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*indicates funding from “Excellence In Electron Microscopy” Award

N.P. Nguyen, I. Ersoy, J. Gotberg, F. Bunyak and T.A. White “DRPnet: Automated Particle Picking in Cryo-Electron Micrographs Using Deep Regression” BMC Bioinformatics (2021) 22, 55
*AM Jasim, X He, Y. Xing, TA White & MJ Young “cryo-ePDF: Overcoming Electron Beam Damage to Study the Local Atomic Structure of Amorphous ALD Aluminum Oxide Thin Films within a TEM” arXiv in press at ACS Omega
Yosef Fichman, Ronald J. Myers Jr., DeAna G. Grant, Ron Mittler. “Plasmodesmata-localized proteins and reactive oxygen species orchestrate light-induced rapid systemic signaling in Arabidopsis” Science Signalling (2021)

Lynn M. Martin, Rayne Lim, Nishant Rajiv Sinha, Alexandria Hofmann, Ratnakar Tripathi, Sydney Green, Sabeeh Kamil, DeAna Grant, Philip J. Johnson, Mikayla Fraunfelder, Rajiv R Mohan; Modulation of autophagy-related genes in healthy, keratoconus and injured corneas. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2020;61(7):2909.
Zandalinas, S.I., Song, L., Sengupta, S., McInturf, S.A., Grant, D.G., Marjault, H.‐B., Castro‐Guerrero, N.A., Burks, D., Azad, R.K., Mendoza‐Cozatl, D.G., Nechushtai, R. and Mittler, R. (2020), Expression of a dominant‐negative AtNEET‐H89C protein disrupts iron–sulfur metabolism and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Plant J, 101: 1152-1169.
Yosef Fichman, Ronald J. Myers Jr., DeAna G. Grant, Ron Mittler. “Plasmodesmata-localized proteins and reactive oxygen species orchestrate light-induced rapid systemic signaling in Arabidopsis” BioRxiv (2020)
*Brandi L. MacDonald, James C. Chatters, Eduard G. Reinhardt, Fred Devos, Sam Meacham, Dominique Rissolo, Barry Rock, Chris Le Maillot, David Stalla, Marc D. Marino, Eric Lo and Pilar Luna Erreguerena. "Paleoindian ochre mines in the submerged caves of the Yucatán Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico" Science Advances 03 Jul 2020: Vol. 6, no. 27, eaba1219
*Li Shao, Bin Hua, Xiangquan Hu, David Stalla, Steven P. Kelley, and Jerry L. Atwood ”Construction of Polymeric Metal–Organic Nanocapsule Networks via Supramolecular Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly” Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16, 7270–7275
I. Gubins, M.L. Chaillet, G. van der Schot, R.C. Veltkamp, F. Förster, Y. Hao, X. Wan, X. Cui, F. Zhang, E. Moebel, X. Wang, D. Kihara, X. Zeng, M. Xu, N.P. Nguyen, T.A. White, F Bunyak “SHREC 2020: Classification in cryo-electron tomograms” Computers & Graphics (2020) 91 270-289
N.P. Nguyen, I. Ersoy, J. Gotberg, F. Bunyak and T.A. White “DRPnet: Automated Particle Picking in Cryo-Electron Micrographs Using Deep Regression” BioRxiv 2019
Silveria, M.A.; Large, E.E.; Zane, G.M.; White, T.A.; Chapman, M.S. The Structure of an AAV5-AAVR Complex at 2.5 Å Resolution: Implications for Cellular Entry and Immune Neutralization of AAV Gene Therapy Vectors. Viruses 2020, 12, 1326.
*R. Florez, M. L. Crespillo, X. He, T. A. White, G. Hilmas, W. G. Fahrenholtz, and J. Graham, “Early stage oxidation of ZrC under 10 MeV Au3+ ion-irradiation at 800° C,” Corrosion Science, p. 108609, 2020.
*R. Florez, M. L. Crespillo, X. He, T. A. White, G. Hilmas, W. Fahrenholtz, and J. Graham, “The irradiation response of ZrC ceramics under 10 MeV Au3+ ion irradiation at 800 ºC,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 40, pp. 1791-1800, 2020.
*Y. Gao, X. He, L. Ma, T. Wu, J. Park, and X. Liang, “Understanding cation doping achieved by atomic layer deposition for high-performance Li-Ion batteries,” Electrochimica Acta, p. 135951, 2020.
