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Publications and Patents

Our achievements and aspirations spring in many ways from faculty members' creativity, talent, and dedication in scholarship, teaching, and professional service. Recent faculty research and scholarship projects are listed below.

Irwin M., Tare M., Singh A., Puli O.R., Gogia N., Riccetti M., Deshpande P. "A positive feedback loop of Hippo-and c Jun-amino-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling-pathways regulate Amyloid-beta mediated neurodegeneration." Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8, 117.

Muratore M., Prather C., Sun Y. "The gut bacterial communities across six grasshopper species from a coastal tallgrass prairie." PLoS One. 2020 Jan 30. 15(1):e0228406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228406. eCollection 2020. PMID: 31999781.

Gogia N., Sarkar A., Mehta A.S., Ramesh N., Deshpande P., Kango-Singh M., Pandey U.B., Singh A. "Inactivation of hippo and cJun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling mitigate FUS mediated neurodegeneration in vivo." Neurobiol Dis. 2020 Mar 18:104837. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.104837. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Furterer S., Sun Y., Schneider K., Kinney A., Beagle J.K. "Inclusive Pedagogy in the Face of Implicit Bias: Critical Conversations on Educating the Whole Person in the STEM Disciplines."

Muratore M., Prather C., Sun Y. "The gut bacterial communities across six grasshopper species from a coastal tallgrass prairie." PLoS One. 2020 Jan 30; 15(1):e0228406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228406. eCollection 2020. PMID: 31999781.

Camino E.M., Weinstein M.L., List M.P., Vellky J.E., Rebeiz M., Williams T.M. "Red Light/Green Light, a Dual Fluorescent Protein Reporter System To Study Enhancer-Promoter Specificity in Drosophila." G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.

Britzolaki A., Saurine J., Klocke B., Pitychoutis P.M. "A Role for SERCA Pumps in the Neurobiology of Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders." Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020;1131:131-161. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1-6. Review. PMID: 31646509.

Vasquez E.S., Dewitt M.J., West Z.J., Elsass M.J. "Impact of Team Formation Approach on Teamwork Effectiveness and Performance in an Upper-Level Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course." International Journal of Engineering Education 36 (1), 491-501.

Furterer S., Sun Y., Schneider K., Kinney A., Beagle J.K. "Inclusive Pedagogy in the Face of Implicit Bias: Critical Conversations on Educating the Whole Person in the STEM Disciplines."

Barlow D.E., Biffinger J.C., Estrella L., Lu Q., Hung C.S., Nadeau L.J., Crouch A.L., Russell J.N. Jr, Crookes-Goodson W.J. "Edge-Localized Biodeterioration and Secondary Microplastic Formation by Papiliotrema laurentii Unsaturated Biofilm Cells on Polyurethane Films." Langmuir. 2020 Feb 18;36(6):1596-1607. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03421. Epub 2020 Feb 6. PMID: 32026679.

Waters J.C., Jhaveri D., Biffinger J.C., Lee K. "Quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying phenotypic variation in bioethanol-related processes in Neurospora crassa." PLoS One. 2020 Feb 4;15(2):e0221737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221737. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32017762.

Thorpe S.L., Snyder G.N., Mammana A. "Spectroscopic study of porphyrin self-assembly: Role of pH, time, and chiral template." Chirality. 2020 Jan;32(1):5-16. doi: 10.1002/chir.23140. Epub 2019 Nov 11. PMID: 31713271.

Fitz J., Mammana A. "Spectroscopic study of the pH dependence of the optical properties of a water-soluble molecular photo-switch." Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2020 Feb 15;227:117576. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117576. Epub 2019 Oct 11. PMID: 31670039.

Bedaso Z., Wu S.Y. "Daily precipitation isotope variation in Midwestern United States: Implication for hydroclimate and moisture source." Sci Total Environ. 2020 Apr 15;713:136631. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136631. Epub 2020 Jan 11. PMID: 32019019.

Bhambri R., Watson C.S., Hewitt K., Haritashya U.K., Kargel J.S., Pratap Shahi A., Chand P., Kumar A., Verma A., Govil H. "The hazardous 2017-2019 surge and river damming by Shispare Glacier, Karakoram." Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 13;10(1):4685. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61277-8.

Immerzeel W.W., Lutz A.F., Andrade M., Bahl A., Biemans H., Bolch T., Hyde S. "Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers." Nature 577 (7790), 364-369.

Watson C.S., Kargel J.S., Shugar D.H., Haritashya U.K., Schiassi E., Furfaro R. "Mass loss from calving in Himalayan proglacial lakes." Frontiers in Earth Science 7.

