Recent Publications with Undergraduates (in bold)
Azim S, McDowell D, Cartagena A, Rodriguez R, Laughlin TF, Ahmad Z; 2016. Venom peptides cathelicidin and lycotoxin cause strong inhibition of Escherichia coli ATP synthase. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 87:246-251.
Moore D, Watts JC, Herrig A, Jones TC. Exceptionally short-period clock in Cyclosa turbinata: regulation of locomotor and web-building behavior in an orb-weaving spider. In press: Journal of Arachnology.
Devaiah SK, Owens DK, Sibhatu MB, Sarker TR, Strong CL, Mallampalli VKPS, Asiago J, Cooke J, Kiser S, Lin Z, Wamucho A, Hayford D, Williams BE, Loftis P, Berhow M, Pike LM and McIntosh CA; 2016. Isolation, recombinant expression and biochemical analysis of putative secondary product glucosyltransferases from Citrus paradisi. J. Agric. Food. Chem. 64:1957-1969 (doi 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05430).
Shropshire JD, Moore D, Seier E, Joplin KH; 2015. Male aggression, limited female choice, and the ontogeny of mating behaviour in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis. Physiological Entomology 40: 325-335. DOI: 10.1111/phen.12118.
Agrawal D, Karsai I; 2016. The mechanisms of water exchange: The regulatory roles of multiple interactions in social wasps. PLoS ONE11(1):e0145560.doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0145560.
Quijano A, Joyner ML, Ross CR, Watts JC, Seier E, Jones TC. Spatio-temporal analysis of foraging behaviors of Anelosimus studiosus: utilizing mathematical modeling of multiple spider interaction on a cooperative web. In press Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Karsai I, Montano E, and Schmickl T; 2016. Bottom-up ecology: an agent-based model on the interactions between competition and predation, Letters in Biomathematics, 3:1, 161-180, DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2016.1217756.
Ratliff WS, Walker ES, and Levy F; 2015. Population demographics and disease assessments in three Tennessee populations of Buckleya distichophylla (Nutt.) Torr. (Santalaceae). Castanea 80:243-252.