Research

Biology research and honors projects have resulted in publications,
with students (*) as co authors (supervising professor's name underscored; list goes back to 2008 only).

2012

Cruz, Y.P., *Morrison, J.T., *Wang, V.N., * Bantilan, N.S. & *Nellett, K.M.  Oct4, Cdx2 and Yap1 expression during blastocyst formation in the laboratory opossum, Monodelphis domestica Walker.  (in revision, Evolution and Development).

Kemp, B. J., Allman, E., *Immerman. L., Mohnen, M., Peters M.A., Nehrke, K., and Abbott, A.L.  2012.  miR-786 regulation of a fatty acid elongase contributes to rhythmic calcium wave initiation in C. elegans (submitted to Current Biology).

McCormick, C.A. & *Wallace, A. (2013). Otolith end organ projections to auditory neurons in the descending octaval nucleus of the goldfish, Carassius auratus: A confocal analysis. Brain Behavior and Evolution 80:41-63. (DOI: 10.1159/000339746)

Salter, R.S., *McDonough, E., & Morse, H.C. III.   In preparation.  Altered apoptosis signaling in immunochemotherapy-resistant leukemia revealed by microarray analysis.

*Rosenthal M F, Murphy T G, Darling N, and Tarvin K. A. Ornamental bill color rapidly signals changing condition. (in revision, Journal of Avian Biology).

*Zuber, S.T., *Muller, K., Laushman, R.H., & Roles, A.J. (in press). Hybridization between an invasive and a native species of the crayfish genus Orconectes in north-central Ohio. Journal of Crustacean Biology.

2011

Moore, M.J., Hassan, N., Gitzendanner, M.A., *Bruenn, R. A., *Croley, M., Vandeventer, A.,  Horn, J. W., Dhingra, A., Brockington, S.F.,  Latvis, M., Ramdial, J., Alexandre, R., Piedrahita, A., Xi, Z.,  Davis, C.C.,  Soltis, P.S., and Soltis, D. E.  2011.  Phylogenetic analysis of the plastid inverted repeat for 244 species:  insights into deeper-level angiosperm relationships from a long, slowly evolving sequence region.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(4): 541-558.

Owen, J.C., Moore, F.R., Williams, A.J., Stark L., *Miller, E.A., *Morley V.L., *Krohn, A.R., & Garvin, M.C.  2011. Test of recrudescence hypothesis for overwintering of eastern equine encephalitis virus in gray catbirds. Journal of Medical Entomology  48: 896-903.   

*Shaw, C.L., *Rutter, J. E., *Austin, A.L., Garvin, M.C., & Whelan, R.J.  2011. Volatile and semi-volatile compounds in gray catbird uropygial secretions vary with age and between breeding and wintering grounds.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 329-339. 

*Wagner, J., Allman, E., *Taylor, A., *Ulmschneider, K., *Kovanda, T., *Ulmschneider, B., Nehrke, K. and Peters, M.A.  2011.  A Calcineurin Homologous Protein is Required for Sodium-Proton Exchange Events in the C. elegans Intestine.  American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 301(6):C1389-403.

2010

Owen, J.C., Moore, F.R., Williams, A.J., *Miller, E.A., *Wilson L.C., *Morley, V. L., *Abbey-Lee, R. N., *Veeneman, B. A., DeRussey, B., McWhorter, M., & Garvin, M.C.  2010.  Test of recrudescence hypothesis for overwintering of West Nile virus. Journal of Medical Entomology 47: 451-457.

*Rousmaniere, H., *Silverman, R., *White, R.A., *Sasaki, M.S., *Wilson, S.D., *Morrison, J.T., & Cruz, Y.P.   2010.  Husbandry of Monodelphis domestica in the study of mammalian embryogenesis.  Lab. Anim. 39:219-226.

Whelan, R. J., *Levin, T., Owen, J. C., & Garvin, M.C.  2010.  Short-chain carboxylic acids from gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) uropygial secretions vary with testosterone level and photoperiod.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 156: 183-188.

2009

Murphy, T.G., *Rosenthal, M.F., Montgomerie, R., and Tarvin, K.A.  2009.  Female American goldfinches use carotenoid-based bill coloration to signal status. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1348-1355.

2008

*Miraldi, E., Thomas, P., and Romberg, L.  2008.  Allosteric Models for Cooperative Polymerization of Linear Polymers. Biophysical Journal 95: 2470-2486.

