Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2006
Photograph of Malayemys macrocephala (SMF 52865), Timothy R. Brophy
A Review of Interspecific Hybridization in the Order Testudines, Timothy R. Brophy, Wayne Frair, and Darlene Clark
Eurycea cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander). Gill Morphology, Timothy R. Brophy and Thomas K. Pauley
Peri-nuclear Clustering of Mitochondria is Triggered during Aluminum Maltolate Induced Apoptosis, David A. Dewitt, Jennifer A. Hurd, Nena Fox, Brigitte E. Townsend, Kathleen J. S. Griffioen, Othman Ghribi, and John Savory
The Origin of Bubonic Plague, Alan L. Gillen and Frank Sherwin
Mechanism of Shifts of Potentials of Hemosorbents Based on Activated Carbons Caused by Adsorption of Organic Toxicants, Mark Goldin, Yury Goldfarb, and Mikhail M. Goldin
The Mechanism of Potential Shifts of Activated Carbon Due to Adsorption of Organic Compounds, Mikhail M. Goldin, Vladimir Avramenko, Alexander G. Volkov, and Mark Goldin
Characterization of singlet ground and low-lying electronic excited states of phosphaethyne and isophosphaethyne., Justin B. Ingels, Justin M. Turney, Nancy A. Richardson, Yukio Yamaguchi, and Henry F. Schaefer III
Characterization of Singlet Ground and Low-Lying Electronic Excited States of Phosphaethyne and Isophosphaethyne, Justin B. Ingels, Justin M. Turney, Nancy A. Richardson, Yukio Yamaguchi, and Henry F. Schaefer III
Plethodon hubrichti (Peaks of Otter Salamander) Reproduction, Andrew Kniowski and Norman Reichenbach
The Deprotonated Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair, Maria C. Lind, Partha P. Bera, Nancy A. Richardson, Steven E. Wheeler, and Henry F. Schaefer III
Trans-Atlantic Correlation of Upper Cretaceous Marine Sediments, Marcus R. Ross and David E. Fastovsky
A Taxonomy of Teleology: Phillip Johnson, the Intelligent Design Community, and Young-Earth Creationism, Marcus R. Ross and P. A. Nelson
Submissions from 2005
Reproductive Success Across the Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina Chickadee (P. carolinensis) Hybrid Zone in Ohio, C. L. Bronson; Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.; Gene D. Sattler; and Michael J. Braun
Field Notes: Lampropeltis getula getula, Timothy R. Brophy
Field Notes: Scincella lateralis, Timothy R. Brophy
Geographic Distribution of the Southeast Asian Turtles in the Genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae), Timothy R. Brophy
Preliminary Results of a Cognitum Study Investigating the Traditional Tetrapod Classes, Timothy R. Brophy
Review: Refuting Compromise, David A. Dewitt
Involvement of Complex Carbohydrate Chemistry in Alzheimer’s Disease, David A. Dewitt, Rudy J. Castellani, George Perry, and Mark A. Smith
The Immune System: Designed to Interact with Microbes, Alan L. Gillen and F Sherwin
Protection against Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis Is Mediated by Interleukin-10-Producing T Cells that Are Controlled by Dendritic Cells, Ya Li, Janet S. Heuser, Stanley D. Kosanke, Mark E. Hemric, and Madeleine W. Cunningham
Who Believes What? Clearing up confusion about Intelligent Design and Young-Earth Creationism, Marcus R. Ross
Submissions from 2004
Is the Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) Encroaching upon Populations of the Peaks of Otter Salamander (P. hubrichti)?, Garth Aasen and Norman Reichenbach
Role of Programmed Cell Death in Defining Zebrafish Development, Nathaniel Abraham
Geographic Variation and Systematics in the South-east Asian Turtles of the Genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae), Timothy R. Brophy
Sexual Dimorphism, Allometry and Vertebral Scute Morphology in Notochelys platynota (Gray, 1834), Timothy R. Brophy and Carl H. Ernst
Aluminum Maltolate-Induced Toxicity in NT2 Cells Occurs Through Apoptosis and Includes Cytochrome c Release, David A. Dewitt, Kathleen J. S. Griffioen, Othman Ghribi, Nena Fox, and John Savory
Protein Kinase A Regulates ATP Hydrolysis and Dimerization by a CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) Domain, L. Daniel Howell, Roy Borchardt, Jolanta Kole, Andrew M. Kaz, Christoph Randak, and Jonathan A. Cohn
NDP Kinase Moves into Developing Primary Cilia, Kimberly A. P. Mitchell, Betty C. Gallagher, Gabor Szabo, and Angela de S. Otero
Problems with Characterizing the Protostome-Deuterostome Ancestor, Marcus R. Ross and Paul A. Nelson
Submissions from 2003
Mate Preference: a Possible Causal Mechanism for a Moving Hybrid Zone, C. L. Bronson; Thoams C. Grubb, Jr.; Gene D. Sattler; and Michael J. Braun
