James Allen

Allen, J.O., C. M. Fauron, P. Minx, S. Oddiraju, L. Westgate, G. N. Lin, M. Gibson, J. Cifrese, L. Meyer, H. Sun, K. Kim, C. Wang, F. Du, D. Xu, S. W. Clifton, K. J. Newton. 2007. Comparisons among two fertile and three male-sterile mitochondrial genomes of maize. Genetics 177: 1173-1192.

Allen, J. O. 2004. Effect of teosinte cytoplasmic genomes on maize phenotype.  Genetics 169:  863-880.

Fauron, C., J.O. Allen, S. Clifton and K.J. Newton  2004. Plant mitochondrial genomes. In: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Plant Organelles, H. Daniell and C. Chase (eds.) Kluwer Acad. Publ.  155-171.

Brent Buckner (PhD, University of Vermont). Molecular genetics of maize. 

Huang M, Slewinski TL, Baker RF, Janick-Buckner D, Buckner B, Johal GS, Braun DM.  Camouflage patterning in maize leaves results from a defect in porphobilinogen    deaminase. Molecular Plant. 2: 773-89, 2009.

 

Buckner B, Swaggart KA, Wong CC, Smith HA, Aurand KM, Scanlon MJ, Schnable PS,       Janick-Buckner D.  Expression and nucleotide diversity of the maize RIK gene. Journal of Heredity. 99: 407-16, 2008.

 

Buckner B, J Beck, KF Browning, AE Fritz, E Hoxha, LD Grantham, ZN Kamvar, AN Lough, O Nikolova, PS Schnable, MJ Scanlon, D Janick-Buckner (2007) Involving undergraduates in the annotation and analysis of global gene expression studies: creation of a maize shoot apical meristem expression database. Genetics, 176(2): 741-747.

Beck J, B Buckner, O Nikolova, and D Janick-Buckner (2007) Using interdisciplinary bioinformatics undergraduate research to recruit and retain computer science students. SIGCSE Bulletin, 39(1):358-361.

Cynthia Cooper (PhD, Texas A&M University). Recent studies include bacteriological analyses of local streams and lakes.  Field trips and lab work are combined to learn more about the environmental impact of municipal, corporate, and agricultural waste effluents on streams and lakes in northern Missouri.   

Ashley E. Winkler, Cynthia L. Cooper, and Michael L. Lockhart.  Stratification of Escherichia      coli and Total Coliforms in Forest Lake of Missouri. ASM Regional Meeting March 28, 2009

 

Jacob E. Schrum, Michael L. Lockhart, Cynthia L. Cooper.  Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli Isolates from Two Man-Made Reservoirs in Adair County, Missouri.  ASM Regional Meeting     March 28, 2009.

 

Cooper, C.L. Impact of Service Learning and Community Engagement on Learning in a Sophomore Introductory Microbiology Course, American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators, May 2006, Orlando, FL

 

Cooper, C.L. Community Research and Service Learning: Impact on Student Learning, Attitudes and on the Community, American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, May 2007, Toronto, Ontario

Laura Fielden (PhD, University of Natal, South Africa). Energy and water balance in ectoparasitic arthropods (fleas and ticks); ectoparasite host relationships; arid zone biology.

Sartifi, M., Krasnov, B. R., Ghazaryan, L., Khokhlova, I., Fielden, L. J., and Degen, A. 2005. Energy costs of blood digestion in a host-specific haematophagous parasite. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 2489-2496.

 

Korte, K. M., L. J. Fielden, and J. Agnew. 2005.  To run, stomp, or study: Hissing cockroaches in the classroom. Young Children 60: 12-18.

Stephanie Foré (PhD, Miami University). Ecological genetics; population and community biology; ectoparasite host relationships; conservation biology.

Walker, A. N., S. A. Foré, and B. Collins.  2009.  Fine-scale structure within a Trillium maculatum   Raf. (Liliaceae) population.  Botany 87:223-230.

