Recent Publications

Manoukis NC, Powell JR, Toure MB, Sacko A, Edillo FE, Coulibaly MB, Traore SF, Taylor CE, Besansky NJ. A test of the chromosomal theory of ecotypic speciation in Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2008; 105(8):2940-5.

Stump AD, Pombi M, Goeddel L, Ribeiro JM, Wilder JA, Torre AD, Besansky NJ. Genetic exchange in 2La inversion heterokaryotypes of Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol Biol 2007; 16(6):703-9.

Coulibaly MB, Pombi M, Caputo B, Nwakanma D, Jawara M, Konate L, Dia I, Fofana A, Kern M, Simard F, Conway DJ, Petrarca V, Della Torre A, Traore S, Besansky NJ. PCR-based karyotyping of Anopheles gambiae inversion 2Rj identifies the BAMAKO chromosomal form. Malar J 2007; 6:133.

White BJ, Santolamazza F, Kamau L, Pombi M, Grushko O, Mouline K, Brengues C, Guelbeogo W, Coulibaly M, Kayondo JK, Sharakhov I, Simard F, Petrarca V, Della Torre A, Besansky NJ. Molecular karyotyping of the 2La inversion in Anopheles gambiae. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007; 76(2):334-9.

Simard F, Licht M, Besansky NJ, Lehmann T. Polymorphism at the defensin gene in the Anopheles gambiae complex: testing different selection hypotheses. Infect Genet Evol 2007; 7(2):285-92.

Asay MJ, Boyd SK. Characterization of the binding of [H-3]CGP54626 to GABA(B) receptors in the male bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Brain Research 2006; 1094:76-85.

Greenwood BM, Fidock DA, Kyle DE, Kappe SH, Alonso PL, Collins FH, Duffy PE. Malaria: progress, perils, and prospects for eradication. J Clin Invest 2008; 118(4):1266-1276.

Topalis P, Tzavlaki C, Vestaki K, Dialynas E, Sonenshine DE, Butler R, Bruggner RV, Stinson EO, Collins FH, Louis C. Anatomical ontologies of mosquitoes and ticks, and their web browsers in VectorBase. Insect Mol Biol 2008; 17(1):87-9.

Lawson D, Arensburger P, Atkinson P, Besansky NJ, Bruggner RV, Butler R, Campbell KS, Christophides GK, Christley S, Dialynas E, Emmert D, Hammond M, Hill CA, Kennedy RC, Lobo NF, MacCallum MR, Madey G, Megy K, Redmon S, Russo S, Severson D, Stinson EO, Topalis P, Zdobnov EM, Birney E, Gelbart WM, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Collins FH. VectorBase: a home for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. Nucl Acids Res 2007; 35 (Database issue):D503-5.

Koutsos AC, Blass C, Meister S, Schmidt S, MacCallum RM, Soares MB, Collins FH, Benes V, Zdobnov E, Kafatos FC, Christophides GK. Life cycle transcriptome of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae and comparison with the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104(27):11304-9.

Nene V, et al. Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus cector. Science 2007; 316(5832):1718-23.

Tushir JS, D'Souza-Schorey C. ARF6-dependent activation of ERK and Rac1 modulates epithelial tubule development. EMBO J 2007; 26(7):1806-19.

Lynch EA, Stall J, Schmidt G, Chavrier P, D'Souza-Schorey C.   Proteasome-mediated Degradation of Rac1-GTP during Epithelial Cell Scattering. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 404:377-387.

D’Souza-Schorey C, Chavrier P. The ARF Proteins: Roles in membrane traffic and beyond. Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol 2006; 7:347-358.

Peirson SN, Butler JN, Duffield GE, Takher S, Sharma P, Foster RG. Comparison of clock gene expression in SCN, retina, heart and liver of mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2006; 351(4):800-807.

Duffield GE, Watson NP, Mantani A, Peirson SN, Loros JJ, Israel MA, Dunlap JC. A role for the Id2 gene in regulating photic entrainment of the mammalian circadian system; under review.

Nicodemus J, O'Tousa JE, Duman JG. Expression of a beetle, Dendroides canadensis, antifreeze protein in Dropophila melanogaster. J Insect Physiol 2006; 52(8):888-96.

Duman JG, Chen L, Palmer AE, Hille B. Contributions of intracellular compartments to calcium dynamics: implicating an acidic store. Traffic 2006; 7(7):859-72.

Wang L, Duman JG. A thaumatin-like protein from larvae of the bettle Dendroides canadensis enhances the activity of antifreeze proteins. Biochemistry 2006; 45(4):1278-84.

