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Faculty Publications

January 2016 – June 2019

Listed alphabetically by faculty last name.

Ylenia Chiari

  1. Maria A Kiskowski, Tilmann Glimm, Nickolas Moreno, Tony Gamble, Ylenia Chiari. Isolating and quantifying the role of developmental noise in generating phenotypic variation. PLoS Computational Biology, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006943
  2. Quesada, V (Quesada, Victor); Freitas-Rodriguez, S (Freitas-Rodriguez, Sandra); Miller, J (Miller, Joshua); Perez-Silva, JG (Perez-Silva, Jose G.); Jiang, ZF (Jiang, Zi-Feng); Tapia, W (Tapia, Washington); Santiago-Fernandez, O (Santiago-Fernandez, Olaya); Campos-Iglesias, D (Campos-Iglesias, Diana); Kuderna, LFK (Kuderna, Lukas F. K.); Quinzin, M (Quinzin, Maud); Alvarez, MG (Alvarez, Miguel G.); Carrero, D (Carrero, Dido); Beheregaray, LB (Beheregaray, Luciano B.); Gibbs, JP (Gibbs, James P.); Chiari, Y (Chiari, Ylenia); Glaberman, S (Glaberman, Scott); Ciofi, C (Ciofi, Claudio); Araujo-Voces, M (Araujo-Voces, Miguel); Mayoral, P (Mayoral, Pablo); Arango, JR (Arango, Javier R.); Tamargo-Gomez, I (Tamargo-Gomez, Isaac); Roiz-Valle, D (Roiz-Valle, David); Pascual-Torner, M (Pascual-Torner, Maria); Evans, BR (Evans, Benjamin R.); Edwards, DL (Edwards, Danielle L.); Garrick, RC (Garrick, Ryan C.); Russello, MA (Russello, Michael A.); Poulakakis, N (Poulakakis, Nikos); Gaughran, SJ (Gaughran, Stephen J.); Rueda, DO (Rueda, Danny O.); Bretones, G (Bretones, Gabriel); Marques-Bonet, T (Marques-Bonet, Tomas); White, KP (White, Kevin P.); Caccone, A (Caccone, Adalgisa); Lopez-Otin, C (Lopez-Otin, Carlos) Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2019. 3(1): 87 – 95.
  3. Chiari, Y (Chiari, Ylenia); Glaberman, S (Glaberman, Scott); Lynch, VJ (Lynch, Vincent J.) Insights on cancer resistance in vertebrates: reptiles as a parallel system to mammals. Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018. 18 (8): 525 – 525.
  4. Title: Assessment of DNA damage and repair in nucleated erythrocytes from blood collected under field conditions. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 2018.
  5. Hylton A, Chiari Y, Capellini I, Barron MG, Glaberman S Mixed phylogenetic signal in fish toxicology. Ecological Applications, 2018.
  6. Chiari, Y (Chiari, Ylenia); van der Meijden, A (van der Meijden, Arie); Caccone, A (Caccone, Adalgisa); Claude, J (Claude, Julien); Gilles, B (Gilles, Benjamin) Self-righting potential and the evolution of shell shape in Galapagos tortoises. Scientific Reports, 2017. 7: 15828 (article #).
  7. Chiari, Y; Jared E; Scott G Widespread occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Southern Alabama. Herpetological Review, 2017. 48(2): 356 – 359.
  8. Chiari Y, Glaberman S, Tarroso P, Caccone A, Claude J. Ecological and evolutionary influences on body size and shape in Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Oecologia, 2016. 181 (3): 885 – 894.
  9. Daniel L. Martin, Ylenia Chiari, Emily Boone, Timothy D. Sherman, Cliff Ross, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Joseph K. Gaydos,Anne A. BoettcherFunctional, phylogenetic and host-geographic signatures of Labyrinthula spp. provide for putative species delimitation and a global-scale view of seagrass wasting disease. Eastuaries and Coasts, 2016. 39 (5): 1403 – 1421.

Lorelei Crerar

  1. Warner, Jeffery, Michael Harpole, Lorelei Crerar Microsatellite Analysis for Identification of Individuals Using Bone from Extinct Steller’s Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas). Chapter 14 in Molecular Profiling Methods and Protocols, 2017. Humana Press. Springer National. ISBN 978-1-4939-6989.
  2. Crerar, Lorelei, Elizabeth Freeman, Daryl Domning and E.C.M. Parsons Illegal Trade of Marine Mammal Bone Exposed: Simple Test Identifies Bones of “Mermaid Ivory” or Steller’s Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas). Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017. Volume 3. Article 272. pp. 7.