Tague, R. T. and S. A. Foré. 2005. Analysis of the spatial genetic structure of Passiflora incarnata L. in recently disturbed sites. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 420-426.

Kreher, S. A., S. A. Foré, and B. S. Collins. 2000. Genetic variation within and among patches of the clonal species, Vaccinium stamineum L. Molecular Ecology 9: 1247-1252.

Jon Gering (PhD, Miami University). Phylogenetic community ecology; Evolutionary ecology of insects, especially katydids; Spatial scale and ecological patterns.

Gering, J.C., *K.A. DeRennaux, and T.O. Crist.  2007.  Scale-dependence of effective specialization: Its analysis and implications for estimates of global insect species richness.  Diversity and Distributions 13:115-125.

 

Frederick, K.H.* and J.C. Gering.  2006.  A field study of host tree associations of an exotic species, the Asiatic Oak Weevil [Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs 1873)].  American Midland Naturalist 155:11-18.

José Herrera (PhD, Kansas State University). Microbial ecology; microfungal community dynamics; microbe-vertebrate interactions; mycorrhizal-plant interactions; microfungal imaging. 

Herrera, J., *Khidir, H.H., *Eudy, D.M., Porras-Alfaro, A., Natvig, D.O., and Sinsabaugh, R.L.  2009.  Variation in root-associated fungal endophytes:  some taxonomic consistency at a transcontinental scale.  Submitted to Mycologia.

 

*Khidir, H.H., *Eudy, D.M., Porras-Alfaro, A., Herrera, J., Natvig, D.O., and Sinsabaugh, R.L.  2009.  A general suite of fungal endophytes dominate the roots of two dominant grasses in a semiarid grassland.  Journal of Arid Environments.  In Press.

 

Porras-Alfaro, A., Herrera, J., Sinsabaugh, R.L., *Odenbach, K.J., Lowery, T. and D.O. Natvig.  2008.  A novel root fungal consortium associated with a dominant desert grass.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74:2805-2813.

 

Herrera, J., *Omodon, M. and C.L. Dillavou.  2007.  The sporocidal and sporostatic effect of Boron 10 (sodium polyborate) and boron-treated cellulose insulation on common indoor fungal species.  Applied Mycology, 19(2) 35-49.

Elisabeth A. Hooper (PhD, University of Kansas). Plant taxonomy; Missouri flora; biosystematics and evolution of ferns; reproductive biology of epiphytes; herbarium curation.  

Haufler, C. H., E. A. Hooper and J. P. Therrien. 2000. Modes and mechanisms of speciation in pteridophytes: implications of contrasting tempos in temperate and tropical habitats. Journal of Plant Research 15: 223-236.

  

Hooper, E. A. and C. H. Haufler. 1997. Genetic diversity and breeding system in a group of neotropical, epiphytic ferns (Pleopeltis; Polypodiaceae).  American Journal of Botany 84: 1664-1574.

Stephen Hudman

Marriage TN, Hudman SP, Mort ME, Orive ME, Shaw RG, Kelly JK (2009) Direct    estimation of the mutation rate at dinuclotide microsatellite loci in Arabidopsis thaliana   (Brassicaceae). Heredity, 103, 310-317.

 

Monnahan PJ, Grose MJ, Landis JB, Hudman SP (2009) Identification of 29 novel, polymorphic microsatellite in the red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis. Molecular Ecology       Resources, 9, 1460-1466. (Published as part of the Permanent Genetic Resources Consortium).

 

Landis JB^‡, Grose MJ, Wiley EO, Hudman SP (In Press) Characterization of 35 novel microsatellite loci for ecological and evolutionary studies of the bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus). Ecology Resources, ###-###.

 

Skalski GT, Landis JB^‡, Grose MJ, Hudman SP (2008) Landscape-dependent genetic structure of a minnow population in an impounded river system. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 132, 962-975.

 

Hudman SP and Gotelli NJ (2007) Intra- and intersexual selection on male body size are complimentary in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Behaviour, 144, 1065-1086.

