Research from 2023
The InBIO barcoding initiative database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Trichoptera, documenting biodiversity for freshwater biomonitoring in a Mediterranean hotspot, Joana Pauperio, Luis Martin Gonzalez, Jesus Martinez, Marcos A. González, Filipa MS Martins, Joana Veríssimo, Pamela Puppo, Joana Pinto, Cátia Chaves, Catarina J. Pinho, José Manuel Grosso-Silva, Lorenzo Quaglietta, Teresa Luísa L. Silva, Pedro Sousa, Paulo Celio Alves, Nuno Fonseca, Pedro Beja, and Sónia Ferreira
Calceolaria nivalis subsp. lanatifolia, a new subspecies of Calceolariaceae from Northern Peru, Pamela Puppo
Micromeria tenensis (Lamiaceae), a new species from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Pamela Puppo, Pedro Luis Pérez De Paz, Manuel Curto, and Harald Meimberg
Research from 2022
Anti-Cancer Activity of Sustained Release Capsaicin Formulations, Justin C. Merritt, Stephen D. Richbart, Emily G. Moles, Ashley J. Cox, Kathleen C. Brown, Sarah Miles, Paul T. Finch, Joshua A. Hess, Maria T. Tirona, Monica Valentovic, and Piyali Dasgupta
West Virginia Herbaria: Status, Updates, and Plans, Pamela Puppo, Katharine Gregg, Donna Ford-Werntz, James Vanderhorst, Michelle Mabry, and Jeremy Keene
Research from 2021
Epigenetic Reprogramming Mediated by Maternal Diet Rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protects From Breast Cancer Development in F1 Offspring, Ata Abbas, Theodore Witte, William L. Patterson III, Johannes Francois Fahrmann, Kai Guo, Junguk Hur, Elaine Hardman, and Philippe T. Georgel
Lynn Margulis and Boris Kozo-Polyansky: How the Symbiogenesis was translated from Russian, Victor Fet
Where Epigenetics Meets Food Intake: Their Interaction in the Development/Severity of Gout and Therapeutic Perspectives, Philippe T. Georgel and Philippe Georgel
Partnering with Archivists to Process the Manuscript Collection Present at the Marshall University Herbarium, Pamela Puppo and Lori Thompson
Research from 2019
Components of the ribosome biogenesis pathway underlie establishment of telomere length set point in Arabidopsis, Liliia R. Abdulkina; Callie Kobayashi; John T. Lovell; Inna B. Chastukkhina; Behailu B. Aklilu; Inna A, Agabekian; Ana V. Suescún; Lia R. Valeeva; Chuluuntsetseg Nyamsuren; Galina V. Aglyamova; Margarita R. Sharipova; Dorothy E. Shippen; Thomas E. Juenger; and Eugene V. Shakirov
Trabecular bone fraction variation in modern humans, fossil hominins and other primates, Habiba Chirchir
Using molecular diet analysis to inform invasive species management: A case study of introduced rats consuming endemic New Zealand frogs, Bastian Egeter, Cailín Roe, Sara Peixoto, Pamela Puppo, Luke J. Easton, Joana Pinto, Phillip J. Bishop, and Bruce C. Robertson
Potential health risks linked to emerging contaminants in major rivers and treated waters, James Kessler, Diane Dawley, Daniel Crow, Ramin Garmany, and Philippe T. Georgel
Research from 2018
Burned Area Mapping of an Escaped Fire into Tropical Dry Forest in Western Madagascar Using Multi-Season Landsat OLI Data, Anne C. Axel
Challenges for assessing vertebrate diversity in turbid Saharan water-bodies using environmental DNA, Bastian Egeter, Sara Peixoto, José C. Brito, Simon Jarman, Pamela Puppo, and Guillermo Velo-Antón
Nitrogen (N) Dynamics in the Mineral Soil of a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest During a Quarter Century of Whole-Watershed N Additions. Ecosystems, Frank S. Gilliam, Christopher A. Walter, Mary Beth Adams, and William T. Peterjohn
