Divergent C. elegans toxin alleles are suppressed by distinct mechanisms

Zdraljevic S, Walter-McNeill L, Bruni GN, Bloom JS, Collins JB, Leighton DHW, Marquez H, Alexander N, Kruglyak L

2026. eLife, 14(RP106269). DOI

Evaluating beta-tubulin variants as predictors of benzimidazole resistance across Caenorhabditis nematodes

Shaver AO, McKeown R, Reyes Otero JM, Collins JB, Hogan DW, Fraser JS, Dreyer SM, Ragsdale EJ, Andersen EC

2026. PLoS Pathogens, 22(6). DOI

Natural variation suggests candidate genes underlying Caenorhabditis elegans susceptibility to diverse toxicants

Crombie TA, McKeown R, Widmayer SJ, Shaver AO, Moya ND, Collins JB, Wit J, Tanny RE, Braendle C, Stevens L, Van Sluijs L, Rockman MV, Sterken MG, Félix MA, Andersen EC

2026. Toxicological Sciences, 209(3). DOI

Methods for single-pair Ascaridia galli genetic crosses

Collins JB, Andersen EC

2026. microPublication Biology. DOI

Wild strains reveal natural variation in C. elegans avoidance behaviors

Polk EA, Aqil A, Collins JB, Tanny RE, Andersen EC, Gokcumen O, Ferkey DM

2025. G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 15(12). DOI

A small-scale survey of fenbendazole resistance in Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum, two common ascarid parasites of poultry

Collins JB, Choo R, Shaver AO, Schaye ES, Volpe T, Nunn L, Lighty ME, Niel KR, Frye EM, Zamanian M, Andersen EC

2025. Poultry Science, 104(11). DOI

Development of a size-separation technique to isolate Caenorhabditis elegans embryos using mesh filters

Jhaveri NS, Mastronardo MK, Collins JB, Andersen EC

2025. PLoS ONE, 20(4). DOI

Naturally occurring variation in a cytochrome P450 modifies thiabendazole responses independently of beta-tubulin

Collins JB, Dilks CM, Hahnel SR, Rodriguez B, Fox BW, Redman E, Yu J, Cooke B, Sihuta K, Zamanian M, Roy PJ, Schroeder FC, Gilleard JS, Andersen EC

2025. PLoS Pathogens, 21(1). DOI

Quantifying the fitness effects of resistance alleles with and without anthelmintic selection pressure using Caenorhabditis elegans

Shaver AO, Miller IR, Schaye ES, Moya ND, Collins JB, Wit J, Blanco AH, Shao FM, Andersen EJ, Khan SA, Paredes G, Andersen EC

2024. PLoS Pathogens, 20(5). DOI

Cyprocide selectively kills nematodes via cytochrome P450 bioactivation

Knox J, Burns AR, Cooke B, Cammalleri SR, Kitner M, Ching J, Castelli JMP, Puumala E, Snider J, Koury E, Collins JB, Geissah S, Dowling JJ, Andersen EC, Stagljar I, Cowen LE, Lautens M, Zasada I, Roy PJ

2024. Nature Communications, 15(1). DOI

Quantitative tests of albendazole resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans beta-tubulin mutants

Collins JB, Stone SA, Koury EJ, Paredes AG, Shao F, Lovato C, Chen M, Shi R, Li AY, Candal I, Al Moutaa K, Moya ND, Andersen EC

2024. International Journal for Parasitology, Drugs and Drug Resistance, 25, 100556. DOI

Lack of correlation between parasite burden and key weight metrics in poultry infected with intestinal ascarids

Collins JB, Shaver AO, Schaye ES, Volpe T, Nunn LR, Zamanian M, Andersen EC

2024. microPublication Biology. DOI

Molecular evidence of widespread benzimidazole drug resistance in Ancylostoma caninum from domestic dogs throughout the USA and discovery of a novel β-tubulin benzimidazole resistance mutation

Venkatesan A, Jimenez Castro PD, Morosetti A, Horvath H, Chen R, Redman E, Dunn K, Collins JB, Fraser JS, Andersen EC, Kaplan RM, Gilleard JS

2023. PLoS Pathogens, 19(3). DOI

The turkey ascarid, Ascaridia dissimilis, as a model genetic system

Collins JB, Andersen EC

2022. International Journal for Parasitology. DOI

Fenbendazole resistance in Heterakis gallinarum, the vector of Histomonas meleagridis, on a broiler breeder farm in South Carolina

Collins JB, Jordan B, Vidyashankar A, Bishop A, Kaplan RM

2022. Veterinary Parasitology, Regional Studies and Reports, 36. DOI

Multiple anthelmintic drug resistance in hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum) in a Labrador breeding and training kennel in Georgia, USA

Jimenez Castro PD, Durrence K, Durrence S, Sicalo Gianechini L, Collins JB, Dunn K, Kaplan RM

2022. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 261(3), 342–47. DOI

Impact of fenbendazole resistance in Ascaridia dissimilis on the economics of production in turkeys

Collins JB, Jordan B, Vidyashankar AN, Jimenez Castro P, Fowler J, Kaplan RM

2021. Poultry Science, 100(11). DOI

Resistance to fenbendazole in Ascaridia dissimilis, an important nematode parasite of turkeys

Collins JB, Jordan B, Baldwin L, Hebron C, Paras K, Vidyashankar AN, Kaplan RM

2019. Poultry Science, 98(11), 5412–15. DOI

Evaluation of DNA extraction methods on individual helminth egg and larval stages for whole-genome sequencing

Doyle SR, Sankaranarayanan G, Allan F, Berger D, Jimenez Castro PD, Collins JB, Crellen T, Duque-Correa MA, Ellis P, Jaleta TG, Laing R, Maitland K, McCarthy C, Moundai T, Softley B, Thiele E, Tchindebet Ouakou P, Tushabe JV, Webster JP, Weiss AJ, Lok J, Devaney E, Kaplan RM, Cotton JA, Berriman M, Holroyd N

2019. Frontiers in Genetics, 10(826), 826. DOI