School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications
You can also view All Research Publications by the department, including both open access and subscription-based work over the past 36 months.
Submissions from 2020
Agricultural and Environmental Weeds of South Texas and their Management, Pushpa Soti, John A. Goolsby, and Alexis Racelis
Cover crops for weed suppression in organic vegetable systems in semiarid subtropical Texas, Pushpa G. Soti and Alexis Racelis
Soil biotic and abiotic conditions negate invasive species performance in native habitat, Pushpa Soti, Matthew Purcell, and Krish Jayachandran
Efficiency of using electric toothbrush as an alternative to a tuning fork for artificial buzz pollination is independent of instrument buzzing frequency, Mandeep Tayal, Jesus Chavana, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Cascading effects of polyphenol-rich purple corn pericarp extract on pupal, adult, and offspring of tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta L.), Mandeep Tayal, Pavel Somavat, Isabella Rodriguez, Leilani Martinez, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Polyphenol-Rich Purple Corn Pericarp Extract Adversely Impacts Herbivore Growth and Development, Mandeep Tayal, Pavel Somavat, Isabella Rodriguez, Tina Thomas, Bradley O. Christoffersen, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Surface Structure and Phase Composition of TiO2 P25 Particles After Thermal Treatments and HF Etching, M. Jasim Uddin, Federico Cesano, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Tarek Trad, Sara Cravanzola, Gianmario Martra, Lorenzo Mino, Adriano Zecchina, and Domenica Scarano
Development and testing of artificial membranes for rearing of Rhipicephalus microplus, the Southern Cattle Fever Tick, Ann T. Vacek, John A. Goolsby, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Positional cloning and characterization of the papaya diminutive mutant reveal a truncating mutation in the CpMMS19 gene, Ying Wang, Ratnesh Singh, Eric Tong, Min Tang, Liwei Zheng, Hongkun Fang, Ruoyu Li, Lin Guo, Jinjin Song, and Jorge A. Trujillo
Mastering high ion conducting of room-temperature all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries via safe phthaloyl starch-poly(vinylidene fluoride)–based polymer electrolyte, Ming Xie, Libo Li, Yonghong Zhang, Jintian Du, You Li, Yuhang Shan, and Huanyu Zheng
Small-molecule activation of lysosomal TRP channels ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mouse models, Lu Yu, Xiaoli Zhang, Yexin Yang, Dan Li, Kaiyuan Tang, Zifan Zhao, Wanwan He, Ce Wang, and Nirakar Sahoo
Survival of off-host unfed Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) larvae in study arenas in relation to climatic factors and habitats in South Texas, USA, Emily J. Zamora, Brenda Leal, Donald B. Thomas, and Robert K. Dearth
Submissions from 2019
Insight into the effect of A-site cations on structural and optical properties of RE2Hf2O7:U nanoparticles, Maya Abdou, Santosh K. Gupta, Jose P. Zuniga, and Yuanbing Mao
Growth Factors in the Human Body: A Conceptual Update, Estefania Alexandre and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Hydraulic traits explain differential responses of Amazonian forests to the 2015 El Niño-induced drought, Fernanda de V. Barros, Paulo R. L. Bittencourt, Mauro Brum, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Luciano Pereira, Grazielle S. S. Teodoro, Scott R. Saleska, Laura S. Borma, Bradley O. Christoffersen, and Deliane Penha
Phylogenetic and kinematic constraints on avian flight signals, Karl S. Berg, Soraya Delgado, Astolfo Mata, John C. Wingfield, and Steven R. Beissinger
Ontogeny of the adrenocortical response in an extremely altricial bird, Karl S. Berg, Soraya Delgado, Astolfo Mata-Betancourt, Jesse S. Krause, John C. Wingfield, and Steven R. Beissinger
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
Bait Stations for Control of Mexican Fruit Flies (Anastrepha ludens), First Year, Hugh E. Conway, Guadalupe Garcia, Pedro Rendón, and Christopher J. Vitek