The genomic landscape of molecular responses to natural drought stress in Panicum hallii., John T. Lovell, Jerry Jenkins, David B. Lowry, Sujan Mamidi, Avinash Sreedasyam, Xiaoyu Weng, Kerrie Barry, Jason Bonnette, Brandon Campitelli, Chris Daum, Sean P. Gordon, Billie A. Gould, Albina Khasanova, Anna Lipzen, Alice MacQueen, Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía, Christopher Plott, Eugene V. Shakirov, Shengqiang Shu, Yuko Yoshinaga, Matt Zane, Dave Kudrna, Jason D. Talag, Daniel Rokhsar, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, and Thomas E. Juenger
Heterologous Expression of Secreted Bacterial BPP and HAP Phytases in Plants Stimulates Arabidopsis thaliana Growth on Phytate., Lia R. Valeeva, Chuluuntsetseg Nyamsuren, Margarita R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Research from 2017
Low trabecular bone density in recent sedentary modern humans, Habiba H. Chirchir, Christopher B. Ruff, Juho-Antti Junno, and Richard Potts
Does trabecular bone structure within the metacarpal heads of primates vary with hand posture?, Habiba Chirchir, Angel Zeininger, Masato Nakatsukasa, Richard A. Ketcham, and Brian G. Richmond
Genetic diversity and differentiation patterns in Micromeria from the Canary Islands are congruent with multiple colonization dynamics and the establishment of species syngameons, Manuel Curto, Pamela Puppo, S. Kratschmer, and H. Meimberg
An Unusual State of Matter (Russian Translation), Victor Fet
New Species of Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) from Northern Peru, Carolina Romero-Hernández, Rainer W. Bussmann, and Pamela Puppo
Redescription of Euscorpius tauricus (C.L. Koch, 1837), with the description of two new related species from Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Gioele Tropea, Victor Fet, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Panayiota Kotsakiozi, and Iasmi Stathi
Research from 2016
Microbial Phytases and Phytate: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Phosphorus Management in Agriculture, Nelly P. Balaban, Aliya D. Suleimanova, Lia R. Valeeva, Inna B. Chastukhina, Natalia L. Rudakova, Margarita R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Selection of Efficient Taq DNA Polymerase to Optimize T-DNA Genotyping Method for Rapid Detection of Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana Plants, Inna B. Chastukhina, Liliia R. Nigmatullina, Lia R. Valeeva, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Limited Trabecular Bone Density Heterogeneity in the Human Skeleton, Habiba Chirchir PhD
Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany, Jason A. Dunlop, David A. Legg, Paul L. Selden, Victor Fet, Joerg W. Schneider, and Ronny Rößler
A Few Notes on Nabokov's Childhood Entomology, Victor Fet
Around Sonja: On the First Russian Translation, Victor Fet
Serebrianaia rybka Nabokova [Nabokov’s silverfish], Victor Fet
Forest Ecosystems of Temperate Climatic Regions: From Ancient Use to Climate Change, Frank S. Gilliam
Effects of Excess Nitrogen on Biogeochemistry of a Temperate Hardwood Forest: Evidence of Nutrient Redistribution by a Forest Understory Species, Frank S. Gilliam, Jake H. Billmyer, Christopher A. Walter, and William T. Peterjohn
Twenty-five year response of the herbaceous layer of a temperate hardwood forest to elevated nitrogen deposition, Frank S. Gilliam, Nicole Turrill Welch, Anne Hockenberry Phillips, Jake H. Billmyer, William T. Peterjohn, Zachariah K. Fowler, Christopher A. Walter, Mark B. Burnham, Jeffrey D. May, and Mary Beth Adams
Campus Outbreak! Modeling Seasonal Influenza, Marcia Harrison-Pitaniello PhD
