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- Beta-carotene protects sudan (IV) from photocatalytic oxidation in a micellar model system: Insight into the antioxidant properties of the golden Staphylococcus aureus (2/14/2008)
- Spatial patterns of Juniperus virginiana and Lonicera maackii on a road cut in Kentucky, USA (2/14/2008)
- Members of the Toll-like receptor family of innate immunity pattern-recognition receptors are abundant in the rat male reproductive tract (2/13/2008)
- Activation and endocytic internalization of melanocortin 3 receptor in neuronal cells (2/13/2008)
- Development of an acyclovir implant for the long-term control of herpes simplex virus infection (2/13/2008)
- Prevalence of melanocortin system transcripts in rat salt homeostasis endocrine tissues (2/13/2008)
- The impacts of forest management on the invertebrate communities associated with leaf packs of forested streams in New York State (2/13/2008)
- The role of light and oxygen in Chaoborus punctipennis (Insecta: Diptera) diel vertical migration (2/13/2008)
- Restoration of Hawaiian montane wet forest: endemic longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae: Plagithmysus) in koa (Fabaceae: Acacia koa) plantations and in intact forest (2/13/2008)
- Genetic modifiers of Drosophila palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1-induced degeneration (2/13/2008)
- Allometric analysis reveals relatively little variation in nitrogen versus biomass accrual in four plant species exposed to varying light, nutrients, water and CO2 (2/13/2008)
- Methylation of histone H3 lysine-79 by Dot1p plays multiple roles in the response to UV damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2/13/2008)
- One gland, two lobes: organogenesis of the "Harderian” and "nictitans” glands of the Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and fallow deer (Dama dama) (2/13/2008)
- Human lead exposure in a late 19th century mental asylum population. (11/19/2007)
- Nutritional endoderm in a direct developing frog: a potential parallel to the evolution of the amniote egg (11/19/2007)
- Toward the automated generation of genome-scale metabolic networks in the SEED. (11/19/2007)
- Natural History of box turtles, Terrapene carolina, in an urbanized landscape (11/19/2007)
- A comparison of the effectiveness of recommended doses of MS-222 (Tricaine Methane Sulfonate) and Orajel ® (Benzocaine) for amphibian anesthesia (11/19/2007)
- The pesticide malathion disrupts Xenopus and zebrafish embryogenesis: An investigative laboratory exercise in developmental toxicology (11/19/2007)
- Do habitat size and shape modify abiotic factors and communities in artificial treeholes? (11/19/2007)
- How much solute is needed to inhibit the fluid-gel membrane phase transition at low hydration? (11/19/2007)
- Composition and temporal change of the forest in 18th century Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (11/19/2007)
- An identification key to the rodent prey found in owl pellets: employing incisor size to distinguish among genera (11/19/2007)
- Heterozygosity and fitness in a California population of the labyrinth spider Metepeira ventura (Araneae, Araneidae). (11/19/2007)
- Using interdisciplinary bioinformatics undergraduate research to recruit and retain computer science students (11/19/2007)
- Involving undergraduates in the annotation and analysis of global gene expression studies: Creation of a maize shoot apical meristem expression database (11/19/2007)
- Diversity of escape variant mutations in Simian virus 40 large tumor antigen (SV40 Tag) epitopes selected by cytotoxic T lymphocyte clones (11/19/2007)
- The reproductive pattern of male dusky salamanders (genus Desmognathus) is neither associated nor dissociated (11/19/2007)
- Catawba River corridor coverboard program: a citizen science approach to amphibian and reptile inventory (11/19/2007)
- Heating and cooling rates of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, Crotalus adamanteus (11/19/2007)
- First record of a sleeper shark in the western Gulf of Mexico and comments on taxonomic incertainty within Somniosus (Somniosus). (11/19/2007)
- The hormonal herbicide, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, inhibits Xenopus oocyte maturation by targeting translational and post-translational mechanisms. (11/19/2007)
- Roles for Drp1, a dynamin-related protein, and Milton, a kinesin-associated protein, in mitochondrial segregation, unfurling, and elongation during Drosophila spermatogenesis (11/19/2007)
- Estrogenic impurities in tissue culture plastic ware are not bisphenol (11/19/2007)
- Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity (11/6/2007)
- Land use and forest history in an urban sanctuary in central Massachusetts (11/6/2007)
- Propagation of Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc. by stem cuttings and properties of its latex-like sap (11/6/2007)
- Phylogeny of the American silverfish Cubacubaninae (Hexapoda: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae): a combined approach using morphology and five molecular loci (10/31/2007)
- The biodiversity box: Inquiry science at the elementary level (10/24/2007)
- An a-amylase (At4g25000) in Arabidopsis leaves is secreted and induced by biotic and abiotic stress (10/24/2007)
- The effect of artificial defaunation on bacterial assemblages of intertidal sediments. (4/17/2007)
- Comparison of the genome sequence of the poultry pathogen Bordetella avium with those of B. bronchiseptica, B. pertussis and B. parapertussis reveals extensive diversity in surface structures associated with host interaction. (4/17/2007)
- . The puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase PAM-1 is required for meiotic exit and anteroposterior polarity in the one-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo (4/16/2007)
- Genetic similarity, extrapair paternity, and offspring quality in Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) (4/16/2007)
- Initial den location behavior in a litter of neonate Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnakes) (2/22/2007)