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Student-Faculty Conference Presentations & Published Abstracts

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 2008 only):

2012

*Drummond, C., *Bruenn, R., *Joffe, J., *Mostow, R., *Stalberg, G., Brockington, S., Douglas, N.A., Booth, H. Ochoterena, Olvera, H. Flores and Moore, M.J. 2012. The age and origins of arid adaptations and gypsum endemism in Nyctaginaceae inferred using relaxed molecular dating.  Poster presented at Botany 2012 Conference, Columbus, OH, July 7-11, 2012.

*Freeburg, N., *Sharninghausen, L., *Canning, C.N., Douglas, A., Taylor, S.J., Booth, H. Ochoterena, Olvera, H. Flores, and Moore, M. J. 2012. Intraspecific variation within gypsum endemic species of Nama (Boraginales).  Poster presented at Botany 2012 Conference, Columbus, OH, July 7-11, 2012.

*Getschow, C. and Tarvin, K. A. 2012. Does the gray squirrel’s response to heterospecific alarm calls depend on familiarity or similarity? (Poster) Animal Behavior Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 2012.

*Leatherman, L., *Sanders, J.C., *Goldman, M., Douglas, N.A., and Moore, M.J. 2012. Phylogenetics and biogeography of Oenothera sect. Calylophus.  Poster presented at Botany 2012 Conference, Columbus, OH, July 7-11, 2012.

*Lumpkin, D. C. and Tarvin, K. A. 2012. Incidence of Trypanosoma infection is associated with plumage coloration in the American Goldfinch. (Poster) Animal Behavior Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 2012.

Moore, M. J., *Mandala, V.S., Douglas, N.A., *Brunner, A.E.C., *Croley, M., *Stalberg, G., Booth, H. Ochoterena and Olvera, H. Flores. 2012. Seeing the forest and the trees:  Reconstructing the phylogenetic and intraspecific history of Acleisanthes (Nyctaginaceae) using plastid genomics and targeted sequencing.  Talk to be presented at Botany 2012 Conference, Columbus, OH, July 7-11, 2012.

*Morrison, J.T., *Wang, V.N., *Safa, N., *Bantilan, N.S., *Nellett, K.M., Cruz, Y.P. 2012. Trophoblast differentiation in the laboratory opossum, Monodelphis domestica Wagner (Didelphidae, Marsupialia) relies on many of the same genes delineating the inner cell mass from the trophoblast lineage in the mouse.  Poster, Conference of the Society for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 9-11 July 2012.

*Plumb, R., *Ruby, J., *Zeemont, A., *Sanders, J. C., Douglas, N. A., Booth, Ochoterena, H., Olvera, H. Flores, and Moore, M.J. 2012. Geographic patterns of genetic diversity in gypsum endemic taxa within Asteraceae subtribe Flaveriinae.  Presented at Botany 2012 Conference, Columbus, OH, July 7-11, 2012.

*Safa, N., Cruz ,Y.P. 2012. The spatio-temporal expression of Yap1 and Lats2 suggests a role for the Hippo pathway in trophoblast differentiation in embryos of Monodelphis domestica. Poster, 71^st Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Montreal, Quebec, 19-23 July 2012.

Tarvin, K. A., *Revells, C. E., *Beresin, G. A., and Murphy, T. G. 2012. Hatching asynchrony occurs independent of the onset of incubation in American Goldfinches. Poster presented at the 5^th North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, BC, August 2012.

*Williams, J. S. & Roles, A. J. 2012. Genetic heterogeneity of the crayfish invader Orconectes rusticus. Oral presentation at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

2011

*Austin, A.L., *Slowinski, S. P., *Stracker, N. H., *Rutter, J. E., Garvin, M.C., & Whelan, R.J.  2011. Characterization of the semi-volatile compounds of uropygial gland secretions of three avian reservoir hosts of West Nile virus. American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL.

Burns, A., *Immerman, L., *Bennett, J., *Porcher, L., *McCright, S., *Mullan, H., *Raible, M., *Miller, M., and Peters, M. A.  2011. An RNAi screen for defecation mutants. International C. elegans Meeting.

*Chen, J., Cruz, Y.  2011.  Characterizing Blimp1 expression and PGC migration in Monodelphis domestica.  Poster presented at 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Chicago, Illinois, 21-25 July.

