Submissions from 2024
A rationally designed antimicrobial peptide from structural and functional insights of Clostridioides difficile translation initiation factor 1, Elvira Alanis, Faith Aguilar, Niaz Banaei, Frank B. Dean, Alexa Villarreal, Miguel Alanis, Karen Lozano, James M. Bullard, and Yonghong Zhang
Iron-Imine Cocktail in Drug Development: A Contemporary Update, Judith Anane, Esther Owusu, Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Effects of fast and slow-wilting soybean genotypes on fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) growth and development, Jessica Ayala, Alejandro Vasquez, Devi Balakrishnan, Evelyn Madrigal, Justin George, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Eviction-driven infanticide and sexually selected adoption and infanticide in a neotropical parrot, Steven R. Beissinger and Karl S. Berg
Genetic tapestry of Capsicum fruit colors: a comparative analysis of four cultivated species, Ambika Bhattarai, Padma Nimmakayala, Brittany Davenport, Purushothaman Natarajan, Krittika Tonapi, Sai Satish Kadiyala, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Lizbeth Ibarra-Muñoz, Manohar Chakrabarti, and Vagner Benedito
Salmonella in the environment: A review on ecology, antimicrobial resistance, seafood contaminations, and human health implications, Mohammad Maruf Billah and Md Saydur Rahman
Hormonal differences in perpetrators of intimate partner violence, Arturo L. Cantos, Gabriela Ontiveros, Robert K. Dearth, and K. Daniel O'Leary
Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models, Daniela F. Cusack, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Chris M. Smith-Martin, Kelly M. Andersen, Amanda L. Cordeiro, Katrin Fleischer, S. Joseph Wright, Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez, Laynara F. Lugli, and Lindsay A. McCulloch
Structure-based Virtual Screening from Natural Products as Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and ACE2 Receptor Binding and their Biological Evaluation In vitro, Timoteo Delgado-Maldonado, Luis Donaldo Gonzalez-Morales, Alfredo Juarez-Saldivar, Edgar E. Lara-Ramírez, Guadalupe Rojas-Verde, Adriana Moreno-Rodriguez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Gildardo Rivera
OMA1-Mediated Mitochondrial Dynamics Balance Organellar Homeostasis Upstream of Cellular Stress Responses, Robert Gilkerson, Harpreet Kaur, Omar Carrillo, and Isaiah Ramos
Small Molecule Therapeutics in the Pipeline Targeting for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Origin, Challenges, Opportunities, and Mechanisms of Action, Nneoma James, Esther Owusu, Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Differentiation activates mitochondrial OPA1 processing in myoblast cell lines, Harpreet Kaur, Omar Carrillo, Iraselia Garcia, Isaiah Ramos, Shaynah St. Vallier, Patrick De la Torre, Alma Lopez, Megan Keniry, Daniela Bazan, Jorge Elizondo, and Robert Gilkerson
Effects of hyposalinity on ion content, organic osmolytes, and lipid peroxidation in the seagrass Halodule wrightii, Joseph L. Kowalski, Kirk Cammarata, Michael W. Persans, Kristina P. Vatcheva, and Sarah Quintanilla
Investigation of the pangas (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) cultivation sustainability in cages at the Ratargul Freshwater Swamp Forest of Bangladesh, Mrityunjoy Kunda, Md. Abu Kawsar, Diponkor Adikari, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Ahmed Harun-Al-Rashid, and Debasish Pandit
Dysregulated CREB3 cleavage at the nuclear membrane induces karyoptosis-mediated cell death, Ga-Eun Lee, Geul Bang, Jiin Byun, Cheol-Jung Lee, Weidong Chen, Dohyun Jeung, Hyun-Jung An, Han Chang Kang, Dae Joon Kim, and Megan Keniry
Review of the life history and conservation of federally endangered plant species of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, Beth A. Middleton, Elizabeth A. Gonzalez, Emily J. Lain, Benito Trevino, Christopher A. Gabler, Jerald T. Garrett, Brenda Molano-Flores, Janice Coons, Laura M. de la Garza, and Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo
Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium Nitride–Carbon Composites and Their Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Helia Magali Morales, Horacio Vieyra, David A. Sanchez, Elizabeth M. Fletes, Michael Odlyzko, Timothy P. Lodge, Victoria Padilla-Gainza, Mataz Alcoutlabi, and Jason Parsons
Comparative Analysis of a Secondary Metabolite Profile from Roots and Leaves of Iostephane heterophylla by UPLC-MS and GC-MS, Diana V. Navarrete-Carriola, Alma D. Paz-González, Lenci K. Vázquez-Jiménez, Erick De Luna-Santillana, María A. Cruz-Hernández, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Gildardo Rivera
INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY FROM DEEP WELLS OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, Kathryn E. Perez, Valentin Cantu, Vanessa Saenz, J. Randy Gibson, Patricia Duncan, and Benjamin T. Hutchins
Contrasting carbon cycle responses to dry (2015 El Niño) and wet (2008 La Niña) extreme events at an Amazon tropical forest, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Kleber Silva Campos, Luciana F. Alves, Marcos Longo, Kenia T. Wiedemann, Raimundo C. de Oliveira Jr., Luiz E.O.C. Aragao, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Plinio B. Camargo, and Adelaine M. e S. Figueira
Emerging Therapies for Glioblastoma, Stella Aime Rios, Stephanie Oyervides, David Uribe, Angelica Maree Reyes, Victor Fanniel, Jonathan Vazquez, and Megan Keniry
Exploitation of environmental DNA (eDNA) for ecotoxicological research: A critical review on eDNA metabarcoding in assessing marine pollution, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
New prospects of environmental RNA metabarcoding research in biological diversity, ecotoxicological monitoring, and detection of COVID-19: a critical review, Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman
Family-Centered Theory of Change: A Conceptual Framework for Improving Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate STEM Courses, Juan Salinas, Parwinder Grewal, Jose J. Gutierrez, Nicolas A. Pereyra, Dagoberto Ramirez, Elizabeth Salinas, Griselda Salinas, Virginia Santanas, and Can Saygin
Multiscale Materials Engineering via Self-Assembly of Pentapeptide Derivatives from SARS CoV E Protein, Dibakar Sarkar, Aftab Hossain Khan, Sainath Polepalli, Riddhiman Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Das, Somnath Dutta, Nirakar Sahoo, and Anirban Bhunia
Continuous mowing differentially affects floral defenses in the noxious and invasive weed Solanum elaeagnifolium in its native range, Alejandro Vasquez, Alexa Alaniz, Robert K. Dearth, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Asynchronous movement patterns between breeding and stopover locations in a long-distance migratory songbird, Theodore J. Zenzal Jr., Andrea Contina, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Leanne K. Kuwahara, Daniel C. Allen, and Kristen M. Covino
Opening and Constructing Stable Lithium-ion Channels within Polymer Electrolytes, Yangmingyue Zhao, Libo Li, Da Zhou, Yue Ma, Yonghong Zhang, Hang Yang, Shubo Fan, Hao Tong, Suo Li, and Wenhua Qu
Submissions from 2023
The rarest among the rare? Acrometastases and disability in the past and beyond, Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira, Francisco Curate, Carlos Prates, Benoit Bertrand, and Carina Marques
Effects of short-term exposure to a pesticide mixture on free-swimming behavior in goldfish, Carassius auratus, Esmirna Cantu, Michelle Rivera, Brittney Lacy, and Md Saydur Rahman
Effects of Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) on Growth and Physiology of Sweet Potato: A Space Model Plant, Karthik Chinnannan, Prapooja Somagattu, Hyndavi Yammanuru, Padma Nimmakayala, Manohar Chakrabarti, and Umesh K. Reddy
Genetic and ecological drivers of molt in a migratory bird, Andrea Contina, Christen M. Bossu, Daniel Allen, Michael B. Wunder, and Kristen Ruegg
Synapse-associated protein 102 – a highly mobile MAGUK predominate in early synaptogenesis, Dominique Alexandra De Los Reyes, Mohammad Yaman Karkoutly, and Yonghong Zhang
