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12.01.21

UK Appalachian Center to Host Student Research Presentation Series

11.23.21

A&S Students Stand Out in 2021 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition

11.11.21

A&S Faculty, Students Receive UK Office of Sustainability Awards

11.04.21

Hall of Distinguished Alumni (Sally K. Mason)

10.28.21

A&S Students Selected as 5-Minute Fast Track Competition Finalists

10.20.21

NSF CAREER Award Contributes to Circadian Rhythm and Metabolism Research, Education by UK Biology Professor

9.23.21

Alternative Textbook Grants Help A&S Professors Provide Equitable Access

9.16.21

Studying a Regenerating Worm Leads UK Researcher to NIH Grant

9.16.21

During Education Abroad Experience in Belize, A&S Students Find Out What’s Wildly Possible in Conservation

9.13.21

1st Research + Creative Experience Expo Coming to UK

8.31.21

A&S Junior Kayli Bolton Named Astronaut Scholar

8.02.21

UK Appalachian Center Awards 8 Student Researchers

7.26.21

Summer Research Experience at UK Inspires Undergraduates

6.04.21

CHSS Co-sponsors Kremers Seminar

5.18.21

A&S Student Named Intern of the Year

5.10.21

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 15 UK Students, Alums

4.19.21

3 Biology Majors Awarded 2021-22 Goldwater Scholarship

4.07.21

UK Undergrads Earn Unparalleled Research Experience as ‘First Authors’

12.16.20

A&S Students Take Prizes in 5-Minute Fast Track Competition Winners

10.09.20

Butterfield Recognized as a Leading Alzheimer’s Expert

Winter Break - Offices Closed

(All day)

December 24 - January 3

Recent PubMed Publications

Timoshevskaya, N ;Voss, SR ;Labianca, CN ;High, CR ;Smith, JJ "Large-scale variation in single nucleotide polymorphism density within the laboratory axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 250, 6 (2021): 822-837.

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Dwaraka, VB ;Voss, SR "Towards comparative analyses of salamander limb regeneration." Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 336, 2 (2021): 129-144.

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Baddar, NWAH ;Dwaraka, VB ;Ponomareva, LV ;Thorson, JS ;Voss, SR "Chemical genetics of regeneration: Contrasting temporal effects of CoCl<sub>2</sub> on axolotl tail regeneration." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 250, 6 (2021): 852-865.

Schloissnig, S ;Kawaguchi, A ;Nowoshilow, S ;Falcon, F ;Otsuki, L ;Tardivo, P ;Timoshevskaya, N ;Keinath, MC ;Smith, JJ ;Voss, SR ;Tanaka, EM "The giant axolotl genome uncovers the evolution, scaling, and transcriptional control of complex gene loci." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, 15 (2021):

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Huffman, D ;Ajwad, A ;Yaghouby, F ;O'Hara, BF ;Sunderam, S "A real-time sleep scoring framework for closed-loop sleep manipulation in mice." Journal of sleep research 30, 4 (2021): e13262.

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Dingemanse, NJ ;Araya-Ajoy, YG ;Westneat, DF "Most published selection gradients are underestimated: Why this is and how to fix it." Evolution; international journal of organic evolution 75, 4 (2021): 806-818.

Heidinger, BJ ;Kucera, AC ;Kittilson, JD ;Westneat, DF "Longer telomeres during early life predict higher lifetime reproductive success in females but not males." Proceedings. Biological sciences 288, 1951 (2021): 20210560.

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Thusithana, V ;Amarasekara, RWK ;Jayasuriya, KMG Gehan;Gama-Arachchige, NS ;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM "Seed dormancy of Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae) from three precipitation zones in Sri Lanka." Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) 23, 1 (2021): 148-155.

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Santollo, J ;Edwards, AA "How predictive is body weight on fluid intake in rats? It depends on sex." Physiology & behavior 229, (2021): 113262.

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Dunoyer, LA ;Seifert, AW ;Van Cleve, J "Evolutionary bedfellows: Reconstructing the ancestral state of autotomy and regeneration." Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 336, 2 (2021): 94-115.

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Kelly, AM ;Seifert, AW "Distribution of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Neurons in the Basal Forebrain and Midbrain of Spiny Mice (Acomys cahirinus)." Neuroscience 468, (2021): 16-28.

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Arthur, G ;Osborn, JL ;Yiannikouris, FB "(Pro)renin receptor in the kidney: function and significance." American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 320, 4 (2021): R377-R383.

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Wei, J ;Zhang, J.;Jiang, S ;Xu, L.;Qu, L ;Pang, B ;Jiang, K.;Wang, L.;Intapad, S ;Buggs, J ;Cheng, F ;Mohapatra, S.;Juncos, LA ;Osborn, JL ;Granger,... "Macula Densa NOS1β Modulates Renal Hemodynamics and Blood Pressure during Pregnancy: Role in Gestational Hypertension." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 32, 10 (2021): 2485-2500.