*A M. Jasim, X. He, T. A. White, and Y. Xing, “Nano-layer deposition of metal oxides via a condensed water film,” Communications Materials, vol. 1, pp. 1-7, 2020.
*X. Wang, B. Jin, X. He, T. A. White, and X. Liang, “Highly Active and Stable Fe/SiO 2 Catalyst Synthesized by Atomic Layer Deposition for CO Oxidation,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 150, pp. 3296-3303, 2020.
*A. Bratten, J. Q. Duan, A. Hoffman, H. M. Wen, X. Q. He, and J. D. Stempien, “Effects of microstructure on the oxidation behavior of A3 matrix-grade graphite,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 104, pp. 584-592, Jan 2021.

*Brandi Lee MacDonald, David Stalla, Xiaoqing He, Farid Rahemtulla, David Emerson, Paul A Dube, Matthew R Maschmann, Catherine E Klesner, Tommi A White “Hunter-Gatherers Harvested and Heated Microbial Biogenic Iron Oxides to Produce Rock Art Pigment” Scientific reports 2019
*Ye Jin, Han Yu, Yan Gao, Xiaoqing He, Tommi A White, Xinhua Liang “Li4Ti5O12 coated with ultrathin aluminum-doped zinc oxide films as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries” Journal of Power Sources 2019
*Zezong Gu, Hailong Song, Landry Konan, Jiankun Cui, Catherine Johnson, Barbara Rutter, Deana Grant, Tommi White, Mei Chen, Weiming Xia, Graham Hubler, Ibolja Cernak, Ralph DePalma “PRIMARY LOW-INTENSITY BLAST: ENERGY PARAMETERS INDUCE ULTRASTRUCTURAL, MITOCHONDRIAL, AND ASSOCIATED NEUROBEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES” JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 36 (13), A43-A43 2019
*Yan Gao, Zeyu Shang, Xiaoqing He, Tommi White, Jonghyun Park, Xinhua Liang “Cooperating effects of conformal iron oxide (FeOx) ALD coating and post-annealing on Li-Rich layered cathode materials” Electrochimica Acta 2019
Kleiton Augusto Santos Silva, Thaysa Ghiarone, Kathy Schreiber, DeAna Grant, Tommi White, Madlyn I Frisard, Sergiy Sukhanov, Bysani Chandrasekar, Patrice Delafontaine, Tadashi Yoshida “Angiotensin II suppresses autophagy and disrupts ultrastructural morphology and function of mitochondria in mouse skeletal muscle” Journal of Applied Physiology 126 (6), 1550-1562
*Landry M Konan, Hailong Song, Genevieve Pentecost, Delvise Fogwe, Tina Ndam, Jiankun Cui, Catherine E Johnson, DeAna Grant, Tommi White, Mei Chen, Weiming Xia, Ibolja Cernak, Ralph G DePalma, Zezong Gu “Multi-Focal Neuronal Ultrastructural Abnormalities and Synaptic Alterations in Mice after Low-Intensity Blast Exposure” JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA 36:2117–2128 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6260
Kayla C Banks, David E Stalla, Filiz E Bunyak, Tommi A White, Loren G Schultz, Elizabeth A Giuliano “Comparison of two cleaning and sterilization protocols of diamond burr tips used in debridement for canine superficial chronic corneal epithelial defects” Veterinary ophthalmology
*Chiqian Zhang, Pamela JB Brown, Randall J Miles, Tommi A White, DeAna G Grant, David Stalla, Zhiqiang Hu "Inhibition of regrowth of planktonic and biofilm bacteria after peracetic acid disinfection” Water Research Volume 149, 1 February 2019, Pages 640-649
*Yunchao Xie, Chi Zhang, Xiaoqing He, Jheng-Wun Su, Thomas Parker, Tommi White, Mark Griep, Jian Lin “Copper-promoted nitrogen-doped carbon derived from zeolitic imidazole frameworks for oxygen reduction reaction” Applied Surface Science Volume 464, 15 January 2019, Pages 344-350
*J Torres, ZN Buck, H Kaiser, X He, T White, M Tyagi, RA Winholtz, FY Hansen, KW Herwig, H Taub “A neutron scattering and electron microscopy study of the structure, wetting, and freezing behavior of water near hydrophilic CuO-nanostructured surfaces” Journal of Applied Physics Volume 125, Issue 2
David Stalla, Narahari Akkaladevi, Tommi A White, Gerald L Hazelbauer “Spatial Restrictions in Chemotaxis Signaling Arrays: A Role for Chemoreceptor Flexible Hinges across Bacterial Diversity” J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(12), 2989.
