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The Ghost Who Thaws The Spring Snow, Maureen Alsop Apr 2026

The Ghost Who Thaws The Spring Snow, Maureen Alsop

Yalobusha Review

Winner of the Yellowwood Poetry Prize


Biol 454: Developmental Biology (Syllabus), Travis Bailey Ph.D. Apr 2026

Biol 454: Developmental Biology (Syllabus), Travis Bailey Ph.D.

School of Arts & Sciences

This syllabus was developed by SUNY Geneseo Professor Travis Bailey in the spring 2026 semester.

Learning Outcomes-Students will:

  • Understand the methods scientist use to explore the genetic, cellular, and tissue control of development.
  • Compare and contrast developmental strategies of model organisms.
  • Read primary literature critically and explain strengths and weaknesses.
  • Test hypotheses with self-designed experimentation, measurement and data collection, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical analysis.
  • Relate discoveries from model animals to human conditions.
  • Communicate findings orally and in writing.
  • Integrate multiple bodies of knowledge with their personal experience by asking meaningful questions about real-world problems
  • Apply skills, theories, …


False Conflict: Colorblindness And Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, W. Kerrel Murray Apr 2026

False Conflict: Colorblindness And Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, W. Kerrel Murray

Fordham Law Review

If friends and foes of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 agree on one thing, it is the irrepressible conflict between section 2’s attention to race and constitutional colorblindness. They’re wrong. Rightly understood, section 2’s design is remarkably compatible with colorblind constitutionalism’s letter and spirit.

To show how, this Article first returns to section 2’s origins and the preexisting approach its text codifies. That approach had an underappreciated ethos: When intentional discrimination’s effects sufficiently distort a political system, an electoral rule’s results might impugn its unconstitutionality, even if the rule had been adopted without discriminatory purpose. Drawing …


Contributors, Diamond Line Editors Apr 2026

Contributors, Diamond Line Editors

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

No abstract provided.


Snapshot Usa 2024: Year 6 Of The Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey Of The United States, Brigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael V. Cove, Alex Jensen, Daniel J. Herrera, Camilla Price, Phuong-Thao Nguyen-Nu, Katrina Adamczyk, Peter D. Alexander, Drew R. Davis Apr 2026

Snapshot Usa 2024: Year 6 Of The Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey Of The United States, Brigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael V. Cove, Alex Jensen, Daniel J. Herrera, Camilla Price, Phuong-Thao Nguyen-Nu, Katrina Adamczyk, Peter D. Alexander, Drew R. Davis

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Etsu Today - Fall 2026, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Apr 2026

Etsu Today - Fall 2026, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

At East Tennessee State University, the pursuit of knowledge has never been separated from the work of serving others. We study, create, and discover not for the sake of recognition, but for the patient in a rural clinic, the child in an Appalachian classroom, and the small town determined to build its future. That purpose runs through our laboratories and studios, libraries and clinics, and the many communities our faculty, students, and staff call home.

This past year, after months of listening across our campus and our region, a task force of faculty and staff completed a new five-year strategic …


Complement Anaphylatoxin C5a-Induced Mouse Lymphatic Functions Modulate Interactions Between Endothelial Cells And T Lymphocytes, Haydn E Rich, Yi-Dong Li, Kathryn D Hok, Stacey L Mueller-Ortiz, Aleksey Y Domozhirov, Anthony Shadid, Rajarajan A Thandavarayan, Hari Krishna Yalamanchili, Marie-Francoise Doursout, Tingting Weng-Mills, Faraz Bishehsari, Nirmal K Banda, Kristin L Eckel-Mahan, Marcos I Restrepo, Pooja Shivshankar Apr 2026

Complement Anaphylatoxin C5a-Induced Mouse Lymphatic Functions Modulate Interactions Between Endothelial Cells And T Lymphocytes, Haydn E Rich, Yi-Dong Li, Kathryn D Hok, Stacey L Mueller-Ortiz, Aleksey Y Domozhirov, Anthony Shadid, Rajarajan A Thandavarayan, Hari Krishna Yalamanchili, Marie-Francoise Doursout, Tingting Weng-Mills, Faraz Bishehsari, Nirmal K Banda, Kristin L Eckel-Mahan, Marcos I Restrepo, Pooja Shivshankar