- The repetitive DNA elements called CRISPRs and their associated genes: evidence of horizontal transfer among prokaryotes (2/22/2007)
- Acetaminophen self-administered in the drinking water increases the pain threshold of rats (Rattus norvegicus). (2/22/2007)
- Wild-caught hybrids between sailfin and shortfin mollies (Poeciliidae, Poecilia): Morphological and molecular verification (2/22/2007)
- Respiratory rate is a valid and reliable marker for the anaerobic threshold: implications for measuring change in fitness (2/22/2007)
- Subsumption architecture for fluid-advected chemical plume tracing with soft obstacle avoidance, Proceedings of MTS-IEEE Oceans 2006 Boston (2/21/2007)
- Farnesol restores wild-type colony morphology to 96% of Candida albicans colony morphology variants recovered following treatment with mutagens (2/13/2007)
- High contents of hypotaurine and thiotaurine in hydrothermal-vent gastropods without thiotrophic endosymbionts (2/13/2007)
- Antler stiffness in moose (Alces alces): Correlated evolution of bone function and material properties? (2/13/2007)
- . Aggressive contests in house crickets: size, motivation and the information content of aggressive songs (2/13/2007)
- Use of a new model to quantify compromises between embryo development and parental self-maintenance in three species of intermittently incubating passerines (2/13/2007)
- Isolation and identification of proteolytic bacteria from leaves of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea (2/13/2007)
- An evaluation of MS-222 and benzocaine as anesthetics for metamorphic and paedomorphic tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum) (2/12/2007)
- A conserved tyrosine residue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae leukotriene A4 hydrolase stabilizes the transition state of the peptidase activity (2/12/2007)
- Respiratory physiology in the Oniscidea: aerobic capacity and the significance of pleopodal lungs (2/12/2007)
- Early events in adult eye development of the moth, Manduca sexta (12/8/2006)
- Predictors of winter anuran calling activity in the North Carolina Piedmont (12/8/2006)
- Parvalbumin correlates with relaxation rate in the swimming muscle of sheepshead and kingfish (12/8/2006)
- Effects of ecologically relevant doses of malathion on developing Xenopus laevis tadpoles (12/8/2006)
- Chorus attendance and site fidelity in the Mink Frog, Rana septentrionalis: Are males territorial? (12/8/2006)
- The effects of survey protocol on detection probabilities and site occupancy estimates of summer breeding anurans (12/8/2006)
- The Pseudomonas aeruginosa ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding protein AlgZ (AmrZ) controls twitching motility and biogenesis of type IV Pili (12/8/2006)
- The effects of hypoxia and pH on phenoloxidase activity in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (12/8/2006)
- Acid exposure is an immune disruptor in adult Rana pipiens (12/8/2006)
- Myosin heavy-chain kinase A from Dictyostelium possesses a novel actin-binding domain that cross-links actin filaments (12/8/2006)
- Offspring sex vs. position in the laying sequence in Wyoming house wrens (12/8/2006)
- Detection and partial characterization of a novel 100kd bacteriocin isolated for Lactobacillus plantarum (7/20/2006)
- The role of fungal pathogens in flower size and seed mass variation in three species of Hydrophyllum (Hydrophyllaceae). (7/20/2006)
- Long- and short-chain plant-produced bacterial N-acyl-homoserine lactones become components of phyllosphere, rhizosphere and soil (7/20/2006)
- The effects of a one Tesla magnet on human fibroblast growth (7/20/2006)
- Simultaneous detection of intracellular free calcium and zinc using fura-2FF and FluoZin-3 (7/20/2006)
- Circadian activity rhythms in the spiny mouse (7/20/2006)
- Riparian vegetation loss, stream channelization, and web-weaving spiders in northern Japan. (7/20/2006)
- Use of mtDNA to identify genetic introgression among related species of catfish (7/19/2006)
- Mitochondrial transporters involved in oleic acid utilization and glutamate metabolism in yeast (7/19/2006)
- Positive effects of testosterone and immunochallenge on energy allocation to reproductive organs (7/19/2006)
- Identification of novel and conserved functional and structural elements of the G1 cyclin Cln3 important for interactions with the CDK Cdc28 in Saccharomyces cerevisia (7/19/2006)
- Alligator tears: A reevaluation of the lacrimal apparatus of the crocodilians (7/19/2006)
- Unusual usage of AGG and TTG codons in humans and their viruses (7/19/2006)
- Vegetative reproduction during development in Australian pygmy and tuberous sundews (7/19/2006)
- Estrogen contributes to structural recovery after a lesion (7/19/2006)
- The C. elegans nuclear receptor gene fax-1 and homeobox gene unc-42 coordinate interneuron identity by regulating the expression of glutamate receptor subunits and other neuron-specific genes (7/19/2006)
- Aryl hydrocarbon receptors in the frog Xenopus laevis: Two AHR1 paralogs exhibit low affinity for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD (7/19/2006)
- variation in ammonia excretion, glutamine levels, and hydration status in 2 species of terrestrial isopod (7/19/2006)
- Calcium accumulation in eggs and mancas of Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Oniscidea (7/19/2006)
- The red alga genus Rhodospora (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America (7/19/2006)
- Aging-associated changes in cardiac gene expression (1/6/2006)
- Recovery from Long-term Stationary Phase and Stress Survival in Escherichia coli Require the L-Isoaspartyl Protein Carboxyl Methyltransferase at Alkaline pH (1/6/2006)
- Effects of Light and Chloramphenicol Stress on Incorporation of Nitrogen into Cyanophycin in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6308 (1/6/2006)
- Isolation of C. elegans Genomic DNA and Detection of Deletions in the unc-93
Gene Using PCR (1/6/2006)
- Active Parental Care in a Freshwater Amphipod (Crustacea: Gammarus pseudolimnaeus): Effects of Environmental Factors (1/6/2006)
