First Paper Award

Mar 2024

Luca Hategan

Brandon Walters

Role of the histone variant H2A.Z.1 in memory, transcription, and alternative splicing is mediated by lysine modification

Mar 2024

Ella Martin

Marc Johnson

Urban socioeconomic variation influences the ecology and evolution of trophic interactions 

Mar 2024

Arnaud N'Guessan

Alex Nguyen Ba

Refining the resolution of the yeast genotype-phenotype map using single-cell RNA-sequencing 

Feb 2024

Eniolaye Balogun

Robert Ness

The effects of de novo mutation on gene expression and the consequences for fitness in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 

Jan 2024

Ethan Mooney

Robert Reisz

Paleozoic cave system preserves oldest-known evidence of amniote skin

Jan 2024

Jiashu Liu

Baohua Liu

A direction-selective cortico-brainstem pathway adaptively modulates innate behaviors

Dec 2023

Bianca Marcellino

Rosalind Murray

Too hot to handle: male dragonflies decrease time spent mating at higher temperatures 

Sep 2023

Dylan Rowe

Robert Reisz

Skeletal anatomy of the early Permian parareptile Delorhynchus with new information provided by neutron tomography

Aug 2023

Sherry Du

Rosalind Murray

Road salt pollution alters sex ratios in emerging mosquito populations

Aug 2023

Viplav Agarwal

Marcus Dillon

Pangenome insights into the diversification and disease specificity of worldwide Xanthomonas outbreaks

June 2023

Vicki Zhang

Peter Kotanen

Development of negative soil feedback by an invasive plant near the northern limit of its invaded range

Feb 2023

Lucas Albano

Marc Johnson

Interactions between environmental factors drive selection on cyanogenesis in Trifolium repens

Dec 2022

Priscilla Valentino

Ted Erclik

Spalt and disco define the dorsal-ventral neuroepithelial compartments of the developing Drosophila medulla

Dec 2022

Scott Ford

Rob Ness

A novel method for identifying Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyta) and closely related species from nature

Dec 2022

Aidan Levinsky, Gregor McEdwards & Nasha Sethna

 Mark Currie

Targets of histone H3 lysine 9 methyltransferases

Feb 2022

 Madeleine Oman

 Rob Ness

 How Sequence Context-DependentMutability Drives Mutation Rate Variation in the Genome

July 2022

 Tea Maho

 Robert Reisz

 Dental anatomy and replacement patterns in the early Permian stem amniote, Seymouria

June 2022

 Sonia Evans

 Michael Phillips

  Design and fabrication of an improved dynamic flow cuvette for ¹³CO₂ labeling in Arabidopsis plants

May 2022

 Ssu-Yu Yeh

 Ho-Sung Rhee

 Extended intergenic DNA contributes to neuron-specific expression of neighboring genes in the mammalian nervous system

Jan 2022

 Jessica Browne

 Darryl Gwynne

 Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long‑tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males

Jan 2022

 Areej Al-Dailami

 Angela Lange

 Exploring the role of glycoprotein hormone GPA2/GPB5 in the medically important insect Rhodnius prolixus 

Jan 2022

 Ishrat Maliha Islam

Ted Erclik

 Identification of enhancers that drive the spatially restricted expression of Vsx1 and Rx in the outer proliferation center of the developing Drosophila optic lobe

Nov 2021

 Tim Fernandes

 Bailey McMeans

 The timing of spring warming shapes reproductive effort in a warm-water fish: the role of mismatches between hepatic and gonadal processes

Nov 2021

 Nick Boehler

 Mary Cheng

 Sox2 Ablation in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Perturbs Anxiety- and Depressive-like Behaviors

Oct 2021

 Celia Hein

 Helen Wagner

 Can We Compare Effect Size of Spatial Genetic Structure Between Studies and Species Using Moran Eigenvector Maps?

Sep 2021

 David Murray-Stoker

 Marc Johnson

  Ecological consequences of urbanization on a legume-rhizobia mutualism

Sep 2021

Christopher Lowden

 Mary Cheng

  Homeostatic control of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial gene expression by the histone variant H2A.Z is essential for neuronal survival

June 2021

 Urfa Arain

 Ted Erclik

Dissection, Immunohistochemistry and Mounting of Larval and Adult Drosophila Brains for Optic Lobe Visualization

June 2021

Devin Noordermeer

Ingo Ensminger

Autumn Warming Delays the Downregulation of Photosynthesis and Does Not Increase the Risk of Freezing Damage in Interior and Coastal Douglas-fir

April 2021

Shirley Long

Jodie Jenkinson & Derek Ng

Metabolism in Motion: Engaging Biochemistry Students with Animation

Nov 30, 2020

Alice Li

Jayson Parker

Clinical trial risk in leukemia: Biomarkers and trial design

August 17, 2020

Sydney Wilkinson

Bailey McMeans

Highly branched isoprenoids: a novel tracer of diatom-based energy pathways in freshwater food webs

Aug 10, 2020

Lauren Jarvis

Bailey McMeans

Species-specific preferences drive the differential effects of lake factors on fish production

May 25, 2020

Yuen Yan Wong

Adriano Senatore

Early metazoan origin and multiple losses of a novel clade of RIM pre-synaptic calcium channel scaffolding protein homologues

Mar 23, 2020

Nawar Alwash

Joel Levine

Network analyses reveal structure in insect social groups

Feb 10, 2020

Kayla Bazzana

Robert Reisz

Neurocranial anatomy of Seymouria from Richards Spur, Oklahoma

Feb 7, 2020

Alex Paquette

Steven Short &

George Espie

Dynamic changes in community composition of Scenedesmus-seeded artificial, engineered microalgal biofilms

