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Knockdown of zebrafish tmem242 enhances the production of ROS that signals to increase f9a expression resulting in DIC-like condition

Description: Article investigates the role of the transmembrane protein TMEM242 in hemostasis using zebrafish thrombocytes and gene knockdown experiments. The findings show that TMEM242 depletion increases bleeding and reactive oxygen species levels, disrupts coagulation and fibrin formation, and alters clotting factor gene expression, suggesting a mechanism involving impaired ATP synthase, ROS signaling, and upregulation of SIRT6 and NRF2.
Date: January 24, 2025
Creator: Deebani, Afnan; Mary, Jabila; Dhinoja, Sanchi; Al Qaryoute, Ayah; Fallatah, Weam & Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Celebrating 360 years of Philosophical Transactions

Description: Article marks the 360th anniversary of Philosophical Transactions and launches a year‑long celebration of the Royal Society’s publishing legacy. Reflecting on the journal’s remarkable longevity and its foundational role in the history of science, the piece highlights how its original mission, - sharing reliable knowledge for the benefit of humanity, - continues to guide scientific publishing today. The anniversary underscores both the journal’s historical impact and its ongoing commitment to ad… more
Date: January 9, 2025
Creator: Dixon, R. A. & Eaton, Helen
Partner: UNT College of Science
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The rare Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus) from the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago: history of discovery, geographic distribution, and socioecological aspects

Description: This article describes the discovery, geographic distribution, and socioecological aspects of the Fuegian fox (Lycalopex culpaeus). The authors provide new distributional records and unpublished photographs of the Fuegian fox.
Date: January 17, 2024
Creator: Jaksić, F. M. (Fabian M.), 1952-; Zurita, Carlos; Briceño, Cristóbal & Jiménez, Jaime E.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Guest-editing under the spotlight

Description: This is an editorial statement by the editors of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Date: January 8, 2024
Creator: Dixon, R. A. & Dainton, John
Partner: UNT College of Science
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A century of studying plant secondary metabolism-From "what?" to "where, how, and why?"

Description: The authors of this article assert that over the past century, early advances in understanding the identity of the chemicals that collectively form a living plant have led scientists to deeper investigations exploring where these molecules localize, how they are made, and why they are synthesized in the first place. The authors review the history of this work, offer suggestions for future areas of exploration, and also highlight some of the recently developed technologies that are leading to on… more
Date: January 2, 2024
Creator: Dixon, R. A. & Dickinson, Alexandra Jazz
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Progress in understanding and improving oil content and quality in seeds

Description: Article asserts that the world’s population is projected to increase by two billion by 2050, resulting in food and energy insecurity. This review provides a summary of the current knowledge of oil metabolism and discusses how photochemical activity and unconventional pathways can contribute to high carbon conversion efficiency in seeds.
Date: January 26, 2023
Creator: Sagun, Julius Ver; Yadav, Umesh P. & Alonso, Ana Paula
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Metabolic reprogramming underlies cavefish muscular endurance despite loss of muscle mass and contractility

Description: Article discusses the Mexican cavefish Astyanax mexicanus, has lost moderate-to-vigorous activity following cave colonization, reaching basal swim speeds ~3.7-fold slower than their river-dwelling counterpart. Collectively, the authors reveal broad skeletal muscle changes following cave colonization, displaying an adaptive skeletal muscle phenotype reminiscent to mammalian disuse and high-fat models while simultaneously maintaining a unique capacity for sustained muscle contraction via enhanced… more
Date: January 24, 2023
Creator: Olsen, Luke; Levy, Michaella; Medley, J. Kyle; Hassan, Huzaifa; Miller, Brandon; Alexander, Richard et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems

Description: Article describes the devastating effects of nuclear radiation and its long-lasting consequences on Earth’s ecosystems. The authors call upon all scientists to communicate the importance of the environmental impacts of such an event to all life forms on Earth, including humankind.
Date: January 20, 2023
Creator: Bonacic, Cristián; Medellin, Rodrigo A.; Ripple, William; Sukumar, Raman; Ganswindt, Andre; Padua, Suzana M. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Using CRISPR/Cas to enhance gene expression for crop trait improvement by editing miRNA targets

Description: Article states that gene editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 are often thought of as a means to prevent gene expression; however, a more subtle and yet powerful approach is the enhancement of gene expression by precise deletion of repressor sites within a gene of interest. Authors argue that gene editing of miRNA target sites is preferable over deletion of the miRNA genes themselves, given that it avoids the pitfalls of unspecific derepression of miRNA target(s) beyond the gene of interest.
Date: January 10, 2023
Creator: Ferreira, Savio S. & Reis, Rodrigo S.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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A metabolomic platform to identify and quantify polyphenols in coffee and related species using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry

Description: Article describes how products of plant secondary metabolism, such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, alkaloids, and hormones, play an important role in plant growth, development, stress resistance. The authors state that the overall goal of this study was to develop a high-throughput workflow to identify and quantify plant polyphenols.
Date: January 6, 2023
Creator: Castro-Moretti, Fernanda R.; Cocuron, Jean-Christophe; Castillo-Gonzalez, Humberto; Escudero-Leyva, Efrain; Chaverri, Priscila; Guerreiro-Filho, Oliveiro et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Cascading effects of COVID-19 on population mobility and air quality: An exploration including place characteristics using geovisualization

Description: Article examining the population mobility and air quality before and after the lockdown (mandated restriction of activity) during the public health response to COVID-19. This article is part of the Special Issue on COVID-19.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Atkinson, Samuel F.; Kala, Abhishek K. & Tiwari, Chetan
Partner: UNT College of Science
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The extreme rainfall gradient of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve and its impact on forest bird richness

