Selected Publications

Susan Foster, Ph.D.

Foster, S.A. 1999. The geography of behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 44:190-195.

Ness, J. and S.A. Foster. 1999. Parasite-associated phenotype modifications in threespine stickleback. Oikos 85:127-134.

Foster, S.A. and Endler, J.A. (eds.) 1999. Geographic Variation in Behavior; Perspectives on Evolutionary Mechanisms. Oxford University Press.

Foster, S.A., Scott, R.J., and W.A. Cresko. 1998. Nested biological variation and speciation. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London, B. 353L207-218.

Foster, S.A. 1995. Opportunism, adaptation and chance in the design of display behavior. Perspectives in Ethology 11:61-81.

Foster, S.A. 1994. Inference of evolutionary pattern: diversionary displays of threespine stickleback. Behavioral Ecology 5:114-121.

Foster, S.A. 1990. Courting deception in cannibal territory. Natural History. 11/90: 52-61.

Linda M. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Kobayashi, C. and L.M. Kennedy. 2002. Experience-induced increases in taste sensitivity for monosodium glutamate, Physiol. Behav. 75/1-2: 57-63.

Higgins, T. and L.M. Kennedy. 2001. Sweet taste receptor mechanisms: Stimulating effectiveness of high intensity sweeteners and sweetener enantiomers for sugar receptor cell firing in the blowfly, Phormiaregina, Chem. Senses 26.

Sullivan, K.D., B. Adamiak and L.M. Kennedy. 1999.  Human taste sensitivity to glucose is greater after repeated exposure to fructose rather than to glucose in lemonade. Chem. Senses 24: 610.

Foster, K.D., A.I. Spielman and L.M. Kennedy. 1999. Rapid kinetics of receptor cell firing and second messenger modulation in an insect system.  Chem. Senses24: 596.

Eylam, S. and L.M. Kennedy. 1998. Experience-induced ncreases in sensitivity for glucose in human glucose-hypogeusics or for fructose in fructose-hypogeusics. Chem. Senses 23: 588-589.

Armstrong, M.A, N.Feroz, M.L.Henderson, Y.Katsman, H.Parmar, L.M. Scarsella and L.M. Kennedy. 1998. Human taste mechanisms for pyranose and furanose sugars.  Chem. Senses 23: 557-558.

Kennedy, L.M., K.D. Foster, D.E. Kolodny and A.I. Spielman. 1998. Studies of sweet taste mechanisms in an insect model system.  Jpn. J. Taste Smell Res.5: 249-250.

Eylam, S. and L.M. Kennedy. 1997. Identification and characterization of human fructose or glucose taste variants with hypogeusia for one monsaccharide but not the other. In: Olfaction and Taste XII, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., C. Murphy (ed.): 170-174.

Kennedy, L.M., S. Eylam, J.E. Poskanzer, and A.-R. Saikku. 1997. Genetic analyses of sweet taste transduction. Food Chem. 60: 311-321.

Foster, K.D., and L.M. Kennedy. 1995. Sweet taste transduction mechanisms: Additive effects of hodulcin and IBMX. Chem Senses 20: 70 (abstract).

Kennedy, L.M., and J.E. Poskanzer. 1994. Isolation of variants for fructose or glucose taste from a natural population of Hawaiian Drosophila adiastola. In: Olfaction and Taste XI, K. Kurihara, N. Suzuki, and H.Ogawa (eds.). Tokyo: Springer- Verlag., 237.

Kennedy, L.M., D.M. Bourassa, and M.E. Rogers. 1993. The cellular and molecular neurobiology2 of sweet taste: Studies with taste- altering compounds. In: Sweet Taste Reception (M. Mathlouthi, J.A. Kanters, and G.G. Birch, eds.). London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 317-351

David S. Hibbett, Ph.D.

Binder, M., D. S. Hibbett, Z. Wang, and W. Farnham. 2006. Evolutionary origins of Mycaureola dilseae, a basidiomycete pathogen of the subtidal red alga Dilsea carnosa. American Journal of Botany 93: 547-556.

