Research

Biology research and honors projects have resulted in publications, with students (*) as co authors (supervising professor's name underscored; list goes back to 2004 only):

Burkeen*, A.K., S.L. Maday*, K.K. Rybicka, J.A. Sulcove*, J. Ward, M.M. Huang, R. Barstead, C. Franzini-Armstrong, and T. StC. Allen (2004) Disruption of Caenorhabditis elegans muscle structure and function caused by mutation of troponin I. Biophysical Journal 86: 991-1001.

Romberg L, Mitchison TJ (2004) Rate-limiting guanosine 5'-triphosphate hydrolysis during nucleotide turnover by FtsZ, a prokaryotic tubulin homologue involved in bacterial cell division. Biochemistry 43:282-8.

Thornton, J.E., Beinstein-Miller, J., Gandha, T.*, and deWinstanley, P. (2004). Priming the Pumps: Developing and assessing research-like experiences in courses. In: Reinvigorating the Undergraduate Experience: Successful Models Supported by NSF's AIRE/RAIRE Program (L Kauffman and J Stocks, eds.). Published by the Council on Undergraduate Research in both print and web. URL is http://www.cur.org/publications/AIRE_RAIRE/toc.asp

Treichel R, *Bunuan M, *Hahn N, *Wee K (2004) Altered conjugate formation and altered apoptosis of multidrug-resistant human leukemia cell line affects susceptibility to killing by activated natural killer (NK) cells. Int J Cancer 108: 78-85.

*Mans, NZ, *Yurgionas SE, Garvin MC, Gary R, *Breskey JD, *Galaitsis AC, Ohajuruka OA (2004) West Nile virus in mosquitoes of northern Ohio 2001-2002. Amer J Trop Med Hygiene 70:562-565.

Garvin MC, *Scheidler LC, *Cantor DG, *Bell KE (2004) Abundance and temporal distribution of Ornithonyssus sylviarum Canestrini and Fanzago (Acarina: Mesostigmata) in gray catbird
(Dumatella carolinensis) nests. J Vector Ecol 39:582-587.

Garvin MC, Marra PP, *Crain S (2004) Prevalence of hematozoa in overwintering American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla): no evidence for local transmission. J Wildlife Dis 40:115-118

Garvin MC, Ohajuruka OA, *Bell KE, *Ives SL (2004) Seroprevalence of eastern equine encephalitis virus in birds and larval survey of Culiseta melanura Coquillett during an interepizootic period in central Ohio. J Vector Ecol 29:73-78.

Garvin MC, Tarvin KA, Smith J, Ohajaruka OA, Grimes SD (2004) Paterns of West Nile Virus infection in Ohio blue jays: Implications for initiation of the annual cycle. Amer J Trop Med Hygiene 70:566-570.

Garvin MC, Tarvin KA, Stark LM, Woolfenden GE, Fitzpatrick JW, Day JF (2004) Arboviral antibody prevalence in two species of wild jay: Evidence for population impacts. J Med Ent 41:215-225.

Webster MS, Tarvin KA, Tuttle EM, Pruett-Jones S (2004) Reproductive promiscuity in splendid fairy-wrens: Effects of group size and auxiliary reproduction. Beh Ecol 15:907-915.

Margalit DN, Romberg L, Mets RB, Hebert AM, Mitchison TJ, Kirschner MW, RayChaudhuri D (2004) Targeting cell division: small-molecule inhibitors of FtsZ GTPase perturb cytokinetic ring assembly and induce bacterial lethality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101:11821-6.

Edwards J, Whitaker D, *Klionsky S, Laskowski MJ (2005) A record-breaking pollen catapult. Nature 435:164.

Tarvin KA, Webster MS, Tuttle, EM Pruett-Jones S (2005) Genetic similarity predicts the level of extra-pair paternity in splendid fairy-wrens. Animal Beh 70: 945-955.

Romeo, R.D., Staub, D*., Jasnow, A. M., Karatsoreos, I. N., Thornton, J. E., and McEwen, B. S. (2005). Dihydrotestosterone increases hippocampal N-methyl-D-Aspartate binding but does not affect choline acetyltransferase cell number in the forebrain or choline transporter levels in the CA1 region of adult male rats. Endocrinology, 146: 2091-2097.

Sen J, Harpavat S, Peters MA, Cepko CL (2005) Retinoic acid regulates the expression of dorsoventral topographic guidance molecules in the chick retina. Development 132 (23):5147-59.

Garvin MC, Schoech SJ (2006) Hormone levels and infection of Haemoproteus danilewskyi in free- ranging blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata). J Parasitol 92: 659-662.

