Valerie Morley


Website: http://valeriemorley.com
Email: vum84@psu.edu

C.V.

Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-present), Department of Biology, Penn State University

Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2017), Yale University with Paul Turner

Laboratory Technician (2009-2011), Department of Pathology, University of Chicago

B.A. in Biology (2008), Oberlin College

Research interests


Publications

Kinnear, C.L., E. Hansen, V.J. Morley, M. Forstchen, K. Tracy, A.F. Read, R.J. Woods. Daptomycin treatment impacts resistance in off-target populations of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, a nosocomial bacterial pathogen. PLoS Biology. (In press).

Morley, V.J., C.L. Kinnear, D.G. Sim, S.N. Olson, L.M. Jackson, E. Hansen, G.A. Usher, S.A. Showalter, M.P. Pai, R.J. Woods, A.F. Read. 2020. An adjunctive therapy administered with an antibiotic prevents enrichment of antibiotic-resistant clones of a colonizing opportunistic pathogen. eLife 9:e58147.

Gloria-Soria, A., S. Mendiola, V.J. Morley, B. Alto, and P.E. Turner. Prior evolution in stochastic versus constant temperatures affects RNA virus evolvability at a thermal extremeEcology and Evolution 10(12): 5440-5450.

 Morley, V.J., E.P.C. Firgens, R.R. Vanderbilt, Y. Zhou, M. Zook, A.F. Read, E.L. MacGeorge. 2020. Factors associated with antibiotic prescribing for acute bronchitis at a university health center. BMC Infectious Diseases 20: 177.

Morley, V.J., R.W. Woods, and A.F. Read. 2019. Bystander selection for antimicrobial resistance: Implications for patient healthTrends in Microbiology.

Morley, V.J., M.G. Noval, R. Chen, S.C. Weaver, M. Vignuzzi, K.A. Stapleford, P.E. Turner. 2018. Chikungunya virus evolution following a large 3’UTR deletion results in host-specific molecular changes in protein-coding regions. Virus Evolution 4(1):vey012.

Morley, V.J. and P.E. Turner. 2017. Dynamics of molecular evolution in RNA virus populations depend on sudden versus gradual environmental change. Evolution. 71:872-883

Morley V.J., M. Sistrom, J.U. Ciro, S. Remold, P.E. Turner. 2016. Evolution in spatially mixed host environments increases divergence for evolved fitness and intrapopulation genetic diversity in RNA viruses. Virus Evolution 2(1):vev022.

Morley, V.J. and P.E. Turner. 2015. Understanding adaptation through experimental evolution with viruses: from simple to complex environments. Chapter 8 in S.C. Weaver, M.R. Denison, M. Roossinck, and M. Vignuzzi (eds.), Virus Evolution. Horizon Press. p 233-261. (Invited book chapter).

Morley V.J., S. Mendiola, P.E. Turner. 2015. Rate of novel host invasion affects adaptability of evolving RNA virus lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B 282(1813): 20150801.

Pesko, K., E.A. Voight, A. Swick, V.J. Morley, C. Timm, J. Yin, and P.E. Turner. 2015. Genome rearrangement affects RNA virus adaptability on prostate-cancer cells. Frontiers in Genetics 6.

Brown, J.E., V. Obas, V. Morley, J.R. Powell. 2013. Phylogeography and spatio-temporal genetic variation of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in the Florida Keys. Journal of Medical Entomology 50(2): 294-299.

Owen, J.C., F.R. Moore, A.J. Williams, M.P. Ward, T.A. Beveroth, E.A. Miller, L.C. Wilson, V.J. Morley, R.N. Abbey-Lee, B.A. Veeneman, B.M. DeRussy, M.S. McWhorter, and M.C. Garvin. 2010. Test of recrudescence hypothesis for overwintering of West Nile virus in gray catbirds. Journal of Medical Entomology 47(3): 451-457.

Owen, J.C., F.R. Moore, A.J. Williams, L. Stark, E.A. Miller, V.J. Morley, A.R. Krohn, and M.C. Garvin. 2011. Test of recrudescence hypothesis for overwintering of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in gray catbirds. Journal of Medical Entomology 48(4): 896-903.

Miscellaneous