Submissions from 2023
A multivariate view of the speciation continuum, Daniel I. Bolnick, Amanda K. Hund, Patrik Nosil, Foen Peng, and Mark Ravinet
Taxon-specific, phased siRNAs underlie a speciation locus in monkeyflowers, Mei Liang, Wenjie Chen, Amy M. LaFountain, Yuanlong Liu, and Foen Peng
An updated catalogue of diverse type II polyketide synthase biosynthetic gene clusters captured from large- scale nucleotide databases, Christina M. McBride '23, Eric L. Miller, and Louise K. Charkoudian
Submissions from 2022
Gelatin-derived carbon quantum dots mitigate herbicide-induced neurotoxic effects in vitro and in vivo, Jyoti Ahlawat, Gabriela Henriquez, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Robert Fairman, and Mahesh Narayan
Citric Acid-Derived Carbon Quantum Dots Attenuate Paraquat-Induced Neuronal Compromise In Vitro and In Vivo, Gabriela Henriquez, Jyoti Ahlawat, Robert Fairman, and Mahesh Narayan
The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) regulates zebrafish sensorimotor decision making via a genetically defined cluster of hindbrain neurons, Hannah Shoenhard, Roshan A. Jain, and Michael Granato
Evolutionary gain and loss of a pathological immune response to parasitism, Jesse N. Weber, Natalie C. Steinel, Foen Peng, Kum Chuan Shim, and Brian K. Lohman
Submissions from 2021
Identification of a bacteria-produced benzisoxazole with antibiotic activity against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Robert W. Deering, Kristen E. Whalen, Ivan Alvarez, Shreya Kishore '21, and Lucy Zhao '22
Large-scale genomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis, Nazreen F. Hadjirin, Eric L. Miller, Gemma G.R. Murray, Phung L.K. Yen, and Ho D. Phuc
Characterizing the culturable surface microbiomes of diverse marine animals, Abigail G. Keller '17, Amy Apprill, Philippe Lebaron, Jooke Robbins, Tracy A. Romano, Ellysia Overton '19, Yuying Rong '20, Ruiyi Yuan '19, Scott Pollara '19, and Kristen E. Whalen
A forward genetic screen identifies Dolk as a regulator of startle magnitude through the potassium channel subunit Kv1.1, Joy H. Meserve, Jessica C. Nelson, Kurt C. Marsden, Jerry Hsu, and Roshan A. Jain
Mutation rate dynamics reflect ecological change in an emerging zoonotic pathogen, Gemma G.R. Murray, Andrew Balmer, Josephine Herbert, Nazreen W. Hadijirin, and Eric L. Miller
Genome Reduction Is Associated with Bacterial Pathogenicity across Different Scales of Temporal and Ecological Divergence, Gemma G.R. Murray, Jane Charlesworth, Eric L. Miller, Michael J. Casey, and Catrin T. Lloyd
Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Signal Arrests Phytoplankton Cell Division and Impacts Virus-Induced Mortality, Scott B. Pollara '19, Jamie W. Becker, Grayton Downing '18, Davis Chase '21, and Kristen E. Whalen
Submissions from 2020
Genetic Analysis: Genes, Genomes, and Networks in Eukaryotes (3rd. ed.), Philip Meneely
A plasmid-encoded papB paralogue modulates autoaggregation of Escherichia coli transconjugants, Rubén Monnárez '14 and Iruka N. Okeke
The Education of Future Immunologists: Lessons from the Doherty Lab, Judith Owen
Active Learning and Technology Approaches for Teaching Immunology to Undergraduate Students, Sharon A. Stranford, Judith Owen, Frances Mercer, and Roberta R. Pollock
The Not so Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Differential bacterial adhesion and invasion mediated by salmonella pagn allelic variants, Yanping Wu, Qiaoyun Hu, Ruchika Dehinwal, Alexey V. Rakov, and Iruka N. Okeke
Submissions from 2019
