Panel Discussions from 2022
Climate Issues: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Shane Ray Epting, Robin Verble, Wan Yang, and Shannon Lee Fogg
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Seed Removal Decrease by Invasive Argentine Ants in a High Nature Value Farmland, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Alice Nunes, Sara Lobo Dias, Robin M. Verble, Cristina Branquinho, and Mário Boieiro
Examining Metal Contents in Primary and Secondhand Aerosols Released by Electronic Cigarettes, Kashala Fabrice Kapiamba, Weixing Hao, Stephen Adom, Wenyan Liu, Yue-Wern Huang, and Yang Wang
Bio-Membrane Internalization Mechanisms of Arginine-Rich Cell-Penetrating Peptides in Various Species, Betty Revon Liu, Shiow Her Chiou, Yue-Wern Huang, and Han Jung Lee
Understanding the Role of Nano-TiO₂ on the Toxicity of Pb on C. dubia through Modeling -- Is It Additive or Synergistic?, Xuesong Liu, Jianmin Wang, and Yue-Wern Huang
Quantification of Silver Nanoparticle Interactions with Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Studied using Single-cell ICP-MS, Lindsey Rasmussen, Honglan Shi, Wenyan Liu, and Katie Shannon
Staining of the Actin Cytoskeleton during Cell Division in Budding Yeast and Mammalian Cells, Katie Shannon
Conversion of Borate Glass Microspheres to Hollow Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Microspheres for Bone Defects, Youqu Shen, Julie A. Semon, and Richard K. Brow
Submissions from 2021
A Kinetic Model for Blood Biomarker Levels after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Sima Azizi, Daniel B. Hier, Blaine Allen, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi, Gayla R. Olbricht, Matthew S. Thimgan, and Donald C. Wunsch
Local Environmental Variables Are Key Drivers of Ant Taxonomic and Functional Beta-Diversity in a Mediterranean Dryland, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Ana Ceia-Hasse, Alice Nunes, Robin Verble, Giacomo Santini, Mário Boieiro, and Cristina Branquinho
Ant Functional Structure and Diversity Changes along a Post-Grazing Succession in Mediterranean Oak Woodlands, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Alice Nunes, Melanie Köbel, Robin M. Verble, Paula Matos, Mário Boieiro, and Cristina Branquinho
Conservation Risks and Benefits of Establishing Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) Breeding Habitats Close to Maize and Soybean Fields in the North Central United States: A Landscape-Scale Analysis of the Impact of Foliar Insecticide on Nonmigratory Monarch Butterfly Populations, Tyler J. Grant, Niranjana Krishnan, and Steven P. Bradbury
Estimating Screening-Level Risks of Insecticide Exposure to Lepidopteran Species of Conservation Concern in Agroecosystems, Maura J. Hall, Niranjana Krishnan, Joel R. Coats, and Steven P. Bradbury
The Psychological and Biological Impact of COVID-19: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Amber M. Henslee, David J. Westenberg, and Yang Wang
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Blood Biomarkers for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Selective Review of Unresolved Issues, Daniel B. Hier, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi, Matthew S. Thimgan, Gayla R. Olbricht, Sima Azizi, Blaine Allen, Bassam A. Hadi, and Donald C. Wunsch
Lactoferricin-Derived L5a Cell-Penetrating Peptide for Delivery of DNA into Cells, Natalie J. Holl, Moumita Dey, Yue-Wern Huang, Shiow Her Chiou, and Han Jung Lee
Evolutionary Timeline of Genetic Delivery and Gene Therapy, Natalie J. Holl, Han Jung Lee, and Yue-Wern Huang
Is Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production Proportional to Oxygen Consumption? A Theoretical Consideration, Chen Hou, Neil B. Metcalfe, and Karine Salin
Aridity-Driven Shift In Biodiversity-Soil Multifunctionality Relationships, Weigang Hu; Jinzhi Ran; Longwei Dong; Qiajun Du; Mingfei Ji; Shuran Yao; Chen Hou; and For full list of authors, download the pdf.