Nguyen P Nguyen, Ilker Ersoy, Jacob Gotberg, Filiz Bunyak, Tommi A White “DRPnet-Automated Particle Picking In Cryo-Electron Micrographs Using Deep Regression” bioRxiv, 2019
*Alessandro R Mazza, Anna Miettinen, Matt Conrad, Timothy R Charlton, Xiaoqing He, Suchi Guha, Guang Bian, Jian Lin, Edward H Conrad, Paul F Miceli “Atomic deuteration of epitaxial many-layer graphene on 4H-SiC(0001¯)" Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 37, 041804 (2019)
*Chi Zhang, Chen Zhang, Yunchao Xie, Jheng‐Wun Su, Xiaoqing He, John D Demaree, Mark H Griep, Jerry L Atwood, Jian Lin “A Supramolecular Coordination‐Polymer‐Derived Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction” Chem.Eur.J.2019,25,4036 –4039
*Shoujie Ren, Weston R Shoemaker, Xiaofeng Wang, Zeyu Shang, Naomi Klinghoffer, Shiguang Li, Miao Yu, Xiaoqing He, Tommi A White, Xinhua Liang “Highly active and selective Cu-ZnO based catalyst for methanol and dimethyl ether synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation” Fuel Volume 239, 1 March 2019, Pages 1125-1133
*Amrit Laudari, Alec Pickett, Fatemeh Shahedipour‐Sandvik, Kasey Hogan, John E Anthony, Xiaoqing He, Suchismita Guha “Textured Poling of the Ferroelectric Dielectric Layer for Improved Organic Field‐Effect Transistors”
*Zhengyang Wang, Weiming Hu, Zuheng Kang, Xiaoqing He, Zhenxiao Cai, Baolin Deng “Arsenate adsorption on iron-impregnated ordered mesoporous carbon: Fast kinetics and mass transfer evaluation” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019
*AR Mazza, A Miettinen, AA Daykin, X He, TR Charlton, M Conrad, S Guha, Q Lu, G Bian, EH Conrad, PF Miceli “Revealing interfacial disorder at the growth-front of thick many-layer epitaxial graphene on SiC: a complementary neutron and X-ray scattering investigation” Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 14434-14445 DOI: 1039/C9NR03504D
Sara I. Zandalinas, Luhua Song, Soham Sengupta, Samuel A. McInturf, DeAna G. Grant, Henri‐Baptiste Marjault, Norma A. Castro‐Guerrero, David Burks, Rajeev K. Azad, David G. Mendoza‐Cozatl, Rachel Nechushtai, Ron Mittler “Expression of a dominant‐negative AtNEET‐H89C protein disrupts iron‐sulfur metabolism and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis” Plant J. doi:1111/tpj.14581
Cui, Y.; Grant, D.G.; Lin, J.; Yu, X.; Franz, A.W.E. “Zika Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of Aedes aegypti is Facilitated by Bloodmeal-Mediated Structural Modification of the Midgut Basal Lamina” Viruses 2019, 11, 1056
*Hayden, M.R.; Grant, D.G.; Aroor, A.R.; DeMarco, V.G. Empagliflozin Ameliorates Type 2 Diabetes-Induced Ultrastructural Remodeling of the Neurovascular Unit and Neuroglia in the Female db/db Brain Sci. 2019, 9, 57
*F Mahmood, C Zhang, Y Xie, D Stalla, J Lin, C Wan “Transforming lignin into porous graphene via direct laser writing for solid-state supercapacitors” RSC Advances 2019, 9, 22713-22720 DOI: 1039/C9RA04073K
*Victoria L Gremminger, Youngjae Jeong, Rory P Cunningham, Grace M Meers, R Scott Rector, Charlotte L Phillips “Compromised Exercise Capacity and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Murine (oim) Mouse Model” Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Y. Liao, T. W. Smith, R. R. Pandey, X. Q. He, C. C. Chusuei, and Y. C. Xing, “Substantially enhanced rate capability of lithium storage in Na2Ti6O13 with self-doping and carbon-coating,” Rsc Advances, vol. 8, pp. 8929-8936, 2018.