Co-culture and biogeography of Prochlorococcus and SAR11, Jamie Becker, Shane L. Hogle, Kali Rosendo, and Sallie W. Chisholm
The RNA-Binding Protein YBX3 Controls Amino Acid Levels by Regulating SLC mRNA Abundance, Amy Cooke, Thomas Schwarzl, Ina Huppertz, and Gertjan Kramer
Size Analysis of C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeat Proteins Expressed in Drosophila melanogaster Using Semidenaturing Detergent Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Nicole R. Cunningham, Bashkim Kokona, Jeanne M. Quinn '16, and Robert Fairman
Nucleoporin Nup155 is part of the p53 network in liver cancer, Kerstin Holzer, Alessandro Ori, Amy Cooke, and Daniel Dauch
Colorimetric Assay Reports on Acyl Carrier Protein Interactions, Acheampong K. Koki '19, Bashkim Kokona, Gabriel Braun '19, Danielle Jacobsen '19, Karl A. Johnson, and Louise K. Charkoudian
Aggregation Profiling of C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeat Proteins Transgenically Expressed in Drosophila melanogaster Using an Analytical Ultracentrifuge Equipped with Fluorescence Detection, Bashkim Kokona, Nicole R. Cunningham, Jeanne M. Quinn '16, and Robert Fairman
Mercury speciation and retention in a salt marsh undergoing long-term fertilization, Carl Lamborg, Tracy Mincer, William Buchanan, and Kristen E. Whalen
Working with Worms: Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism, Philip M. Meneely, Caroline L. Dahlberg '01, and Jacqueline K. Rose
A large self-transmissible resistance plasmid from Nigeria contains genes that ameliorate a carrying cost, Rubén Monárrez '14, Molly Braun '12, Olivia Coburn-Flynn '13, Jose I. Otero-Vera '14, Naa Kwarley Quartey '11, and Iruka N. Okeke
Microbial communities in the nepheloid layers and hypoxic zones of the Canary Current upwelling system, Stefan Thiele, Andreas Basse, Jamie Becker, and Andre Lipski
Roles of singleton tryptophan motifs in COPI coat stability and vesicle tethering, Sophie Travis, Bashkim Kokona, Robert Fairman, and Frederick M. Hughson
Bacterial alkylquinolone signaling contributes to structuring microbial communities in the ocean, Kristen E. Whalen, Jamie W. Becker, Anna M. Schrecengost '18, Yongjie Gao '20, and Nicole Giannetti '18
Submissions from 2018
Drosophila Insulin receptor regulates the persistence of injury-induced nociceptive sensitization, Seol Hee Im, Atit A. Patel, Daniel N. Cox, and Michael J. Galko
A Forward Genetic Screen in Zebrafish Identifies the G-protein coupled receptor CaSR as a modulator of Sensorimotor Decision-making, Roshan A. Jain, Christina Szi '18, Amy Zamora '18, Keisuke Sawada '17, and Emilia Cobbs '17
Microbiological quality and antimicrobial resistance characterization of Salmonella spp. in fresh milk value chains in Ghana, Angela Parry-Hanson Kunadu, Mark Holmes, Eric L. Miller, and Andrew J. Grant
A Cyfip2-Dependent Excitatory Interneuron Pathway Establishes the Innate Startle Threshold, Kurt C. Marsden, Roshan A. Jain, Marc A. Wolman, Ben Miltenberg '17, and Alberto E. Pereda
Eavesdropping and crosstalk between secreted quorum sensing peptide signals that regulate bacteriocin production in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Eric L. Miller, Morten Kjos, Monica I. Abrudan, Ian S. Roberts, and Jan-Willem Veening
Aggregative Adherence and Intestinal Colonization by Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Are Produced by Interactions among Multiple Surface Factors, Iruka N. Okeke, Laura V. Blanton, Lawrence T. Wang, Joshua DuBow '11, Alexander Lafrance '16, Stephen Kwak '12, Levi Bowers '17, Mandara C. Levine '18, Charles O. Hale '17, and Philip Meneely