Binder, M., D. S. Hibbett*, K.-H. Larsson, E. Larsson, and E. Langer. 2005. The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms in the homobasidiomycetes. Systematics and Biodiversity 3: 113-157.

Hibbett, D. S. 2004. Trends in morphological evolution in homobasidiomycetes. Systematic Biology 53: 889-903.

Hibbett, D. S. 2002. When good relationships go bad. Nature 419: 345-346 ( News and Views ).

Hibbett, D. S., and M. Binder. 2002. Evolution of complex fruiting body morphologies in homobasidiomycetes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Ser B. 269:1963-1969.

Denis A. Larochelle, Ph.D.

Abysalh, J.C., L.L.Kuchnicki and D.A. Larochelle (2003) The identification of Pats1, a novel gene locus required for cytokinesis in Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular Biology of the Cell 14:14-25.

Guerin, N. and D.A.Larochelle (2003). A user's guide to restriction enzyme-mediated integration in Dictyostelium. (Accepted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility dedicated to Dictyostelium research.)

Agarwal, M., D.J.Nelson, and D.A. Larochelle (2002). The three dimensional model of Dictyostelium discoideum RacE based on the human RhoA-GDP crystal structure. Submitted to the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling 21:3-18.

Neicu, T., A.Pradham, D.A. Larochelle, and A. Kudrolli (2000). Extinction transition in bacterial colonies under forced convection. Physical Review E62(1):1059-1062.

Larochelle, D.A., N. Gerald, and A. De Lozanne (2000). Molecular analysis of racE function in Dictyostelium . Microscopy Research and Techniques-The Biology of Cytokinesis 49(2):145-151.

Kwak E., N. Gerald, D.A. Larochelle, K.K. Vithalani, M. Niswonger, and A. De Lozanne (1999). LvsA, a protein related to the mouse beige protein, is essential for cytokinesis in Dictyostelium . Molecular biology2 of the Cell 10:4429-4439.

Vithalani, K.K., C.A. Parent, E.M. Thorn, M. Penn, D.A. Larochelle, P.N. Devreotes, and A. De Lozanne (1998). Identification of Darlin, a Dictyostelium protein with Armadillo -like repeats that binds to small GTPases and is important for the proper aggregation of developing cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell 9:3095-3106.

Larochelle, D.A., K.K. Vithalani and A. De Lozanne (1997). The role of Dictyostelium racE in cytokinesis: Mutational analysis and localization studies by use of green fluorescent protein. Molecular Biology of the Cell 8:935-944.

Larochelle, D.A., K. Vithalani and A. De Lozanne (1996). A novel member of the rho family of small GTP-binding proteins is specifically required for cytokinesis. J. Cell Biology 133:1321- 1329.

Burns, C.G., D.A. Larochelle, H. Erickson, M. Reedy and A. De Lozanne (1995). Single-headed myosin II acts as a dominant negative mutation in Dictystelium . Proc. Natl. Acad. .Sci. USA 92:8244-8248.

Larochelle, D.A. and D. Epel (1993). Myosin heavy chain dephosphorylation during cytokinesis in dividing sea urchin embryos. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 25(3):369-380.

Thomas J. Leonard, Ph.D.

Yu, J.H. and T.J. Leonard. 1998. Culture conditions control expression of the genes for alfatoxin and sterigmatocystin biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus and Aspergillus nidulans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64: 2275-2277.

Yu, J.H., R. Butchko, M. Fernandes, N. Keller, T.J. Leonard, T.H. Adams. 1996. Conservation of structure and function of the aflatoxin regulatory gene aflR from Aspergillus nidulans and A. flavus. Current Genetics 29:549-555.

Brown, D.W., J.H. Yu, H.S. Kelkar, M. Fernandes, T.C. Nesbit, T.C. Keller, N.P. Adams and T.J. Leonard. 1996. Twenty-five co-regulated transcripts define a secondary metabolism gene cluster in Asperfillus nidulans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 93:1418-1422.

Feng, G.H. and T.J. Leonard. 1995. Characterization of the polyketide synthase gene (pksLi) required for aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus nidulans. J. Bact. 177: 6246-6254.

