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Submissions from 2024

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Assessing Biological Condition of Restored Streams in an Agriculturally Impaired Chesapeake Bay Sub-Watershed, Julia M. Portmann and Bruce Wiggins

Submissions from 2014

Axon guidance in the auditory system: Multiple functions of Eph receptors, Mark Gabriele

Blurring the lines of research and teaching: Rewarding careers at primarily undergraduate institutions, Mark Gabriele

Converging midbrain afferent patterns and auditory brainstem responses in ephrin-B3 mutant mice, Mark Gabriele

Developing curiosities. Developing brain maps. Developing student minds, Mark Gabriele

Effects of Eph-ephrin mutations on pre-pulse inhibition in mice, Mark Gabriele

Eph-ephrin signaling in establishing auditory midbrain maps prior to experience, Mark Gabriele

Spatial Dynamics of Canopy Trees in an Old Growth Eastern Hemlock Forest in the Central Appalachian Highlands, Heather Griscom

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Billions of basepairs of recently expanded, repetitive sequences are eliminated from the somatic genome during copepod development, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2013

Countergradients and modular expression patterns of Eph-ephrin signaling proteins in the developing auditory brainstem, Mark Gabriele

Ephrin-B2 reverse signaling is required for topography but not pattern formation of lateral superior olivary inputs to the inferior colliculus, Mark Gabriele

Playing to our strengths: Securing extramural funding by emphasizing undergraduate research, Mark Gabriele

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Fluorescence fluctuation approaches to the study of adhesion and signaling., Kristopher Kubow

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Matrix microarchitecture and myosin II determine adhesion in 3D matrices, Kristopher Kubow

The role of matrix fiber architecture in cell adhesion and polarity, Kristopher Kubow

Submissions from 2012

Assembling functional auditory circuits in the developing brain prior to experience, Mark Gabriele

Complementary expression of ephrin-Bs and their role in inferior collicular development, Mark Gabriele

Ephrin-B2 is necessary for accurate topography but not required for pattern formation of lateral superior olivary inputs to the inferior colliculus prior to hearing onset, Mark Gabriele

Ephrin-B2 reverse signaling is not required for the formation of layered and modular lateral superior olivary inputs to the inferior colliculus in the developing mouse, Mark Gabriele

Ultrasonic vocalizations in Eph/ephrin mice, Mark Gabriele

X-Gal staining of lacZ ephrin-B2 and ephrin-B3 mutant mice in the auditory midbrain prior to hearing onset, Mark Gabriele

Carbon dynamics of tropical forests, Heather Griscom

Evaluating the ecological niche of American chestnut for optimal hybrid seedling reintroduction sites in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Province, Heather Griscom

Tree Species Composition and Diversity and the Abundance of Exotics in Forest Fragments of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Heather Griscom

Using DQCs to evaluate student retention of central biological concepts through a sequence of introductory biology courses, Heather Griscom

Using targeted active-learning exercises and diagnostic question clusters to improve students’ understanding of carbon cycling in ecosystems, Heather Griscom

Adhesions in 3D are guided by myosin activation state and matrix fiber architecture, Kristopher Kubow

Techniques in Mechanobiology Workshop Tutorial: Using FRET to study the mechanobiology of cells and their microenvironment, Kristopher Kubow

Submissions from 2011

EphA4 and eprhin-B2 expression patterns during inferior colliculus projection shaping prior to experience, Mark Gabriele

Graded and modular expression patterns of EphAs and ephrin-Bs in the developing central nucleus and external cortex of the inferior colliculus, Mark Gabriele

Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America: a review of pattern and process, Heather Griscom

Species-Specific Barriers to Tree Regeneration in High Elevation Habitats of West Virginia, Heather Griscom

The effect of shade on leaf structure and physiology of tree seedlings from a mixed dipterocarp forest, Heather Griscom

The structure and composition of a tropical dry forest landscape after land clearance; Azuero Peninsula, Panama, Heather Griscom

Dynamic observations of adhesions in 3D, Kristopher Kubow

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Reducing background fluorescence reveals adhesions in 3D matrices, Kristopher Kubow

Familial level phylogeny of free-living cyclopoids (Crustacea: Copeoda), inferred from partial 18S ribosomal DNA, Grace Wyngaard

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Observing copepods through a genomic lens, Grace Wyngaard

Unusual augmentation of germline genome size in Cyclops kolensis (Crustacea, Copepoda): further evidence in support of a revised model of chromatin diminution, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2010

EphA4 and ephrin-B2 involvement in establishing afferent patterns in the developing inferior colliculus, Mark Gabriele

Changes in light levels with loss of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) at a southern Appalachian headwater stream: implications for brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), Heather Griscom

Niche differentiation of Castanea dentata (American chestnut), Castanea hybrids, and other native tree species in Virginia, Heather Griscom

Reintroduction of the American Chestnut, Heather Griscom

Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America, Heather Griscom

Restoration work in Virginia, Heather Griscom

Where's the Carbon? Increasing Public Understanding of Global Warming with Improved College Science Education, Heather Griscom

Dynamic observations of adhesions in 3D, Kristopher Kubow

Biology Leadership Conference, Grace Wyngaard

Phylogeny of the freshwater copepods Mesocyclops (Crustacea: Cyclopidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data, with notes on biogeography, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2009