Heterologous Expression of Pantoea Agglomerans Phytase Gene Optimized for Plant-Host Expression, N. N. Khabipova, L. R. Valeeva, I. B. Chastukhina, M. R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Genetic diversity among eight Dendrolimus species in Eurasia (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) inferred from mitochondrial COI and COII, and nuclear ITS2 markers, Alexander Kononov, Kirill Ustyantsev, Baode Wang, Victor C. Mastro, Victor Fet, Alexander Blinov, and Yuri Baranchikov
Drought Responsive Gene Expression Regulatory Divergence between Upland and Lowland Ecotypes of a Perennial C4 Grass, John T. Lovell, Scott Schwartz, David B. Lowry, Eugene V. Shakirov, Jason E. Bonnette, Xiaoyu Weng, Mei Wang, Jenifer Johnson, Avinash Sreedasyam, Christopher Plott, Jerry Jenkins, Jeremy Schmutz, and Thomas E. Juenger
Promises and Challenges of Eco-Physiological Genomics in the Field: Tests of Drought Responses in Switchgrass. Plant Physiology, John T. Lovell, Eugene V. Shakirov, Scott Schwartz, David B. Lowry, Michael J. Aspinwall, Samuel H. Taylor, Jason Bonnette, Juan Diego Palacio-Mejia, Christine V. Hawkes, Philip A. Fay, and Thomas E. Juenger
Non-Radioactive TRF Assay Modifications to Improve Telomeric DNA Detection Efficiency in Plants, Liliia R. Nigmatullina, Margarita R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Genetic structure of Micromeria (Lamiaceae) in Tenerife, the imprint of geological history and hybridization on within-island diversification, Pamela Puppo, Manuel Curto, and Harald Meimberg
A continental analysis of ecosystem vulnerability to atmospheric nitrogen deposition, Samuel M. Simkin, Edith B. Allen, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Jayne Belnap, Matthew L. Brooks, Brian S. Cade, Scott L. Collins, Linda H. Geiser, Frank S. Gilliam, Sarah E. Jovan, Linda H. Pardo, Bethany K. Schulz, Carly J. Stevens, Katharine N. Suding, Heather L. Throop, and Donald M. Waller
Conditional vulnerability of plant diversity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the United States, Samuel M. Simkin, Edith B. Allen, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Jayne Belnap, Matthew L. Brooks, Brian S. Cade, Scott L. Collins, Linda H. Geiser, Frank S. Gilliam, Sarah E. Jovan, Linda H. Pardo, Bethany K. Schulz, Carly J. Stevens, Katharine N. Suding, Heather L. Throop, and Donald M. Waller
Research from 2015
Evolution of the Telomere-Associated Protein POT1a in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Characterized by Positive Selection to Reinforce Protein-Protein Interaction, Mark A. Beilstein, Kyle B. Renfrew, Xiangyu Song, Eugene V. Shakirov, Michael J. Zanis, and Dorothy E. Shippen
Recent origin of low trabecular bone density in modern humans, Habiba Chirchir PhD, Tracy L. Kivell, Christopher B. Ruff, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Kristian J. Carlson, Bernhard Zipfel, and Brian G. Richmond
An Improved Gene Expression System to Generate Transgenic Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants Harboring a Bacillus Ginsengihumi Phytase Gene, Nyamsuren Chuluuntsetseg, Liya R. Valeeva, Margarita R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
Histology. - Atlantis. - The Source. - A Breath. - A Form of Life. - Behind the Stage. - At the Stations, Victor Fet
Another Adelaida: Dostoevsky’s The Idiot in Nabokov’s Ada, Victor Fet and Slav N. Gratchev
Connecting soundscape to landscape: Which acoustic index best describes landscape configuration?, Susan Fuller, Anne C. Axel, David Tucker, and Stuart H. Gage
