This article reports on the characterization of the different antioxidant mechanisms of tomato plants subjected to heat stress, salinity stress, or a combination of both stresses.

This paper discusses the "Adopt-A-Molecule" project, a 9-week long, two-part term project, undertaken by students enrolled in the first of the 2-semester sequence in organic chemistry (Fall 2009).

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This presentation discusses research on the Adopt-A-Molecule project, a 9-week long, two-part term project, undertaken by students enrolled in the first of the two-semester sequence in organic chemistry (Fall 2009).

This article examines the hypothesis that MtNIP/LATD may have another biochemical activity.

This article presents a study in which an in silico genome-scale metabolic model of steroidogenesis is used to investigate the effects of hypoxic stress on steroid hormone productions in fish. This article introduces a powerful model for pathway analysis that can lend insights on the effects of various stressor scenarios on metabolic functions.

Article on a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase commonly used for negative selection in transgenic plants causing growth anomalies by disrupting brassinosteroid signaling.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on forensic toxicology.

This article measures the cardiac performance of Newfoundland Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The results: (1) show that maximum performance of the isolated cod heart is not compromised by exposure to cold temperatures; and (2) support data from other studies, which show that, in contrast to salmonids, cod cardiac performance/myocardial contractility is not dependent upon humoral adrenergic stimulation.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the isolation of a new strain of mycobacteriophage from soil collection using a Mycobacterium smegmatis host strain and an enrichment protocol.

Article on key cell signaling pathways modulated by zerumbone and the role in the prevention and treatment of cancer.

This article determines the circulating leukocyte subset response to completing the 2013 Hotter'N Hell Hundred recreational 164-km road cycle event in a hot and humid environmental condition.

This article contains an analysis of 16 microstatellite loci from 300 Greater Sage-Grouse individuals to assess genetic structure among populations in Wyoming and southeast Montana.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on measuring the activity of the SERCA using Thapsigargin as a Ca+ ion pump inhibitor.

This article establishes the de novo transcriptomic database from the embryos and larvae of mahi-mahi exposed to water accommodated fractions (HEWAFs) of two Deepwater Horizon oil types (weathered and source oil) in an effort to advance understanding of the molecular aspects involved during specific toxicity responses.

This article contains a study to determine if 30-d of oral spore-based probiotic supplementation could reduce dietary endotoxemia.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on primary cilia in the oligodendrocyte lineage.

Presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the purification and analysis of mycobacteriophage Alice.

This paper discusses research on the purification and analysis of mycobacteriophage Alice. The purpose of this research is to expand the knowledge of mycobacteriophage and analyze a single mycobacteriophage genome to be archived for future use.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on saving the Salton Sea and alternatives to reduce harmful pollutants.

The article looks at antitumor activity using a matched pair of cell lines MDA-MB-231 cells that are estrogen-independent, estrogen receptor negative and MCF-7 cells, a cell line that is estrogen receptor (ER) positive. Those polyethers that contained a O-phenyl unit were able to significantly inhibit the non-estrogen sensitive cell line but were much less effective against the estrogen sensitive cell line; that is, the human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 showed better test results for polymers derived from diols containing the O-phenyl moiety than the breast cancer cell line MCF-7, a well-characterized estrogen receptor positive control cell line.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing a study of the aging process.

This article shows that both Cys-EC and 4β-(S-cysteinyl)-catechin (Cys-C) are present in grapevine. The data from this study advance knowledge of PA building blocks and LAR function and provide targets for grapevine breeding to alter PA composition.

This column article discusses the impact of Robert Boutillier and Graham Shelton's 1986 Journal of Experimental Biology paper "Gas exchange, storage and transport in voluntarily diving Xenopus laevis."