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Spinneret spinning field ontogeny and life history observations in the spider Palpimanus uncatus Kulczy?ski, 1909 (Araneae: Palpimanidae) Journal of Arachnology 52 1 41-70 10.1636/JoA-S-22-056

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Synthesis of biologically derived poly(pyrogallol) nanofibers for antibacterial applications Journal of Materials Chemistry B 10.1039/D3TB00312D

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Modeling the role of local crystallographic correlations in microstructures of Ti-6Al-4V using a correlated structure visco-plastic self-consistent polycrystal plasticity formulation Acta Materialia 203 116502 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.116502

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Giant polyploid epidermal cells and male pheromone production in the tephritid fruit fly Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae).

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Nikon confocal microscope; Tescan SEM

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Microplastic concentrations in two Oregon bivalve species: Spatial, temporal, and species variability. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 5 54-65 10.1002/lol2.10124 FTIR
Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Acta Entomologica 60 1 95–154 10.37520/aemnp.2020.007 SEM
Diverged morphology changes of astrocytic and neuronal primary cilia under reactive insults. Molecular Brain 13 28 10.1186/s13041-020-00571-y Confocal Microscope
Functional nanoassemblies with mirror-image chiroptical properties templated by a single homochiral DNA strand.

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32 6 2272 - 2281 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04092 Confocal Microscope
Hers and his: Silk glands used in egg sac construction by female spiders potentially repurposed by a ‘modern’ male spider. Scientific Reports 10 6663 10.1038/s41598-020-63521-7 SEM
Temperature fluctuations during embryonic development implicated in a naturally occurring instance of abnormal spinnerets in the spider Australomimetus maculosus(Araneae, Mimetidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 57 100945 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100945 SEM

Correcting tree-ring ?13C time series for tree-size effects in eight temperate tree species. Tree Physiology 40 3 333 - 349 10.1093/treephys/tpz138 Mass spectrometer
Experimental verification of a crystal plasticity-based simulation framework for predicting microstructure and geometric shape changes: Application to bending and Taylor impact testing of Zr International Jounal of Impact Engineering 144 103655 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103655 EBSD on SEM

Strain-Rate Sensitivity, Tension-Compression Asymmetry,r-Ratio, Twinning, and Texture Evolution of a Rolled Magnesium Alloy Mg-1.3Zn-0.4Ca-0.4Mn. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 51 3858–3868 10.1007/s11661-020-05841-x EBSD on SEM
Induction of activity synchronization among primed hippocampal neurons out of random dynamics is key for trace memory formation and retrieval FASEB Journal 34 3658–3676 10.1096/fj.201902274R Confocal Microscope

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Community structural differences shape microbial responses to high molecular weight organic matter. Environmental Microbiology 21 2 557-571 10.1111/1462-2920.14485 Analyzing Flow Cytometer
Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Multilayers. PhD Dissertation, 鶹app. SEM
Tissue- and cell-specific expression of a splice variant in the II-III cytoplasmic loop of Cacna1b. FEBS Open Bio 9 9 1603-1616 10.1002/2211-5463.12701
Cacna1balternative splicing impacts excitatory neurotransmission and is linked to behavioral responses to aversive stimuli. Molecular Brain 12 81 10.1186/s13041-019-0500-1
Assessing structure/property relationships and synthetic protocols in the fabrication of poly(oxanorbornene imide) single-chain nanoparticles. European Polymer Journal 112 206-213 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.12.046 NMR
Mechanical response, twinning, and texture evolution of WE43 magnesium-rare earth alloy as a function of strain rate: Experiments and multi-level crystal plasticity modeling. International Journal of Plasticity 120 180-204 10.1016/j.ijplas.2019.04.019 SEM
Effects of build orientation and heat treatment on the evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties of alloy Mar-M-509 fabricated via laser powder bed fusion. International Journal of Plasticity 121 116-133 10.1016/j.ijplas.2019.06.002 SEM
Jumping and grasping: Universal locking mechanisms in insect legs. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 6 1-16 10.1093/isd/ixz018 Confocal Microscope
Role of grain structure, grain boundaries, crystallographic texture, precipitates, and porosity on fatigue behavior of Inconel 718 at room and elevated temperatures. Materials Characterization 149 184-197 10.1016/j.matchar.2019.01.028 SEM
Structural analysis of allosteric regulation of the regulatory GAF domains of cone photoreceptor phosphodiesterase-6 (PDE6) by cGMP and the inhibitory ?-subunit. Faculty Publications 705 10.34051/p/2019.5 NMR
Prediction of the anisotropic damage evolution of dry common millet (Panicum miliaceum) seed under quasi-static blunt indentation. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 214 112-122 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.03.042 SEM
A short and efficient synthesis of the [3]triangulene ring system. Angewandte Chemie 58 15793 - 15796 10.1002/ange.201907226 NMR
S Hou Injectable macroporous hydrogel for wound healing and tissue engineering PhD Dissertation, 鶹app.
Matrix metalloproteinase-deactivating contact lens for corneal melting. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 5 1195 - 1199 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01404 SEM
From spinning silk to spreading saliva: Mouthpart remodeling inManduca sexta(Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 6 1-11 10.1093/isd/ixz007 Confocal Microscope
Electrochemical characterization of the stimuli-response of surface-immobilized elastin-like polymers. Soft Matter 15 9640 10.1039/c9sm01681c UV/Vis/NearIR Spectrophotometer (discontinued)
A multi-interpenetrating network (IPN) hydrogel with gelatin and silk ?broin. Biomaterials Science 7 1276 10.1039/c8bm01532e
Acid-catalyzed rearrangements in arenes: interconversions in the quaterphenyl series. BeilsteinJournal of Organic Chemistry 15 2655–2663 10.3762/bjoc.15.258 NMR
Comparative phosphoproteomic profiling of type III adenylyl cyclase knockout and control, male, and female mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 13 34 10.3389/fncel.2019.00034 Confocal Microscope