Yu, J.H. and T.J. Leonard. 1995. Sterigmatocystin biosynthesis in Aspergillus nidulans requires a novel type I polyketide synthase. J. Bact. 177: 4792-4800.

Leonard, T.J. and S. Dick. 1994. Uncontrolled growth associated with novel somatic recombination in the fungus Schizophyllum. Bioassays 16: 329- 334.

Todd P. Livdahl, Ph.D.

Dennehy, J. and T. Livdahl.  2004.  Polymorphic foraging behavior among C. elegans:  frequency- and density-dependent selection.  J. Nematology 36: 276-280.

Dennehy, J., P. Robakiewicz, and T. Livdahl.  2001.  Larval rearing affects kin-mediated cannibalism in a treehole mosquito.  Oikos 95:  335-339.

Dennehy, J. and T. Livdahl.  1999.  First record of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Massachusetts.  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15: 423-424. 

Edgerly, J.S., Willey, M.S., and T. Livdahl.  1999. Intraguild predation among larval treehole mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus, Ae. Aegypti, and Ae. triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae), in laboratory microcosms.  Journal of Medical Entomology 36: 394-399. 

Edgerly, J.S., McFarland, M., Morgan, P., and T. Livdahl.  1998.  A seasonal shift in egg-laying behaviour in response to cues of future competition in a treehole mosquito.  J. Anim. Ecol. 67: 805-818.

Edgerly, J.S., Willey, M., and T. Livdahl. 1993. The community ecology of Aedes egg hatching: Implications for a mosquito invasion. Ecological Entomology 18: 123-128.

Edgerly, J.S., and T. Livdahl. 1992. Density-dependent interactions within a complex life cycle: The roles of cohort structure and mode of recruitment. J. Anim. Ecol. 61: 139-150.

Livdahl, T., and M. Willey. 1991. Prospects for an invasion: Competition between Aedes albopictus and native A. triseriatus. Science 253: 198-191.

Livdahl, T., and J. Edgerly. 1987. Hatching inhibition: Field evidence for population regulation in a treehole mosquito. Ecological Entomology 12: 395-399.

Livdahl, T. 1982. Competition within and between hatching cohorts of a treehole mosquito. Ecology 63: 1751-1760.

Timothy A. Lyerla, Ph.D.

Lyerla, T.A., M. Borchers, G. Jahreis, J. Tan, P. Ohtake, E.K. Novak, R.T. Swank. 2003. Abberant lung structure, composition and function in a murine model of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 285(3): L643-L653.

Delprato, A., S. Raghavan,T.A. Lyerla. 2000. An established light ear mutant (C57BL/6J-Pdeb (rd1) le) mouse cell line exhibits a block to secretion of lysosomal enzymes. Exp. Cell. Res. 256(1): 315-320.

Davis, S.G., T.A. Lyerla. 1997. The effect of lysosomotropic amines on beige mouse cells. Exp. Cell. Res. 237(1): 242-245.

Gama Sosa, M., R. De Gasperi, S. Undevia, J. Yeretsian, S. Rouse, T.A. Lyerla, and E.H. Kolodny. 1996. Correction of the galactocerebrosidase deficiency in globoid cell leukodystrophy cultured cells by SL3-3 retrovirus-mediated gene transfer. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 218: 766-771.

Gow, J.-B., S. Lainwala, and T.A. Lyerla. 1996. Enlarged dysmorphic lysosomes in an established beige (C57BL/;bgÍ/bgÍ) mouse mutant fibroblast line: A reversible characteristic. In Vitro Cell Develop. Biol. 32A: 457-461.

Gross, S.K., T.A. Lyerla, J.E. Evans, and R.H. McCluer. 1994. Expression of glycosphingolipids in serum-free primary cultures of mouse kidney cells: Male-female differences and androgen sensitivity. Molec. Cell. Biochem. 137: 25-31.

Gow, J.-B., S. Lainwala, and T.A. Lyerla. 1993. Cellular expression of the beige mouse mutation and its correction in hybrids with control human fibroblasts. In Vitro Cell Develop. Biol. 29A: 884-891.

Gross, S.K., T.A. Lyerla, M.A. Williams, and R.H. McCluer. 1992. The accumulation and metabolism of glycosphingolipids in primary kidney cell cultures from beige mice. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 118: 61-66.

