B.Sc., Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics. University of Maryland, College Park

Ph.D., Biochemistry. Stanford University

Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal an alternate path for organellogenesis. S Frail, M Steele-Ogus, J Doenier, SLY Moulin, T Braukmann, S Xu, E Yeh (2025). PNAS 122(33): e2507237122

The endosymbiont of Epithemia clementina is specialized for nitrogen fixation within a photosynthetic eukaryote. SLY Moulin, S Frail, T Braukmann, J Doenier, M Steele-Ogus, JC Marks, MM Mills, E Yeh (2024). ISME communications 4 (1), ycae055

Genome sequence of a symbiotic cyanobacterium from the flowering plant Gunnera tinctoria. WSL Ang, O Burleigh, S Frail, YVS Santos, B Tyagi, FW Li (2023). Microbiology Resource Announcements 12 (11), e00563-23

Extensive co-binding and rapid redistribution of NANOG and GATA6 during emergence of divergent lineages. JJ Thompson, DJ Lee, A Mitra, S Frail, R Dale, PP Rocha (2022). Nature Communications, 13:4257

Radiolytic destruction of uracil in interstellar and solar system ices. PA Gerakines, D Qasim, S Frail, RL Hudson (2022). Astrobiology 22 (3), 233-241

Biocontrol for foodborne zoonotic pathogens in animal reservoirs and food products. A Brauer, S Frail, P Shan, T Tran (2019). Safety and Practice for Organic Food, 377-395

Disinfection Ability of Bacteriophages Against Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilms. S Frail, G Liu, G Macatee, T Mavanur, K Ochieng, C Purdy, P Shan, T Tran, S Wain (2018). Gemstone Program, University of Maryland, College Park.

The radiation stability of the RNA base uracil in H2O-ice and CO2-ice: in-situ laboratory measurements with applications to comets, Europa, and Mars. PA Gerakines, S Frail, RL Hudson (2017). AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts# 49 49, 202.04

Novel microtubule-targeting 7-Deazahypoxanthines derived from marine alkaloid rigidins with potent in vitro and in vivo anticancer activities. DC Medellin, Q Zhou, R Scott, RM Hill, SK Frail, R Dasari, SJ Ontiveros, SC Pelly, WAL van Otterlo, T Betancourt, CB Shuster, E Hamel, R Bai, DV LaBarbera, S Rogelj, LV Frolova, A Kornienko (2016). Journal of medicinal chemistry 59 (1), 480-485