L. MacDonald, D. Stalla, X. He, M. R. Maschmann, D. Emerson, and T. A. White, “Reconstructing Rock Art Fe-oxide Pigment Pyrotechnology Using In Situ SEM Heating Experiments,” Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 24, pp. 2124-2125, 2018.
V. Morrell, X. He, G. Luo, A. S. Thind, T. A. White, J. A. Hachtel, A. Y. Borisevich, J.-C. Idrobo, R. Mishra, and Y. Xing, “Significantly Enhanced Emission Stability of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals via Chemically Induced Fusion Growth for Optoelectronic Devices,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 1, pp. 6091-6098, 2018.
Wolenski, A. Wood, C. J. Mathai, X. He, J. McFarland, K. Gangopadhyay, S. Gangopadhyay, and M. R. Maschmann, “Nanoscale surface reactions by laser irradiation of Al nanoparticles on MoO3 flakes,” Nanotechnology, vol. 30, p. 045703, 2018.
Zhang, C. Zhang, Y. Xie, J.-W. Su, X. He, J. D. Demaree, M. H. Griep, J. L. Atwood, and J. Lin, “A Supramolecular Coordination Polymer Derived Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction,” Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018.
Xie, C. Zhang, X. He, T. White, J. D. Demaree, M. Griep, and J. Lin, “Monolithic electrochemical cells for overall water splitting,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 397, pp. 37-43, 2018.
Ren, W. R. Shoemaker, X. Wang, Z. Shang, N. Klinghoffer, S. Li, M. Yu, X. He, T. A. White, and X. Liang, “Highly active and selective Cu-ZnO based catalyst for methanol and dimethyl ether synthesis via CO2 hydrogenation,” Fuel, vol. 239, pp. 1125-1133, 2019.
Wang, W. Hu, Z. Kang, X. He, Z. Cai, and B. Deng, “Arsenate adsorption on iron-impregnated ordered mesoporous carbon: Fast kinetics and mass transfer evaluation,” Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 357, pp. 463-472, 2019.
Xie, C. Zhang, X. He, J.-W. Su, T. Parker, T. White, M. Griep, and J. Lin, “Copper-promoted nitrogen-doped carbon derived from zeolitic imidazole frameworks for oxygen reduction reaction,” Applied Surface Science, vol. 464, pp. 344-350, 2019.
James Torres, Zachary Buck, Helmut Kaiser, Xiaoqing He, Tommi White, Madhusudan Tyagi, Robert Wiinholtz, F. Y. Hansen, Kenneth W. Herwig, and Haskell Taub, “A neutron scattering and electron microscopy study of the structure, wetting, and freezing behavior of water near hydrophilic CuO-nanostructured surfaces”, accepted by Journal of Applied Physics.
Laudari, A. Pickett, F. Shahedipour-Sandvik, K. Hogan, J. E. Anthony, X. He, and S. Guha, “Textured Poling of the Ferroelectric Dielectric Layer for Improved Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, accepted by Adv. Mater. Interfaces.
