Publications
We regularly contribute to publications involving the services and collaborations offered throughout TIGSS. These are just a few of our recent publications.
T. Galbadage, D. Liu, J.M. Tour, J.D. Cirillo, & R.S. Gunasekera (2025). Microbicidal mechanisms for light-activated molecular nanomachines in Mycobacterium smegmatis: A model for pathogenic bacteria. OpenNano, 23, 100240.
S.C. Longlax, K.J. Koster, A.M. Kamat, M. Lozano, S.P. Lerner, R. Hannigan, T. Nishiguchi, Abhimanyu, D. Sheikh, M. Ladki, A. Portillo, A. Koirala T. Patel, Z. Spieler, A.B. Benjamin, M. Lebedev, T.U. Ofili, R.W. Hutchison, G. Udeani, L.A. Opperman, G. Neal, A.M. Mandalakas, M.G. Netea, M. Arditi, P. Avalos, S.L. Grimm, C. Coarfa, J.D. Cirillo, A.R. DiNardo (2025). BCG-induced DNA methylation changes improve COVID-19 vaccine immunity without decreasing the risk for COVID-19 infection. Open Forum Infect. Dis. 12: ofaf007.
A.M. Gaber, J.C. Blazier, A.S. Rogovskyy (2025). Whole-genome sequences of six Borrelia recurrentis strains obtained via PacBio sequencing. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e01026-24.
M. Lebede, A.B. Benjamin, S. Kumar, N. Molchanova, J.S. Lin, K.J. Koster… & J.D. Cirillo (2024). Antiviral Effect of Antimicrobial Peptoid TM9 and Murine Model of Respiratory Coronavirus Infection. Pharmaceutics, 16(4), 464.
A.S. Rogovskyy, V.C. Pliasas, R. Buhrer, K. Lewy, D.J. Wiener, Y. Jung, J. Bova, Y. Rogovska, S.J. Kim, E. Jeon (2024). Do white-footed mice, the main reservoir of the Lyme disease pathogen in the United States, clinically respond to the borrelial tenancy?. Infection and Immunity, 92(12), e00382-24.
H. Wang, Z. Shen, C.S. Wu, P. Ji, Y.J. Noh, C.G. Geoffroy, S.J. Kim, D. Threadgill, J. Li, Y. Zhou, X. Xiao (2024). Neuronal ablation of GHSR mitigates diet-induced depression and memory impairment via AMPK-autophagy signaling-mediated inflammation. Frontiers in Immunology, 23;15:1339937.
A. Jo, H.M. Joh, J.H. Bae, S.J. Kim, J.W. Chung, T. H. Chung. (2024). Plasma-activated media produced by a Microwave-Excited Atmospheric pressure plasma jet is effective against cisplatin-resistant human bladder Cancer cells in Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(2), 1249.
D.J. Boland, N.M. Ayres (2024). Cracking AlphaFold2: Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence in undergraduate biochemistry curriculums. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(6), e1012123. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012123.
D.J. Boland, I. Cornejo-Corona, D.R. Browne, R.L. Murphy, J. Mullet, S. Okada, et al. (2024). Reclassification of Botryococcus braunii chemical races into separate species based on a comparative genomics analysis. PLoS ONE, 19(7): e0304144. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304144.
I. Cornejo-Corona, D.J. Boland, T.P. Devarenne (2024). Method for isolation of high molecular weight genomic DNA from Botryococcus biomass. PLoS ONE, 19(7): e0301680. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301680.
M.D. McDonald, K.L. Lewis, J.C. Blazier, T.J. Gentry (2024). Semi-arid soil bacterial communities are refined by altered plant selection pressure under conservation management practices. Applied Soil Ecology, 194, 105191.
K. Li, M.L. Smith, J.C. Blazier, K.J. Kochan, J.M. Wood, K. Howe…P.A. Doris (2024). Construction and evaluation of a new rat reference genome assembly, GRCr8, from long reads and long-range scaffolding. Genome Research, 34(11), 2081-2093.
E. Jeon, A. Hudson, A. Talcott, J. Clark, T. Le, B. Burrowes, & M. Liu (2022). Complete Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Podophage Paxi. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(4), e00179-22.