Dambroski HR, Feder JL. Host plant and latitude-related diapause variation in Rhagoletis pomonella: a test for multifaceted life history adaptation on different stages of diapause development. J Evol Biol 2007; 20(6):2101-12.

Michel AP, Rull J, Aluja M, Feder JL. The genetic structure of hawthorn-infesting Rhagoletis pomonella populations in Mexico: implications for sympatric host race formation. Mol Ecol 2007; 16(14):2867-78.

Xie X, Rull J, Michel AP, Velez S, Forbes AA, Lobo NF, Aluja M, Feder JL. Hawthorn-infesting populations of Rhagoletis pomonella in Mexico and speciation mode plurality. Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2007; 61(5):1091-105.

Forbes AA, Powell TH, Lobo NF, Feder JL. Resolving a DNA sequencing artifact associated with topoisomerase I generated clones in the plasmid pCR2.1. Biotechniques 2007; 42(4): 458, 460, 462.

Noor MA, Feder JL. Speciation genetics: evolving approaches. Nat Rev Genet 2006; 7(11): 51-61.

Reilly HB, Wang H, Steuter JA, Marx AM, Ferdig MT. Quantitative dissection of clone-specific growth rates in cultured malaria parasites. Int J Parasitol 2007; 37(14):1599-607.

Tanriverdi S, Blain JC, Deng B, Ferdig MT, Widmer G. Genetic crosses in the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum define recombination parameters. Mol Microbiol 2007; 63(5):1432-9.

Bennett TN, Patel J, Ferdig MT, Roepe PD. Plasmodium falciparum Na+/H+ exchanger activity and quinine resistance. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2007; 153(1):48-58.

Cooper RA, Lane KD, Deng B, Mu J, Patel JJ, Wellems TE, Su X, Ferdig MT. Mutations in transmembrane domains 1,4 and 9 of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter alter susceptibility to chloroquine, quinine and quinidine. Mol Microbiol 2007; 63(1):270-82.

Duraisingh M, Ferdig MT, Stoeckert CJ, Volkman SK, McGovern VP. What’s next for Malaria. Trends in Parasitology 2006; 1:1-4.

Fraser MJ Jr. Current perspectives on baculovirus. Curr Drug Targets 2007; 8(10):1042.

Sethuraman N, Fraser MJ Jr, Eggleston P, O'brochta DA. Post-integration stability of piggyBac in Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 37(9):941-51.

Morales ME, Mann VH, Kines KJ, Gobert GN, Fraser MJ Jr, Kalinna BH, Correnti JM, Pearce EJ, Brindley PJ. piggyBac transposon mediated transgenesis of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. FASEB J 2007; 21(13):3479-89.

Shi X, Harrison RL, Hollister JR, Mohammed A, Fraser MJ Jr, Jarvis DL. Construction and characterization of new piggyBac vectors for constitutive or inducible expression of heterologous gene pairs and the identification of a previously unrecognized activator sequence in piggyBac. BMC Biotechnol 2007; 18(7):5.

Lobo NF, Fraser TS, Adams JH, Fraser MJ. Interplasmid transposition demonstrates piggyBac mobility in vertebrate species. Genetica 2006; 128:347-357.

Anderson JR, Schneider JR, Grimstad PR, Severson DW. Identification of quantitative trait loci for larval morphological traits in interspecific hybrids of Ochlerotatus triseriatus and Ochlerotatus hendersoni (Diptera: Culicidae). Genetica 2006; 127(1-3):163-75.

Moran JM, Smith SS, Hager KM. Toxoplasma gondii possesses a receptor for activated C kinase ortholog. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 363(3):680-6.

Smith SS, Pfuger SL, Hjort E, McArthur AG, Hager KM. Molecular evolution of the vesicle coat component betaCOP in Toxoplasma gondii. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007; 44(3):1284-94.

Zakharov EV, Hellmann JJ. Genetic differentiation across a latitudinal gradient in two co-occurring butterfly species: revealing population differences in a context of climate change. Mol Ecol 2008; 17(1):189-208.

McLachlan JS, Hellmann JJ, Schwartz MW. A framework for debate of assisted migration in an era of climate change. Conserv Biol 2007; 21(2):297-302.

Durcan TM, Halpin ES, Casaletti L, Vaughan KT, Pierson MR, Woods S, Hinchcliffe EH. Centrosome duplication proceeds during mimosine-induced G1 cell cycle arrest. J Cell Physiol 2008; 215(1):182-91.

Nordberg J, Hinchcliffe EH, Sluder G. Optimizing Digital Microscopy. Meth Cell Biol 2007; in press.

Hinchcliffe EH, Sluder G. Working with classic video. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 81:141-57.