*Scheidler LC, *Dunphy-Daly MM*, *White BJ, *Andrew DR, *Mans NZ, Garvin MC (2006) Survey of Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Diptera: Cilicidae) for LaCrosse encephalitis virus and West Nile virus in Lorain County, Ohio. J Med Entomol 43:589-593.

*Erickson KB, *Histand B, *Pilzer S, Allen T (2006) Interactions made by myosin and by troponin T: genetic suppressor analysis. Biophys J 90: 2038-pos.

Tarvin KA (2006) Polymorphic microsatellite loci from the American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) and their cross-amplification in a variety of passerine species. Mol Ecol Notes 6: 470-472.

Cruz YP, Morton H, Cavanagh AC, Selwood L, *Wilson SD, *Sasaki M (2006) Early pregnancy factor in marsupials, Monodelphis domestica (Didelphidae). Aust J Zool 54:211-215.

McCormick CA (2006) Central connections of anamniote auditory otolith endorgans. J Acoust Soc Amer 119: 3432.

*Rosen RF, Tarvin KA (2006) Sexual signals of the male American goldfinch. Ethology (In Press)

*White BJ , *Andrew DR, *Mans NZ, Ohajuruka OJ, Garvin MC (2006) West Nile virus in mosquitoes of northern Ohio. Amer J Trop Med Hygiene 75(2):346-349.

Garvin MC, Szell CC, Moore FR (2006) Blood parasites of neartic-neotropical passerine birds during spring trans-Gulf migration: Impact on host body condition. Journal of Parasitology 92(5):990- 996.

Laskowski, M., Biller, S., Stanley, K., *Kajstura,T., Prusty, R. (2006) Expression Profiling of Auxin- Treated Arabidopsis Roots: Toward a molecular analysis of lateral root emergence. Plant Cell Physiol 47(6)788-792.

*Shirk, R.Y. and R.H. Laushman. (2007) Population genetics of the invasive shrub multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb.) in northeastern Ohio. Ohio Invasive Plants Research Conference Proceedings, Ohio Biological survey, pp 73-76.

*Miraldi, E.R., Thomas P.J., and L, Romberg. 2008. Allosteric Models for Cooperative Polymerization of Linear Polymers. Biophys. J. 95: 1-17.

Roles, A.J. and J.K. Conner*. 2008. Fitness effects of mutation accumulation in a natural outbred population of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum): Comparison of field and greenhouse environments. Evolution 62(5):1066-1075.

Student-Faculty Conference Presentations

Students whose research projects generate interesting results as to be accepted at professional conferences present symposium talks or research posters, as co-authors of their research supervisors. Over the past three years, the following students (indicated by *) made the following presentations with their professors (whose names are underscored; list goes back to 2006 only):

Alla, J.*, Kralik, K.*, Romeo R, McEwen B, and Thornton, JE. (2006). Androgen modulation of spatial learning and memory in male rats. Abstract and scientific poster at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Pittsburgh, PA.

Allen S.*, Wheat E.*, Ogren K.*, Klein L.*, Thornton J.E. (2007). Effects of testicular hormones on spatial memory in male rats. Abstract and Scientific Poster Presentation, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Berry, A.*, and Thornton, JE (2006). Luteinizing hormone decreases learning and memory in female rats. Abstract and poster presentation at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Pittsburgh, PA.

Berry, Anne*, Tomidokoro Yasushi, Ghiso Jorge, and Thornton Jan (2006). Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (a Luteinizing Hormone homologue) decreases learning and increases brain amyloid- ß levels in female rats. Scientific abstract and poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA.

Bishop, E.B.* and K.A. Tarvin. 2008. Selection on condition-dependent ornaments of female American goldfinches. Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT. August 2008.

Bishop, E.B.* and K. A. Tarvin. 2008. Directional selection on condition-dependent ornamentation of female American goldfinches. 2008 Tenth Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium, Irvine, CA, July 2008.

Borg, E.*, R. Laushman, and A. Roles. 2008. Relationship between water quality and genetic diversity in Orconectes sanbornii, O. obscurus, and O. rusticus. Abstract. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Athens, OH.

Braford MR, Jr., *Sintasath L. Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase in the telencephalon of the primitive ray-finned fish, Polypterus. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA (2006).

Cruz YP, *Sasaki MM, *Chock A, *Perloff E, *Bedzra ES, *Pokusa JE. What factors mediate sperm pairing in Monodelphis domestica? Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2006).

Dirks, K.* and A. Roles. DNA sequence-based identification of rootlets used in gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) nest linings. Poster presented Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, 2008.

Dirks, K.*, M. Grove*, A. Roles, and M. Garvin. DNA sequence-based identification of rootlets used in gray catbid (Dumetella carolinensis) nest linings. Joint Meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and the Association of Field Ornithologists Mobile, Alabama, 2008.

