Publications
*URSI or DIR fellow
2024
Schwartz L.A.*, Norman J.O.*, Hasan S.*, Adamek O.E.*, Dzuong E.*, Lowenstein J.C.*, Yost O.G.*, Sankaran B., McLaughlin K.J. Carbohydrate Deacetylase Unique to Gut Microbe Bacteroides Reveals Atypical Structure. Biochemistry. Epub 2024 Dec 11. 2025 Jan 7;64(1):180-191. PMID: 39663570.
Ide, N.A., Gentry, R.C., Rudbach, M.A.*, Yoo, K.*, Velez, P.K.*, Comunale, V.M., Hartwick, E.W., Gonzalez, R.L., and Aitken, C.E. A dynamic compositional equilibrium of eIF3 regulates mRNA recognition. (2024) bioRxiv
Koubek, J., Bhandarkar, S., Kaur, J., Lewis, C.J.T., Niederer, R.O., Stanciu, A.*, Aitken, C.E. and Gilbert, W.V. (2024) Cellular translational enhancer elements that recruit eukaryotic initiation factor 3 RNA
Dimitrios Tzepos* and Jenny Magnes. Investigating chaotic markers in C. elegans. locomotion with the Wolf algorithm. 17th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Crete Greece. accepted, September 2024
2023
“Spectroscopic, crystallographic, and Hirshfeld surface characterization of nine-membered-ring-containing 9-methoxy-3, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azonine-2,7-dione and its parent tetrahydrocarbazole;” *Flores, M. J.; *Mai, B.; Tanski, J. M. Acta Cryst. 2023, E79, 831-836.
*Chou, T., *Krishna, A., *Fosessca, M., *Desai, A. *Goldberg, *J., Jones, S. *Stephens, M., Basile, B., and Gall, M.D. 2023. Mixed support for the effects of masking and distraction on anti-predator behavior in suburban anthropogenic noise. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0290330.
Susannah G Zhang, Claire Dwyer*, and Jenny Magnes. Temporal divergence of C. elegans. locomotion. 16th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Crete Greece. accepted, September 2023
Raffaella F Zanetti*, Katherine L Canavan*, Susannah G Zhang, and Jenny Magnes. Multi-channel measurements of C. elegans’ largest Lyapunov exponents using optical diffraction. Appl. Opt., 62(29):7812–7818. 2023
Pollet RM, Foley MH, Kumar SS, Elmore A, Jabara NT*, Venkatesh S, Vasconcelos Pereira G, Martens EC, Koropatkin NM. Multiple TonB homologs are important for carbohydrate utilization by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. J Bacteriol. 2023 Nov 21;205(11):e0021823. doi: 10.1128/jb.00218-23. Epub 2023 Oct 24
2022
Lawson K, Scarlata M*, Cho C*, Mangan C*, Petersen D*, Thompson H*, Ehnstrom S, Mousley AL, Bezek JL, Bergstrom HC (2022). Adolescence alcohol exposure impairs fear extinction and alters medial prefrontal cortex plasticity. Neuropharmacology. 211:109048.
Thatcher L*, Fairfield P*, Merlo-Ramirez L, Merlo J (2022). Experimental observation of topological phase transitions in a mechanical 1D-SSH model. Physica Scripta. 97, 3.
“Synthesis, structural characterization and in vitro anticancer screening of several gold(I) thiolate, dithiocarbonate and dithiocarbamate complexes;” Liu, H.; Tanski, J. M. Polyhedron, 2022, 115999.
Stanciu, A.*, Luo, J., Funes, L.*, Galbokke Hewage, S.*, and Aitken, C.E. eIF3 and its mRNA-entry-channel arm contribute to the recruitment of mRNAs with long 5'-untranslated regions. (2022) Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
J. M. Merlo, R. J. Ettinger-Finley*, M. H. Carhart*, F. Binny*, and L. Merlo-Ramírez, Simultaneous mapping of the magnetic field components using near-field microscopy. Jour. Opt. 26, 025401 (2024).
