School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications
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Submissions from 2013
A Green Chemoselective and Practical Approach Toward N-(2-Azetidinonyl) 25-Disubstituted Pyrroles, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Elvira Rhodes, and Bimal K. Banik
Factors shaping the ontogeny of vocal signals in a wild parrot, Karl S. Berg, Steven R. Beissinger, and Jack W. Bradbury
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
Avifauna of the Mache Chindul ecological reserve, northwest Ecuador, Luis Carrasco, Karl S. Berg, Jennifer Litz, Andrew Cook, and Jordan Karubian
Opportunistic Pathogenic Bacteria Colonize Thorns of Native Rio Grande Valley Plants, Felicia A. Charles, Sergio Cepeda, J. Andrew McDonald, and Kristine L. Lowe
Embryonic exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin impairs prey capture by zebrafish larvae, Danielle Chollett, Kathryn E. Perez, and Tisha King-Heiden
Spatial scale effects on habitat associations of the Ashy Darter, Etheostoma cinereum, an imperiled fish in the southeast United States, Michael Compton and Christopher Taylor
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
The extracellular polysaccharide Pel makes the attachment of P. aeruginosa to surfaces symmetric and short-ranged, Benjamin J. Cooley, Travis W. Thatcher, Sara M. Hashmi, Guillaume L'Her, Daniel A. Hurwitz, Daniele Provenzano, Ahmed Touhami, and Vernita D. Gordon
Novel Patterns of Torsion-Inversion-Rotation Energy Levels in the ν11 Asymmetric CH-Stretch Spectrum of Methylamine, Mahesh B. Dawadi, C. Michael Lindsay, Andrei Chirokolava, David S. Perry, and Li Hong Xu
Overview of the large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in amazonia data model intercomparison project (LBA-DMIP), Luis Gustavo Gonçalves De Gonçalves, Jordan S. Borak, Marcos Heil Costa, Scott R. Saleska, Ian Baker, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Michel Nobre Muza, Benjamin Poulter, Hans Verbeeck, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
RESEARCH ARTICLE: Evaluating Stormwater Canals for Water Quality in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Frank J. Dirrigl Jr., Courtney J. Huston, and Marisol Bazaldua
Biochemical, nutrient and inhibitory characteristics of Streptomyces cultured from a hypersaline estuary, the laguna Madre (Texas), Luis E. Espinoza, Anita L. Davelos Baines, and Kristine L. Lowe
Derivative couplings and analytic gradients for diabatic states, with an implementation for Boys-localized configuration-interaction singles, Shervin Fatehi, Ethan Alguire, and Joseph Subotnik
Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal three new species of Cantharellus within 20 m of one another in western Wisconsin, USA, Matthew J. Foltz, Kathryn E. Perez, and Thomas J. Volk
Rapid Protocol for Preparation of Electrocompetent Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae, Miguel F. Gonzales, Teresa Brooks, Stefan U. Pukatzki, and Daniele Provenzano
Getting to Evo-Devo: Concepts and Challenges for Students Learning Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Anna Hiatt, Gregory K. Davis, Caleb Trujillo, Mark Terry, Donald P. French, Rebecca M. Price, Kathryn E. Perez, and Diane Ebert-May
Facile, Green Synthesis of Large Single Crystal Copper Micro and Nanoparticles with Ascorbic Acid and Gum Arabic, Preston B. Landon, Alexander H. Mo, Carlos T. Ramos, Jose J. Gutierrez, and Ratnesh Lal
Asymmetric Supercapacitors With Dominant Pseudocapacitance Based on Manganese Oxide Nanoflowers in a Neutral Aqueous Electrolyte, Qiang Li, Xing Sun, Karen Lozano, and Yuanbing Mao
Study of the thermodynamics of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) binding to iron(II/III)oxide or magnetite or ferrite and magnanese(II) iron (III) oxide or jacobsite or manganese ferrite nanoparticles, Steven Luther, Nathan Brogfeld, Jisoo Kim, and Jason Parsons
Magnetic properties of double perovskite La2BMnO6 (B = Ni or Co) nanoparticles, Yuanbing Mao, Jason Parsons, and John S. Mccloy
Effects of habitat size and isolation on species immigration–extinction dynamics and community nestedness in a desert river system, Seiji Miyazono and Christopher M. Taylor
Abundance and Size of Sand Crabs, Lepidopa benedicti (Decapoda: Albuneidae), In Southern Texas, Jessica H. Murph and Zen Faulkes