Patrick Gillevet

  1. Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O’Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM (2019a) Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 17(4):756-765.e3.
  2. Bajaj JS, Salzman NH, Acharya C, Sterling RK, White MB, Gavis EA, Fagan A, Hayward M, Holtz ML, Matherly S, Lee H, Osman M, Siddiqui MS, Fuchs M, Puri P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019b) Fecal Microbial Transplant Capsules are Safe in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Phase 1, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Hepatology.
  3. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, White MB, Wade JB, Hylemon PB, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, John BV, Acharya C, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019c) Specific Gut and Salivary Microbiota Patterns Are Linked With Different Cognitive Testing Strategies in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy. Am J Gastroenterol.
  4. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, Kakiyama G, Takei H, Degefu Y, Pandak WM, Hylemon PB, Fuchs M, John B, Heuman DM, Gavis E, Nittono H, Patil R, Gillevet PM (2019d) Alterations in Skin Microbiomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
  5. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Kassam Z, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019e) Long-term Outcomes after Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology.
  6. Solano-Aguilar GI, Lakshman S, Jang S, Beshah E, Xie Y, Sikaroodi M, Gupta R, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Urban JF, Jr., Gillevet P, Davis CD (2018a) The Effect of Feeding Cocoa Powder and Lactobacillus rhamnosus on the Composition and Function of Pig Intestinal Microbiome. Curr Dev Nutr 2(5):nzy011.
  7. Solano-Aguilar GI, Jang S, Lakshman S, Gupta R, Beshah E, Sikaroodi M, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Gillevet PM, Urban JF, Jr. (2018b) The Effect of Dietary Mushroom Agaricus bisporus on Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Host Immunological Function. Nutrients 10(11).
  8. Martin JA, Gillevet PM, Torzilli AP (2018) Changes in mycorrhizal colonization and overall fungal communities across upland and wetland Acer forests of the Virginia Coastal Plain. Wetlands Ecology and Management 26(4):547-561.
  9. Laffin MR, Perry T, Park H, Gillevet P, Sikaroodi M, Kaplan GG, Fedorak RN, Kroeker K, Dieleman LA, Dicken B, Madsen KL (2018) Endospore forming bacteria may be associated with maintenance of surgically-induced remission in Crohn’s disease. Sci Rep 8(1):9734.
  10. Keshteli AH, Tso R, Dieleman LA, Park H, Kroeker KI, Jovel J, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Mandal R, Fedorak RN, Madsen KL (2018) A Distinctive Urinary Metabolomic Fingerprint Is Linked With Endoscopic Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Crohn’s Disease Patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis 24(4):861-870.
  11. Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O’Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM (2018a) Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
  12. Bajaj JS, Thacker LR, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis EA, Hylemon PB, Brown R, Acharya C, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, Dalmet S, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018b) Gut microbial RNA and DNA analysis predicts hospitalizations in cirrhosis. JCI Insight 3(5).
  13. Bajaj JS, Savidge T, Kassam ZA, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM (2018c) Reply. Hepatology 68(3):1206.
  14. Bajaj JS, Matin P, White MB, Fagan A, Golob Deeb J, Acharya C, Dalmet SS, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Sahingur SE (2018d) Periodontal Therapy Favorably Modulates the Oral-Gut-Hepatic Axis in Cirrhosis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol.
  15. Bajaj JS, Liu EJ, Kheradman R, Fagan A, Heuman DM, White M, Gavis EA, Hylemon P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018e) Fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis. Gut 67(6):1146-1154.
  16. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Savidge T, Takei H, Kassam ZA, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Pandak WM, Nittono H, Hylemon PB, Boonma P, Haag A, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, John B, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018f) Antibiotic-Associated Disruption of Microbiota Composition and Function in Cirrhosis Is Restored by Fecal Transplant. Hepatology 68(4):1549-1558.
  17. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Cox IJ, Nittono H, Takei H, White M, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Heuman DM, Gilles HC, Hylemon P, Taylor-Robinson SD, Legido-Quigley C, Kim M, Xu J, Williams R, Sikaroodi M, Pandak WM, Gillevet PM (2018g) Alterations in gut microbial function following liver transplant. Liver Transpl 24(6):752-761.
  18. Bajaj JS, Idilman R, Mabudian L, Hood M, Fagan A, Turan D, White MB, Karakaya F, Wang J, Atalay R, Hylemon PB, Gavis EA, Brown R, Thacker LR, Acharya C, Heuman DM, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018h) Diet affects gut microbiota and modulates hospitalization risk differentially in an international cirrhosis cohort. Hepatology 68(1):234-247.
  19. Bajaj JS, Acharya C, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis E, Heuman DM, Hylemon PB, Fuchs M, Puri P, Schubert ML, Sanyal AJ, Sterling RK, Stravitz RT, Siddiqui MS, Luketic V, Lee H, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018i) Proton Pump Inhibitor Initiation and Withdrawal affects Gut Microbiota and Readmission Risk in Cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 113(8):1177-1186.
  20. Almeida-Dalmet S, Litchfield CD, Gillevet P, Baxter BK (2018a) Differential Gene Expression in Response to Salinity and Temperature in a Haloarcula Strain from Great Salt Lake, Utah. Genes (Basel) 9(1).
  21. Almeida-Dalmet S, Litchfield CD, Gillevet P, Baxter BK (2018b) Correction: Almeida-Dalmet, S.; et al. Differential Gene Expression in Response to Salinity and Temperature in a Haloarcula Strain from Great Salt Lake, Utah. Genes 2017, 9, 52. Genes (Basel) 9(3).
