Publications from HHMI-Funded Work

Publications resulting from HHMI-funded research during the past 3 years (** HHMI Fellows, * other undergraduate coauthors):

  1. Bowman, J.J.*, K.S. Sarfert**, T. Caldwell*, J. Guider*, N. Toporikova, G.B. Whitworth and S.N. Blythe 2017.  Transcriptome analysis in a female rat model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease reveals novel splice isoforms of key metabolic factors.  BMC Bioinformatics. In preparation.

  2. Cabe PR, Navalsky** BE, Bloomer* AK, Doherty* R, Edgren* J, Putney* JE and Bezold KA.  2015.  A test of DNA barcoding in crayfish of the upper James River basin, Virginia.  Freshwater Crayfish 21(1): 179-183.  

  3. Cabe PR, Trimas** M, Clifford, S*, Navalsky BE**, and Loughman Z.  2017. On the provenance of a Virginia Orconectes population.Conservation Genetics. In preparation.

  4. deHart, P.A. P., J. M. Taylor**, M. C. Campbell**, and L. E. Hurd. 2015. Seasonal shifting in diet of the Chinese mantid, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Saussure (Mantodea: Mantidae) as revealed by oxygen and hydrogen isotopes. Entomological News 125: 153-162.  

  5. Clawson, R.C.*, dela Cruz, L.N.**, Wenger, T.* and I'Anson, H. 2017. Constant assess to snacks from weaning to adulthood in female rats causes obesity, insulin insensitivity and sustained leptin resistance. Physiology and Behavior. In preparation.  

  6. Helena, Cleyde V., Natalia Toporikova, Bruna Kalil, Andrea M. Stathopoulos, Veronika V. Pogrebna**, Ruither O. Carolino, Janete A. Anselmo-Franci, and Richard Bertram. 2015. "KNDy neurons modulate the magnitude of the steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surges in ovariectomized rats." Endocrinology 156, no. 11: 4200-4213. 

  7. Humston, R., S.S. Doss*, C. Wass**, C. Hollenbeck*, S.R. Thorrold, S. Smith, and C.P. Bataille. 2017. Isotope geochemistry reveals ontogeny of dispersal and exchange between main-river and tributary habitats in Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu. Journal of Fish Biology 90:528-548.  

  8. Humston, R., M. Moore*, C. Wass**, S. Doss*, and D. Dennis*. 2015. Correlations between body length and otolith size with implications for retrospective growth analyses: an example with smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu.  Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31:883-887.  

  9. Hurd, L. E., P. A. P. deHart, J. M. Taylor**, M. C. Campbell**, and M. M. Shearer*. 2015. The ontogenetically variable trophic niche of a praying mantid revealed by stable isotope analysis. Environmental Entomology 44:239-245.  

  10. Irwin, A.**, Greer, L., Humston, R., Devlin-Durante, M., Baums, I., Lescinsky, H., Wirth, K., Cabe, P., and Curran, H.A. 2017.  Age and intraspecific diversity of resilient Acropora communities in Belize. Journal of Coral Reefs.  In preparation.   

  11. Lane, A.K.*, C.Y. Hayashi, G.B. Whitworth and N.A. Ayoub. 2013.  Complex gene expression in the dragline silk producing glands of the Western black widow (Latrodectus herspesus).  BMC Genomics 14:846.  

  12. Lundquist, S.** and Hamilton, E.W.  2017.  The contribution of Bison dung to soil nitrogen and phosphorous pools in Yellowstone National Park grasslands.  Ecology. In preparation.  

  13. Marwitz SE*, Woodie LN**, and Blythe SN (2015) Western-style diet induces insulin insensitivity and hyperactivity in adolescent male rats. Physiology & Behavior, 151: 147-154.  

  14. Mass, J.; Uffelman, E.S.; Buckley, B.; Grimstad, I.; Vila, A.; Delaney, J.; Wadum, J.; Andrews, V.*; Burns, L.*; Florescu, S.**; Hull, A. 2016. "Portable X-ray Fluorescence and Infrared Imaging Studies of Cadmium Yellow Alteration in Paintings by Edvard Munch and Henri Matisse in Oslo, Copenhagen, and San Francisco" in The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces: Scientific Impact and Conservation Practice; Nevin, A.; Doherty, T.; eds; Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC; 53-64.  