Culturing embryonic cells from the parthenogenetic clonal marble crayfish Marmorkrebs Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae), Heriberto DeLeon III, Juan Garcia Jr., Dionn Carlo Silva, Oscar Quintanilla, Zen Faulkes, and John M. Thomas III
The teacher writing toolkit: enhancing undergraduate teaching of scientific writing in the biological sciences, Frank J. Dirrigl and Mark Noe
Individual-Based Modeling of Amazon Forests Suggests That Climate Controls Productivity While Traits Control Demography, Sophie Fauset, Manuel Gloor, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Oliver L. Phillips, Gregory P. Asner, Timothy R. Baker, Lisa Patrick Bentley, Roel J. W. Brienen, Bradley O. Christoffersen, and John del Aguila-Pasquel
The Convolvulaceae family in the municipality of Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Estefania Guadalupe Fernandez-Puga, Arturo Mora-Olivo, J. Andrew McDonald, and Edilia De La Rosa-Manzano
Phytochemical investigation of Magnolia grandiflora green seed cones: Analytical and phytoceutical studies, Bo Garza, Alondra Echeverria, Felipe Gonzalez, Orlando Castillo, Thomas Eubanks, and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
A new species of stygobitic snail in the genus Antrorbis Hershler & Thompson, 1990 (Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of eastern Tennessee, USA, Nichlas S. Gladstone, Kathryn E. Perez, Evelyn B. Pieper, Evin T. Carter, K. L. Dooley, Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Annette S. Engel, and Matthew L. Niemiller
Development of a remotely activated field sprayer and evaluation of temperature and aeration on the longevity of Steinernema riobrave entomopathogenic nematodes for treatment of cattle fever tick-infested nilgai, John A. Goolsby, Diana Cantu, Alejandro Vasquez, and Alexis Racelis
Precipitation mediates sap flux sensitivity to evaporative demand in the neotropics, Charlotte Grossiord, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Heidi Asbjornsen, Luiza Maria T. Aparecido, Z. Carter Berry, Christopher Baraloto, Damien Bonal, and Isaac Borrego
Thermally Induced Disorder-Order Phase Transition of Gd 2 Hf 2 O 7 :Eu 3+ Nanoparticles and its Implication on Photo-and Radioluminescence, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Jose P. Zuniga, and Yuanbing Mao
Roles of oxygen vacancies and pH induced size changes on photo- and radioluminescence of undoped and Eu3+-doped La2Zr2O7 nanoparticles, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, Jose P. Zuniga, Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Enrique Molina, Ben Xu, Mircea Chipara, and Yuanbing Mao
Samarium-Activated La2Hf2O7 Nanoparticles as Multifunctional Phosphors, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, Jose P. Zuniga, Alexander A. Puretzky, and Yuanbing Mao
Visible and ultraviolet upconversion and near infrared downconversion luminescence from lanthanide doped La2Zr2O7 nanoparticles, Santosh K. Gupta, Mitzy A. Penilla Garcia, Jose P. Zuniga, Maya Abdou, and Yuanbing Mao
Rapid Identification of Phospholipase A2 Transcripts from Snake Venoms, Ying Jia, Pablo Olvera, Frida Rangel, Bianca Mendez, and Samir Reddy
Sorghum 3-Deoxyanthocyanidin Flavonoids Confer Resistance against Corn Leaf Aphid, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Iffa Gaffoor, Sampurna Sattar, Cullen W. Dixon, and Nadia Frock
Feeding on glandular and non-glandular leaf trichomes negatively affect growth and development in tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) caterpillars, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Cristina E. Raya, Jesus Chavana, Jason Cantu, and Lekshmi Sasidharan
Abiotic and Biotic Limitations to Nodulation by Leguminous Cover Crops in South Texas, Stephanie Kasper, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Pushpa Soti, and Alexis Racelis
High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis for detection of SNPs associated with pyrethroid resistance in the southern cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae), Guilherme M. Klafke, Robert J. Miller, Jason P. Tidwell, Donald B. Thomas, Daniela Sanchez, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, and Adalberto A. Perez de Leon
