Publications and Grants

Research

Averitt DL, Eidson LN, Doyle HH, Murphy AZ. Neuronal and glial factors contributing to sex differences in opioid modulation of pain. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 Jan;44(1):155-165

King SD, Gray CF, Song L, Nechushtai R, Gumienny TL, Mittler R, Padilla PA. The cisd gene family regulates physiological germline apoptosis through ced-13 and the canonical cell death pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cell Death Differ. 2019 Jan;26(1):162-178

Ingle BL, Shrestha B, De Jesus MC, Conrad-Webb HM, Anderson ME, Cundari TR.  Genetic Mutations in the S-loop of Human Glutathione Synthetase: Links Between Substrate Binding, Active Site Structure and Allostery.  Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2018 Nov 29;17:31-38.

Kaur S, Benton WL, Tongkhuya SA, Lopez CMC, Uphouse L, Averitt DL. Sex Differences and Estrous Cycle Effects of Peripheral Serotonin-Evoked Rodent Pain Behaviors.  Neuroscience. 2018 Aug 1;384:87-100.

Boeck JM, Stowell GA, O'Connor CM, Spencer JV. The Human Cytomegalovirus US27 Gene Product Constitutively Activates Antioxidant Response Element-Mediated Transcription through Gβγ, Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase, and Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1. J Virol. 2018 Nov 12;92(23). pii: e00644-18.

Kasu YAT, Alemu S, Lamari A, Loew N, Brower CS. The N Termini of TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 (TDP43) C-Terminal Fragments Influence Degradation, Aggregation Propensity, and Morphology. Mol Cell Biol. 2018 Sep 14;38(19). pii: e00243-18.

Kryvoruchko IS, Routray P, Sinharoy S, Torres-Jerez I, Tejada-Jiménez M, Finney LA, Nakashima J, Pislariu CI, Benedito VA, González-Guerrero M, Roberts DM, Udvardi MK.  An Iron-Activated Citrate Transporter, MtMATE67, Is Required for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Plant Physiol. 2018 Mar;176(3):2315-2329.

Tu CC, Arnolds KL, O'Connor CM, Spencer JV. Human Cytomegalovirus UL111A and US27 Gene Products Enhance the CXCL12/CXCR4 Signaling Axis via Distinct Mechanisms. J Virol. 2018 Feb 12;92(5). pii: e01981-17.

Science Education

Ahmed, S., Rosen, L. 2019. Growth Mindset: Essential for Student and Faculty Success. Faculty Focus. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/a-growth-mindset-essential-for-student-and-faculty-success/

Tennakoon, D.K., Raut, N.G.R., Ahmed, S. 2019. Engaging the Entire Learning Cycle to Ignite Enthusiasm and Learning. Faculty Focus. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/engaging-the-entire-learning-cycle-to-ignite-enthusiasm-and-learning/

Extramural Grants

National Institutes of Health R15  DE025970  $385,514   2018  PI:  AVERITT, D.L. 
SEX DIFFERENCES IN SEROTONERGIC MODULATION OF TRIGEMINAL PAIN

National Institutes of Health R03  AG060202  2018  $65,527  PI:  GUMIENNY, T. & BERGEL, M. 
CHROMATIN CONDENSATION AS A DNA PROTECTIVE RESPONSE TO UV RADIATION IN HUMAN MELANOCYTES AND AGING C. ELEGANS

Environmental Protection Agency  SV839357  $75,000  2018  PI:  MAIER, C.
DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE POLLINATOR GARDENS FOR HABITAT, WATER CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION

National Science Foundation   #1733470  $300,000  2018  Co-PI:  PILSARIU, C.
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF BENEFICIAL LECUME-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

US Department of Agriculture.  $100,000  2018  PI:  GUMIENNY, T.
INVESTIGATION OF THE BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ROUNDWORM EPICUTICLE FORMATION TO IDENTIFY NOVEL TARGET PROTEINS FOR ANTHELMINTIC DRUG DEVELOPMENT 

National Institutes of Health  R15  NS095317 $372,857  2016   PI:  BROWER, C. S. 
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF TDP43 IN NEURODEGENERATION AND ITS DEGRADATION BY THE N-END RULE PATHWAY          

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