Faculty Publications

• Lowder LL, Powell M, Miller SE, Kishton RJ, Kelly CB, Cribb CB, Mastro-Kishton K, Chelvanambi M, Do PT, Govindapur RR, Wardell SE, McDonnell DP, Bartolotti LJ, Akkaraju GR, Frampton AR, Varadarajan S., Mechanistic investigation of site-specific DNA methylating agents targeting breast cancer cells., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 64:12651-12669., 2021.
• Pho C,  Frieler M,  Akkaraju GR,  Naumov AV,  Dobrovolny HM., Using mathematical modeling to estimate time-independent cancer chemotherapy efficacy parameters., In Silico Pharmacology 10:2., 2021.
• Frieler M, Pho C, Lee B, Dobrovolny H, Akkaraju GR, Naumov A., Effects of doxorubicin delivery by nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots on cancer cell growth: Experimental study and mathematical modeling., Nanomaterials 11:140., 2021.
• Nguyen TL, Akkaraju GR, Coffer JL, Formation of platinum nanocrystals on silicon nanotubes and corresponding anti-cancer activity in vitro, American Chemical Society Applied Bio Materials 3: 208-216, 2020.
• Nguyen TL, Akkaraju GR, Coffer JL., Formation of platinum nanocrystals on silicon nanotubes and corresponding anti-cancer activity in vitro., ACS Applied Bio Matter 3, 208-216., 2020.

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• Hannappel MP, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy JH, Barst BD, Castellini JM, Nolan AR, Willoughby FM, Trauffler LP., Effect of body size on methyl mercury concentrations in shoreline spiders: Implications for their use as sentinels., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40:1149-1154., 2021.
• Becker D, Speer K, Korstian J, Volokhov D, Droke H, Brown A, Baijnauth C, Padgett-Stewart T, Broders H, Plowright R, Rainwater T, Fenton B, Simmons N, Chumchal M., Disentangling interactions between mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community., Journal of Applied Ecology 58:879-889., 2021.
• Burnham KK, Meyer FK, Burnham JL, Chumchal MM, Johnson JA, Mercury contamination of seabird and sea duck eggs from high Arctic Greenland., Polar Biology 44:1195-1202, 2021.
• Hannappel MP, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy J, Barst BD, Castellini JM., Mud dauber nests as sources of spiders in mercury monitoring studies., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40: 1335-1340., 2021.
• Drinkwater R, Goodwin A, Cush J, Korstian JM, Chumchal MM, Gerardo Herrera L, Valdez M, Otálora-Ardila A, Flores-Martinez JJ, Clare EL., Molecular diet analysis of the marine fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi, and potential mercury exposure., Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 752-759., 2021.

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• Peterman JL, White JD, Calcagno A, Hagen C, Quiring M, Paulhus K, Gurney T, Eimerbrink MJ, Curtis M, Boehm GW, Chumley MJ, Prolonged isolation stress accelerates the onset of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in 5xFAD mice despite running wheels and environmental enrichment, Behavioural Brain Research 379:112366., 2020.
• Brice KN, Hagan CW, Peterman JL, Figg JW, Braden PN, Chumley MJ, Boehm GW., Chronic sleep restriction increases soluble hippocampal Ab-42 and impairs cognitive performance., Physiology & Behavior 226:113128., 2020.
• White JD, Urbano CM, Taylor JO, Peterman JL, Cooksey M, Eimerbrink M, Eriksson MD, Cooper BG, Chumley MJ, Boehm GW, Intraventricular murine Aβ infusion elicits hippocampal inflammation and disrupts the consolidation, but not retrieval, of conditioned fear in C57BL6/J mice, Behavioural Brain Research 378:112303., 2020.
• Weintraub MK*, Bisson CM.**, Nouri JN**, Vinson BT*, Kranjac D.*, Eimerbrink MJ*, Boehm GW, Chumley MJ. Imatinib Methanesulfonate Reduces Hippocampal Amyloid-Beta And Restores Cognitive Function Following Repeated Endotoxin Exposure. Brain, Behav, and Imm, 2013, 33, 24-28.
• Kahn MS*, Kranjac D*, Alonzo CA**, Haase JH**, Cedillos RO**, McLinden KA*, Boehm GW, and Chumley MJ.  Prolonged elevation in hippocampal Abeta and cognitive deficits following repeated endotoxin exposure in the mouse.  Behavioral Brain Research, 2012. 229(1): p. 176–84.

