Scholarly journal publications written and edited by Science and Technology Department faculty. Entries are prior to the creation of the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences in May 2022. For publications after that date, please click on the following link: Biological and Biomedical Sciences Faculty Journal Articles.

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Submissions from 2022

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Modeling Amblyopia Treatment Responses Through Principles of Synaptic Plasticity, Brian S. Blais, Eric Gaier, and Scott Xiao

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Synthesis of Masarimycin, a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Gram-Positive Bacterial Growth, Mika Gallati, Bryant Point, and Christopher W. Reid

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Early Miocene Redwood Fossils from Inner Mongolia: CO2 Reconstructions and Paleoclimate Effects of a Low Mongolian Plateau, Jia-qi Liang, Qin Leng, Liang Xiao, Daianne F. Hofig, Dana L. Royer, Yi Ge Zhang, and Hong Yang

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Decoupled Land and Ocean Temperature Trends in the Early-Middle Pleistocene, Hongxuan Lu, Weiguo Liu, Hong Yang, Qin Leng, Zhonghui Liu, Yunning Cao, Jing Hu, Weijuan Sheng, Huanye Wang, Zheng Wang, Zeke Zhang, Youbin Sun, Weijian Zhou, and Zhisheng An

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Ancient Great Wall Building Materials Reveal Environmental Changes Associated with Oases in Northwestern China, Robert Patalano, Jing Hu, Qin Leng, Weiguo Liu, Huanye Wang, Patrick Roberts, Michael Storozum, Lin Yang, and Hong Yang

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Tissue Decay Tested in Modern Metasequoia Leaves: Implications for Early Diagenesis of Leaves in Fossil Lagerstätten, Caitlyn R. Witkowski, Qin Leng, Christopher W. Reid, Liang Feng, and Hong Yang

Manuscripts from 2021

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Diamide Antimicrobial Agents, Amit Basu, Christopher W. Reid, Nola Camille Iwasaki, and Joseph Prete

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Ancient Great Wall Building Materials Reveal Paleoenvironmental Changes in Northwestern China, Robert Patalano, Jing Hu, Qin Leng, Weiguo Liu, Huanye Wang, Patrick Roberts, Michael Storozum, Lin Yang, and Hong Yang

Manuscripts from 2020

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Novel Antibacterial Compounds and Methods of Making and Using Same, Amit Basu, Christopher W. Reid, and Michael Saladino

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Model Comparison in the Introductory Physics Laboratory, Brian S. Blais

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Energy Consumption and Entropy Production in a Stochastic Formulation of BCM Learning, Gastone Castellani, Leon N. Cooper, Luciana Renata De Oliveira, and Brian S. Blais

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The Paleogene atmospheric CO2 concentrations reconstructed using stomatal analysis of fossil Metasequoia needles, Yuqing Wang, Li Wang, Arata Momohara, Qin Leng, and Yong-Jiang Huang

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Algal biomarkers as a proxy for pCO2: Constraints from late Quaternary sapropels in the eastern Mediterranean, Caitlyn R. Witkowski, Marcel T.J. van der Meer, Brian Blais, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, and Stefan Schouten

Manuscripts from 2019

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800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau, Qin Leng, Hong Yang, Hongxuan Lu, Weiguo Liu, Huanye Wang, Youbin Sun, Zhonghui Liu, Weijian Zhou, and Zhisheng An

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Hydrogen isotopic compositions along a precipitation gradient of Chinese Loess Plateau: Critical roles of precipitation/evaporation and vegetation change as controls for leaf wax δD, Weiguo Liu, Huanye Wang, Qin Leng, Hu Liu, Huan Zhang, Meng Xing, Yunning Cao, and Hong Yang

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Trophic upgrading and mobilization of wax esters in microzooplankton, Keyana Roohani, Brad A. Haubrich, Kai-Lou Yue, Nigel D'souza, Amanda Mantalbano, Tatiana Rynearson, Susanne Menden-Deuer, and Christopher Reid

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Tsuga seed cones from the late Paleogene of southwestern China and their biogeographical and paleoenvironmental implications, Meng-Xiao Wu, Jian Huang, Tao Su, Qin Leng, and Zhe-Kun Zhou

Manuscripts from 2018

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Novel Antibacterial Compounds and Methods of Making and Using Same, Amit Basu, Christopher W. Reid, Mary Margaret O'Connor, Ethan Lindsay Magno, Mitchell Evan Jamieson, and Ryan Daniel Miller

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Host-Pathogen Interactions: A Magnificent Battle in an Evolutionary Arms Race, Kirsten L. Hokeness and Stephanie Mott

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Molecular fossils from phytoplankton reveal secular PCO2 trend over the Phanerozoic, Caitlyn R. Witkowski, Johan W. H. Weijers, Brian S. Blais, Stefan Schouten, and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

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Old Molecules, New Climate: Metasequoia’s Secrets, Hong Yang and Qin Leng

