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  1. Guillen Matus, D. G., Koch, E. J., Vijayan, N., Good, H. J., Samples, R. M., Rinaldi-Ramos, C. M., Arnold, D. P., Nyholm, S. V., Balunas, M. J., Foster, J. S. Using magnetic nanoparticles to explore symbiotic interactions. Scientific Reports 16, 15377 (2026).

    doi:10.1038/s41598-026-46489-8

  2. Dennison, P., Samples, R., Racicot, R., Giddings, L.-A. Siderophore production by a rhizosphere-associated Streptomyces from Cyperus virens. American Journal of Undergraduate Research 22(4), 11–23 (2026).

    doi:10.33697/ajur.2025.158

  3. Shaffer, J. M. C., Giddings, L.-A., Samples, R., Sklute, E. C., Jarratt, A., Mateos, K., Dyar, M. D., Lee, P. A., Mikucki, J. A. Disentangling metabolite dynamics in extreme environments: life detection strategies for extraterrestrial worlds. Phytochemistry Letters 69, 103718 (2025).

    doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2025.103718

  4. Giddings, L.-A., Samples, R., Baranger-Hartwig, P. Copper-induced siderophore production and copper complex formation in vitamin-producing bacteria at a Vermont copper mine. Phytochemistry Letters 69, 103717 (2025).

    doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2025.103717

  5. Shaffer, J. M. C., Sklute, E. C., Samples, R. M., Giddings, L.-A., Jarratt, A., Mateos, K., Dyar, M. D., Lee, P. A., Livi, K. J. T., Mikucki, J. A. Multi-technique characterization of iron reduction by an Antarctic Shewanella: an analog system for putative Martian biosignature identification. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 91(8), e02528-24 (2025).

    doi:10.1128/aem.02528-24

  6. Dely, A., Racicot, R., Samples, R., Giddings, L.-A. Draft genome sequence and metabolomics data for Streptomyces sp. ADLamb9 isolated from the rhizosphere of Lavandula dentata. Data in Brief 63, 112199 (2025).

    doi:10.1016/j.dib.2025.112199

  7. Matos-Hernández, M. L., Samples, R., Dyer, G., Casimir Montán, V. M., Morales-Colón, C. A., Salvino, J. M., Montaner, L. J., Cassel, J. A., Messick, T. E., Tietjen, I., Caro-Diaz, E. J. E. Metabolomic analysis and antiviral screening of a marine algae library yield jobosic acid (2,5-dimethyltetradecanoic acid) as a selective inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Natural Products 87(6), 1513–1520 (2024).

    doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01071

  8. Kyle, K. E., Puckett, S. P., Caraballo-Rodríguez, A. M., Rivera-Chávez, J., Samples, R. M., Earp, C. E., Raja, H. A., Pearce, C. J., Ernst, M., van der Hooft, J. J. J., Adams, M. E., Oberlies, N. H., Dorrestein, P. C., Klassen, J. L., Balunas, M. J. Trachymyrmex septentrionalis ants promote fungus garden hygiene using Trichoderma-derived metabolite cues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(25), e2219373120 (2023).

    doi:10.1073/pnas.2219373120

  9. Samples, R. M., Puckett, S. P., Balunas, M. J. Metabolomics Peak Analysis Computational Tool (MPACT): an advanced informatics tool for metabolomics and data visualization of molecules from complex biological samples. Analytical Chemistry 95(23), 8770–8779 (2023).

    doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04632

  10. Shaffer, J. M. C., Giddings, L.-A., Samples, R. M., Mikucki, J. A. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of a red-pigmented strain of Massilia frigida isolated from an Antarctic microbial mat. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1156033 (2023).

    doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1156033

  11. Samples, R., Mukoyama, R., Shaffer, J., Mikucki, J., Giddings, L.-A. OpenASAP: an affordable 3D printed atmospheric solids analysis probe (ASAP) mass spectrometry system for direct analysis of solid and liquid samples. HardwareX 16, e00490 (2023).

    doi:10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00490

  12. Maloney, K. N., Botts, R. T., Davis, T. S., Okada, B. K., Maloney, E. M., Leber, C. A., Alvarado, O., Brayton, C., Caraballo-Rodríguez, A. M., Chari, J. V., Chicoine, B., Crompton, J. C., Davis, S. R., Gromek, S. M., Kurnianda, V., Quach, K., Samples, R. M., Shieh, V., Sultana, C. M., Tanaka, J., Dorrestein, P. C., Balunas, M. J., McFadden, C. S. Cryptic species account for the seemingly idiosyncratic secondary metabolism of Sarcophyton glaucum specimens collected in Palau. Journal of Natural Products 83(3), 693–705 (2020).

    doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01128

  13. Samples, R. M., Balunas, M. J. Bridging the gap: plant–endophyte interactions as a roadmap to understanding small-molecule communication in marine microbiomes. ChemBioChem 21(19), 2708–2721 (2020).

    doi:10.1002/cbic.202000064

  14. Puckett, S. P., Samples, R. M., Schloss, P. D., Balunas, M. J. Metabolomics and the microbiome: characterizing molecular diversity in complex microbial communities. In Comprehensive Natural Products III, 502–518 (2020).

    doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.14802-4

  15. Kerwin, A. H., Gromek, S. M., Suria, A. M., Samples, R. M., Deoss, D. J., O’Donnell, K., Frasca, S., Sutton, D. A., Wiederhold, N. P., Balunas, M. J., Nyholm, S. V. Shielding the next generation: symbiotic bacteria from a reproductive organ protect bobtail squid eggs from fungal fouling. mBio 10(5), e02376-19 (2019).

    doi:10.1128/mbio.02376-19