Faculty & Research

Recent Publications by the Biology Department

Gomez S, Steinbrenner AD, Osorio S, Schueller M, Ferrieri RA, Fernie AR & Orians CM (2012). From shoots to roots: transport and metabolic changes in tomato after simulated feeding by a specialist lepidopteran. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (in press)

Ernst, Susan G. (2011). Offerings from an Urchin. Developmental Biology 358: 285-294.

Tseng, Ai-Sun; Carneiro, Katia; Lemire, Joan; Levin, Michael (2011). HDAC Activity is Required during Xenopus Tail Regeneration. PLoS ONE

Anand, Ranjith; Shah, Kartik; Niu, Hengyao; Sung, Patrick; Mirkin, Sergei; Freudenreich, Catherine (in press). Overcoming natural replication barriers: Differential helicase requirements. Nucleic Acids Research

Diederich, C.M.,  J.N. Jarrett, O. R. Chaparro, C.J. Segura, S.M. Arellano, and J. A. Pechenik. 2011. Low salinity stress experienced by larvae does not affect post-metamorphic growth or survival in three calyptraeid gastropods. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 397: 94-105.

Taris, N., T. Comtet, R. Stolba, R. Lasbleiz, J. A. Pechenik, and F. Viard. 2010. Experimental induction of larval metamorphosis by a naturally-produced halogenated compound (dibromomethane) in the invasive mollusc Crepidula fornicata.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 393: 71-77.

Orians CM, Thorn A, Gomez S (2011). Herbivore-induced resource sequestration in plants: why bother? Oecologia 167:1-9

William J. Biggers, Anthony Pires, Jan A. Pechenik, Eric Johns, Priyam Patel, Theresa Polson & John Polson (2011): Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase induce larval settlement and metamorphosis of the polychaete annelid Capitella teleta.   Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. DOI:10.1080/07924259.2011.588006

Vandenberg LN. 2011. Laterality defects are influenced by timing of treatments and animal model. In press, Differentiation.

Vandenberg LN. 2011. Exposure to bisphenol A in Canada: invoking the precautionary principle. Canadian Medical Association Journal (Epub Feb 22). doi: cmaj.101408v1-cmaj.101408.

Vandenberg LN, Pennarola B*, Levin M. 2011. Low frequency vibrations alter patterning of the left-right axis in developing Xenopus embryos. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23306.

Vandenberg LN, Morrie RD*, Adams DS. 2011. V-ATPase-dependent ectodermal voltage and pH regionalization are required for craniofacial morphogenesis. Developmental Dynamics 240: 1889-904.

Madden A.A., Stchigel A.M., Guarro J., Sutton D.A., and P.T. Starks (2011) Mucor nidicola sp. nov., a novel fungal species isolated from an invasive paper wasp nest. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. dpi:10.1099/ijs.0.033050-0.

Keyel, A.C., D.T. Peck, J.M. Reed. 2012. No evidence for individual assortment by temperament relative to patch area or patch openness in Bobolinks. Condor 114: 212-218.

Keyel, A.C., C.M. Bauer, C.R. Lattin, L.M. Romero, and J.M. Reed.

2012. Testing the role of patch openness as a causal mechanism for apparent area sensitivity. Oecologia DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2213-8

Bauer, C.M., Glassman, L.W., Cyr, N.E., Romero, L.M. 2011. Effects of predictable and unpredictable food restriction on the stress response in molting and non-molting European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integ. Physiol. 160:390-399.

de Bruijn, R. Romero, L.M. 2011. Behavioral and physiological responses of wild-caught European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) to a minor, rapid change in ambient temperature. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integ. Physiol. 160:260-266.

Gomez S, Orians CM & Preisser EL (2012). Exotic herbivores on a shared host: foliar quality after single, simultaneous, and sequential attack. Oecologia (in press)

Steinbrenner AD, Gomez S, Osorio S, Fernie AR & Orians CM (2011). Whole-plant changes in tomato primary metabolism after herbivory by a generalist and a specialist. J Chem Ecol 37: 1294-1303.

Kane DP, Shusterman M, Rong Y, McVey M. Competition between replicative and translesion polymerases during homologous recombination repair in Drosophila. In press at PLoS Genetics.