Field notes: Chrysemys picta picta, Timothy R. Brophy and Walter E. Carlson
Role of Educational Factors on College Students’ Creation Worldview, David A. Dewitt, Steve Deckard, Chard Berndt, Mary Filakouridis, and Tim Iverson
Effects of a YEC Apologetics Class on Student Worldview, David A. DeWitt, Steve Deckard, and Sharon E. Cargo
Receptor Activation Regulates Cortical, but not Vesicular Localization of NDP Kinase, Betty C. Gallagher, Kimberly A.P. Mitchell, Gabor Szabo, and Angela de S. Otero
Bible-believing British Physiologist Ernest Starling Discovers Hormones, Alan L. Gillen
Phosphatase Regulation of CFTR, John W. Hanrahan, Tang Zhu, and L. Daniel Howell
Impact of a Young-Earth Creationist Apologetics Course on Student Creation Worldview, Tom Henderson, Steve Deckard, and David A. DeWitt
The Rule Breaking Cr2(CO)10. A 17 Electron System or a Cr=Cr Double Bond?, Se Li, Nancy A. Richardson, Yaoming Xie, R. Bruce King, and Henry F. Schaefer III
Isomerization of the Newly Discovered Interstellar Molecule SiCN to SiNC Through Two Transition States, Nancy A. Richardson
Submissions from 2002
Field Notes: Chelydra serpentina serpentina, Timothy R. Brophy
Variation and Systematics of the Malayan Snail-eating Turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga (Schlegel and Müller, 1844), Timothy R. Brophy
Field Notes: Clemmys guttata, Timothy R. Brophy, Andrew Krivenko, and Diana Raichel
Reproduction in West Virginia Populations of the Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera), Timothy R. Brophy and Thomas K. Pauley
Induction of Myocarditis and Valvuluitis in Lewis Rats by Different Epitopes of Cardiac Myosin and its Implications in Rheumatic Carditis, Jeffrey E. Galvin, Mark E. Hemric, Stanley D. Konsanke, Stephen M. Factor, Anthony Quinn, and Madeleine W. Cunningham
Book Review: Biology: Principles and Perspectives, Alan L. Gillen
Submissions from 2001
Eurycea Cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander). Larval Habitat, Timothy R. Brophy and Thomas K. Pauley
AB(1-42) and aluminum induce stress in the endoplasmic reticulum in rabbit hippocampus, involving nuclear translocation of gadd 153 and NF-kB, David A. Dewitt
Co-involvement of Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum in Regulation of Apoptosis: Changes in Cytochrome c, Bcl-2 and Bax in the Hippocampus of Aluminum-treated Rabbits, David A. Dewitt, Othman Ghribi, Michael S. Forbes, Mary M. Herman, and John Savory
GDNF Protects against Aluminum-Induced Apoptosis in Rabbits by Upregulating Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL and Inhibiting Mitochondrial Bax Translocation, David A. Dewitt, Othman Ghribi, Mary M. Herman, Michael S. Forbes, and John Savory
Dr. Darwin Meet the Great Physician, Alan L. Gillen
Sensitivity of Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Embryos to UV-B Radiation in Central Virginia, Jeffrey Howard and Norman Reichenbach
Preliminary Survey of Autumn Hawk Migration in the Inner Piedmont of Virginia, Gene D. Sattler, Jamie Perdue, Daryl Rich, and Matthew Zagorski
Submissions from 2000
Theories of the Origin and Early Evolution of Life, David A. DeWitt
Cytotoxic mAb from Rheumatic Carditis Recognizes Heart Valves and Laminin, Jeffrey E. Galvin, Mark E. Hemric, Kent Ward, and Madeleine W. Cunningham
The New Fabrica, Alan L. Gillen
Wisdom in the Inward Parts, Alan L. Gillen and Inis Bardella
The Development of Xenopus tropicalis Transgenic Lines and their Use in Studying Lens Developmental Timing in Living Embryos, Martin F. Offield, Nicholas Hirsch, and Robert M. Grainger
Morphometric Variation as an Indicator of Genetic Interactions between Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees at a Contact Zone in the Appalachian Mountains, Gene D. Sattler and Michael J. Braun
Submissions from 1999
Reproduction and Health of a Beaver (Castor canadensis) Population in Prince William County, Virginia, Timothy R. Brophy and Carl H. Ernst
Ecology and Fishery Biology of Holothuria fuscogilva in the Maldives, Indian Ocean (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), Norman Reichenbach
Submissions from 1998
Field Notes: Nerodia sipedon sipedon, Timothy R. Brophy
Astrocytes Regulate Microglial Phagocytosis of Senile Plaque Cores of Alzheimer’s Disease, David A. Dewitt, George Perry, Mark Cohen, Catherine Doller, and Jerry Silver
Immunological Relationship Between the Class I Epitope of Streptococcal M Protein and Myosin, Anthony Quinn, Kent Ward, Vincent A. Fischetti, Mark E. Hemric, and Medeleine W. Cunningham
