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Biology News

7.26.22
Galápagos Islands Program Engages Students in History and Evolution
6.23.22
A&S Students, Professors Participate in First CURE Fellowship Program
6.14.22
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 13 UK Students, Alums
6.08.22
A&S Professor Among Recipients of 2022 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
4.29.22
Biology Major Among Four UK Students Selected to Speak at Commencement Ceremonies
4.26.22
Biology Professor's Work in Regeneration Discussed in BBC Report
4.26.22
UK Appalachian Center Honors Seven Students With Annual Research Awards
4.13.22
A&S Students Named 2022 Gaines Fellows
4.11.22
UK Sophomore Isha Chauhan Named Goldwater Scholar
3.30.22
Healing, Housing and Heritage in the Hollers
3.21.22
A&S Students in 5-Minute Fast Track Competition Show What’s Wildly Possible in Undergrad Research
3.16.22
‘Wildcat Wednesday’: Junior Lauren Hudson Making Strides on Cancer Education, Literacy Through Research
3.02.22
‘Wildcat Wednesday’: Personal Experiences Drive A&S Junior Kayli Bolton to Help Others Through Research
2.22.22
Axolotls ‘Genetically Indistinguishable’ From Other Salamanders
2.15.22
New S-STEM Program to Provide Scholarships, Support for Students Pursuing Biology, Neuroscience Majors
2.15.22
Sparking Change: UK Undergrad Program for Health Equity Research Expands to KSU
2.11.22
UK Undergraduates to Present at 20th ‘Posters at the Capitol’
1.31.22
UK Awarded Beckman Scholars Program With Undergraduate Chemistry Focus
12.09.21
Spiny Mice Can Repair Damaged Cardiac Tissue
12.01.21
UK Appalachian Center to Host Student Research Presentation Series
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Dr. Erich Jarvis
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Dr. Carla Rothlin
THM 116
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13

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Dr. Maria Tosches
THM 116
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17

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Oct
20

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Dr. Erin Heath
THM 116
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Nov
3

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Dr. Michael Long
THM 116
Thursday
Nov
10

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Dr. Evangeline Ballerini
THM 116
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Nov
17

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Dr. Erin Dolan
THM 116
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23