Peptide Amphiphile Micelle Vaccine Size and Charge Influence the Host Antibody Response. Rui Zhang, Josiah D. Smith, Brittany N. Allen, Jake S. Kramer, Martin Schauflinger, and Bret D. Ulery. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00511
Porcine fetal-derived fibroblasts alter gene expression and mitochondria to compensate for hypoxic stress during culture. B. R. Mordhorst, S. L. Murphy, M. Schauflingerⱡ, S. Rojas Salazar§, T. Ji§, S. K. Behura, K. D. Wells, J. A. Green, and R. S. Prather. Accepted in Cellular Reprogramming
Pharmacological reprogramming designed to induce a Warburg effect in porcine fibroblasts decreases mitochondrial membrane potential and increases quantity of autolysosomes. Bethany R. Mordhorst, Karl C. Kerns, Martin Schauflingerⱡ, Stephanie L. Murphy, Renee M. Ross, Peter Sutovsky, Kevin D. Wells, Jonathan A. Green, and Randall S. Prather. Under review in Scientific Reports
Melvin R. Hayden, DeAna G. Grant, Annayya R. Aroor and Vincent G. DeMarco“Ultrastructural Remodeling of the Neurovascular Unit in the Female Diabetic db/db Model—Part I: Astrocyte” Neuroglia 2018, 1(1), 220-244
Melvin R. Hayden, DeAna G. Grant, Annayya R. Aroor and Vincent G. DeMarco“Ultrastructural Remodeling of the Neurovascular Unit in the Female Diabetic db/db Model—Part II: Microglia and Mitochondria” Neuroglia 2018, 1(2), 311-326
Melvin R. Hayden, DeAna G. Grant, Annayya R. Aroor and Vincent G. DeMarco“Ultrastructural Remodeling of the Neurovascular Unit in the Female Diabetic db/db Model—Part III: Oligodendrocyte and Myelin” Neuroglia 2018, 1(2), 351-364
Rayne R. Lim; DeAna G. Grant; Dylan Olver; Jaume Padilla; Alana M. Czajkowski; Teagan R. Schnurbusch; Rajiv R. Mohan; Dean P. Hainsworth; Eric M. Walters; Shyam S. Chaurasia“Young Ossabaw Pigs Fed a Western Diet Exhibit Early Signs of Diabetic Retinopathy” Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2018, Vol.59, 2325-2338
Asher M. Kantor, DeAna G. Grant, Velmurugan Balaraman, Tommi A. White and Alexander W. E. Franz “Ultrastructural Analysis of Chikungunya Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti” Viruses 2018, 10(10), 571
Chiqian Zhang, Pamela J.B.Brown, Randall J.Miles, Tommi A. White, DeAna G. Grant, David Stalla, Zhiqiang Hu “Inhibition of regrowth of planktonic and biofilm bacteria after peracetic acid disinfection” Water Research(2018
Oztel, G. Yolcu, I. Ersoy, T.A. White, F. Bunyak “Deep learning approaches in electron microscopy imaging for mitochondria segmentation” International Journal of Data Mining and Bioionformatics (2018) 21(2); 91-106
Zhang, C.N, Leeper, X. Wang, T.A. White, B.D. Ulery “Immunomodulatory vasoactive intestinal peptide amphiphile micelles” Biomaterials Science 2018
R. Zhang, L.D. Morton, J.D. Smith, F. Gallazzi, T.A. White, B.D. Ulery “Instructive Design of Triblock Peptide Amphiphiles for Structurally Complex Micelle Fabrication” ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2018)
H. Song L.M. Konan, J. Cui, C.E. Johnson M. Langenderfer, D.G. Grant, T. Ndam, A. Simonyi, T.A. White, U. Demirci, D.R. Mott, D. Schwer, G.K. Hubler, I. Cernak, R.G. DePalma, Z. Gu. Ultrastructural brain abnormalities and associated behavioral changes in mice after low-intensity blast exposure (2018) 347; 149-157
D.A. Korasick, T.A. White, S. Chakravarthy, J.J. Tanner “NAD+ promotes assembly of the active tetramer of aldehyde dehydrogenase 7A1” (2018) FEBS Letters 592(19); 3229-3238
D.A. Korasick, A.C. Campbell, S.L Christgen, S. Chakravarthy, T.A. White, D.F. Becker, J.J. Tanner “Redox Modulation of the Oligomeric State in Proline Utilization A” (2018) Biophysical Journal 114 (12); 2833-2843
Matthew Dickinson, Saptarshi Debroy, Prasad Calyam Samaikya Valluripally, Yuanxun Zhang, Ronny Bazan Antequera, Trupti Joshi, Tommi White , Dong Xu “Multi-cloud Performance and Security Driven Federated Workflow Management” (2018) IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
Banks, Kayla, Stalla, David, Bunyak, Filiz, White, Tommi, Schultz, Loren, Giuliano, Elizabeth; “Comparison of two cleaning and sterilization protocols of diamond burr tips used in debridement for canine superficial chronic corneal epithelial defects” Veterinary Ophthalmology (2018) in press
Landry M. Konan, Hailong Song. Genevieve Pentecost, Delvise Fogwe, Tina Ndam, Jiankun Cui, , Catherine E. Johnson, DeAna Grant, Tommi White, Mei Chen, Weiming Xia, Ibolja Cernak, , Ralph G. DePalma, Zezong Gu “Multifocal Neuronal Ultrastructural Abnormalities and Synaptic Dysregulation in Mice after Low-Intensity Blast Exposure” Journal of Neurotrauma (2018) under review
Selvakumar GP, Iyer SS, Kempuraj D, Raju M, Thangavel R, Saeed D, Ahmed ME, Zahoor H, Raikwar SP, Zaheer S, Zaheer A. Glia Maturation Factor Dependent Inhibition of Mitochondrial PGC-1α Triggers Oxidative Stress-Mediated Apoptosis in N27 Rat Dopaminergic Neuronal Cells. Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Jan 30. doi:10.1007/s12035-018-0882-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29383690.
