Biology Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2018
The effects of reduced hemodynamic loading on morphogenesis of the mouse embryonic heart, Tanner G. Hoog, Samantha J. Fredrickson, Chih Wei Hsu, Steven M. Senger, Mary E. Dickinson, and Ryan S. Udan
Iron limitation effects on nitrogen-fixing organisms with possible implications for cyanobacterial blooms, Chad A. Larson, Babur Mirza, Jorge L.Mazza Rodrigues, and Sophia I. Passy
Ontogeny of Juvenile Freshwater Pearl Mussels, Margaritifera Margaritifera (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), Louise Lavictoire, Andrew D. Ramsey, Evelyn A. Moorkens, Graham Souch, and M. Christopher Barnhart
trans-Golgi network-bound cargo traffic, Pelin Makaraci and Kyoungtae Kim
Egg and clutch sizes of western chicken turtles (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Donald T. McKnight, Ethan C. Hollender, Hunter J. Howell, John L. Carr, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and Day B. Ligon
Diversity of Bacillus-like bacterial community in the rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric soil of halophytes (Salsola stocksii and Atriplex amnicola), and characterization of osmoregulatory genes in halophilic Bacilli, Salma Mukhtar, Samina Mehnaz, Muhammad Sajjad Mirza, Babur Saeed Mirza, and Kauser Abdulla Malik
Impact of soil salinity on the microbial structure of halophyte rhizosphere microbiome, Salma Mukhtar, Babur Saeed Mirza, Samina Mehnaz, Muhammad Sajjad Mirza, Joan Mclean, and Kauser Abdulla Malik
The Inflammasome: Regulation of Nitric Oxide and Antimicrobial Host Defence, Rajalaksmy A. Ramachandran, Chris R. Lupfer, and Hasan Zaki
A quantitative field study of paternal care in Ozark hellbenders, North Americas giant salamanders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffrey T. Briggler, and Alicia Mathis
Quantitative behavioral analysis of first successful captive breeding of endangered Ozark hellbenders, Rachel A. Settle, Jeffery A. Ettling, Mark D. Wanner, Chawna D. Schuette, Jeffrey T. Briggler, and Alicia Mathis
The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Florian Altermatt, Debra S. Finn, Jani Heino, Julian D. Olden, Steffen U. Pauls, and David A. Lytle
Interaction of the human respiratory Syncytial virus matrix protein with cellular adaptor protein complex 3 plays a critical role in trafficking, Casey Ward, Maciej Maselko, Christopher Lupfer, Meagan Prescott, and Manoj K. Pastey
Yeast membrane lipid imbalance leads to trafficking defects toward the Golgi, Sara Woodman, Christopher Trousdale, Justin Conover, and Kyoungtae Kim
Submissions from 2017
Yeast dynamin interaction with ESCRT proteins at the endosome, Bryan T. Banh, Hyoeum McDermott, Sara Woodman, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Uma Saimani, John C.W. Short, Kyoungtae Kim, and K. Kim
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of Grapevine vein clearing virus from wild Vitis rupestris, Steven Beach, Michael Kovens, LeAnn Hubbert, Shae Honesty, Qiang Guo, Daniel Pap, Ru Dai, Laszlo Kovacs, and Wenping Qiu
Effects of cocoa-enriched diet on orofacial pain in a murine model, L. N. Bowden, E. L. Rohrs, K. Omoto, Paul L. Durham, L. S. Holliday, A. D. Morris, K. D. Allen, R. M. Caudle, and J. K. Neubert
Causes of Rapid Carrion Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Death in Flooded Pitfall Traps, Response to Soil Flooding, Immersion Tolerance, and Swimming Behavior, Michael C. Cavallaro, M. Christopher Barnhart, and W. Wyatt Hoback
Tumor necrosis factor-Alpha stimulates cytokine expression and transient sensitization of trigeminal nociceptive neurons, Zachary L. Durham, Jordan L. Hawkins, and Paul L. Durham
Yeast dynamin Vps1 associates with clathrin to facilitate vesicular trafficking and controls Golgi homeostasis, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Michelle Williams, Uma Saimani, Mariel Delgado Cruz, Pelin Makaraci, Sara Woodman, John C.W. Short, Hyoeum McDermott, and Kyoungtae Kim
A field test on the effectiveness of milfoil weevil for controlling Eurasian watermilfoil in Wisconsin lakes, John E. Havel, Susan E. Knight, and Kristopher A. Maxson
Abundance of milfoil weevil in Wisconsin lakes: Potential effects from herbicide control of Eurasian watermilfoil, John E. Havel, Susan E. Knight, and James R. Miazga
Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits trigeminal nociception in a rodent model of episodic migraine, Jordan L. Hawkins, Lauren E. Cornelison, Brian A. Blankenship, and Paul L. Durham
Effects of diet quality and stress on interference behaviour of larval Ringed Salamanders, Courtney A. Heuring, Whitney L. Heuring, Adam L. Crane, and S. Alicia Mathis
Genetic and environmental integration of the hawkmoth pollination syndrome in Ruellia humilis (Acanthaceae), John S. Heywood, Joseph S. Michaleski, Braden K. McCann, Amber D. Russo, Kara J. Andres, Allison R. Hall, and Teresa C. Middleton
Climate change and alpine stream biology: progress, challenges, and opportunities for the future, Scott Hotaling, Debra Finn, J. Joseph Giersch, David W. Weisrock, and Dean Jacobsen
Central role of protein kinase A in promoting trigeminal nociception in an in vivo model of temporomandibular disorders, Lindsey K. Koop, Jordan L. Hawkins, Lauren E. Cornelison, and Paul L. Durham
Juniper Invasions in Grasslands: Research Needs and Intervention Strategies, Sherry A. Leis, Carol E. Blocksome, Dirac Twidwell, Sam D. Fuhlendorf, John M. Briggs, and Larry D. Sanders
From Working Group to Community of Practice: The Patch Burn-Grazing Community, Sherry A. Leis and Janice S. Greene
Extending the toxicity-testing paradigm for freshwater mussels: Assessing chronic reproductive effects of the synthetic estrogen 17α-ethinylestradiol on the unionid mussel Elliptio complanata, Jeremy A. Leonard, W. Gregory Cope, Edward J. Hammer, M. Christopher Barnhart, and Robert B. Bringolf
Inflammasome activation by nucleic acids and nucleosomes in sterile inflammation… or is it sterile?, Christopher R. Lupfer, Angeline Rodriguez, and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Deficiency of the NOD-Like Receptor NLRC5 Results in Decreased CD8+ T Cell Function and Impaired Viral Clearance., Christopher R. Lupfer, Kate L. Stokes, Teneema Kuriakose, and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change, Sean P. Maher, Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Hershey, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Craig Mortiz, and Steven R. Beissinger
Good vibrations: A novel method for sexing turtles, Donald T. McKnight, Hunter J. Howell, Ethan C. Hollender, and Day B. Ligon
Correcting for unequal catchability in sex ratio and population size estimates, Donald T. McKnight and Day B. Ligon
Conversion of Amazon rainforest to agriculture alters community traits of methane-cycling organisms, Kyle M. Meyer, Ann M. Klein, Jorge L.M. Rodrigues, Klaus Nusslein, Susannah G. Tringe, Babur S. Mirza, James M. Tiedje, and Brendan J.M. Bohannan
Reinterpretation of the climatic adaptation of giant fossil tortoises in North America, Don Moll and Lauren E. Brown
Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence, Toni Lyn Morelli, Sean P. Maher, Marisa C.W. Lim, Christina Kastely, Lindsey M. Eastman, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, Steven R. Beissinger, and Craig Moritz
Insular plant turnover across a 22-year interval: a critical retrospective of the roles of pseudoturnover and cryptoturnover, Lloyd W. Morrison
Traffic from the endosome towards trans-Golgi network, Uma Saimani and Kyoungtae Kim
Yeast dynamin associates with the GARP tethering complex for endosome-to-Golgi traffic, Uma Saimani, Jared Smothers, Hyoeum McDermott, Pelin Makaraci, and Kyoungtae Kim
Woody Encroachment in Northern Great Plains Grasslands: Perceptions, Actions, and Needs, Amy J. Symstad and Sherry A. Leis
Thermal consequences of subterranean nesting behavior in a prairie-dwelling turtle, the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata), Charles R. Tucker, Jeramie T. Strickland, David K. Delaney, and Day B. Ligon
Influence of CNTRENE ® C100LM carbon nanotube material on the growth and regulation of Escherichia coli, Brittany Twibell, Kalie Somerville, Geoffrey Manani, Molly Duszynski, Adam Wanekaya, and Paul Schweiger
Acute sensitivity of a broad range of freshwater mussels to chemicals with different modes of toxic action, Ning Wang, Christopher D. Ivey, Christopher G. Ingersoll, William G. Brumbaugh, David Alvarez, Edward J. Hammer, Candice R. Bauer, Tom Augspurger, Sandy Raimondo, and M. Christopher Barnhart
Toxicity of Chromium (VI) to Two Mussels and an Amphipod in Water-Only Exposures With or Without a Co-stressor of Elevated Temperature, Zinc, or Nitrate, Ning Wang, James L. Kunz, Christopher D. Ivey, Christopher G. Ingersoll, M. Christopher Barnhart, and Elizabeth A. Glidewell
