockfishes (Perciformes: Sebastes). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3(2):825-826.

Fast, K. M., Keener, T., Ali, R., Butcher, B. M., Millwood, J. D., Odom, T., Schellhammer, P. K., Ufomadu, E., Sandel, M. W. 2018. Genome Sequence of a Newly Isolated F2 Subcluster Mycobacteriophage from the Black Belt Geological Region of Western Alabama. Genome Announcements 6(4).

Dunham-Snary, K. J., Sandel, M. W., Sammy, M. J., Westbrook, D. G., Xiao, R., McMonigle, R. J., Ratcliffe, W. F., Penn, A., Young, M. E., Ballinger, S. W. 2018. Mitochondrial – nuclear genetic interaction modulates whole body metabolism, adiposity and gene expression in vivo. EBioMedicine 36:316-328.

Sandel, M. W. 2017. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(51):13531-13536.

Sandel, M. W., Fast, K. M., Aguilar, A., Nolte, A. W. 2017. Complete mitochondrial genomes for Cottus asper, Cottus perifretum, Cottus rhenanus (Perciformes, Cottidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2(2):666-668.

Sandel, M. W., Aguilar, A., Fast, K., O’Brien, S., Lapidus, A., Allison, D. B., Teterina, V., Kirilchik, S. 2017. Complete mitochondrial genomes of Baikal oilfishes (Perciformes: Cottoidei), earth’s deepest-swimming freshwater fishes. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2(2):773-775.

Fleischacker, C. L., Segura-Totten, M., Garlena, R. A., Jacobs-Sera, D., Pope, W. H., Russell, D. A., Hatfull, G. F., Asai, D., Bhalla, S., Biederman, B., Bortz, R., Breton, T., Brey, C., Brown-Kennerly, V., Butela, K., Cavinder, B., Connors, B., Cresawn, S., Decker, J., Delaney Nguyen, K., Diaz, A., Dojs, M., Doty, J., Edwards, D., Fast, K., Fleischacker, C., Frost, V., Furlong, L., Haddad, E., Hatfull, G., Hughes, L., Jacobs-Sera, D., Katsanos, J., Kesinger, E., Kirkpatrick, B., Kobi, P., Koga, A., Lawson, J., Martin, S., McLean, J., Merkhofer, E., Montgomery, J., Moriyama, E., Gibson, M. N., Ospina-Giraldo, M., Paige-Anderson, C., Pope, W., Powell, A., Preuss, M., Ruffin, V. 2017. Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium Phage CrystalP. Genome Announcements 5(28).

Srinivasainagendra, V., Sandel, M. W., Singh, B., Sundaresan, A., Mooga, V. P., Bajpai, P., Tiwari, H. K., Singh, K. K. 2017. Migration of mitochondrial DNA in the nuclear genome of colorectal adenocarcinoma. Genome Medicine 9(1):31.

Srinivasainagendra, V., Sandel, M. W., Singh, B., Sundaresan, A., Mooga, V. P., Bajpai, P., Tiwari, H. K., Singh, K. K. 2017. Migration of mitochondrial DNA in the nuclear genome of colorectal adenocarcinoma. Genome Medicine 9(1).

Dunham-Snary, K. J., Sandel, M. W., Westbrook, D. G., Ballinger, S. W. 2014. A method for assessing mitochondrial bioenergetics in whole white adipose tissues. Redox Biology 2:656-660.

Allison, D. B., Antoine, L. H., Ballinger, S. W., Bamman, M. M., Biga, P., Darley-Usmar, V. M., Fisher, G., Gohlke, J. M., Halade, G. V., Hartman, J. L., Hunter, G. R., Messina, J. L., Nagy, T. R., Plaisance, E. P., Powell, M. L., Roth, K. A., Sandel, M. W., Schwartz, T. S., Smith, D. L., Sweatt, J. D., Tollefsbol, T. O., Watts, S. A., Yang, Y., Zhang, J., Austad, S. N. 2014. Aging and energetics' 'Top 40' future research opportunities 2010-2013. F1000Research 3(219).

Sandel, M. W., Rohde, F. C., Harris, P. M. 2014. Interspecific relationships and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in pygmy sunfishes (Centrarchidae: Elassoma). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77:166-176.

Dunham-Snary, K. J., Pat, B. M., Ratcliffe, W. R., Grenett, M. H., Sandel, M. W., Young, M. E., Ballinger, S. W. 2014. Influence of the Mitochondrial Genome on Cardiac Function and Metabolism. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 76:S43.

Bagley, J. C., Sandel, M. W., Travis, J., Lozano-Vilano, M., Johnson, J. B. 2013. Paleoclimatic modeling and phylogeography of least killifish, Heterandria formosa: insights into Pleistocene expansion-contraction dynamics and evolutionary history of North American Coastal Plain freshwater biota. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1):223.

Dunham-Snary, K. J., Westbrook, D. G., Sammy, M. J., Sandel, M. W., Ratcliffe, W. F., Young, M. E., Ballinger, S. W. 2013. The Mitochondrial Genome Influences Body Composition, Energy Balance and Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Mice. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 65:S29.

Bagley, J. C., Sandel, M. W., Travis, J., Lozano-Vilano, M., Johnson, J. B. 2013. Paleoclimatic modeling and phylogeography of least killifish, Heterandria formosa: insights into Pleistocene expansion-contraction dynamics and evolutionary history of North American Coastal Plain freshwater biota. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1):223.

Near, T. J., Sandel, M. W., Kuhn, K. L., Unmack, P. J., Wainwright, P. C., Leo Smith, W. 2012. Nuclear gene-inferred phylogenies resolve the relationships of the enigmatic Pygmy Sunfishes, Elassoma (Teleostei: Percomorpha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(2):388-395.

Makowsky, R., Yan, Q., Wiener, H. W., Sandel, M. W., Aissani, B., Tiwari, H. K., Shrestha, S. 2012. The Utility of Mitochondrial and Y Chromosome Phylogenetic Data to Improve Correction for Population Stratification. Frontiers in Genetics 3.

Sandel, M. W. 2009. The desperate dozen: southeastern freshwater fishes on the brink (Elassoma alabamae). Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

Sandel, M. W., Harris, P. M. 2007. Threatened fishes of the world: Elassoma boehlkei (Rohde and Arndt 1987) (Elassomatidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 78(4):289-290.

Sandel, M. W., Harris, P. M. 2007. Threatened fishes of the world: Elassoma okatie Rohde and Arndt 1987 (Elassomatidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 80(4):487-488.