A novel mechanism to explain success of invasive herbaceous species at the expense of natives in eastern hardwood forests, Frank S. Gilliam
The fossil record of phenotypic integration and modularity: A deep-time perspective on developmental and evolutionary dynamics, Anjali Goswami, Wendy J. Binder, Julie Meachen, and Robin O'Keefe
Divergent responses of soil buffering capacity to long-term N deposition in three typical tropical forests with different land-use history., Xiankai Lu, Qinggong Mao, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Guoyi Zhou, Yiqi Luo, Wei Zhang, and Juan Huang
Novel Glucose-1-Phosphatase with High Phytase Activity and Unusual Metal Ion Activation from Soil Bacterium, Aliya D. Suleimanova, Astrid Beinhauer, Liia R. Valeeva, Inna B. Chastukhina, Nelly P. Balaban, Eugene V. Shakirov, Ralf Greiner, and Margarita R. Sharipova
A new species of Euscorpius (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from southern Bulgaria, Gioele Tropea, Victor Fet, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Panayiota Kotsakiozi, and Iasmi Stathi
Expression Of Pantoea Agglomerans Phytase From A Strong Constitutive Promoter In Arabidopsis Thaliana Plants, Liya R. Valeeva, Nyamsuren Chuluuntsetseg, Dariya S. Troshagina, Margarita R. Sharipova, and Eugene V. Shakirov
In Situ Nitrogen Mineralization, Nitrification, and Ammonia Volatilization in Maize Field Fertilized with Urea in Huanghuaihai Region of Northern China, Xuelin Zhang, Qun Wang, Jun Xu, Frank S. Gilliam, Nicolas Tremblay, and Chaohai Li
Research from 2014
A Comparative Study of Trabecular Bone Mass Distribution in Cursorial and Non-Cursorial Limb Joints, Habiba Chirchir
Nabokov's silverfish, Victor Fet
Two new species of Euscorpius from Euboea Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Panayiota Kotsakiozi, and Iasmi Stathi
Variation in vegetation and microbial linkages with slope aspect in a montane temperate hardwood forest, Frank S. Gilliam, Radim Hedl, Marketa Chudomelova, Rebecca L. McCulley, and Jim Nelson
Nitrogen deposition contributes to soil acidification in tropical ecosystems, Xiankai Lu, Qinggong Mao, Frank S. Gilliam, Yiqi Luo, and Jiangming Mo
(2326-2327) Proposals to conserve the names Micromeria varia with a conserved type and M. hyssopifolia against Thymus ericifolius (Lamiaceae), Pamela Puppo, Harald Meimberg, Pedro Luis Pérez de Paz, and Christian Bräuchler
Spatial Variation in Carbon and Nitrogen in Cultivated Soils in Henan Province, China: Potential Effect on Crop Yield, Xuelin Zhang, Qun Wang, Frank S. Gilliam, Yilun Wang, Feina Cha, and Chaohai Li
Research from 2013
Changes in soil carbon sequestration in Pinus massoniana forests along an urban-to-rural gradient of southern China, H. Chen, W. Zhang, Frank S. Gilliam, L. Liu, J. Huang, T. Zhang, W. Wang, and J. Mo
Estimated losses of plant biodiversity across the U.S. from historical N deposition from 1985—2010., Christopher M. Clark, Philip E. Morefield, Frank S. Gilliam, and Linda H. Pardo
Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming, Pieter De Frenne, Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez, David Anthony Coomes, Lander Baeten, Gorik Verstraeten, Mark Vellend, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Carissa D. Brownd, Jörg Brunet, Johnny Cornelis, Guillaume M. Decocq, Hartmut Dierschke, Ove Eriksson, Frank S. Gilliam, Radim Hédl, Thilo Heinken, Martin Hermy, Patrick Hommel, Michael A. Jenkins, Daniel L. Kelly, Keith J. Kirby, Fraser J. G. Mitchell, Tobias Naaf, Miles Newman, George Peterken, Petr Petrík, Jan Schultz, Grégory Sonnier, Hans Van Calster, Donald M. Waller, Gian-Reto Walther, Peter S. White, Kerry D. Woods, Monika Wulf, Bente Jessen Graae, and Kris Verheyen
