Dr Steven Robbins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
+61 7 336 54956
Publications
Journal Articles
Terzin, Marko, Laffy, Patrick W., Robbins, Steven, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Frade, Pedro R., Glasl, Bettina, Webster, Nicole S. and Bourne, David G. (2024). The road forward to incorporate seawater microbes in predictive reef monitoring. Environmental Microbiome, 19 (1) 5. doi: 10.1186/s40793-023-00543-4
Messer, Lauren F., Bourne, David G., Robbins, Steven J., Clay, Megan, Bell, Sara C., McIlroy, Simon J. and Tyson, Gene W. (2024). A genome-centric view of the role of the Acropora kenti microbiome in coral health and resilience. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 2902, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46905-5
O'Brien, Paul A., Tan, Shangjin, Frade, Pedro R., Robbins, Steven J., Engelberts, J. Pamela, Bell, Sara C., Vanwonterghem, Inka, Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2023). Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiology, 25 (12), 1-18. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16509
Engelberts, J. Pamela, Robbins, Steven J., Herbold, Craig W., Moeller, Florian U., Jehmlich, Nico, Laffy, Patrick W., Wagner, Michael and Webster, Nicole S. (2023). Metabolic reconstruction of the near complete microbiome of the model sponge
Ianthella basta. Environmental Microbiology, 25 (3), 646-660. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16302
Engelberts, J. Pamela, Abdul Wahab, Muhammad A., Maldonado, Manuel, Rix, Laura, Marangon, Emma, Robbins, Steven J., Wagner, Michael and Webster, Nicole S. (2022). Microbes from Mum: symbiont transmission in the tropical reef sponge Ianthella basta. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 90, 90. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00173-w
Engelberts, J. Pamela, Robbins, Steven J., Damjanovic, Katarina and Webster, Nicole S. (2021). Integrating novel tools to elucidate the metabolic basis of microbial symbiosis in reef holobionts. Marine Biology, 168 (12) 175. doi: 10.1007/s00227-021-03952-6
Robbins, S. J., Song, W., Engelberts, J. P., Glasl, B., Slaby, B. M., Boyd, J., Marangon, E., Botté, E. S., Laffy, P., Thomas, T. and Webster, N. S. (2021). A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges. ISME Journal, 15 (6), 1641-1654. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00876-9
Glasl, Bettina, Robbins, Steven, Frade, Pedro R., Marangon, Emma, Laffy, Patrick W., Bourne, David G. and Webster, Nicole S. (2020). Comparative genome-centric analysis reveals seasonal variation in the function of coral reef microbiomes. The ISME Journal, 14 (6), 1435-1450. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0622-6
Engelberts, J. Pamela, Robbins, Steven J., de Goeij, Jasper M., Aranda, Manuel, Bell, Sara C. and Webster, Nicole S. (2020). Characterization of a sponge microbiome using an integrative genome-centric approach. The ISME Journal, 14 (5), 1100-1110. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0591-9
Cooke, Ira, Mead, Oliver, Whalen, Casey, Boote, Chloë, Moya, Aurelie, Ying, Hua, Robbins, Steven, Strugnell, Jan M., Darling, Aaron, Miller, David, Voolstra, Christian R., Adamska, Maja, Consortium of Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference Participants and Esmail, Amin (2019). Molecular techniques and their limitations shape our view of the holobiont. Zoology, 137 125695, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2019.125695
Robbins, Steven J., Singleton, Caitlin M., Chan, Cheong Xin, Messer, Lauren F., Geers, Aileen U., Ying, Hua, Baker, Alexander, Bell, Sara C., Morrow, Kathleen M., Ragan, Mark A., Miller, David J., Forêt, Sylvain, Voolstra, Christian R., Tyson, Gene W. and Bourne, David G. (2019). A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts. Nature Microbiology, 4 (12), 2090-2100. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0532-4
Botté, Emmanuelle S., Nielsen, Shaun, Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Azmi, Webster, John, Robbins, Steven, Thomas, Torsten and Webster, Nicole S. (2019). Changes in the metabolic potential of the sponge microbiome under ocean acidification. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 4134, 4134. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12156-y
Jaspers, Cornelia, Fraune, Sebastian, Arnold, A. Elizabeth, Miller, David J., Bosch, Thomas C. G., Voolstra, Christian R., Consortium of Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference Participants, Adamska, Maja, Ainsworth, Tracy, Ball, Eldon, Boote, Chloe, Bourne, David, Butterfield, Nicholas J., Chan, Cheong Xin, Cooke, Ira, Cowman, Peter F., Darling, Aaron, Davy, Simon K., Mohamed, Amin, Fabricius, Katharina, Fortunato, Sofia, Hernandez, Alejandra, Hoogenboom, Mia, Moya, Aurelie, Pita, Lucia, Ragan, Mark A., Robbins, Steven J., Andrade, Natalia R., Sakamaki, Kazuhiro ... Ying, Hua (2019). Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches. Zoology, 133, 81-87. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2019.02.007
Robbins, Steven J., Evans, Paul N., Parks, Donovan H., Golding, Suzanne D. and Tyson, Gene W. (2016). Genome-centric analysis of microbial populations enriched by hydraulic fracture fluid additives in a coal bed methane production well. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 (731) 731, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00731
Robbins, Steven J., Evans, Paul N., Esterle, Joan S., Golding, Suzanne D. and Tyson, Gene W. (2016). The effect of coal rank on biogenic methane potential and microbial composition. International Journal of Coal Geology, 154, 205-212. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2016.01.001
Evans, Paul N., Parks, Donovan H., Chadwick, Grayson L., Robbins, Steven J., Orphan, Victoria J., Golding, Suzanne D. and Tyson, Gene W. (2015). Methane metabolism in the archaeal phylum Bathyarchaeota revealed by genome-centric metagenomics. Science, 350 (6259), 434-438. doi: 10.1126/science.aac7745
Susilawati, Rita, Evans, Paul N., Esterle, Joan S., Robbins, Steven J., Tyson, Gene W., Golding, Suzanne D. and Mares, Tennille E. (2015). Temporal changes in microbial community composition during culture enrichment experiments with Indonesian coals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 137, 66-76. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2014.10.015