  22. Lucking R, Dal Forno M, Moncada B, Coca LF, Vargas-Mendoza LY, Aptroot A, Arias LJ, Besal B, Bungartz F, Cabrera-Amaya DM, Caceres MES, Chaves JL, Eliasaro S, Gutierrez MC, Marin JEH, Herrera-Campos M, Holgado-Rojas ME, Jonitz H, Kukwa M, Lucheta F, Madrinan S, Marcelli MP, Martins SMD, Mercado-Diaz JA, Molina JA, Morales EA, Nelson PR, Nugra F, Ortega F, Paredes T, Patino AL, Pelaez-Pulido RN, Perez REP, Perlmutter GB, Rivas-Plata E, Robayo J, Rodriguez C, Simijaca DF, Soto-Medina E, Spielmann AA, Suarez-Corredor A, Torres JM, Vargas CA, Yanez-Ayabaca A, Weerakoon G, Wilk K, Pacheco MC, Diazgranados M, Brokamp G, Borsch T, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Lawrey JD (2017) Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth’s seventieth birthday. Fungal Diversity 84(1):139-207.
  23. Llorente C, Jepsen P, Inamine T, Wang L, Bluemel S, Wang HJ, Loomba R, Bajaj JS, Schubert ML, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Xu J, Kisseleva T, Ho SB, DePew J, Du X, Sorensen HT, Vilstrup H, Nelson KE, Brenner DA, Fouts DE, Schnabl B (2017a) Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus. Nat Commun 8(1):837.
  24. Llorente C, Jepsen P, Inamine T, Wang L, Bluemel S, Wang HJ, Loomba R, Bajaj JS, Schubert ML, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Xu J, Kisseleva T, Ho SB, DePew J, Du X, Sorensen HT, Vilstrup H, Nelson KE, Brenner DA, Fouts DE, Schnabl B (2017b) Publisher Correction: Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus. Nat Commun 8(1):2137.
  25. King JR, Gillevet TC, Kabbani N (2017) A G protein-coupled alpha7 nicotinic receptor regulates signaling and TNF-alpha release in microglia. FEBS Open Bio 7(9):1350-1361.
  26. Kang DJ, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM, Sartor RB, Betrapally NS, Kakiyama G, Sikaroodi M, Takei H, Nittono H, Zhou H, Pandak WM, Yang J, Jiao C, Li X, Lippman HR, Heuman DM, Bajaj JS (2017) Gut microbial composition can differentially regulate bile acid synthesis in humanized mice. Hepatol Commun 1(1):61-70.
  27. Bhedi CD, Prevatte CW, Lookadoo MS, Waikel PA, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Campagna SR, Richardson LL (2017) Elevated temperature enhances short- to medium-chain acyl homoserine lactone production by black band disease-associated vibrios. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 93(3).
  28. Betrapally NS, Gillevet PM, Bajaj JS (2017) Gut microbiome and liver disease. Transl Res 179:49-59.
  29. Bajaj JS, Kassam Z, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Liu E, Cox IJ, Kheradman R, Heuman D, Wang J, Gurry T, Williams R, Sikaroodi M, Fuchs M, Alm E, John B, Thacker LR, Riva A, Smith M, Taylor-Robinson SD, Gillevet PM (2017a) Fecal microbiota transplant from a rational stool donor improves hepatic encephalopathy: A randomized clinical trial. Hepatology 66(6):1727-1738.
  30. Bajaj JS, Kassam Z, Cox IJ, Gurry T, Williams R, Alm E, John B, Smith M, Taylor-Robinson SD, Gillevet PM (2017b) Reply. Hepatology 66(4):1355-1356.
  31. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Zhao D, Takei H, Fagan A, Hylemon P, Zhou H, Pandak WM, Nittono H, Fiehn O, Salzman N, Holtz M, Simpson P, Gavis EA, Heuman DM, Liu R, Kang DJ, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2017c) Continued Alcohol Misuse in Human Cirrhosis is Associated with an Impaired Gut-Liver Axis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 41(11):1857-1865.
  32. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, White MB, Sterling RK, Gilles H, Heuman D, Stravitz RT, Matherly SC, Siddiqui MS, Puri P, Sanyal AJ, Luketic V, John B, Fuchs M, Ahluwalia V, Gillevet PM (2017d) Liver transplant modulates gut microbial dysbiosis and cognitive function in cirrhosis. Liver Transpl 23(7):907-914.
  33. Acharya C, Betrapally NS, Gillevet PM, Sterling RK, Akbarali H, White MB, Ganapathy D, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, Bajaj JS (2017) Chronic opioid use is associated with altered gut microbiota and predicts readmissions in patients with cirrhosis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 45(2):319-331.
  34. Miller GE, Engen PA, Gillevet PM, Shaikh M, Sikaroodi M, Forsyth CB, Mutlu E, Keshavarzian A (2016) Lower Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Associated with Reduced Diversity of the Colonic Microbiota in Healthy Adults. PLoS One 11(2):e0148952.
  35. Kang DJ, Kakiyama G, Betrapally NS, Herzog J, Nittono H, Hylemon PB, Zhou H, Carroll I, Yang J, Gillevet PM, Jiao C, Takei H, Pandak WM, Iida T, Heuman DM, Fan S, Fiehn O, Kurosawa T, Sikaroodi M, Sartor RB, Bajaj JS (2016a) Rifaximin Exerts Beneficial Effects Independent of its Ability to Alter Microbiota Composition. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 7(8):e187.
  36. Kang DJ, Betrapally NS, Ghosh SA, Sartor RB, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM, Sanyal AJ, Heuman DM, Carl D, Zhou H, Liu R, Wang X, Yang J, Jiao C, Herzog J, Lippman HR, Sikaroodi M, Brown RR, Bajaj JS (2016b) Gut microbiota drive the development of neuroinflammatory response in cirrhosis in mice. Hepatology 64(4):1232-48.
  37. Dal-Forno M, Lucking R, Bungartz F, Yanez-Ayabaca A, Marcelli MP, Spielmann AA, Coca LF, Chaves JL, Aptroot A, Sipman HJ, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet P, Lawrey JD (2016) From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genus Acantholichen (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae). Mycologia 108(1):38-55.
  38. Betrapally NS, Gillevet PM, Bajaj JS (2016) Changes in the Intestinal Microbiome and Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Liver Diseases: Causes or Effects? Gastroenterology 150(8):1745-1755.e3.
  39. Bajaj JS, Sterling RK, Betrapally NS, Nixon DE, Fuchs M, Daita K, Heuman DM, Sikaroodi M, Hylemon PB, White MB, Ganapathy D, Gillevet PM (2016a) HCV eradication does not impact gut dysbiosis or systemic inflammation in cirrhotic patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 44(6):638-43.
  40. Bajaj JS, Betrapally NS, Hylemon PB, Thacker LR, Daita K, Kang DJ, White MB, Unser AB, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Sikaroodi M, Dalmet S, Heuman DM, Gillevet PM (2016b) Erratum: Gut Microbiota Alterations can predict Hospitalizations in Cirrhosis Independent of Diabetes Mellitus. Sci Rep 6:20447.
  41. Bajaj JS, Ahluwalia V, Steinberg JL, Hobgood S, Boling PA, Godschalk M, Habib S, White MB, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Ganapathy D, Hylemon PB, Stewart KE, Keradman R, Liu EJ, Wang J, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Moeller FG, Wade JB (2016c) Elderly patients have an altered gut-brain axis regardless of the presence of cirrhosis. Sci Rep 6:38481.
  42. Ahluwalia V, Betrapally NS, Hylemon PB, White MB, Gillevet PM, Unser AB, Fagan A, Daita K, Heuman DM, Zhou H, Sikaroodi M, Bajaj JS (2016) Impaired Gut-Liver-Brain Axis in Patients with Cirrhosis. Sci Rep 6:26800.