- Haploid Vegetative Mycelia of Armillaria gallica Show Among-cell-line Variation for Growth and Phenotypic Plasticity (1/6/2006)
- A New Benthic Sampling Device For Soft Sediments In Shallow Habitats (1/6/2006)
- Regeneration of Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) Following Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) Outbreak in the Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama (1/6/2006)
- The Pesticide Malathion Reduces Survival and Growth in Developing Zebrafish (1/6/2006)
- Mechanisms of Postinhibitory Rebound and its Modulation by Serotonin in Excitatory Swim Motor Neurons of the Medicinal Leech (1/6/2006)
- An Inexpensive Gel Electrophoresis-Based PCR Method for Quantifying mRNA Levels (1/6/2006)
- Temporal Patterns of Benthic Microalgal Migration on a Semi-protected Beach (1/6/2006)
- Mutant Allele Frequencies in Domestic Cat Populations in Arkansas and Tennessee (1/6/2006)
- Mechanisms of Transport and Exocytosis of Dense-core Granules Containing Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Developing Hippocampal Neurons (9/29/2005)
- Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin) Reduces Withdrawal Severity After Binge Ethanol Exposure in the Mouse (9/29/2005)
- Cloning and Expression Analysis of pos-1 in the Nematodes Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis remanei (9/29/2005)
- Physiological and Morphological Correlates of Among - Individual Variation in Standard Metabolic Rate in the Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens (9/29/2005)
- Adenylate Cyclase-Mediated Forms of Neuronal Plasticity in Hippocampal Area
CA1 Are Reduced with Agi (9/29/2005)
- Galanin-Like Peptide (GALP) Rescues Reproductive Function in Diabetic Animals (9/29/2005)
- Cypermethrin Blocks a Mitochrondria-dependent Apoptotic Signal Initiated by Deficient N-linked Glycosylation Within the Endoplasmic Reticulum (9/29/2005)
- Modulation of Human GABAA and Glycine Receptor Currents by Menthol and Related Monoterpenoids (9/29/2005)
- Photo-cross-linking Interacting Proteins with a Genetically Encoded Benzophenone (9/29/2005)
- Mutations in the Arabidopsis Phosphoinositide Phosphatase Gene SAC9 Led to Overaccumulation of PtdIns(4,5)P2 and Constitutive Expression of the Stress-Response Pathway (9/29/2005)
- Geographic Distribution. Hyla cinerea. (9/29/2005)
- Anti-predator Defenses in Western North Atlantic Sponges with Evidence of Enhanced Defense Through Interactions Between Spicules and Chemicals (9/29/2005)
- Male Induction of Female Quiescence/Catalepsis during Courtship in the Spider, Agelenopsis aperta (9/29/2005)
- Altered Hydroperoxidase (HPI and HPII) Activities in the ?fur (Ferric Uptake Regulator) Mutant Contribute to Increased Sensitivity to UVA Irradiation in Escherichia coli (9/29/2005)
- Inhibition of Metastasis by Inhibition of Tumor-Derived CCL5 (8/5/2005)
- Anatomy and Histochemistry of Spread-wing Posture in Birds. 3. Immunohistochemistry of Flight Muscles and the "Shoulder Lock" in Albatrosses (8/5/2005)
- High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Neutral Lipids and Phospholipids in the Apple Snail Pomacea bridgesii (8/5/2005)
- Factors Determining Alpine Species Distribution on Goliath Peak, Front Range, Colorado, U.S.A. (8/5/2005)
- Biotic and Abiotic Effects of Lichen Community Structure in an Illinois Cemetery (8/5/2005)
- Influence of Temperature on Ranavirus Infection in Larval Salamanders Ambystoma tigrinum, (8/5/2005)
- The Effects of the Presence of Stored Product Pests on the Microfauna of a Flour Community (8/5/2005)
- Methylation at Mouse Cdkn1c is Acquired During Post-implantation Development and Functions to Maintain Imprinted Expression (6/3/2005)
- A Nonrandom Pattern of Rotifers Occupying Lobules of the Hepatic, Frullania eboracesis (6/3/2005)
- Determination of Temperature Preference and the Role of the Enlarged Cheliped in Thermoregulation in Male Sand Fiddler Crabs, Uca pugilator (6/3/2005)
- Pre-clinical Investigation of the Efficacy of an Artificial Tear Solution Containing Hydroxypropyl-guar as a Gelling Agent. (6/3/2005)
- In Silico Gene Selection Strategy for Custom Microarray Design (6/3/2005)
- Genetic and Biochemical Interactions between Yar1, Ltv1 and RpS3 Define Novel Links between Environmental Stress and Ribosome Biogenesis in S. cerevisiae (6/3/2005)
- Long-term Age-dependent Behavioral Changes Following a Single Episode of Fetal N-methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Blockade (6/3/2005)
- Observations on Parasitism in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Limpets (6/3/2005)
- The Karyopherin Msn5/Kap142 Requires Nup82 for Nuclear Export and Performs a Function Distinct from Translocation in RPA Protein Import (6/3/2005)
- Cryptic Speciation, Genetic Diversity and Gene Flow in the California Turret Spider Atypoides riversi (Araneae, Antrodiaetidae) (6/3/2005)
- Somatostatin Regulates Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells (6/3/2005)
- Motility of a Biflagellate Sperm: Waveform Analysis and Cyclic Nucleotide Activation (6/3/2005)
- Use of Dung as a Tool by Burrowing Owls (6/3/2005)
- Symmetry Preference as a Cognitive By-product in Starlings (6/3/2005)
- Starlings have Difficulty Detecting Dot Asymmetry: Implications for Studying Fluctuating Asymmetry (6/3/2005)
- Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia on the Clearance of Vibrio campbellii in the Atlantic Blue Crab (1/5/2005)
- Microtubules and Microfilaments Coordinate to Direct a Fountain Streaming Pattern in Elongating Conifer Pollen Tube Tips (1/5/2005)
- Isolation and Characterization of New Homing Endonuclease Specificities at Individual Target Site Positions (1/5/2005)
- Native Plant Regeneration and Introduction of Non-Natives Following Post-Fire Rehabilitation with Straw Mulch and Barley Seeding (11/1/2004)
- Increase in Ty1 cDNA Recombination in Yeast sir4 Mutant Strains at High Temperature (11/1/2004)
- RAPD Analysis of mtDNA from Tomato Flowers of Nuclear DNA Artifacts (8/18/2004)