*Erickson, K., *Chenault, K., *Doss, C., *Goddard, L., *Mears-Clarke, Z., *Rabowsky, Shen, X., Purohit, P., Arratia, P, Moerman, D., and Allen, T.  2011.  Mutations of myosin that modulate force and stiffness and compensate for mutation of the mini-titin twitchin and of troponin I.  Gordon Research Conference: Muscle & Molecular Motors.

*Hampilos, K., Thadeo, M., Moore, M. J.  and Stevenson, D.W.  Anatomy and development of fleshy fruits in the monocots.  Talk presented at Botany 2011 Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 9-13, 2011.

*Johnson, J., Cruz, Y.  2011.  Does progesterone have a role in embryo-maternal communication in Monodelphis domestica? Poster presented at 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Chicago, Illinois, 21-25 July.

*Kates, H.R., *Weinmann, S., *Charboneau, J.,*Plumb, R., *Sanders, J.C., and Moore, M.J. Expanding the study of the phylogeny and biogeography in a Chihuahuan Desert gypsum endemic, Nerisyrenia (Brassicaceae), through the use of low copy nuclear markers and increased population sampling.  Talk presented at Botany 2011 Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 9-13, 2011.

Moore, M.J., * Bruenn, R.A.,*Drummond, C.P., *Joffe, J., *Mostow, R.S., *Stalberg, G.N., Douglas, and Brockington, S.  The age of gypsum endemism and arid-adapted plants within Nyctaginaceae inferred using extensive taxon sampling in Caryophyllales.  Talk presented at Botany 2011 Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 9-13, 2011.

Moore, M.J., Douglas, N., Olvera, H. Flores, Hernández-Ledesma, P., Taylor, S., *Charboneau, J., *Brunner, A., *Sanders, J., *Levin, J., *Lunde, K. , *Kates, H., *Weinmann, S., *Bruenn, R., *Croley, M., *Plumb, R., *Canning, C., *Hampilos, K., *Stange, C., *Samis, F., *Schultz, D., *Sharninghausen, L., *Ruby, J., *Mostow, R.,*Drummond, C., *Stalberg, G., and *Joffe, J.  A comparative phylogenetic study of Chihuahuan Desert gypsum endemics:  evidence for long-term community stability?  Invited talk presented at V Seminario Internacional "Gestión y Conservación de la Biodiversidad", Almería, Spain, April 4-8, 2011.

Moore, M.J., Gitzendanner, M.A., Alverson, A.J., Harris, R.P., Soltis, S. and Soltis, D.E.  Exploring plastid and mitochondrial genome coverage for 12 basal angiosperms multiplexed in a single Illumina lane.  Poster presented at Botany 2011 Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 9-13, 2011, and at 18th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium, University Park, PA, May 18-21, 2011.

*Robertson, M., & Roles, A.J.  2011. Measuring DNA methylation variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Poster presented at Evolution 2011, Norman, OK.

*Robertson, M. & Roles, A.J.  2011. Was Lamark right? Measuring variation in DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana. Oral presentation at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Carbondale, IL.

*Shaw, C. L., Garvin, M.C., *Austin, A.L., *Rutter, J.E., & Whelan, R.J.  2011. Volatile and semi-volatile compounds in gray catbird uropygial secretions vary with age and between breeding and wintering grounds.  American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL.

*Supekar, S. & Roles, A.J.  2011. The effects of sublethal exposure to metolachlor on the agonistic interaction between a native and an invasive Orconectes crayfish species in the Lake Erie Basin. Oral presentation at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Carbondale, IL.

Tarvin, K. A., *Rosenthal, M. F., and Murphy, T. G.  2011. Variation in a dynamic signal is related to initial trait value in American goldfinches. American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL.

*Wagner, J., Allman, E., *Taylor, A.P., *Ulmschneider, K., *Kovanda, T., *Ulmschneider, B., Nehrke, K. and Peters, M. A. 2011. A calcineurin homologous protein is required for multiple sodium-proton exchange events in the C. elegans intestine. International C. elegans Meeting.

*Zuber, S.T., Laushman, R.H., & Roles, A.J.  2011. “Genetic and morphological investigation of a North-Central Ohio Crayfish invasion” Oral presentation at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Carbondale, IL.