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The lymphatic system is a highly branched endothelial tubular network that facilitates the migration of immune cells from the peripheral tissues to lymph nodes (LNs) and other lymphoid organs. Complement factors are essential for innate and adaptive immune functions. Complement anaphylatoxin C5a is crucial in vascular endothelial cell activation and lymphocyte polarization. Understanding the impact of C5a and its cognate receptor C5ar1 signaling on lymphatic function could provide new insights into the mechanisms of immune dysregulation observed in chronic inflammatory diseases. We demonstrate that acute C5a challenge in wildtype C57B6/J mice significantly reduced lymph propulsion compared to their C5ar1-deficient counterparts. …


Yield Of Injury Testing For Contacts Of Children Evaluated For Physical Abuse, Lígia Batista, Joanne N Wood, Tagrid M Ruiz-Maldonado, M Katherine Henry, Jan Leonard, Angela Bachim, James D Anderst, Farah W Brink, Hannah B Sahud, Lori D Frasier, Nancy S Harper, Natalie Laub, Colleen J Bressler, Daniel M Lindberg Apr 2026

Yield Of Injury Testing For Contacts Of Children Evaluated For Physical Abuse, Lígia Batista, Joanne N Wood, Tagrid M Ruiz-Maldonado, M Katherine Henry, Jan Leonard, Angela Bachim, James D Anderst, Farah W Brink, Hannah B Sahud, Lori D Frasier, Nancy S Harper, Natalie Laub, Colleen J Bressler, Daniel M Lindberg

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Siblings and household contacts of physically abused children are at increased risk for physical abuse and may have injuries that are not clinically apparent. However, injury testing recommendations for contact children remain debated.

Objective: Our objective was to describe testing practices and yield for contacts of physically abused children.

Participants and settings: This is a cross-sectional study of children < 10 years old evaluated for physical abuse at 10 US pediatric referral centers in the CAPNET research network.

Methods: We report the proportion of contact children who had a skeletal survey (SS) or neuroimaging and describe the proportion of tests that identified injuries.

Results: Among 6256 index evaluations, 4863 contacts were identified. Among 794 contacts with physical examinations, …


Fronto-Cerebellar Features Associate With Cognitive Dysfunction In Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Hanne Van Der Heijden, Gabrielle Alonzi, Amanda Cao, Raquel Van Gool, Merve Koç Yekedüz, Lise Vrolix, Itamar Ronen, Vanessa Rameh, Kyle Mcbrearty, Aditi Deokar, Robert P Sundel, Eyal Muscal, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Andrea Knight, Joyce C Chang, Jaymin Upadhyay Apr 2026

Fronto-Cerebellar Features Associate With Cognitive Dysfunction In Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Hanne Van Der Heijden, Gabrielle Alonzi, Amanda Cao, Raquel Van Gool, Merve Koç Yekedüz, Lise Vrolix, Itamar Ronen, Vanessa Rameh, Kyle Mcbrearty, Aditi Deokar, Robert P Sundel, Eyal Muscal, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Andrea Knight, Joyce C Chang, Jaymin Upadhyay

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Objective: Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is a prevalent symptom in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). This study aimed to investigate the neurobehavioral basis of CD in cSLE.

Methods: Patients with cSLE (N=20) and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs, N=20) completed questionnaires and multiple neurocognitive tests. The Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 and laboratory markers were used to monitor patients' clinical status. Neuroimaging assessments included functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and structural MRI.

Results: cSLE patients demonstrated moderate disease activity with high inflammation and immune dysregulation, alongside low medication adherence. Relative to HCs, cSLE patients …


Serological Evidence Of Borrelia Turicatae In Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) From An Endemic Focus Of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever In Mexico, Jose A Hernández Martínez, Valeria Leal-Sepúlveda, Alan A Zavala-Norzagaray, Emilio Rendón-Franco, César P Ley-Quiñonez, Patricio Pellegrini-Hernández, Job E Lopez, J Antonio Ibarra Apr 2026

Serological Evidence Of Borrelia Turicatae In Raccoons (Procyon Lotor) From An Endemic Focus Of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever In Mexico, Jose A Hernández Martínez, Valeria Leal-Sepúlveda, Alan A Zavala-Norzagaray, Emilio Rendón-Franco, César P Ley-Quiñonez, Patricio Pellegrini-Hernández, Job E Lopez, J Antonio Ibarra

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Tick-borne relapsing fever is a neglected and overlooked disease. In Mexico, numerous historical reports document the distribution of Ornithodoros turicata, the vector of Borrelia turicatae, as well as human cases of infection. However, the enzootic cycle and reservoir hosts in Mexico remain unknown. Here, to detect previous infections with relapsing fever Borreliae in wild fauna a retrospective serological analysis was conducted with serum samples collected from raccoons trapped from 2022 to 2025 in the Navachiste region of Sinaloa, Mexico. Using a species-specific antigen, BipA from B. turicatae, and bacterial lysates of this spirochete, we found high exposure among this cohort …


