Graduate Program in Life Sciences (GPILS)

2017 Student Publications

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Epidemiology & Human Genetics

Gerontology

Molecular Medicine

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Neuroscience

Physical Rehabilitation Science

Toxicology

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Epidemiology & Human Genetics

Ilynn Bulatao

Harris, D.G., Bulatao, I., Oates, C.P., Kalsi R., Drucker, C.B., Flohr, T.R.,…Crawford, R.S. (2017). Functional status predicts major complications and death after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.  Journal of Vascular Surgery. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2017.01.028

Anthony Herrera

Bruns, B. R., Morris, D. S., Zielinski, M., Mowery, N. T., Miller, P. R., Arnold, K., . . . Diaz, J. J. (2017). Stapled versus hand-sewn: A prospective emergency surgery study. An American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional study. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 82(3), 435-443. doi:10.1097/ta.0000000000001354

Amol Shetty

Yadav, S., Daugherty, S., Shetty, A. C., & Eleftherianos, I. (2017). RNAseq analysis of the Drosophila response to the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 7(6), 1955–1967. http://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.041004.

Ruowei Yang

Wei J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Hao Q, Yang R, Lu H, Zhang X, Chandrasekar EK. Hearing Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2017 Dec 21;7(3):440-452. doi: 10.1159/000485178.

Albert Zhou

Tise, C. G., Anforth, L. E., Zhou, A. E., Perry, J. A., McArdle, P. F., Streeten, E. A., … Yerges-Armstrong, L. M. (2017). Sex-specific effects of serum sulfate level and SLC13A1 nonsense variants on DHEA homeostasis. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 10, 84–91. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgmr.2017.01.005

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Gerontology

 

Ruowei Yang

 

Wei J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Hao Q, Yang R, Lu H, Zhang X, Chandrasekar EK. Hearing Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2017 Dec 21;7(3):440-452. doi: 10.1159/000485178.

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Molecular Medicine

Atum Buo

Buo, A. M., Tomlinson, R. E., Eidelman, E. R., Chason, M., & Stains, J. P. (2017). Connexin43 and Runx2 interact to affect cortical bone geometry, skeletal development, and osteoblast and osteoclast function. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. doi:10.1002/jbmr.3152.

Robert Brown

Awad O, Panicker LM, Deranieh RM, Srikanth MP, Brown RA, Voit A, Peesay T, Park TS, Zambidis ET, Feldman RA. Altered Differentiation Potential of Gaucher's Disease iPSC Neuronal Progenitors due to Wnt/β-Catenin Downregulation. Stem Cell Reports. 2017 Dec 12;9(6):1853-1867. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.10.029.

Nelson Chuang

Gardner EJ, Lam VK, Harris DN, Chuang NT, Scott EC, Pittard WS, Mills RE; 1000 Genomes Project Consortium; Devine SE. The Mobile Element Locator Tool (MELT): population-scale mobile element discovery and biology. Genome Res. 2017 Nov;27(11):1916-1929. doi: 10.1101/gr.218032.116.

Tierra Johnson

Buzza MS, Johnson TA, Conway GD, Martin EW, Mukhopadhyay S, Shea-Donohue T, Antalis TM. Inflammatory cytokines down-regulate the barrier-protective prostasin-matriptase proteolytic cascade early in experimental colitis. J Biol Chem. 2017 Jun 30;292(26):10801-10812. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.771469.

Allison Mancini

Desmond PF, Labuza A, Muriel J, Markwardt ML, Mancini AE, Rizzo MA, Bloch RJ. Interactions between small ankyrin 1 and sarcolipin coordinately regulate activity of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA1). J Biol Chem. 2017 Jun 30;292(26):10961-10972. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.783613.

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Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Gillian Mbambo

Huang F, Takala-Harrison S, Liu H, Xu JW, Yang HL, Adams M, Shrestha B, Mbambo G, Rybock D, Zhou SS, Xia ZG, Zhou XN, Plowe CV, Nyunt MM. Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Two Remote Rural Communities on the Myanmar-China Border. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Nov;97(5):1524-1531. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0167.

Nyangulu WJ, Mwinjiwa E, Divala TH, Mungwira RG, Nyirenda O, Kanjala M, Mbambo G, Mallewa J, Taylor TE, Laurens MB, Laufer MK, van Oosterhout JJ. Frequent malaria illness episodes in two Malawian patients on antiretroviral therapy soon after stopping cotrimoxazole preventive therapy. Malawi Med J. 2017 Mar;29(1):57-60. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v29i1.12.

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Neuroscience

Kara Cover

Maeng, L., Taha, M., Cover, K., Glynn, S., Murillo, M., Lebron-Milad, K., & Milad, M. (2017). Acute gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment enhances extinction memory in male rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 82, 164-172. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.05.015

Lace Riggs

Chandra, R., Francis, T. C., Nam, H., Riggs, L. M., Engeln, M., Rudzinskas, S., . . . Lobo, M. K. (2017). Reduced Slc6a15 in nucleus accumbens D2-Neurons underlies stress susceptibility. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37(27), 6527-6538. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3250-16.2017

Jesse Stokum

Stokum, J. A., Keledjian, K., Hayman, E., Karimy, J. K., Pampori, A., Imran, Z., . . . Simard, J. M. (2017). Glibenclamide pretreatment protects against chronic memory dysfunction and glial activation in rat cranial blast traumatic brain injury. Behavioural Brain Research, 333, 43-53. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2017.06.038

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Physical Rehabilitation Science

Elizabeth Woytowicz                       

Woytowicz, E. J., Rietschel, J. C., Goodman, R. N., Conroy, S. S., Sorkin, J. D., Whitall, J., & Waller, S. M. (2017). Determining levels of upper extremity movement impairment by applying a cluster analysis to the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the upper extremity in chronic stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 98(3), 456-462. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2016.06.023.