2010

*Bruenn, R., *Brunner, A.E.C., Hernández-Ledesma, P., Douglas, N., and Moore, M.J.  A comprehensive phylogeny of Anulocaulis and its implications for the evolution of Chihuahuan Desert gypsophily.  Poster presented at Botany 2010 Conference, Providence, RI, July 31-August 4, 2010.

*Croley, M., *Brunner, A.E.C., and Moore, M. J.  The phylogeny and phylogeography of gypsophily within Acleisanthes (Nyctaginaceae).  Poster presented at Botany 2010 Conference, Providence, RI, July 31-August 4, 2010.

*Johnson, J., Lydon, J., Harder, J., Cruz, Y.  2010.  Pregnancy-related changes in progesterone receptor expression in the uterine glands of Monodelphis domestica.   Poster, 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5-9 August.

Moore, M. J., Douglas, N., Hernández-Ledesma, P., Taylor, S. J., *Charboneau, J., *Brunner, A.E.C., *Sanders, J. C., *Levin, J. D., *Lunde, A.K., *Kates, H.-R., *Weinmann, S., *Bruenn, R., *Croley, M., *Plumb, R., *Canning, C., *Hampilos, K., *Sharninghausen, L., and *Schultz, D.  A preliminary comparative study of the phylogenetics and phylogeography of Chihuahuan Desert gypsophiles:  evidence for long-term community stability?  Talk presented at Botany 2010 Conference, Providence, RI, July 31-August 4, 2010.

*Muller, K., Laushman, R., & Roles, A.J.  2010.  “Freshwater conquistadors: Hybridization between native and invasive crayfish in northeast Ohio”. Poster presented at Evolution 2010, Portland, OR and the 18th Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, Columbia, MO.

*Nelson, C., & Roles, A. J.  2010.  Differential gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines. Poster presented at Evolution 2010, Portland, OR.

*Plumb, R., *Sanders, J. C., and Moore, M. J.  Phylogenetics and phylogeography in a gypsophilic clade:  Haploësthes and Sartwellia (Asteraceae:  Flaveriinae).  Poster presented at Botany 2010 Conference, Providence, RI, July 31-August 4, 2010.

Romberg, L.,*Osho, A., Haeusser, D., Levin, P.  2010.  Mechanism by which EzrA inhibits FtsZ Assembly. Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Conference.

*Stange, C. A., *Charboneau, J., *Levin, J. D., and Moore, M. J.  The phylogenetics and phylogeography of gypsophily in Gaillardia (Asteraceae).  Poster presented at Botany 2010 Conference, Providence, RI, July 31-August 4, 2010.

*Wagner, J., *Taylor, A.P., *Ulmschneider, K., *Ulmschneider, B., Nehrke, K. and Peters, M.A.  2010. Calcineurin homologous protein is required for a proton-activated muscle contraction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2010: Model Organisms to Human Biology and the American Physiological Society (Experimental Biology) Meeting.

*Wang, V., Cruz, Y.  2010.  Expression pattern of E-cad, Ocln and ZO-1 in cleavage-stage Monodelphis domestica embryos. Poster, 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 5-9 August.

2009

*Beresin, G.A., Murphy, T.G., and Tarvin, K.A.  2009.  Onset of incubation is not the only mechanism controlling hatching synchronicity in American Goldfinches. (Poster) Joint meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and The Association of Field Ornithologists, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2009.

*Brunner, A.E.C., Douglas, N., Hernández-Ledesma, P., and Moore, M.J.  The origins and biogeography of gypsophily in Anulocaulis (Nyctaginaceae).  Poster presented at Botany & Mycology 2009 Conference, Snowbird, UT, July 25-29, 2009.

*Chin, C., *Sanders, E., and Peters, M.A.  2009. Assaying physical interactions between sodium proton exchangers and calcineurin homologous protein in C. elegans. Ohio Physiology Society Annual Meeting.

*Doss, C., *Goddard, L., *Stull-Lane, A., *Chenault, K., *Erickson, K., Moerman, D., and Allen, T.  2009. Importance in the powerstroke of interaction between the relay helix and helix HQ of myosin.  Biophysical Journal, Supplement.

*Kates, H.-R., *Charboneau, J., and Moore, M.J.  The biogeography of a Chihuahuan Desert endemic gypsophilic lineage:  Nerisyrenia (Brassicaceae).  Poster presented at Botany & Mycology 2009 Conference, Snowbird, UT, July 25-29, 2009.