Halpin E, Hinchcliffe EH. Birth of the Cool: Using Sea Urchin Zygotes to Study Centrosome Duplication, Cell Division, and Cytokinesis. Signal Transduction 2006; in press.

Cardullo R, Hinchcliffe EH. Digital Manipulation of Brightfield and Fluorescence Images: Noise Reduction, Contrast Enhancement, and Feature Extraction. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 81:285-314.

Brisson JA, Wilder J, Hollocher H. Phylogenetic analysis of the Cardini group of Drosophila with respect to changes in pigmentation. Evolution Int J Org Evolution 2006; 60(6):1228-41.

Sherpa T, Fimbel SM, Mallory DE, Maaswinkel H, Spritzer SD, Sand JA, Li L, Hyde DR, Stenkamp DL. Ganglion cell regeneration following whole-retina destruction in zebrafish. Dev Neurobiol 2008; 68(2):166-81.

Yin VP, Thomson JM, Thummel R, Hyde DR, Hammond SM, Poss KD. Fgf-dependent depletion of microRNA-133 promotes appendage regeneration in zebrafish. Genes Dev 2008; 22(6):728-33.

Alvarez Y, Cederlund ML, Cottell DC, Bill BR, Ekker SC, Torres-Vazquez J, Weinstein BM, Hyde DR, Vihtelic TS, Kennedy BN. Genetic determinants of hyaloid and retinal vasculature in zebrafish. BMC Dev Biol 2007; 7(1):114.

Yu CJ, Gao Y, Willis CL, Li P, Tiano JP, Nakamura PA, Hyde DR, Li L. Mitogen-associated protein kinase- and protein kinase A-dependent regulation of rhodopsin promoter expression in zebrafish rod photoreceptor cells. J Neurosci Res 2007; 85(3):488-96.

Kassen SC, Ramanan V, Montgomery JE, Burket CT, Liu CG, Vihtelic TS, Hyde DR. Time course analysis of gene expression during light-induced photoreceptor cell death and regeneration in albino zebrafish. Dev Neurobiol 2007;  67(8):1009-1031.

Woods DC, Liu HK, Nishi Y, Yanase T, Johnson AL. Inhibition of proteasome activity sensitizes human granulosa tumor cells to TRAIL-induced cell death. Cancer Lett 2008; 260(1-2):20-7.

Woods DC, Alvarez C, Johnson AL. Cisplatin-mediated sensitivity to TRAIL-induced cell death in human granulosa tumor cells. Gynecol Oncol 2008; 108(3):632-40.

Woods DC, Johnson AL. Protein kinase C activity mediates LH-induced ErbB/Erk signaling in differentiated hen granulosa cells. Reproduction 2007; 133(4):733-41.

Woods DC, Haugen MJ, Johnson AL. Actions of epidermal growth factor receptor/mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase C signaling in granulosa cells from Gallus gallus are dependent upon stage of differentiation. Biol Reprod 2007; 77(1):61-70.

Johnson AL, Ratajczak C, Haugen MJ, Liu HK, Woods DC. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand expression and activity in hen granulosa cells. Reproduction 2007; 133(3):609-16.

Docherty KM, Dixon JK, Kulpa CF Jr. Biodegradability of imidazolium and pyridinium ionic liquids by an activated sludge microbial community. Biodegradation 2007; 18(4):481-93.

Docherty KM, Hebbeler SZ, Kulpa CF Jr. An assessment of ionic liquid mutagenicity using the Ames Test Green Chemistry 8:560-567 (2006).

Laursen AE, Kulpa CF Jr, Niedzielski M, Estable MC. Bacterial cultures capable of facultative growth on methane under thermophilic or thermotolerant conditions. J. Environmental Engineering and Science (In Press).

Tiegs SD, Chaloner DT, Levi P, Rueegg J, Tank JL, Lamberti GA. Timber harvest transforms ecological roles of salmon in southeast Alaska rain forest streams. Ecol Appl 2008; 18(1):4-11.

Chaloner DT, Lamberti GA, Cak AD, Blair NL, Edwards RT. Inter-annual variation in responses of water chemistry and epithon to Pacific salmon spawners in an Alaskan stream. Freshwater Biology 2007; 52(3):478-490.

Frost PC, Cherrier CT, Larson JH, Bridgham S, Lamberti GA. Effects of dissolved organic matter and ultraviolet radiation on the accrual, stoichiometry and algal taxonomy of stream periphyton. Greshwater Biology 2007; 52(2):319-330.

Evans-White MA, Lamberti GA. Stoichiometry of consumer-driven nutrient recycling across nutrient regimes in streams. Ecol Lett 2006; 9(11):1186-97.

