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Briggs Lab

Snyder, E., R. Briggs, and M. Marcotrigiano. 2009. "Structural Comparison of Pearl Mutation and Wild-type Feathers of Lonchura striata Using a Scanning Electron Microscope." Journal of the National Finch and Softbill Society, 24(4):5–10.

Hall Lab

Tsikolia M., A. C. Hall, C. Suarez, Z. O. Nylander, S. M. Wardlaw, M. E. Gibson, K. L. Valentine, L. N. Onyewadume, D. A. Ahove, M. Woodbury, M. M. Mongare, C. D. Hall, Z. Wang, B. Draghic, A. R. Katritzky. 2009. "Synthesis and characterization of a redox-active ion channel supporting cation flux in lipid bilayer." Journal of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 7, 3862–3870.

Edmands, S. D., A. C. Hall. 2009. "Metallothioneins are essential for isoflurane preconditioning in murine cortical cultures." Anesthesiology 110, 538–547.

Campbell, L-L, J. A. Tyson, E. E. Stackpole, K. E. Hokenson, J. E. McKeon, S. D. Edmands, A. C. Hall. "Clinically relevant anesthetic exposures are not neurotoxic to primary cultures of dissociated murine cortical neurons." In preparation.

Humbert D. J., Y. A. Yermolina, F. O. Kotey, T. N. Griffith, E. E. Watt, E. W. Kelly, A. C. Hall. 2009. "Cyclohexanols as Potential General Anesthetics: In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses. In preparation.

Watt, E. E., B. A. Betts, F. O. Kotey, D. J. Humbert, T. N. Griffith, E. W. Kelly, A. Jenkins, A. C. Hall. 2008. "Menthol shares general anesthetic activiy and sites of action on the GABAA receptor with the intravenous anesthetic propofol." European Journal of Pharmacology, 590, 120–126.

Hall, A. C., R. J. N. Stevens, B. A. Betts, W-Y. Yeung, J. C. Kelley, N. L. Harrison. 2005. "Subunit–dependent block by isoflurane of wild–type and mutant S270H GABAA receptor currents in Xenopus oocytes." Neuroscience Letters, 382, 332–337.

Hall, A. C., C. M. Turcotte, B. A. Betts, W-Y. Yeung, A. S. Agyeman, L. A. Burk. 2004. "Modulation of Human GABAA and glycine receptor currents by menthol and related monoterpenoids." European Journal of Pharmacology, 506, 9–16.

Hall, A. C., K. C. Rowan, R. J. N. Stevens, J. C. Kelley, N. L. Harrison. 2004. "The effects of isoflurane on desensitized wild-type and (S270H) g-aminobutyric acid type A receptors." Anesthesia and Analgesia, 98: 1297–1304.

Hall, A.C., C. Suarez, A. Hom-Choudhory, A. N. A. Manu, C. D. Hall, G. J. Kirkovits, I. Ghiriviga. 2003. "Cation transport by a redox-active synthetic ion channel." Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 1, 2973–2982.

Hall, A.C., G. Earle-Cruikshanks, M. E. Harrington. 1999. "Role of membrane conductances and protein synthesis in subjective day phase advances of the hamster circadian clock by neuropeptide Y." European Journal of Neuroscience, v 11, 3424–3432.

Harrington, M. E., S. Hoque, A. C. Hall, D. Golombek, S. M. Biello. 1999. "Pituitary adenylate ctclase activating peptide phase shifts circadian rhythms in a manner similar to light." Journal of Neuroscience, 19, 6637–6642.

Meyer, J. L., A. C. Hall, M. E. Harrington. 1998. "Histamine phase shifts the hamster circadian pacemaker via a NMDA–dependent mechanism." Journal of Biological Rhythms, 13, 288–295.

Hall, A. C., R. M. Hoffmaster, E. L. Stern, M. E. Harrington, D. Bickar. 1997. "Suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons are glucose-sensitive." Journal of Biological Rhythms, 12, 388–400.

Marcotrigiano Lab

Bruno, A, M. Marcotrigiano, N. Horton. 2007. A three-stage micropropagation system for a novel color morph of the wildflower, Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britt." Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 90:9–13.

Peckol Lab

Brown-Saracino, J., P. Peckol, H. A. Curran, M. Robbart. 2007. "Spatial variation in sea urchins, fish predators, and bioerosion rates on coral reefs of Belize." Coral Reefs 26: 71–78.