*Mears-Clarke, T. & Laskowski, M.  2009.  Characterization of lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis thaliana. American Society of Plant Biologists. (poster presentation).

Moore, M. J., *Bruenn, R., *Croley, M., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Bell, C.D., Piedrahita, A., Hassan, N., Brockington, S.F., Ramdial, J., Alexandre, R., and Dhingra, A.  Chloroplast phylogenomics and the Angiosperm Tree of Life.  Symposium talk presented at Botany & Mycology 2009 Conference, Snowbird, UT, July 25-29, 2009.

Murphy, T.G., *Rosenthal, M.F., Montgomerie, R., and Tarvin, K.A.  2009. Female American goldfinches use carotenoid-based bill coloration to signal status. Animal Behavior Society, Pirenopolis, Brazil.

*Richardson, R.A., Cruz Y.P.  2009.  Using pluripotency cell markers to identify primordial germ cells in embryos of the laboratory opossum, Monodelphis domestica.  Poster, 68^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, San Francisco, California, 23-27 July.

*Rosenthal, M.F., Murphy, T.G., Darling, N., and Tarvin, K.A. 2009. Loss of brightness in American Goldfinch bills in response to acute immune response. Joint meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and The Association of Field Ornithologists, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2009.

*Sanders, J.C., and Moore, M.J.  The origins and biogeography of gypsophily in Oenothera sect. Calylophus (Onagraceae).  Poster presented at Botany & Mycology 2009 Conference, Snowbird, UT, July 25-29, 2009.

Tarvin, K.A., *Wisebram, H., *Bishop, E.B.,*Beresin, G.A., *Rosenthal, M.F., *Nowogrodzki, P.N. and Murphy, T.G.  2009. Does ornamentation of female goldfinches increase male parental investment? Animal Behavior Society, Pirenopolis, Brazil.

*Taylor, A.P., *Ulmschneider, K., *Ulmschneider, B., *Wagner, J., Nehrke, K. and Peters, M.A. 2009. Calcineurin homologous protein is required for a proton-activated muscle contraction that occurs during defecation. International C. elegans Meeting.

*Wagner, J., *Taylor, A.P., *Ulmschneider, K., *Ulmschneider, B., Nehrke, K. and Peters, M.A.  2009. Calcineurin homologous protein is required for a proton-activated muscle contraction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ohio Physiology Society Annual Meeting.

Whelan, R., *Rutter, J.E., *Ross, E., Owen, J., & Garvin, M.C.  2009. Volatiles in the uropygial gland secretions of gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) through solid-phase microextraction head space sampling and gas-chromatograph-mass spectrometry. International Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Blaine, Washington.

*Wisebram, E.H., Murphy, T.G., and Tarvin, K.A.  2009.  Effect of female bill color on male parental contribution in the American Goldfinch. (Poster) Joint meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and The Association of Field Ornithologists, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2009.

2008

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

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

*Borg, E., *Kahrl, A., *Baird, E., *Robertson, M., Laushman, R.H. & Roles, A.J.  2008.  Ecological and population genetic patterns of invasion of the rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) into the range of Sanborn’s crayfish (O. sanbornii).  Poster presented at 35th Natural Areas Conference, Nashville, TN.

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

*Bunce-Herring, N. Laushman, R.H., & Roles, A.J.  2008. Hybridization studies of native and non-native Rosa species in northeast Ohio.  Poster presented at 35th Natural Areas Conference, Nashville, TN.

*Dirks, K., Roles, A.J., & Garvin, M.  2008. DNA sequence-based identification of rootlets used in gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) nest linings. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Athens, Ohio.  Also, Joint Meeting of The Wilson Ornithological Society and the Association of Field Ornithologists, Mobile, Alabama.

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

*Kahrl, A., Laushman, R., & Roles, A.J.  2008. Population biology of Orconectes crayfish using microsatellites. Poster presented at Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Athens, OH.

*Morrison, J.T., *Bantilan, N.S., Cruz, Y.P.  2008.  Trophoblast- and pluriblast-specific gene expression in Monodelphis domestica cleavage-stage embryos.   Poster, 67^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 26-30.

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

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

*Wang, V.N., *McCammon, J.M., Cruz, Y.P.   2008.  Evaluating nutrient media for in vitro culture of Monodelphis domestica embryos.  Poster, 67^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 26-30.