- Functional Unit of the RNA Polymerase II C-terminal Domain Lies within Heptapeptide Pairs (8/18/2004)
- Interaction Between Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus N Protein Monomers Involves Nonelectrostatic Forces Governed by Multiple Distinct Regions in the Primary Structure (8/18/2004)
- Seed Production and Germination in Long’s Bittercress (Cardamine longii) of Massachusetts (8/18/2004)
- Disruption of Caenorhabditis elegans Muscle Structure and Function Caused by Mutation of Troponin I (8/18/2004)
- Serotonin, Nitric Oxide and Histamine Enhance the Excitability of Neuron MCC by Diverse Mechanisms (8/18/2004)
- Group I Intron Homing in Bacillus Phages SPO1 and SP82: A Gene Conversion Event Initiated by a Nicking Homing Endonuclease (8/18/2004)
- A Fungal Endophyte Mediates Reversal of Wound-induced Resistance and Constrains Tolerance in a Grass (8/16/2004)
- Stimulation of Specific Regions of the Parabrachial Nucleus Elicits Ingestive Oromotor Behaviors in Conscious Rats (8/16/2004)
- The Biology of Canadian Weeds. 129. Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (5/5/2004)
- Branching Pattern of Gametophytes and Tetrasporophytes of Ceramium codicola (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) Is Related to Phase and Reproductive Structures (5/5/2004)
- Influences of Burning on Squamates in Kansas Tallgrass Prairie (5/5/2004)
- Age-related Differences in Synaptic Plasticity Following Muscle Unloading (5/5/2004)
- Reproductive Investment of Aquatic and Terrestrial Isopods in Central Pennsylvania (5/5/2004)
- Use and Definition Herbal Medicines Differ by Ethnicity (5/5/2004)
- Degradation of Transgene-coded and Endogenous Proteins in the Muscles of Caenorhabditis elegans (5/5/2004)
- Modulation of Guinea Pig Intrinsic Cardiac Neurons by Prostaglandins (12/16/2003)
- The Selective Cytotoxicity of AZT for Carcinoma Cells is Enhanced by Delocalized Lipophilic Cations (12/16/2003)
- Functional Dissection of the Baculovirus Late Expression Factor-8: Sequence Requirements for Late Gene Promoter Activation (12/16/2003)
- A Genetic Screen for Yeast Genes Induced by Sustained Osmotic Stress (12/16/2003)
- Geobotany of the Niobrara Chalk Barrens in Colorado: A Study of Edaphic Endemism and Rarity (12/16/2003)
- Effect of an Orphan Response Regulator on Streptococcus mutans Sucrose-Dependent Adherence and Cariogenesis (12/16/2003)
- Internal and External Mycoflora of the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and its Ecological Implications (12/16/2003)
- New Molecular and Morphological Data on the "Euscorpius carpathicus" Species Complex (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Italy, Malta, and Greece Justify the Elevation of E. c. sicanus (C.L. Koch, 1837) to the Species Level (12/15/2003)
- Structure and Mechanism of MT-ADPRase, a Nudix Hydrolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (12/15/2003)
- Swimming Performance of Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) Mirrors Home-stream Current Velocity (9/8/2003)
- Identification of Chromosome Arms Influencing Expression of the HMW Glutenins in Wheat (9/8/2003)
- Molecular Identification of Bacteria and Eukarya Inhabiting an Antarctic Cryoconite Hole (9/8/2003)
- Developmental Defects Observed in Hypomorphic Anaphase-Promoting Complex Mutants are Linked to Cell Cycle Abnormalities (9/8/2003)
- Short-term Creatine Supplementation Improves Maximum Quadriceps Contraction in Women (9/8/2003)
- Reproductive Investment of Aquatic and Terrestrial Isopods in Central Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) (9/8/2003)
- Effects of Experience and Body Size on Refuge Choice in the Crayfish Orconectes immunis (8/27/2003)
- Rats Recovering from Unilateral Barrel Cortex Ischemia are Capable of Completing a Whisker-dependent Task Using only their Affected Whiskers (8/27/2003)
- Unlike Myofibers, Neuromuscular Junctions Remain Stable During Prolong Muscle Loading (8/27/2003)
- Context-dependent Kin Discrimination in Larval Four-toed Salamanders Hemidactylium scutatum (Caudata: Plethodontidae) (8/20/2003)
- Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Nalidixic Acid-Resistant Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli from Retail Chicken Products (8/20/2003)
- Atomic Force Microscopy Can Detect the Binding of Yeast Replication Factor C to DNA (8/20/2003)
- Cyclophosphamide Induces Dose- and Time-dependent Elevations in Spleen Norepinephrine Levels of BALB/c Mice (8/20/2003)
- A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Delayed Growth Response in the Continuous Culture of Bacteria (8/20/2003)
- High Temperature Responses in Two Exotic Leafcutting Bees: Megachile apicalis and M. rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) (5/27/2003)
- Taxonomic Considerations and Distribution of the Branchiobdellida (Annelida: Clitellata) on the North American Continent (5/27/2003)
- Heterspecific Prey and Trophic Polyphenism in Larval Tiger Salamanders (5/27/2003)
- Effects of Calcium and Glutamate Receptor Agonists on Leaf Consumption by Lepidopteran Neonates (5/27/2003)
- Effect of Monosodium Glutamate on Apple Leaf Consumption by Codling Moth Larvae (5/27/2003)
- The Olfactory Responses of the Antenna and Maxillary Palp of the Fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata (Diptera:
Sarcophagidae), and their Sensitivity to Blockage of Nitric Oxide Synthase (5/16/2003)
- The Acid Stress Response of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain 6308 (10/21/2002)
- Epistatic Analysis of the Roles of the RAD27 and POL4 Gene Products in DNA Base Excision Repair in S. cerevisiae (10/21/2002)
- Multiple Paternity in the Nurse Shark (10/21/2002)
- Pyruvate,Orthophosphate Dikinase in Leaves and Chloroplasts of C3 Plants Undergoes Light/Dark-Induced Reversible Phosphorylation (10/21/2002)
- Analysis of Surface Properties of Fixed and Live Cells Using Derivatized Agarose Beads (10/21/2002)
- Prevalence of Bordetella avium in Wild and Domesticated Birds of the Eastern USA (10/21/2002)
- Slow Heating of Barley Aleurone Layers to Heat-Shock Temperature Preserves Heat-Shock-Sensitive Cellular Properties (10/21/2002)