Efficient In Vivo Pharmacological Inhibition Of Δfosb, An Ap-1 Transcription Factor, In The Brain, Sean Mcneme, Anil Kumar, Yun Young Yim, Brandon W Hughes, Corey St Romain, Yi Li, Ashwani Kumar, Qichao Bao, Molly Estill, Shanghua Fan, Nadeen Takatka, Earnest P Chen, Matthew Rivera, Haiying Chen, Alfred J Robison, Mischa Machius, Stephen J Haggarty, Jeannie Chin, Eric J Nestler, Jia Zhou, Gabby Rudenko Apr 2026

Efficient In Vivo Pharmacological Inhibition Of Δfosb, An Ap-1 Transcription Factor, In The Brain, Sean Mcneme, Anil Kumar, Yun Young Yim, Brandon W Hughes, Corey St Romain, Yi Li, Ashwani Kumar, Qichao Bao, Molly Estill, Shanghua Fan, Nadeen Takatka, Earnest P Chen, Matthew Rivera, Haiying Chen, Alfred J Robison, Mischa Machius, Stephen J Haggarty, Jeannie Chin, Eric J Nestler, Jia Zhou, Gabby Rudenko

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

ΔFOSB, an unusually stable member of the AP-1 family of transcription factors, mediates long-term maladaptations that play a key role in the pathogenesis of drug addiction, cognitive decline, dyskinesia, and several other chronic neurological and psychiatric conditions. We have recently identified that 2-phenoxybenzenesulfonic acid-containing compounds disrupt the binding of ΔFOSB to DNA in vitro in cell-based assays, and one such compound, JPC0661, disrupts ΔFOSB binding to genomic DNA in vivo in the mouse brain with partial efficiency. JPC0661 binds to a groove outside of the DNA-binding cleft of the ΔFOSB/JUND bZIP heterodimer in a cocrystal structure. Here, we generated a …


Functional Bipartite Invariance In Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Receptive Fields, Zhiwei Ding, Dat Tran, Kayla Ponder, Zhuokun Ding, Rachel Froebe, Lydia Ntanavara, Paul G Fahey, Erick Cobos, Luca Baroni, Maria Diamantaki, Eric Y Wang, Andersen Chang, Stelios Papadopoulos, Jiakun Fu, Taliah Muhammad, Christos Papadopoulos, Santiago A Cadena, Alexandros Evangelou, Konstantin Willeke, Fabio Anselmi, Sophia Sanborn, Jan Antolik, Emmanouil Froudarakis, Saumil Patel, Edgar Y Walker, Jacob Reimer, Fabian H Sinz, Alexander S Ecker, Katrin Franke, Xaq Pitkow, Andreas S Tolias Apr 2026

Functional Bipartite Invariance In Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Receptive Fields, Zhiwei Ding, Dat Tran, Kayla Ponder, Zhuokun Ding, Rachel Froebe, Lydia Ntanavara, Paul G Fahey, Erick Cobos, Luca Baroni, Maria Diamantaki, Eric Y Wang, Andersen Chang, Stelios Papadopoulos, Jiakun Fu, Taliah Muhammad, Christos Papadopoulos, Santiago A Cadena, Alexandros Evangelou, Konstantin Willeke, Fabio Anselmi, Sophia Sanborn, Jan Antolik, Emmanouil Froudarakis, Saumil Patel, Edgar Y Walker, Jacob Reimer, Fabian H Sinz, Alexander S Ecker, Katrin Franke, Xaq Pitkow, Andreas S Tolias

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Sensory systems support generalization by representing features that persist under input variation; however, identifying the neuronal basis of these invariances remains difficult due to high-dimensional and nonlinear neural computations. Here we leverage the inception loop paradigm, iterating between large-scale recordings, predictive models and in silico experiments with in vivo verification, to characterize neuronal invariances in mouse primary visual cortex (V1). We synthesize varied exciting inputs (VEIs), dissimilar images that drive target neurons. These VEIs revealed a new bipartite invariance: one subfield encodes a shift-tolerant high-frequency texture and the other encodes a fixed low-frequency pattern. This division aligns with object boundaries …