Dec 6, 2019

Felipe Torres Vanegas

Helene Wagner

The Landscape Genetic Signature of Pollination by Trapliners: Evidence From the Tropical Herb, Heliconia tortuosa

Nov 11, 2019

Christine Palermo

Steven Short

Metagenomic analysis of virus diversity and relative abundance in a eutrophic freshwater harbour

Nov 4, 2019

Christopher Wong

Ingo Ensminger

Carotenoid based vegetation indices for accurate monitoring of the phenology of photosynthesis at the leaf-scale in deciduous and evergreen trees

Oct 30, 2019

Matthew Bergman

Michael Phillips

Distinct metabolic pathways drive monoterpenoid biosynthesis in a natural population of Pelargonium graveolens (rose scented geranium)

Oct 28, 2019

Jerry Gu

Derek Ng

Rethinking enzyme kinetics: Designing and developing a biomolecular interactive tutorial (BIOMINT) learning tool for undergraduate students

Oct 15, 2019

Vishal Sangha

Angela Lange & Ian Orchard

Physiological effects of biostable kinin and CAPA analogs in the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus

Oct 7, 2019

Wassim Elkhatib

Adriano Senatore

A Na+ leak channel cloned from Trichoplax adhaerens extends extracellular pH and Ca2+ sensing for the DEG/ENaC family close to the base of Metazoa

Sep 17, 2019

Gordana Scepanovic

Bryan Stewart

Analysis of Drosophila nervous system development following an early, brief exposure to ethanol

Sep 16, 2019

Tim Fernandes

Bailey McMeans

Coping with the cold: energy storage strategies for surviving winter in freshwater fish

August 15, 2019

Ahmed Hassan

Rob Ness

Consequences of recombination for the evolution of the mating type locus in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

June 4, 2019

Arjan Banerjee

Sasa Stefanovic

Caught in action: fine-scale plastome evolution in the parasitic plants of Cuscuta sect. Ceratophorae (Convolvulaceae)

May 17, 2019

Sara Hegazi

Joel Levine & Mary Cheng

A Symphony of Signals: Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Timekeeping in Mice and Flies

March 25, 2019

Arthur H. Cheng

Mary Cheng

SOX2-Dependent Transcription in Clock Neurons Promotes the Robustness of the Central Circadian Pacemaker

Feb 25, 2019

Sophie Breitbart

H. Wagner & M. Johnson

Visualizing a Disease Outbreak Using ESRI Story Maps

July 30, 2018

James Santangelo

M. Johnson & R. Ness

Modern spandrels: the roles of genetic drift, gene flow and natural selection in the evolution of parallel clines

July 17, 2018

Ruth Rivkin

M. Johnson

The effects of plant sexual system and latitude on resistance to herbivores

April 10, 2018

Sarah French

S. McCauley

Canopy cover affects habitat selection by adult dragonflies

July 18, 2017

Jigar Trivedi

L.M. Kohn

Fungus causing white-nose syndrome in bats accumulates genetic variability in North America with no sign of recombination

Apr 19, 2017

Lucia Mendoz-Viveros

M. Cheng

miR-132/212 modulates seasonal adaptation and dendritic morphology of the central circadian clock

Apr 3, 2017

Sam Hana

A. Lange

Octopamine and tyramine regulate the activity of reproductive visceral muscles in the adult female blood-feeding bug, Rhodnius prolixus

Mar 9, 2017

Hussain Al-Alkawi

A. Lange & I. Orchard

Cloning, localization, and physiological effects of sulfakinin in the kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus

Mar 2, 2017

Yara Haridy

R. Reisz

Ontogenetic change in the temporal region of the early permian parareptile Delorhynchus cifellii and the implications for closure of the temporal fenestra in amniotes

Feb 23, 2017

Hussain Al-Alkawi

A. Lange

Cloning, localization, and physiological effects of sulfakinin in the kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus

Feb 9, 2017

Dachin Frances

S. McCauley

Effects of environmental warming during early life-history on libellulid odonates

Jan 30, 2017

Jacob Jezovit

J. Levine

Phylogeny, environment and sexual communication across the Drosophila genus

Jan 20, 2017

Maryam Moazami-Goudarzi

G. Espie

The structure, kinetics and interactions of the β-carboxysomal β-carbonic anhydrase, CcaA

Oct 31, 2016

Laura Junker

I. Ensminger

Relationship between leaf optical properties, chlorophyll fluorescence and pigment changes in senescing Acer saccharum leaves

Aug 15, 2016

Zina Hamoudi

I. Orchard and A.B. Lange

Identification and Characterization of the Corazonin Receptor and Possible Physiological Roles of the Corazonin-Signaling Pathway in Rhodnius prolixus

Aug 3, 2016

Christine Nguyen

B. Stewart

Influence of postsynaptic structure on missing quanta at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

Jun 20, 2016

Mireille Golemiec

J. Levine

Layered social nework analysis reveals complex relationships in kindergarteners

Apr 8, 2016

Krystal Nunes

P. Kotanen

Variation in herbivory along a latitudinal gradient for native and exotic Asteraceae

Apr 5, 2016

Ken Thompson

M. Johnson

Antiherbivore defenses alter natural selection on plant reproductive traits

Apr 5, 2016

Colin Cassin

P. Kotanen

Invasive earthworms as seed predators of temperate forest species

Apr 3, 2016

Andrew Long

S. Short

Seasonal determinations of algal virus decay rates reveal overwintering in a temperate freshwater pond