- Stimulation of Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1 Alpha (HIF-1a) Protein in the Adult Rat Testis Following Ischemic Injury Occurs Without an Increase in HIF-1a mRNA Expression (10/1/2002)
- Antipredator Response to Injury-released Chemical Alarm Cues by Convict Cichlid Young Before and After Independence from Parental Care (10/1/2002)
- Field Verification of Predator Attraction to Minnow Alarm Substance (10/1/2002)
- Microscale Assay Monitors Algal Growth Characteristics (10/1/2002)
- Natural Hybridization and the Imperiled Nuphar of Western Japan (10/1/2002)
- Detecting and Quantifying Male Sea Urchin Spawning with Time-integrated Fertilization Assays (10/1/2002)
- Spatial Transformations in the Withdrawal Response of the Tail in Intact and Spinalized Rats (10/1/2002)
- Altered Bax Expression and Decreased Apoptosis in Bone Marrow Cells of Lupus-susceptible NZB/W Mice (6/26/2002)
- Decreased Intracellular Potassium Levels Underlie Increased Progesterone Synthesis During Ovarian Follicular Atresia (6/26/2002)
- Proteolytic Release of Membrane-bound endo-(1,4)-ß-glucanase Activity Associated with Cell Wall Softening in Achlya ambisexualis (6/26/2002)
- Larval Tapeworms (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) and Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis (Walbaum, 1792) from South Carolina, U.S.A. (6/26/2002)
- Competitive Ability, Body Size and Geographical Range Size in Small Mammals (6/26/2002)
- Pollination Can Protect Maize Ovaries from Infection by Ustilago maydis, the Corn Smut Fungus (6/26/2002)
- Ventilatory Effects of Impaired Glial Function in a Brain Stem Chemoreceptor Region in the Conscious Rat (6/26/2002)
- Red Light Activates a Chloroplast-dependent Ion Uptake Mechanism for Stomatal Opening Under Reduced CO2 Concentrations in Vicia spp. (6/26/2002)
- Induction of Umbelliferone in Sweet Potato Cell Suspension Culture Using Mercuric Chloride (3/25/2002)
- Genetic Variation Among Cottus Species in Missouri Revealed by RAPD Analysis (3/25/2002)
- Patterns of Secondary Compounds within Fleshy Fruits: Ecology and Phylogeny (3/25/2002)
- Localization of Aquaporins in the Lower Intestinal Tract of Birds (3/25/2002)
- Food selection by the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) on the basis of energy and protein contents (3/25/2002)
- Resource Availability and Population Dynamics of Nicrophorus investigator, an Obligate Carrion Breeder (3/25/2002)
- Second-site Intragenic Alterations in the Gene Encoding Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase from Yeast can Suppress two Different Missense Mutations (3/11/2002)
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Beta-carotene protects sudan (IV) from photocatalytic oxidation in a micellar model system: Insight into the antioxidant properties of the golden Staphylococcus aureus |
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World J Microb Biot, 2007;23:1305-1310, Coates CM, Caldwell W, Alberte RS, Barreto PD, Barreto JC
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| Description |
We investigated the mechanism for anti-oxidant resistance of the “golden staph aureus” (an important human pathogen) with a micellar model system. We co-located beta-carotene in the hydrophobic core of a CTAB micelle, which also contained an oxidizable sudan red target dye. The carotenoid was able to rescue the sudan red target from the reductive and oxidative species (ROS) generated by a titanium oxide photocatalyst and by a Fenton reaction; prolonged oxidation was needed to eventually destroy the sudan red target
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Jose Barreto is a professor of chemistry, Cristina Coates is a post-doctoral fellow and Patricia Barreto is a research associate. Alberte was a professor of biotechnology and has moved on to employment in the private sector
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During 2004- 2006 William Caldwell participated in this research as a senior biology student. Bill completed the work as part of his senior research project and won the overall student prize at the student research competition in 2005 (from over 250+ posters submitted). He has been accepted into a graduate nurse anesthetist program at FGCU |
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The work was funded by DOD grant #N00173-06-1-G901.
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Spatial patterns of Juniperus virginiana and Lonicera maackii on a road cut in Kentucky, USA |
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J Torrey Bot Soc, 2007;134:188-198, Castellano SM, Boyce RL
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We investigated the spatial patterns of several woody species that colonize disturbed sites, including the native Juniperus virginiana and the exotic Lonicera maackii. Spatial patterns were quantified and compared with Ripley's K and the pair correlation function, which analyze the distribution of interplant distance at varying scales. J. virginiana was distributed randomly, while L. maackii was clustered while both J. virginiana and L. maackii were distributed independently of each other. Smaller L. maackii individuals clustered with larger ones, but this pattern was not seen in J. virginiana. L. maackii was found in areas of lower light than J. virginiana but there was only a weak indication of differences in soil depth means between these two species. The different physiological requirements and growth forms of the two species appear to explain the lack of interaction between them
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Richard Boyce is an associate professor of biological
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Steven Castellano initiated this research after his junior year and continued into his senior year. He is now a graduate student in the Botany Department at Miami University |
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The research was supported by Northern Kentucky University and a CUR travel grant.
