Thursday, July 23, 2020

Michael Moore publishes in Systematic Biology and in an important new monograph from Springer

Two new publications from Michael Moore, Biology:  

Zhang, R., Y. Wang, J. Jin, G. W. Stull, A. Bruneau, D. Cardoso, L. P. De Queiroz, Michael J. Moore, S. Zhang, S. Chen, J. Wang, D. Li, and T. Yi. 2020. Exploration of plastid phylogenomic conflict yields new insights into the deep relationships of Leguminosae. Systematic Biology 69:613-622. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa013

Springer ebook, available to subscribers

Ochoterena, H., H. Flores-Olvera, C. Gómez-Hinostrosa, and Michael J. Moore. 2020. Gypsum and plant species: a marvel of Cuatro Ciénegas and the Chihuahuan Desert. pp 129-165 in Mandujano, M. C., I. Pisanty, and L. E. Eguiarte, editors. Plant Diversity and Ecology in the Chihuahuan Desert: Emphasis on the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Springer International Publishing, Cham.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Recent publications of science faculty and rising senior in Biology, Neuroscience and Physics

Harris, A. J., and Aaron D. Goldman (Biology). 2020. The complex phylogenetic relationships of a 4mC/6mA DNA methyltransferase in prokaryotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 149:106837. Open access.

published by Elsevier
Holtzman, Joshua (Class of 2021) and H. Lee. 2020. Emerging role of extracellular vesicles in the respiratory system. Experimental and Molecular Medicine 52: 887-895. Open access.

Masia-Roig, H., J. A. Smiga, D. Budker... Jason E. Stalnaker (Physics), et al. 2020. Analysis method for detecting topological defect dark matter with a global magnetometer network. Physics of the Dark Universe 28:100494. access at ScienceDirect or OhioLINK EJC for subscribers

Nadel, J. A., S. S. Pawelko, D. Copes-Finke, M. Neidhart, and Christopher D. Howard (Neuroscience). 2020. Lesion of striatal patches disrupts habitual behaviors and increases behavioral variability. Plos One 15:e0224715. Open access.

Sun, Y., T. Deng, A. Zhang, Michael J. Moore (Biology), J. B. Landis, N. Lin, H. Zhang, X. Zhang, J. Huang, X. Zhang, H. Sun, and H. Wang. 2020. Genome sequencing of the endangered Kingdonia uniflora (Circaeasteraceae, Ranunculales) reveals potential mechanisms of evolutionary specialization. Iscience 23(5): UNSP 101124. Open access.

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

SARS-CoV-2-Reactive T Cells Found in Patients with Severe COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2-Reactive T Cells Found in Patients with Severe COVID-19: A small subset of uninfected people also had SARS-CoV-2-fighting T cells, a finding that scientists are still trying to figure out.