S.A. Malkaram, A. Shatnawi, J. Fan, H. Carraway, J. Denvir, D.A. Primerano, Z.Y. Elmageed, T.E. Fandy (2022). Differential Histone Posttranslational Modifications Induced by DNA Hypomethylating Agents. Cancer Control, 29: 10732748221074051.doi: 10.1177/10732748221074051
E. Jeon, C. Jenkins, R. Philip, G.I. King, S.A. Keith, C.M. Quick (2021). Using a General Mathematical Model to Quantify the Fontan Paradox of Elevated Central Venous Pressure and Diminished Cardiac Output. FASEB JOURNAL (Vol. 35). Poster presented at Texas A&M University Student Research Week; March 29-April 2, 2021; Virtual. Poster presented at Experimental Biology; April 27-30, 2021; Virtual.
H. Chavva, D.A. Brazeau, J. Denvir, D.A. Primerano, J. Fan, S.L. Seeley, B.R. Rorabaugh (2021). Methamphetamine-induced changes in myocardial gene transcription are sex-dependent. BMC Genomics, 22(1):259. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07561-x.PMID: 33845768
J.W. Podnar, L. Pantano, M.J. Zeller, F.W. Kolling, Y. Zhang, Y.O. Alekseyev, J. Niece, H. Deiderick, J. Fan, X. Xuei, J. Kieleczawa, S.S. Levine, Z.T. Herbert, M. Adams (2020). Cross-Site Evaluation of Commercial Sanger Sequencing Chemistries. J Biomol Tech, 31(3):88-93. doi: 10.7171/jbt.20-3103-002. PMID: 32831655; PMCID: PMC7351326.
K.W. Jordan, S. He F. Wang, S. Chao, Y. Lun, E. Paux…E.D. Akhunov (2018). The genetic architecture of genome‐wide recombination rate variation in allopolyploid wheat revealed by nested association mapping. The Plant Journal, 95(6), 1039-1054.
Y.F. Gu, S. Cohn, A. Christie, T. McKenzie, N.C. Wolff, Q.N. Do, A.J. Madhuranthakam, I. Pedrosa, T. Wang, A. Dey, M. Busslinger, X.J. Xie, R.E. Hammer, R.M. McKay, P. Kapur, J. Brugarolas (2017). Modeling Renal Cell Carcinoma in Mice: Bap1 and Pbrm1 Inactivation Drive Tumor Grade. Cancer Discov, 7(8):900-917
N.C. Wolff, A. Pavia-Jimenez, V.T. Tcheuyap, S. Alexander, M. Vishwanath, A. Christie, X.J. Xie, N.S. Williams, P. Kapur, B. Posner, R.M. McKay, J. Brugarolas (2015). High-throughput simultaneous screen and counterscreen identifies homoharringtonine as synthetic lethal with von Hippel-Lindau loss in renal cell carcinom. Oncotarget, 6(19):16951-62
K. Jordan, S. Wang, Y. Lun, A. Akhunova, K. Forrest, J. Dubcovsky & E. Akhunov (2015). Population Genomics of Allopolyploid Wheat. In ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2015). ASA-CSSA-SSSA.
B.R. Alves, R.C. Cardoso, L.D. Prezotto, J.F. Thorson, M. Bedenbaugh, S.M. Sharpton, M. Amstalden (2015). Elevated body weight gain during the juvenile period alters neuropeptide Y-gonadotropin-releasing hormone circuitry in prepubertal heifers. Biology of reproduction, 92(2), 46-1.
N.C. Wolff, R.M. McKay, J. Brugarolas (2014). REDD1/DDIT4-independent mTORC1 inhibition and apoptosis by glucocorticoids in thymocytes. Mol Cancer Res,12(6):867-77. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-13-0625.
J.F.Thorson, L.D. Prezotto, R.C. Cardoso, S.M. Sharpton, J.F. Edwards, T.H. Welsh Jr … G.L. Williams (2014). Hypothalamic distribution, adenohypophyseal receptor expression, and ligand functionality of RFamide-related peptide 3 in the mare during the breeding and nonbreeding seasons. Biology of Reproduction, 90(2), 28-1.
J. Thorson, S.M. Sharpton, L.D. Prezotto, R. Cardoso, J. Edwards, P. Riggs, …G.L. Williams (2012). Expression of Hypothalamic RF-amide Related Peptide 3 (RFRP3) and Adenohypophyseal G Protein-Coupled Receptor 147 (GPR147) During the Breeding and Non-breeding Seasons in the Mare.
L. Zhang, Y. Lun, D. Yan, L. Yu, W. Ma, B. Du, X. Zhu (2007). Proteomic analysis of macrophages: a new way to identify novel cell-surface antigens. Journal of immunological methods, 321(1-2), 80-85.