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Giridhar Akkaraju

Giridhar Akkaraju

Professor

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  • Lowder LL, Powell M, Miller SE, Kishton RJ, Kelly CB, Cribb CB, Mastro-Kishton K, Chelvanambi M, Do PT, Govindapur RR, Wardell SE, McDonnell DP, Bartolotti LJ, Akkaraju GR, Frampton AR, Varadarajan S. , Mechanistic investigation of site-specific DNA methylating agents targeting breast cancer cells., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64:12651-12669., .
  • Pho C,  Frieler M,  Akkaraju GR,  Naumov AV,  Dobrovolny HM., Using mathematical modeling to estimate time-independent cancer chemotherapy efficacy parameters., In Silico Pharmacology 10:2., .
  • Frieler M, Pho C, Lee B, Dobrovolny H, Akkaraju GR, Naumov A., Effects of doxorubicin delivery by nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots on cancer cell growth: Experimental study and mathematical modeling., Nanomaterials 11:140., .
  • Nguyen TL, Akkaraju GR, Coffer JL., Formation of platinum nanocrystals on silicon nanotubes and corresponding anti-cancer activity in vitro., ACS Applied Bio Matter 3, 208-216., .
  • Nguyen TL, Akkaraju GR, Coffer JL, Formation of platinum nanocrystals on silicon nanotubes and corresponding anti-cancer activity in vitro, American Chemical Society Applied Bio Materials 3: 208-216, .
Matt Chumchal

Matt Chumchal

Professor and Director of the Pre-Health Professions Institute

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  • Drinkwater R, Goodwin A, Cush J, Korstian JM, Chumchal MM, Gerardo Herrera L, Valdez M, Otálora-Ardila A, Flores-Martinez JJ, Clare EL. , Molecular diet analysis of the marine fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi, and potential mercury exposure., Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 752-759., .
  • Burnham KK, Meyer FK, Burnham JL, Chumchal MM, Johnson JA, Mercury contamination of seabird and sea duck eggs from high Arctic Greenland., Polar Biology 44:1195-1202, .
  • Hannappel MP, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy J, Barst BD, Castellini JM., Mud dauber nests as sources of spiders in mercury monitoring studies., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40: 1335-1340., .
  • Becker D, Speer K, Korstian J, Volokhov D, Droke H, Brown A, Baijnauth C, Padgett-Stewart T, Broders H, Plowright R, Rainwater T, Fenton B, Simmons N, Chumchal M. , Disentangling interactions between mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community., Journal of Applied Ecology 58:879-889., .
  • Hannappel MP, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy JH, Barst BD, Castellini JM, Nolan AR, Willoughby FM, Trauffler LP. , Effect of body size on methyl mercury concentrations in shoreline spiders: Implications for their use as sentinels., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40:1149-1154., .
Michael Chumley

Michael Chumley

Professor

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  • Brice KN, Hagan CW, Peterman JL, Figg JW, Braden PN, Chumley MJ, Boehm GW., Chronic sleep restriction increases soluble hippocampal Ab-42 and impairs cognitive performance., Physiology & Behavior 226:113128., .
  • Peterman JL, White JD, Calcagno A, Hagen C, Quiring M, Paulhus K, Gurney T, Eimerbrink MJ, Curtis M, Boehm GW, Chumley MJ. , Prolonged isolation stress accelerates the onset of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in 5xFAD mice despite running wheels and environmental enrichment., Behavioural Brain Research 379:112366, .
  • White JD, Urbano CM, Taylor JO, Peterman JL, Cooksey M, Eimerbrink M, Eriksson MD, Cooper BG, Chumley MJ, Boehm GW. , Intraventricular murine Aβ infusion elicits hippocampal inflammation and disrupts the consolidation, but not retrieval, of conditioned fear in C57BL6/J mice., Behavioural Brain Research 378:112303., .
  • Peterman JL, White JD, Calcagno A, Hagen C, Quiring M, Paulhus K, Gurney T, Eimerbrink MJ, Curtis M, Boehm GW, Chumley MJ , Prolonged isolation stress accelerates the onset of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in 5xFAD mice despite running wheels and environmental enrichment, Behavioural Brain Research 379:112366., .
  • White JD, Urbano CM, Taylor JO, Peterman JL, Cooksey M, Eimerbrink M, Eriksson MD, Cooper BG, Chumley MJ, Boehm GW , Intraventricular murine Aβ infusion elicits hippocampal inflammation and disrupts the consolidation, but not retrieval, of conditioned fear in C57BL6/J mice, Behavioural Brain Research 378:112303., .
Ray Drenner