Modeling the effects of climate change on the distribution of Tagetes lucida Cav. (Asteraceae), Julianna Katherine Schaefer Kurpis, Miguel Angel Serrato-Cruz, and Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo
Novel silica filled deep eutectic solvent based nanofluids for energy transportation, Changhui Liu, Hui Fang, Xinjian Liu, Ben Xu, and Zhonghao Rao
Bayesian inference of hydraulic properties in and around a white fir using a process-based ecohydrologic model, Elias C. Massoud, A. J. Purdy, Bradley O. Christoffersen, L. S. Santiago, and C. Xu
Identification of key parameters controlling demographically structured vegetation dynamics in a land surface model: CLM4.5(FATES), Elias C. Massoud, Chonggang Xu, Rosie A. Fisher, Ryan G. Knox, Anthony P. Walker, Shawn P. Serbin, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Jennifer A. Holm, Lara M. Kueppers, and Daniel M. Ricciuto
α-Actinin Anchors PSD-95 at Postsynaptic Sites, Lucas Matt, Karam Kim, Anne E. Hergarden, Tommaso Patriarchi, Zulfiqar A. Malik, Deborah K. Park, Dhrubajyoti Chowdhury, Olivia R. Buonarati, Peter B. Henderson, and Yonghong Zhang
Modelling water fluxes in plants: from tissues to biosphere, Maurizio Mencuccini, Stefano Manzoni, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Caveat consumptor notitia museo: Let the museum data user beware, Jeffrey C. Nekola, Benjamin T. Hutchins, Alison Schofield, Briante S. Lewis Najev, and Kathryn E. Perez
Herbivory and inbreeding affect growth, reproduction, and resistance in the rhizomatous offshoots of Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae), Chad T. Nihranz, Rebecca L. Kolstrom, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo M. De Moraes, and Andrew G. Stephenson
Palladium-Catalyzed Direct α‑C(sp3) Heteroarylation of Ketones under Microwave Irradiation, Andrew Quillen, Quynh Nguyen, Matthew Neiser, Kara Lindsay, Alexander Rosen, Stephen Ramirez, Stefana Costan, Oscar Rodriguez, Diego Rivera, Abdurrahman Atesin, and Tülay A. Ateşin
Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient, Viktoriia Radchuk, Thomas Reed, Céline Teplitsky, Martijn van de Pol, Anne Charmantier, Christopher Hassall, Peter Adamík, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P. Ahola, and Karl S. Berg
Pharmacological Aspects of Resveratrol, Raisa Ramirez and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Screening Sticky Cards as a Simple Method for Improving Efficiency of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) Monitoring and Reducing Nontarget Organisms, Mamoudou Setamou, Robert R. Saldaña, James M. Hearn, Jon Dale, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, and Darek Czokajlo
Data on foliar nutrient concentration of invasive plants in the recipient habitat and their native habitat, Pushpa Soti, Matthew Purcell, and Krish Jayachandran
NextGen advises "Trying to Manage", Douglass Steinhauff, Joel Henrique Ellwanger, Monika Lewinska, Edmond Sanganyado, Yongsheng Ji, Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, Naike Bochatay, Eric Britt Moore, Aminata Coulibaly, Shaima Ibrahim, Déna Skye Jansen, Joshua I. James, David M. Cole, Anna Lipkin, Beth McKinnon Adamowicz, Science Management Associates, Shervin Fatehi, Maria Helena Holmstrom, and Rosa Li
The spatial scale of homogenisation and differentiation in Chihuahuan Desert fish assemblages, Christopher M. Taylor, Seiji Miyazono, Christopher A. Cheek, Robert J. Edwards, and Reynaldo Patiño
Investigating the impact of gamma radiation on structural and optical properties of Eu3+ doped rare-earth hafnate pyrochlore nanocrystals, Victoria Trummel, Santosh K. Gupta, Madhab Pokhrel, Donald Wall, and Yuanbing Mao
Incidence of the Brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus and its parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri on dogs in South Texas, Alejandro Vasquez, John A. Goolsby, Ann T. Vacek, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
A heuristic classification of woody plants based on contrasting shade and drought strategies, Liang Wei, Chonggang Xu, Steven Jansen, Hang Zhou, Bradley O. Christoffersen, William T. Pockman, Richard S. Middleton, John D. Marshall, and Nate G. McDowell
