Research

Publications

Sarmiento, L.; Nelson, T. M.; Silva, E.; Glenn, T.; Flannery, C.; Whirledge, S. Glucocorticoids Transcriptionally Regulate Key Mediators of Proliferation and the Extracellular Matrix in Uterine Fibroid Cells, SRI 2022: Scientific Abstracts. Reprod. Sci. 2022, 29, 1–335, doi:10.1007/s43032-022-00883-5.

Nelson, T.M.; Ghosh, S.; Postler, T.S. L-RAPiT: A Cloud-Based Computing Pipeline for the Analysis of Long-Read RNA Sequencing Data. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 15851. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232415851.

Overbey, E.; et al. The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA): A comprehensive data resource and biobank for astronauts. Nature. 2023, [in revision]

Grigorev, K.; Overbey, E.; Nelson, T.M.; et al. Direct RNA sequencing of astronauts reveals spaceflight-associated epitranscriptome changes and stress-related transcriptional responses. Nature Communications. 2023, [in revision]

Poster Sessions

Nelson, T.M.; Postler, T.S.
Uncovering the Role of LNC173 Mouse-Ortholog in T-Cell Biology. Columbia University Undergraduate Research Symposium. 2020, presented at a public poster session held in the Low Library Rotunda

Ganeshan K.; Ravi S.; Ussia A.; Arvan L.; Wang B.; Favila H.; Nelson, T.M.; Dada M. Characterizing Antibiotic Resistance in Microgravity Environments. NASA Student Payload Opportunity With Citizen Science. 2021, presented at a public poster session held in the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Nelson, T.M.; Postler, T.S.
Comparison of RNA-Seq Aligners for Low-Abundance Transcripts.
Columbia University Data Science Institute Computing Systems Poster Session. 2022, https://www.dsiposters.com/computing-systems-spring-2022

Nipa T.; Nan C.; Morales H.; Boodhan N.; Nipon S.; Ayodele H.; Genao K.; Kone R.; Miami J.; Kim P.; Safa S.; Postler T.S.; Zhang D.J.; Nelson, T.M. Illuminating the Human Transcriptome: An Interactive Biology Lab Experience. Columbia University Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center. 2022, https://ddc.college.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/docs/Biology%20Class%20Fall%202022%20-%20Students%20final%20project.pdf

Nelson, T.M.; Postler, T.S.; Ghosh, S.
Production of Multiple LINC00173 Overexpression Vectors.
Columbia University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium. 2023, presented at a public poster session held in the Low Library Rotunda

Frederick C.; Lee S.; Przywozny B.; Jones C.; Ramirez R.; Brose M.; Hansen C.; Blazej Raszewski B.; Pham K.; Aziz M.; Nelson, T.M. Space Microbiology: Elucidating the impact of microgravity environments on chemical and biological systems. Columbia Space Initiative. 2023, presented at a public poster session held in David Auditorium

Reflections

Nelson, T.M.; From Research to Researcher: How Collaboration Forms a Scientific Mind. 2022, https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/undergraduate-research/from-research-to-researcher-how-collaboration-forms-a-scientific-mind/

White Papers

Broddrick, J., Barker, R., Baxter, K., Bezdan, D., Bhushan, A., Brereton, N., Kelliher, J., Lee, J. A., Nelson, T. M., Ravi, S., & Velez, Y.-A.; Microbial reference missions and open science to accelerate Space Biology investigations. Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032 – THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS. 2021, http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/6392490/47-e4bd4bcb9f9bbcfe35b5d8835e406aa9_BroddrickJaredT_Campaign.pdf

Podcasts

Find Your Throne in the Twilight Zone – An Exploration of Higher Dimensions [hosted by Ben Kuhn, James Pan and Theodore Nelson], 2020: AN EXISTENTIAL ODYSSEY – Exploring Existential Crises, Time Travel and Other Issues of Reality, Frontiers of Science Podcast, 2020, https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ec01i4iba80WtY5IJcPR8

rated the “most informative segment” within the “best podcast overall” among 300+ person Frontiers of Science lecture

Interview with Eliah Overbey [Interviewers: Kevin Xu and Theodore Nelson], Columbia BioBytes Podcast, 2023, https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uxJxIw32qLQnmleSvT1Kh