Rosi-Marshall EJ, Moerke AH, Lamberti GA. Ecological response to trout habitat rehabitation in a northern Michigan stream. Environ Manage 2006; 38(1):99-107.

Huang L, Li L. Differential expression of voltage-activated calcium currents in zebrafish retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci Res 2006; 84:497-504.

Yu CJ, Gao Y, Willis CL, Li P, Tiano JP, Nakamura PA, Hyde DR, Li L. MAPK- and PKA-dependent regulation of rhodopsin promoter expression in zebrafish rod photoreceptor cells. J Neurosci Res 2007; in press.

Keller RP, Frang K, Lodge DM. Preventing the spread of invasive species: economic benefits of intervention guided by ecological predictions. Conserv Biol 2008: 22(1):80-8.

Herborg LM, Rudnick DA, Siliang Y, Lodge DM, Macisaac HJ. Predicting the Range of Chinese Mitten Crabs in Europe. Conserv Biol 2007; 21(5):1316-23.

Bossenbroek JM, Johnson LE, Peters B, Lodge DM. Forecasting the Expansion of Zebra Mussels in the United States. Conserv Biol 2007; 21(3):800-810.

Keller, RP, Drake JM, Lodge DM. Fecundity as a basis for risk assessment of nonindigenous freshwater molluscs. Conserv Biol 2007; 21(1):191-200.

Keller RP, Lodge DM, Finnoff DC. Risk assessment for invasive species produces net bioeconomic benefits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104(1):203-7.

Jayakumar A, Donovan MJ, Tripathi V, Ramalho-Ortigao M, McDowell MA. Leishmania major infection activates NF-kappaB and interferon regulatory factors 1 and 8 in human dendritic cells. Infect Immun 2008; 76(5):2138-48.

Jayakumar A, Widenmaier R, Ma X, McDowell MA. Transcriptional inhibition of interleukin-12 promoter activity in Leishmania spp.-infected macrophages. J Parasitol 2008; 94(1):84-93.

Donovan MJ, Jayakumar A, McDowell MA. Inhibitions of groups 1 and 2 CD1 molecules on human dendritic cells by Leishmania species. Parasite Immunol 2007; 29(10):515-24.

Akilov OE, Donovan MJ, Stepinac T, Carter CR, Whitcomb JP, Hasan T, McDowell MA. T helper type 1 cytokines and keratinocyte growth factor play a critical role in pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia initiation during cytaneous leishmaniasis. Arch Dermatol Res 2007; 299(7):315-25.

Akilov OE, Kasuboski RE, Carter CR, McDowell MA. The role of mannose receptor during experimental leishmaniasis. J Leukoc Biol 2007; 81(5):1188-96.

McLachlan JS, Hellmann JJ, Schwartz MW. A framework for debate of assisted migration in an era of climate change. Conserv Biol 2007; 21(2):297-302.

Soltis DE, Morris AB, McLachlan JS, Manos PS, Soltis PS. Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America. Mol Ecol 2006; 15(14):4261-93.

Yang J, O'Tousa JE. Cellular sites of Drosophila NinaB and NinaD activity in vitamin A metabolism. Mol Cell Neurosci 2007; 35(1):49-56.

Ahmad ST, Natochin B, Artemyev NO, O’Tousa JE. The Drosophila rhodopsin cytoplasmic tail domain is required for maintenance of rhabdomere structure. FASEB J 2007;21(2):449-55.

Ahmad ST, Joyce MV, Boggess B, O'Tousa JE. The role of Drosophila ninaG oxidoreductase in visual pigment chromophore biogenesis. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:9205-9.

Ahmad ST, Natochin M, Barren B, Artemyev NO, O’Tousa JE. Heterologous expression of bovine rhodopsin in Drosophila photoreceptor cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006; 47:3722-8.

Schneider JR, Mori A, Romero-Severson J, Chadee DD, Severson DW. Investigations of dengue-2 susceptibility and body size among Aedes aegypti populations. Med Vet Entomol 2007; 21(4):370-6.

Mori A, Romero-Severson J, Severson DW. Genetic basis for reproductive diapause is correlated with life history traits within the Culex pipiens complex. Insect Mol Biol 2007; 16(5):515-24.

Pittendrigh BR, Clark JM, Johnston JS, Lee SH, Romero-Severson J, Dasch GA. Sequencing of a new target genome: the Pediculus humanus humanus (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) genome project. J Med Entomol 2006; 43(6):1103-11.

