The Inquisitor published the article “Can this protein cure cancer? Scientists have learned to block tumor ‘messages’ in human cells” that refers to research by Dr. Xiaoqing Tang.
You can read the article here.
Recent PhD graduate Ashley Coble published a paper in collaboration with her advisor, Amy Marcarelli, and other Michigan Tech researchers.
“Temporal patterns of dissolved organic matter biodegradability are similar across three rivers of varying size”
Authors Ashley A. Coble, Amy M. Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, David Toczydlowski, Robert Stottlemyer
Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JG003218/full
Congratulations to Professor Nancy Auer (Bio Sci) and her PhD Graduate Student J. Marty Holtgren who published “Re-envisioning State and Tribal Collaboration in Fishery Assessment and Restoration,” in the journal Fisheries. Read the article here.
Congratulations to Professor Charles Kerfoot group who published Kerfoot, W. C., M. M. Hobmeier, F. Yousef. B. Moraska LaFrancois, R. P. Maki, J. K. Hirsch. 2016. A Plague of Waterfleas (Bythotrephes): Impacts on Microcrustacean Community Structure, Seasonal Biomass, and Secondary Production in a Large Inland-lake Complex. Biol. Invasions. 18 (4): 1121-1145 doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-1050-9 Read the article here.
Xiaoqing Tang (Bio Sci), was one of the authors of the paper, “Essential RNA-Based Technologies and Their Applications in Plant Functional Genomics,” in the Journal Trends in Biotechnology by the Cell publishers. [From Tech Today]
Charles Kerfoot (Bio Sci) with Susan C. Savage was published in “Limnology and Oceanography“.
The article covers experiments done on anti-predation defenses in a group of cladoceran taxa over 20 years, both in the New World and Old (Max Planck Center for Limniology, Ploen, Germany). The article emphasizes the importance of evolution in aquatic food webs, and begins to explain why exotic predators may have disproportionate effects on naive prey species. [From Tech Today]
The Department of Biological Sciences offers Congratulations to Rupali Datta (Bio Sci) and Dibs Sarkar (adjunt Bio Sci) on publication of their new book.
The textbook titled “An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management” was published by Wiley recently. It covers environmental management from a multidisciplinary perspective. Here is a link to the book.
Congratulations to a publication by the recent graduate Stephanie Ogren and her advisor, Dr. Casey Huckins.
Ogren, S. A. and C. J. Huckins 2015 “Culvert replacements: improvement of stream biotic integrity?” Restoration Ecology 23(6): 821-828.
The October 15th edition of the Michigan Tech Lode features an interview with Dr. John Durocher. Dr. Durocher discusses some of his research, as well as the research of his graduate student Travis Wakeham, and gives advice to undergraduates who are interested in working in a faculty’s research lab.
“Where Do Young Lake Sturgeon Go After They Hatch? A Close Inspection of River Habitat.” Features research conducted by Dr. Nancy Auer. You can read the full article in their on-line magazine “Fish Lines.”
Congratulations to Dr. John Durocher and colleagues on their new publication: Recent PhD graduate Erich Petushek (CLS; MSU College of Human Medicine), Associate Professor Edward Cokely (CLS), Assistant Professor John Durocher (Bio Sci), Paul Ward (University of Huddersfield, UK), Sean Wallace (Illinois Institute of Technology), and Gregory Myer (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center) published the paper “Injury Risk Estimation Expertise: Assessing the ACL Injury Risk Estimation Quiz,” in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015 43: 1640-1647. The Am J Sports Med is currently ranked 2 of 72 for Orthopedics and 3 of 81 for Sports Sciences based on Impact Factor. Here is a link to the article:http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/43/7/1640.full.pdf+html?sid=51b1fdd9-109c-4b1b-8346-5840921ed2a3
Assistant Professor John Durocher (Bio Sci), Professor Jason Carter (KIP), William Cooke (University of Texas at San Antonio), Angelea Young (Bio Sci & KIP), and Morton Harwood (Bio Sci) published a paper “Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity During Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure and Cognitive Stress,” in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Volume 86, Number 8, August 2015, pp. 688-692. Here is a link to the article abstract: http://michigantechmi.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2015/00000086/00000008/art00003