Increasing impacts of extreme droughts on vegetation productivity under climate change, Chonggang Xu, Nate G. McDowell, Rosie A. Fisher, Liang Wei, Sanna Sevanto, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Engsheng Weng, and Richard S. Middleton
Rapamycin directly activates lysosomal mucolipin TRP channels independent of mTOR, Xiaoli Zhang, Wei Chen, Qiong Gao, Junsheng Yang, Xueni Yan, Han Zhao, Lin Su, Meimei Yang, Chenlang Gao, and Nirakar Sahoo
Size, structure, and luminescence of Nd2Zr2O7 nanoparticles by molten salt synthesis, Jose P. Zuniga, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, Hector A. De Santiago, Alexander A. Puretzky, Melonie P. Thomas, Beth S. Guiton, Jue Liu, and Yuanbing Mao
Submissions from 2018
On structure and phase transformation of uranium doped La2Hf2O7 nanoparticles as an efficient nuclear waste host, Maya Abdou, Santosh K. Gupta, Jose P. Zuniga, and Yuanbing Mao
Conformational analysis of a TADDOL-based phosphoramidite P,N ligand in a palladium(II) η3-π-allyl complex, Tülay A. Ateşin, Abdurrahman Atesin, Oscar Rodriguez, Diego Rivera, and Lohany Y. Garcia
Key Enzymes in Cancer: Mechanism of Action and Inhibition With Anticancer Agents, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gabriel Lopez, Stephanie Cantu, Samantha Balboa, Annabel Garcia, Christina Silva, and Diandra Valdes
EXPEDITIOUS GREEN SYNTHESIS OF VERSATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY DIVERSE METHODS, Bimal K. Banik
SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLES THROUGH BETA LACTAMS RING RUPTURE, Bimal K. Banik
VERSATILE CATALYTIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS, Bimal K. Banik, Khaled J. Barakat, and Maghar S. Manhas
Using Agent-Based Models to Scale from Individuals to Populations, Eli S. Bridge, Jeremy D. Ross, Andrea Contina, and Jeffrey F. Kelly
Thermodynamic and Kinetic study of the removal of Cu2+ and Pb2+ ions from aqueous solution using Fe7S8 nanomaterial, Jesus Cantu, Diego F. Gonzalez, Yvette Cantu, Thomas Eubanks, and Jason Parsons
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
Winter Site Fidelity of Orange-Crowned Warblers (Oreothlypis celata) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Mark H. Conway and Timothy Brush
Discovery and Characterization of Chemical Compounds That Inhibit the Function of Aspartyl-tRNA Synthetase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Araceli Corona, Stephanie O. Palmer, Regina Zamacona, Benjamin Mendez, Frank B. Dean, and James M. Bullard
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
Use of the sea hare (Aplysia fasciata) in marine pollution biomonitoring of harbors and bays, Frank J. Dirrigl, Zachariah Badaoui, Carlos Tamez, Christopher Vitek, and Jason Parsons
Prohibiting Pet Crayfish Does Not Consistently Reduce Their Availability Online, Zen Faulkes
Resolving authorship disputes by mediation and arbitration, Zen Faulkes
Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities, Rosie A. Fisher, Charles D. Koven, William R. L. Anderegg, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Michael C. Dietze, Caroline E. Farrior, Jennifer A. Holm, George C. Hurtt, Ryan G. Knox, and Peter J. Lawrence
Oxidative insults disrupt OPA1-mediated mitochondrial dynamics in cultured mammalian cells, Iraselia Garcia, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, Alma Lopez, Megan Keniry, and Robert Gilkerson
A Disturbance in the Force: Cellular Stress Sensing by the Mitochondrial Network, Robert Gilkerson
Three-dimensional carbon nanotube yarn based solid state solar cells with multiple sensitizers exhibit high energy conversion efficiency, Glenn Grissom, Jared Jaksik, Monica McEntee, Erin M. Durke, Sayeeda TJ Aishee, Margaret Cua, Okenwa Okoli, Ahmed Touhami, H. Justin Moore, and M. Jasim Uddin
Fungal Endophytes in Knock Out Rose and Performance Effects of Entomopathogens on Marigold and Zinnia, Kevin M. Heinz, Polly A. Harding, Maria Julissa Ek-Ramos, Heather Hernandez, Peter C. Krauter, and Gregory A. Sword
Functional materials, device architecture, and flexibility of perovskite solar cell, Istiak Hussain, Hoang Phong Tran, Jared R. Jaksik, Justin Moore, and Mohammed Jasim Uddin