Curran, H. A., S. Etheredge, E. Callaghan, P. Peckol. 2005. "Coral Reef Ed-Ventures: an Environmental Education Program for School Children in San Pedro, Belize," Reef Encounter 33: 22–27.

Robbart, M. L., P. Peckol, S. P. Scordilis, H. A. Curran, J. Brown-Saracino. 2004. "Population recovery and differential heat shock protein expression for the corals Agaricia agaricites and A. tenuifolia in Belize." Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 283:151–160.

Curran, H.A., S. Etheredge, E. Callaghan, P. Peckol. 2004. "Coral reef ed-ventures: an environmental education program for school children in Belize." 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, p. 396 (published abstract).

Curran, H. A., P. Peckol, B. J. Greenstein, S. Ristau, S. DeYoung. 2004. "Shallow-water coral reefs in transition: examples from Belize and the Bahamas." R. D. Lewis and B. C. Panuska (eds) Proc. 11th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions, Gerace Research Center, p. 13–24.

Peckol, P., H. A. Curran, B. J. Greenstein, E. Floyd, M. Robbart. 2003. "Assessment of coral reefs off San Salvador Island, Bahamas (stony corals, algae, and fish populations)." Atoll Research Bull. 496: 124–144.

Peckol, P., H. A. Curran, E. Floyd, M. Robbart, B. J. Greenstein, K. Buckman. 2003. "Assessment of selected reef sites in northern and south-central Belize, including recovery from bleaching and hurricane disturbances (stony corals, algae, and fishes)." Atoll Research Bull. 496: 146–171.

Peckol, P., H. A. Curran, M. Robbart, B. Greenstein. 2001. "Resilience and recovery from large-scale disturbances: contrasting patterns for San Salvador, Bahamas and Belize." In: Greenstein, B.J. and C.K. Carney (eds.). Proc. 10th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and Other Carbonate Regions, pp. 132–144.

Wrabel, M. L., and P. Peckol. 2000. "Effects of bioremediation on toxicity and chemical composition of no. 2 fuel oil: growth responses of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus." Marine Pollution Bulletin. 40:135–139.

Peckol, P., and J. Yates. 1997. "Inducible phlorotannins in brown algae from backreef sites." In: Lessios, H.A. and I.G. Macintyre (eds.) Proceedings, 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium. 2:1259–1262.

Peckol, P., J. M. Krane, J. L. Yates. 1996. "Interactive effects of inducible defense and resource availability on phlorotannins in the North Atlantic brown alga Fucus vesiculosus." Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 138:209–217.

Peckol, P., and J. S. Rivers. 1996. "Contribution by macroalgal mats to primary production of a shallow embayment under high and low nitrogen loading rates." Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 43:311–325.

Peckol, P., and J. S. Rivers. 1995. "Physiological responses of the opportunistic macroalgae, Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae, to environmental disturbances associated with eutrophication." J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 190:1–16.

Peckol, P., and J. S. Rivers. 1995. "Competitive interactions between the opportunistic macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda (Chlorophyta) and Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta) under eutrophic conditions." J. Phycol. 31:229–232.

Rivers, J. S., and P. Peckol. 1995. "Summer decline of Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) in a eutrophic embayment: interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen availability?" J. Phycol. 31:223-228.

Rivers, J. S., and P. Peckol. 1995. "Interactive effects of nitrogen and dissolved inorganic carbon on photosynthesis, growth, and ammonium uptake of the macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae." Marine Biology. 121:747–753.

Peckol, P., B. DeMeo-Anderson, J. Rivers, I. Valiela, M. Maldonado, J. Yates. 1994. "Growth, nutrient uptake capacities and tissue constituents of the macroalgae, Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae, related to site-specific nutrient loading rates." Marine Biology. 121:175–185.

Yates, J., and P. Peckol. 1993. "Effects of nutrient availability and herbivory on polyphenolic concentrations in the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus." Ecology 74:1757–1766.

Peckol, P., J. Yates, B. DeMeo-Anderson. 1992. "Effects of nutrient availability and grazing on polyphenolic concentrations in marine algae: a temperate and tropical comparison." Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 73:300.

Valiela, I., K. Foreman, M. L. LaMontagne, D. Hersh, J. Costa, P. Peckol, B. DeMeo-Anderson, C. D'Avanzo, M. Babione, C. Sham, J. Brawley, K. Lajtha. 1992. "Couplings of watersheds and coastal waters: sources and consequences of nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay." Estuaries 15:443–457.