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Structure and Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Magnetron Sputter Deposition of Stainles-Steel Nitride and Carbide Thin Films with Transition Metal Additives. PhD Dissertation, 鶹app.
Gelatin hydrogel combined with polydopamine coating to enhance tissue integration of medical implants. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 4 3471-3477 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00886
Localization and expression of putative circadian clock transcripts in the brain of the nudibranch. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology,Part A 223 52-59 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.05.002 Confocal Microscope
Dynamic aggregation of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide characterized using second-order scattering. Applied Spectroscopy 72 9 1341-1348 10.1177/0003702818778601 Confocal Microscope
Seedcoat suture tessellation:Amplifying strength, toughness, and auxeticity via wavy sutural tessellation in plant seedcoats. AdvancedMaterials 30 36 e1800579 10.1002/adma.201870274 SEM
Expression of two glycoprotein hormone receptors in larval, parasitic phase, and adult sea lampreys. General and Comparative Endocrinology 264 39-47 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.11.006 Confocal Microscope
Injectable macroporous hydrogel formed by enzymatic crosslinking of gelatin microgels. ACS Applied Bio Materials 1 1430-1439 10.1021/acsabm.8b00380
Selective CO2reduction catalyzed by single cobalt sites on carbon nitride under visible-light irradiation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 47 16042-16047 10.1021/jacs.8b10380
Neuronal and astrocytic primary cilia in the mature brain Pharmacological Research 137 114-121 10.1016/j.phrs.2018.10.002 Confocal Microscope
Evaluation of metal oxide surface catalysts for the electrochemical activation of amino acids. Sensors 18 3144 10.3390/s18093144 SEM
Co-localization of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone transcripts in larval, parasitic, and adult sea lamprey brains. General and Comparative Endocrinology 264 84-93 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.004 Confocal Microscope

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Structural water engaged disordered vanadium oxide nanosheets for high capacity aqueous potassium-ion storage. Nature Communications 8 15520 10.1038/ncomms15520 SEM
Protein?like structure and activity in synthetic polymers. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 55 2 191-206 10.1002/pola.28378 NMR
Single-chain nanoparticles containing sequence defined segments: using primary structure control to impart secondary and tertiary structures. Polymer Chemistry 8 32 5829-5835 10.1039/C7PY01133D NMR
Scalable synthesis of single-chain nanoparticles under mild conditions. Macromolecules 50 7 2996-3003 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00497 NMR
Exploring Structural Effects in Single-Chain “folding” Mediated by Intramolecular Thermal Diels-Alder Chemistry. Polymer Chemistry 8 34 5120-5128 10.1039/C7PY00320J NMR
Comprehensive histological and immunological studies reveal a novel glycoprotein hormone and thyrostimulin expressing proto-glycotrope in the sea lamprey pituitary. Cell & Tissue Research 367 311-338 10.1007/s00441-016-2502-y Confocal Microscope
Host-selected mutations converging on a global regulator drive an adaptive leap towards symbiosis in bacteria. eLife 6 e24414 10.7554/eLife.24414 Confocal Microscope
Comparative study of spinning field development in two species of araneophagic spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae,Australomimetus). Evolutionary Systematics 1 1 47-75 10.3897/evolsyst.1.14765 SEM
Rotational barriers in five related amides. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 95 3 271-277 10.1139/cjc-2016-0344 NMR