Ning P, Yang L, Li C, Fritschi FB. Post-silking carbon partitioning under nitrogen deficiency revealed sink limitation of grain yield in maize. J Exp Bot. 2018 Jan 18. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx496. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29361032.
Burns GW, Brooks KE, O’Neil EV, Hagen DE, Behura SK, Spencer TE. Progesterone Effects on Extracellular Vesicles in the Sheep Uterus. Biol Reprod. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioy011. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29346527.
Akkaladevi N, Bunyak F, Stalla D, White TA, Hazelbauer GL. Flexible hinges in bacterial chemoreceptors. J Bacteriol. 2017 Dec 11. pii: JB.00593-17. doi:10.1128/JB.00593-17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29229700.
Song B, Oehrle NW, Liu S, Krishnan HB. Development and Characterization of a Soybean Experimental Line Lacking the α’ Subunit of β-Conglycinin and G1, G2, and G4 Glycinin. J Agric Food Chem. 2018 Jan 17;66(2):432-439. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05011. Epub 2018 Jan 3. PubMed PMID: 29227096.

Kremenak JW, Arendse CJ, Cummings FR, Chen Y, Miceli PF. Insight on the silver catalyst distribution during silicon nanowire array formation: an X-ray reflectivity study. Nanoscale. 2017 Dec 14;9(48):19073-19085. doi: 10.1039/c7nr05676a. PubMed PMID: 29120464.
Dong S, Balaraman V, Kantor AM, Lin J, Grant DG, Held NL, Franz AWE. Chikungunya virus dissemination from the midgut of Aedes aegypti is associated with temporal basal lamina degradation during bloodmeal digestion. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Sep 29;11(9):e0005976. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005976. eCollection 2017 Sep. PubMed PMID: 28961239; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5636170.
Machen AJ, Akkaladevi N, Trecazzi C, O’Neil PT, Mukherjee S, Qi Y, Dillard R, Im W, Gogol EP, White TA, Fisher MT. Asymmetric Cryo-EM Structure of Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen Pore with Lethal Factor N-Terminal Domain. Toxins (Basel). 2017 Sep 22;9(10). pii: E298. doi: 10.3390/toxins9100298. PubMed PMID: 28937604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5666345.
Yu Z, Alsammarraie FK, Nayigiziki FX, Wang W, Vardhanabhuti B, Mustapha A, Lin M. Effect and mechanism of cellulose nanofibrils on the active functions of biopolymer-based nanocomposite films. Food Res Int. 2017 Sep;99(Pt 1):166-172. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.05.009. Epub 2017 May 13. PubMed PMID: 28784473.
Kadhom M, Hu W, Deng B. Thin Film Nanocomposite Membrane Filled with Metal-Organic Frameworks UiO-66 and MIL-125 Nanoparticles for Water Desalination. Membranes (Basel). 2017 Jun 14;7(2). pii: E31. doi: 10.3390/membranes7020031. PubMed PMID: 28613247; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5489865.
Spertus CB, Brown JM, Giuliano EA. Diamond burr debridement vs. grid keratotomy in canine SCCED with scanning electron microscopy diamond burr tip analysis. Vet Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;20(6):505-513. doi: 10.1111/vop.12460. Epub 2017 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 28181368.
Kadhom M, Yin J, Deng B. A Thin Film Nanocomposite Membrane with MCM-41 Silica Nanoparticles for Brackish Water Purification. Membranes (Basel). 2016 Dec 6;6(4). pii: E50. PubMed PMID: 27929406; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5192406.