  15. Mass, J.; Uffelman, E.S.; Buckley, B.; Plahter, U.; Grimstad, I.B.; Florescu, S. A.**; Hull, A.M.; Andrews, V.M.*; Burns, L.N.* 2015. "Cadmium Yellow Degradation Mechanisms in Henri Matisse's Le Bonheur de vivre (1905-1906) Compared to the Munch Museum's The Scream (c. 1910): Fluorescence Imaging and Chemical Speciation as a Function of Depth Part 2: Fluorescence Imaging" In Public Paintings by Edvard Munch and His Contemporaries: Change and Conservation Challenges Frøysaker, T.; Streeton, N.; Kutzke, H.; B.; Hanssen-Bauer, F.; Topalova-Casadiego, Archetype Publications: London, 308-324.

  16. McGhee, V.**, E. Schwotzer**, A. Chirigos**, E. McDonald**, S. Patel**, D. Igel* and G.B. Whitworth 2017.  A role for the yeast SR protein kinase Sky1 in induction of apoptosis in response to cellular stress.  RNA. In preparation.

  17. O'Connell, C. M.; Uffelman, E. S.; Delaney, J. K.; Stephenson, M. E.** 2016. "Multispectral Reflectance Imaging and Reflectance Spectroscopy at the Interface of Cultural Heritage Research and Undergraduate Education: Investigating a Golden Age Dutch Painting at The Huntington", 50th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Asilomar, CA, Postprints; IEEE Signal Processing Society: Asilomar, CA; in press.

  18. Ozark, P.A.**, S.N. Blythe and G.B. Whitworth.  2017. Changes in the female rat fecal microbiome induced by high-fat high-sugar diet and manipulation of estrogen. mSystems. In preparation.

  19. Roberts, Jacob S.*, Ron A. Perets*, Kathryn S. Sarfert**, John J. Bowman*, Patrick A. Ozark**, Gregg B. Whitworth, Sarah N. Blythe, and Natalia Toporikova. 2017. "High-fat high-sugar diet induces polycystic ovary syndrome in a rodent model†." Biology of reproduction. In press. DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.142786  

  20. Toporikova, Natalia, Marc Chevalier, and Muriel Thoby-Brisson. 2015. "Sigh and Eupnea Rhythmogenesis Involve Distinct Interconnected Subpopulations: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study." eneuro 2, no. 2: ENEURO-0074.

  21. Uffelman, E. S.; Abraham, L.; Van den Burg, J.; Florescu, S.**; Hoppenbrouwers, R.; Van der Knaap, F.; Koenen, J.; Te Marvelde, M.; Van Putten, H.; Roeders, J.; Seymour, K. 2014. "A New Three Legged Stool: Research and Educational Ventures Between the Frans Hals Museum, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, and Washington and Lee University" International Council of Museums Conservation Committee 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, Australia, ed. J.Bridgland, art. 0310, 8 pp. Paris: International Council of Museums.  

  22. Uffelman, E. S.; Stephenson, M.**; Kirin, A.; Delaney, J. K.; Dooley, K. A.; Eiland, W. U., 2017. The Scientific Imaging and Spectroscopic Investigation of the "Portrait of a Youth" Featured in the Exhibition "Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects" at the Georgia Museum of Art. Georgia Museum of Art Bulletin, accepted for publication.  

  23. Vienneau-Hathaway, J.M.*, Brassfield, E.R.**, Lane, A.K.*, Collin, M.A., Correa-Garhwal, S.M., Clarke, T.H., Schwager, E.E., Garb, J.E., Hayashi, C.Y., and Ayoub, N.A. 2017. Duplication and concerted evolution of MiSp-encoding genes underlie the material properties of minor ampullate silks of cobweb weaving spiders. BMC Evol. Biol. 17, 78  

  24. Watson, FL, H Schmidt, ZK Turman*, N Hole, H Garcia, J Gregg, J Tilghman**, and EA Fradinger. 2014. Organophosphate pesticides induce morphological abnormalities and decreased locomotor activity and heart rate in Danio rerio and Xenopus laevis. Environ Toxicol Chem 33(6):1337-45. PMID: 24677261

  25. Whitworth GB , BC Misaghi**, DM Rosenthal*, EA Mills, DJ Heinen**, AH Watson**, CW Ives*, SH Ali*, K Bezold, N. Marsh-Armstrong, and FL Watson. 2016. Translational profiling of Retinal Ganglion Cell Optic Nerve Regeneration in Xenopus laevis. Dev Biol. S0012-1606 (16) 30089-6. PMID: 27471010

  26. Woodie, LN** and S.N. Blythe.  The differential effects of high-fat and high-fructose diets on physiology and behavior in male rats. Nutritional Neuroscience. Epublished ahead of print.