Ray Drenner

Emeritus Professor

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  • Chumchal, MM, Drenner RD., Ecological Factors Controlling Insect-Mediated Methylmercury Flux from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems: Lessons Learned from Experimental Studies in Mesocosms and Ponds., Contaminants and Ecological Subsidies: The Land-Water Interface. JM Kraus, DM Walters and MA Mills, eds. Springer. , .
  • Ortega-Rodriguez CL, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy JH, Nowlin WH, Barst BD, Polk DK, Hall MN, Williams EB, Lauck KC, Santa-Rios A, Basu N , Relationship between methyl mercury contamination and proportion of aquatic and terrestrial prey in diets of shoreline spiders, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 38: 2503-2508., .
  • Gerstle CT, Drenner RW, Chumchal MM, Spatial patterns of mercury contamination and associated risk to piscivorous wading birds of the south central United States, Environmental Toxicology Chemistry 38: 160-166., .
  • Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Hall MN, Polk DK, Williams EB, Ortega-Rodriguez CL, Kennedy JH , Seasonality of dipteran-mediated methyl mercury flux from ponds, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37: 1846-1851. , .
Amanda  Hale

Amanda Hale

Professor & Graduate Program Director

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  • Hein C, Hale A, and Straw B., Acoustic and genetic approaches for informing population status and trends of migratory tree bats., National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Report, NREL/TP-5000-78563., .
  • Chipps AS, Hale AM, Weaver SP, Williams DA., Genetic diversity, population structure, and effective population size in two yellow bat species in South Texas., PeerJ 8:e10348., .
  • Huzzen BE, Hale AM, Bennett VJ., An effective survey method for studying volant species activity and behavior at tall structures, PeerJ 8:e8438, .
  • Chipps AS, Hale AM, Weaver SP, Williams DA., Genetic approaches are necessary to accurately understand bat‐wind turbine impacts., Diversity 12:236., .
  • Chipps AS, Hale AM, Weaver SP, Williams DA, Genetic approaches are necessary to accurately understand bat-wind turbine impacts, Diversity 12: 236., .
Matt Hale

Matt Hale

Associate Professor

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  • Hale MC, Campbell MA, McKinney GJ., A candidate chromosome inversion in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) identified by population genetic analysis techniques., G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 11:jkab267., .
  • Hale MC, McLaughlin R, Wilson C, Mackereth R, Nichols KM., Differential gene expression associated with behavioral variation in ecotypes of Lake Superior brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)., Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D- Genomics & Proteomics 40:100884., .
  • Blumstein DM, Campbell MA, Hale MC, Sutherland BJG, McKinney GJ, Stott W, Larson WA., Comparative genomic analysis and a novel linkage map for cisco (Coregonus artedi) provide insights into chromosomal evolution and rediploidization across salmonids., G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 10:2863-2878., .
  • Weinstein SY, Thrower FP, Nichols KM, Hale MC, A large-scale chromosomal inversion is not associated with life history development in rainbow trout from Southeast Alaska, PLoS One 14(9): e0223018., .
  • Campbell MA, Hale MC, McKinney GJ, Nichols KM, Pearse DE, Long-term conservation of ohnologs through partial tetrasomy following whole-genome duplication in Salmonidae, G3: Genes,Genomes, Genetics 9: 2017-2028., .
Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Emeritus Dean & Professor

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  • Dennis EJ, Dobosiewicz M, Jin X, Duval L, Hartman PS, Bargmann CI, Vosshall L, A natural variant and engineered mutation in a GPCR promote DEET resistance in C. elegans, Nature 562:119-123., .
John Horner

John Horner

Professor

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  • Carmickle RN, Horner JD, Impact of the specialist herbivore Exyra semicrocea on the carnivorous plant Sarracenia alata: a field experiment testing the effects of tissue loss and diminished prey capture on plant growth, Plant Ecology 220: 553-561., .
  • Darnowski D, Bauer U, Méndez M, Horner J, Płachno B, Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants, In: A. M. Ellison and L. Adamec (eds.), Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology, and evolution, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 285-293. , .
Marlo Jeffries

Marlo Jeffries

Associate Professor and Department Chair

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  • Snow DD, Chakraborty P, Uralbekov B, Satybaldiev B, Sallach B, Thornton L, Jeffries M, Kolok A, Bartelt-Hunt S. , Legacy and current pesticide residues in Syr Darya, Kazakhstan: Contamination status, seasonal variation and preliminary ecological risk assessment., Water Research 184: 116141., .
  • Krzykwa JC, Sellin Jeffries MK., Comparison of behavioral assays for assessing toxicant-induced alterations in neurological function in larval fathead minnows., Chemosphere 257: 126825., .
  • Krzykwa JC, Sellin Jeffries MK., Development of a larval fathead minnow optomotor response assay for assessing visual function., MethodX 7: 100971., .
  • Thornton Hamptom LM, Sellin Jeffries MK, Venables BJ., A practical guide for assessing respiratory burst and phagocytic cell activity in the fathead minnow, an emerging model for immunotoxicity., MethodX 7: 100992., .
  • Thornton Hamptom LM, Martyniuk CJ, Venables BJ, Sellin Jeffries MK., Advancing the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) as a model for immunotoxicity testing: Characterization of the renal transcriptome following Yersinia ruckeri infection., Fish and Shellfish Immunology 103:472-480., .
Shauna McGillivray