Bostick B, Aroor AR, Habibi J, Durante W, Ma L, DeMarco VG, Garro M, Hayden MR, Booth FW, Sowers JR. Daily exercise prevents diastolic dysfunction and oxidative stress in a female mouse model of western diet induced obesity by maintaining cardiac heme oxygenase-1 levels. Metabolism. 2017 Jan;66:14-22. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2016.09.005. Epub 2016 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 27923445.

Basuray S, Pathak A, Bok S, Chen B, Hamm SC, Mathai CJ, Guha S, Gangopadhyay K, Gangopadhyay S. Plasmonic nano-protrusions: hierarchical nanostructures for single-molecule Raman spectroscopy. Nanotechnology. 2017 Jan 13;28(2):025302. Epub 2016 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 27905323.
Monibi FA, Bozynski CC, Kuroki K, Stoker AM, Pfeiffer FM, Sherman SL, Cook JL. Development of a Micronized Meniscus Extracellular Matrix Scaffold for Potential Augmentation of Meniscal Repair and Regeneration. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2016 Dec;22(12):1059-1070. PubMed PMID: 27824291.
Krishnan HB, Alaswad AA, Oehrle NW, Gillman JD. Deletion of the SACPD-C Locus Alters the Symbiotic Relationship Between Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 and Soybean, Resulting in Elicitation of Plant Defense Response and Nodulation Defects. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2016 Nov;29(11):862-877. Epub 2016 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 27749147.
Nguyen TH, Zhou P, Mustapha A, Lin M. Use of aminothiophenol as an indicator for the analysis of silver nanoparticles in consumer products by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Analyst. 2016 Sep 21;141(18):5382-9. doi: 10.1039/c6an00835f. Epub 2016 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 27349813.

S. Khanra, T. Cipriano, T. Lam, T. A. White, E. E. Fileti, W. A. Alves2, and S. Guha (2015) “Self-assembled Peptide–Polyfluorene Nanocomposites for Biodegradable Organic Electronics” Advanced Materials Interfaces
Sudhir Ravula, Jeremy B Essner, Wendy A La, Luis Polo-Parada, Roli Kargupta, Garret J Hull, Shramik Sengupta, Gary A Baker “Sunlight-assisted route to antimicrobial plasmonic aminoclay catalysts Nanoscale
Yuan-Hang Qin, PhD; Yunfeng Li; Thomas Lam; Yangchuan Xing, Ph.D. “Nitrogen-doped carbon-TiO2 composite as support of Pd electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation” Journal of Power Sources
Liu J, et al. (2015) “Defective goblet cell exocytosis contributes to murine cystic fibrosis-associated intestinal disease” The Journal of Clinical Investigatio
Devore D, Zhu J, Brooks R, McCrate RR, Grant DA, Grant SA. Development and characterization of a rapid polymerizing collagen for soft tissue augmentation. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2016 Mar;104(3):758-767. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35599. Epub 2015 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 26488368; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5064612.
Gronkiewicz KM, Giuliano EA, Kuroki K, Bunyak F, Sharma A, Teixeira LB, Hamm CW, Mohan RR. Development of a novel in vivo corneal fibrosis model in the dog. Exp Eye Res. 2016 Feb;143:75-88. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.09.010. Epub 2015 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 26450656; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4684711.
Dong X, Li H, Chen M, Wang Y, Yu Q. Plasma treatment of dentin surfaces for improving self-etching adhesive/dentin interface bonding. Clin Plasma Med. 2015 Jun 1;3(1):10-16. PubMed PMID: 26273561; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4528640.
Nguyen TH, Lin M, Mustapha A. Toxicity of graphene oxide on intestinal bacteria and Caco-2 cells. J Food Prot. 2015 May;78(5):996-1002. doi:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-463. PubMed PMID: 25951396.
Ericsson AC, Davis DJ, Franklin CL, Hagan CE. Exoelectrogenic capacity of host microbiota predicts lymphocyte recruitment to the gut. Physiol Genomics. 2015 Jul;47(7):243-52. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00010.2015. Epub 2015 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 25852170; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4491528.
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Funding Acknowledgements

The funding for the EMC’s instrumentation has been supported by multiple sources including several grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, University of Missouri’s Program for Research Infrastructure and Matching Expenses (PRIME) and different departmental Research Incentive Funds (RIF).

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