Identification of Chemical Compounds That Inhibit the Function of Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Yanmei Hu, Stephanie O. Palmer, Sara Robles, Tahyra Resto, Frank Dean, and James M. Bullard
Advanced cotton fibers exhibit efficient photocatalytic self-cleaning and antimicrobial activity, Jared Jaksik, Phong Tran, Veronica Galvez, Isaac Martinez, Darian Ortiz, Andy Ly, Monica McEntee, Erin M. Durke, Sayeeda TJ Aishee, Margaret Cua, Ahmed Touhami, H. Justin Moore, and M. Jasim Uddin
Laguna Madre Estuary Program Environmental Strategic Plan - Final Report, Kim D. Jones, Lucy Camacho, T. Sinha, Omar Al-Qudah, Hudson R. DeYoe, Augusto Sanchez Gonzalez, Jungseok Ho, and Javier Guerrero
Field data on plant growth and insect damage on the noxious weed Solanum eleaegnifolium in an unexplored native range, Rupesh R. Kariyat and Jesus Chavana
An Inexpensive and Comprehensive Method to Examine and Quantify Field Insect Community Influenced by Host Plant Olfactory Cues, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Jesus Chavana, and Jasleen Kaur
Leaf trichomes affect caterpillar feeding in an instar-specific manner, Rupesh R. Kariyat, Sean B. Hardison, Aisling B. Ryan, Andrew G. Stephenson, Consuelo M. De Moraes, and Mark C. Mescher
A Comparison of Salinity Effects from Hurricanes Dolly (2008) and Alex (2010) in a Texas Lagoon System, Joseph L. Kowalski, Hudson R. DeYoe, Gilbert H. Boza Jr., Donald L. Hockaday, and Paul V. Zimba
Population Dynamics of Off-Host Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae in Response to Habitat and Seasonality in South Texas, Brenda Leal, Donald B. Thomas, and Robert K. Dearth
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing infestation levels of the arundo leafminer, Lasioptera donacis, in its native range in Mediterranean Europe, Madeline Marshall, John A. Goolsby, Ann T. Vacek, and Alexis Racelis
Influences of Egyptian Lotus Symbolism and Ritualistic Practices on Sacral Tree Worship in the Fertile Crescent from 1500 BCE to 200 CE, J. Andrew McDonald
Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests, Nate G. McDowell, Craig D. Allen, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Paulo Brando, Roel J. W. Brienen, Jeff Chambers, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Stuart Davies, Alvaro Duque, and Fernando Espiritu-Santo
Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 And Its Antibacterial Potential, Pablo Olvera and Ying Jia
STEREOSELECTIVITY OF PHTHALIMIDO β-LACTAMS FORMATION: SYNTHESIS OF 3-AMINO β-LACTAMS THROUGH A FACILE DEPROTECTION REACTION, Armando Paniagua, Ram Naresh Yadav, Sunena Chandra, and Bimal K. Banik
Invasive aquatic pets: failed policies increase risks of harmful invasions, Jiří Patoka, André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, Antonín Kouba, Zen Faulkes, Rikho Jerikho, and Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
Many Paths Toward Discovery: A Module for Teaching How Science Works, Rebecca M. Price and Kathryn E. Perez
Bacterial Electrotransformation: An Interface Between Technology and Art, Daniele Provenzano, Viviana Trevino, and Boris Ermolinsky
A generic pixel-to-point comparison for simulated large-scale ecosystem properties and ground-based observations: an example from the Amazon region, Anja Rammig, Jens Heinke, Florian Hofhansl, Hans Verbeeck, Timothy R. Baker, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Philippe Ciais, Hannes De Deurwaerder, Katrin Fleischer, and David Galbraith
Glutathione: A small molecule with big sense, Cristina E. Raya and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Vitamin D: Controversy Cancer and Beyond, Cristian J. Rosales and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
Efficacy Evaluation of Six Entomopathogenic Nematode Species against Engorged Females of Southern Cattle Fever Tick, Rhipicephalus (=Boophilus) microplus, N. K. Singh, John A. Goolsby, David I. Shapiro-Ilan, R. J. Miller, D. B. Thomas, Guilherme M. Klafke, Jason Tidwell, Alexis Racelis, Parwinder Grewal, and Adalberto A. Perez de Leon
Laboratory Evaluation of Efficacy of Entomopathogenic Nematodes on Texas Leaf-cutting Ants, Atta texana, Pushpa Soti, Quentin Van Camp, and Alexis Racelis