Two Homologous EF-G Proteins From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Exhibit Distinct Functions, Stephanie O. Palmer, Edna Y. Rangel, Yanmei Hu, Alexis T. Tran, and James M. Bullard
Cloning and Characterization of EF-Tu and EF-Ts From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Stephanie O. Palmer, Edna Y. Rangel, Alberto E. Montalvo, Alexis T. Tran, Kate C. Ferguson, and James M. Bullard
The EvoDevoCI: A Concept Inventory for Gauging Students’ Understanding of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Kathryn E. Perez, Anna Hiatt, Gregory K. Davis, Caleb Trujillo, Donald P. French, Mark Terry, and Rebecca M. Price
Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought, Thomas L. Powell, David R. Galbraith, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Anna Harper, Hewlley M.A. Imbuzeiro, Lucy Rowland, Samuel Almeida, Paulo M. Brando, Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa, and Marcos Heil Costa
Vibrio cholerae as a predator: Lessons from evolutionary principles, Stefan Pukatzki and Daniele Provenzano
Arthropod abundance and diversity in street trees of south Texas, USA, Alexis Racelis, Ann T. Vacek, Carol Goolsby, John Brush, and John A. Goolsby
What drives the seasonality of photosynthesis across the Amazon basin? A cross-site analysis of eddy flux tower measurements from the Brasil flux network, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Humberto R. da Rocha, Lucy R. Hutyra, Alessandro C. da Araujo, Laura S. Borma, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Osvaldo M.R. Cabral, Plinio B. de Camargo, Fernando L. Cardoso, and Antonio C.Lola da Costa
Niche Conservatism and Disjunct Populations: A Case Study with Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris), J. Ryan Shipley, Andrea Contina, Nyambayar Batbayar, and Eli S. Bridge
Mitigating Predatory Ants Promotes Establishment of Biological Control of Arundo by Arundo Scale in the Cattle Fever Tick Quarantine Zone, A. Velez-Bonner, W. L. A. Osbrink, D. W. Thomas, Kenneth R. Summy, A. T. Showler, A. Perez de Leon, and John A. Goolsby
Inter-annual variability of carbon and water fluxes in Amazonian forest, Cerrado and pasture sites, as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models, Celso Von Randow, Marcelo Zeri, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Michel N. Muza, Luis Gustavo G. de Gonçalves, Marcos H. Costa, Alessandro C. Araujo, Antonio O. Manzi, Humberto R. da Rocha, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Submissions from 2012
Short Lesson Plan Associated with Increased Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory and Potential Change in Three Alternate Conceptions of Macroevolution in Undergraduate Students, Joel K. Abraham, Kathryn E. Perez, Nicholas Downey, Jon C. Herron, and Eli Meir
Bismuth nitrate-induced microwave-assisted expeditious synthesis of vanillin from curcumin, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik
An Expeditious Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of 3-Pyrrole-Substituted 2-Azetidinones, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jessica Cruz, Ram N. Yadav, and Bimal K. Banik
A Microwave-Assisted Bismuth Nitrate-Catalyzed Unique Route Toward 1,4-Dihydropyridines, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, and Bimal K. Banik
Ultrasound-assisted aza-Michael reaction in water: a green procedure, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Luis C. Turrubiartes, and Bimal K. Banik
Polystyrenesulfonate-catalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles through Paal-Knorr reaction, Mandira Banik, Bianca Ramirez, Ashwini Reddy, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Alternative therapies for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, Jameela Banu, Erika Varela, and Gabriel Fernandes
Vertical transmission of learned signatures in a wild parrot, Karl S. Berg, Soraya Delgado, Kathryn A. Cortopassi, Steven R. Beissinger, and Jack W. Bradbury
Range expansion of Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) in Texas, Timothy Brush and Mark H. Conway
Environmental Flows Recommendations Report. Final Submission to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group, Rio Grande, Rio Grande Estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Stakeholders Committee, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Hudson R. DeYoe, David Buzan, Jude A. Benavides, Carlos Marin, R. J. Edwards, and W. Pulich Jr.