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Members of the Toll-like receptor family of innate immunity pattern-recognition receptors are abundant in the rat male reproductive tract |
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Biol Reprod, 76:958-964, 2007, Palladino MA, Johnson TA, Gupta R, Chapman JL, Ojha P
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Protection of spermatozoa from microbial and viral pathogens during gamete formation, transport, and storage in the male reproductive tract is an important aspect of reproductive physiology. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a large family of pathogen-recognition receptors that are essential for innate immunity. This work describes the identification and distribution of TLRs in the rat male reproductive tract and provides important insight into antimicrobial mechanisms for protecting spermatozoa and reproductive organs from pathogens
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Michael A. Palladino is associate professor of biology
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Theresa Johnson, Rajesh Gupta, Jessica Chapman and Prithi Ojha were undergraduate students involved in this research through the summer research course Research in Molecular Cell Physiology and Independent Study. Theresa and Rajesh are employed in industry. Jessica is a graduate student and Prithi is a medical student |
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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Activation and endocytic internalization of melanocortin 3 receptor in neuronal cells |
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Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2007;1096:271-286, Wachira SJ, Guruswamy B, Uradu L, Hughes-Darden CA, Denaro FJ
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| Description |
Endocytosis is critically important to the regulation of cell surface density of receptors and ion channels. The regulation and trafficking of melanocortin 3 receptor in neuronal cells was investigated. Activated receptor is trafficked to the pericentriolar region and its translocation is accompanied by lysosomal degradation. This suggests that melanocortin receptors undergo activation dependent desensitization during their function
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James Wachira, Cleo Hughes-Darden and Frank Denaro are associate professors of biology
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Bindhu Guruswamy is enrolled in the Department of Biology for studies leading to a Masters of Science degree. Lawrence Uradu was an NIH/NIGMS/MARC-USTAR undergraduate research student in Wachira’s laboratory during his junior and senior years. He was recently admitted to medical school for studies leading to an MD degree |
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The research was supported by grants from the NIH/NIGMS/MBRS-SCORE and NIH/NCRR/RCMI programs
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Development of an acyclovir implant for the long-term control of herpes simplex virus infection |
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Int J Antimicrob Agents, 2007;30:428-435, Johnson TP, Frey R, Modugno M, Brennan TP, Margulies BJ
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| Description |
Human herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) is treatable with oral doses of an antiviral agent such as aciclovir (ACV), a drug that has poor bioavailability. An alternative for delivering ACV would employ a long-lived subcutaneous implant that would allow for near zero-order drug delivery kinetics. This study aimed to develop an implant composed of a matrix of silicone and ACV that is capable of sustained long-term release of ACV. Release of ACV from the implants was not affected by temperature or pH, but was dependent upon surface area. More importantly, implants protected against in vitro infection, and HSV-1-infected SKH-1 mice from viral reactivation (n = 37; P = 0.0367) via ultraviolet light
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Barry Margulies is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Bioinformatics Program and the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Robin Frey and Melissa Modugno were undergraduates in the Department of Biological Sciences. Both are now students at Virginia Tech, working on their DVMs |
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this work was supported in part by undergraduate research grants to them by Towson University between 2005 and 2006, when both were doing research for credit for their bachelor's degrees
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Prevalence of melanocortin system transcripts in rat salt homeostasis endocrine tissues |
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Cell Mol Biol, 2007;53:8-14, Wachira SJ, Temoney S, Ramlochansingh C, Hughes-Darden CA
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| Description |
The expression of genes with a possible role in the excretion or retention of sodium was examined in pituitary and adrenal glands by real time PCR. Consistent with known endocrine gland hierarchy, the proopiomelanocortin transcript was more abundant in pituitary tissues whereas expression of its receptor, melanocortin 2 receptor, was more abundant in adrenal tissues. Prohormone convertases and melanocortin 3 receptor transcripts were expressed at similar levels in both tissues. These studies suggest that melanocortins can be produced and act in an autocrine manner in these glands
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| Faculty |
James Wachira and Cleo Hughes-Darden are associate professors of biology and Shonanate Temoney was a research associate at the RCMI molecular and cell biology core laboratory
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Carlana Ramlochansingh was an undergraduate research student in Wachira’s laboratory during her junior year and the following summer. She is currently a third year PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology at Howard University College of Medicine |
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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| Title |
The impacts of forest management on the invertebrate communities associated with leaf packs of forested streams in New York State |
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Freshwater Ecol, 2007;25:325-331, Myers L, Mihuc TB, Woodcock T
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| Description |
A comparison of stream leaf litter in logged and unlogged Adirondack Upland watersheds illustrates the importance of land use activities on forest litter composition and subsequent impacts on stream ecosystems. Litter composition and invertebrate communities varied between logged and unlogged systems with more palatable high quality leaf litter in logged systems. Results suggest that land use alteration may impact energy processing in stream systems in forested catchments
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Luke Myers completed his undergraduate degree in Biology at Paul Smith's College in 2005. Luke is currently a graduate student at Colorado State University working on a survey of aquatic invertebrate biodiversity of Adirondack Streams. Tim Mihuc is coordinator of the Lake Champlain Research Institute at SUNY Plattsburgh and Tom Woodcock is a post-doctoral researcher at SUNY Plattsburgh |
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The research was supported through an NSF C-RUI grant to SUNY Plattsburgh, Paul Smith's College, and SUNY Cortland
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The role of light and oxygen in Chaoborus punctipennis (Insecta: Diptera) diel vertical migration |
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J Freshwater Ecol, 2007;22:101-106, Stratton MA, Kesler DH
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| Description |
This research investigated the diel vertical migration of aquatic phantom midge larvae (Chaoborus punctipennis) in response to light intensity and dissolved oxygen concentration. Final larval instar average depth was significantly correlated with the critical oxygen threshold for fish (DO2=3.5 mg/L; R2=0.783, df=11, P<0.01) but not with maximum light penetration (R2=0.183, df=11, P>0.05), indicating that oxygen was the overriding stimulus governing C. punctipennis diel vertical migration seasonal changes and average daytime depth. This is the only field-based research looking simultaneously at the controlling influences of light and oxygen on Chaoborus diel vertical migration
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| Faculty |
David Kesler is a professor of biology
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| Student |
Mark Stratton conducted this independent research project in the summer after his junior year and continued it as a senior. He is currently employed as a marine fisheries technician for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and will be attending graduate in marine biology next fall |
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This project was supported by Rhodes College Biology Department funds