Diane Janick-Buckner (PhD, University of Vermont). Cell and molecular analysis of maize. 

Brooks L 3rd, Strable J, Zhang X, Ohtsu K, Zhou R, Sarkar A, Hargreaves S, Elshire RJ,       Eudy D, Pawlowska T, Ware D, Janick-Buckner D, Buckner B, Timmermans MC,    Schnable PS, Nettleton D, Scanlon MJ.  Microdissection of shoot meristem functional domains.  PLoS Genetics. 5:e1000476, 2009.

 

Buckner B, Beck J, Browning K, Fritz A, Grantham L, Hoxha E, Kamvar Z, Lough A, Nikolova O, Schnable PS, Scanlon MJ, Janick-Buckner D. Involving undergraduates in   the annotation and analysis of global gene expression studies: creation of a maize shoot apical meristem expression database. Genetics. 176: 741-7, 2007

 

Zhang X, S Medi, L Borsuk, DS Nettleton, B Buckner, D Janick-Buckner, J Beck, M Timmermans, PS Schnable, MJ Scanlon (2007) Laser microdissection of narrow sheath mutant maize uncovers novel gene expression in the shoot apical meristem. PLoS Genetics, 3(6): 1040-1052.

 

Buckner B, J Beck, KF Browning, AE Fritz, E Hoxha, LD Grantham, ZN Kamvar, AN Lough, O Nikolova, PS Schnable, MJ Scanlon, D Janick-Buckner (2007) Involving undergraduates in the annotation and analysis of global gene expression studies: creation of a maize shoot apical meristem expression database. Genetics, 176(2): 741-747.

Michael Kelrick (PhD, Utah State University). Terrestrial plant ecology; experimental investigation of ecological factors affecting seed fates; population ecology, especially of  rare plants; conservation biology. 

                Kelrick, M. I. 2001. Missouri bladder-pod monitoring protocol for Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Final report to the Biological Resources Division, United States Geological Survey and the Great Plains Prairie Cluster Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

 

                Thiemann, T., L. F. Fielden, and M. I. Kelrick. 2003. Water uptake in the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Pulicidae: Siphonaptera). Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 1085-1092.

 

                Neil, R. B., D. Hite, M. I. Kelrick, M. L. Lockhart, and K. Lee. 2005. Myxobacterial biodiversity in an established oak-hickory forest and a savanna restoration site. Current Microbiology 50: 88-95.

 

                Young, C. C., L. W. Morrison, M. I. Kelrick, and M. D. DeBacker. 2008. Monitoring Lesquerella filiformis Rollins (Missouri bladderpod): Application and evaluation of a grid-based survey approach. Natural Areas Journal 28(4): 370-378.

 

Kelrick, M. I. 2001. Missouri bladder-pod monitoring protocol for Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. Final report to the Biological Resources Division, United States Geological Survey and the Great Plains Prairie Cluster Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Michael Lockhart (PhD, University of Kansas). DNA repair and mutagenesis in slime molds; parasexual genetics; bacteriophage ecology and genomics; microbiology of water. 

                Neil, R. B., D. Hite, M. I. Kelrick, M. L. Lockhart, and K. Lee. 2005. Myxobacterial biodiversity in an established oak-hickory forest and a savanna restoration site. Current Microbiology 50: 88-95.

  

Covey, J. F. 1991. Partial complementation of radC mutants of Dictyostelium discoideum with the denV gene. M.S. Thesis of graduate student, Truman State University.

Zhong (John) Ma (PhD, Penn State University). Gravitational biology (gravitropism, gravity-sensing, and the role of cytoskeleton); plant stress physiology and adaptation to environment; plant mineral nutrition; root biology; biological modeling.

            Ma Z, Forrester B, Ren Yu-yu, and Hammond T (2009) A Computer-Assisted Mathematical Image Analysis Method for Quantifying Gravitropic Curvature in Plant    Roots. In press. Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics.

 

            Ma Z, Cooper C, Kim H J, and Janick-Buckner D (2009) A Study of Rubisco through Western Blotting and Tissue Printing Techniques. CBE Life Sci Educ 8:140-146.

