Journal Publications at UTRGV-Biology in the Last 5 Years
- Riparian Ecology
- Microbiology and Nanotechnology
- Organismal and Cellular Physiology
- Vertebrate Zoology
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Plant-related
- Toxicology
- Miscellaneous
Ecology
Compte, L.,Taylor, C.M., and 40 co-authors. 2021. RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series as a currency for global change ecology research in riverine systems. Global Ecology and Biogeography,30:38-50.
Barbosa, M., Taylor, C.M. 2020. Spatial and Temporal Trends in Diet for Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) From Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) Beds with Contrasting Environmental Regimes in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Estuaries and Coasts, 43:1571-1581
Taylor, C.M., Miyazono, S., Cheek, C.A., Edwards, R.J., Patino, R. 2019. The spatial scale of homogenisation and differentiation in Chihuahuan Desert fish assemblages. Freshwater Biology, 64(1), 222-232.
Taylor, C.M., Miyazono, S. Cheek, CA, Edwards, R.J. and R Patiño. 2019. The spatial scale of homogenization and differentiation in Chihuahuan Desert fish assemblages. Freshwater Biology 64 (1), 222-232
Microbiology
Rodriguez, C., V. Padilla, K. Lozano, A. Villarreal, L. Materon, R. Gilkerson. 2022. Development and characterization of forcespinning mesquite gum nanofibers. Materialstoday Communications. Vol. 33.
Toukir, H., Gonzalez, R., Chipara, R., Materon, L., Persons, J., and Alcoultabi. 2021. Antibacterial activities of centrifugally spun polyethylene oxide/silver composite nanofibers. Polymer Adv. Technology 32:1-12.
Rodriguez, C.; Padilla, V.; Lozano, K.; McDonald, A.; Materon, L.; Chapa, A.; Ahmad, F.; De Leo, C. T.; Gilkerson, R. 2020. Fabrication of ForcespinningR nanofibers incorporating opal extract. Polymer Internat. 70 (5): 679-686.
Kostiuk, B., F.J. Santoriello, L. Diaz-Satizabal, F. Bisaro, K.J. Lee, A.N. Dhody, D. Provenzano, D. Unterweger & S. Pukatzki. 2021. Type VI Secretion System Mutations Reduced Competitive Fitness of Classical Vibrio cholerae Biotype. Nature Communications, 12(6457). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26847-y.
Turner, J.W., J. Duran-Gonzalez, D.A. Laughlin, D. Unterweger, D. Silva, B. Ermolinsky, S. Pukatzki & D. Provenzano. 2021. Draft Genome Sequences of 13 Vibrio cholerae Strains from the Rio Grande Delta. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(22) doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00308-21.
Provenzano, D. & S. Barrocio. 2021. Infectious Disease Transmission by Airline Travel. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research 35(5): 28074-28081. doi.10.26717/BJSTR.2021.35.005772.
Vidal, P., Martinez, M., Hernandez, C., Raj Adhikari, A., Mao, Y., Materon, L., Lozano, K. 2019. Development of chromatic biosensor for quick bacterial detection based on polyvinyl butyratepolydiacetylene nonwoven fiber composites, European Polymer Journal (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.eurpolymj.2019.109284
De la Garza, D., De Santiago, L.A. Materon, M. Chipara and M. Alcoultabi. 2019. Fabrication and characterization of centrifugally poly(acrylic acid) nanofibers. Applied Polymer Sciences. DOI 10.1002/APP.47480.
Akia, M.; Salinas, N.; Rodriguez, C.; Gilkerson, R.; Materon, L.; Lozano, K. 2018. “Texas sour orange juice used in scaffolds for tissue engineering.” Membranes 8 (3).
Provenzano, D., V. Trevino & B. Ermolinsky. 2018 Bacterial Electrotransformation – An Interface Between Technology and Art IN: Handbook of Electroporation, 73-1. Springer International Publishing AG, doi.org/10.1007/978.3.319.26779.1.
Cremar, L., J. Gutierrez, J. Martinez, L. Materon, R. Gilkerson, F.Xu and K. Lozano. 2018. Development of antimicrobial chitosan-based nanofiber dressings for wound healing applications. Nanomedical Journal 5(1):1-14.
Organismal and Cellular Physiology
Gilkerson, R., De La Torre, P.; St. Vallier, S. 2022. Mitochondrial OMA1 and OPA1 as gatekeepers of organellar structure/function and cellular stress response. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9: 626117.
Garcia, I.; Calderon, F.; De La Torre, P.; St. Vallier, S.; Rodriguez, C.; Agarwala, D.; Keniry, M.; Innis-Whitehouse, W.; Gilkerson, R. 2021. Mitochondrial OPA1 cleavage is reversibly activated by differentiation of H9c2 cardiomyoblasts. Mitochondrion 57: 88-96.