Geraldine Grant

  1. Rodriguez LR, Bui SN, Beuschel RT, Ellis E, Liberti EM, Chhina MK Cannon B Lemma M, Nathan SD. Grant GM. Curcumin Induced Oxidative Stress Attenuation by N-acetylcysteine Cotreatment: AFibroblast and Epithelial Cell in-vitro Study in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis – Accepted BMC Molecular Medicine May 2019
  2. Rodriguez, LR (Rodriguez, Luis R.); Emblom-Callahan, M (Emblom-Callahan, Margaret); Chhina, M (Chhina, Mantej); Bui, S (Bui, Sarah); Aljeburry, B (Aljeburry, Bilal); Tran, LH (Tran, Luc H.); Novak, R (Novak, Rebecca); Lemma, M (Lemma, Merte); Nathan, SD (Nathan, Steven D.); Grant, GM (Grant, Geraldine M.) Global Gene Expression Analysis in an in vitro Fibroblast Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Reveals Potential Role for CXCL14/CXCR4. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2018. 8: 3983
  3. Lippi SLP, Craven KM, Hernandez CM, Grant GM, Flinn JM. Perfusion alters free zinc levels in the rodent brain. J Neurosci Methods. 2018 Dec 29. pii: S0165-0270(18)30416-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.12.018. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30599147.

James Lawrey

  1. Diederich, P., J. D. Lawrey & D. Ertz The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa. The Bryologist, 2018. 121: 340-425.
  2. Manuela Dal Forno, Frank Bungartz, Alba Yánez-Ayabaca, Robert Lücking, James D. Lawrey. High levels of endemism among Galapagos basidiolichens. FUNGAL DIVERSITY, 2017. 85(1): 45 – 73. DOI: 1007/s13225-017-0380-6
  3. Lucking, R (Luecking, Robert); Dal Forno, M (Dal Forno, Manuela); Moncada, B (Moncada, Bibiana); Coca, LF (Fernando Coca, Luis); Vargas-Mendoza, LY (Yasmin Vargas-Mendoza, Leidy); Aptroot, A (Aptroot, Andre); Arias, LJ (Juliana Arias, Laura); Besal, B (Besal, Betty); Bungartz, F (Bungartz, Frank); Cabrera-Amaya, DM (Mauricio Cabrera-Amaya, Diego); Caceres, MES (Caceres, Marcela E. S.); Chaves, JL (Luis Chaves, Jose); Eliasaro, S (Eliasaro, Sionara); Gutierrez, MC (Cecilia Gutierrez, Martha); Marin, JEH (Hernandez Marin, Jesus E.); Herrera-Campos, MDLA (de los Angeles Herrera-Campos, Maria); Holgado-Rojas, ME (Holgado-Rojas, Maria E.); Jonitz, H (Jonitz, Harald); Kukwa, M (Kukwa, Martin); Lucheta, F (Lucheta, Fabiane); Madrinan, S (Madrinan, Santiago); Marcelli, MP (Marcelli, Marcelo Pinto); Martins, SMD (de Azevedo Martins, Suzana Maria); Mercado-Diaz, JA (Mercado-Diaz, Joel A.); Molina, JA (Alberto Molina, Jorge); Morales, EA (Morales, Eduardo A.); Nelson, PR (Nelson, Peter R.); Nugra, F (Nugra, Freddy); Ortega, F (Ortega, Francisco); Paredes, T (Paredes, Telma); Patino, AL (Lucia Patino, Ayda); Pelaez-Pulido, RN (Nadine Pelaez-Pulido, Rouchi); Perez, REP (Perez Perez, Rosa Emilia); Perlmutter, GB (Perlmutter, Gary B.); Rivas-Plata, E (Rivas-Plata, Eimy); Robayo, J (Robayo, Javier); Rodriguez, C (Rodriguez, Camilo); Simijaca, DF (Fernando Simijaca, Diego); Soto-Medina, E (Soto-Medina, Edier); Spielmann, AA (Spielmann, Adriano Afonso); Suarez-Corredor, A (Suarez-Corredor, Alejandra); Torres, JM (Torres, Jean-Marc); Vargas, CA (Alberto Vargas, Carlos); Yanez-Ayabaca, A (Yanez-Ayabaca, Alba); Weerakoon, G (Weerakoon, Gothamie); Wilk, K (Wilk, Karina); Pacheco, MC (Celis Pacheco, Marcela); Diazgranados, M (Diazgranados, Mauricio); Brokamp, G (Brokamp, Grischa); Borsch, T (Borsch, Thomas); Gillevet, PM (Gillevet, Patrick M.); Sikaroodi, M (Sikaroodi, Masoumeh); Lawrey, JD (Lawrey, James D.) Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth’s seventieth birthday. FUNGAL DIVERSITY, 2017. 84(1): Special Issue. DOI: 1007/s13225-016-0374-9
  4. Lawrey, JD (Lawrey, James D.); Zimmermann, E (Zimmermann, Erich); Sikaroodi, M (Sikaroodi, Masoumeh); Diederich, P (Diederich, Paul) Phylogenetic diversity of bulbil-forming lichenicolous fungi in Cantharellales including a new genus and species BRYOLOGIST, 2016. 119(4): 341 – 349.
  5. Dal-Forno, M (Dal-Forno, Manuela); Lucking, R (Luecking, Robert); Bungartz, F (Bungartz, Frank); Yanez-Ayabaca, A (Yanez-Ayabaca, Alba); Marcelli, MP (Marcelli, Marcelo P.); Spielmann, AA (Spielmann, Adriano A.); Coca, LF (Fernando Coca, Luis); Chaves, JL (Luis Chaves, Jose); Aptroot, A (Aptroot, Andre); Sipman, HJM (Sipman, Harrie J. M.); Sikaroodi, M (Sikaroodi, Masoumeh); Gillevet, P (Gillevet, Patrick); Lawrey, JD (Lawrey, James D.) From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genus Acantholichen (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae) MYCOLOGIA, 2016. 108(1): 38 – 55.