Submissions from 2016
Predator recognition learning in rainbow darters Etheostoma caeruleum: specific learning and neophobia, W. H. Abudayah and A. Mathis
Friends in Low Places: Responses of a Benthic Stream Fish to Intra-Prey-Guild Alarm Cues, Kelsey A. Anderson and S. Alicia Mathis
Honest Signaling in Aggressive Contests between Ozark Zigzag Salamanders (Plethodon angusticlavius), Rachel Bortosky and Alicia Mathis
Cynoglossum creticum in the North American Flora, L. Michelle Bowe and George Yetskievych
First record of the family Sialidae (Megaloptera) from Thailand and description of the female and putative larva of Indosialis bannaensis, David E. Bowles and Atilano Contreras-Ramos
Filling in the Gaps: Natural History and Conservation of Bolitoglossine Salamanders in Central Panama, Leslie C. Brinkman, Julie M. Ray, Alicia Mathis, and Brian D. Greene
Elevated levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide in upper spinal cord promotes sensitization of primary trigeminal nociceptive neurons, Lauren E. Cornelison, Jordan L. Hawkins, and Paul L. Durham
Short-term Intensive Sustainable Restoration of Grasslands and Prairies Invaded with High Densities of Nitrogen-fixing Weeds: A Test with the Invasive Plant Lespedeza Cuneata, Jack Cornell II and D. Alexander Wait
Stress-Induced Variation in Host Susceptibility to Parasitic Freshwater Mussel Larvae, K. Douda, M. Martin, Elizabeth Glidewell, and M. Christopher Barnhart
Reproductive Endocrinology and Musth Indicators in a Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Connie Duer, Tom Tomasi, and Charles I. Abramson
Cargo trafficking from the trans-Golgi network towards the endosome, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila and Kyoungtae Kim
Reading the Landscape, Janice Greene
Seasonal circadian rhythm shift and lunar chronobiology of the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Eric N. Green, Dana M. Green, Sean P. Maher, and Lynn W. Robbins
Prolonged jaw opening promotes nociception and enhanced cytokine expression, Jordan L. Hawkins and Paul L. Durham
Potential Impacts of Stream Crossing Traffic On Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Missouri Ozark River, R. L. S. Heth, D. E. Bowles, and John E. Havel
Extracellular targeting of an active endoxylanase by a TolB negative mutant of Gluconobacter oxydans, Konrad Kosciow, Claudia Domin, Paul Schweiger, and Uwe Deppenmeier
Integrating Inflammasome Signaling in Sexually Transmitted Infections, Christopher Lupfer and Paras K. Anand
New arsenate reductase gene (arrA) PCR primers for diversity assessment and quantification in environmental samples., Babur S. Mirza, Darwin L. Sorensen, R. Ryan Dupont, and Joan E. McLean
Observer error in vegetation surveys: A review, Lloyd W. Morrison
The ecology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on islands, Lloyd W. Morrison
Observer error in sampling a rare plant population, Lloyd W. Morrison and Craig C. Young
Standardization and quality control in data collection and assessment of threatened plant species, Lloyd W. Morrison and Craig C. Young
Using maximum entropy to predict the potential distribution of an invasive freshwater snail, Monica Papeş, John E. Havel, and M. Jake Vander Zanden
Cathepsin B modulates lysosomal biogenesis and host defense against Francisella novicida infection, Xiaopeng Qi, Si Ming Man, R. K. Malireddi, Rajendra Karki, Christopher Lupfer, Prajwal Gurung, Geoffrey Neale, Clifford S. Guy, Mohamed Lamkanfi, and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti
Effects of life-history requirements on the distribution of a threatened reptile, Denise M. Thompson, Day B. Ligon, Jason C. Patton, and Monica Papes
Expression of a Grapevine NAC Transcription Factor Gene Is Induced in Response to Powdery Mildew Colonization in Salicylic Acid-Independent Manner, Zsofia Toth, Patrick Winterhagen, Balazs Kalapos, Yingcai Su, Laszlo Kovacs, and Erzsebet Kiss
Carbon Nanomaterials Alter Global Gene Expression Profiles, Sara Woodman, John C.W. Short, Hyoeun McDermott, Linan Alexander, Katelyn Bartlett, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Katie Schmelzle, Adam Wanekaya, and Kyoungtae Kim
Submissions from 2015
