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Unh Mourns Loss Of Professor Emeritus Owen Rogers, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Draft Genome Sequence Of Frankia Strain G2, A Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated From Casuarina Equisetifolia And Able To Nodulate Actinorhizal Plants Of The Order Rhamnales, Imen Nouioui, Maher Gtari, Markus Goker, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Louis S. Tisa, Maria P. Fernandez, Philippe Normand, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Neha Varghese, T. B. K. Reddy, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Hans-Peter Klenk

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Frankia sp. strain G2 was originally isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia and is characterized by its ability to nodulate actinorhizal plants of the Rhamnales order, but not its original host. It represents one of the largest Frankia genomes so far sequenced (9.5 Mbp).

Turning Contention Into Collaboration: Engaging Power, Trust, And Learning In Collaborative Networks, Vanessa R. Levesque, Aram J. K. Calhoun, Kathleen P. Bell, Teresa R. Johnson

Faculty Publications

Given the complexity and multiplicity of goals in natural resource governance, it is not surprising that policy debates are often characterized by contention and competition. Yet at times adversaries join together to collaborate to find creative solutions not easily achieved in polarizing forums. We employed qualitative interviews and a quantitative network analysis to investigate a collaborative network that formed to develop a resolution to a challenging natural resource management problem, the conservation of vernal pools. We found that power had become distributed among members, trust had formed across core interests, and social learning had resulted in shared understanding and joint …

Unh Welcomes 800+ Fourth Graders To Fairchild Dairy June 7-9, Lori Wright

Media Relations

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Unh Manchester Celebrates Class Of 2016 At 31st Annual Commencement Ceremony, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Bio Student Bruce Rheaume Shares Past, Hopes For Future In Commencement Address, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Anthropology Welcomes Three New Professors, Carolyn Stolzenburg

UNH Today Archive

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Permanent Draft Genome Sequence Of Frankia Sp. Strain Allo2, A Salt-Tolerant Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated From The Root Nodules Of Allocasuarina, Rediet Oshone, Mariama Ngom, Feseha Abebe-Akele, Stephen Simpson, Krystalynne Morris, Mame Oureye Sy, Antony Champion, W. Kelley Thomas, Louis S. Tisa

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Frankia sp. strain Allo2 is a member of Frankia lineage Ib, which is able to reinfect plants of the Casuarinaceae family, and exhibits a high level of salt tolerance compared to other isolates. Here, we report the 5.3-Mbp draft genome sequence of Frankia sp. strain Allo2 with a G+C content of 70.0% and 4,224 candidate protein-encoding genes.

Unh Researcher Honored By Epa For Environmental Achievements, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Genetic Manipulation Of Putrescine Biosynthesis Reprograms The Cellular Transcriptome And The Metabolome., Andrew Francis Page, Leland J. Cseke, Rakesh Minocha, Swathi A. Turlapati, Gopi K. Podila, Alexander V. Ulanov, Zhong Li, Subhash C. Minocha

Faculty Publications

With the increasing interest in metabolic engineering of plants using genetic manipulation and gene editing technologies to enhance growth, nutritional value and environmental adaptation, a major concern is the potential of undesirable broad and distant effects of manipulating the target gene or metabolic step in the resulting plant. A comprehensive transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of the product may shed some useful light in this regard. The present study used these two techniques with plant cell cultures to analyze the effects of genetic manipulation of a single step in the biosynthesis of polyamines because of their well-known roles in plant growth, …

Under The Sea, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Listening To The Ocean, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2015, Matthew A. Wood

PREP Reports & Publications

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the Great Bay Estuary are a constant concern. The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) calculates the nitrogen load from tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary for its State of Our Estuaries reports. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to collect representative data on nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment concentrations in tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary in 2015. The study design followed the tributary sampling design which was implemented by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services between 2001 and 2007 and sustained by the University of New Hampshire from 2008 to the …

Biotechnology Program Recognizes Its First Graduate, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Disruption Of Type 3 Adenylyl Cyclase Expression In The Hypothalamus Leads To Obesity, Hong Cao, Xuanmao Chen, Yimei Yang, Daniel R. Storm

