Publications and Grants

Biology faculty and students at TWU's annual Celebration of Science event.

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

Dutta D, Park I, Guililat H, Sang S, Talapatra A, Hanson L, Mills NC. Ethylene dimethane sulfonate (EDS) ablation of Leydig cells in adult rat depletes testosterone resulting in epididymal sperm granuloma: Testosterone replacement prevents granuloma formation. Reprod Biol. 2018 Dec 5; pii: S1642-431X(18)30204-3.

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.

Basu P and Maier C. Phytoestrogens and breast cancer: in vitro anticancer activities of isoflavones, lignans, coumestans, stilbenes and their analogs and derivatives. Biomed Pharmacother. 2018 Nov; 107:1648-1666.

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

Bhatt, K., Davis, A.M., Ahmed, S. 2019. Heating Up Enzyme Kinetics: A Safe, Inexpensive & Quantitative Inquiry Activity. American Biology Teacher 81(3):187-192 http://abt.ucpress.edu/content/81/3/187.article-info

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 LEGUME-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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