Garcia AM, Salomon RN, Witsell A, Lee M, Liepkalns J, Calder RB, Lundell M, Vijg J, McVey M. Loss of the Bloom Syndrome helicase increases DNA ligase 4-independent genome rearrangements and tumorigenesis in aging Drosophila. Genome Biology, Dec. 19; 12(12):R121.

Beane WS, Tseng A, Morokuma J, Lemire J, Levin M. "Inhibition of Planar Cell Polarity Extends Neural Growth During Regeneration, Homeostasis and Development" Stem Cells Dev. 2012 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Weiner SA, Noble K, Upton CT, Flynn G, Woods WA and Starks PT. 2012. The cost of flight: a role in the Polistes dominulus invasion Insectes Sociaux. 59: 81-86.

Schaevitz L.R., Berger-Sweeney J.E. Gene-Environment Interactions and Epigenetic Pathways in Autism: The Importance of One-Carbon Metabolism. ILAR J. 2012 in press (not in pubmed yet)

Schaevitz L, Picker J, Rana J, Kolodny N, Shane B, Berger-Sweeney J, Coyle J. Glutamate carboxypeptidase II and folate deficiencies result in reciprocal protection against cognitive and social deficits in mice: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Dev Neurobiol. 2011 Nov 10. doi: 10.1002/dneu.21000. [Epub ahead of print]

Berger-Sweeney J. Cognitive deficits in Rett syndrome: what we know and what we need to know to treat them. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2011 Nov;96(4):637-46. Epub 2011 May 23. PMID: 21624480 [PubMed - in process]

Pai VP, Aw S, Shomrat T, Lemire JM, Levin M. Transmembrane voltage potential controls embryonic eye patterning in Xenopus laevis. Development. 2012 Jan;139(2):313-23. Epub 2011 Dec 7. This story is also featured in many news outlets some of the prominent ones are below:

One of Pai Vaibhav's eye related images was published as a cover page in the Journal Bioessays

Tseng, A.S., Carneiro, K., Lemire, J. M., and M. Levin, (2011), "HDAC activity is required during Xenopus tail regeneration", PLoS One, 6(10): e26382-doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026382

Vandenberg, L. N., and M. Levin, (2011), "Polarity proteins are required for left-right axis orientation and twin-twin instruction", Genesis, 50: 219-234

Adams, D. S., and M. Levin, (2012), "General principles for measuring resting membrane potential and ion concentration using fluorescent bioelectricity reporters", CSHL Protocols, in press

Adams, D. S., and M. Levin, (2012), "Measuring resting membrane potential using the fluorescent voltage reporters DiBAC4(3) and CC2-DMPE", CSHL Protocols, in press

Blackiston, D. J., and M. Levin, (2012), "Aversive training methods in Xenopus laevis: general principles", CSHL Protocols, in press

Chernet, B. T., Adams, D. S., and M. Levin, (2012), "Photoconversion for Tracking the Dynamics of Cell Movement in Xenopus laevis Embryos", CSHL Protocols, in press

Chernet, B. T., and M. Levin, (2012), "A versatile protocol for mRNA electroporation of Xenopus laevis embryos", CSHL Protocols, in press

Vandenberg, L., Adams, D. S., and M. Levin, (2012), "Normalized shape and location of perturbed craniofacial structures in the Xenopus tadpole reveal an innate ability to achieve correct morphology", Developmental Dynamics, in press

Levin, M., (2011), "The wisdom of the body: future techniques and approaches to morphogenetic fields in regenerative medicine, developmental biology, and cancer", Regenerative Medicine, 6(6): 667-673

Levin, M., (2012), "Molecular bioelectricity in developmental biology: new tools and recent discoveries", BioEssays, 34(3): 205-217.

Adams, D. S., and Levin, M., (2012), "Endogenous Voltage Gradients as Mediators of Cell-Cell Communication: Strategies for Investigating Bioelectrical Signals During Pattern Formation", Cell and Tissue Research, in press.

Levin, M., and Stevenson, C., (2012), "Regulation of Cell Behavior and Tissue Patterning by Bioelectrical Signals: challenges and opportunities for biomedical engineering", Annual Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, in press.

Lobo, D., Beane, W., and Levin, M., (2012), "Modeling planarian regeneration: a primer for reverse-engineering the worm", PLoS Computational Biology, in press.

*Tufts undergraduate student


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