School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2014
The student writing toolkit: Enhancing undergraduate teaching of scientific writing in the biological sciences, Frank J. Dirrigl and Mark Noe
Taphonomic Study of Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) Bone Modification Resulting from the Burial and Feeding Behavior of the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus), Frank J. Dirrigl Jr. and L. Perrotti
Pathogenic landscape of transboundary zoonotic diseases in the Mexico–US border along the Rio Grande, Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent, Adalberto A. Pérez de León, Dora Romero-Salas, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, Ramiro Patino, and John A. Goolsby
Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Guadalupe Gordillo Pérez, Ana L. Cavazos, Margarita Vargas-Sandoval, Abha Grover, Javier Torres, Raul F. Medina, Adalberto A. Pérez de León, and Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent
Study of As(III) and As(V) Oxoanion Adsorption onto Single and Mixed Ferrite and Hausmannite Nanomaterials, Sandra Garcia, Saima Sardar, Stephanie Maldonado, Velia Garcia, C Tamez, and Jason Parsons
Changes in fish populations in the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande, Gary P. Garrett and Robert Edwards
Projected Future Distributions of Vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi in North America under Climate Change Scenarios, Miroslava Garza, Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo, Edgar A. Casillas, Victor Sanchez-Cordero, Chissa-Louise Rivaldi, and Sahotra Sarkar
Two Roads Converging: Mitochondria and Inflammatory Signaling, Robert Gilkerson and Luis Materon
Establishment and Spread of a Single Parthenogenic Genotype of the Mediterranean Arundo Wasp, Tetramesa romana, in the Variable Climate of Texas, John A. Goolsby, John F. Gaskin, Daniel V. Tarin, Alan E. Pepper, Don C. Henne, Allan Auclair, Alexis Racelis, Kenneth R. Summy, Patrick J. Moran, and Donald B. Thomas
Differential response by bronzed cowbirds to songs of potential hosts in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Mary J. Janecka and Timothy Brush
New Frontiers for the NFIL3 bZIP Transcription Factor in Cancer, Metabolism and Beyond, Megan Keniry, Robert K. Dearth, Michael W. Persans, and Ramon Parsons
Metformin and erlotinib synergize to inhibit basal breast cancer, Ying-Ka Ingar Lau, Xing Du, Vinayak Rayannavar, Benjamin Hopkins, Jacquelyn Shaw, Eliana Bessler, Tiffany Thomas, Maira M. Pires, and Megan Keniry
Monitoring citrus nutrition in the Rio Grande Valley for fertilizer recommendations, Iram Lopez
Imaging, Spectroscopic, Mechanical and Biocompatibility Studies of Electrospun Tecoflex® EG 80A Nanofibers and Composites Thereof Containing Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Javier Macossay-Torres, Faheem A. Sheikh, Travis Cantu, Thomas Eubanks, M. Esther Salinas, Chakavak S. Farhangi, Hassan Ahmad, M. Shamshi Hassan, Myung-seob Khil, Shivani K. Maffi, Hern Kim, and Gary L. Bowlin
Analysis of high fat diet induced genes during mammary gland development: identifying role players in poor prognosis of breast cancer, Raquel C. Martinez-Chacin, Megan Keniry, and Robert Dearth
Large-Scale Intersubspecific Recombination in the Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium Xylella fastidiosa Is Associated with the Host Shift to Mulberry, Leonard Nunney, Erin Schuenzel, Mark Scally, Robin E. Bromley, and Richard Stouthamer
Derivative couplings between TDDFT excited states obtained by direct differentiation in the Tamm-Dancoff approximation, Qi Ou, Shervin Fatehi, Ethan Alguire, Yihan Shao, and Joseph Subotnik
Publisher’s Note: “Derivative couplings between TDDFT excited states obtained by direct differentiation in the Tamm-Dancoff approximation” [J. Chem. Phys. 141, 024114 (2014)], Qi Ou, Shervin Fatehi, Ethan Alguire, Yihan Shao, and Joseph Subotnik
Sorption of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) to High and Low Pressure Synthetic Nano-Magnetite (Fe3O4)Particles, Jason Parsons, Jeffrey Hernandez, Christina M. Gonzalez, and J. L. Gardea-Torresdey
Sorption of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) to High and Low Pressure Synthetic Nano-Magnetite (Fe3O4)Particles, Jason Parsons, Jeffrey Hernandez, Christina M. Gonzalez, and J. L. Gardea-Torresdey
The cytotoxic effect of 2-acylated-1,4-naphthohydroquinones on leukemia/lymphoma cells, Diego A. Pedroza, Fernando De Leon, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Carolina Lerma, Renato J. Aguilera, and Shizue Mito
Relationship between stream velocity & depth and snail size distribution & density of the balcones elimia, elimia comalensis (pilsbry, 1890) (gastropoda: pleuroceridae) in comal springs, texas, Kathryn E. Perez, Russell L. Minton, Scott A. Reese, and David M. Haye
The Genetic Drift Inventory: A Tool for Measuring What Advanced Undergraduates Have Mastered about Genetic Drift, Rebecca M. Price, Tessa C. Andrews, Teresa L. McElhinny, Louise S. Mead, Joel K. Abraham, Anna Thanukos, and Kathryn E. Perez
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park Breeding Bird Monitoring Data FY 2014, Kenneth D. Pruitt