Developmental mechanisms shaping complex auditory circuits, Mark Gabriele

Eph/ephrin expression and the development of layered projections in the inferior colliculus of neonatal mouse, Mark Gabriele

Patterning of multiple layered projections to the auditory midbrain prior to experience, Mark Gabriele

Changes in light levels with loss of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) at a southern Appalachian headwater stream: implications for brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), Heather Griscom

Forest regeneration from pasture in the dry tropics of Panama: effects of cattle, exotic grass, and forested riparia, Heather Griscom

Mapping the current and potential distribution of red spruce (Picea rubens) in Virginia: Implications for the restoration of degraded high elevation habitat, Heather Griscom

Restoration of the American Chestnut, Heather Griscom

Restoration of the American Chestnut, Heather Griscom

Shifting Competitive Hierarchy? Implications for Restoration of the American chestnut, Castanea dentata, Heather Griscom

Shifting Competitive Hierarchy? Implications for Restoration of the American chestnut, Castanea dentata, Heather Griscom

Spatial Dynamics of Canopy Trees in an Old Growth Hemlock Forest in the Central Appalachian Highlands, Heather Griscom

Student Reasoning Related to Matter and Energy Flow through Ecosystems: Lessons from Diagnostic Question Clusters, Heather Griscom

Using DQCs and active learning strategies to assess ecology students’ alternative conceptions about carbon cycling in ecosystems, Heather Griscom

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Crosslinking of cell-derived 3D scaffolds up-regulates the stretching and unfolding of new extracellular matrix assembled by reseeded cells, Kristopher Kubow

Fibronectin forms the most extensible biological fibers displaying switchable force-exposed cryptic binding sites, Kristopher Kubow

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Optimization strategies for electrospun silk fibroin tissue engineering scaffolds, Kristopher Kubow

Biology Leadership Conference, Grace Wyngaard

Phylogenetic Analysis, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2008

Pattern formation in the developing auditory midbrain, Mark Gabriele

Pattern formation in the inferior colliculus of rat and mouse prior to the onset of hearing, Mark Gabriele

Change in leaf structure in relation to crown position and size class for tree species within a Sri Lankan tropical rain forest, Heather Griscom

Red Spruce Forests and Climate Change, Heather Griscom

The restoration of a degraded forested habitat in the high elevation forests of West Virginia, Heather Griscom

Differentiating the effects of rigidity and stretch-induced conformational changes of fibronectin fibers on cell-mediated matrix remodeling and assembly, Kristopher Kubow

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Fibronectin in aging extracellular matrix fibrils is progressively unfolded by cells and elicits an enhanced rigidity response, Kristopher Kubow

Copepod crustaceans collected on and near Plummers Island, Grace Wyngaard

Endopolyploidy in cyclopoid copepods, Grace Wyngaard

Gonomery and chromatin diminution in Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda), Grace Wyngaard

Heterochromatin endoreduplication prior to gametogenesis and chromatin diminution during early embryogenesis in Mesocyclops edax (Copepoda: Crustacea), Grace Wyngaard

International Workshop on Copepod Genomics, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2007

Early segregation of layered projections from the lateral superior olivary nucleus to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the neonatal cat, Mark Gabriele

EphA4 expression patterns in the neonatal rat inferior colliculus, Mark Gabriele

Patterns of convergence for multiple afferent projections to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus prior to the onset of hearing, Mark Gabriele

Spatial registry of multiple layered inputs to the inferior colliculus in rat prior to experience, Mark Gabriele

Frugivory by small vertebrates within a deforested, dry tropical region of Central America, Heather Griscom

Restoration of Tropical and Temperate Forests, Heather Griscom

Fibronectin conformation dynamics during cell-mediated remodeling of three-dimensional, cell-derived extracellular matrices, Kristopher Kubow

Fibronectin conformation dynamics during cell-mediated remodeling of three-dimensional, cell-derived extracellular matrices, Kristopher Kubow

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Force-induced unfolding of fibronectin in the extracellular matrix of living cells, Kristopher Kubow

Biology Leadership Conference, Grace Wyngaard

Life history traits of Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides Harada, 1931 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) with observations on naupliar morphology, Grace Wyngaard

Statistical Thinking, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2006

Early establishment of adult-like nigrotectal architecture in the neonatal cat: A double labeling study using carbocyanine dyes, Mark Gabriele

Segregation of multiple layered projections to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the neonatal cat, Mark Gabriele

Effects of fire on the recruitment of rain forest vegetation beneath Pinus caribaea plantations, Sri Lanka, Heather Griscom

Biology Leadership Conference, Grace Wyngaard

Changes in nuclear morphology associated with elevated DNA levels during gametogenesis in cyclopoid copepods with chromatin diminution, Grace Wyngaard

Genetic architecture of the cryptic species complex of Acanthocyclops vernalis (Crustacea: Copepoda) II. Crossbreeding experiments, cytogenetics and a model of chromosomal evolution, Grace Wyngaard

Genome sizes of cyclopoid copepods: Evidence of evolutionary constraint, Grace Wyngaard

Submissions from 2005

Banded ephrin-B3 expression patterns in the neonatal rat inferior colliculus, Mark Gabriele

Involvement of ephrins and Eph receptors in establishing early pattern formation in the auditory midbrain, Mark Gabriele