Coordination of rooting, xylem, and stomatal strategies explains the response of conifer forest stands to multi-year drought in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, Junyan Ding, Polly Buotte, Roger Bales, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Rosie A. Fisher, Michael Goulden, Ryan Knox, Lara Kueppers, Jacquelyn Shuman, Chonggang Xu, and Charles D. Koven
abmR: An R package for agent-based model analysis of large-scale movements across taxa, Benjamin Gochanour, Javier Fernández-López, and Andrea Contina
Regulatory mechanisms of the LBD40 transcription factor in Arabidopsis thaliana somatic embryogenesis, Sanjay Joshi, Kristine Hill, Manohar Chakrabarti, and Sharyn E. Perry
Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage, Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy
Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage, Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy
Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas, Kathryn E. Perez, Yamileth Guerrero, Roel Castañeda, Peter H. Diaz, Randy Gibson, Benjamin F. Schwartz, and Benjamin T. Hutchins
Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas, Kathryn E. Perez, Yamileth Guerrero, Roel Castañeda, Peter H. Diaz, Randy Gibson, Benjamin F. Schwartz, and Benjamin T. Hutchins
DNA barcoding of springsnails (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) endemic to the Trans-Pecos region of Texas (USA), Kathryn E. Perez, Vanessa Saenz, Natalia Salazar-Lozano, Benjamin F. Schwartz, and Benjamin T. Hutchins
ANTI-APOSTATIC FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN TWO SPECIES OF ASSASSIN BUG, THE WHITE-SPOTTED ASSASSIN BUG PLATYMERIS BIGUTTATUS AND RED-SPOTTED ASSASSIN BUG PLATYMERIS RHADAMANTHUS (HEMIPTERA: REDUVIIDAE), Julia H. Potocnjak and Christopher Vitek
Winter connectivity and leapfrog migration in a migratory passerine, Rafael Rueda‐Hernández, Christen M. Bossu, Thomas B. Smith, Andrea Contina, Ricardo Canales del Castillo, Kristen Ruegg, and Blanca E. Hernández-Baños
The strength of migratory connectivity in Painted Buntings is spatial scale dependent and shaped by molting behavior, Andrew J. Sharp; Andrea Contina; Viviana Ruiz-Gutiérrez,; T. Scott Sillett; Eli S. Bridge; Elizabeth M. Besozzi; John A. Muller; Jeffrey Kelly; Aaron M. Given; and Clark S. Rushing
Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes, John Soghigian, Charles Sither, Silvia Andrade Justi, Gen Morinaga, Brian K. Cassel, Christopher J. Vitek, Todd Livdahl, Siyang Xia, Andrea Gloria-Soria, and Jeffrey R. Powell
Submissions from 2022
Differential gene expression in tall fescue tissues in response to water deficit, Manohar Chakrabarti, Padmaja Nagabhyru, Christopher L. Schardl, and Randy D. Dinkins
Optimizing stable isotope sampling design in terrestrial movement ecology research, Andrea Contina, Sarah Magozzi, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, Gabriel J. Bowen, and Michael B. Wunder
Application of stable isotopes to study movement ecology and diet variation in a migratory songbird, Andrea Contina, Allison K. Pierce, Scott W. Yanco, Eli S. Bridge, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Michael B. Wunder
Filling the gap: molting behavior of colima warblers and research opportunities for understudied north american songbirds, Benjamin Gochanour, Jose L. Alcantara, Paula Cimprich, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Andrea Contina
A tail of plumage colouration: disentangling geographic, seasonal and dietary effects on plumage colour in a migratory songbird, Sean M. Mahoney, Matthew W. Reudink, Andrea Contina, Kelly A. Roberts, Veronica T. Schabert, Emily G. Gunther, and Kristen M. Covino
A migratory divide spanning two continents is associated with genomic and ecological divergence, Sheela P. Turbek, Drew R. Schield, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Andrea Contina, Xin-Wei Da, Yang Liu, Yu Liu, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Qing-Miao Ren, and Chris C. R. Smith