The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole induces rapid cellular stress and mortality in phytoplankton, Kristen E. Whalen, Christopher Kirby, Russell M. Nicholson '18, and Mia O'Reilly '18
Submissions from 2017
Hominids adapted to metabolize ethanol long before human-directed fermentation, Mathew Carrigan
Uncovering Protein-Protein Interactions through a Team-based Undergraduate Biochemistry Course, David L. Cookmeyer '16, Emily S. Winesett '16, Bashkim Kokona, Adam R. Huff, Sabina Aliev '16, Noah B. Bloch '16, Joshua A. Bulos '16, Irene L. Evans '16, Christian R. Fagre '16, Kerilyn N. Godbe '16, Maryna Khromava '16, Daniel M. Konstantinovsky '16, Alexander E. Lafrance '16, Alexandra J. Lamacki '16, Robert C. Parry '16, Jeanne M. Quinn '16, Alana M. Thurston '16, Kathleen J.S. Tsai '16, Aurelio Mollo '17, Max J. Cryle, Robert Fairman, and Louise K. Charkoudian
Twists And Turns In Protein Assembly, Robert Fairman
Sedimentation Velocity Analysis with Fluorescence Detection of Mutant Huntingtin Exon 1 Aggregation in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, Robert Fairman, Surin Kim '15, Victoria D'Acunto '17, Jay Garcia '16, Nabeel Akhtar '13, Susanna Hoffman '14, Seema Doshi '16, and Kathleen Ulrich '18
Genetics: Genes, genomes, and evolution, Kate Heston, Rachel E. Hoang, Philip M. Meneely, and Iruka N. Okeke
Pherotype Polymorphism in Streptococcus pneumoniae Has No Obvious Effects on Population Structure and Recombination, Eric L. Miller, Benjamin A. Evans, Omar E. Cornejo, Ian S. Roberts, and Daniel E. Rozen
Classes 1 and 2 integrons in faecal Escherichia coli strains isolated from mother-child pairs in Nigeria, Babatunde W. Odetoyin, Amy S. Labar '10, Adebayo Lamikanra, Aaron O. Aboderin, and Iruka N. Okeke
A Career at a Small Liberal Arts College, Jennifer Punt
Diminishing Returns on Intragenic Repeat Number Expansion in the Production of Signaling Peptides, David W. Rogers, Ellen McConnell, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Submissions from 2016
Steady at the wheel: conservative sex and the benefits of bacterial transformation, Ole Herman Ambur, Jan Engelstädter, Pål J. Johnsen, Eric L. Miller, and Daniel E. Rozen
Structure, Regulation, and Inhibition of the Quorum-Sensing Signal Integrator LuxO, Hande Boyanci, Tayyab Shah, Amanda Hurley, and Robert Fairman
Studying polyglutamine aggregation in Caenorhabditis elegans using an analytical ultracentrifuge equipped with fluorescence detection, Robert Fairman, Lynn Richmond '13, Jay Garcia '16, and Kathleen Ulrich '14
Self-association motifs in the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-resistant agglutinin 1, Jessica Glaubman, Jennifer Hofmann, Megan E. Bonney '08, Sumin Park '13, Jessica M. Thomas, Bashkim Kokona, Laura I. Ramos Falcón '12, Yoonjie K. Chung '10, Robert Fairman, and Iruka N. Okeke
Weak tradeoff between xylem safety and xylem-specific hydraulic efficiency across the world's woody plant species, Sean M. Gleason, Mark Westoby, Steven Jansen, and Radika Bhaskar
A Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Precursor Induces Mortality in the Marine Coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, E. L. Harvey, R. W. Deering, D. C. Rowley, and Kristen E. Whalen
Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2, Ellen J. Hoffman, Katherine J. Turner, Joseph M. Fernandez, and Roshan A. Jain
Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteriocins Is Induced by Antibiotics via Regulatory Interplay with the Competence System, Morten Kjos, Eric L. Miller, Jelle Slager, Frank B. Lake, and Oliver Gericke