Misra A., Kumar A., Bhambri R., Haritashya U.K., Verma A., Dobhal D.P. "Topographic and climatic influence on seasonal snow cover: implications for the hydrology of ungauged Himalayan basins, India." Journal of Hydrology, 124716.


Snigdha K., Gangwani K.S., Lapalikar G.V., Singh A., Kango-Singh M. "Hippo Signaling in Cancer: Lessons From Drosophila Models." Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 7.

Minata M., Audia A., Shi J., Lu S., Bernstock J., Pavlyukov M.S., Das A. "Phenotypic plasticity of invasive edge glioma stem-like cells in response to ionizing radiation." Cell reports 26 (7), 1893-1905. e7.

Yeates C.J., Sarkar A., Kango-Singh M., Singh A. "Unraveling Alzheimer’s Disease Using Drosophila." Insights into Human Neurodegeneration: Lessons Learnt from Drosophila, 251-277.

Prather C.M., Belovsky G.E. "Herbivore and detritivore effects on rainforest plant production are altered by disturbance." Ecol Evol. 2019 Jun 4;9(13):7652-7659. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5316. eCollection 2019 Jul. PMID: 31346429.

Kumar A., Rana A.K., Singh A., et al. "Bioactivity of methanolic extract of Brassica juncea in animal model of diabetes mellitus." Chinese Herbal Medicines. Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Pages: 434-437. Oct. 2019.

Mehta A.S., Luz-Madrigal A., Li J.L., Tsonis P.A., Singh A. "Comparative transcriptomic analysis and structure prediction of novel Newt proteins." PLoS One. 2019 Aug 16;14(8):e0220416. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220416. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31419228.

Kumari P, Samant S.S., Puri S., et al. "Diversity, indigenous uses and traditional practices of dye yielding plants in Central Himachal Pradesh, North western Himalaya." Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Pages: 560-564. Jul 2019.

Singh A., Gogia N., Chang C.Y., Sun Y.H. "Proximal fate marker homothorax marks the lateral extension of stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodopsis whitei." Genesis. 2019 Sep;57(9):e23309. doi: 10.1002/dvg.23309. Epub 2019 Jun 4. PMID: 31162816.

Mehta A.S., Singh A. "Insights into regeneration tool box: An animal model approach." Dev Biol. 2019 Sep 15;453(2):111-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 Apr 13. Review. PMID: 30986388.

Deshpande P., Gogia N., Singh A. "Exploring the efficacy of natural products in alleviating Alzheimer's disease." Neural Regen Res. 2019 Aug;14(8):1321-1329. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.253509. Review. PMID: 30964049.

Busch R.T., Karim F., Weis J., Sun Y., Zhao C., Vasquez E.S. "Optimization and Structural Stability of Gold Nanoparticle-Antibody Bioconjugates." ACS Omega. 2019 Sep 9;4(12):15269-15279. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02276. eCollection 2019 Sep 17. PMID: 31552374.

Karim F., Vasquez E.S., Sun Y., Zhao C. "Optothermal microbubble assisted manufacturing of nanogap-rich structures for active chemical sensing." Nanoscale. 2019 Nov 21;11(43):20589-20597. doi: 10.1039/c9nr05892c. Epub 2019 Oct 22. PMID: 31638631.

Liu Y., Ramos-Womack M., Han C., Reilly P., Brackett K.L.R., Rogers W. "Changes throughout a genetic network mask the contribution of Hox gene evolution." Current Biology 29 (13), 2157-2166. E6.

Thelen C., Flaherty E., Saurine J., Sens J., Mohamed S., Pitychoutis P.M. "Sex Differences in the Temporal Neuromolecular and Synaptogenic Effects of the Rapid-acting Antidepressant Drug Ketamine in the Mouse Brain." Neuroscience. 2019 Feb 1;398:182-192. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.11.053. Epub 2018 Dec 8. PMID: 30537521.

Buck C.C., Dennis P.B., Gupta M.K., Grant M.T., Crosby M.G., Slocik J.M., Mirau P.A., Becknell K.A., Comfort K.K., Naik R.R. "Anion-Mediated Effects on the Size and Mechanical Properties of Enzymatically Crosslinked Suckerin Hydrogels." Macromol Biosci. 2019 Mar;19(3):e1800238. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201800238. Epub 2018 Oct 8. PMID: 30369051.

Hasan M.J, Petrie F.A., Johnson A.E., Vasquez E.S., Ureña-Benavides E.E. "Fabrication and Characterization of Superparamagnetic Hybrid Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC)/Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles." 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting.

Busch R.T., Karim F., Weis J., Sun Y., Zhao C., Vasquez E.S. "Optimization and Structural Stability of Gold Nanoparticle-Antibody Bioconjugates." ACS Omega. 2019 Sep 9;4(12):15269-15279. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02276. eCollection 2019 Sep 17. PMID: 31552374.