Haw Chuan (H.C.) Lim

  1. Subir B. Shakya, Haw Chuan Lim, Robert G. Moyle, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Maklarin Lakim, Frederick H. Sheldon. A cryptic new species of bulbul from Borneo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 2019. 139:46-55.
  2. Drovetski, S. V., M. O’Mahoney, E. J. Ransome, K. O. Matterson, H. C. Lim, R. T. Chesser, and G. R. Graves. Spatial Organization of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Urban Canada Geese. Scientific Reports, 2018. 8:3713.
  3. Lim, H. C., D. F. Gawin, S. B. Shakya, M. G. Harvey, M. A. Rahman, and F. H. Sheldon. Sundaland’s east-west rain forest population structure: Variable manifestations in four polytypic bird species examined using RAD-Seq and plumage analyses. Journal of Biogeography, 2017. 44: 2259-2271. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13031
  4. Lim, H.C. and M.J. Braun. High-throughput SNP genotyping of historical and modern samples of five bird species via sequence capture of ultraconserved elements. Molecular Ecology Resources (Sequence Capture Special Issue), 2016. 16:1204-23
  5. Cameron, S. A., H.C. Lim, J. D. Lozier, M.A. Duennes and R.W. Thorp. A test of the invasive pathogen hypothesis of bumble bee decline in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016. 113:4386-91

David Luther

  1. Katherine E. Gentry & David A. Luther Noise-induced vocal plasticity in urban white-crowned sparrows does not involve adjustment of trill performance components. Scientific reports, 2019. 9 (1), 1905
  2. Moseley, DL (Moseley, Dana Lynn); Derryberry, GE (Derryberry, Graham Earnest); Phillips, JN (Phillips, Jennifer Nicole); Danner, JE (Danner, Julie Elizabeth); Danner, RM (Danner, Raymond Michael); Luther, DA (Luther, David Andrew); Derryberry, EP (Derryberry, Elizabeth Perrault) Acoustic adaptation to city noise through vocal learning by a songbird. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2018. 285(1888): 20181356 (article #).
  3. Phillips, JN (Phillips, Jennifer N.); Gentry, KE (Gentry, Katherine E.); Luther, DA (Luther, David A.); Derryberry, EP (Derryberry, Elizabeth P.) Surviving in the city: higher apparent survival for urban birds but worse condition on noisy territories. ECOSPHERE, 2018. 9(9): e02440 (article #).
  4. Gentry, KE (Gentry, Katherine E.); McKenna, MF (McKenna, Megan F.); Luther, DA (Luther, David A.) Evidence of suboscine song plasticity in response to traffic noise fluctuations and temporary road closures. BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING, 2018. 27(2): 165 – 181.
  5. Katherine E. Gentry, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Raymond M. Danner, Julie E. Danner David A. Luther Immediate signaling flexibility in response to experimental noise in urban, but not rural, white-crowned sparrows. ECOSPHERE, 2017.
  6. Derryberry EP, Gentry K, Derryberry GE, Phillips JN, Danner RM, Danner JE, Luther DA. White-crowned sparrow males show immediate flexibility in song amplitude but not in song minimum frequency in response to changes in noise levels in the field. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 2017. 7(13):4991-5001. DOI: 1002/ece3.3037
  7. Luther, DA (Luther, David A.); Danner, R (Danner, Ray); Danner, J (Danner, Julie); Gentry, K (Gentry, Katherine); Derryberry, EP (Derryberry, Elizabeth P.) The relative response of songbirds to shifts in song amplitude and song minimum frequency. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 2017. 28(2): 391 – 397.
  8. KE Gentry, DA Luther. Spatiotemporal patterns of avian vocal activity in relation to urban and rural background noise. Journal of Ecoacoustics, 2017. 1, Z9TQHU https://doi.org/10.22261/JEA.Z9TQHU
  9. Luther, DA (Luther, David A.); Brooks, TM (Brooks, Thomas M.); Butchart, SHM (Butchart, Stuart H. M.); Hayward, MW (Hayward, Matt W.); Kester, ME (Kester, Marieke E.); Lamoreux, J (Lamoreux, John); Upgren, A (Upgren, Amy) Determinants of bird conservation-action implementation and associated population trends of threatened species. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 2016. 30(6): 1338-1346.
  10. Luther, D (Luther, David); Danner, R (Danner, Ray) Males with larger bills sing at higher rates in a hot and dry environment AUK, 2016. 133(4): 770 – 778.
  11. Danner, RM (Danner, Raymond M.); Olsen, BJ (Olsen, Brian J.); Luther, D (Luther, David) Migratory Status, Winter Subspecies Interactions, and Habitat Segregation of Atlantic Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia atlantica). WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, 2016. 128(2): 434 – 437.
  12. Luther, D (Luther, David); Skelton, J (Skelton, James); Fernandez, C (Fernandez, Christopher); Walters, J (Walters, Jeffrey) Conservation action implementation, funding, and population trends of birds listed on the Endangered Species Act. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 2016. 197: 229 – 234.
  13. Derryberry, EP (Derryberry, Elizabeth P.); Danner, RM (Danner, Raymond M.); Danner, JE (Danner, Julie E.); Derryberry, GE (Derryberry, Graham E.); Phillips, JN (Phillips, Jennifer N.); Lipshutz, SE (Lipshutz, Sara E.); Gentry, K (Gentry, Katherine); Luther, DA (Luther, David A.) Patterns of Song across Natural and Anthropogenic Soundscapes Suggest That White-Crowned Sparrows Minimize Acoustic Masking and Maximize Signal Content. PLOS ONE, 2016. 11(4): e0154456 (article #).
  14. David A. Luther, Jennifer Phillips, Elizabeth P. Derryberry. Not so sexy in the city: urban birds adjust songs to noise but compromise vocal performance. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 2016. 27(1): 332 – 340.