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Evidence from human studies and transgenic mice lacking the type 3 adenylyl cyclase (AC3) indicates that AC3 plays a role in the regulation of body weight. It is unknown in which brain region AC3 exerts such an effect. We examined the role of AC3 in the hypothalamus for body weight control using a floxed AC3 mouse strain. Here, we report that AC3 flox/flox mice became obese after the administration of AAV-CRE-GFP into the hypothalamus. Both male and female AC3 floxed mice showed heavier body weight than AAV-GFP injected control mice. Furthermore, mice with selective ablation of AC3 expression in the …

Undergraduate Research Conference Award Winners Announced, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Manchester Celebrates 264 Students At May 19 Graduation Ceremony, Kim Wall

UNH Today Archive

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Genomics Reveals Historic And Contemporary Transmission Dynamics Of A Bacterial Disease Among Wildlife And Livestock, Pauline L. Kamath, Jeffrey T. Foster, Kevin P. Drees, Gordon Luikart, Christine Quance, Neil J. Anderson, P. Ryan Clarke, Eric K. Cole, Mark L. Drew, William H. Edwards, Jack C. Rhyan, John J. Treanor, Rick L. Wallen, Patrick J. White, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Paul C. Cross

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Whole-genome sequencing has provided fundamental insights into infectious disease epidemiology, but has rarely been used for examining transmission dynamics of a bacterial pathogen in wildlife. In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), outbreaks of brucellosis have increased in cattle along with rising seroprevalence in elk. Here we use a genomic approach to examine Brucella abortus evolution, cross-species transmission and spatial spread in the GYE. We find that brucellosis was introduced into wildlife in this region at least five times. The diffusion rate varies among Brucella lineages (∼3 to 8 km per year) and over time. We also estimate 12 host transitions …

Celebrating Student Achievement At Annual Honors Convocation On May 17, Kim Wall

UNH Today Archive

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Biology Student Bruce Rheaume Named Student Speaker At Unh Manchester’S 2016 Commencement Ceremony, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Researchers Complete First Assessment Of State's Bee Population, Lori Wright

Media Relations

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Unh Researchers Complete First Assessment Of State’S Bee Population, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Franklin Pierce Center For Intellectual Property Events And Highlights, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

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Environmental Conditions Associated With Elevated Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Concentrations In Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, Erin A. Urquhart, Stephen H. Jones, Jong W. Yu, Brian M. Schuster, Ashley L. Marcinkiewicz, Cheryl A. Whistler, Vaughn S. Cooper

New Hampshire EPSCoR

Reports from state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the annual number of reported human vibriosis cases in New England has increased in the past decade. Concurrently, there has been a shift in both the spatial distribution and seasonal detection of Vibrio spp. throughout the region based on limited monitoring data. To determine environmental factors that may underlie these emerging conditions, this study focuses on a long-term database of Vibrio parahaemolyticus concentrations in oyster samples generated from data collected from the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire over a period of seven consecutive years. Oyster …

Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xx-M23 On Discovery Review Committee Recommendations To Leave Discovery Categories Unchanged, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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2015-16 Faculty Senate Xx - May 2, 2016 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

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Comm-Entary, Spring 2016 - Full Issue

Comm-entary

In this issue:

Make Graffiti, Not War by Mikayla Schaefer

The Photograph as a Montage by Christopher Kuist

Washing Away Dirty Marketing by Ashley Layton

An Ethical Dilemma in Media: “A Rape On Campus” by Jenna Ward

Networked Movements & Social Change: The Success of #BlackLivesMatter by Carolyn Riley

Body Cameras and the Problem of Technological Solutionism by Sean Fleese

Persuasion Techniques in Reconceptualization Science: Rethinking Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation by Mikayla Collins

Theories for Theories: A Rhetorical Analysis of Nancy Krieger’s Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective by Dana Gingras

The Anxiety of Digital Afterlife …

Estimating Tropical Forest Structure Using A Terrestrial Lidar, Michael W. Palace, Franklin B. Sullivan, Mark Ducey, Christina Herrick

Earth Sciences

Forest structure comprises numerous quantifiable biometric components and characteristics, which include tree geometry and stand architecture. These structural components are important in the understanding of the past and future trajectories of these biomes. Tropical forests are often considered the most structurally complex and yet least understood of forested ecosystems. New technologies have provided novel avenues for quantifying biometric properties of forested ecosystems, one of which is LIght Detection And Ranging (lidar). This sensor can be deployed on satellite, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and terrestrial platforms. In this study we examined the efficacy of a terrestrial lidar scanner (TLS) system in …

Research Support, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 47 (Apr. 28, 2016), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.