The majority of Biology faculty members are actively engaged in research and committed to providing our majors with opportunities to join them in the research process.
Submissions from 2006
New Distribution Records for Amphibians and Reptiles in Connecticut, with Notes on the Status of an Introduced Species, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, Twan Leenders, Brian T. Roach, Daniel J. Drew, Gregg Dancho, and Jeanne Yuckienuz
Submissions from 2005
Sid4: A Secreted Vertebrate Immunoglobulin Protein with Roles in Zebrafish Embryogenesis, Philip DiIorio, A. Runko, C. A. Farrell, and Nicole M. Roy
The Challenge of Environmental Protection, Jennifer Mattei
Seasonal Changes in Composition of Lipid Stores in Migratory Birds: Causes and Consequences, Barbara J. Pierce and Scott R. McWilliams
Effect of Dietary Fatty Acid Composition on Depot Fat and Exercise Performance in a Migrating Songbird, the Red-Eyed Vireo, Barbara J. Pierce, Scott R. McWilliams, Timothy P. O'Connor, Allen R. Place, and Christopher G. Guglielmo
Neuromodulatory Transmitters in Sensory Processing and Plasticity in the Primary Visual Cortex, Raphael Pinaud, Thomas A. Terleph, and Liisa A. Tremere
Submarine Groundwater Discharge Into Venice Lagoon, Italy, John Rapaglia
Seagrass–Pathogen Interactions: ‘Pseudo-Induction’ of Turtlegrass Phenolics Near Wasting Disease Lesions, LaTina Steele, Melanie Caldwell, Anne Boettcher, and Tom Arnold
Of Chicken Wings and Frog Legs: A Smorgasbord of Evolutionary Variation in Mechanisms of Tetrapod Limb Development, Geffrey F. Stopper and Günter P. Wagner
Submissions from 2004
The Effect of Size-limited Brood Capacity on Brood Size in a Freshwater Bivalve, Mark Beekey
Apparent Sibling Rivalry in the Freshwater Clam Sphaerium Striatinum, Mark Beekey and Ronald H. Karlson
Zebra Mussels Affect Benthic Predator Foraging Success, Mark Beekey, D. J. McCabe, and I. E. Marsden
Flying, Fasting, and Feeding in Birds During Migration: A Physiological Ecology Perspective, Scott R. McWilliams, Barbara J. Pierce, Christopher G. Guglielmo, and Marcel Klaassen
Diet Quality and Food Limitation Affect the Dynamics of Body Composition and Digestive Organs in a Migratory Songbird (Zonotrichia Albicollis), Barbara J. Pierce and Scott R. McWilliams
Diet Preferences for Specific Fatty Acids and Their Effect on Composition of Fat Reserves in Migratory Red-eyed Vireos (Vireo olivaceous), Barbara J. Pierce, Scott R. McWilliams, Allen R. Place, and Michael A. Huguenin
The Function of Agonistic Display Behaviours in Gnathonemus Petersii, Thomas A. Terleph
Mechanisms and Time Course for Induction of Paternal Behavior in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster), Thomas A. Terleph, Natacha Jean-Baptiste, and Maryam Bamshad
Submissions from 2003
Effect of Food Availability on Reproduction and Brood Size in a Freshwater Brooding Bivalve, Mark Beekey and Ronald H. Karlson
Mapping of Presynaptic Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Using Fluorescence Imaging of Neuritic Calcium, Romain Girod, Mark Jareb, Jason Moss, and Lorna Role
Assembly of Α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Assessed With Functional Fluorescently Labeled Subunits: Effects of Localization, Trafficking, and Nicotine-Induced Upregulation in Clonal Mammalian Cells and in Cultured Midbrain Neurons, Raad Nashmi, Mary E. Dickinson, Sheri McKinney, Mark Jareb, Cesar Labarca, Scott E. Fraser E. Fraser, and Henry A. Lester
The nutritional ecology of songbirds: How food quality, diet preferences, and food limitation influence nutrient storage and use during migration, Barbara J. Pierce
Regulation of Zebrafish Hindbrain Development by Fibroblast Growth Factor and Retinoic Acid: A Dissertation, Nicole M. Roy
Effects of Social Interaction on the Electric Organ Discharge in a Mormyrid Fish, Gnathonemus Petersii (Mormyridae, Teleostei), Thomas A. Terleph and Peter Moller
Tree-Roosting Ecology of Reproductive Female Eastern Pipistrelles, Pipistrellus Subflavus, in Indiana, Jacques Pierre Veilleux, John O. Whitaker Jr., and Sherry L. Veilleux