Effectiveness of Pan Trapping as a Rapid Bioinventory Method of Freshwater Shoreline Insects of Subtropical Texas, Frank J. Dirrigl Jr.
Land Snails in Ephemeral Pools at Ottine Swamp, Gonzales County, Texas, Frank J. Dirrigl and Robert H. Mohlenbrock
Derivative Couplings with Built-In Electron-Translation Factors: Application to Benzene, Shervin Fatehi and Joseph E. Subotnik
Presentation Tips, Zen Faulkes
Sorption kinetic study of selenite and selenate onto a high and low pressure aged iron oxide nanomaterial, Christina M. Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hernandez, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Cristian E. Botez, Jason Parsons, and Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
Antibiotic and Bacteriocin Sensitivity of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Different Foods, Evrim Gunes Altuntas, Deniz Kocan, Serap Cosansu, Kamuran Ayhan, Vijay K. Juneja, and Luis A. Materon
Assessment of hypoxiainducible factor-1α mRNA expression in mantis shrimp as a biomarker of environmental hypoxia exposure, Keita Kodama, Md. Saydur Rahman, Toshihiro Horiguchi, and Peter Thomas
Accurate Spectral Measurements and Color Infrared Imagery of Excised Leaves Exhibiting Gaussian Curvature from Healthy and Stressed Plants, Christopher R. Little and Kenneth R. Summy
Communication: Adjusting charge transfer state energies for configuration interaction singles: Without any parameterization and with minimal cost, Xinle Liu, Shervin Fatehi, Yihan Shao, Brad S. Veldkamp, and Joseph Subotnik
Anti-invasive and anti-adhesive activities of a recombinant disintegrin, r-viridistatin 2, derived from the Prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis), Sara E. Lucena, Ying Jia, Julio G. Soto, Jessica Parral, Esteban Cantu, Jeremy Brannon, Kristina Lardner, Carla J. Ramos, Agustin I. Seoane, and Elda. E. Sánchez
Electrospun Polystyrene-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Imaging, Thermal and Spectroscopic Characterization, Javier Macossay-Torres, Ana V.R. Ybarra, Faheem A. Arjamend, Travis Cantu, Thomas Eubanks, Mircea Chipara, Enrique López-Cuéllar, and Nasser Mohamed-Noriega
Facile Molten-Salt Synthesis of Double Perovskite La2BMnO 6 Nanoparticles, Yuanbing Mao
Water Lily and Cosmic Serpent: Equivalent Conduits of the Maya Spirit Realm, J. Andrew McDonald and Brian Stross
Phenotypic characterization and 16S rDNA identification of culturable non-obligate halophilic bacterial communities from a hypersaline lake, La Sal del Rey, in extreme South Texas (USA), Kristen Phillips, Frederic Zaidan, Omar R. Elizondo, and Kristine L. Lowe
Hydrolysis of Dimethyl Meta-Isopropenylbenzyl Isocyanate (TMI) and Colloidal Stability of Latexes During Storage: Effect of pH, Jorge C. Ramirez, María E. Treviño, Jorge Herrera-Ordonez, and Javier Macossay-Torres
CYPERUS ALBOSTRIATUS (CYPERACEAE) NEW TO NORTH AMERICA AND FIMBRISTYLIS CYMOSA (CYPERACEAE) NEW TO TEXAS, David J. Rosen, Richard Carter, Alfred Richardson, and Ken King
COP1 Mediates the Coordination of Root and Shoot Growth by Light Through Modulation of PIN1- and Pin2-Dependent Auxin Transport in ArabidoPsis, Massimiliano Sassi, Yanfen Lu, Yonghong Zhang, Juan Wang, Pankaj Dhonukshe, Ikram Blilou, Minqiu Dai, Juan Li, Ximing Gong, Yvon Jaillais, Xuhong Yu, Jan Traas, Ida Ruberti, Haiyang Wang, Ben Scheres, Teva Vernoux, and Jian Xu
A simple approach for synthesis, characterization and bioactivity of bovine bones to fabricate the polyurethane nanofiber containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, Faheem A. Sheikh, M. A. Kanjwal, Javier Macossay-Torres, N. A. M. Barakat, and H. Y. Kim
Titanium Dioxide Nanofibers and Microparticles Containing Nickel Nanoparticles, Faheem A. Sheikh, Javier Macossay-Torres, M. A. Kanjwal, Abdalla Abdal-hay, Mudasir A. Tantry, and Hern Kim
Identifying risk factors for disparities in breast cancer mortality among African-American and Hispanic women, Nancy Tian, Pierre Goovaerts, T. Benjamin Zhan, T. Edwin Chow, and J. Gaines Wilson