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Dalmasso, C ;Ghuneim, S ;Ahmed, N ;Schneider, ER ;Thibault, O.;Osborn, JL ;Loria, AS "Epididymal Fat-Derived Sympathoexcitatory Signals Exacerbate Neurogenic Hypertension in Obese Male Mice Exposed to Early Life Stress." Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 78, 5 (2021): 1434-1449.

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Rodrigues-Junior, AG ;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM ;De-Paula, OC "The pleurogram, an under-investigated functional trait in seeds." Annals of botany 127, 2 (2021): 167-174.

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Liu, Y.;Baskin, CC ;Baskin, JM ;Yang, J.;Cao, M ;Wen, B "Seed dormancy profiles for forest dynamics plot data: focusing on a tropical seasonal rainforest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China." Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) 23, 3 (2021): 420-426.

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Hu, D ;Baskin, JM ;Baskin, CC ;Liu, R.;Yang, X.;Huang, Z. "A Seed Mucilage-Degrading Fungus From the Rhizosphere Strengthens the Plant-Soil-Microbe Continuum and Potentially Regulates Root Nutrients of a Cold Desert Shrub." Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI 34, 5 (2021): 538-546.

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Gioria, M ;Carta, A ;Baskin, CC ;Dawson, W ;Essl, F ;Kreft, H ;Pergl, J ;van Kleunen, M ;Weigelt, P ;Winter, M ;Pyšek, P "Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants." Ecology letters 24, 8 (2021): 1655-1667.

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Smith, JJ ;Timoshevskiy, VA ;Saraceno, C "Programmed DNA Elimination in Vertebrates." Annual review of animal biosciences 9, (2021): 173-201.

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Marks, RA ;Smith, JJ ;VanBuren, R ;McLetchie, DN "Expression dynamics of dehydration tolerance in the tropical plant Marchantia inflexa." The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 105, 1 (2021): 209-222.

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Hime, PM ;Lemmon, AR ;Lemmon, ECM ;Prendini, E ;Brown, JM ;Thomson, RC ;Kratovil, JD ;Noonan, BP ;Pyron, RA ;Peloso, PLV ;Kortyna, ML ;Keogh, JS ;... "Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life." Systematic biology 70, 1 (2021): 49-66.

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Poelstra, JW ;Salmona, J ;Tiley, GP ;Schüßler, D ;Blanco, MB ;Andriambeloson, JB ;Bouchez, O ;Campbell, CR ;Etter, PD ;Hohenlohe, PA ;Hunnicutt, KE ;... "Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent." Systematic biology 70, 2 (2021): 203-218.

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Proudfoot, KL ;Kull, JA ;Krawczel, PD ;Bewley, JM ;O'Hara, BF ;Donohue, KD ;Pighetti, GM "Effects of acute lying and sleep deprivation on metabolic and inflammatory responses of lactating dairy cows." Journal of dairy science 104, 4 (2021): 4764-4774.

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Lituma, PJ ;Woo, E ;O'Hara, BF ;Castillo, PE ;Sibinga, NES ;Nandi, S "Altered synaptic connectivity and brain function in mice lacking microglial adapter protein Iba1." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118, 46 (2021):

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Liu, H.;Chen, Y.;Zhang, L.;Baskin, JM ;Baskin, CC ;Zhang, L.;Liu, Y.;Zhang, D.;Zhang, Y. "Is the Life History Flexibility of Cold Desert Annuals Broad Enough to Cope with Predicted Climate Change? The Case of <i>Erodium oxyrhinchum</i> in Central Asia." Biology 10, 8 (2021):

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Buckley, TN ;Omotola, O ;Archer, LA ;Rostron, CR ;Kamineni, EP ;Llanora, JD ;Chalfant, JM ;Lei, F ;Slade, E ;Pendergast, JS "High-fat feeding disrupts daily eating behavior rhythms in obesity-prone but not in obesity-resistant male inbred mouse strains." American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 320, 5 (2021): R619-R629.

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Alvord, VM ;Kantra, EJ ;Pendergast, JS "Estrogens and the circadian system." Seminars in cell & developmental biology (2021):

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Mietlicki-Baase, EG ;Santollo, J ;Daniels, D "Fluid intake, what's dopamine got to do with it?" Physiology & behavior 236, (2021): 113418.

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Athugala, YS ;Jayasuriya, KMG Gehan;Gunaratne, AMTA ;Baskin, CC "Seed dormancy of 80 tropical montane forest species in Sri Lanka, the first dormancy profile for a tropical montane forest community." Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) 23, 2 (2021): 293-299.

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Santollo, J ;Collett, JA ;Edwards, AA "The anti-dipsogenic and anti-natriorexigenic effects of estradiol, but not the anti-pressor effect, are lost in aged female rats." Physiological reports 9, 14 (2021): e14948.

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