Erickson*, K., K. Chenault*, Physiology Class* 2005, and T. Allen. Communication within myosin and between it and troponin. Presented by Katherine Erickson and Kate Chenault at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, Maryland (2007).

Erickson*, K., K. Chenault*, D. Moerman, and T. Allen. Reversion analysis with unc-54 and unc-90 mutants reveals paths of communication within myosin and within its regulatory system. Presented by Katherine Erickson at the Sixteenth International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, California (2007).

Garcia-Grossman, L.*, L. Moore*, H. Wisebram*, A. Manos*, and M. Garvin. Feeding preference of Culex pipiens between two potential West Nile virus reservoir host species. Joint Meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and the Association of Field Ornithologists Mobile, Alabama, 2008.

Getzin Anne*, White Ian*, Bartlett Mitchell*, Braford Mark, Wallen Kim, and Thornton Jan (2006).

Grossman, J.* and J.E. Petersen. Three Years After Construction, Alternative Planting and Management Strategies in Experimental Marshes Induce Differences in Biodiversity and Heterogeneity, but Not in Function. Poster presentation Ecological Society of America meeting in San Jose, CA (2007).

Kahrl, A.* and A. Roles. Population biology of Orconectes crayfish using microsatellites. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, 2008.

Kovanda, T. J.*, Taylor, A. P.*, and Peters, M.A. Using RNA interference to study a novel calcium signaling pathway. 2006 Ohio Society of Physiology Annual Meeting, Gambier, Ohio.

Laskowski, M., *Condon, B., and *Kajstura, T. "In Search of a Molecular Houdini: do pectate lyases allow lateral roots to emerge?" American Society of Plant Biologists, Boston, MA August 2006 (poster presentation).

Miraldi M.*, Thomas P.J., L. Romberg. A New Model for Cooperative Polymerization of Cytoskeletal Polymers Symposium: The Prokaryotic Cytoskeleton: Structure, Function, and Regulation. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada (2007).

Miraldi M.*, Thomas P.J., L. Romberg. A new model for cooperativity: Conformational changes may produce cooperativity in single stranded FtsZ polymers. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, San Diego, CA (2006). Motile and Contractile Systems Gordon Conference, New London, NH (2007). Chicago Cytoskeletal Meeting, Chicago, IL (2007).

Morrison JT, Bantilan NS*, Cruz YP * (2008). Trophoblast- and pluriblast-specific gene expression in Monodelphis domestica cleavage-stage embryos. Poster, 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 26-30.

Peters MA. Genome-wide SNP mapping of C. elegans mutants. Mellon 8 Teaching and Research with Simple Eukaryotes Meeting/Workshop, Pomona College, Claremont, California (2006).

Peters, MA, *Taylor, A. P.*, Ulmschneider, K.* *and *Ulmschneider, B.** Characterization of a C. elegans motor program mutant, Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego, California, November 2007.

Rollinson, C.R.*, and R.H. Laushman. 2008. An analysis of native and non-native woody vegetation and biodiversity in forest plots with different selective logging histories. Abstract. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Athens, OH.

Shirk, RY*, RH Laushman. Population genetics of the invasive shrub multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb.) in northeastern Ohio. Annual meeting of the Ohio Invasive Plant Council, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH. (2007).

Szabo TM, McCormick CA, Faber DS. Otolith endorgan input to the Mauthner neuron in the goldfish. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA (2006).

Tarvin KA, *Rosen RF. Long- and short-term sexual signals in male American goldfinches. Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, Utah (2006).

Tarvin KA, *Kelley NP. The effect of food supplementation on reproduction in American Goldfinches. North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico (2006).

Tarvin KA, *E. B. Bishop, *M. E. Lauterbur, *L. Russo, *M. F. Rosenthal, and T. G. Murphy. 2008. Does bill color of female American goldfinches influence male parental investment? Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT. August 2008.

Taylor, A. P.*, Ulmschneider, K.*, and Peters, M.A. Characterization of a C. elegans mutant: pbo-1(sa7) Sixteenth International C. elegans Meeting, Los Angeles, California (2007).

*Ulmschneider, B.*, Taylor, A. P.*, Ulmschneider, K.** and Peters, M. A. , Calcineurin homologous protein 1 responds to a biological clock mechanism, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 2007. Bryne Ulmschneider (`09, Biology/Neuroscience) presented this poster.

Wang, VN*, McCammon, JM*, Cruz, YP* (2008). Evaluating nutrient media for in vitro culture of Monodelphis domestica embryos. Poster, 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July, 26-30.

Whelan, R., T. Levin*, and M. Garvin. Detection of volatiles in the uropygial gland secretions of gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) through solid-phase microextraction head space sampling and gas-chromatograph-mass spectrometry. Joint Meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and the Association of Field Ornithologists Mobile, Alabama, 2008, and also at the International Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, 2008.