Tuning Polymorphs and Morphology of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate: Controlling Factors and Underlying Mechanisms, Maryam Khanjani, David J. Westenberg, Aditya Kumar, and Hongyan Ma
Cell-Penetrating Peptides as a Potential Drug Delivery System for Effective Treatment of Diabetes, Mallikarjuna Korivi, Yue-Wern Huang, and Betty R. Liu
Evaluating Toxicity of Varroa Mite (Varroa Destructor)-Active dsRNA to Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) Larvae, Niranjana Krishnan, Maura J. Hall, Richard L. Hellmich, Joel R. Coats, and Steven P. Bradbury
Neonicotinoids Can Cause Arrested Pupal Ecdysis in Lepidoptera, Niranjana Krishnan, Russell A. Jurenka, and Steven P. Bradbury
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) Life-Stage Risks from Foliar and Seed-Treatment Insecticides, Niranjana Krishnan, Yang Zhang, Melanie E. Aust, Richard L. Hellmich, Joel R. Coats, and Steven P. Bradbury
Quantifying the Effect of Nano-TiO₂ on the Toxicity of Lead on C. dubia using a Two-Compartment Modeling Approach, Xuesong Liu, Jianmin Wang, and Yue-Wern Huang
MXene-Graphene Field-Effect Transistor Sensing of Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV-2, Yanxiao Li, Zhekun Peng, Natalie J. Holl, Md Rifat Hassan, John M. Pappas, Congjie Wei, Omid Hoseini Izadi, Yang Wang, Xiangyang Dong, Cheng Wang, Yue-Wern Huang, Donghyun Kim, and Chenglin Wu
Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications, M. N. Rahaman and Roger F. Brown
Universal Rules of Life: Metabolic Rates, Biological Times and the Equal Fitness Paradigm, Joseph Robert Burger, Chen Hou, Charles A. S. Hall, and James H. Brown
A Food Microbiology Classroom Activity to Draw Connections between Microbes and Students’ Lives, David J. Westenberg and Jonathan Kopel
Submissions from 2020
Student Preclass Preparation by Both Reading the Textbook and Watching Videos Online Improves Exam Performance in a Partially Flipped Course, Kaleb Bassett, Gayla R. Olbricht, and Katie Shannon
Cytotoxicity of NiO and Ni(OH)₂ Nanoparticles is Mediated by Oxidative Stress-Induced Cell Death and Suppression of Cell Proliferation, Melissa H. Cambre; Natalie J. Holl; Yue-Wern Huang; and For full list of authors, see publisher's website.
The Extremely Low Energy Cost of Biosynthesis in Holometabolous Insect Larvae, N. Ferral, N. Gomez, K. Holloway, H. Neeter, M. Fairfield, K. Pollman, Yue-Wern Huang, and Chen Hou
Using a Space-For-Time Approach to Select the Best Biodiversity-Based Indicators to Assess the Effects of Aridity on Mediterranean Drylands, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Alice Nunes, Robin M. Verble, Giacomo Santini, Mario Boieiro, and Cristina Branquinho
Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay with Immunohistochemical Evaluation of HER2/Neu Oncogene in Breast Cancer Patients and its Correlation with Clinicopathological Findings, Nadia Gheni and David J. Westenberg
Water Content Quantitatively Affects Metabolic Rates over the Course of Plant Ontogeny, Heng Huang, Jinzhi Ran, Mingfei Ji, Zhiqiang Wang, Longwei Dong, Weigang Hu, Yan Deng, Chen Hou, Karl J. Niklas, and Jianming Deng
Relaxin Enhances Bone Regeneration with BMP-2-Loaded Hydroxyapatite Microspheres, Sahitya Injamuri, M. N. Rahaman, Youqu Shen, and Yue-Wern Huang
PolyRad -- Protection Against Free Radical Damage, Hannah Kim, Yin Tse, Andrew Webb, Ethan Mudd, Muhammad Raisul Abedin, Melanie R. Mormile, Subhadeep Dutta, Kaushal Rege, and Sutapa Barua