My poems will find their home…, Victor Fet
Our Theater. – A Calendar. – One of Them. – Leaving Behind. – A Night Song. – On This Side, Victor Fet
A new species of Euscorpius from Tinos Island, Greece (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), Victor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Aristeidis Parmakelis, Panayiota Kotsakiozi, and Iasmi Stathi
Using Student-Produced Time-Lapse Plant Movies to communicate concepts in Plant Biology, Marcia Harrison-Pitaniello PhD
Interactive Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Soil Microbial Communities in a Tropical Forest, Lei Liu, Tao Zhang, Frank S. Gilliam, Per Gundersen, Wei Zhang, Hao Chen, and Jiangming Mo
Long-term nitrogen addition decreases carbon leaching in a nitrogen-rich forest ecosystem, X. Lu, Frank S. Gilliam, G. Yu, H. Chen, and J. Mo
Gene Networks and Chromatin and Transcriptional Regulation of the Phaseolin Promoter in Arabidopsis, Sabarinath Sundaram, Eugene V. Shakirov, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Miloslav Juříček, and Timothy C. Hall
Nutrient Limitation in Three Lowland Tropical Forests in Southern China Receiving High Nitrogen Deposition: Insights from Fine Root Responses to Nutrient Additions, Feifei Zhu, Muneoki Yoh, Frank S. Gilliam, Xiankai Lu, and Jiangming Mo
Research from 2012
Remarkable resilience of teeth (How are Teeth so Brittle yet so Resilient), Paul J. Constantino
Microwear, mechanics and the feeding adaptations of Australopithecus africanus, Paul J. Constantino, Craig Byron, Paul C. Dechow, Ian R. Gross, Peter W. Lucas, Brian G. Richmond, Callum R. Ross, Dennis E. Slice, Mark A. Spencer, Dennis S. Strait, Qian Wang, Gerhard W. Weber, Bernard A. Wood, and Barth W. Wright
(The “Avos” phenomenon: a non-censured theatre in the Novosibirsk University, 1975-1976). In: Mosty (The Bridges), Frankfurt, Germany, 2012, 33: 204–257.] [Part 1], Victor Fet, Serge Camyshani, Aleksandr Troitsky, Oleg Polyankov, Elena Fedorovskaya, Aleksandr Butorin, Mark Taraban, and Sergei Kovalenko
The “Avos” phenomenon: a non-censured theatre in the Novosibirsk University, 1975-1976). In: Mosty (The Bridges), Frankfurt, Germany, 2012, 34: 236–284.] [Part 2], Victor Fet, Sergei Camyshan, Aleksandr Troitsky, Oleg Polyankov, Elena Fedorovskaya, Aleksandr Butorin, Mark Taraban, and Sergei Kovalenko
The “Avos” phenomenon: a non-censured theatre in the Novosibirsk University, 1975-1976). In: Mosty (The Bridges), Frankfurt, Germany, 2012, 35: 269–301.] [Part 3], Victor Fet, Sergei Camyshan, Aleksandr Troitsky, Oleg Polyankov, Elena Fedorovskaya, Aleksandr Butorin, Mark Taraban, and Sergei Kovalenko
Euscorpius sicanus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Tunisia: DNA Barcoding Confirms Ancient Disjunctions Across the Mediterranean Sea, Matthew R. Graham, Pavel Stoev, Nesrine Akkari, Gergin Blagoev, and Victor Fet
Revisión de la sección Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) en Chile, Pamela Puppo and Patricio Novoa
Selaginella moellendorffii telomeres: conserved and unique features in an ancient land plant lineage, Eugene V. Shakirov and Dorothy E. Shippen
MeCP2 Binds to Nucleosome Free (Linker DNA) Regions and to H3K9/H3K27 Methylated Nucleosomes in the Brain, Anita A. Thambirajah, Marlee K. Ng, Lindsay J. Frehlick, Andra Li, Jason J. Serpa, Evgeniy V. Petrotchenko, Begonia Silva-Moreno, Kristal K. Missiaen, Christoph H. Borchers, J. Adam Hall, Ryan Mackie, Frank Lutz, Brent E. Gowen, Michael Hendzel, Philippe T. Georgel, and Juan Ausio