Ins-17 Acts As A Nutrient Deprivation Signal To Mediate Adult Iis-Regulated Associative Behaviors In C. Elegans, Emily J Leptich, Priyadharshini Vijayakumar, Edward W Pietryk, Meredith I Williams, Rachana Rajupalem, Rachel N Arey Apr 2026

Ins-17 Acts As A Nutrient Deprivation Signal To Mediate Adult Iis-Regulated Associative Behaviors In C. Elegans, Emily J Leptich, Priyadharshini Vijayakumar, Edward W Pietryk, Meredith I Williams, Rachana Rajupalem, Rachel N Arey

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Insulin/Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) signaling (IIS) is a pleiotropic signaling pathway that functions across tissues to coordinate phenotypic changes in response to nutrient status. Thus, the ubiquity of the IIS pathway hinders efforts to elucidate the mechanisms driving specific IIS-related phenotypes. Previous research in the nematode worm C. elegans has demonstrated that loss of function of the IIS transmembrane receptor (IR) ortholog, DAF-2, results in a doubled lifespan and enhanced learning and memory behaviors in young and aged animals. However, these findings are the result of reducing DAF-2 receptor function rather than modulating ligand-receptor interactions. In the current study, …


Kidney Disease And Heart Failure: Recent Advances And Current Challenges: Conclusions From A Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (Kdigo) Controversies Conference, Carolyn S P Lam, Biykem Bozkurt, David Z I Cherney, Justin A Ezekowitz, Meg J Jardine, Sadiya S Khan, Magdalena Madero, Mark J Sarnak, Jozine M Ter Maaten, Michael Cheung, Jennifer M King, Morgan E Grams, Michel Jadoul, Nisha Bansal Apr 2026

Kidney Disease And Heart Failure: Recent Advances And Current Challenges: Conclusions From A Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (Kdigo) Controversies Conference, Carolyn S P Lam, Biykem Bozkurt, David Z I Cherney, Justin A Ezekowitz, Meg J Jardine, Sadiya S Khan, Magdalena Madero, Mark J Sarnak, Jozine M Ter Maaten, Michael Cheung, Jennifer M King, Morgan E Grams, Michel Jadoul, Nisha Bansal

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequently coexist, which elevates the risks of hospitalization, disease progression, and death. Despite advances in treating each condition independently, many challenges remain in diagnosing and managing them in combination. In March 2024, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) held the Controversies Conference on Kidney Disease and Heart Failure: Recent Advances and Current Challenges. Discussions highlighted the complex, bidirectional relationship between HF and CKD, including shared risk factors and overlapping pathophysiology as well as nuances in interpreting biomarkers such as natriuretic peptides and serum creatinine. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors, and emerging …


Novel Variants Identified In Families With Snx27 -Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Aiding In Characterizing Its Genotypic And Phenotypic Spectrum, Tayyaba Shan, Abrar Hussain, Anushree Acharya, Mulazim Hussain, Yumei Li, Hafiz Muhammad Jafar Hussain, Kiran Afshan, Suzanne M Leal, Rui Chen, Asif Mir, Isabelle Schrauwen, Sabika Firasat Apr 2026

Novel Variants Identified In Families With Snx27 -Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Aiding In Characterizing Its Genotypic And Phenotypic Spectrum, Tayyaba Shan, Abrar Hussain, Anushree Acharya, Mulazim Hussain, Yumei Li, Hafiz Muhammad Jafar Hussain, Kiran Afshan, Suzanne M Leal, Rui Chen, Asif Mir, Isabelle Schrauwen, Sabika Firasat

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background:

Sorting Nexin 27 (SNX27), a key regulator of synaptic receptor trafficking and endosomal recycling, has been implicated in maintaining synaptic homeostasis and cognitive function. To date, variants in SNX27 have been reported in a small number of patients across three publications with severe neurodevelopmental phenotypes. However, the genetic and functional landscape of SNX27-related disorders remains poorly understood, and further evidence is needed to confirm its association with disease and to better delineate the associated phenotype.