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• Chumchal, MM, Drenner RD., Ecological Factors Controlling Insect-Mediated Methylmercury Flux from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems: Lessons Learned from Experimental Studies in Mesocosms and Ponds., Contaminants and Ecological Subsidies: The Land-Water Interface. JM Kraus, DM Walters and MA Mills, eds. Springer., 2020.
• Ortega-Rodriguez CL, Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Kennedy JH, Nowlin WH, Barst BD, Polk DK, Hall MN, Williams EB, Lauck KC, Santa-Rios A, Basu N, Relationship between methyl mercury contamination and proportion of aquatic and terrestrial prey in diets of shoreline spiders, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 38: 2503-2508., 2019.
• Chumchal MM, Drenner RW, Hall MN, Polk DK, Williams EB, Ortega-Rodriguez CL, Kennedy JH, Seasonality of dipteran-mediated methyl mercury flux from ponds, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 37: 1846-1851. , 2018.
• Gerstle, C., R.W. Drenner and M. M. Chumchal. 2018. Spatial patterns of mercury contamination and associated risk to piscivorous wading birds of the south central United States.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 38: 160-166.
• Chumchall, M.M. and R.W. Drenner.  2015.  An environmental problem hidden in plain sight? Small human-made ponds, emergent insects, and mercury contamination of biota in the Great Plains.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34: 1197-1205.

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• Hale, M. C., Campbell, M. A., and McKinney, G. J. (2021). A candidate chromosome inversion in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) identified by population genetic analysis techniques. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 11:jkab267.
• Hale, M. C., McLaughlin, R., Wilson, C., Mackereth, R., and Nichols, K. M. (2021). Differential gene expression associated with behavioral variation in ecotypes of Lake Superior brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D- Genomics & Proteomics, 40:100884.
• Blumstein, D. M., Campbell, M. A., Hale, M. C., Sutherland, B. J. G., McKinney, G. J., Stott, W., and Larson, W. A. (2020). Comparative genomic analysis and a novel linkage map for cisco (Coregonus artedi) provide insights into chromosomal evolution and rediploidization across salmonids. G3:Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 10:2863-2878.
• Weinstein, S. Y., Thrower, F. P., Nichols, K. M., and Hale, M. C. (2019). A large-scale chromosomal inversion is not associated with life history development in rainbow trout from Southeast Alaska. PLoS One, 14(9).
• Campbell, M. A., Hale, M. C., McKinney, G. J., Nichols, K. M., and Pearse, D. E. (2019). Long-term conservation of ohnologs through partial tetrasomy following whole-genome duplication in Salmonidae. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9:2017-2028.

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• Dennis, E. J., Dobosiewicz, M., Jin, X., Duval, L., Hartman, P. S., Bargmann, C. I., and Vosshall, L. (2018). A natural variant and engineered mutation in a GPCR promote DEET resistance in C. elegans. Nature, 562:119-123.
• Ishii, T., Takanashi, Y., Sugita, K., Miyazawa, M., Yanagihara, R., Yasuda, K., Onouchi, H., Kawabe, N., Nakata, M., Yamamoto, Y., et al. (2017). Endogenous reactive oxygen species cause astrocyte defects and neuronal dysfunctions in the hippocampus: a new model for aging brain. Aging Cell, 16:39-51.
• Wang, M., Hartman, P. S., Loni, A., Canham, L. T., and Coffer, J. L. (2016). Stain etched nanostructured porous silicon: The role of morphology on antibacterial drug loading and release. Silicon, 8:525-531.