 

Ma Z, Hasenstein K. H. 2006 The onset of gravisensitivity in the embryonic root of flax.      Plant Physiology 140: 159 – 166.

 

Ma, Z., Baskin, T., Brown, K. and Lynch, J. P. 2003. Regulation of root elongation under phosphorus stress involves changes in ethylene responsivness. Plant Physiology 131: 1381 – 1390.

Chad E. Montgomery (Ph.D. University of Arkansas).  Physiological ecology of reptiles and          amphibians; physiological mechanisms for macroecological patterns; energy acquisition   and allocation; herpetology.

Reed, R.N., S.M. Boback, C.E. Montgomery, S. Green, Z. Stephens, and D. Watson. 2007. Ecology and conservation of an exploited insular-endemic population of Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) in the Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. In: Biology of the Boas and Pythons. R.W. Henderson, R. Powell, G.W. Schuett, and M.E. Douglas eds., Eagle Mountain Publishing.

 

Beaupre, S.J. and C.E. Montgomery. 2007. The meaning and consequences of foraging mode in snakes. In: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode. S. Reilly, L. McBrayer, and D. Miles eds., Cambridge University Press.

George Schulte (PhD, University of Houston). Membrane transport physiology; steroid receptor biochemistry; aquatic animal physiology.

Schulte, G. J. and R. R. Mason. 1981. Interaction of O, P'-DDT with the estrogen-binding protein (EBP) of DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 33: 119-128.

George Shinn (PhD, University of Washington). Invertebrate biology; natural history of freshwater invertebrates; electron microscopy.

Shinn, G. L., L. E. Foster, and A. M. Lohse. 1998. Prey capture and swimming behavior of the arrow worm Parasagitta elegans (Phylum Chaetognatha). American Zoologist 36: 83A.

  

Shinn, G. L. 1997. Phylum Chaetognatha. In: Harrison, F. W. and E. E. Ruppert (eds): Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 15: Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, and the Invertebrate Chordates, Wiley-Liss, Inc. pp. 103-220.

Lin Twining (PhD, University of Illinois). Parasitology; host/parasite surveys and responses to parasites.

Timothy Walston (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison). Genetic regulation of development and morphogenesis in C. elegans embryos.

            Walston, T. and Hardin, J., Visualizing cell contacts and cell polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Chapter in “Imaging in Developmental Biology”, R. Wong and J. Sharpe, editors. Cold Springs Harbor Press, in press.

 

            King, R., Maiden, S., Hawkins, N., Kidd, A., Kimble, J., Hardin, J., and Walston, T. The N- or C-terminal domains of DSH-2 can activate the C. elegans Wnt/b-catenin asymmetry pathway. Developmental Biology (2009) 328(2):245-256.

 

            Hingwing, K., Lee, S., Nykilchuk, L., Walston, T., Hardin, J., and Hawkins, N. CWN-1 functions with DSH-2 to regulate C. elegans asymmetric neuroblast division in a b-catenin independent Wnt pathway. Developmental Biology (2009) 328(2):234-244).

 

Walston, T., Guo, C., Proenca, R., Wu, M., Herman, M., Hardin, J., Hedgecock, E. 2006. mig-5/Dsh controls cell fate determination and cell migration in C. elegans. Developmental Biology 298:485-497.

Anton Weisstein (PhD, Washington University).  Biology education; bioinformatics; population genetics; HIV evolution.

Templeton, A. R., R. A. Reichert, A. E. Weisstein, X.-F. Yu, and R. B. Markham. 2004. Selection in context: patterns of natural selection in the evolution of the glycoprotein 130 region of HIV-1 in infected individuals followed over time. Genetics 167: 1547-161.

 

Spencer, H. G., M. W. Feldman, A. G. Clark, and A. E. Weisstein. 2004. The effect of genetic conflict on   genomic imprinting and modification of expression at a sex-linked locus. Genetics 166: 565-579.