Larry Rockwood

  1. Draheim, Megan M., E.C.M. Parsons, Susan A. Crate and Larry L. Rockwood. Public perspectives on the management of urban coyotes.  Journal of Urban Ecology 5.  First published 30 March 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juz003 
  2. Jilian M. Fazio Elizabeth W. Freeman Erika Bauer Larry Rockwood Edward C. M. Parsons Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population First published: 17 December 2018  https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21465
  3. Schwartz, Karin R., E. Christien M. Parsons, Larry Rockwood and Thomas C. Wood. 2017. Integrating In-Situ data management processes for biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5: 1-7.  Doi:10.3389/fevol.2017.00120.
  4. Klocke, Blake, Matthew Becker, James Lewis, Robert C. Fleischer, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz, Larry Rockwood, A. Alonso Aguirre and Brian Gratwicke. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans not detected in U.S. survey of pet salamanders.  Scientific Reports 7: 1-5.  Doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13500-2.
  5. Davis, Herlitz, Robert Rice, Larry Rockwood, Thomas Wood and Peter Marra. 2017.  The economic potential of fruit trees as shade in blue mountain coffee agroecosystems of the Yallahs River watershed, Jamaica W.I.  Agroforest Systems.  Doi:10.1007/s10457-107-0152-z.
  6. Sitar, Ashley, Laura J. May-Collado, Andrew Wright, Erin Peters-Burton, Larry Rockwood, and E.C.M. Parsons. Tourists’ perspectives on dolphin watching in Bocas Del Toro, Panama.  Tourism in Marine Environments, 2017 12:  (No. 2): 1-16.
  7. Hawkins, Melissa T.R., Kristofer M. Helgen, Jesus E. Maldonado, Larry L. Rockwood, Mirian T.N. Tsuchiya, Jennifer Leonard. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plan long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, nannosciurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2016 94: 752-764.
  8. Hawkins, T.R., Jennifer A. Leonard, Kristofer M. Helgen, Molly M. McDonough, Larry L. Rockwood and Jesus E. Maldonado. Evolutionary history of endemic Sulawesi squirrels constructed from UCEs and mitogenomes sequenced from museum specimens. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2016 16:80.  DOI 10.1186/s12862-016-0650-z.
  9. Sitar, A. L.J. May-Collado, A.J. Wright, E. Peters-Burton, L. L. Rockwood, E.C.M. Parsons. Boat operators in Bocas del Toro, Panama display low levels of compliance with national whale-watching regulations.  Marine Policy, 2016 68: 221-228.
  10. Cella, Emily L., E.C.M. Parsons and Larry L. Rockwood. Non-governmental Organizations and Government Agencies Lead in Cultivating Positive Sea Turtle Conservation Attitudes. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2016.  DOI: 10:1080/10871209.2016.1171933.

Masoumeh Sikaroodi (Technical Director, MBAC)