Prepubertal exposure to arsenic(III) suppresses circulating insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) delaying sexual maturation in female rats, Michael P. Reilly, James C. Saca, Alina Hamilton, Rene F. Solano, Jesse R. Rivera, Wendy Innis-Whitehouse, Jason Parsons, and Robert K. Dearth
Environmental correlates of assemblages of fishes in the Tilostoc River of central Mexico, Juan Manuel Rivas-González, Felipe de Jesús Rodríguez-Romero, María de Lourdes Ruiz-Gómez, Diego Alfonso Viveros-Guardado, and Christopher M. Taylor
Environmental correlates of assemblages of fishes in the Tilostoc River of central Mexico, Juan Manuel Rivas-González, Felipe de Jesús Rodríguez-Romero, María de Lourdes Ruiz-Gómez, Diego Alfonso Viveros-Guardado, and Christopher M. Taylor
Cloning and characterization of EF-Tu and EF-Ts from Streptococcus pneumoniae, Carlos Eduardo Rivera
SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL C-4 DISUBSTITUTED β-LACTAMS THROUGH STAUDINGER CYCLOADDITION REACTION, Robert Rodriguez, Anjali Nambiar, Ram N. Yadav, and Bimal K. Banik
Visual Responses of Adult Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) to Colored Sticky Traps on Citrus Trees, Mamoudou Setamou, A. Sanchez, R. R. Saldaña, J. M. Patt, and Kenneth R. Summy
Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package, Yihan Shao, Zhengting Gan, Evgeny Epifanovsky, Andrew T. B. Gilbert, Michael Wormit, and Shervin Fatehi
Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Energy Conversion and Storage, Xing Sun
The Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system employs diverse effector modules for intraspecific competition, Daniel Unterweger, Sarah T. Miyata, Verena Bachmann, Teresa M. Brooks, Travis Mullins, Benjamin Kostiuk, Daniele Provenzano, and Stefan U. Pukatzki
Crucial Positively Charged Residues for Ligand Activation of the GPR35 Receptor, Pingwei Zhao, Tom R. Lane, Helen G.L. Gao, Dow P. Hurst, Evangelia Kotsikorou, Long Le, Eugen Brailoiu, Patricia H. Reggio, and Mary E. Abood
Submissions from 2013
A Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Cry-Like Protein from a Rare Filamentous Strain Promotes Crystal Localization within the Exosporium, David Ammons, Antonio Reyna, Jose C. Granados, Antonio Ventura-Suárez, Luz I. Rojas-Avelizapa, John D. Short, and Joanne Rampersad-Ammons
Nitroxide-Functionalized Graphene Oxide from Graphite Oxide, Yazmin I. Avila-Vega, Cesar C. Leyva-Porras, Marcela Mireles, Manuel Quevedo-Lopez, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Jose Bonilla-Cruz
Evaluation of single electron transfer reduction products of 3-oxoindoles as antibacterial agents, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Irani Biswas, Subrata Laskar, and Bidyut Basak
A Green Chemoselective and Practical Approach Toward N-(2-Azetidinonyl) 25-Disubstituted Pyrroles, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Elvira Rhodes, and Bimal K. Banik
Electrospinning Nanofibers for Controlled Drug Release, Indrani 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
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
Electrospinning Polymer Blends for Biomimetic Scaffolds for ACL Tissue Engineering, Vanessa Lizeth Garcia
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
Oxidation of Dibenzothiophene to Dibenzothiophene Sulfone Using TiO2, Juan H. Leal
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
Reduction of Nitroaromatic Compounds with Sodium Borohydride Using Transition Metal Sulfides, Samuel Pina Jr.
Arthropod abundance and diversity in street trees of south Texas, USA, Alexis Racelis, Ann T. Vacek, Carol Goolsby, John Brush, and John A. Goolsby
I. Norbornene as Organocatalyst: Unusual: Amination II. Stereoselective Synthesis of 3, 4 Di-Substituted β-Lactams; Classical vs Microwave Method, Ravi Reddaboyna
Oxidation of Dibenzothiophene to Dibenzothiophene Sulfone Using Tungsten (VI) Oxide, Alejandrina Rivera
Biological Compatibility and Cytotoxicity Studies of Hepa-1c1c7, HepG2, and MCF-7 Cancer Cell Lines Upon Exposure to Silver, Palladium, and Gold Nanoparticles, M. Esther Salinas
Niche Conservatism and Disjunct Populations: A Case Study with Painted Buntings (Passerina ciris), J. Ryan Shipley, Andrea Contina, Nyambayar Batbayar, and Eli S. Bridge
Remediation of Copper(II) and Lead(II) from Aqueous Solution Using Engineered Iron Oxide and Manganese Oxide Nanomaterials, Carlos Tamez Jr.
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
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
Synthesis and luminescence properties of core-shell structured (lanthanum(1-x)europium(x))(2)zirconium heptoxid[at]yttrium orthoborate spherical nanoparticles, Suresh Babu Alaparthi
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
Microwave-Induced Bismuth Nitrate-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reaction Toward Heterocycles, Ashwini Bobbala
Range expansion of Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) in Texas, Timothy Brush and Mark H. Conway
Electrospun Biocompatible Polyurethanes with The Addition of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Travis Cantu
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
Nanoenergetic composite based on I2O5/Al for biological agent defeat, Mkhitar Hobosyan, Alexander V. Kazanksy, and Karen S. Martirosyan
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
Synthesis of Novel Bis-β-lactams, Jocabed Marquez