Methods and Results:

Two unrelated Pakistani families with a total of five affected individuals segregating a neurodevelopmental disorder were investigated via exome …


Dominant Clones Leverage Developmental Epigenomic States To Drive Ependymoma, Alisha S Kardian, Hua Sun, Siri Ippagunta, Nicholas Laboe, Srinidhi Varadharajan, Kwanha Yu, Hsiao-Chi Chen, Erik Emanus, Tuyu Zheng, Riley M Deneen, Jon P Connelly, Yong-Dong Wang, Jiangshan Zhan, Hengxi Liu, Kimberley Lowe, Taylor Bugbee, Rakesh Pathak, Amanda Bland, Sanya Mehta, Sophie Cochiolo, Amir Arabzade, Blake Holcomb, Kaitlin M Budd, Gabriele Kembuan, Tristen Wright, Emma Caesar, Maxwell Park, Amelia Hancock, David Gee, Joel Murdoch, Yi Xiao, Samuel K Mcbrayer, Thomas E Merchant, Jun Qi, Adam D Durbin, Lindsay A Schwarz, Li Wang, Andrew M Donson, Nicholas K Foreman, Sameer Agnihotri, Alfonso Lavado, Suzanne J Baker, David W Ellison, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Shondra M Pruett-Miller, Kelsey C Bertrand, Benjamin Deneen, Stephen C Mack Apr 2026

Dominant Clones Leverage Developmental Epigenomic States To Drive Ependymoma, Alisha S Kardian, Hua Sun, Siri Ippagunta, Nicholas Laboe, Srinidhi Varadharajan, Kwanha Yu, Hsiao-Chi Chen, Erik Emanus, Tuyu Zheng, Riley M Deneen, Jon P Connelly, Yong-Dong Wang, Jiangshan Zhan, Hengxi Liu, Kimberley Lowe, Taylor Bugbee, Rakesh Pathak, Amanda Bland, Sanya Mehta, Sophie Cochiolo, Amir Arabzade, Blake Holcomb, Kaitlin M Budd, Gabriele Kembuan, Tristen Wright, Emma Caesar, Maxwell Park, Amelia Hancock, David Gee, Joel Murdoch, Yi Xiao, Samuel K Mcbrayer, Thomas E Merchant, Jun Qi, Adam D Durbin, Lindsay A Schwarz, Li Wang, Andrew M Donson, Nicholas K Foreman, Sameer Agnihotri, Alfonso Lavado, Suzanne J Baker, David W Ellison, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Shondra M Pruett-Miller, Kelsey C Bertrand, Benjamin Deneen, Stephen C Mack

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

ZFTA–RELA is the most recurrent genetic alteration seen in paediatric supratentorial ependymoma (EPN) and is sufficient to initiate tumours in mice1. Despite its oncogenic potential, ZFTA–RELA (ZR) is observed nearly exclusively in childhood EPN, with tumours located distinctly in the supratentorial brain of the central nervous system1. We proposed that specific chromatin modules accessible during brain development would render distinct cell lineage programs at direct risk of transformation by ZR. To test this hypothesis, we performed combined single-nucleus assay for transposase-accessible chromatin and RNA (snMultiome) sequencing of the developing mouse forebrain compared with ZR-driven mouse …


Androgen Activity In The Male Embryonic Hindbrain Drives Lethal Pfa Ependymoma, Jiao Zhang, Winnie Ong, Alexandra Rasnitsyn, Ricardo Daniel Gonzalez, Rodrigo Lopez Gutierrez, Polina Balin, Amr Saadeldin, Xiaochong Wu, Maria C Vladoiu, Vicente Santa-Maria Lopez, Fernando Gonzalez-Salinas, Navneesh Yadav, Dinesh Mohanakrishnan, Kannan Boosi Narayana Rao, Raja Gopal Reddy Mooli, Hinda Najem, Sebastian Pacheco, Kaitlin Kharas, Cory Richman, David Przelicki, Evan Y Wang, Haipeng Su, Rachel Naomi Curry, Runze Yang, Michelle Masayo Kameda-Smith, Bryn Livingston, David Scott, Zaili Luo, Mingyang Xia, Namal Abeysundara, Anders W Erickson, Ncedile Mankahla, Lucas Zhongming Hu, Chu Pan, Raul Suarez, Ning Huang, Yihao Wu, Hao Wang, Tajana Douglas, Jonelle Pallota, Steven Hébert, Karen Ng, Krystin Mantione, Heather Whetstone, Hassaan Maan, Hussein Lakkis, Juyeun Lee, Sadeesh K Ramakrishnan, Yanxin Pei, Yujie Tang, Frank Y Lin, Guillermo Aldave, Marco Gallo, Robert M Friedlander, Faiyaz Notta, Laura K Donovan, Murali Chintagumpala, Bo Wang, Yun Li, Daniel D De Carvalho, Zhaolei Zhang, Ying Mao, Wei Hua, Charles Eberhart, Calixto-Hope G Lucas, Sriram Venneti, Poul H Sorensen, Alberto Delaidelli, Hao Li, Wenhao Zhou, Jason Kirk, Dean G Tang, Tao Jiang, Hailong Liu, Justin D Lathia, Hiromichi Suzuki, Jeremy N Rich, Lincoln D Stein, Nada Jabado, Vijay Ramaswamy, Q Richard Lu, Amy B Heimberger, Craig Daniels, Kulandaimanuvel Antony Michealraj, Claudia L Kleinman, Michael D Taylor Apr 2026