Shauna McGillivray

Professor

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  • Zou L, Evans CR, Do VD, Losefsky QP, Ngo DQ, McGillivray SM., Loss of the ClpXP protease leads to decreased resistance to cell-envelope targeting antimicrobials in Bacillus anthracis Sterne., Frontiers in Microbiology 12:2247., .
  • Reeks JM, Ali I, Moss WJ, Davis E, McGillivray SM, Strzhemechny YM., Microscale ZnO with controllable crystal morphology as a platform to study antibacterial action on Staphylococcus aureus., Biointerphases 16: 031003., .
  • Malmquist JA, Rogan MR, McGillivray SM., Galleria mellonella as an infection model for Bacillus anthracis Sterne, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 9: 360., .
  • Huang Y, Alumasa JN, Callaghan LT, Baugh RS, Rae CD, Keiler KC, McGillivray SM., A small-molecule inhibitor of transtranslation synergistically interacts with cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides to impair survival of Staphylococcus aureus, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 63: e02362-18. , .
  • Claunch KC, Bush M, Evans CR, Malmquist JA, Hale MC, McGillivray SM, ranscriptional profiling of the clpX mutant in Bacillus anthracis reveals regulatory connection with the lrgAB operon, Microbiology 164: 659-669., .
Mikaela Stewart

Mikaela Stewart

Assistant Professor

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  • Witus SR, Burrell AL, Farrell DP, Kang J, Wang M, Hansen JM, Pravat A, Tuttle LM, Stewart MD, Brzovic PS, Chatterjee C, Zhao W, DiMaio F, Kollman JM, Klevit RE. , BRCA1/BARD1 site-specific ubiquitylation of nucleosomal H2A is directed by BARD1., Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 28, 268–277., .
  • Witus SR, Stewart MD, Klevit RE., The BRCA1/BARD1 ubiquitin ligase and its substrates., Biochemical Journal. 478 (18): 3467-3483 (2021), .
  • Pierce SB, Stewart MD, Gulsuner S, Walsh T, Dhall A, Lee MK, McClellan JM, Klevit RE, King MC , Neurodevelopmental consequences of a RING1 mutation disrupting histone H2A ubiquitylation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115: 1558-1563., .
  • Stewart MD, Zelin E, Dhall A, Walsh T, Upadhyay E, Corn JE, Chatterjee C, King MC, Klevit RE , BARD1 is necessary for ubiquitylation of nucleosomal histone H2A and for transcriptional regulation of estrogen metabolism genes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115: 1316-1321., .
Dean Williams

Dean Williams

Professor

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  • Mirkin S, Tucker MR, Williams DA., Predation release of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) living in small towns., Ecology and Evolution 11:5355-5363., .
  • Finger N, Farleigh K, Bracken JT, Leaché AD, François O, Yang Z, Flouri T, Charran T, Jezkova T, Williams DA, Blair C. , Genome-scale data reveal deep lineage divergence and a complex demographic history in the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) throughout the southwestern and central United States., Genome Biology and Evolution 14:evab260. , .
  • Canavan K, Magengelele NL, ID Paterson, DA Williams, GD Martin., Uncovering the phylogeography of Schinus terebinthifolia in South Africa to guide biological control., AoB PLANTS plab078., .
  • Harms NE, Williams DA, Purcell MF., The role of overseas genetic surveys to potentially accelerate biological control development for a new Hydrilla verticillata introduction in the USA., BioControl 66:271–280., .
  • Chipps AS, Hale AM, Weaver SP, Williams DA., Genetic approaches are necessary to accurately understand bat‐wind turbine impacts., Diversity 12:236., .
Floyd Wormley

Floyd Wormley

Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

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  • Wall G, Chaturvedi AK, Wormley Jr. FL, Wiederhold NP, Patterson HP, Lopez-Ribot JL, Screening a repurposing library for inhibitors of multi-drug resistant Candida auris identifies ebselen as a repositionable candidate for antifungal drug development, Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy 62(10): e01084-18., .
  • CR Hole CR, Leopold Wager CM, Campuzano A, Castro-Lopez N, Cai H, Wozniak KL, Wang Y, Wormley Jr. FL , Induction of Memory-like Dendritic Cell Responses in vivo, Nature Communications 10: 2955., .
  • Leopold Wager CM, Hole CR, Campuzano A, Castro-Lopez N, Wozniak KL, Cai H, Wang Y, Wormley Jr. FL , IFN-y immune priming of macrophages in vivo induces prolonged stat1 binding and protection against Cryptococcus neoformans, PLOS Pathogens 14(10):e1007358., .
  • Esher SK, Ost KS, Kohlbrenner MA, Pianalto KM, Telzrow CL, Campuzano A, Nichols CB, Munro C, Wormley Jr. FL, Alspaugh JA , Defects in intracellular trafficking of fungal cell wall synthases lead to aberrant host immune recognition, PLOS Pathogens 14(6): e1007126., .