Probing the selectivity of beta-hydroxylation reactions in non-ribosomal peptide synthesis using analytical ultracentrifugation, Bashkim Kokona, Emily S. Winesett '16, A. Nikolai von Krusenstiern '15, Robert Fairman, and Louise K. Charkoudian
Was atmospheric CO2 capped at 1000 ppm over the past 300 million years?, Jennifer C. McElwain, Isabel P. Montañez, Joseph D. White, and Jonathan P. Wilson
Pick Your Poisson: An Educational Primer for Luria and Delbruck's Classic Paper, Philip M. Meneely
Diverse ecological strategies are encoded by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteriocin-like peptides, Eric L. Miller, Monica I. Abrudan, Ian S. Roberts, and Daniel E. Rozen
Climate, p(CO2) and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial-interglacial cycles, Isabel P. Montanez, Jennifer C. McElwain, Christopher J. Poulsen, and Jonathan P. Wilson
Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in mother-child Pairs in Ile-Ife, South Western Nigeria, Iruka N. Okeke, Babatunde W. Odetoyin, Jennifer Hofmann, and Aaron O. Aboderin
Asynchronous spore germination in isogenic natural isolates of Saccharomyces paradoxus, Rike B. Stelkens, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Biosynthesis of coral settlement cue tertrabromopyrrole in marine bacteria by a uniquely adapted brominase-thiosterase enzyme pair., Kristen E. Whalen, Abrahim El Gamal, Vinayak Agarwal, and Stefan Diethelm
Hydraulics of Psilophyton and evolutionary trends in plant water transport after terrestrialization, Jonathan P. Wilson
Submissions from 2015
Socially mediated induction and suppression of antibiosis during bacterial coexistence, Monica I. Abrudan, Fokko Smakmann, Ard Jan Grimbergen, Sanne Westhoff, and Eric L. Miller
The interaction of Saccharomyces paradoxus with its natural competitors on oak bark, Vienna Kowallik, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Effect of Helix Length on the Stability of the Lac Repressor Antiparallel Coiled Coil, Wheaton Little, James P. Robblee, Caroline L. Dahlberg, Bashkim Kokona, and Robert Fairman
Spore Germination Determines Yeast Inbreeding according to Fitness in the Local Environment, Eric L. Miller and Duncan Grieg
Enhancement of antibiotic activity against multidrug resistant bacteria by efflux pump inhibitor, 3,4‐dibromo‐2,5‐dione, isolated from a Pseudoalteromonas sp, Kristen E. Whalen, K. L. Poulson, R. W. Deering, and D. C. Rowley
A genome-wide screen identifies PAPP-AA-mediated IGFR signaling as a novel regulator of habituation learning, Marc A. Wolman, Roshan A. Jain, and Kurt C. Marsden
Submissions from 2014
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Have Evolved Independently as Distinct Complexes within the E-coli Population with Varying Ability to Cause Disease, Marie Anne Chattaway, Claire Jenkins, Dunstan Rajendram, and Iruka N. Okeke
Comparative Genomics of 274 Vibrio Cholerae Genomes Reveals Mobile Functions Structuring Three Niche Dimensions, Bas E. Dutilh, Cristiane C. Thompson, Ana C P Vicente, and Iruka N. Okeke
Effect of Helical Flanking Sequences on the Morphology of Polyglutamine-Containing Fibrils, Bashkim Kokona, Karl A. Johnson, and Robert Fairman
Role of the Coiled-Coil Structural Motif in Polyglutamine Aggregation, Bashkim Kokona, Zachary P. Rosenthal, and Robert Fairman
Genetic Analysis: Genes, Genomes, and Networks in Eukaryotes, 2nd edition, Philip M. Meneely
Diagnostic Schemes for Reducing Epidemic Size of African Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks, Iruka N. Okeke and Robert S. Manning