Susannah G Zhang, Anshul Singhvi, Kathleen M Susman, Harold M Hastings, and Jenny Magnes. Dynamic markers for chaotic motion in C. elegans. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 26(1):21–43, 2022
2021
M. H. Carhart*+, Parker Fairfield*+, J. M. Merlo+, L. Thatcher, L. Merlo-Ramírez. Longitudinal One-Dimensional Mechanical Topological Insulator. Phys. Scr. 99, 115998 (2024).
2020
Bradford B*, Whidden E*, Gervasio E*, Checchi P*, Raley-Susman K (2020). Neonicotinoid-containing insecticide disruption of growth, locomotion, and fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLOS ONE. 15(9).
Jenny Magnes, Harold Hastings, Miranda Hulsey-Vincent*, Cheris Congo*, Kathleen Raley-Susman, Anshul Singhvi, Tyler Hatch*, and Erik Szwed*. Chaotic markers in dynamic diffraction. Appl. Opt., 59(22):6642–6647, Aug 2020
2019
Boycott, T.J.*, Gao, J.*, and Gall, M.D. 2019. Deer browsing alters sound propagation in temperate deciduous forests. PLoS ONE, 14:e0211569. Was featured on NPR and Scientific American.
Scarlata MJ*, Lee SH*, Lee D, Kandigian AJ, Hiller AJ, Dishart JG, Mintz GE, Wang Z, Coste G*, Mousley A, Soler I, Lawson K, Ng AJ, Bezek JL, Bergstrom HC (2019). Chemogenetic stimulation of the infralimbic cortex reverses alcohol-induced fear memory overgeneralization. Scientific Reports. 9(1): 6730.
2018
*Beatini J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and Gall, M.D. 2018. Frequency sensitivity in Northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A204:145–154.
Cleaveland, J. M., Roselle, A.*, Fischer, D.K.* 2018. Proprioceptive stimuli and habit formation: Interresponse time mediated behavior in CD-1 mice. Behavioural Processes. 150: 29-35.
Colletta, M.*, Gachuhi, W.*, Gartenstein, S.A.*, James, M.M.*, Szwed, E.A., Daly, B.C., Cui, W., Antonelli, G.A. 2018. Picosecond ultrasonic study of surface acoustic waves on periodically patterned layered nanostructures. Ultrasonics. 87: 126-132
Deuser, K.* and Naumov, P. 2018. Armstrong's Axioms and Navigation Strategies. 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 18).
Pollack,G.A.*, Bezek, J.L., Lee, S.H.*, Scarlata, M.J.*, Weingast, L.T., and Bergstrom, H.C. 2018. Cued fear memory generalization increases over time. Learning and Memory. 25:298–308. Was the featured article for July and highlighted on the cover (art by S. Wrobel '18)
Raley-Susman, K.M., Chou, E.* and Lemoine, H.* 2018. Use of the model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, to elucidiate neurotoxic and behavioral effects of commercial fungicide mixtures. Fungicides. Ch. 3: pp 37-54. INTECH Press.
Starble, R.* and N.J. Pokrywka. 2018 The retromer subunit Vps26 mediates Notch signaling during Drosophila oogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 149:1-8.
Jenny Magnes and Tyler Hatch*. Fourier transform spectroscopy in the visible range. Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year of College, Baltimore, MD, July 2018
Jenny Magnes, Cheris Congo*, Miranda Hulsey-Vincent*, Harold Hastings, and Kathleen Raley-Susman. Live C. elegans diffraction at a single point. Open Journal of Biophysics, 8:45–55, 2018
2017
Jin, K.*, Lowrance, A.M., Polston, E.*, and Zheng, Y.*. 2017. The Turaev genus of torus knots. J. Knot Theory Ramifications. 26 (14), 1750095, 28 pp.
Elmegreen, B., Elmegreen, D., Tompkins, B.*, Jenks, L.*. 2017. Thick Disks in the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields. Astrophysical Journal. 847:14-23.
Magnes, J., Hastings, H. M., Raley-Susman, K. M., Alivisatos, C.*, Warner, A.*, Hulsey-Vincent*. 2017. Fourier-Based Diffraction Analysis of Live Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Vis. Exp. (127), e56154.