  1. Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O’Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM (2019a) Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 17(4):756-765.e3.
  2. Bajaj JS, Salzman NH, Acharya C, Sterling RK, White MB, Gavis EA, Fagan A, Hayward M, Holtz ML, Matherly S, Lee H, Osman M, Siddiqui MS, Fuchs M, Puri P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019b) Fecal Microbial Transplant Capsules are Safe in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Phase 1, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Hepatology.
  3. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, White MB, Wade JB, Hylemon PB, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, John BV, Acharya C, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019c) Specific Gut and Salivary Microbiota Patterns Are Linked With Different Cognitive Testing Strategies in Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy. Am J Gastroenterol.
  4. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, Kakiyama G, Takei H, Degefu Y, Pandak WM, Hylemon PB, Fuchs M, John B, Heuman DM, Gavis E, Nittono H, Patil R, Gillevet PM (2019d) Alterations in Skin Microbiomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
  5. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Kassam Z, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2019e) Long-term Outcomes after Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Cirrhosis. Gastroenterology.
  6. Solano-Aguilar GI, Lakshman S, Jang S, Beshah E, Xie Y, Sikaroodi M, Gupta R, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Urban JF, Jr., Gillevet P, Davis CD (2018a) The Effect of Feeding Cocoa Powder and Lactobacillus rhamnosus on the Composition and Function of Pig Intestinal Microbiome. Curr Dev Nutr 2(5):nzy011.
  7. Solano-Aguilar GI, Jang S, Lakshman S, Gupta R, Beshah E, Sikaroodi M, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Gillevet PM, Urban JF, Jr. (2018b) The Effect of Dietary Mushroom Agaricus bisporus on Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Host Immunological Function. Nutrients 10(11).
  8. Laffin MR, Perry T, Park H, Gillevet P, Sikaroodi M, Kaplan GG, Fedorak RN, Kroeker K, Dieleman LA, Dicken B, Madsen KL (2018) Endospore forming bacteria may be associated with maintenance of surgically-induced remission in Crohn’s disease. Sci Rep 8(1):9734.
  9. Keshteli AH, Tso R, Dieleman LA, Park H, Kroeker KI, Jovel J, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Mandal R, Fedorak RN, Madsen KL (2018) A Distinctive Urinary Metabolomic Fingerprint Is Linked With Endoscopic Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Crohn’s Disease Patients. Inflamm Bowel Dis 24(4):861-870.
  10. Bajaj JS, Vargas HE, Reddy KR, Lai JC, O’Leary JG, Tandon P, Wong F, Mitrani R, White MB, Kelly M, Fagan A, Patil R, Sait S, Sikaroodi M, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM (2018a) Association Between Intestinal Microbiota Collected at Hospital Admission and Outcomes of Patients With Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.
  11. Bajaj JS, Thacker LR, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis EA, Hylemon PB, Brown R, Acharya C, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, Dalmet S, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018b) Gut microbial RNA and DNA analysis predicts hospitalizations in cirrhosis. JCI Insight 3(5).
  12. Bajaj JS, Matin P, White MB, Fagan A, Golob Deeb J, Acharya C, Dalmet SS, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Sahingur SE (2018c) Periodontal Therapy Favorably Modulates the Oral-Gut-Hepatic Axis in Cirrhosis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol.
  13. Bajaj JS, Liu EJ, Kheradman R, Fagan A, Heuman DM, White M, Gavis EA, Hylemon P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018d) Fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis. Gut 67(6):1146-1154.
  14. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Savidge T, Takei H, Kassam ZA, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Pandak WM, Nittono H, Hylemon PB, Boonma P, Haag A, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, John B, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018e) Antibiotic-Associated Disruption of Microbiota Composition and Function in Cirrhosis Is Restored by Fecal Transplant. Hepatology 68(4):1549-1558.
  15. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Cox IJ, Nittono H, Takei H, White M, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Heuman DM, Gilles HC, Hylemon P, Taylor-Robinson SD, Legido-Quigley C, Kim M, Xu J, Williams R, Sikaroodi M, Pandak WM, Gillevet PM (2018f) Alterations in gut microbial function following liver transplant. Liver Transpl 24(6):752-761.
  16. Bajaj JS, Idilman R, Mabudian L, Hood M, Fagan A, Turan D, White MB, Karakaya F, Wang J, Atalay R, Hylemon PB, Gavis EA, Brown R, Thacker LR, Acharya C, Heuman DM, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018g) Diet affects gut microbiota and modulates hospitalization risk differentially in an international cirrhosis cohort. Hepatology 68(1):234-247.
  17. Bajaj JS, Acharya C, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis E, Heuman DM, Hylemon PB, Fuchs M, Puri P, Schubert ML, Sanyal AJ, Sterling RK, Stravitz RT, Siddiqui MS, Luketic V, Lee H, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2018h) Proton Pump Inhibitor Initiation and Withdrawal affects Gut Microbiota and Readmission Risk in Cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 113(8):1177-1186.
  18. Lucking R, Dal Forno M, Moncada B, Coca LF, Vargas-Mendoza LY, Aptroot A, Arias LJ, Besal B, Bungartz F, Cabrera-Amaya DM, Caceres MES, Chaves JL, Eliasaro S, Gutierrez MC, Marin JEH, Herrera-Campos M, Holgado-Rojas ME, Jonitz H, Kukwa M, Lucheta F, Madrinan S, Marcelli MP, Martins SMD, Mercado-Diaz JA, Molina JA, Morales EA, Nelson PR, Nugra F, Ortega F, Paredes T, Patino AL, Pelaez-Pulido RN, Perez REP, Perlmutter GB, Rivas-Plata E, Robayo J, Rodriguez C, Simijaca DF, Soto-Medina E, Spielmann AA, Suarez-Corredor A, Torres JM, Vargas CA, Yanez-Ayabaca A, Weerakoon G, Wilk K, Pacheco MC, Diazgranados M, Brokamp G, Borsch T, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Lawrey JD (2017) Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth’s seventieth birthday. Fungal Diversity 84(1):139-207.
  19. Llorente C, Jepsen P, Inamine T, Wang L, Bluemel S, Wang HJ, Loomba R, Bajaj JS, Schubert ML, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Xu J, Kisseleva T, Ho SB, DePew J, Du X, Sorensen HT, Vilstrup H, Nelson KE, Brenner DA, Fouts DE, Schnabl B (2017a) Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus. Nat Commun 8(1):837.
  20. Llorente C, Jepsen P, Inamine T, Wang L, Bluemel S, Wang HJ, Loomba R, Bajaj JS, Schubert ML, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Xu J, Kisseleva T, Ho SB, DePew J, Du X, Sorensen HT, Vilstrup H, Nelson KE, Brenner DA, Fouts DE, Schnabl B (2017b) Publisher Correction: Gastric acid suppression promotes alcoholic liver disease by inducing overgrowth of intestinal Enterococcus. Nat Commun 8(1):2137.
  21. Kang DJ, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM, Sartor RB, Betrapally NS, Kakiyama G, Sikaroodi M, Takei H, Nittono H, Zhou H, Pandak WM, Yang J, Jiao C, Li X, Lippman HR, Heuman DM, Bajaj JS (2017) Gut microbial composition can differentially regulate bile acid synthesis in humanized mice. Hepatol Commun 1(1):61-70.
  22. Bhedi CD, Prevatte CW, Lookadoo MS, Waikel PA, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Campagna SR, Richardson LL (2017) Elevated temperature enhances short- to medium-chain acyl homoserine lactone production by black band disease-associated vibrios. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 93(3).
  23. Bajaj JS, Kassam Z, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Liu E, Cox IJ, Kheradman R, Heuman D, Wang J, Gurry T, Williams R, Sikaroodi M, Fuchs M, Alm E, John B, Thacker LR, Riva A, Smith M, Taylor-Robinson SD, Gillevet PM (2017a) Fecal microbiota transplant from a rational stool donor improves hepatic encephalopathy: A randomized clinical trial. Hepatology 66(6):1727-1738.
  24. Bajaj JS, Kakiyama G, Zhao D, Takei H, Fagan A, Hylemon P, Zhou H, Pandak WM, Nittono H, Fiehn O, Salzman N, Holtz M, Simpson P, Gavis EA, Heuman DM, Liu R, Kang DJ, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM (2017b) Continued Alcohol Misuse in Human Cirrhosis is Associated with an Impaired Gut-Liver Axis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 41(11):1857-1865.
  25. Bajaj JS, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, White MB, Sterling RK, Gilles H, Heuman D, Stravitz RT, Matherly SC, Siddiqui MS, Puri P, Sanyal AJ, Luketic V, John B, Fuchs M, Ahluwalia V, Gillevet PM (2017c) Liver transplant modulates gut microbial dysbiosis and cognitive function in cirrhosis. Liver Transpl 23(7):907-914.
  26. Acharya C, Betrapally NS, Gillevet PM, Sterling RK, Akbarali H, White MB, Ganapathy D, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, Bajaj JS (2017) Chronic opioid use is associated with altered gut microbiota and predicts readmissions in patients with cirrhosis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 45(2):319-331.
  27. Miller GE, Engen PA, Gillevet PM, Shaikh M, Sikaroodi M, Forsyth CB, Mutlu E, Keshavarzian A (2016) Lower Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Associated with Reduced Diversity of the Colonic Microbiota in Healthy Adults. PLoS One 11(2):e0148952.
  28. Kang DJ, Kakiyama G, Betrapally NS, Herzog J, Nittono H, Hylemon PB, Zhou H, Carroll I, Yang J, Gillevet PM, Jiao C, Takei H, Pandak WM, Iida T, Heuman DM, Fan S, Fiehn O, Kurosawa T, Sikaroodi M, Sartor RB, Bajaj JS (2016a) Rifaximin Exerts Beneficial Effects Independent of its Ability to Alter Microbiota Composition. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 7(8):e187.
  29. Kang DJ, Betrapally NS, Ghosh SA, Sartor RB, Hylemon PB, Gillevet PM, Sanyal AJ, Heuman DM, Carl D, Zhou H, Liu R, Wang X, Yang J, Jiao C, Herzog J, Lippman HR, Sikaroodi M, Brown RR, Bajaj JS (2016b) Gut microbiota drive the development of neuroinflammatory response in cirrhosis in mice. Hepatology 64(4):1232-48.
  30. Dal-Forno M, Lucking R, Bungartz F, Yanez-Ayabaca A, Marcelli MP, Spielmann AA, Coca LF, Chaves JL, Aptroot A, Sipman HJ, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet P, Lawrey JD (2016) From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genus Acantholichen (lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae). Mycologia 108(1):38-55.
  31. Bajaj JS, Sterling RK, Betrapally NS, Nixon DE, Fuchs M, Daita K, Heuman DM, Sikaroodi M, Hylemon PB, White MB, Ganapathy D, Gillevet PM (2016a) HCV eradication does not impact gut dysbiosis or systemic inflammation in cirrhotic patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 44(6):638-43.
  32. Bajaj JS, Betrapally NS, Hylemon PB, Thacker LR, Daita K, Kang DJ, White MB, Unser AB, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Sikaroodi M, Dalmet S, Heuman DM, Gillevet PM (2016b) Erratum: Gut Microbiota Alterations can predict Hospitalizations in Cirrhosis Independent of Diabetes Mellitus. Sci Rep 6:20447.
  33. Bajaj JS, Ahluwalia V, Steinberg JL, Hobgood S, Boling PA, Godschalk M, Habib S, White MB, Fagan A, Gavis EA, Ganapathy D, Hylemon PB, Stewart KE, Keradman R, Liu EJ, Wang J, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Moeller FG, Wade JB (2016c) Elderly patients have an altered gut-brain axis regardless of the presence of cirrhosis. Sci Rep 6:38481.
  34. Ahluwalia V, Betrapally NS, Hylemon PB, White MB, Gillevet PM, Unser AB, Fagan A, Daita K, Heuman DM, Zhou H, Sikaroodi M, Bajaj JS (2016) Impaired Gut-Liver-Brain Axis in Patients with Cirrhosis. Sci Rep 6:26800.