The Effects of Timbering on Plethodon hubrichti: Short Term Effects, Norman Reichenbach and Paul Sattler
Submissions from 1997
Dietary Comparison of Eurycea cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander) Larvae from Pond and Stream Habitats in Southern West Virginia, Timothy R. Brophy and Thomas K. Pauley
Notes on the life history of the southern two-lined salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, in West Virginia, Timothy R. Brophy and Thomas K. Pauley
Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, Bruno McCartney, L. Daniel Howell, Peter J. Kennelly, and Malcom Potts
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3beta is Involved in Pancreatic Beta-Cell-Specific Transcription of the PDX-1 Gene, Kou-Liang Wu, Maureen Gannon, Mina Peshavaria, Martin F. Offield, Eva Henderson, Michael Ray, Antonio Marks, Laura W. Gamer, Christopher V.E. Wright, and Roland Stein
Submissions from 1996
Regenerative Failure: A Potential Mechanism for Neuritic Dystrophy in Alzheimer’s Disease, David A. Dewitt and Jerry Silver
PDX-1 is Required for Posterior Poregut Patterning and Differentiation of the Pancreas and Duodenum, Martin F. Offield
PDX-1 is required for pancreatic out-growth and differentiation of the rostral duodenum, Martin F. Offield, Tom L. Jetton, Patricia A. Labosky, Michael Ray, Roland W. Stein, Mark A. Magnuson, Brigid L.M. Hogan, and Christopher V.E. Wright
Mile-a-minute Weed, (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), an Invasive Vine in Natural and Disturbed Sites, J. Douglas Oliver
The Dynamics of Vocal, Morphological and Molecular Interaction between Hybridizing Black-Capped and Carolina Chickadees, Gene D. Sattler
Submissions from 1995
Glial Cell Extracellular Matrix in Alzheimer’s Disease, David A. DeWitt, David R. Canning, and George Perry
Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles: The Concurrent Lesions of Alzheimer’s Disease, David A. Dewitt, Darja Proprotnik, George Perry, and Mark A. Smith
Distinguishing Clean from Unclean Water, Alan L. Gillen
Illustrating Cryptosporidium As a Newly Recognized Threat to Clean Water, Alan L. Gillen
Listening to the Great Physician, Alan L. Gillen
The Biotech Classroom, Alan L. Gillen
The Role of Milk in Formulating the Germ Theory of Disease, Alan L. Gillen
Why Do We Keep Catching the Common Cold?, Alan L. Gillen
Grouper Density and Diversity at Two Sites in the Republic of Maldives, Robert D. Sluka and Norman Reichenbach
Submissions from 1994
Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Are a Common Component of Neuronal Inclusions and Astrocytic Reaction in Neurodegenerative Diseases, David A. Dewitt, P. L. Richey, D. Praprotnik, J. Silver, and G. Perry
Pasteurized Milk as an Ecological System for Bacteria, Alan L. Gillen and Robert P. Williams
Responses of Diverse Heterotrophic Bacteria to Elevated Copper Concentrations, A. S. Gordon and L. Daniel Howell
A Model for the Coregulation of Smooth Muscle Actomyosin by Caldesmon, Calponin, Tropomyosin and Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation, Joe R. Haeberle and Mark E. Hemric
Submissions from 1993
Immunocytochemical Evidence that the B-Protein Precursor is an Integral Component of Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer's Disease, David A. Dewitt
B-Amyloid of Alzheimer's Disease Induces Reactive Gliosis that Inhibits Axonal Outgrowth, David A. Dewitt, David R. Canning, Robert J. McKeon, George Perry, Jerry Silver, Jerome R. Wujek, and R. C. A. Frederickson
Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Are Associated with the Lesions of Alzheimer's Disease, David A. Dewitt, Jerry Silver, David R. Canning, and George Perry
Experimental Science, Biotechnology, and Environmental Issues: A Course of Study, Alan L. Gillen
Dinner Date with a Microbe, Alan L. Gillen and Robert P. Williams
A Review of the Biology of Giant Salvinia, J. Douglas Oliver
Submissions from 1991
Kitchen Microbiology and Microbe Phobia, Alan L. Gillen and Robert P. Williams
Consumption Rates, Evacuation Rates and Diets of Pygmy Killifish, Leptolucania ommata, and Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis in the Okefenokee Swamp, J. Douglas Oliver
Drop-Box Technique for Quantitative Sampling of Macrofauna and Aquatic Plants at Restored and Natural Wetlands, J. Douglas Oliver, Andrew J. Leslie, and William M. Bartodziej
Submissions from 1990
A "Cultured" Poster: Yogurt Making, Alan L. Gillen and Robert P. Williams
Submissions from 1989
Developing a Dynamic Demonstration, Alan L. Gillen, Robert P. Williams, and Walter E. Brown