MeCP2 binds to nucleosome free (linker DNA) regions and to H3K9/H3K27 methylated nucleosomes in the brain, Anita A. Thambirajah, Marlee K. Ng, Lindsay J. Frehlick, Andra Li, Jason J. Serpa, Evgeniy V. Petrotchenko, Begonia Silva-Moreno, Kristal K. Missiaen, Christoph H. Borchers, J. Adam Hall, Ryan Mackie, Frank Lutz, Brent E. Gowen, Michael Hendzel, Philippe T. Georgel, and Juan Ausió
Effect of nitrogen fertilization on net nitrogen mineralization in grassland soil of Northern China: implications for grassland management, X. Zhang, Q. Wang, Frank S. Gilliam, W. Bai, X. Han, and L. Li
Research from 2011
Development of microsatellites in the Hawaiian endemic palm Pritchardia martii (Arecaceae) and their utility in congeners, Christine D. Bacon, Gabriel P. Johnson, Harald Meimberg, Pamela Puppo, Mark P. Simmons, and Warren L. Wagner
Fracture in teeth—a diagnostic for inferring bite force and tooth function, Paul J. Constantino, Brian R. Lawn, James J.-W. Lee, and Peter W. Lucas
Adaptation to hard-object feeding in sea otters and hominins, Paul J. Constantino, James J.-W. Lee, Dylan Morris, Peter W. Lucas, Adam Hartstone-Rose, Wah-Keat Lee, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Andrew Cunningham, Mark Wagner, and Brian R. Lawn
A Humber source of Humbert: more on Nabokov’s bicycles, Victor Fet
Two Notes on Nabokov, Victor Fet
Effects of Nitrogen on Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Nitrate in Streams and Soil Solution of a Central Hardwood Forest, Frank S. Gilliam and Mary Beth Adams
Eastern Temperate Forests, Frank S. Gilliam, Christine L. Goodale, Linda H. Pardo, Linda H. Geiser, and Erik A. Lilleskov
The Worlds of Splicing and Chromatin Collide, J. Adam Hall and Philippe T. Georgel
Fracture susceptibility of worn teeth, Amanda J. Keown, Mark B. Bush, James Jin-Wu Lee, Chris Ford, Paul J. Constantino, and Brian R. Lawn
Nitrogen Addition Shapes Soil Phosphorus Availability in Two Reforested Tropical Forests in Southern China, Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Hua Fang, Feifei Zhu, Yunting Fang, Wei Zhang, and Juan Huang
Effects of experimental nitrogen additions on plant diversity in tropical forests of contrasting disturbance regimes in southern China, Xiankai Lu, Jiangming Mo, Frank S. Gilliam, Guirui Yu, Wei Zhang, Yunting Fang, and Juan Huang
A new skeleton of the cryptoclidid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis reveals a novel body shape among plesiosaurs, F. Robin O’Keefe, Hallie P. Street, Benjamin C. Wilhelm, Courtney D. Richards, and Helen Zhu
Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States, Linda H. Pardo, Mark E. Fenn, Christine L. Goodale, Linda H. Geiser, Charles T. Driscoll, Edith B. Allen, Jill S. Baron, Roland Bobbink, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Bridget Emmett, Frank S. Gilliam, Tara L. Greaver, Sharon J. Hall, Erik A. Lilleskov, Lingli Liu, Jason A. Lynch, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Steven S. Perakis, Molly J. Robin-Abbott, John L. Stoddard, Kathleen C. Weathers, and Robin L. Dennis
Synthesis, Linda H. Pardo, Linda H. Geiser, Mark E. Fenn, Charles T. Driscoll, Christine L. Goodale, Edith B. Allen, Jill S. Baron, Roland Bobbink, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Bridget Emmett, Frank S. Gilliam, Tara Greaver, Sharon J. Hall, Erik A. Lilleskov, Lingli Liu, Jason A. Lynch, Knute Nadelhoffer, Steven S. Perakis, Molly J. Robin-Abbott, John L. Stoddard, and Kathleen C. Weathers