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Two new species of Nilssoniopteris (Bennettitales) from the Middle Jurassic of Sandaoling, Turpan-Hami Basin, Xinjiang, NW China, Yi Zhao, Shenghui Deng, Ping Shang, Qin Leng, Yuanzheng Lu, Guobin Fu, and Xueying Ma

Manuscripts from 2014

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Functional Analysis of SleC from Clostridium Difficile: An Essential Lytic Transglycosylase Involved in Spore Germination, Danielle Gutelius, Kirsten Hokeness, Susan M. Logan, and Christopher W. Reid

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The Effects of Fungal Volatile Organic Compounds on Bone Marrow Stromal Cells, Kirsten Hokeness, Jacqueline Kratch, Christina Nadolny, Kristie Aicardi, and Christopher W. Reid

Manuscripts from 2012

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Effects of Mold Exposure on Murine Splenic Leukocytes, K. Gorham and Kirsten Hokeness

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Trace Metal Leaching and Bioavailability of Coal-Generated Fly Ash, Dan L. McNally, J. Crowley-Parmentier, and Brian E. Whitman

Manuscripts from 2010

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Using Python to Program LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots: The PyNXC Project, Brian S. Blais

Manuscripts from 2009

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Effect of Correlated Lateral Geniculate Nucleus Firing Rates on Predictions for Monocular Eye Closure Versus Monocular Retinal Inactivation, Brian S. Blais, Leon N. Cooper, and Harel Z. Shouval

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Regulation of Inflammatory Monocyte/Macrophage Recruitment from the Bone Marrow during Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection: Role for Type I Interferons in Localized Induction of CCR2 Ligands, Meredith J. Crane, Kirsten L. Hokeness-Antonelli, and Thais P. Salazar-Mather

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Never Take Candy From a Stranger: The Role of the Bacterial Glycome in Host–pathogen Interactions, Christopher W. Reid, Kelly M. Fulton, and Susan M. Twine

Analysis of Bacterial Lipid-linked Oligosaccharides Intermediates Using Porous Graphitic Carbon Liquid Chromatography-electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Christopher W. Reid, Jacek Stupak, Christine M. Szymanski, and Jianjun Li

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Motility and Flagellar Glycosylation in Clostridium Difficile, Susan W. Twine, Christopher W. Reid, Annie Aubry, David R. McMullin, Kelly M. Fulton, John Austin, and Susan M. Logan

Manuscripts from 2008

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BCM Theory, Brian S. Blais and Leon N. Cooper

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Recovery From Monocular Deprivation Using Binocular Deprivation: Experimental Observations and Theoretical Analysis, Brian S. Blais, Mikhail Y. Frenkel, Scott R. Kuindersma, Rahmat Muhammad, Harel Z. Shouval, Leon N. Cooper, and Mark F. Bear

Affinity-capture Tandem Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Polyprenyl-linked Oligosaccharides: A Novel Tool to Study Protein N-glycosylation Pathways, Christopher W. Reid, Jacek Stupak, Christine M. Szymanski, Jianjun Li, Mark M. Chen, and Barbara Imperiali

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Lytic Transglycosylases: Bacterial Space-making Autolysins, Edie Scheurwater, Christopher W. Reid, and Anthony J. Clarke

Manuscripts from 2007

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Polyisoprenol Specificity in the Campylobacter Jejuni N-linked Glycosylation Pathway, Mark M. Chen, Eranthie Weerapana, Ewa Ciepichal, Jacek Stupak, Christopher W. Reid, Ewa Swiezewska, and Barbara Imperiali

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IFN-alpha beta Mediated Inflammatory Responses and Antiviral Defense in Liver Is TLR9-Independent but MyD88-Dependent During Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection, Kirsten L. Hokeness-Antonelli, Meredith J. Crane, Ana M. Dragoi, Wen-Ming Chu, and Thais P. Salazar-Mather

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Teaching Bayesian Model Comparision with the Three-Sided Coin, Scott R. Kuindersma and Brian S. Blais

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Role of Ser216 in the Mechanism of Action of Membrane-bound Lytic Transglycosylase B: Further Evidence for Substrate-assisted Catalysis, Christopher W. Reid, Blaine A. Legaree, and Anthony J. Clarke

Manuscripts from 2006

Role of Arginine Residues in the Active Site of the Membrane-Bound Lytic Transglycosylase B from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Christopher W. Reid, Neil T. Blackburn, and Anthony J. Clarke

Manuscripts from 2005

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Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and CCR2 Interactions Are Required for IFN-α/β-Induced Inflammatory Responses and Antiviral Defense in Liver, Kirsten L. Hokeness-Antonelli, William A. Kuziel, Christine A. Biron, and Thais P. Salazar-Mather