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• Carmickle, R. N., and Horner, J. D. (2019). Impact of the specialist herbivore Exyra semicrocea on the carnivorous plant Sarracenia alata: a field experiment testing the effects of tissue loss and diminished prey capture on plant growth. Plant Ecology, 220(6):553-561. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-019-00935-y
• Darnowski, D., Bauer, U., Méndez, M., Horner, J., and Płachno, B. (2018). Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants. In:A. M. Ellison and L. Adamec (eds.), Carnivorous Plants:Physiology, ecology, and evolution, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 285-293.
• Horner, J. D., Płachno, B. J., Bauer, U., and Di Giusto, B. (2018). Prey attraction by carnivorous plants. Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution (Oxford University Press), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779841.003.0022
• Horner, J. D., and Schatz, B. (2016). Resorption of trap nitrogen during senescence and the benefit of prey capture in the carnivorous plant, Sarracenia alata. Plant Ecology, 217(8):985-991. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-016-0623-8
• Horner, J. D. (2014). Phenology and pollinator-prey conflict in the carnivorous plant, Sarracenia alata. American Midland Naturalist, 171(1):153-156. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-171.1.153

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• Allen, D. S., Kolok, A. S., Snow, D. D., Staybaldiyev, B., Uralbekov, B., Nystrom, G. S., Thornton Hampton, L. M., Bartelt-Hunt, S., and Sellin Jeffries, M. K. (2023). Predicted aquatic and human health risks associated with the presence of metals in the Syr Darya and Shardara Reservoir, Kazakhstan. Science of the Total Environment, 859:159827.
• Thornton Hampton, L. M., Finch, M. G., Martyniuk, C. J., Venables, B. J., and Sellin Jeffries, M. K. (2021). Early life stage thyroid hormone disruption causes long-term impacts on immune cell function and transcriptional responses to pathogen in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Scientific Reports, 11:14496.
• Krzykwa, J. C., King, S. M., and Sellin Jeffries, M. K. (2021). Investigating the predictive power of three potential sublethal endpoints for the fish embryo toxicity test: snout-vent length, eye size and pericardial edema. Environmental Science and Technology, 55:6907-6916.
• Krzykwa, J. C., and Sellin Jeffries, M. K. (2020). Development of a larval fathead minnow optomotor response assay for assessing visual function. MethodX, 7:100971.
• Snow, D. D., Chakraborty, P., Uralbekov, B., Satybaldiev, B., Sallach, B., Thornton, L., Jeffries, M., Kolok, A., and Bartelt-Hunt, S. (2020). Legacy and current pesticide residues in Syr Darya, Kazakhstan: Contamination status, seasonal variation and preliminary ecological risk assessment. Water Research, 184:116141.

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• Johnson, D., Reeks, J. M., Caron, A., Tzoka, I., Ali, I., McGillivray, S. M., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2022). Influence of surface properties and microbial growth media on antibacterial action of ZnO. Coatings, 12(11):1648. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12111648
• Zou, L., Evans, C. R., Do, V. D., Losefsky, Q. P., Ngo, D. Q., and McGillivray, S. M. (2021). Loss of the ClpXP protease leads to decreased resistance to cell-envelope targeting antimicrobials in Bacillus anthracis Sterne. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:2247. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.719548
• Reeks, J. M., Ali, I., Moss, W. J., Davis, E., McGillivray, S. M., and Strzhemechny, Y. M. (2021). Microscale ZnO with controllable crystal morphology as a platform to study antibacterial action on Staphylococcus aureus. Biointerphases, 16:031003. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000957
• Malmquist, J. A., Rogan, M. R., and McGillivray, S. M. (2019). Galleria mellonella as an infection model for Bacillus anthracis Sterne. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00360
• Huang, Y., Alumasa, J. N., Callaghan, L. T., Baugh, R. S., Rae, C. D., Keiler, K. C., and McGillivray, S. M. (2019). A small molecule inhibitor of trans-translation synergistically interacts with cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides to impair survival of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63:e02362-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02362-18