Confronting Contagion: Our Evolving Understanding of Disease, Melvin Santer
The effect of hybrid transgression on environmental tolerance in experimental yeast crosses, Rike B. Stelkens, M. A. Brockhurst, G. D.D. Hurst, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Dissemination of the Transmissible Quinolone-Resistance Gene qnrS1 by IncX Plasmids in Nigeria, Eric T. Sumrall '13, Elizabeth B. Gallo '12, Aaron Aboderin Oladipo, Adebayo Lamikanra, and Iruka N. Okeke
Testing the Role of Charge and Structure on the Stability of Peptide-Porphyrin Complexes, James C. Taggart '13, Elizabeth Z. Welch, Mary F. Mulqueen, Vincent B. Dioguardi, and Robert Fairman
Submissions from 2013
The Carbon Isotope Organic Geochemistry of Early Ordovician Rocks from the Annascaul Formation, County Kerry, A. H. Jahren, Brian A. Schubert, Leszek Marynowski, and Jonathan P. Wilson
Using a Peptide System to test the Coiled-Coil Model of Polyglutamine Aggregation, Bashkim Kokona, Karl A. Johnson, and Robert Fairman
Flagellar Waveform Dynamics of Freely Swimming Algal Cells, H. Kurtuldu, D. Tam, A. E. Hosoi, and Karl A. Johnson
Cholera Outbreaks in Nigeria are Associated with Multidrug Resistant Atypical El Tor and non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae., M. A. Marin, Cristiane C. Thompson, F. S. Freitas, E. L. Fonseca, and Iruka N. Okeke
SMG-ly Knocking out Gene Expression in Specific Cells; An Educational Primer, Philip M. Meneely and Jordana C. Bloom
Kuby Immunology, Judith A. Owen, Jennifer Punt, Sharon A. Stranford, and Patricia P. Jones
Exploring the Interactions between a Coiled-Coil Model Peptide System and Metallated Porphyrins towards the Design of Photoelectronically active Biomaterials, James C. Taggart '13, Elizabeth Z. Welch, Bashkim Kokona, and Robert Fairman
Modeling 400 million years of plant hydraulics, Jonathan P. Wilson
Bicaudal-C spatially controls translation of vertebrate maternal mRNAs, Yan Zhang, Amy Cooke, Sookhee Park, and Colin N. Dewey
Submissions from 2012
Prolonged febrile illness due to CTX-M-15 extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in Nigeria, Aaron O. Aboderin, Olufemi Adefehinti, Babatunde W. Odetoyin, and Iruka N. Okeke
NF-Y is necessary for hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and survival, Gerd Bungartz, Hannah Land, David T. Scadden, and Stephen G. Emerson
Effect of charged residue side chain length on intrahelical glutamate-lysine ion pairing interactions, Richard P. Cheng, Wei-Ren Wang, Prashant Girinath, and Robert Fairman
Evolutionary Voyage of Angiosperm Vessel Structure-Function and its Significance for Early Angiosperm Success, T. S. Field and Jonathan P. Wilson
A conserved PUF-Ago-eEF1A complex attenuates translation elongation, Kyle Friend, Zachary T. Campbell, Amy Cooke, and Peggy Kroll-Conner
NR4A1 (Nur77) Deletion Polarizes Macrophages Toward an Inflammatory Phenotype and Increases Atherosclerosis, Richard N. Hanna, Iftach Shaked, Harper G. Hubbeling, and Jennifer Punt
Regional Dissemination of a Trimethoprim-Resistance Gene Cassette via a Successful Transposable Element, Amy S. Labar '10, Jennifer S. Millman '09, E. Ruebrush, and Iruka N. Okeke
Netrin/DCC signaling guides olfactory sensory axons to their correct location in the olfactory bulb, Vanisha Lakhina, Christina L. Marcaccio, Xin Shao, and Roshan A. Jain
Inactivation of Conserved C. elegans Genes Engages Pathogen- and Xenobiotic-Associated Defenses, Justine Melo
Crossover distribution and frequency are regulated by him-5 in Caenorhabditis elegans, Philip M. Meneely, Olivia L. McGovern, Frazer I. Heinis, and Judith L. Yanowitz