Description: Article studying the effects of extreme rainfall variations on forest bird communities by monitoring the bird species richness in the different forest types present in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (CHBR).
Date: January 20, 2022
Creator: Quilodrán, Claudio S.; Sandvig, Erik M.; Aguirre, Francisco; de Aguilar, Juan Rivero; Barroso, Omar; Vásquez, Rodrigo A. et al.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Larval Development in Tropical Gar (Atractosteus tropicus) Is Dependent on the Embryonic Thermal Regime: Ecological Implications under a Climate Change Context

Description: Article presents research on how temperature affects fish populations. The study shows how changes in temperature may induce craniofacial and morphological alterations in fish during early stages and contribute to understanding the possible effects of global warming in early development of fish and its ecological implications.
Date: January 11, 2022
Creator: Cordova-de la Cruz, Simrith E.; Riesco, Marta F.; Martínez-Bautista, Gil; Calzada-Ruiz, Daniel; Martínez-Burguete, Talhia; Peña-Marín, Emyr S. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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The metabolic cost of turning right side up in the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Description: Article examining the the metabolic cost of self-righting in the terrestrial Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise using respirometry and kinematic video analysis and comparing this to the metabolic cost of locomotion at a moderate, easily sustainable speed. The results found that self-righting is, relatively, metabolically expensive and costs around two times the mass-specific power required to walk.
Date: January 10, 2022
Creator: Ewart, Heather E.; Tickle, Peter G.; Sellers, William I.; Lambertz, Markus; Crossley, Dane A., II & Codd, Jonathan R.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching

Description: This article presents a study that was done over a period of 3 years to explicate the instructional processes involved in teaching an undergraduate course-based research experience (CRE). The study presented here delineated a set of specific instructional practices used by active CRE instructors and modeled the relations between the use of these practices and specified outcomes. The resultant educational models should provide clarification of the ways in which the aims of CRE can be effectively… more
Date: January 3, 2022
Creator: Hanauer, David I.; Graham, Mark J.; Arnold, Rachel J.; Ayuk, Mary A.; Balish, Mitchell F.; Beyer, Andrea R. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plant growth and survival

Description: Article studying seedlings of wild-type and different mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana plants subjected to a multifactorial stress combination of six different stresses, each applied at a low level, and their survival, physiological and molecular responses. Findings reveal that further polluting our environment could result in higher complexities of multifactorial stress combinations that in turn could drive a critical decline in plant growth and survival.
Date: January 26, 2021
Creator: Zandalinas, Sandra I.; Sengupta, Soham; Fritschi, Felix B.; Azad, Rajeev K.; Nechushtai, Rachel & Mittler, Ron
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Production of tocotrienols in seeds of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) enhances oxidative stability and offers nutraceutical potential

Description: This article generates transgenic cotton lines expressing the barley (Hordeum vulgare) homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase coding sequence under the control of the Brassica napus seed-specific promoter, napin. Findings may provide new opportunities for cottonseed co-products with enhanced vitamin E profile for improved shelf life and nutrition.
Date: January 25, 2021
Creator: Salimath, Shanmukh S.; Romsdahl, Trevor B.; Konda, Anji Reddy; Zhang, Wei; Cahoon, Edgar B.; Dowd, Michael K. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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A Constrained Stochastic Weather Generator for Daily Mean Air Temperature and Precipitation

Description: This article develops and tests a constrained stochastic weather generator (CSWG) for producing daily mean air temperature and precipitation based on annual mean air temperature and precipitation from tree-ring records. It presents a unique method that can be used to explore historic (e.g., archeological questions) or future (e.g., climate change) daily weather conditions based upon specified annual values.
Date: January 21, 2021
Creator: Pan, Feifei; Nagaoka, Lisa; Wolverton, Steven J.; Atkinson, Samuel F.; Kohler, Timothy A. & O'Neill, Marty
Partner: University of North Texas
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Records of Parochlus steinenii in the Maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions

Description: This article provides the summary of the reports of the geographical distribution in the Maritime Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions of Parochlus steinenii (Gercke, 1889) (Diptera, Chironomidae), the only flying insect occurring naturally in the Antarctic continent. This database was developed as one of the main objectives of two Chilean-funded research projects addressing understanding the effects of climate change on sub-Antarctic and Antarctic insects.
Date: January 18, 2021
Creator: Gañán, Melisa; Contador, Tamara; Rendoll, Javier; Simoes, Felipe; Pérez, Carolina; Graham, Gillian et al.
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Editorial Feature: Meet the PCP Editor—Ana Paula Alonso

Description: This article is an editorial feature highlighting editor of Plant & Cell Physiology Dr. Ana Paula Alonso. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and serves as the Director of the BioAnalytical Facility at the University of North Texas.
Date: January 13, 2021
Creator: Alonso, Ana Paula
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Phosphorus deprivation affects composition and spatial distribution of membrane lipids in legume nodules

Description: Article assessing membrane lipids in M. truncatula tissues using electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry. The results suggest that specific PC species may be differentially important in diverse nodule zones and cell types, and that membrane lipid remodeling during P stress is not uniform across the nodule.
Date: January 13, 2021
Creator: Dokwal, Dhiraj; Romsdahl, Trevor B.; Kunz, Daniel A.; Alonso, Ana Paula & Dickstein, Rebecca
Partner: UNT College of Science
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Application of Genome Editing in Tomato Breeding: Mechanisms, Advances, and Prospects

Description: This article is a review presenting examples of gene editing responsible for conferring both biotic and abiotic stresses in tomato simultaneously. The literature on using this powerful technology to improve fruit quality, yield, and nutritional aspects in tomato is highlighted.
Date: January 12, 2021
Creator: Salava, Hymavathi; Thula, Sravankumar; Mohan, Vijee; Kumar, Rahul & Maghuly, Fatemeh
Partner: UNT College of Science
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