Androgen Activity In The Male Embryonic Hindbrain Drives Lethal Pfa Ependymoma, Jiao Zhang, Winnie Ong, Alexandra Rasnitsyn, Ricardo Daniel Gonzalez, Rodrigo Lopez Gutierrez, Polina Balin, Amr Saadeldin, Xiaochong Wu, Maria C Vladoiu, Vicente Santa-Maria Lopez, Fernando Gonzalez-Salinas, Navneesh Yadav, Dinesh Mohanakrishnan, Kannan Boosi Narayana Rao, Raja Gopal Reddy Mooli, Hinda Najem, Sebastian Pacheco, Kaitlin Kharas, Cory Richman, David Przelicki, Evan Y Wang, Haipeng Su, Rachel Naomi Curry, Runze Yang, Michelle Masayo Kameda-Smith, Bryn Livingston, David Scott, Zaili Luo, Mingyang Xia, Namal Abeysundara, Anders W Erickson, Ncedile Mankahla, Lucas Zhongming Hu, Chu Pan, Raul Suarez, Ning Huang, Yihao Wu, Hao Wang, Tajana Douglas, Jonelle Pallota, Steven Hébert, Karen Ng, Krystin Mantione, Heather Whetstone, Hassaan Maan, Hussein Lakkis, Juyeun Lee, Sadeesh K Ramakrishnan, Yanxin Pei, Yujie Tang, Frank Y Lin, Guillermo Aldave, Marco Gallo, Robert M Friedlander, Faiyaz Notta, Laura K Donovan, Murali Chintagumpala, Bo Wang, Yun Li, Daniel D De Carvalho, Zhaolei Zhang, Ying Mao, Wei Hua, Charles Eberhart, Calixto-Hope G Lucas, Sriram Venneti, Poul H Sorensen, Alberto Delaidelli, Hao Li, Wenhao Zhou, Jason Kirk, Dean G Tang, Tao Jiang, Hailong Liu, Justin D Lathia, Hiromichi Suzuki, Jeremy N Rich, Lincoln D Stein, Nada Jabado, Vijay Ramaswamy, Q Richard Lu, Amy B Heimberger, Craig Daniels, Kulandaimanuvel Antony Michealraj, Claudia L Kleinman, Michael D Taylor

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Posterior fossa type A (PFA) ependymoma is an unusual infantile brain tumour with few known somatic mutations, thought to be driven by epigenetic mechanisms1. PFA ependymoma has a markedly higher incidence and worse prognosis in male children than in female children2. The mechanisms that underlie these sex differences are at present unknown. Here we show that the cellular hierarchy of PFA ependymoma is less differentiated in male individuals than it is in female individuals. In the normal developing mouse hindbrain, male gliogenic progenitors are less differentiated than matched female sibling controls. To further parse the effects …


A Comprehensive Review Of Tear Fluid Proteome Alterations In Dry Eye Disease: Insights Into Pathophysiology And Biomarker Potential, Saleh Ahmed, Steven Safille, Victoria Clifton, Shruti Sharma, Cintia S De Paiva, Ashok Sharma Apr 2026

A Comprehensive Review Of Tear Fluid Proteome Alterations In Dry Eye Disease: Insights Into Pathophysiology And Biomarker Potential, Saleh Ahmed, Steven Safille, Victoria Clifton, Shruti Sharma, Cintia S De Paiva, Ashok Sharma

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Tear fluid is a highly specialized and dynamic biofluid composed of proteins, lipids, mucins, and electrolytes that is essential for maintaining ocular surface integrity, immune defense, and tear film stability. Growing evidence from tear proteomic studieshas revealed extensive alterations in protein composition in dry eye disease (DED), reflecting a complex interplay between local ocular surface pathology and systemic inflammatory influences. This review summarizes proteomic findings from 50 published studies to identify tear proteins that are consistently upregulated or downregulated in DED and to interpret their biological relevance in the context of ocular surface homeostasis. Across studies, proteins upregulated in DED …