Habitat loss exacerbates pathogen spread: An Agent-based model of avian influenza infection in migratory waterfowl, Shenglai Yin, Yanjie Xu, Mingshuai Xu, Mart C M de Jong, Mees RS Huisman, Andrea Contina, Herbert H T Prins, Zheng Y X Huang, and Willem F. de Boer
Submissions from 2021
Stable isotope analysis of an aberrant Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) feather suggests post-molt movements, Elizabeth M. Besozzi, Brian Chew, Daniel C. Allen, and Andrea Contina
Domesticating the Exotic? An Online Survey of Attitudes towards the International Wildlife Pet Trade, Andrea Contina, Christopher E. Anderson, David C. Hille, William F. Oakley, Eli S. Bridge, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Haley O. Smith, Jennifer Koch, and Lori L. Jervis
Calibration chain transformation improves the comparability of organic hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope data, Sarah Magozzi, Clement P. Bataille, Keith A. Hobson, Michael B. Wunder, John D. Howa, Andrea Contina, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, and Gabriel J. Bowen
Submissions from 2020
Comment on “A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate”, author Coro, Andrea Contina, Scott W. Yanco, Allison K. Pierce, Michelle DePrenger-Levin, Michael B. Wunder, Andreas M. Neophytou, C. Phoebe Lostroh, Richard J. Telford, Blas M. Benito, and Joseph Chipperfield
Submissions from 2019
Genetic structure of the Painted Bunting and its implications for conservation of migratory populations, Andrea Contina, Jose L. Alcantara, Eli S. Bridge, Jeremy D. Ross, William F. Oakley, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Kristen Ruegg
Characterization of SNP markers for the painted bunting (Passerina ciris) and their relevance in population differentiation and genome evolution studies, Andrea Contina, Rachael A. Bay, Vinh Le Underwood, Thomas B. Smith, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Eli S. Bridge, and Kristen Ruegg
Submissions from 2018
Using Agent-Based Models to Scale from Individuals to Populations, Eli S. Bridge, Jeremy D. Ross, Andrea Contina, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Examination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerine, Andrea Contina, Eli S. Bridge, Jeremy D. Ross, J. Ryan Shipley, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Varying dataset resolution alters predictive accuracy of spatially explicit ensemble models for avian species distribution, Claire M. Curry, Jeremy D. Ross, Andrea Contina, and Eli S. Bridge
Temporal migration patterns between natal locations of ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) and their Gulf Coast stopover site, Theodore J. Zenzal Jr., Andrea Contina, Jeffrey F. Kelly, and Frank R. Moore
Submissions from 2016
Do molt-migrant songbirds optimize migration routes based on primary productivity?, Eli S. Bridge, Jeremy D. Ross, Andrea Contina, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Exploring novel candidate genes from the Mouse Genome Informatics database: Potential implications for avian migration research, Andrea Contina, Eli S. Bridge, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Submissions from 2013
Advances in tracking small migratory birds: a technical review of light-level geolocation, Eli S. Bridge, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Andrea Contina, Richard M. Gabrielson, Robert B. MacCurdy, and David W. Winkler
Using Geologgers to Investigate Bimodal Isotope Patterns in Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris), Andrea Contina, Eli S. Bridge, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Jonah M. Duckles, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Niche Conservatism and Disjunct Populations: A Case Study with Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris), J. Ryan Shipley, Andrea Contina, Nyambayar Batbayar, and Eli S. Bridge
Submissions from 2011
Causes of bimodal stable isotope signatures in the feathers of a molt-migrant songbird, Eli S. Bridge, Adam M. Fudickar, Jeffrey F. Kelly, Andrea Contina, and Sievert Rohwer