Constitutive Type VI Secretion System Expression Gives Vibrio cholerae Intra- and Interspecific Competitive Advantages, Daniel Unterweger, Maya Kitaoka, Sarah T. Miyata, Verena Bachmann, Teresa M. Brooks, Jessica Moloney, Oscar Sosa, David Silva, Jorge Duran-Gonzalez, and Daniele Provenzano
Microwave-assisted polystyrene sulfonatecatalyzed synthesis of novel pyrroles, Rosario Astrid Vargas Cardenas, Blanca Olinda Quintanilla Leal, Ashwini Reddy, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Small molecule inhibitors of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen proteolytic activation and oligomerization, Alexander N. Wein, Brian N. Williams, Shihui Liu, Boris Ermolinsky, Daniele Provenzano, Ruben Abagyan, Andrew Orry, Stephen H. Leppla, and Michael Peredelchuk
Structural Basis for Ca 2+-Induced Activation and Dimerization of Estrogen Receptor Alpha by Calmodulin, Yonghong Zhang, Zhigang Li, David B. Sacks, and James B. Ames
Submissions from 2011
Microwave-induced indium-catalyzed synthesis of pyrrole fused with indoline in water, Dina Abrego, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
MICROWAVE-INDUCED N-BROMOSUCCINIMIDE-MEDIATED NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES VIA PAAL-KNORR REACTION, Rosemarie Andoh-Baidoo, Roberto Danso, Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Asimafoetidnol: A New Sesquiterpenoid Coumarin From the Gum Resin of Ferula Assa-Foetida, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Manas Banerjee, Subrata Laskar, and Bidyut Basak
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED EXPEDITIOUS ENAMINATION OF β-DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS UNDER SOLVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Bimal K. Banik
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds As Anticancer Agents: Evaluation of Synthesis and in Vitro Cytotoxicity, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, and Bimal K. Banik
PHOSPHORIC ACID CATALYZED AZA-MICHAEL REACTION IN WATER: AN ECOFRIENDLY PROCEDURE, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Stephanie Maldonado, and Bimal K. Banik
AN EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD ROUTE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DISUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOLES, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Yvette Mora, Jesus A. Trevino-Cantu, and Bimal K. Banik
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-MEDIATED SELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS OF AMIDE, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Rene Solano Fonseca, and Bimal K. Banik
A truly green synthesis of a-aminonitriles via Strecker reaction, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Juliana M. Velazquez, and Bimal K. Banik
MICROWAVE-INDUCED STEREOSELECTIVITY OF β-LACTAM FORMATION: EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Marco Yanez, and Bimal K. Banik
Contact calls are used for individual mate recognition in free-ranging green-rumped parrotlets, Forpus passerinus, Karl S. Berg, Soraya Delgado, Rae Okawa, Steven R. Beissinger, and Jack W. Bradbury
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
Bismuth nitrate pentahydrate-induced novel nitration of eugenol, Luis Canales, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
A moderate elevation of circulating levels of IGF-I does not alter ErbB2 induced mammary tumorigenesis, Robert K. Dearth, Isere Kuiatse, Yu-Fen Wang, Lan Liao, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, Powel H. Brown, Jianming Xu, and Adrian V. Lee
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF EUGENOL DERIVATIVES, George Eyambe, Luis Canales, and Bimal K. Banik
Analytic derivative couplings between configuration-interaction-singles states with built-in electron-translation factors for translational invariance, Shervin Fatehi, Ethan Alguire, Yihan Shao, and Joseph Subotnik
