Recent Publications

Identification of gut bacteria reductases that biotransform steroid hormones

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Gabriela Arp, Angela K. Jiang, Keith Dufault-Thompson, et. al
UMD Author(s): Brantley Hall, Angela Jiang, Gabriela Arp, Xiaofang Jiang, Maggie Grant, Sophia Levy

Seeing is believing: Genome editing made easy with RUBY for educational purposes

| Plant Physiology
Author(s): William K Sexton, Yanhao Cheng, Bing Yang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Shunyuan Xiao, Kyle Sexton, Yiping Qi

Nascent actin dynamics and the disruption of calcium dynamics by actin arrest in developing neural cell networks

| Communications Biology
UMD Author(s): Kan Cao, Sylvester Gates, Wolfgang Losert

Gut microbial utilization of the alternative sweetener, D-allulose, via AlsE

| Communications Biology
Author(s): Glory Minabou Ndjite, Angela K. Jiang, Charlotte T. Ravel, et. al
UMD Author(s): Angela Jiang, Brantley Hall

Kaposi Sarcoma‐Associated Herpesvirus Sequencing in People Living With HIV in the Southern United States Reveals Subtype Diversity and Multiple Infections

| JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Author(s): Vickie A. Marshall, Sheena M. Knights, Elena M. Cornejo Castro, et. al
UMD Author(s): Charlie Goodman

Analysis of polyclonal and monoclonal antibody to the influenza virus nucleoprotein in different oligomeric states

| Virus Research
Author(s): Mallory L. Myers, Michael T. Conlon, John R. Gallagher, et. al
UMD Author(s): De'Marcus Woolfork

Linking bacterial androgen production and prostate cancer

| Nature Microbiology
Author(s): Gabriela Arp, Sophia Levy, Brantley Hall
UMD Author(s): Brantley Hall, Gabriela Arp, Sophia Levy

The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of amoebophrya sp. ex Karlodinium veneficum

| G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Author(s): Wesley DeMontigny, Tsvetan Bachvaroff, K Verhoeven
UMD Author(s): Wesley DeMontigny

Microfluidic digital focus assays for the quantification of infectious influenza virus.

| Lab on a Chip
Author(s): Srimathi SR, Ignacio MA, Rife M, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maria Corkran

Preliminary pharmacokinetics and in vivo studies indicate analgesic and stress mitigation effects of a novel NMDA receptor modulator

| The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Author(s): Blaise M. Costa, De’Yana Hines, Nakia Phillip, et. al
UMD Author(s): Nakia Fallen

The Hidden Fortress: A Comprehensive Review of Fungal Biofilms with Emphasis on Cryptococcus neoformans

| Journal of Fungi
Author(s): Hope M. Pruitt, Jinyi C. Zhu, Sean P. Riley, et. al
UMD Author(s): Sean Riley, Jinyi "Cornelia" Zhu

Preliminary pharmacokinetics and in vivo studies indicate analgesic and stress mitigation effects of a novel NMDA receptor modulator.

| The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Author(s): Costa BM, Hines D, Phillip N, et. al
UMD Author(s): Nakia Fallen

Mucus Physically Restricts Influenza A Viral Particle Access to the Epithelium.

| Advanced Biology
Author(s): Kaler L, Engle EM, Corkran M, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maria Corkran

Convergent evolution of oxidized sugar metabolism in commensal and pathogenic microbes in the inflamed gut

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Sophia Levy, Angela K. Jiang, Maggie R. Grant, et. al
UMD Author(s): Brantley Hall, Angela Jiang, Gabriela Arp, Xiaofang Jiang, Maggie Grant, Sophia Levy

Somy evolution in the honey bee infecting trypanosomatid parasite Lotmaria passim

| G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Author(s): Lindsey M Markowitz, Anthony Nearman, Zexuan Zhao, et. al
UMD Author(s): Carlos Machado, Zexuan Zhao

Metabolic cross-feeding of a dietary antioxidant enhances anaerobic energy metabolism by human gut bacteria

| Cell Host & Microbe
Author(s): Zhe Zhou, Angela Jiang, Xiaofang Jiang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Angela Jiang, Xiaofang Jiang

EzSEA: an interactive web interface for enzyme sequence evolution analysis

| Bioinformatics Advances
Author(s): Angela K Jiang, Jerry Zhao, Xiaofang Jiang
UMD Author(s): Angela Jiang, Xiaofang Jiang

Imaging the mechanical properties of a developing embryonic tendon using Brillouin microscopy

| Acta Biomaterialia
Author(s): Divya Sivalingam, Kamryn Henderson, Aniket Jana, et. al
UMD Author(s): Catherine Kuo, Divya Sivalingam

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Sequencing in People Living With HIV in the Southern United States Reveals Subtype Diversity and Multiple Infections

| JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
UMD Author(s): Charlie Goodman