Peckol, P., S. Guarnagia, M. Fisher. 1989. "Zonation and behavioral patterns of the intertidal gastropods Nodilittorina (Tectininus) antoni Philippi, 1846 and Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791 in the Bahamas." Veliger 32:8–15.

Peckol, P., M. M. Harlin, P. Krumscheid. 1988. "Physiological and population ecology of intertidal and subtidal Ascophyllum nodosum." J. Phycol. 24: 192–198.

Scordilis Lab

Vahey, M., S. P. Scordilis. 1980. "Contractile proteins from the tomato." Can. J. Bot., 58: 797–801.

Vahey, M., M. Titus, R. Trautwein, S. P. Scordilis. 1982. "Tomato Actin and Myosin: Contractile Proteins from a Higher Land Plant." Cell Motility, 2: 131–147.

Klaus, M. M., S. P. Scordilis, J. M. Rapalus, R. T. Briggs, J. A. Powell. 1983. "Evidence for dysfunction in the Regulation of Cytosolic Ca2+ in Excitation-Contraction Uncoupled Dysgenic Muscle." Devel. Biol., 99: 152–165.

Babu, A., S. P. Scordilis, E. H. Sonnenblick, J. Gulati. 1987. "The Control of Myocardial Contraction with Skeletal Fast Muscle Troponin-C." J. Biol. Chem., 262: 5815–5822.

Gulati, J., S. P. Scordilis, A. Babu. 1988. "Effect of Tn-C on the Cooperativity in Calcium Activation of Cardiac Muscle." FEBS Lett., 236: 441–444.

Tang, X., P. K. Hepler, S. P. Scordilis. 1989. "Immunochemical and Immunocytochemical Identification of a Myosin Heavy Chain Polypeptide in Nicotiana Pollen Tubes." J. Cell Sci., 92: 569–574.

Reichsman, F., S. P. Scordilis, P. M. Clarkson, W. J. Evans. 1991. "Muscle Protein Changes Following Eccentric Exercise in Humans." Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. Occup. Physiol., 62: 245–250.

Thompson, H. S., and S. P. Scordilis. 1994. "Ubiquitin Changes in Human Biceps Muscle Following Exercise-Induced Damage." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 204: 1193–1198.

Miller, D. D., S. P. Scordilis, P. K. Hepler. 1995. "Identification and Localization of Three Classes of Myosins in Pollen Tubes of Lilium longiflorum and Nicotiana alata." J. Cell Sci., 108: 2549–2563.

Schak, K. M., S. P. Scordilis, G. Ferreyra, M. E. Harrington. 2001. "Neuropeptide Y Activates Protein Kinase C in Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nuclei Brain Slices." Biol. Rhythm Res., 32: 201–206.

Thompson, H. S., S. P. Scordilis, P. M. Clarkson, W. A. Lohrer. 2001. "A Single Bout of Eccentric Exercise Increases HSP27 and HSC/HSP70 in Human Skeletal Muscle." Acta Physiol. Scand., 171: 187–194.

Thompson, H. S., P. M. Clarkson, S. P. Scordilis. 2002. "The Repeated Bout Effect and Heat Shock Proteins: Intramuscular HSP27 and HSP70 Expression Following Two Bouts of Eccentric Exercise in Humans." Acta Physiol. Scand., 174: 47–56.

Thompson, H. S., E. B. Maynard, E. R. Morales, S. P. Scordilis. 2003. "Exercise-Induced HSP27, HSP70 and MAPK responses in Human Skeletal Muscle." Acta Physiol. Scand. 178: 61–72.

Robbart, M., P. Peckol, S. P. Scordilis, H. A. Curran, J. Brown-Saracino. 2004. "Population recovery and differential heat shock protein expression for the corals, Agaricia agaricites and A. tenuifolia in Belize." Mar. Prog. Res. Ser, 283: 151–160.

Thompson, H. S., S. P. Scordilis, M. J. DeSouza. 2006. "Serum creatine kinase activity varies with ovulatory status in regularly exercising, premenopausal women." Hormone Research, 65: 151–158.

Smith Lab

Baldridge, A., and L. D. Smith. 2008. "Temperature constraints on phenotypic plasticity explain biogeographic patterns in predator trophic morphology." Marine Ecology Progress Series 365: 25–34.