Comprehensive Profiling Of The Human Tear Fluid Mirnome Using Small Rna Sequencing, Garrett Jones, Drew Mayernik, Saleh Ahmed, Eliza Williams, Jeremy Altman, Tae Jin Lee, Amy Estes, Cintia S De Paiva, Pamela Martin, Shruti Sharma, Ashok Sharma Apr 2026

Comprehensive Profiling Of The Human Tear Fluid Mirnome Using Small Rna Sequencing, Garrett Jones, Drew Mayernik, Saleh Ahmed, Eliza Williams, Jeremy Altman, Tae Jin Lee, Amy Estes, Cintia S De Paiva, Pamela Martin, Shruti Sharma, Ashok Sharma

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Purpose: To generate a comprehensive profile of microRNAs (miRNAs) present in human tear fluid using next-generation sequencing (NGS), establish a reference miRNome for healthy human tear fluid, and investigate whether miRNA expression varies by sex, race, or age.

Methods: Tear samples were collected from 32 adults using Schirmer strips. RNA was isolated using the miRNeasy Serum/Plasma Kit, and cDNA libraries were prepared using the QIAseq miRNA Library Kit. Barcoded libraries were sequenced on the NovaSeq 6000 platform. Bioinformatic analyses included adapter trimming, alignment to miRBase, normalization with DESeq2, and functional annotation using multiMiR and clusterProfiler. Differential expression analysis was performed …


Rexinoid Net-3ib Promotes Resident Macrophage Gene Expression And Mitigates Desiccation-Induced Ocular Surface Disease, Jehan Alam, Yangluowa Qu, Jianming Shao, Ebru Yaman, Karen Zheng, Hiroki Kakuta, Stephen C Pflugfelder Apr 2026

Rexinoid Net-3ib Promotes Resident Macrophage Gene Expression And Mitigates Desiccation-Induced Ocular Surface Disease, Jehan Alam, Yangluowa Qu, Jianming Shao, Ebru Yaman, Karen Zheng, Hiroki Kakuta, Stephen C Pflugfelder

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of rexinoid NEt-3IB on desiccating stress-induced dry eye, as well as monocyte/macrophage gene expression and cellular trajectory.

Methods: Eyes were topically treated with rexinoid NEt-3IB (5 µM) or vehicle three times a day for 5 days of desiccating stress-induced dry eye. Single-cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) profiled gene expression in conjunctival immune cells. RNA-seq was also used to evaluate gene expression in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated, dexamethasone-treated (Dex, 1 µM), or NEt-3IB-treated (1-1000 nM) cultured monocytes. Cellular state trajectory and latent time were inferred with scVelo, and latent-time-associated genes were identified using Monocle 3. Permeability to Oregon Green-labeled …


The Impact Of Estrogen Replacement During Perimenopause On Lung Function And Airway Inflammation In The Vcd Mouse Model, William P Pederson, Laurie Michelle Ellerman, Riley D Hellinger, Joselyn Joanna Rojas Quintero, Francesca Polverino, John P Konhilas, Julie G Ledford Apr 2026

The Impact Of Estrogen Replacement During Perimenopause On Lung Function And Airway Inflammation In The Vcd Mouse Model, William P Pederson, Laurie Michelle Ellerman, Riley D Hellinger, Joselyn Joanna Rojas Quintero, Francesca Polverino, John P Konhilas, Julie G Ledford

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background:

Menopause associated asthma impacts a subset of women and is less responsive to current treatments. Mechanisms driving this late onset asthma are unknown. We recently developed a mouse model of menopause associated asthma using a combination of 4-Vinylcyclohexene Diepoxide (VCD) and House Dust Mite (HDM) exposures. The goal of this study was to determine how hormone replacement therapy during perimenopause impacts lung function and inflammation.

Methods:

The experimental groups included menopausal mice (VCD) with and without exposure to HDM (to model allergic airways disease) and menopausal mice with and without hormone replacement therapy (HRT; via estrogen pellet implantation). Lung …


Chimes: April 1, 2026, Calvin University Apr 2026

Chimes: April 1, 2026, Calvin University

Chimes

Kelvin president to be replaced with AI, sources say by I Am Choking

Rodrick Heffley selected as Kelvin's next provost by Alex De Old

Kelvin announces transition to subscription model by June B. Under

Less-Than-Creative Dining explains the disappearance of meat week by Zachiachus Kolonel

Kelvin adds artificial intelligence department, cuts engineering and business programs by Henry B. Len

Student workers at Peter's to be replaced with campus squirrels by Inca Left-Nonbinary


