Kenyon College -- Department of Biology

Student-Faculty Publications and Presentations

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(* indicates Kenyon student):

  • Lavine, J.A.*, A.J. Rowatt,*T. Klimova,* A.J. Whitington,* E. Dengler,* C. Beck,* and W.H. Powell (2005) Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptors in the frog Xenopus laevis: Two AHR1 paralogs exhibit low affinity for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Toxicol. Sci., in press.
  • Rowatt, A.J.,* J.J. DePowell,* and W.H. Powell (2003) ARNT gene multiplicity in amphibians: Characterization of ARNT2 from the frog Xenopus laevis. J. Exp. Zool. B:  Molecular and Developmental Evolution 300B:48 - 57.
  • Philips, B.H.,* E. Dengler,* T.C. Susman,* and W.H. Powell. Mechanisms of dioxin insensitivity vary during development of the frog Xenopus laevis.  Thirteenth International Symposium on Pollution Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO13), Alessandria, Italy June 2005.
  • Dengler, E,* BH Philips,* TC Susman,* AJ Rowatt,* WH Powell.  Aryl hydrocarbon receptor expression precedes CYP1A inducibility by dioxin during Xenopus laevis development.  Society for Ecological Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, OR  November 2004.
  • Lavine, J. A.,* B.H. Philips,* T.C. Susman,* A.J. Rowatt,* A.J. Whitington,* T. Klimova,* and W.H. Powell. Molecular mechanisms of dioxin insensitivity in Xenopus laevis embryos and tadpoles. Society of Toxicology, Baltimore, MD March 2004.
  • Powell, W.H., T. Klimova,* A.J. Rowatt,* and T.C. Susman.* Multiple molecular mechanisms underlie dioxin insensitivity in the frog, Xenopus laevis. Society for Ecological Toxicology and Chemistry, Austin, TX  November 2003.
  • Powell, W.H., C. Beck,* J.J. DePowell,* M.E. Hahn,* T. Klimova,* A.J. Rowatt,* and T.C. Susman.* Multiple molecular mechanisms underlie dioxin insensitivity in the frog, Xenopus laevis. Twelfth International Symposium on Pollution Responses in Marine Organisms (PRIMO12), Safety Harbor, FL  May 2003.
  • Gillen C.M., J.R. Vaughan, and B.R. Lye*. An online tutorial for helping non-science majorsread primary research literature in biology. Advances Physiology Education 28: 95-99, 2004.
  • Heilman, Neal * and Christopher M. Gillen.  Localization o f a putative Na-K-2Cl cotrans porter in Manduca sexta tissues.  Ohio Journal of Science 102(1): A18, 2002.
  • Gillen, Christopher M. and Anne Mayer* Lithium uptake into the fiddler crab Uca pugilator. Ohio Journal of Science 102(1): A22, 2002.
  • Gillen, C.M., Vaughan, J.R., Lye, B.R.* Using primary literature in a course for non-science majors. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Diego, CA, January, 2005.
  • Koch, A.S.*, Gillen, C.M. Acute physiological and behavioral responses to dilute seawater in Uca pugilator. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Diego, CA, January, 2005.
  • Vreede, A.P.*, Stulberg, M.J. *, Gillen, C.M., Itagaki, H. The relationship of metabolic and molecular variables to increased body size in larval Manduca sexta. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Diego, CA, January, 2005.
  • Gillen, C.M., Heilman*, N.R., Watson*, N., Somple*, M., Gillen, K.M.  Tissue distribution of the cation-chloride cotransporter, masBSC, in Manduca sexta.  Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Toronto, Canada, January, 2003.
  • Wasserman, S.L.* and H. Itagaki. 2003 The olfactory responses of the antenna and maxillary palp of the fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and their sensitivity to blockage of nitric oxide synthase. Journal of Insect Physiology. 49:271-280.
  • Bono, J. M., and E. R. Heithaus. 2002 (in press) Sex ratios and the distribution of elaiosomes in colonies of the ant, Aphaenogaster rudis. Insectes Sociaux.
  • Heithaus, E. R., and M. Humes. 2002 (in press) Variation in communities of seed-dispersing ants in habitats with different disturbance in Knox County, Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science.
  • Stancik, L. M.,* D. M. Stancik,* B. Schmidt, D. M. Barnhart,* Y. N. Yoncheva,* and J. L. Slonczewski.  2002.  pH-Dependent Expression of Periplasmic Proteins and Amino Acid Catabolism in Escherichia coli.  Journal of Bacteriology, in press, JB 168-02.
