School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2019
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
Molten-Salt Synthesized Pyrochlore Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Applications, Jose P. Zuniga
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
Photocatalytic Degradation of Simazine Using ZnO/GO Composites, Kenneth Ray Flores
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
Removal of Chromium(VI) and Chromium(III) Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Bio-char Generated from Agricultural Waste Products, Diego Fernando Gonzalez
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
Three Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Yarn Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Istiak Hussain
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
Functionalized and Nanostructured Fibers for Photocatalysis and Energy Conversion, Jared R. Jaksik
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
Green Synthesis/Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Using Orange Peel Extract, Leela Joshi
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
Microwave-Assisted Ring-Opening Polymerization of Poly(ϵ-caprolactone), Nancy Obregon
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
Effects on Altering Reaction Conditions in Suzuki Cross Coupling Reactions Using the Microwave, Javier Alejandro Perez
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
Experimental and Computational Studies of Rotation and Proton Tunneling in Organic Molecules and Molecular Dimers, Agapito Serrato III
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
Status Update on the Threat of Babesiosis Returning to the United States, Jason Tidwell, Christopher Vitek, Donald B. Thomas, and John M. Thomas
A protocol for custom CRISPR Cas9 donor vector construction to truncate genes in mammalian cells using pcDNA3 backbone, Neftali Vasquez, Lilia Sanchez, Rebecca Marks, Eduardo Martinez, Victor Fanniel, Alma Lopez, Andrea Salinas, Itzel Flores, Jesse Hirshmann, Robert Gilkerson, Erin Schuenzel, Robert Dearth, Reginald Halaby, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, and Megan Keniry
Isolation of Enteric Glial Cells from the Submucosa and Lamina Propria of the Adult Mouse, Zhen Wang, Ramon Ocadiz-Ruiz, Sinju Sundaresan, Lin Ding, Michael Hayes, Nirakar Sahoo, Haoxing Xu, and Juanita L. Merchant
Microwave Popped Co(II)-Graphene Oxide Hybrid: Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Hydrogen Storage, Lin Wei, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of triclosan impairs foraging efficiency in zebrafish larvae, Heidi Wirt, Rosalea Botka, Kathryn E. Perez, and Tisha King-Heiden
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-IMPREGNATED CLAYMEDIATED NOVEL DINITRATION OF 9,10- DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE: A PRECURSOR FOR NEW HETEROCYCLES, Ram Naresh Yadav, Leonardo Salazar, Amrendra Kumar Singh, and Bimal K. Banik
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
Removal of Cu2+ and Ni2+ from Aqueous Solution using SnO2 Nanomaterial effect of: pH, Time, Temperature, interfering cations, Abigail M. Zepeda, Daisy Gonzalez, Luis Gonzalez Heredia, Karina Marquez, Cesar Perez, Erika Pena, K. Flores, Carolina Valdes, Thomas Eubanks, Jason Parsons, and J. Cantu
Molten-Salt Synthesis of Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, Jose P. Zuniga, Maya Abdou, Santosh K. Gupta, and Yuanbing Mao
Effect of Molten Salt Synthesis Processing Duration on the Photo- and Radioluminescence of UV- Visible- and X-Ray-Excitable La 2 Hf 2 O 7 :Eu 3+ Nanoparticles, Jose P. Zuniga, Santosh K. Gupta, Maya Abdou, and Yuanbing Mao
Submissions from 2017
Cytidine deaminase as a molecular target in cancer: an insight, Claudia A. Almaraz and Debasish Bandyopadhyay
It Is Not Just Up to the Substrate: Palladium(0) Cyclizes Nazarov Substrates through Intramolecular Allylic Alkylation, Tülay A. Ateşin and Gabriela M. Martinez
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE-INDUCED SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES VIA PAALKNORR REACTION, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik
MICROWAVE-INDUCED PAAL-KNORR REACTION WITH AMMONIUM CHLORIDE: SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik
NON-TRADITIONAL EXAMINATION: A STUDY TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY STUDENTS#, Bimal K. Banik, Ram Naresh Yadav, and Sunena Chandra
Fish Oil with Higher DHA Content and Voluntary Exercise Decreases Postmenopausal Bone Loss, Jameela Banu and Gabriel Fernandes
The breeding bird community of a remnant urban woodland in McAllen, Texas, John S. Brush, Alexis Racelis, and Timothy Brush
Remediation of Lead and Copper Ions from Water Solutions Using Transition Metal Sulfides, Jesus M. Cantu Jr.
