Browsing by Author "Riley, Bruce"
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Goncalves, Jimmy Ferreira (2021-03-11)Genetics, diet, and environment alter stereotypical cognitive and locomotive decline with age. In C. elegans males, dysregulated metabolism contributes to behavioral decline due to increases in neuromuscular excitability. ...
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Sukumaran, Sujita (2009-05-15)Vertebrate photoreceptors are polarized cells that consist of a specialized sensory structure termed the outer segment required for phototransduction and an inner segment that contains the cellular organelles. Proteins ...
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Lugena, Aldrin Benzon (2022-07-05)Seasonal animal migration is a common adaptive response to environmental perturbations. However, the molecular processes in the brain regulating physiological and behavioral migratory traits are largely unknown. To address ...
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Lewis, Zachary Austin (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Circadian rhythms are visible as daily oscillations in biochemical, physiological, or behavioral processes. These rhythms are produced by an endogenous clock that maintains synchrony with the external environment through ...
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Stevenson, Adam L. (2010-07-14)The exponential growth of information demands the automated movement of data and software via new software models that are able to integrate data and components on their own without scientists’ direct involvement. However, ...
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Consalvo, Kristen M (2022-12-07)During normal inflammation, neutrophils respond to environmental cues to know when to leave a tissue, but the mechanisms behind neutrophil “repulsion” are not well understood. The ability to selectively repel neutrophils ...
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Schultz, Robbie (2015-04-03)The extracellular matrix is a meshwork of molecules that reside in the microenvironment between cells. Extracellular matrix, while historically known as an inert scaffold, is critical in regulating cell communication, ...
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Maulding, Kirstin (2015-11-10)Sox genes encode transcription factors that function as part of a complex gene regulatory network governing development of the otic placode, the precursor of the inner ear. Sox genes have been implicated in maintaining ...
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Guo, Biwei (2009-05-15)The transport of phosphate (Pi) between subcellular compartments is central to metabolic regulation. Although some of the transporters involved in controlling the intracellular distribution of Pi have been identified in ...
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Mobley, Kenyon Brice (2009-06-02)Understanding the processes that govern mating behaviors is a fundamental goal of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. Population-level patterns of mate acquisition and offspring production, otherwise known as the ...
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McCormick, Ryan Franklin (2017-02-01)Sorghum bicolor is a valuable plant grown commercially for grain, forage, sugar, and lignocellulosic biomass production. Increasing yields for these applications without increasing inputs is necessary to sustainably meet ...
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Seong, Mi-Seon (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Mutants showing developmental hyper-responsiveness to limited light were screened and designated as seedlings hyper-responsive to light (shl). These mutants showed an etiolated phenotype similar to wild type in the dark, ...
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Suess, Patrick Michael (2018-05-07)Polyphosphate (polyP) is a linear polymer of orthophosphates linked by high energy phosphoanhydride bonds and is found in all cell types in nature. Despite this high conservation its role in cellular biology has remained ...
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Kutlowski, James Warren (2019-11-27)Preliminary data gathered by our lab suggests a requirement for lactate in the developing inner ear of zebrafish embryos, implicating the action of the Warburg effect in otic development. A potential regulator of this ...
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Guo, Xiaoyan (2014-08-06)Aging has been a subject of interest throughout history. Scientific studies have focused on lifespan regulation, but ignored many other aspects of aging such as behavioral decline. Research using the model organism C. ...
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Phillips, Bryan T. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Vertebrates have evolved a unique way to sense their environment: placodallyderived sense organs. These sensory structures emerge from a crescent-shaped domain, the preplacodal domain, which surrounds the anterior neural ...
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Krock, Bryan L. (2010-07-14)Vertebrate photoreceptors are highly specialized sensory neurons that utilize a modified cilium known as the outer segment to detect light. Proper trafficking of proteins to the outer segment is essential for photoreceptor ...
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Whitaker, Dustin Thad (2018-03-13)Rod and cone photoreceptors are light-receptive cells in the visual system that convert photons into an electrochemical signal to be processed through the retina and transmitted into the brain. From the first visual synapse, ...
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Narayanan, Anand (2012-07-16)Vertebrate wnt8a occupies a position at a crossroads linking anteroposterior and dorsoventral axis patterning. While functional aspects of wnt8a are beginning to be understood, the regulation of wnt8a expression and its ...
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Hernandez, Ana Maria (2009-05-15)Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in men in the United States. Most men will die of the advanced, metastatic form of the disease. Thus, treatment strategies targeting the metastatic form of ...