J.A. Mustard. (2020) Neuroactive nectar: compounds in nectar that interact with neurons. Arthropod - Plant Interactions 14:151–159. DOI: 10.1007/s11829-020-09743-y
J.A. Mustard, L. Jones, G.A. Wright. (2020) GABA signaling affects motor function in the honey bee. Journal of Insect Physiology 120: 103989 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103989
N. Sahoo, V. Cuello, S. Udawant, C. Litif, J. A. Mustard, M. Keniry. (2020) CRISPR Cas9 genome editing in human cell lines with DONOR vector made by Gibson assembly. In: Sioud M. (eds) RNA Interference and CRISPR Technologies. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2115. Humana, New York, NY. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0290-4_20
J.A. Mustard, A. Gott, J. Scott, N.L. Chavarria, G.A. Wright. (2020) Honeybees fail to discriminate floral scents in a complex learning task after consuming a neonicotinoid pesticide. Journal of Experimental Biology 2020: jeb.217174: 10.1242/jeb.217174
J.A. Mustard, E. Akyol, K.D. Robles, C. Ozturk, O. Kaftanoglu. (2019) Influence of sugar experience during development on gustatory sensitivity of the honey bee. Journal of Insect Physiology 116:100-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.05.002
J.A. Mustard, R. Oquita, P. Garza, A. Stoker. (2019) Honey bees (Apis mellifera) show a preference for the consumption of ethanol. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 43: 26-35. DOI:10.1111/acer.13908
Gilkerson, R. 2018. “A disturbance in the force: Cellular stress sensing by the mitochondrial network.” Antioxidants 7 (10).
Garcia, I.; Innis-Whitehouse, W.; Lopez, A.; Keniry, M.; Gilkerson, R. 2018. “Oxidative insults differentially impact mitochondrial fission/fusion dynamics in cultured mammalian cells.” Redox Rep. 23 (1): 160-167.
Akia, M.; Salinas, N.; Rodriguez, C.; Gilkerson, R.; Materon, L.; Lozano, K. 2018. “Texas sour orange juice used in scaffolds for tissue engineering.” Membranes 8 (3).
J.A. Mustard, V. Alvarez, S. Barocio, J. Mathews, A. Stoker, K. Malik. (2018) Nutritional value and taste play different roles in learning and memory in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology 107: 250-256. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.04.014
Vertebrate Zoology
Biddle, R., Ponce, I.S., Cun, P., Tollington, S., Jones, M., Marsden, S., Devenish, C., Horstman, E., Berg, K. S. and Pilgrim, M., 2020. Conservation status of the recently described Ecuadorian Amazon parrot Amazona lilacina. Bird Conservation International, 30(4), pp.586-598.Berg, K.S., Delgado, S., Mata‐Betancourt, A., Krause, J.S., Wingfield, J.C. and Beissinger, S.R., 2019. Ontogeny of the adrenocortical response in an extremely altricial bird. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 331(10), pp.521-529.
Berg, K.S., Delgado, S. and Mata-Betancourt, A., 2019. Phylogenetic and kinematic constraints on avian flight signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1911), p.20191083.
Radchuk, V., Reed, T., Teplitsky, C., Van De Pol, M., Charmantier, A., Hassall, C., Adamík, P., Adriaensen, F., Ahola, M.P., Arcese, P. Berg, K.S. and Avilés, J.M., 2019. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient. Nature communications, 10(1), pp.1-14.
Invertebrate Zoology
Perez, K.E., Noreika, N.**, Norris, C., Kelly, M., Lopez, M*., Ortega, C.*, Ruiz Sandoval, S.*, Gonzalez, S.*, Nowlin, W. 2022. Population density and reproductive seasonality of Tryonia cheatumi (Gastropoda; Cochliopidae), the phantom tryonia. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 25:82–90. (*student coauthor)
Perez, K.E., M. Spor Leal, H. Glover, R. Chastain, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz. 2021. Two new species ofPyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from springs in the Rio Grande watershed in Texas. Zootaxa 5071(3): 384-402.
Kathryn E Perez, Briante S Lewis Najev, Bradley Christoffersen, Jeffrey C Nekola, Biotic homogenization or riparian refugia? Urban and wild land snail assemblages along a subtropical precipitation gradient, Journal of Urban Ecology, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2021, juab002, https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab002
Diaz, P.H., D. Alvear, K.E. Perez. 2020. Mesohabitat associations of the Devil Tryonia, Tryonia diaboli (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Cochliopidae). Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:18–24.
Alvear, D.A., P.H. Diaz, R. Gibson, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz, K.E. Perez. 2020. Expanding the known ranges of the endemic, phreatic snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Texas, USA. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:1-17.