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Did An Extensive Forest Ever Develop on the Chinese Loess Plateau During the Past 130 Ka?: A Test Using Soil Carbon Isotopic Signatures, Weiguo Liu, Hong Yang, Yunning Cao, Youfeng Ning, Li Li, Jie Zhou, and Zhisheng An

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The Miocene Clarkia Fossil Deposit, Hong Yang, Derek E.G. Briggs, and William C. Rember

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Biomolecular Preservation of Tertiary Metasequoia Fossil Lagerstätten Revealed by Comparative Pyrolysis Analysis, Hong Yang, Yongsong Huang, Qin Leng, Ben A. LePage, and Christopher J. Williams

Manuscripts from 2004

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The Effect of NAG–thiazoline on Morphology and Surface Hydrophobicity of Escherichia Coli, Christopher W. Reid, Neil T. Blackburn, and Anthony J. Clarke

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Inhibition of Membrane-bound Lytic Transglycosylase B by NAG-thiazoline, Christopher W. Reid, Neil T. Blackburn, Blaine A. Legaree, F. I. Auzanneau, and Anthony J. Clarke

Substrate Binding Affinity of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Membrane-Bound Lytic Transglycosylase B by Hydrogen−Deuterium Exchange MALDI MS, Christopher W. Reid, Dyanne Brewer, and Anthony J. Clarke

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Synaptic Homeostasis and Input Selectivity Follow From a Calcium-Dependent Plasticity Model, Luk C. Yeung, Harel Z. Shouval, Brian S. Blais, and Leon N. Cooper

Manuscripts from 2003

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A Programmable $25 Thermal Cycler for PCR, David F. Betsch and Brian S. Blais

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Teaching Energy Balance Using Round Numbers: A Quantitative Approach to the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming, Brian S. Blais

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Vernal Pools: Nature's Laboratory, Gaytha A. Langlois

Transforming Educational and Business Practices in Belarus: Collaborative Learning at a Distance, Gaytha A. Langlois, Judy Barrett Litoff, and Joseph A. Ilacqua

Calcium as the Associative Signal For a Model of Hebbian Plasticity: Application to Multi-input Environments, Luk C. Yeung, Brian S. Blais, Leon N. Cooper, and Harel Z. Shouval

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Selectivity and Metaplasticity in a Unified Calcium-Dependent Model, Luk C. Yeung, Brian S. Blais, Leon N. Cooper, and Harel Z. Shouval

Manuscripts from 2002

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Preparation of 1-[N-benzyloxycarbonyl-(1S)-1-amino-2-oxoethyl]-4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicylo[2.2.2]octane, Nicholas G. W. Rose, Mark A. Blaskovich, Ghotas Evindar, Scott Wilkinson, Yue Luo, Dan Fishlock, Christopher W. Reid, and Gilles A. Lajoie

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Converging Evidence for a Simplified Biophysical Model of Synaptic Plasticity, Harel Z. Shouval, Gastone C. Castellani, Brian S. Blais, Luk C. Yeung, and Leon N. Cooper

Manuscripts from 2000

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Formation of Direction Selectivity in Natural Scene Environments, Brian S. Blais, Leon N. Cooper, and Harel Z. Shouval

Statistics of Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) Activity Determine the Segregation of ON/OFF Subfields for Simple Cells in Visual Cortex, Ann B. Lee, Brian S. Blais, Harel Z. Shouval, and Leon N. Cooper

Absence or Reduction of Carbonic Anhydrase II in the Red Cells of the Beluga Whale and Llama: Implications for Adaptation to Hypoxia, Hong Yang, David Hewett-Emmett, and Richard E. Tashian

Manuscripts from 1999

D1S80 PCR with the $25 thermal cycler, David F. Betsch and Jeff Berard

The Role of Presynaptic Activity in Monocular Deprivation: Comparison of Homosynaptic Mechanisms, Brian S. Blais, Harel Z. Shouval, and Leon N. Cooper

Biodegration of Mixtures of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Under Aerobic and Nitrate-reducing Conditions, Dan L. McNally, James R. Mihelcic, and Donald R. Lueking

Manuscripts from 1998

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Receptive Field Formation in Natural Scene Environments: Comparison of Single Cell Learning Rules, Brian S. Blais, N. Intrator, Harel Z. Shouval, and Leon N. Cooper

Biodegradation of Three-and Four-ring Polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbons Under Aerobic and Denitrifying Conditions, Dan L. McNally, James R. Mihelcic, and Donald R. Lueking

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degrading Microorganisms in Great Lakes Sediments, Dan L. McNally, James R. Mihelcic, and Donald R. Lueking

Manuscripts from 1997

Symposium Introductory Remarks: "Protistan Predation Dynamics", Gaytha A. Langlois and D. W. Coats

Manuscripts from 1992

Thermally and Optically Stimulated Exoelectron Emission from an Electron‐beam Irradiated Glass–ceramic Material, D. L. Carroll, D. L. Doering, and Brian S. Blais