Schorey JS, Lawrence C. The pattern recognition receptor dectin-1: from fungi to mycobacteria. Curr Drug Targets 2008; 9(2):123-9. Review.

Bhatnagar S, Shinagawa K, Castellino FJ, Schorey JS. Exosomes released from macrophages infected with intracellular pathogens stimulate a proinflammatory response in vitro and in vivo. Blood 2007; 110(9):3234-44.

Bhatnagar S, Schorey JS. Exosomes released from macrophages contain Mycobacterium avium glycopeptidolipids and are proinflammatory. J Biol Chem 2007; 282(35):25779-89.

Bhatnagar S, Schorey JS. Elevated MAP Kinase Signaling and Increased Macrophage Activation in Cells Infected with a Glycopeptidolipid-Deficient Mycobacterium avium. Cellular Micro 2006; 8:85-96.

Yadav M, Clark L, Schorey JS. Macrophage’s pro-inflammatory response to a mycobacterial infection is dependent on Sphingosine kinase mediated activation of PI-PLC, PKC, ERK1/2 and PI-3 kinase. J Immunol 2006; 176:5494-5503.

Sorrentino RP, Tokusumi T, Schulz RA. The Friend of GATA protein U-shaped functions as a hematopoietic tumor suppressor in Drosophila. Dev Biol 2007; 311(2):311-23.

Tao Y, Christiansen AE, Schulz RA. Second chromosome genes required for heart development in Drosophila melanogaster. Genesis 2007; 45(10):607-617.

Tao Y, Wang J, Tokusumi T, Gajewski K, Schulz RA. Requirement of the LIM homeodomain transcription factor tailup for normal heart and hematopoietic organ formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27(11):3962-9.

Tokusumi T, Russell M, Gajewski K, Fossett N, Schulz RA. U-shaped protein domains required for repression of cardiac gene expression in Drosophila. Differentiation 2007; 75(2):166-74.

Tao Y, Schulz RA. Heart development in Drosophila. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18(1):3-15.

Mori A, Romero-Severson J, Severson DW. Genetic basis for reproductive diapause is correlated with life history traits within the Culex pipiens complex. Insect Mol Biol 2007; 16(5):515-24.

Lumjuan N, Stevenson BJ, Prapanthadara LA, Somboon P, Brophy PM, Loftus BJ, Severson DW, Ranson H. The Aedes aegypti glutathione transferase family. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 37(10):1026-35.

Chadee DD, Doon R, Severson DW. Surveillance of dengue fever cases using a novel Aedes aegypti population sampling method in Trinidad, West Indies: the cardinal points approach. Acta Trop 2007; 104(1):1-7.

Chambers EW, Meece JK, McGowan JA, Lovin DD, Hemme RR, Chadee DD, McAbee K, Brown SE, Knudson DL, Severson DW. Microsatellite Isolation and Linkage Group Identification in the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti. J Hered 2007; 98(3):202-10.

Nene V, et al. Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science 2007; 316(5832):1718-23.

Beaulieu JJ, Tank JL, Kopacz M. Sorption of imidazolium-based ionic liquids to aquatic sediments. Chemosphere 2008; 70(7): 1320-8.

Tiegs SD, Chaloner DT, Levi P, Rueegg J, Tank JL, Lamberti GA. Timber harvest transforms ecological roles of salmon in southeast Alaska rain forest streams. Ecol Appl 2008; 18(1):4-11.

Mulholland PJ, Helton AM, Poole GC, Hall RO, Hamilton SK, Peterson BJ, Tank JL, Ashkenas LR, Cooper LW, Dahm CN, Dodds WK, Findlay SE, Gregory SV, Grimm NB, Johnson SL, McDowell WH, Meyer JL, Valett HM, Webster JR, Arango CP, Beaulieu JJ, Bernot MJ, Burgin AJ, Crenshaw CL, Johnson LT, Niederlehner BR, O'Brien JM, Potter JD, Sheibley RW, Sobota DJ, Thomas SM. Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading. Nature 2008; 452(7184):202-5.

Rosi-Marshall EJ, Tank JL, Royer TV, Whiles MR, Evans-White M, Chambers C, Griffiths NA, Pokelsek J, Stephen ML. Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104(41):16204-8.

Inwood SE, Tank JL, Bernot MJ. Factors Controlling Sediment Denitrification in Midwestern Streams of Varying Land Use. Microb Ecol 2007; 53(2):247-58.

Durcan TM, Halpin ES, Casaletti L, Vaughan KT, Pierson MR, Woods S, Hinchcliffe EH. Centrosome duplication proceeds during mimosine-induced G(1) cell cycle arrest. J Cell Physiol 2008; 215(1):182-91.