Submissions from 2001
Brood Reduction: A Reproductive Strategy of the Freshwater Clam Sphaerium Striatinum, Mark Beekey
Cellobiose Dehydrogenase is Essential for Wood Invasion and Nonessential for Kraft Pulp Delignification by Trametes versicolor, Tim Dumonceaux, Kirk A. Bartholomew, Loredana Valeanu, Trevor Charles, and Fred Archibald
Submissions from 2000
Sex Ratio Manipulation Within Broods of House Wrens, Troglodytes aedon, Daniel J. Albrecht
Parental Care in Sphaerium Striatinum Lamarck: Evidence for Retention of Competent Offspring, Mark Beekey, Ronald H. Karlson, and Alyse R. Greenberg
Intracellular Transport, Assembly, and Degradation of Wild-Type and Disease-linked Mutant Gap Junction Proteins, Judy K. VanSlyke, Suzanne M. Deschênes, and Linda S. Musil
Submissions from 1999
Mammalian DNA Mismatch Repair, Andrew B. Buermeyer, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Sean M. Baker, and R. Michael Liskay
Techniques Utilised to Incorporate Environmentally Focused Service Learning Projects into Courses in Biology and Economics, Bridget Lyons, Jennifer Mattei, and Phyllis Machledt
Does the Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii (Gray 1831), Occur in New Guinea?, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell and Greg Johnston
Submissions from 1998
The Polarized Sorting of Membrane Proteins Expressed in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Using Viral Vectors, Mark Jareb and Gary Banker
Mammalian Mtj1, Michael W. Lassle, Bruce R. Zetter, Shannon E. Brightman, and Gregory L. Blatch
Submissions from 1997
Connexin32 and X-linked Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease, Linda Jo Bone, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Rita J. Balice-Gordon, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, and Steven S. Scherer
Altered Trafficking of Mutant Connexin32, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Jessica L. Walcott, Tamara L. Wexler, Steven S. Scherer, and Kenneth H. Fischbeck
Connexin32 and X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Linda Jo Bone, and Steven S. Scherer
Inhibition of Axonal Growth by Brefeldin A in Hippocampal Neurons in Culture, Mark Jareb and Gary Banker
The Role of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin32 in the Myelin Sheath, Steven S. Scherer, Linda Jo Bone, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, and Rita J. Balice-Gordon
Submissions from 1996
Connexin32 and X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Linda Jo Bone, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, and Steven S. Scherer
Mutagenicity of Acridines in a Reversion Assay Based on Tetracycline Resistance in Plasmid pBR322 in Escherichia Coli, George R. Hoffman, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Teresa Manyin, and Robert P. P. Fuchs
Submissions from 1995
Isolation of a Mouse cDNA Encoding MTJ1, a New Murine Member of the DnaJ Family of Proteins, Shannon E. Brightman, Gregory L. Blatch, and Bruce R. Zetter
Increased Stem Cell Factor Release by Hemangioma-Derived Endothelial Cells, C. J. Meininger, Shannon Brightman, K. A. Kelly, and B. R. Zetter
Connexin32 is a Myelin-Related Protein in the PNS and CNS, Steven S. Scherer, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Yi-Tian Xu, Judith B. Grinspan, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, and David L. Paul
Submissions from 1994
Comparative Mapping of Canine and Human Proximal Xq and Genetic Analysis of Canine X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Jennifer M. Puck, Amalia S. Dutra, Richard L. Somberg, Peter J. Felsberg, and Paula S. Henthorn
Submissions from 1993
The Interleukin-2 Receptor γ Chain Maps to Xq13.1 and is Mutated in X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, SCIDX1, Jennifer M. Puck, Suzanne M. Deschênes, Joanne C. Porter, Amalia S. Dutra, Carolyn J. Brown, Huntington F. Willard, and Paula S. Henthorn