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• Baker, C. N. S., Pajela, P. G. C., Martin, D. E., Dzyuba, S. V., and Stewart, M. D. (2025). Proline variants in the BRCA1 coiled-coil domain disrupt folding and binding to PALB2. Protein Science, 34(1):e5240. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.5240
• Claton, L. E., Baker, C., Martin, H., Dzyuba, S. V., Zaman, K., Prokai, L., Stewart, M. D., and Simanek, E. E. (2024). Installation of an indole on the BRCA1 disordered domain using triazine chemistry. Biomolecules, 14(12):1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14121625
• Thapa, I., Sellin Jeffries, M. K., and Stewart, M. D. (2024). One of these strains is not like the others: C. elegans DW102 has an altered dependence on brc-1 and brd-1 for regulation of cyp gene transcription. microPublication Biology. https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.001152
• Thapa, I., Vahrenkamp, R., Witus, S. R., Lightle, C., Falkenberg, O., Sellin Jeffries, M. K., Klevit, R. E., and Stewart, M. D. (2023). Conservation of transcriptional regulation by BRCA1 and BARD1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic Acids Research, 51(5):2108-2116.
• Witus, S. R., Burrell, A. L., Farrell, D. P., Kang, J., Wang, M., Hansen, J. M., Pravat, A., Tuttle, L. M., Stewart, M. D., Brzovic, P. S., et al. (2021). BRCA1/BARD1 site-specific ubiquitylation of nucleosomal H2A is directed by BARD1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 28:268-277.

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• Harms, N. E., Knight, I. A., DeRossette, A. B., and Williams, D. A. (2023). Intraspecific trait plasticity to N and P of the wetland invader, Alternanthera philoxeroides under flooded conditions. Ecology and Evolution, 13:e9966.
• Stevens, T. K., Hale, A. M., and Williams, D. A. (2023). Occupancy models disentangle the drivers of avian urban avoidance in North America's largest urban forest. Biological Conservation, 280:109992.
• Rhoads, D. D., and Williams, D. A. (2023). Background color-matching in the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). Journal of Herpetology, 57:27-35.
• Canavan, K., Magengelele, N. L., Paterson, I. D., Williams, D. A., and Martin, G. D. (2021). Uncovering the phylogeography of Schinus terebinthifolia in South Africa to guide biological control. AoB PLANTS, plab078.
• Finger, N., Farleigh, K., Bracken, J. T., Leaché, A. D., François, O., Yang, Z., Flouri, T., Charran, T., Jezkova, T., Williams, D. A., et al. (2021). Genome-scale data reveal deep lineage divergence and a complex demographic history in the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) throughout the southwestern and central United States. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14:evab260.

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• Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Martinez, A. J., Olszewski, M. A., Ganguly, A., Leopold Wager, C., Hung, C. Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2020). CARD9 is required for classical macrophage activation and the induction of protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis.
• Hole, C. R., Leopold Wager, C. M., Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Cai, H., Wozniak, K. L., Wang, Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2019). Induction of memory-like dendritic cell responses in vivo. Nature Communications, 10(1):2955.
• Leopold Wager, C. M., Hole, C. R., Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Wozniak, K. L., Cai, H., Wang, Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2018). IFN-g immune priming of macrophages in vivo induces prolonged STAT1 binding and protection against Cryptococcus neoformans. PLOS Pathogens, 14(10):e1007358.
• Wall, G., Chaturvedi, A. K., Wormley Jr., F. L., Wiederhold, N. P., Patterson, H. P., and Lopez-Ribot, J. L. (2018). Screening a repurposing library for inhibitors of multi-drug resistant Candida auris identifies ebselen as a repositionable candidate for antifungal drug development. Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy, 62(10):e01084-18.
• Esher, S. K., Ost, K. S., Kohlbrenner, M. A., Pianalto, K. M., Telzrow, C. L., Campuzano, A., Nichols, C. B., Munro, C., Wormley Jr., F. L., and Alspaugh, J. A. (2018). Defects in intracellular trafficking of fungal cell wall synthases lead to aberrant host immune recognition. PLOS Pathogens, 14(6):e1007126.

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