3D-Printed Biomimetic Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration in Rat Calvarial Defects, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Yue-Wern Huang, Julie A. Semon, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Bioprinting with Bioactive Glass Loaded Polylactic Acid Composite and Human Adipose Stem Cells, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Julie A. Semon, August T. Bindbeutel, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Assessing Field-Scale Risks of Foliar Insecticide Applications to Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) Larvae, Niranjana Krishnan, Yang Zhang, Keith G. Bidne, Richard L. Hellmich, Joel R. Coats, and Steven P. Bradbury
Immunohistochemistry and RNA in Situ Hybridization in Mouse Brain Development, Jinling Liu and Aimin Liu
Explicit Representation of Protein Activity States Significantly Improves Causal Discovery of Protein Phosphorylation Networks, Jinling Liu, Xiaojun Ma, Gregory F. Cooper, and Xinghua Lu
Response of Stream Fungi on Decomposing Leaves to Experimental Drying, Dev Niyogi, Chia-Yi Hu, and Brett P. Vessell
Characterization of the IS200/IS605 Insertion Sequence Family in Halanaerobium Hydrogeniformans, Michael Sadler, Melanie R. Mormile, and Ronald L. Frank
Status of the Blackstripe (Fundulus notatus) and Blackspotted (F. olivaceus) Topminnows in the Ozark uplands of Central Missouri, Nathaniel Steffensmeier, Naznin Sultana Remex, Robert Hrabik, and David D. Duvernell
Bioactive Borate Glass Triggers Phenotypic Changes in Adipose Stem Cells, Nathan J. Thyparambil, Lisa C. Gutgesell, Bradley A. Bromet, Lauren E. Flowers, Samantha Greaney, D. E. Day, and Julie A. Semon
Adult Stem Cell Response to Doped Bioactive Borate Glass, Nathan J. Thyparambil, Lisa C. Gutgesell, Cassandra C. Hurley, Lauren E. Flowers, D. E. Day, and Julie A. Semon
Differential Cytotoxicity Induced by Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles is a Function of Cell Killing and Suppression of Cell Proliferation, Larry M. Tolliver, Natalie J. Holl, Fang Yao Stephen Hou, Han-Jung Lee, Melissa H. Cambre, and Yue-Wern Huang
Modeling the Load of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Human Expelled Particles during Coughing and Speaking, Yang Wang, Guang Xu, and Yue-Wern Huang
Submissions from 2019
Whole-Genome Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Insertion Sequences using Bioinformatic Tools, Kody A. Bassett, Melanie R. Mormile, and Ronald L. Frank
Toward a Metabolic Theory of Life History, Joseph Robert Burger, Chen Hou, and James H. Brown
Late Pleistocene Range Expansion of North American Topminnows Accompanied by Admixture and Introgression, David D. Duvernell, Eric Westhafer, and Jacob F. Schaefer
Relaxin as an Enhancer of BMP-2 Loaded Hydroxyapatite Microspheres in Bone Regeneration, S. Injamuri, M. N. Rahaman, Y. Shen, and Yue-Wern Huang
Deep Contextualized Biomedical Abbreviation Expansion, Qiao Jin, Jinling Liu, and Xinghua Lu
Near-Field Electrospinning of a Polymer/Bioactive Glass Composite to Fabricate 3D Biomimetic Structures, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Jie Li, Sonya Roberts, Julie A. Semon, Jonghyun Park, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Bioprinting with Human Stem Cell-Laden Alginate-Gelatin Bioink and Bioactive Glass for Tissue Engineering, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Julie A. Semon, Bradley Bromet, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Intracellular Delivery of Nanoparticles Mediated by Lactoferricin Cell-Penetrating Peptides in an Endocytic Pathway, Han-Jung Lee, Yue-Wern Huang, and Robert Aronstam