  • Beck*, C. A., J. J. DePowell* and W. H. Powell (2002) Characterization of aryl hydrocarbon signaling proteins from Xenopus laevis . The Toxicologist 61(1):1253.  (41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology).
  • Hicks, K.A., Boyce*, M.J., Gordon*, L.M., Miller, M., Ramser*, S.E., and Scott*, A.E. 2001. Genetic analysis of photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biology 2001 conference, Providence, RI, 15001 (talk), 184 (poster).
  • Mauck, R.A., and K. Harkless*.  2001. The effect of group membership on hiding behavior in the northern rock barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides). Animal Behaviour 62: 743-748.
  • Colburn*, N., S.G. Gage*, and C.M. Gillen. Rubidium uptake is increased in crabs acclimated to dilute seawater. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74(5): 724-732, 2001. 
  • Bowles*, D.W. and C. M. Gillen  Characterization of Rb uptake into Sf9 cells using cation chromatography: evidence for a K-Cl cotransporter.  J. Insect Physiology  47:  523-532, 2001.
  • Gillen, C.M. and Bowles*, D.W. Kinetic characterization of a K-Cl cotransporter from the insect cell line, Sf9. Experimental Biology - American Physiological Society, Orlando, Fl, April, 2001. 
  • Kirkpatrick, C., L. M. Maurer,* N. E. Oyelakin,* Y. Yontcheva,* R. Maurer, and J. L. Slonczewski.  2001.  Acetate and formate stress: opposite responses in the proteome of Escherichia coli.  J. Bacteriol. 183:6466-6477. 
  • Mauck, R.A.  and K.C. Harkless*, 2000.  The effect of group membership on hiding behaviour in the northern rock barnacle, Semibalanus balanoides. Animal Behaviour Society.  August 2000. Atlanta, GA.
  • Bowles*, D.W., S.G. Gage*, and C.M. Gillen.  Measurement of rubidium ion transport using ion chromatography in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, and Sf9 cells.  Experimental Biology - American Physiological Society, San Diego, April, 2000. 
  • Hicks, K.A., Gordon*, L.M., Skrzypek*, A.D., and Wagner, D.R. 2000. Genetic analysis of photoperiodic floral induction. 11th International Conference of Arabidopsis Research, Madison, Wisconsin: 313 (poster).
  • Slonczewski, J. L.,  D. J. McGee, J. Phillips,* C. Kirkpatrick, and H. L. T. Mobley.   2000.  pH-Dependent protein profiles of Helicobacter pylori analyzed by two-dimensional gels.  Helicobacter 5:240-247. 
  • Itagaki, H. and S.L. Wasserman* (2000) Comparative sensitivities of antennal and maxillary palp olfactory receptors in the fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) to single odorants. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 451.4
  • Blankenhorn, D., Phillips, J.,* Slonczewski, J. L.  1999.  Acid- and base-induced proteins during aerobic and anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J. Bacteriol. 181: 2209-2216. 
  • Heithaus, E. R., and J. M. Bono*. 1998. Caste allocation of radio-labeled food in colonies of the ant, Aphaenogaster rudis. Ohio Journal of Science 98(1): 13. 
  • Kysela, D. T.*, and E. R. Heithaus. 1998. Gene flow and population structure in Etheostoma caeruleum. Ohio Journal of Science 98(1): 7. 
  • Edwardsr, KL, J Chew*, S Harris*, E DiMuzio*. (1997). Effects of microinjected cytotskeletal inhibitors on the gravitropic response of the Phycomyces sporangiophore. Amer. Soc. Gravitational Space Bio. Bulletin 11(1):47.
  • Lambert, L.,* K. Abshire, D. Blankenhorn, and J. L. Slonczewski.  1997.  Global induction of proteins by benzoate at low pH in Escherichia coli.   J.Bacteriol. 179:7595-7599.
  • Sheridan, S.L.*, K.A. Iversen*, and H. Itagaki (1996) The role of chemical senses in seed-carrying behavior by ants: A behavioral, physiological, and morphological study. J. Insect Physiol. 42:149-159.
  • Walsh, M.K.* and H. Itagaki. (1996) Localization of nitric oxide synthase by NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry and immunocytochemistry in the brains of the fly, Sarcophaga bullata. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22:364.
  • Myers, M. C.*, E. R. Heithaus, and P. A. Heithaus. 1996. Genetic responses of fish in small streams to landscape variation. Ohio Journal of Science 96(2): 19.

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