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
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
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
Submissions from 2015
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
Effect of Helix Length on the Stability of the Lac Repressor Antiparallel Coiled Coil, Wheaton Little, James P. Robblee, Caroline L. Dahlberg '01, Bashkim Kokona, and Robert Fairman
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, Kelsey L. Poulson-Ellestad, Robert W. Deering, David C. Rowley, and Tracy J. Mincer
Socially mediated induction and suppression of antibiosis during bacterial coexistence, Monica I. Abrudan, Fokko Smakmann, Ard Jan Grimbergen, Sanne Westhoff, and Eric L. Miller
Spore Germination Determines Yeast Inbreeding according to Fitness in the Local Environment, Eric L. Miller and Duncan Grieg
The interaction of Saccharomyces paradoxus with its natural competitors on oak bark, Vienna Kowallik, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Submissions from 2014
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
Confronting Contagion: Our Evolving Understanding of Disease, Melvin Santer
Diagnostic Schemes for Reducing Epidemic Size of African Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks, Iruka N. Okeke and Robert S. Manning
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
Effect of Helical Flanking Sequences on the Morphology of Polyglutamine-Containing Fibrils, Bashkim Kokona, Karl A. Johnson, and Robert Fairman
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
Genetic Analysis: Genes, Genomes, and Networks in Eukaryotes, 2nd edition, Philip M. Meneely
Role of the Coiled-Coil Structural Motif in Polyglutamine Aggregation, Bashkim Kokona, Zachary P. Rosenthal, and Robert Fairman
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
The effect of hybrid transgression on environmental tolerance in experimental yeast crosses, Rike B. Stelkens, Michael A. Brockhurst, Greg D.D. Hurst, Eric L. Miller, and Duncan Greig
Submissions from 2013
Bicaudal-C spatially controls translation of vertebrate maternal mRNAs, Yan Zhang, Amy Cooke, Sookhee Park, and Colin N. Dewey
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
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
Flagellar Waveform Dynamics of Freely Swimming Algal Cells, H. Kurtuldu, D. Tam, A. E. Hosoi, and Karl A. Johnson
Kuby Immunology, Judith A. Owen, Jennifer Punt, Sharon A. Stranford, and Patricia P. Jones
Modeling 400 million years of plant hydraulics, Jonathan P. Wilson
SMG-ly Knocking out Gene Expression in Specific Cells; An Educational Primer, Philip M. Meneely and Jordana C. Bloom
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
Submissions from 2012
A conserved PUF-Ago-eEF1A complex attenuates translation elongation, Kyle Friend, Zachary T. Campbell, Amy Cooke, and Peggy Kroll-Conner
Actin polymerization controls the activation of multidrug efflux at fertilization by translocation and fine-scale positioning of ABCB1 on microvilli., Kristen E. Whalen, A Reitzel, and A. Hamdoun
Africa in the time of cholera: a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present [book review], Iruka N. Okeke
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
Deep-Water Incised Valley Deposits at the Ediacaran-Cambrian Boundary in Southern Namibia Contain Abundant Treptichnus Pedum, Jonathan P. Wilson, J. P. Grotzinger, Woodward W. Fischer, and K. P. Hand
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
Inactivation of Conserved C. elegans Genes Engages Pathogen- and Xenobiotic-Associated Defenses, Justine Melo
Measures to ensure better use of antibiotics, 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
NF-Y is necessary for hematopoietic stem cell proliferation and survival, Gerd Bungartz, Hannah Land, David T. Scadden, and Stephen G. Emerson
NR4A1 (Nur77) Deletion Polarizes Macrophages Toward an Inflammatory Phenotype and Increases Atherosclerosis, Richard N. Hanna, Iftach Shaked, Harper G. Hubbeling, and Jennifer Punt
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