Techniques to Facilitate the Acquisition of Accurate Spectral Measurements and Multispectral Imagery of Plant Foliage Under Artificial Lighting Conditions, Yuridia Patricia Gandy, Ashish Mamachen, Adarsh Mamachen, Jonathan Lieman, Michael W. Persans, Jason Parsons, Elamin E. Ibrahim, James H. Everitt, Christopher R. Little, and Kenneth R. Summy
Parasporins from a Caribbean Island: Evidence for a Globally Dispersed Bacillus thuringiensis Strain, Eric Gonzalez, Jose C. Granados, John D. Short, David Ammons, and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons
Fabrication of poly(caprolactone) nanofibers containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and their mineralization in a simulated body fluid, Muzafar A. Kanjwal, Faheem A. Sheikh, R. Nirmala, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Hak Yong Kim
SYTHESIS OF GLUCOSE PERACETATE VIA BISMUTH NITRATE-INDUCED REACTION, Jose Lerma and Bimal K. Banik
A phylogenetic assessment of breeding systems and floral morphology of North American Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae), J. Andrew McDonald, Joshua R. McDill, Debra R. Hansen, and Beryl B. Simpson
Isolation of a naturally-occurring nickel resistance plasmid from a rare hypersaline estuary (Laguna Madre, Texas, USA) for potential use as a bio-indicator of metal contamination, Tiffany L. Molina, Roshni Patel, Daren D. Molina, Michael W. Persans, and Kristine L. Lowe
Color Polymorphism of Sand Crabs, Lepidopa Benedicti (Decapoda: Anomura: Albuneidae), Unnam Nasir and Zen Faulkes
The role of freshwater inflow in lagoons, rivers, and bays, Terence A. Palmer, Paul A. Montagna, Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Richard D. Kalke, and Hudson R. DeYoe
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF 7-AZA INDOLE WITH ACTIVATED CARBONYL COMPOUND UNDER SOLVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Sonya Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
MICROWAVE-INDUCED BISMUTH NITRATE-CATALYZED ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF INDOLE WITH KETO ESTER UNDER SLOVENT-FREE CONDITIONS, Sonya Rivera, Laura Iglesias, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, and Bimal K. Banik
Natural and drought scenarios in an east central Amazon forest: Fidelity of the Community Land Model 3.5 with three biogeochemical models, Koichi Sakaguchi, Xubin Zeng, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Scott R. Saleska, and Paulo M. Brando
Fabrication of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) Nanofibers Containing Nickel Nanoparticles as Future Energy Server Materials, Faheem A. Sheikh, Travis Cantu, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Hern Kim
Fabrication of Mineralized Collagen from Bovine Waste Materials by Hydrothermal Method as Promised Biomaterials, Faheem A. Sheikh, M. A. Kanjwal, Javier Macossay-Torres, Muneeb A. Muhammad, Travis Cantu, Ioannis S. Chronakis, N. A. M. Barakat, and Hak Yong Kim
The direct role of enzyme hydrolysis on ammonium regeneration rates in estuarine sediments, Afonso C. Souza, Tamara K. Pease, and Wayne S. Gardner
Phylogenetic analysis of serine proteases from Russell's viper (Daboia russelli siamensis) and Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma venom, Pattadon Sukkapan, Ying Jia, Issarang Nuchprayoon, and John C. Pérez
Effects of Leaf Excision and Sample Storage Methods on Spectral Reflectance by Foliage of Giant Reed, Arundo donax, Kenneth R. Summy, Jonathan Lieman, Yuridia Patricia Gandy, Adarsh Mamachen, Ashish Mamachen, John A. Goolsby, and Patricia J. Moran
Characterization of a Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Phenotype Possessing Multiple Appendages Attached to a Parasporal Body, Antonio Ventura-Suárez, Ramón Cruz-Camarillo, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, David Ammons, Edgar O. López-Villegas, Jorge E. Ibarra, and Luz I. Rojas-Avelizapa