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| Title |
Restoration of Hawaiian montane wet forest: endemic longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae: Plagithmysus) in koa (Fabaceae: Acacia koa) plantations and in intact forest |
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Southwest Nat, 2007;53:356-363, Goldsmith S, Gillespie H, Weatherby C
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| Description |
Reforestation of degraded lands in the tropics is one of the most important goals of ecological restoration. We used longhorned beetles (Plagithmysus claviger and P. varians) as indicator species to assess restoration of montane forest at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, where plantations of Koa (Acacia koa) were established over the past 20 years. Density of beetles was greater in canopy trees than in planted trees and was greater in older plantations than in younger plantations. Mean basal diameter of branches in canopy trees was greater than in planted trees and was greater in older plantations than in younger plantations. Branch diameter had a positive effect on number of beetles per branch. Koa plantations promote recovery of plant and animal biological diversity in degraded habitats formerly occupied by montane forest
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Steven Goldsmith is a professor of biology
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Hayley Gillespie participated in this research during the summers of 2002 and 2003; Cole Weatherby joined the team in 2003. Gillespie is currently in the PhD program in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas, Austin. Weatherby is in the DO program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center |
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The research was funded by Austin College and the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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| Title |
Genetic modifiers of Drosophila palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1-induced degeneration |
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Genetics, 2007;176:209-220, Buff H, Smith AC, Korey CA
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| Description |
This genetic screen performed in Drosophila demonstrated a connection between palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 (Ppt1) function and endocytic processes in the cell. Specifically, modifier genes identified in this screen tied Ppt1 to synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Ppt1 is the gene that is mutated in the neurodegenerative disease, infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. This screen, along with work in other model organisms, suggests that patients may have synaptic defects that contribute to the loss of neuronal cells in the brain
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Christopher Korey is an assistant professor of biology
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Haley Buff and Alexis Smith presented this work at the Society of Neuroscience meetings in 2005 and 2006. This work was completed during their junior and senior year and was submitted as Haley's Senior Honors thesis. Haley is currently a first year dental student at the Medical University of South Carolina. Alexis is currently a first year medical student at Midwestern University School of Osteopathic Medicine |
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The work was supported by funds from a Biology Department Research Grant (CAK), a College of Charleston Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (CAK and ACS), a Support of Mentors and their Students in the Neurosciences grant from the NSF (DUE-0426266) (CAK and HB), and National Institutes of Health Grants R15-HD052362 and P20-RR16461
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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Allometric analysis reveals relatively little variation in nitrogen versus biomass accrual in four plant species exposed to varying light, nutrients, water and CO2 |
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Plant Cell Environ, 2007;30:1216-1222, Bernacchi CJ, Thompson JT, Coleman JS, McConnaughay KDM
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| Description |
Altered rates of plant growth and development under varying resource availabilities were examined to determine their effects on changes in whole-plant N use efficiency (NUE). Study results show highly variable N accrual rates when expressed as a function of plant age or size, but similar patterns of whole-plant N vs. non-N biomass accrual over a wide range of environmental conditions. Physiological adjustments in NUE, expressed as N vs. biomass accrual, were limited to environments with severely limited or overabundant resources
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Kelly McConnaughay is a professor of biology
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Carl Bernacchi was involved in this project during his graduate studies at Bradley University, and is currently at the Illinois State Water Survey. Jim Coleman was involved in the research as a collaborator at Syracuse University, and is currently associate provost for research at Rice University. Jennifer Thompson participated in this research the summer after her junior year and then continued it as a senior thesis project. She is currently in her second year in the medical program at Washington University |
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The research was supported through a NSF-RUI grant.
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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| Title |
Methylation of histone H3 lysine-79 by Dot1p plays multiple roles in the response to UV damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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DNA Repair, 2007;6:383-395, Bostelman LJ, Keller AM, Albrecht AM, Arat A, Thompson JS
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| Description |
Methylation of lysine-79 in histone H3 was examined for its potential importance in the repair of DNA damage caused by UV radiation. It was observed that this post-translational modification plays multiple roles in DNA repair, potentially serving as regulator to coordinate various repair pathways
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Jeffrey Thompson is an assistant professor of biology
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Lindsey Bostelman, Andrew Keller, and Ashley Albrecht participated in this research during the summer after their respective junior years and as part of their senior honors projects. Bostelman and Keller are currently in medical school at The Ohio State University and The University of Cincinnati, respectively. Albrecht is currently in a post-baccalaureate program at The National Institutes of Health. Arzu Arat participated in this project during the summer after her freshman year. She is continuing her undergraduate studies in Turkey |
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Funding was provided by the Anderson Endowment, the Fairchild Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Office of the Provost at Denison University
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Recorded at: 2/13/2008
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| Title |
One gland, two lobes: organogenesis of the "Harderian” and "nictitans” glands of the Chinese muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and fallow deer (Dama dama) |
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Ann Anat, 2007;189:434-446, Rehorek SJ, Hillenius WJ, Sanjur J, Chapman NG
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| Description |
The precise nomenclature of the anterior orbital glands (which includes the Harderian and nictitans glands) has been problematic since its first official description in 1694 by Johann Jakob Harder. Since the two glands reside next to each other in the adult, the issue of homology (character similarity denoting common ancestry) is difficult to untwine. This is the first of several studies (some of which include undergraduate researchers) examining the embryogenesis of these glands in an effort to unravel the true identity of these anterior occular glands
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Susan Rehorek is a professor of biology at Slippery Rock University. W. Jaap Hillenius is a professor of biology at the College of Charleston
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Norma Chapman is an independent researcher in deer in the UK (not affiliated with any university). Janet Sanjur was a cytotechnology student at Slippery Rock University. She spent a semester working in the histology lab at SRU, thereby learning more about the field of histotechnology (many cytotechs also work as histotechs). She is currently a cytotech and is employed at a hospital |
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This work was funded internally by the department of Biology at Slippery Rock University.