Rossi, M., Kwok, L.*, Lee, G.*, Caruso, A.*, Belli, S.L., Raley-Susman, K.M., Caruso, F., Filipsky, T., Candelotti, E., Tofani, D., Pedersen, J. and Incerpi, S. 2017. Protection by extra virgin olive oil against oxidative stress in vitro and in vivo. Chemical and biological studies on the health benefits due to a major component of the Mediterranean diet. PLoS ONE. 12(12): e0189341.
2016
Bolin, K., Rachmaninoff, N., Moncada, K., Pula, K.*, Kennell, J., and Buttitta, L. 2016. miR-8 modulates cytoskeletal regulators to influence cell survival and epithelial organization in Drosophila wings. Developmental Biology. 412:83-98.
de Leeuw, J. R., Andrews, J. K., Livingston, K. R., and Chin, B. M.* 2016. The effects of categorization on perceptual judgment are robust across different assessment tasks. Collabra, 2, 1-9.
Jiwrajka, M.,* , Phillips, A., Butler, M., Rossi, M., and Pocock, J.M. 2016. The Plant-Derived Chalcone 2,2′,5′-Trihydroxychalcone Provides Neuroprotection against Toll-Like Receptor 4 Triggered Inflammation in Microglia. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 116, 6301712.
Livingston, N., Bernatskiy, A., Livingston, K., Smith, M., Schwarz, J., Bongard, J.C., Wallach, D.* and J.H. Long, Jr. (2016). Modularity and sparsity: evolution of neural net controllers in physically embodied robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 3, 75.
2015
Bjornsson, M.M.*, Connolly, A.B.*, Mahat, S.*, Rachmilowitz, B.E.*, Daly, B.C., Antonelli, G.A., Myers, A., Singh, K.J., Yoo, H.J., and King, S.W. 2015. Picosecond ultrasonic study of surface acoustic waves on titanium nitride nanostructures. Journal of Applied Physics. 117, 095305.
Majer, S. H.* & Tanski, J. M.2015. Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel prochiral ketoimine: (E)-Acetophenone O-diphenylphosphoryl oxime. Acta Cryst. 2015,C71, 181-184.
2014
Baker-Salisbury, M. G.*, Starkman, B. S.*, Frisenda, G. M.*, Roteta, L. A.*, Tanski, J. M. 2014. Asymmetric Benzaldehyde Methylation with Titanium TADDOLate ComplexesInorg. Chim. Acta. 2014, 409, 394-398.
Elmegreen, D., Elmegreen, B., Erroz-Ferrer, S., Knapen, J., Teich, Y.*, Popinchalk, M.*, Athanassoula, E., Bosma, A. et al. 2014. Embedded Star Formation in S4G Galaxy Dust Lanes. Astrophysical Journal 720, 32-43.
Jago, A., Kpulun, T.*, Raley-Susman, K. M., Magnes, J. 2014. Single Wavelength Shadow Imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion Including Force Estimates. J. Vis. Exp. (86), e51424.
Pokrywka, N.J., H. Zhang*, K. Raley-Susman. 2014. Distinct roles for hu li tai shao and swallow in cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila oogenesis. Developmental Dynamics. 243:906-916.
Porter, M.E., Diaz, C.*, Sturm, J.J.*, Grotmol, S., Summers, A.P., and J.H. Long, Jr. (2014). Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks. Zoology 117, 19-27.
Roberts, S.F.*, Hirokawa, J.*, Rosenblum, H.G.*, Sakhtah, H.*, Gutierrez, A.A.*, Porter, M.E., and J.H. Long, Jr. (2014). Testing biological hypotheses with embodied robots: adaptations, accidents, and by-products in the evolution of vertebrates. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 1, 12.
Shakhmantsir, I.*, Massad, N.L., and Kennell, J.A. 2014. Regulation of cuticle pigmentation in Drosophila by the nutrient sensing Insulin and TOR signaling pathways. Developmental Dynamics. 243: 393-401.