• Geometry, allometry and biomechanics of fern leaf petioles: their significance for the evolution of functional and ecological diversity within the Pteridaceae 

  Mahley, Mahley, Jennifer N.; Pittermann, Jarmila; Rowe, Nick; Baer, Baer, Alex; Watkins, James E.; Schuettpelz, Eric; Wheeler, James K.; Mehltreter, Klaus; Windham, Windham, Michael D.; Testo, Weston; Beck, James B. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-03-07)

  Herbaceous plants rely on a combination of turgor, ground tissues and geometry for mechanical support of leaves and stems. Unlike most angiosperms however, ferns employ a sub-dermal layer of fibers, known as a hypodermal ...

• The K-INBRE symposium: a 10-institution collaboration to improve undergraduate education 

  Velasquez, Sarah E.; Abraham, K.; Burnett, Tim G.; Chapin, Bridgett; Hendry, William J. III; Leung, Sam; Madden, Michael E.; Rider, Virginia; Stanford, John A.; Ward, Robert E.; Chapes, Stephen K. (American Physiological Society, 2018-03)

  The Kansas-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) is an infrastructure-building program funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Undergraduate education, through undergraduate research, ...

• Developing QPCR assay to quantify disease severity in Medicago truncatula due to Macrophomina phaseolina infection 

  Bhandari, Prajwal (Wichita State University, 2017-07)

  Macrophomina phaseolina (M. phaseolina) is a soil-borne necrotrophic fungus that causes charcoal rot disease. The pathogen has very wide host range (up to 500 plant species) and affects seed quality, plant growth and yield. ...

• Characterizing bacterial growth in eutectic and saturated salt solutions relevant to mars 

  Wilks, Jonathan M. (Wichita State University, 2017-07)

  Although Mars is a hyperarid environment that poses many challenges to any potential inhabitants, liquid water is available. Many believe this liquid water is formed by the deliquescence of hygroscopic salts. Upon absorbing ...

• Differential expression at the proteomic level of stem-cell markers and other gene markers in high-grade serous vs. other subtypes of ovarian cancer. 

  Mukherjee , Lipilekha (Wichita State University, 2017-07)

  Ovarian carcinoma is the most lethal neoplasm and the fifth leading cause of death in women due to gynecological malignancies. It is estimated that there are 225,000 new cases diagnosed and 140,000 deaths occurring annually ...

• Evaluating range genetics in black cherry (Prunus serotina) and the genetic status of an enigmatic relative, Alabama cherry (Prunus alabamensis) 

  Konrade, Lauren A. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Premise of the study: Isolation by distance (IBD) is a genetic pattern in which populations geographically closer to one another are more genetically similar to each other than populations which are further apart. Black ...

• Plant spatial structure is more dependent on endogenous processes than soil heterogeneity in an assembling community 

  Schouten, Olivia S. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Within communities, organisms potentially self-organize through endogenous processes that create non-random spatial structure as they interact with one another or modify the abiotic environment. In contrast, exogenous ...

• Molecular and phenetic characterization of the bacterial assemblage of Basque Lake, BC, an environment with high concentrations of magnesium sulphate, and its relevance to mars 

  Crisler, James D. (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

  Halotolerant bacteria favor environments containing high concentrations of salts. While there are a multitude of hypersaline environments containing various salts on Earth, those heavily dominated with sodium chloride ...

• Can asexuality confer a short-term advantage? Investigating apparent biogeographic success in the apomictic triploid fern Myriopteris gracilis 

  Wickell, David A.; Windham, Michael D.; Wang, Xiaofei; Macdonald, Stuart J.; Beck, James B. (Botanical Society of America, 2017-08-16)

  PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Although asexual taxa are generally seen as evolutionary dead ends, asexuality appears to provide a short-term benefit in some taxa, including a wider geographic distribution compared to sexual ...

• Dynamic migration of dental pulp stem cell - derived chondrogenic cells in collagen hydrogels 

  Yao, Li; Flynn, Nikol (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2017-12)

  The biological approach targets therapy that preserves the intervertebral disc (IVD) function by regenerating the degenerated and damaged nucleus pulposus (NP). Biomaterial hydrogels that mimic the NP extracellular matrix ...

• Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities 

  Wilcox, Kevin R.; Tredennick, Andrew T.; Koerner, Sally E.; Grman, Emily; Hallett, Lauren M.; Avolio, Meghan L.; La Pierre, Kimberly J.; Houseman, Gregory R. (Wiley, 2017-12)

  Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability across spatial scales is important for land management and policy ...

• Stream nifH sequence library 

  Santos-Caton, Ingrid R.; Caton, Todd M.; Schneegurt, Mark A. (Wichita State University, 2008)

  Sequence library of nifH (nitrogenase) genes PCR-amplified and cloned from metagenomic extracts of sediments from three small prairie streams with different levels of chronic N loading. 4L4_KONZA = Kings Creek N4D (pristine); ...

• Effect of Scutellarin inhibits collagen-induced arthritis through TLR4/NF-kappa B-mediated inflammation 

  Zhang, Laibo; Sun, Shui; Li, Wei; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xianquan; Yang, Shang-You (D.A. Spandidos, 2017-10)

  Scutellarin is the major effective constituent of the commonly used Chinese medicine Erigeron breviscapus. It has been applied in the clinic to treat various diseases, and is characterized by high content, a stable source, ...

• Altered microRNA expression patterns during the initiation and promotion stages of neonatal diethylstilbestrol-induced dysplasia/neoplasia in the hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) uterus 

  Padmanabhan, Ramesh; Hendry, Isabel R.; Knapp, Jennifer R.; Shuai, Bin; Hendry, William J. III (Springer Netherlands, 2017-10)

  Treatment of Syrian hamsters on the day of birth with the prototypical endocrine disruptor and synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES), leads to 100% occurrence of uterine hyperplasia/dysplasia in adulthood, a large ...

• Fabrication and characterization of microspheres encapsulating astrocytes for neural regeneration 

  Berndt, Marcus; Li, Yongchao; Seyedhassantehrani, Negar; Yao, Li (American Chemical Society, 2017-07)

  Astrocytes play a critical role in supporting the normal physiological function of neurons. Recent studies have revealed that astrocyte transplantation can promote axonal regeneration and functional recovery after spinal ...

• Prevalence of sucretolerant bacteria in common soils and their isolation and characterization 

  Fredsgaard, Casper; Moore, Donald B.; Chen, Fei; Clark, Benton C.; Schneegurt, Mark A. (Springer, 2017-08)

  Sucretolerant microbes grow in the presence of sugar concentrations high enough to substantially lower water activities. Natural habitats high in sugars are mainly limited to dried fruit, floral nectar, honey, sugarcane, ...

• Bacterial growth tolerance to concentrations of chlorate and perchlorate salts relevant to Mars 

  Alsoudi, Amer F.; Farhat, Omar; Chen, Fei; Clark, Benton C.; Schneegurt, Mark A. (Cambridge University Press, 2017-07)

  The Phoenix lander at Mars polar cap found appreciable levels of (per)chlorate salts, a mixture of perchlorate and chlorate salts of Ca, Fe, Mg and Na at levels of similar to 0.6% in regolith. These salts are highly ...

• Assessing population demographics of sericea (Lespedeza cuneata) in response to environmental variation and land management in the Great Plains 

  Smith, Jennifer N. (Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)

  Sericea (Lespedeza cuneata) is an invasive, perennial legume threatening native grasslands in the Great Plains. Although much is known about Sericea, population demographics (survival, growth, reproduction, and recruitment) ...

• Differential regulatory gene expression at the proteomic level in subtypes of human ovarian cancer cell-lines 

  Mukherjee, Lipilekha; Hendry, I.R. (Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)

  Ovarian carcinoma is the most lethal neoplasm and the fifth leading cause of mortality in women. Among the different subtypes, widely heterogeneous high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) poses a great challenge to modern ...

• A new cryptic species and review of the east-Andean leaf chafer genus Mesomerodon Ohaus, 1905 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) 

  Seidel, Matthias; Jameson, Mary Liz; Stone, Rachel L. (Pensoft Publishers, 2017-04-26)

  The Neotropical scarab beetle genus Mesomerodon Ohaus (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) is distributed in the western (lowland) Amazonian region from Colombia to Bolivia. Based on our research, the genus includes three ...

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