Karim F., Vasquez E.S., Sun Y., Zhao C. "Optothermal microbubble assisted manufacturing of nanogap-rich structures for active chemical sensing." Nanoscale. 2019 Nov 21;11(43):20589-20597. doi: 10.1039/c9nr05892c. Epub 2019 Oct 22. PMID: 31638631.

Theberge A.L., Alsabia S.M., Mortensen C.T., Blair A.G., Wendel N.M., Biffinger J.C. "Soluble electron acceptors affect bioluminescence from Shewanella woodyi." Luminescence. 2019 Dec 12. doi: 10.1002/bio.3744. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31828931.

Bedaso Z.K., Wu S.Y., Johnson A.N., McTighe C. "Assessing groundwater sustainability under changing climate using isotopic tracers and climate modelling, southwest Ohio, USA." Hydrological Sciences Journal/Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques 64 (7), 798-807.

Radzikowski G.L., Bedaso Z.K., Haritashya U.K. "Contribution of ice and snowmelt to surface water flow and groundwater recharge in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado, USA." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Langston J., Bedaso Z.K., Beck C.C., van der Lubbe J., Henkes G.A., Dirirsa M. "Establishing terrestrial paleoclimate interpretive framework for modern biogenic carbonate from Ethiopia and the East African Rift System." AGUFM 2019, PP51F-1443.

CCLAVW Participants. "Geological collaboration at paleoanthropological sites in Ethiopia's lower Awash Valley." Evolutionary Anthropology, 1-5.

Radzikowski G.L., Bedaso Z.K., Haritashya U.K. "Contribution of ice and snowmelt to surface water flow and groundwater recharge in the Rocky Mountain region, Colorado, USA." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Schiassi E., Furfaro R., Kargel J.S., Watson C.S., Shugar D.H., Haritashya U.K. "GLAM Bio-Lith RT: A Tool for Remote Sensing Reflectance Simulation and Water Components Concentration Retrieval in Glacial Lakes." Frontiers in Earth Science 7.

Mishra S.K., Arendt A.A., Kayastha R.B., Kapnick S.B., Chan H.G.V., Richey A.S. "Grand Challenges of Hydrologic Modelling for Water Resource Management in High Mountain Asia." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Haritashya U.K., Kapnick S.B., Casey K., Kargel J.S. "High-Mountain Asia’s Cryosphere: Collaborative Research to Address Climate, Hydrology, Geodynamics, and Hazards I." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Xie Z., Haritashya U.K., Asari V.K., Young B., Bishop M.P., Kargel J.S. "Mapping Himalayan and Karakoram Glaciers using Deep Learning Approach." AGUFM 2019, C51B-1272.

Shugar D.H., Burr A., Haritashya U.K., Kargel J.S., Watson S., Kennedy M.C. "Recent doubling of mid-and low-latitude glacial lakes." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Kirschbaum D., Watson C.S., Rounce D.R., Shugar D., Kargel J.S. "The State of Remote Sensing Capabilities of Cascading Hazards Over High Mountain Asia." Frontiers in Earth Science 7, 197.

Dunham A., Kiser E., Kargel J.S., Shugar D.H., Haritashya U.K., Watson S. "Uncovering relationships between ground shaking and coseismic landsliding during the April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake through full wavefield simulations using SPECFEM3D." AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Shugar D., Burr A., Haritashya U., Kargel J., Watson S., Bevington A. "Where are the world's glacial lakes and how big are they?" Geophysical Research Abstracts 21.

Curto C., Veliz-Cuba A., Youngs N. "Analysis of Combinatorial Neural Codes: An Algebraic Approach." Algebraic and Combinatorial Computational Biology, 213-240.

Veliz-Cuba A., Laubenbacher R. "Dynamics of semilattice networks with strongly connected dependency graph." Automatica 99, 167-174.

Veliz-Cuba A., Geiser L. "The number of fixed points of AND-OR networks with chain topology." Involve, a Journal of Mathematics 12 (6), 1051-1068.

Radillo A.E., Veliz-Cuba A., Josić K., Kilpatrick Z.P. "Performance of normative and approximate evidence accumulation on the dynamic clicks task." arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01535.

 


UD-587: (US Patent # 9,364,537) - New Cationic Water Soluble Porphyrin with Anti-Resistant Properties. Co-inventors: Shawn Swavey, Ph.D. and Jayne Robinson, Ph.D.

UD–524: (US Patent # 8,551,456): Combination Therapy and Methods for Treating Bacterial Biofilms. Co-Inventors: Jayne Robinson Ph.D. and Tracy Collins Ph.D.


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