Tilley Lab

Tilley, S.G., and J. S. Hausman. 1976. "Allozymic variation and occurrence of multiple inseminations in populations of the salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus." Copeia 1976:734–741.

Tilley, S.G., R. B. Merritt, B. Wu, R. Highton. 1978. "Genetic differentiation in salamanders of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex." Evolution 32:93–115.

Tilley, S.G., and P. M. Schwerdtfeger. 1981. "Electrophoretic variation in Appalachian populations of the Desmognathus fuscus complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)." Copeia 1981:109–119.

Tilley, S.G., and M. J. Mahoney. 1996. "Patterns of genetic differentiation in salamanders of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)." Herpetol. Monogr. 10:1–42.

Anderson, J., and S. G. Tilley. 2003. "Systematics of the Desmognathus ochrophaeus complex in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee." Herpetological Monographs, 17:75–110.

Tilley, S. G., R. L. Eriksen, L. A. Katz. 2008. "Systematics of dusky salamanders, Desmognathus (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in the mountain and Piedmont regions of Virginia and North Carolina, USA." Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 152:115–130.

Williams Lab

Williams, S. A., and S. J. Laney. 2003. "Filarial Genomics: Gene Discovery and Gene Expression." World Class Parasites Volume 5, The Filaria. Ed. T. R. Klei and T. V. Rajan, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA., p. 31–42.

Williams, S. A., S. J. Laney, M. Lizotte-Waniewski, L. A. Bierwert, T. R. Unnasch. 2002. "The River Blindness Genome Project." Trends in Parasitology, 18: 86–90.

Williams, S. A., S. J. Laney, L. A. Bierwert, L. J. Saunders, D. A. Boakye, P. Fischer, D. Goodman, H. Helmy, S. L. Hoti, V. Vasuki, P. J. Lammie, C. Plichart, R. M. R. Ramzy, E. A. Ottesen. 2002. "Development and Standardization of a Rapid, PCR-based Method for the Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in Mosquitoes, for Xenomonitoring the Human Prevalence of Bancroftian Filariasis." Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 96: S41–46.

Lizotte-Waniewski, M., W. Tawe, D. B. Guiliano, W. Lu, J. Liu, S. A. Williams, S. Lustigman. 2001. "Identification of Potential Vaccine and Drug Target Candidates by Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis and Immunoscreening of Onchocerca volvulus Larval cDNA Libraries." Infection and Immunity, 68: 3491–3501.

Fischer, P., T. Supali, H. Wibowo, I. Bonow, and S. A. Williams. 2000. "Detection of DNA of Nocturnally Periodic Brugia malayi in Night and Day Blood Samples by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-ELISA-Based Method Using an Internal Control DNA" American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 62: 291–296.

Williams, S. A., M. R. Lizotte–Waniewski, D. Guiliano, J. Daub, M. L. Blaxter, J. Foster, B. Slatko, A. L. Scott. 2000. "The Nuclear, Mitochondrial and Endosymbiont Genomes of Brugia malayi." Int. J. Parasitol., 30: 411–419.

White-Ziegler Lab

White-Ziegler, C. A., T. R. Davis. "Genome-wide identification of H-NS controlled, temperature regulated genes in Escherichia coli K-12." Journal of Bacteriology. 2009 Feb;191(3):1106–10. Epub 2008 Nov 14.

White-Ziegler, C. A., S. Um, N. Peréz, A. L. Berns, A. J. Malhowski, S. Young. 2008 Jan. Low temperature (23 ˚C) increases expression of biofilm-, cold-shock- and RpoS-dependent genes in Escherichia coli K-12. Microbiology. 154(Pt 1):148–66.

White-Ziegler, C. A., A. J. Malhowski, S. D. Young. Epub 2007 May 25. "Human body temperature (37˚C) increases the expression of iron, carbohydrate, and amino acid utilization genes in Escherichia coli K-12." Journal of Bacteriology. 2007. Vol. 189(15):5429-40.

White-Ziegler, C. A., A. M. Black, S. H. Eliades, S. Young, K. Porter. 2002 Aug. "The N-acetyltransferase RimJ responds to environmental stimuli to repress pap fimbrial transcription in Escherichia coli." Journal of Bacteriology. 184(16):4334–42.

White-Ziegler, C. A., A. Villapakkam, K. Ronaszeki, S. Young. 2000 Nov. "H-NS controls pap and daa fimbrial transcription in response to multiple environmental cues." Journal of Bacteriology. 182(22):6391–;400.