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Human lead exposure in a late 19th century mental asylum population. |
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Sci Total Environ, 2007;372:463-473, Bower NW, McCants SA, Custodio JM, Ketterer ME, Getty SR, Hoffman JM
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Lead levels and isotope ratios were analyzed in skeletons from an asylum cemetery in Colorado dating to 1879-1898. Healing fractures, cortical bone, and tooth dentine provided sources of lead exposure during life that gave life histories and migration patterns. Results indicated lead exposure impacted the mental health of a large number (5-10%) of the patients, and that differences exist in ancestral groups’ exposure histories
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Nate Bower (Colorado College), Mike Ketterer (Northern Arizona University), and Mike Hoffman (Colorado College) collaborated with Steve Getty (Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies, Colorado Springs), Joseph Custodio (graduate school, UCSF) and Sarah McCants (Teach for America). Joseph and Sarah did a summer of research in their junior years (1997 and 2004) |
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Funded by faculty grants from Colorado College and the Barnes Trust, respectively
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| Title |
Nutritional endoderm in a direct developing frog: a potential parallel to the evolution of the amniote egg |
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Dev Dynam, 2007;236:1259-1272, Buchholz DR, Karadge U, Singamsetty S, Williamson S, Langer CE, Elinson RP
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| Description |
We define a new tissue type, the nutritional endoderm, which provides a possible evolutionary intermediate between frog and bird patterns of development. Nutritional endoderm is divided into cells as in frogs, but it is used up and disappears like bird yolk
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Richard Elinson is a professor in biological sciences
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Sean Williamson cloned a gene, important for the analysis, in the course of summer research after his sophomore and junior years and as a technician between his December graduation and his August entry to Temple Medical School |
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The research was supported by the Duquesne Undergraduate Research Program (URP), an NSF grant, and an NSF-REU supplement
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Toward the automated generation of genome-scale metabolic networks in the SEED. |
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BMC Bioinformatics, 2007;8(139)., DeJongh M, Formsma K, Boillot P, Gould J, Rycenga M, Best A
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A method for generating metabolic networks for sequenced microbial genomes is described. This method is based on the subsystems technology for sequence annotation implemented in the SEED. A database of reusable components of metabolic networks is described, along with tools for assembling complete and coherent reaction networks from these components. The method is tested by successfully regenerating a published metabolic network for Staphylococcus aureus N315, and preliminary results for E. coli K12 are described. Matt DeJongh is a professor of computer science
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Aaron Best is a professor of biology
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Kevin Formsma and Paul Boillot participated in this research during the summer of 2006. They are both currently seniors. John Gould and Matt Rycenga participated in this research as part of an advanced course in bioinformatics in 2006. John is employed in industry and Matt is a graduate student in chemistry at the University of Washington |
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This research was supported through a NSF REU grant, and a grant to Hope College from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through the Undergraduate Science Education Program
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| Title |
Natural History of box turtles, Terrapene carolina, in an urbanized landscape |
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Southeast Nat., 2006;5:191-204, Budischak SA, Hester JM, Price SJ, Dorcas ME
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To assess the effects of urbanization and to help develop proper conservation strategies for Terrapene c. carolina (Eastern Box Turtles), we conducted a mark-recapture study in the vicinity of Davidson, NC, from 1999 to 2004. We made 354 turtle captures, 42 of which were recapture events. We found that box turtles may persist in urbanized landscapes and may grow more quickly there, but they suffer higher mortality in these habitats compared to forested landscapes
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Michael Dorcas is an associate professor of biology. Steven Price is research coordinator for the Herpetology lab
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Sarah Budischak and Joy Hester conducted this research as independent study students during their senior years. Sarah is currently is enrolled in graduate school at Virginia Tech University. Joy Hester is enrolled in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University |
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This research was supported by the Department of Biology at Davidson College, Duke Power and National Science Foundation Grants
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A comparison of the effectiveness of recommended doses of MS-222 (Tricaine Methane Sulfonate) and Orajel ® (Benzocaine) for amphibian anesthesia |
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Herpetol Rev, 2007; 38:63-66, Cecala KK, Price SJ, Dorcas ME
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| Description |
Tricaine methanesulfonate (Ethyl 3-aminobenzoic methanesulfonate salt), commonly known as MS-222, and Orajel®, a widely used analgesic for oral pain in humans, were examined for their effectiveness for amphibian anesthesia. We test four amphibian species and found that for most of the species, anesthetization using Orajel® required less time for induction and produced a longer anesthetization period with variable recovery periods than recommended doses of MS-222. Orajel® appears to be a relatively safe, quick, and convenient anesthesia for amphibians
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Michael Dorcas is an associate professor of biology.
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Steven Price is the research coordinator for the Herpetology Lab. Kristen Cecala participated in this research during her junior year as an independent study project and she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Georgia |
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This research was supported by the Department of Biology at Davidson College, Duke Power and National Science Foundation Grants
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Recorded at: 11/19/2007
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The pesticide malathion disrupts Xenopus and zebrafish embryogenesis: An investigative laboratory exercise in developmental toxicology |
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Bioscene, 2006;32:4-18, Chemotti DC, Davis SN, Cook LW, Willoughby IR, Paradise CJ, Lom B
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| Description |
The pesticide malathion has dramatic teratogenic effects on the development of non-target aquatic vertebrates. This research examined specific time windows of sensitivity in Xenopus embryos and describes how this pesticide can be used effectively as an investigative developmental toxicology undergraduate laboratory exercise
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Barbara Lom and Chris Paradise are associate professors of biology.
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Diana Chemotti, Sarah Davis, and Leslie Cook, contributed to this research via independent research, summer research, and/or senior honors theses while junior and/or seniors. Ian Willoughby, also a Davidson graduate, contributed as a research technician. Currently, Ms. Chemotti is a nurse; Ms. Davis is an MD/PhD student, Ms. Cook is a camp director and graduate student, and Mr. Willoughby is in pharmaceuticals. |
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The research was supported by Davidson College, a National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, & Laboratory Improvement Award (BL), an Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Student Engagement Award (DCC), a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid (LWC), and a Merck Foundation internship (SND).
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