Rates Of Aki And Evaluation Of Estimated Gfr In Covid-19 Patients, Jafar Alsalamy, Arif Malik Apr 2026

Rates Of Aki And Evaluation Of Estimated Gfr In Covid-19 Patients, Jafar Alsalamy, Arif Malik

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

BackgroundCovid 19 was reported in Wuhan China in 2019, it is the third coronavirus infecting people from animals, increasing evidence indicate that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is companied by renal dysfunction.ObjectiveTo evaluate the rate of acute kidney injury in patient diagnosed with covid 19 through serial evaluation of EGFR using the most accurate equation and serial changes in urine output and serum creatinine in order to elicit the diagnosis of acute kidney injury.Patients and MethodsOne hundred patients were randomly selected from isolation centers and consultation clinic and were followed in a period of 2 weeks and evaluated for the occurrence …


Patenting The Unexpected, Sean B. Seymore Apr 2026

Patenting The Unexpected, Sean B. Seymore

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Unexpected discoveries have transformed human existence. They’ve revolutionized science and spawned entire new fields of research. While unexpected discoveries seem inventive and worthy of patent protection, they don’t formally align with traditional patent theory. The bedrock principle that an invention begins with the conception of an idea in the inventor’s mind and ends with implementation doesn’t apply to unexpected discoveries. This misalignment is most acute for pharmaceuticals, where the discovery of new uses for old drugs has tremendous social and economic importance. Since a drug can inherently treat multiple conditions in a patient—even those unknown to the patient, doctor, or …


Ecological Studies Of Wolves On Isle Royale, Sarah R. Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich Apr 2026

Ecological Studies Of Wolves On Isle Royale, Sarah R. Hoy, Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich

Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale

Annual Report 2025-2026


Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, Issue #69 Spring 2026 Apr 2026

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, Issue #69 Spring 2026

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

President's message, Dustin Loy

Undergraduate Scholarship Awards

2026 Chapter Officers and Committees

Faculty Awards

Membership info and dues form

Grad Student Scholarship

Award of Merit

NU Foundation Fund

New Initiates

Save the Date

In Memoriam:
Kara Daye Heideman (March 31, 1980-December 11, 2025)
L. Dale Van Vleck (June 11, 1933-December 23, 2025)
James (Jim) Eugene Specht (September 12, 1945-February 13, 2026)
Irvin Thomas Omtvedt (June 12, 1935-April 6, 2026)
Fayrene L. Hamouz (June 6, 1946-April 8, 2026)
Robert L. Raun (April 22, 1928-April 22, 2026)


Probing The Prevalence Of Pharmaceutical Corruption, Marc A. Rodwin Apr 2026

Probing The Prevalence Of Pharmaceutical Corruption, Marc A. Rodwin

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

This article reviews the history and current evidence of systematic pharmaceutical industry corruption.  It draws on studies by the OECD on international corruption; reports of the Securities and Exchange Commission; studies of the Public Citizen health Research Group of settlement agreements between federal and state authorities and pharmaceutical firm; the history of the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Act; professional and industry codes of ethics; the literature on institutional corruption; and studies of conflicts of interest.  These sources support findings of systemic corruption since the mid-20th century. The paper also explores the relationship between classic corruption, institutional corruption and conflicts of …


Article Iii's Constraints On The Legislative Power, Elizabeth Earle Beske Apr 2026

Article Iii's Constraints On The Legislative Power, Elizabeth Earle Beske

William & Mary Law Review

Article III’s heightened concreteness standard for statutory harms takes federal judges deep into legislative terrain, jeopardizing statutory damage provisions and confining Congress to post hoc solutions rather than preemptive strikes. The Supreme Court has insisted that creating a cause of action is a legislative function. At the same time, its recent standing cases instruct lower federal courts to permit suit on statutory injuries only when they find actual harm that bears a tight connection to injuries recognized at common law. This new harm requirement rests uneasily with countless statutes featuring statutory damage provisions that are in place precisely because damages …


Jfl Insider: A Newsletter To Keep You In The Know, Liberty University Apr 2026

Jfl Insider: A Newsletter To Keep You In The Know, Liberty University

Jerry Falwell Library Newsletter

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Eros, Again, Is Looking At Me Meltingly: The Role Of Vision In Archaic Lyric And Hellenistic Epigram, Ruth Patterson Apr 2026

Eros, Again, Is Looking At Me Meltingly: The Role Of Vision In Archaic Lyric And Hellenistic Epigram, Ruth Patterson

Classical Studies Honors Theses

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