Bohm, Monika, 50 coathors, and K. Perez. 2020, Hydrobiologia.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s/0750-020-04385-w
Najev, B., R. Flores, A. Schofield, B.T. Hutchins, A. McDonald, K.E. Perez. 2020. Terrestrial snail communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley are affected by human disturbance and correlate with vegetation community composition. The Southwestern Naturalist, 64(3-4):216-227. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-64.3-4.216.
Kathryn E. Perez, Benjamin T. Hutchins, and Jeffrey C. Nekola "Poorly Vetted Conservation Ranks Can Be More Wrong Than Right: Lessons from Texas Land Snails," Natural Areas Journal 40(4), 309-317, (24 November 2020). https://doi.org/10.3375/043.040.0403
Plant-related Publications
Gandhi, A., Kariyat R., Harikishore A., Ayati M., Bhunia A., and Sahoo, N. 2021. Deciphering the role of ion channels in early defense signaling against herbivorous insects. Cells 10 (9), 2219
Lavallee, K.; Soti, P.G.; Rodrigo, H.; Rupesh, R.; Racelis, A. 2021. Pre‐Sowing Treatments Improve Germinability of South Texas Native Plant Seeds. Plants 2021, 10, 2545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants10112545
Watts. S and Kariyat R. 2021. Morphological characterization of trichomes show enormous variation in shape, density, and dimensions across the leaves of 14 Solanum species. AoB Plants 13 (6), plab071
Tayal, M and Kariyat R. 2021. Examining the Role of Buzzing Time and Acoustics in Pollen Extraction of Solanum elaeagnifolium. Plants10 (12), 2592
Kasper, S., Chavana, J., Sasidharan L., Racelis, A., and Kariyat R.R. 2021. Exploring the role of soil types on defense and fitness traits of silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), a worldwide invasive species through a field survey in the native range. Plant Signaling and Behavior 16 (11), 1964163
Arias, M., Kariyat, R. Wahl, K., Mendez, S., Chavana, J., & Christoffersen, B. 2021. Do early-successional weeds facilitate or compete with seedlings in forest restoration? Disentangling abiotic versus biotic factors. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2, e12095. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12095
Chavana, J, Singh S, Vasquez A, Christoffersen B, Racelis A, and R. Kariyat. 2021. Local adaptation to continuous mowing makes the noxious weed Solanum elaeagnifolium a superweed candidate by improving fitness and defense traits. Scientific Reports11 (1), 1-15.
Watts, S and R Kariyat. 2021. Picking sides: Feeding on the abaxial leaf surface is costly for caterpillars. Planta 253 (4), 1-6
Singh, S.; Kaur, I.; Kariyat, R. 2021. The Multifunctional Roles of Polyphenols in Plant-Herbivore Interactions. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 1442.
Kariyat, R.R. et al., 2021. Inbreeding alters floral volatile emission in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense; Solanaceae) with adverse effects on pollinator visitation. American Journal of Botany 108 (1), 74-82.
Toxicology
Jia, Y. and Vega, C. 2022. Biochemical and computational approached to understand venon toxin-toxin interaction. Toxicon 216:11-14.
Jia. Y., Kowalski, P., Lopez, I. 2021. Using yeast two-hybrid system and molecular dynamics simulations to detect venom protein-protein interactions. Current Research in Toxicology, 2, 1-6.
Jia, Y., Lopez, I., Kowalski, P. 2020. Toxin transcripts in Crotalus atrox venom and in silico structures of toxins. Journal of Venom Research, 10: 18-22.
Jia, Y., Olvera, P., Rangel, F., Mendez, B., Reddy, S. 2019. Rapid identification of phospholipase A2 transcripts from snake venoms. Toxins 11:69-79.
Olvera, P., Jia, Y. 2018. Snake venom phospholipase A2 and its antibacterial potential. Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2: 9
Jia, Y., Villarreal, J. 2018. Phospholipases A2 purified from cottonmouth snake venoms display no antibacterial effect against four representative bacterial species. Toxicon, 151, 1-4.
Miscellaneous Publications
Watts, S, I Kaur, S Singh, B Jimenez, J Chavana, and R.R Kariyat. 2022. Desktop scanning electron microscopy in plant-insect interactions research: A fast and effective way to capture electron micrographs with minimal sample preparation. Biology Methods and Protocols (7 (1), bpab020
Nekola, J.C., B. T. Hutchins, A. Schofield, B. Najev, K.E. Perez. 2019. Caveat comsumptor notitia museo: Let the museum data user beware. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Early Look, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12995 .
Price, R.M., and K.E. Perez. 2018. Many paths towards discovery: a module for teaching how science works. Journal of College Science Teaching 47(3):78-87.
Patoka, J., Magalhães, A., Kouba, A., Faulkes, Z., Jerikho, R., Vitule, J. (2018). Invasive aquatic pets: failed policies increase risks of harmful invasions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27 (11), 3037-3046. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1581-3 10.1007/s10531-018-1581-3