Polyhistidine Facilitates Direct Membrane Translocation of Cell-Penetrating Peptides into Cells, Han-Jung Lee, Yue-Wern Huang, Shiow-Her Chiou, and Robert Aronstam
Algae (Raphidocelis) Reduce Combined Toxicity of Nano-TiO₂ and Lead on C. Dubia, Xuesong Liu, Jianmin Wang, Yue-Wern Huang, and Tao Kong
Invasion Genetics of the Mummichog (Fundulus Heteroclitus): Recent Anthropogenic Introduction in Iberia, Teofilo Morim, Grant R. Bigg, Pedro M. Madeira, Jorge Palma, David D. Duvernell, Enric Gisbert, Regina L. Cunha, and Rita Castilho
Whole-Genome Analysis of Halomonas Sp. Soap Lake #7 Reveals It Possesses Putative Mrp Antiporter Operon Groups 1 and 2, Melanie R. Mormile, Tiffany Edwards, Ronald L. Frank, Zachery Geurin, Julie Haendiges, Maria Hoffmann, and Jesse Miller
Geometric Effects of Open Hollow Hydroxyapatite Microspheres Influence Bone Repair and Regeneration in Sprague Dawley Rats, Youqu Shen, M. N. Rahaman, Yongxian Liu, and Yue-Wern Huang
Simulating Rewetting Events in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams: A Global Analysis of Leached Nutrients and Organic Matter, Oleksandra Shumilova; Dominik Zak; Dev Niyogi; and For full list of authors, see publisher's website
Prescribed Fire Effects on Rangeland Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae) in the Southern Great Plains, Britt W. Smith, Brad C. Dabbert, and Robin M. Verble
Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams, D. von Schiller, T. Daltry, and Dev Niyogi
Submissions from 2018
NaCl-Saturated Brines Are Thermodynamically Moderate, Rather Than Extreme, Microbial Habitats, J. D. Lee Callum; Phillip E. McMullan; Callum J. O'Kane; Andrew Stevenson; Ines C. Santos; Chayan Roy; Wriddhiman Ghosh; Rocco L. Mancinelli; Melanie R. Mormile; and For full list of authors, see publisher's website.
A Global Analysis of Terrestrial Plant Litter Dynamics in Non-Perennial Waterways, Thibault Datry and Dev Niyogi
Correction: A Global Analysis of Terrestrial Plant Litter Dynamics in Non-Perennial Waterways, Thibault Datry; Dev Niyogi; and For full list of authors, see publisher's website.
Heterogeneous Activity Causes a Nonlinear Increase in the Group Energy Use of Ant Workers Isolated from Queen and Brood, Nolan Ferral, Kyara Holloway, Mingzhong Li, Zhaozheng Yin, and Chen Hou
Gender and Age-Related Cell Compositional Differences in C57BL/6 Murine Adipose Tissue Stromal Vascular Fraction, Trivia Frazier, Stephen Lee, Annie Bowles, Julie A. Semon, Bruce Bunnell, Xiying Wu, and Jeffrey Gimble
Comparing the New and Existing Hypotheses on Energy Metabolism and Longevity, Chen Hou
Oral Drug Delivery Systems for Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapy, Yue-Wern Huang and Sutapa Barua
Cell-Penetrating Peptides for Medical Theranostics and Targeted Drug Delivery, Yue-Wern Huang and Han-Jung Lee
Near-Field Electrospinning of a Polymer-Glass Composite to Fabricate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Jie Liu, Jonghyun Park, Julie A. Semon, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Solvent and Melt based Extrusion 3D Printing of Polycaprolactone Bioactive Glass Composite for Tissue Engineering, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Wenbin Li, Rachel Althage, Julie A. Semon, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Phytoremediation Removal Rates of Benzene, Toluene, and Chlorobenzene, Matt A. Limmer, Jordan Lee Wilson, David J. Westenberg, Amy Lee, Mark Siegman, and Joel Gerard Burken
Introducing the JMBE Themed Issue on Science Communication, Dennis F. Mangan; Emily T. Cloyd; Jesus A. Romo; David R. Wessner; David J. Westenberg; and For full list of authors, see publisher's website.