Remediation of Trivalent and Hexavalent Chromium Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Titanium Dioxide Polymorphs, Yvette Cantu
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH TRIIODIDE-CATALYZED FACILE SYNTHESIS OF OCTAHYDROXANTHENES, Ashlee Chavez, Jessica Cruz, Alexdra Munoz, Ram Naresh Yadav, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Niclosamide Induces Protein Ubiquitination and Inhibits Multiple Pro-Survival Signaling Pathways in the Human Glioblastoma U-87 MG Cell Line, Benxu Cheng, Liza Doreen Morales, Yonghong Zhang, Shizue Mito, and Andrew Tsin
A metadata reporting framework (FRAMES) for synthesis of ecohydrological observations, Danielle S. Christianson, Charuleka Varadharajan, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Matteo Detto, Boris Faybishenko, Bruno O. Gimenez, Val Hendrix, Kolby J. Jardine, Robinson Negron-Juarez, and Gilberto Z. Pastorello
Linking plant hydraulics and beta diversity in tropical forests, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Patrick Meir, and Nate G. McDowell
Seasonal detection of atrazine and atzA in man-made waterways receiving agricultural runoff in a subtropical, semi-arid environment (Hidalgo County, Texas, USA), Ibdanelo Cortez, Christopher Vitek, Michael W. Persans, and Kristine L. Lowe
Biocidal Defeat Agents Produced by Silver-Iodine Nanoenergetic Gas Generators, Ivan Davila
An Extended Jahn-Teller Hamiltonian for Large-Amplitude Motion: Application To Vibrational Conical Intersections in CH3SH and CH3OH, Mahesh B. Dawadi, Bishnu P. Thapaliya, and David S. Perry
The Phenology of Sand Crabs, Lepidopa benedicti (Decapoda: Albuneidae), Zen Faulkes
CO-independent modification of K+ channels by tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer (CORM-2), Guido Gessner, Nirakar Sahoo, Sandip M. Swain, Gianna Hirth, Roland Schönherr, Ralf Mede, Matthias Westerhausen, Hans Henning Brewitz, Pascal Heimer, and Diana Imhof
Parameterization of AR231453: A Potent Agonist of the GPR119 Receptor, a Target for Diabetes Treatment, John E. Hamilton
Synthesis of low energy sensitive hybrid photovoltaic cells using carbon nanotubes: A 3D application device, Phong Tran Hoang, Sayeeda TJ Aishee, Glenn Grissom, Ahmed Touhami, and H. Justin Moore
Nanostructured functional materials for advanced three-dimensional (3D) solar cells, Jared Jaksik, H. Justin Moore, Tarek Trad, Okenwa Okoli, and M. Jasim Uddin
A threshold of transmembrane potential is required for mitochondrial dynamic balance mediated by DRP1 and OMA1, Edith Jones, Norma Gaytan, Iraselia Garcia, Alan Herrera, Manuel Ramos, Divya Agarwala, Maahrose Rana, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, Erin Schuenzel, and Robert Gilkerson
Survivorship and Growth Among Three Developmental Stages of Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Seedlings in Southernmost Texas, Frank W. Judd, Kenneth R. Sunny, Robert I. Lonard, and Ruben A. Mazariegos
Sequential displacement of Type VI Secretion System effector genes leads to evolution of diverse immunity gene arrays in Vibrio cholerae, Paul C. Kirchberger, Daniel Unterweger, Daniele Provenzano, Stefan Pukatzki, and Yan Boucher
T6SS intraspecific competition orchestrates Vibrio cholerae genotypic diversity, Benjamin Kostiuk, Daniel Unterweger, Daniele Provenzano, and Stefan Pukatzki
Calmodulin Lobes Facilitate Dimerization and Activation of Estrogen Receptor-Alpha, Zhigang Li, Yonghong Zhang, Andrew C. Hedman, James B. Ames, and David B. Sacks
Calmodulin Lobes Facilitate Dimerization and Activation of Estrogen Receptor-α, Zhigang Li, Yonghong Zhang, Andrew C. Hedman, James B. Ames, and David B. Sacks
The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands: Avicennia germinans (L.) L., Robert I. Lonard, Frank W. Judd, Kenneth R. Summy, Hudson R. DeYoe, and Richard Stalter
Formation of LiFePO4-Pan Submicron Fibers Via Forcespinning ® for Battery Cathode Applications, Ashlee L. Lopez
Efectos del cambio climático en la interacción planta-hormiga: una mini revisión sobre la tolerancia térmica, Florencio Luna Castellanos, Mariana Cuautle, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, and Citlalli Castillo Guevara
Theoretical and experimental study of polycyclic aromatic compounds as β-tubulin inhibitors, Fabian E. Olazarán, Carlos A. García-Pérez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Isaias Balderas-Rentería, Angel D. Reyes-Figueroa, Lars Henschke, and Gildardo Rivera-Sanchez
Stereochemical Preference Toward Oncotarget: Design Synthesis and in Vitro Anticancer Evaluation of Diastereomeric B-Lactams, Fabian Olazarán-Santibáñez, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Pilar Carranza-Rosales, Gildardo Rivera, and Isias Balderas-Rentería
Resaca supports range expansion of invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Kathryn E. Perez, Victoria Garcia Gamboa, Caitlin M. Schneider, and Romi L. Burks
Identification and Characterization of a Chemical Compound that Inhibits Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Sara Robles, Yanmei Hu, Tahyra Resto, Frank Dean, and James M. Bullard