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
Submissions from 2011
A late phase of germ plasm accumulation during Drosophila oogenesis requires lost and rumpelstiltskin, Kristina S. Sinsimer, Roshan A. Jain, Seema Chatterjee, and Elizabeth R. Gavis
A novel Nr4a1(GFP) Reporter System Reveals that Nr4a1 Expression Identifies Long-Term Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Ruben Land '12, Trevor Barlowe '13, Shwetha Manjunath '11, Stephen G. Emerson, and Jennifer Punt
A Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study of Infusion of Ex Vivo CD3/CD28 Costimulated Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived T Cells in Adults Undergoing Transplanation for Advanced Hematologic Malignancies , E. O. Hexner, S. M. Luger, J. K. Mangan, and Stephen G. Emerson
Biomedical Loopholes, Distrusted State and the Politics of HIV/AIDS 'Cure' in Nigeria, E. B. Obadare and Iruka N. Okeke
Characterization of Mesoscale Coiled-Coil Peptide-Porphyrin Complexes, Brian J. Pepe-Mooney '10, Bashkim Kokona, and Robert Fairman
Chemical modulation of memory formation in larval zebrafish, Marc A. Wolman, Roshan A. Jain, Laura Liss, and Michael Granato
Diagnostics as Essential Tools for Antimicrobial Resistance Containment, Iruka N. Okeke, Rosanna W. Peeling, Herman Goossens, and Raymond Auckenthaler
Divining without seeds : the case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa, Iruka N. Okeke
Drug-resistant Bacteria and Childhood Diarrhea in Africa, Faith Wallace-Gadsden and Iruka N. Okeke
Enhancement of biomixing by swimming algal cells in two-dimensional films, H. Kurtuldu, J. S. Guasto, Karl A. Johnson, and Jerry P. Gollub
Ensuring Global Access to Quality Medicines: Role of the US Pharmacopeia, Iruka N. Okeke, Matthew L. Heyman, and Roger L. Williams
Enteroaggregative E. coli O104 from an outbreak of HUS in Germany 2011, could it happen again?, Marie Anne Chattaway, Tim Dallman, Iruka N. Okeke, and John Wain
Geochemical Support for a Climbing Habit within the Paleozoic Seed Fern Genus Medullosa, Jonathan P. Wilson and Woodward W. Fischer
GSK3-mediated instability of tubulin polymers is responsible for the failure of immature CD4+CD8+thymocytes to polarize their MTOC in response to TCR stimulation, Nicole R. Cunningham, Emily M. Hinchcliff '08, Vassily I. Kutyavin '11, and Jennifer Punt
How the Hox Gene Ubx Specifies Two Different Segment Identities, Rachel E. Hoang
Hox Genes And The Evolution Of The Vertebrate Body Plan, Rachel E. Hoang
Hydraulics of Asteroxylon mackei, an early Devonian vascular plant, and the early evolution of water transport tissue in terrestrial plants, Jonathan P. Wilson and Woodward W. Fischer
IFNs Upregulate Sca-1 and Block Proliferation in Murine Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells, K. Shank, Y. Shin, C. Wills, and Jennifer Punt
Interactions Between Vertebrate Hox Genes, Rachel E. Hoang
IS3 Profiling Identifies the Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia Coli O-island 62 in a Distinct Enteroaggregative E. Coli Lineage, Iruka N. Okeke, Louissa R. MacFarlane-Smith, Jonathan N. Fletcher, and Anna M. Snelling
Measuring oscillatory velocity fields due to swimming algae, J. S. Guasto, Karl A. Johnson, and Jerry P. Gollub
Molecular-genetic mapping of zebrafish mutants with variable phenotypic penetrance, Roshan A. Jain, Marc A. Wolman, and Lauren A. Schmidt
Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review, D. J. Morgan, Iruka N. Okeke, R. Laxminarayan, and E. N. Perencevich
Notch signaling is a critical regulator of allogeneic CD4(+) T-cell responses mediating graft-versus-host disease, Yi Zhang, Ashley R. Sandy, Jina Wang, and Stephen G. Emerson
Quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli from Accra, Ghana, Sreela S. Namboodiri '08, Japheth A. Opintan, Rebeccah S. Lijek '07, and Iruka N. Okeke
Rapid evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in Nigeria is temporally associated with fluoroquinolone use, Adebayo Lamikanra, Jennifer L. Crowe, Rebeccah S. Lijek '07, and Iruka N. Okeke