Complete Genome Sequence of Salinisphaera sp. Strain LB1, a Moderately Halo-Acidophilic Bacterium Isolated from Lake Brown, Western Australia, Kaela B. O'Dell, E. Anne Hatmaker, Adam M. Guss, and Melanie R. Mormile
Phylogenomic Analysis of Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodotiformes) using RNA-Sequencing Data, Rachel Rodgers, Jennifer L. Roach, Noah M. Reid, Andrew Namaka Whitehead, and David D. Duvernell
Engagement in Practice: Developing a Sustainable K-12 Outreach STEM Program, Joan B. Schuman and Katie Shannon
The acyl-CoA Synthetase, pudgy, Promotes Sleep and Is Required for the Homeostatic Response to Sleep Deprivation, Matthew S. Thimgan, Natlie Kress, John Lisse, Courtney Fiebelman, and Thomas Hilderbrand
Microbial Communities and Their Predicted Metabolic Functions in a Desiccating Acid Salt Lake, Elena Zaikova, Kathleen C. Benison, Melanie R. Mormile, and Sarah Stewart Johnson
Submissions from 2017
Scaffold for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals, D. E. Day, Steven B. Jung, and Roger F. Brown
The Toxicity of Nanoparticles Depends on Multiple Molecular and Physicochemical Mechanisms, Yue-Wern Huang, Melissa Cambre, and Han-Jung Lee
3D Bioprinting of Polymer Bioactive Glass Composite and MSCs for Bone Repair, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Caroline Murphy, Jakeb Baldridge, Julie A. Semon, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Solvent Based 3D Printing of Biopolymer/Bioactive Glass Composite and Hydrogel for Tissue Engineering Applications, Krishna Kolan, Yong Liu, Jakeb Baldridge, Caroline Murphy, Julie A. Semon, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
Bioresponsive Polymer Coated Drug Nanorods for Breast Cancer Treatment, Tunyaboon Laemthong, Hannah Kim, Kelly Dunlap, Caitlin Brocker, Dipak Barua, Daniel Forciniti, Yue-Wern Huang, and Sutapa Barua
The Primary Mechanism of Cellular Internalization for a Short Cell-Penetrating Peptide As a Nano-Scale Delivery System, Betty Revon Liu, Yue-Wern Huang, Mallikarjuna Korivi, Shih-Yen Lo, Robert Aronstam, and Han-Jung Lee
Differential Requirements for Myeloid Leukemia IFN-γ Conditioning Determine Graft-versus-Leukemio Resistance and Sensitivity, Catherine Matte-Martone, Jinling Liu, Meng Zhou, Maria Chikina, Douglas R. Green, John T. Harty, and Warren D. Shlomchik
Classification of Rest and Active Periods in Actigraphy Data using PCA, Isaac W. Muns, Yogesh Lad, Ivan G. Guardiola, and Matthew S. Thimgan
3D Bioprinting of Stem Cells and Polymer/Bioactive Glass Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering, Caroline Murphy, Krishna Kolan, Wenbin Li, Julie A. Semon, D. E. Day, and Ming-Chuan Leu
A Case for the Protection of Saline and Hypersaline Environments: A Microbiological Perspective, Varun G. Paul and Melanie R. Mormile
Impact of Elevated CO₂ Concentrations on Carbonate Mineral Precipitation Ability of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Implications For CO₂ Sequestration, Varun G. Paul, David J. Wronkiewicz, and Melanie R. Mormile
Identification of Genes that Maintain Behavioral and Structural Plasticity during Sleep Loss, Laurent Seugnet, Stephane Dissel, Matthew S. Thimgan, Lijuan Cao, and Paul J. Shaw
The Role of N-Acetylcysteine Amide in Defending Primary Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells against Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Stress, Hsiu-Jen Wang, Yue-Wern Huang, Shakila B. Tobwala, Annelise Pfaff, Robert Aronstam, and Nuran Ercal
An Analysis of Factors Driving Success in Ecological Restoration Projects by a University-Community Partnership, Joy K. Wood, Warren G. Gold, James L. Fridley, Kern Ewing, and Dev Niyogi
Submissions from 2016
Cellular Oxidative Damage is More Sensitive to Biosynthetic Rate than to Metabolic Rate: A Test of the Theoretical Model on Hornworms (Manduca Sexta Larvae), Kaushalya Amunugama, Lihong Jiao, Gayla R. Olbricht, Chance Walker, Yue-Wern Huang, Paul Ki-souk Nam, and Chen Hou
Endotoxin Hitchhiking on Polymer Nanoparticles, Mason Donnell, Andrew J. Lyon, Melanie R. Mormile, and Sutapa Barua
Birth Mass Is the Key to Understanding the Negative Correlation Between Lifespan and Body Size in Dogs, Rong Fan, Gayla R. Olbricht, Xavior Baker, and Chen Hou
Effects of Anthropogenic Heavy Metal Contamination on Litter Decomposition in Streams - A Meta-Analysis, Veronica Ferreira, Julia Koricheva, Sofia Duarte, Dev Niyogi, and Francois A. Guerold