Deborah L. Robertson, Ph.D.

Takabayashi, M., F.P. Wilkerson and D.L. Robertson. in press. Response of glutamine synthetase gene transcription and enzyme activity to external nitrogen sources in the diatom, Skeletonema costatum (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol.

Robertson, D.L., G.J. Smith, and R.S. Alberte. 2001. Glutamine synthetase in marine algae: New surprises from an old enzyme. J. Phycol. 37(5): 793-795

Okamoto, O.K., D.L. Robertson, T.Fagan, J.W. Hastings and P. Colepicolo. 2001. Different regulatory mechanisms modulate the expression of a dinoflagellate iron-superoxide dismutase. J. Biol. Chem.. 276: 19989-19993.

Li, L., L. Liu, R. Hong, D.L. Robertson, and J.W. Hastings. 2001. N-terminal histidines are responsible for the decrease in luciferase activity at pH 8. Biochemistry. 40(6):1844-1849.

Robertson, D.L., G.J. Smith, and R.S. Alberte. 1999. Characterization of a cDNA encoding glutamine synthetase from the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum. J. Phycol. 35:786-797.

Robertson, D.L., and R.S. Alberte. 1996. Purification and biochemical characterization of glutamine synthetase from Skeletonema costatum. Plant Physiol. 111:1169-1175.

Coyer, J.A., D.L. Robertson, R.S. Alberte. 1995. Genetic variability and parentage in Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae) using multi-locus DNA fingerprinting. J. Phycol. 31:819-823.

Coyer, J.A., D.L. Robertson, and R.S. Alberte. 1994. Genetic variability within a population and between diploid/haploid tissue of Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 30:545-552.

Urbach, E., D.L. Robertson, and S.W. Chisholm. 1992. Multiple origins of prochlorophytes revealed by 16s rRNA phylogeny. Nature. 335:267-270.

Swift, H. and D.L. Robertson. 1991. Structural aspects of a Prochloron-tunicate symbiosis. Symbiosis. 10:95-113.

Bray, R.N., A.C. Miller, S.C. Johnson, P.R. Krausse, D.L. Robertson, A.M. Westcott. 1988. Ammonium excretion by macroinvertebrates and fishes on a subtidal rocky reef in southern California. Mar. Biol. 100:21-30.

Zimmerman, R.C. and D.L. Robertson. 1986. Effects of El Nino on local hydrography and growth of the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, at Santa Catalina Island, California. Limnol. Oceanogr. 30(6):1298-1302.

Justin Thackeray, Ph.D.

Abbeyquaye, T., Raabe, T. and Thackeray, J.R. (2003). Evolution of Gab family adaptor proteins. Gene, 311:43-50.

Mankidy, R., Hastings, J. and Thackeray, J.R. (2003). Distinct PLC-gamma-dependent signaling pathways in the Drosophila eye and wing are revealed by a new small wing allele. Genetics, 164:553-563.

Manning, C., Mathews, W., Fico, L. and Thackeray, J.R. (2003). PLC-gamma contains introns shared by many SH2 domains in unrelated proteins. Genetics, 164:433-442.

Powe, A.C. Jr., Strathdee, D., Cutforth,T., D'Souza-Correia, T., Gaines, P., Thackeray, J., Carlson, J. and Gaul, U. (1999). In vivo functional analysis of Drosophila Gap1: involvement of Ca2+ and IP4 regulation. Mech. Dev. 81(1-2):89-101.

Thackeray, J.R., P.C. Gaines, P. Ebert, and J.C. Carlson. (1998). small wing encodes a phospholipase C-gamma that acts as a negative regulator of R7 development in Drosophila. Development, 125: 5033-5042.

Thackeray, J. R. and B. Ganetzky. (1995). Conserved alternative splicing patterns and splicing signals in the Drosophila sodium channel gene para. Genetics, 141: 203-214.

Thackeray, J. R. and B. Ganetzky. (1994). Developmentally regulated alternative splicing generates a complex array of para sodium channel isoforms in Drosophila. J. Neurosci. 14: 2569-2578.