Targeted translational regulation using the PUF protein family scaffold, Amy Cooke, Andrew Priggie, Laura Opperman, and Marvin Wickens
T cell receptor signal strength in Treg and iNKT cell development as revealed by a novel fluorescent reporter mouse, Amy E. Moran, Keli L. Holzapfel, Nicole R. Cunningham, and Jennifer Punt
The Dynamics and Mechanics of Apical Constriction, Rachel E. Hoang
The Heat-Resistant Agglutinin Family Includes a Novel Adhesin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain 60A, Justin Mancini '09, Brooke Weckselblatt, Yoonjie K. Chung '10, and Iruka N. Okeke
The transcription factor NR4A1 (Nur77) controls bone marrow differentiation and the survival of Ly6C(-) monocytes, Richard N. Hanna, Leo M. Carlin, Harper G. Hubbeling, and Jennifer Punt
The Vaccinia Virus A56 protein: A Multifunctional Transmembrane Glycoprotein that Anchors Two Secreted Viral Proteins, Brian DeHaven
Vibrio cholerae O1 lineages driving cholera outbreaks during seventh cholera pandemic in Ghana, Cristiane C. Thompson, F. S. Freitas, Michel A. Marin, and Iruka N. Okeke
Submissions from 2010
Antimicrobial resistance and use in Africa, Iruka N. Okeke and K. K. Ojo
A Pathoadaptive Deletion in an Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Outbreak Strain Enhances Virulence in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model, Jennifer Hwang '09, Lisa M. Mattei, Laura G. Van Arendonk '10, Philip M. Meneely, and Iruka N. Okeke
A physiologically explicit morphospace for tracheid-based water transport in modern and extinct seed plants, Jonathan P. Wilson and Andrew H. Knoll
Biochemical warfare on the reef: the role of glutathione transferases in consumer tolerance of dietary prostaglandins, Kristen E. Whalen, A. L. Lane, J. Kubanek, and M. E. Hahn
Carriage of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli by older children and adults in Accra, Ghana, Japheth A. Opintan, Rima A. Bishar, Mercy J. Newman, and Iruka N. Okeke
Genetic elements associated with antimicrobial resistance in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from Brazil, Isabel C. A. Scaletsky, Tamara B. Souza, Katia R. S. Aranda, and Iruka N. Okeke
Genomes and Genetic Variation, Philip M. Meneely
Geobiology of the Late Paleoproterozoic Duck Creek Formation, Western Australia, Jonathan P. Wilson, Woodward W. Fischer, David T. Johnston, and Andrew H. Knoll
Gorgonian host‐inducible cytochrome P450s from the predatory gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum: evolution and function, Kristen E. Whalen, V. R. Starczak, D. R. Nelson, and J. V. Goldstone
Joseph Lister: First use of a bacterium as a ‘model organism’ to illustrate the cause of infectious disease of humans, Melvin Santer
Journal Club, Rachel E. Hoang
Michael Akam and the rise of evolutionary developmental biology, David L. Stern and Rachel E. Hoang
Molecular Biology: Principles of Genome Function, Nancy L. Craig, Orna Cohen-Fix, Rachel Green, and Philip M. Meneely
Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolates from Nigerian Children Uncovers Multiple Lineages, Iruka N. Okeke, Faith Wallace-Gadsden, Hannah R. Simons '04, Nicholas Matthews, Amy S. Labar '10, and Jennifer Hwang '09
Oscillatory Flows Induced by Microorganisms Swimming in Two Dimensions, J. S. Guasto, Karl A. Johnson, and Jerry P. Gollub
Pharmacologic eigenvalues: beating the rap on bone marrow failure, Stephen G. Emerson and R. W. Garrett
Polyglutamine fibrils are formed using a simple designed β-hairpin model., Melanie H. Smith '06, Timothy F. Miles '08, Molly Sheehan '07, and Robert Fairman
Positional Effects on Helical Ala-Based Peptides, Richard P. Cheng, Prashant Girinath, Yuta Suzuki, and Robert Fairman
Poverty and Root Causes of Antimicrobial Resistance, Iruka N. Okeke
TAT-mediated transduction of NF-Ya peptide induces the ex vivo proliferation and engraftment potential of human hematopoietic progenitor cells, Alevtina D. Domashenko, Gwenn Danet-Desnoyers, Alissa Aron '11, and Stephen G. Emerson
The Effects of Mild Post-Stroke Exercise on Reactive Neurogenesis and Recovery of Somatosensation in Aged Rats, J. L. Leasure and Michael Grider
