Becky L. Williams

Uintah Basin Applied Technology College — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Marine Toxins and Detection Methods(13), Cephalopods and Marine Biology(8), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(5), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology(4), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(4)

Publications32 total

Learning Gains Associated with a Novel Approach to Undergraduate Research: Benefits of a Course-Like Undergraduate Research Experience (CLURE)
Journal of College Science Teaching·2025
Past, present, and future trends in octopus research
Elsevier eBooks·2024· 7 cited
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2024Open Access
Hapalochlaena lunulata, greater blue-ringed octopus
Elsevier eBooks·2024
The total syntheses of JBIR-94 and two synthetic analogs and their cytotoxicities against A549 (CCL-185) human small lung cancer cells
Tetrahedron Letters·2019· 1 cited
Convergent and parallel evolution in a voltage-gated sodium channel underlies TTX-resistance in the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus: Hapalochlaena lunulata
Toxicon·2019· 30 cited
A PUFFERFISH (<i>TETRADON NIGROVIRIDIS</i>) AVAILABLE IN THE COMMON PET TRADE HARBORS LETHAL CONCENTRATIONS OF TETRODOTOXIN: A CASE STUDY OF POISONING IN A CUVIER'S DWARF CAIMAN (<i>PALEOSUCHUS PALPEBROSUS</i>)
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine·2016· 2 cited
Microdistribution of tetrodotoxin in two species of blue-ringed octopuses (Hapalochlaena lunulata and Hapalochlaena fasciata) detected by fluorescent immunolabeling
Toxicon·2012· 27 cited
An improved competitive inhibition enzymatic immunoassay method for tetrodotoxin quantification
Biological Procedures Online·2012· 48 citedOpen Access
Predators usurp prey defenses? Toxicokinetics of tetrodotoxin in common garter snakes after consumption of rough-skinned newts
Chemoecology·2011· 20 cited
Chemical defense in pelagic octopus paralarvae: Tetrodotoxin alone does not protect individual paralarvae of the greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) from common reef predators
Chemoecology·2011· 26 cited
Talk and Poster Given for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2011
Ontogeny of Tetrodotoxin Levels in Blue-ringed Octopuses: Maternal Investment and Apparent Independent Production in Offspring of Hapalochlaena lunulata
Journal of Chemical Ecology·2010· 55 cited
Tetrodotoxin affects survival probability of rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) faced with TTX-resistant garter snake predators (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Chemoecology·2010· 44 cited
Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Marine Organisms with Respect to Tetrodotoxin
Marine Drugs·2010· 98 citedOpen Access
Talk given for Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2010
Intra-organismal distribution of tetrodotoxin in two species of blue-ringed octopuses (Hapalochlaena fasciata and H. lunulata)
Toxicon·2009· 60 cited
Distribution of Tetrodotoxin in Blue-Ringed Octopuses and the Hunt for Tetrodotoxin-Producing Symbiotic Bacteria
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2009
Talk given for the World Congress of Herpetology Invited Symposium
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·2008
Talk given at Joint Meetings: American Malacological Society, Western Society ofMalacologists
2006
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Frequent Co-authors

Edmund D. Brodie(8), Roy L. Caldwell(7), Edmund D. Brodie(7), Charles T. Hanifin(6), Daniel G. Mulcahy(2), Shana L. Geffeney(2), Rui Rosa(2), Catarina Pereira Santos(2), Francisco O. Borges(2), Piero Amodio(2), Michael D. Amor(2), John R. Bower(2), Anna Di Cosmo(2), Mélanie Court(2), Graziano Fiorito(2), Camino Gestal(2), Ángel F. González(2), Ángel Guerra(2), Roger T. Hanlon(2), Jennifer K. K. Hofmeister(2)