Cardiovascular Patterning as Determined by Hemodynamic Forces and Blood Vessel Genetics, Gregory A. Anderson, Ryan S. Udan, Mary E. Dickinson, and R. Mark Henkelman
Monitoring of a reintroduced population of juvenile alligator snapping turtles, Travis Anthony, J. Daren Riedle, Mitchell B. East, Brian Fillmore, and Day B. Ligon
TORC2 and eisosomes are spatially interdependent, requiring optimal level of phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate for their integrity, Katelyn Bartlett, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Brandon Tenay, Hyoeun McDermott, Brett Alcox, and Kyoungtae Kim
Evaluation of the short term 12 hour toxicity of 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) to multiple life stages of Venustaconcha ellipsiformis and Epioblasma triquetra and its host fish (Percina caprodes), Michael A. Boogaard, Teresa J. Newton, Terrance D. Hubert, Cheryl A. Kaye, and M. Christopher Barnhart
Alderflies, Fishflies and Dobsonflies (Insecta: Megaloptera) of the Interior Highlands, U.S.A., David E. Bowles and Robert W. Sites
Observation of predation by a lycosid spider on a captive-reared salamander larva (Ambystoma annulatum), Adam Crane and Alicia Mathis
Maladaptive behavioural phenotypes in captive-reared darters (Etheostoma caeruleum, Storer 1845), A. L. Crane, M. J. Lampe, and S. Alicia Mathis
Unprecedented Silver Resistance in Clinically Isolated Enterobacteriaceae: Major Implications for Burn and Wound Management, Phillip J. Finley, Rhy Norton, Cindy Austin, Amber Mitchell, Sara Zank, and Paul L. Durham
The role of salivary neuropeptides in pediatrics: Potential biomarkers for integrated therapies, Lynn A. Gershan, Paul L. Durham, Jaci Skidmore, Joshua Shimizu, Ryan J. Cady, Xiaoming Sheng, and Christopher G. Maloney
Aquatic invasive species: challenges for the future, John E. Havel, Katya E. Kovalenko, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Stefano Amalfitano, and Lee B. Kats
Nicotine stimulates expression of proteins implicated in peripheral and central sensitization, J. L. Hawkins, J. E. Denson, D. R. Miley, and Paul L. Durham
Molecular dynamics at the endocytic portal and regulations of endocytic and recycling traffics, Hyoeun McDermott and Kyoungtae Kim
Taxonomic biases of seven methods used to survey a diverse herpetofaunal community, Donald T. McKnight, Joshua R. Harmon, Jennifer L. McKnight, and Day B. Ligon
The Spring-Summer Nesting and Activity Patterns of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Donald T. McKnight, Joshua R. Harmon, Jennifer L. McKnight, and Day B. Ligon
The omnivorous diet of the western chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria), Donald T. McKnight, Anne C. Jones, and Day B. Ligon
Succinic semialdehyde reductase Gox1801 from Gluconobacter oxydans in comparison to other succinic semialdehyde-reducing enzymes, Maria Meyer, Paul Schweiger, and Uwe Deppenmeier
Species assembly patterns in polynesian ants, Lloyd W. Morrison
A 20-year record of the western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara): Population dynamics and modeling of precipitation effects, Lloyd W. Morrison, Jennifer L. Haack-Gaynor, Craig C. Young, and Michael D. Debacker
Population Structure of Vitis rupestris, an Important Resource for Viticulture, Daniel Pap, Allison J. Miller, Jason P. Londo, and Laszlo G. Kovacs
Eggshell membrane hydrolyzates activate NF-κB in vitro: possible implications for in vivo efficacy., Kevin J. Ruff, Paul L. Durham, Austin O'Reilly, and F. Daniel Long
Assessment of Variation In Age, Growth, and Prey of Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) In the Lower Missouri River, Robert C. Shields and Daniel W. Beckman
NAC transcription factors as key regulators in stress responses, Z. Toth, E. Kiss, and László G. Kovács
Retromer: Structure, function, and roles in mammalian disease, Christopher Trousdale and Kyoungtae Kim
Activity Patterns of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) in Northwestern Illinois, Charles R. Tucker, Jeramie T. Strickland, Brian S. Edmond, David K. Delaney, and D. B. Ligon
Identification of mannitol as compatible solute in Gluconobacter oxydans, Nageena Zahid, Paul Schweiger, Erwin Galinski, and Uwe Deppenmeier
Submissions from 2014
Insight into Tor2, a budding yeast microdomain protein, Katelyn Bartlett and Kyoungtae Kim
Timing of First Annulus Formation in White Sucker Otoliths, Daniel W. Beckman and J. W. Calfee