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Recent PubMed Publications

Duncan, MJ ;Guerriero, LE ;Köhler, K ;Beechem, LE ;Gillis, BD ;Salisbury, F ;Wessel, C ;Wang, J.;Sunderam, S ;Bachstetter, AD ;O'Hara, BF ;Murphy, MP "Chronic Fragmentation of the Daily Sleep-Wake Rhythm Increases Amyloid-beta Levels and Neuroinflammation in the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease." Neuroscience 481, (2022): 111-122.
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Duerr, TJ ;Jeon, EK ;Wells, KM ;Villanueva, A ;Seifert, AW ;McCusker, CD ;Monaghan, JR "A constitutively expressed fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell-cycle indicator (FUCCI) in axolotls for studying tissue regeneration." Development (Cambridge, England) 149, 6 (2022):
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Silva-E-Costa, JDC ;Luizi-Ponzo, AP ;McLetchie, DN "Sex Differences in Desiccation Tolerance Varies by Colony in the Mesic Liverwort <i>Plagiochila porelloides</i>." Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 11, 4 (2022):
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Cooper, RL ;Thomas, MA ;McLetchie, DN "Impedance Measures for Detecting Electrical Responses during Acute Injury and Exposure of Compounds to Roots of Plants." Methods and protocols 5, 4 (2022):
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Metzger, ME ;Wekesa, JW ;Kluh, S ;Fujioka, KK ;Saviskas, R ;Arugay, A ;McConnell, N ;Nguyen, K ;Krueger, L ;Hacker, GM ;Hu, R ;Kramer, VL "Detection and Establishment of Aedes notoscriptus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes in Southern California, United States." Journal of medical entomology 59, 1 (2022): 67-77.
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Graniczkowska, KB ;Shaffer, CL ;Cassone, VM "Transcriptional effects of melatonin on the gut commensal bacterium Klebsiella aerogenes." Genomics 114, 2 (2022): 110321.
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Miller, AK ;Timoshevskaya, N ;Smith, JJ ;Gillum, J ;Sharif, S ;Clarke, S ;Baker, C.;Kitson, J ;Gemmell, NJ ;Alexander, A "Population Genomics of New Zealand Pouched Lamprey (kanakana; piharau; Geotria australis)." The Journal of heredity 113, 4 (2022): 380-397.
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Qin, X ;Liang, W ;Liu, Z.;Liu, M.;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM ;Xin, Z ;Wang, Z.;Zhou, Q "Plant canopy may promote seed dispersal by wind." Scientific reports 12, 1 (2022): 63.
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Lü, J.;Yi, H ;Tan, D.;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM "Germination of Seeds from Flowers along a Continuum of Long to Short Styles in the Cold Desert Perennial Herb <i>Ixiolirion songaricum</i>." Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 11, 11 (2022):
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Li, S.;Zhang, S ;Baskin, CC ;Zhang, Z.;Xiao, S ;Bu, H.;Liu, Y.;Zhang, T ;Chen, S.;Liu, Q.;Liu, K. "Effect of grazing and nitrogen addition on the occurrence of species with different seed masses in alpine meadows on the Tibet Plateau." The Science of the total environment 838, Pt 4 (2022): 156531.
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Tang, W ;Guo, H ;Baskin, CC ;Xiong, W ;Yang, C.;Li, Z ;Song, H ;Wang, T.;Yin, J.;Wu, X.;Miao, F ;Zhong, S ;Tao, Q ;Zhao, Y.;Sun, J. "Effect of Light Intensity on Morphology, Photosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism of Alfalfa (<i>Medicago sativa</i>) Seedlings." Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 11, 13 (2022):
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Nowoshilow, S ;Fei, JF ;Voss, SR ;Tanaka, EM ;Murawala, P "Gene and transgenics nomenclature for the laboratory axolotl-Ambystoma mexicanum." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 251, 6 (2022): 913-921.
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Marks, RA ;Mbobe, M ;Greyling, M ;Pretorius, J ;McLetchie, DN ;VanBuren, R ;Farrant, JM "Variability in Functional Traits along an Environmental Gradient in the South African Resurrection Plant <i>Myrothamnus flabellifolia</i>." Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 11, 10 (2022):
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Wright, J ;Haaland, TR ;Dingemanse, NJ ;Westneat, DF "A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity." Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2022):
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McGlothlin, JW ;Akçay, E ;Brodie, ED ;Moore, AJ ;Van Cleve, J "A Synthesis of Game Theory and Quantitative Genetic Models of Social Evolution." The Journal of heredity 113, 1 (2022): 109-119.
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Lindstedt, C ;Bagley, RK ;Calhim, S ;Jones, M.;Linnen, CR "The impact of life stage and pigment source on the evolution of novel warning signal traits." Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 76, 3 (2022): 554-572.
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Abreu, JA Gonzalez;Rosenberg, AE ;Fricker, BA ;Wallace, KJ ;Seifert, AW ;Kelly, AM "Species-typical group size differentially influences social reward neural circuitry during nonreproductive social interactions." iScience 25, 5 (2022): 104230.
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Gatto, KP ;Timoshevskaya, N ;Smith, JJ ;Lourenço, LB "Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology." Journal of evolutionary biology (2022):
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Linnen, CR ;Brandvain, Y ;Unckless, RL "Theme: Recent work in speciation research by women authors." Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 76, 6 (2022): 1100-1103.
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Bendall, EE ;Bagley, RK ;Sousa, VC ;Linnen, CR "Faster-haplodiploid evolution under divergence-with-gene-flow: Simulations and empirical data from pine-feeding hymenopterans." Molecular ecology 31, 8 (2022): 2348-2366.
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Titialii-Torres, KF ;Morris, AC "Embryonic hyperglycemia perturbs the development of specific retinal cell types, including photoreceptors." Journal of cell science 135, 1 (2022):
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Krueger, LA ;Morris, AC "Generation of a zebrafish knock-in line expressing MYC-tagged Sox11a using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing." Biochemical and biophysical research communications 608, (2022): 8-13.
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Connor, B ;Titialii-Torres, K ;Rockenhaus, AE ;Passamonte, S ;Morris, AC ;Lee, YS "Biliverdin regulates NR2E3 and zebrafish retinal photoreceptor development." Scientific reports 12, 1 (2022): 7310.
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Duncan, EM ;Nowotarski, SH ;Guerrero-Hernández, C ;Ross, EJ ;D'Orazio, JA ;Developmental, Biology. Clubes de "Molecular characterization of a flatworm Girardia isolate from Guanajuato, Mexico." Developmental biology (2022):
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Zhang, Y.;Liu, Y.;Sun, L.;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM ;Cao, M ;Yang, J. "Seed dormancy in space and time: global distribution, paleoclimatic and present climatic drivers, and evolutionary adaptations." The New phytologist 234, 5 (2022): 1770-1781.
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Collett, JA ;Ortiz-Soriano, V ;Li, X.;Flannery, AH ;Toto, RD ;Moe, OW ;Basile, DP ;Neyra, JA "Serum IL-17 levels are higher in critically ill patients with AKI and associated with worse outcomes." Critical care (London, England) 26, 1 (2022): 107.
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Ahmed, MR ;Sethna, S ;Krueger, LA ;Yang, MB ;Hufnagel, RB "Variable Anterior Segment Dysgenesis and Cardiac Anomalies Caused by a Novel Truncating Variant of FOXC1." Genes 13, 3 (2022):
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Volcko, KL ;Brakey, DJ ;McNamara, TE ;Meyer, MJ ;McKay, NJ ;Santollo, J ;Daniels, D "Control of water intake by a pathway from the nucleus of the solitary tract to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus." Appetite 172, (2022): 105943.
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Alvord, VM ;Kantra, EJ ;Pendergast, JS "Estrogens and the circadian system." Seminars in cell & developmental biology 126, (2022): 56-65.
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Garcia-Aguilar, J ;Patil, S.;Gollub, MJ ;Kim, JK ;Yuval, JB ;Thompson, HM ;Verheij, FS ;Omer, DM ;Lee, M.;Dunne, RF ;Marcet, J ;Cataldo, P ;Polite, B... "Organ Preservation in Patients With Rectal Adenocarcinoma Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2022): JCO2200032.
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