Andrea Weeks

  1. Crepet, WL (Crepet, William L.); Nixon, KC (Nixon, Kevin C.); Weeks, A (Weeks, Andrea) Mid-Cretaceous angiosperm radiation and an asterid origin of bilaterality: diverse and extinct “Ericales” from New Jersey. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2018. 105(8): Special Issue.
  2. Oldham, KA (Oldham, Karoline A.); Weeks, A (Weeks, Andrea) VARIETIES OF MELAMPYRUM LINEARE (OROBANCHACEAE) REVISITED. RHODORA, 2017. 119(979): 224 – 259.
  3. Elizabeth S. Collins, Morgan R. Gostel, and Andrea Weeks AN EXPANDED NUCLEAR PHYLOGENOMIC PCR TOOLKIT FOR SAPINDALES. APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES, 4(12): 1600078 doi:  10.3732/apps.1600078
  4. Gostel, Morgan R.; Weeks, Andrea; Raharimampionona, Jeannie; Phillipson, Peter B. A Partial Taxonomic Revision of the Rhynchocarpa Clade of Commiphora (Burseraceae) Endemic to Madagasca. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, 2016. 41(4): 1004-1019(16)
  5. Muellner-Riehl, AN (Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra N.); Weeks, A (Weeks, Andrea); Clayton, JW (Clayton, Joshua W.); Buerki, S (Buerki, Sven); Nauheimer, L (Nauheimer, Lars); Chiang, YC (Chiang, Yu-Chung); Cody, S (Cody, Sarah); Pell, SK (Pell, Susan K.) Molecular phylogenetics and molecular clock dating of Sapindales based on plastid rbcL, atpB and trnL-trnF DNA sequences. TAXON, 2016. 65(5): 1019 – 1036.
  6. Gostel, MR (Gostel, Morgan R.); Phillipson, PB (Phillipson, Peter B.); Weeks, A (Weeks, Andrea) Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Myrrh Genus, Commiphora (Burseraceae), Reveals Multiple Radiations in Madagascar and Clarifies Infrageneric Relationships. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, 2016. 41(1): 67 – 81.
  7. Chaboo, CS (Chaboo, Caroline S.); Biesele, M (Biesele, Megan); Hitchcock, RK (Hitchcock, Robert K.); Weeks, A (Weeks, Andrea) Beetle and plant arrow poisons of the Ju vertical bar’hoan and Hai parallel to om San peoples of Namibia (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae; Plantae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Burseraceae). ZOOKEYS, 2016. 558: 9 – 54.