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    • Biogeography in a Continental Island: Population Structure of the Relict Endemic Centipede Craterostigmus tasmanianus (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha) in Tasmania Using 16S rRNA and COI 

      Velez, S.; Mesibov, R.; Giribet, Gonzalo (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011)
      We used 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequence data to investigate the population structure in the centipede Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda: Craterostigmomorpha: ...

    • Bioinformatic and Mechanistic Studies of Radical Enzymes in Human and Animal Gut Microbiomes 

      Fu, Beverly (2023-06-01)
      The gut microbiomes of animals and humans consist of the trillions of microorganisms co-existing within and outside the host. These niches represent some of the densest microbial communities on Earth, with the microbes ...

    • Bioinformatic and molecular study of the regulation of SIRT3 expression 

      Satterstrom, Frederick Kyle (2015-01-29)
      Calorie restriction (CR) is a dietary intervention that extends lifespan, delays the onset of age-related diseases, and induces a wide-ranging metabolic adaptation in multiple model organisms. One of its primary effectors ...

    • Bioinspiration: something for everyone 

      Whitesides, George M. (The Royal Society, 2015)
      ‘Bioinspiration’—using phenomena in biology to stimulate research in non-biological science and technology—is a strategy that suggests new areas for research. Beyond its potential to nucleate new ideas, bioinspiration has ...

    • Bioinspired Artificial Melanosomes As Colorimetric Indicators of Oxygen Exposure 

      Shillingford, Cicely; Russell, Calvin W.; Burgess, Ian B.; Aizenberg, Joanna (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2016-02-15)
      Many industries require irreversibly responsive materials for use as sensors or detectors of environmental exposure. We describe the synthesis and fabrication of a nontoxic surface coating that reports oxygen exposure of ...

    • Bioinspired electronics for minimally invasive brain probes and regenerative medicine 

      Yang, Xiao (2020-08-11)
      Advancing the capabilities of neurotechnology could help answer fundamental questions in neuroscience, such as memory encoding, consolidation, storage and retrieval, as well as lead to improved treatments of neurological ...

    • Bioinspired kirigami metasurfaces as assistive shoe grips 

      Babaee, Sahab; Pajovic, Simo; Rafsanjani, Ahmad; Shi, Yichao; Bertoldi, Katia; Traverso, Giovanni (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-06-01)
      Falls and subsequent complications are major contributors to morbidity and mortality, especially in older adults. Here, by taking inspiration from claws and scales found in nature, we show that buckling kirigami structures ...

    • Bioinspired micrograting arrays mimicking the reverse color diffraction elements evolved by the butterfly Pierella luna 

      England, Grant Tyler; Kolle, Mathias; Kim, Philseok; Khan, Mughees; Munoz, Philip Alejandro; Mazur, Eric; Aizenberg, Joanna (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014)
      Recently, diffraction elements that reverse the color sequence normally observed in planar diffraction gratings have been found in the wing scales of the butterfly Pierella luna. Here, we describe the creation of an ...

    • Bioinspired neuron-like electronics 

      Yang, Xiao; Zhou, Tao; Zwang, Theodore; Hong, Guosong; Zhao, Yunlong; Viveros, Robert D.; Fu, Tian-Ming; Gao, Teng; Lieber, Charles (Springer Nature, 2019-02-25)
      As an important application of functional biomaterials, neural probes have contributed substantially to studying the brain. Bioinspired and biomimetic strategies have begun to be applied to the development of neural probes, ...

    • A bioinspired omniphobic surface coating on medical devices prevents thrombosis and biofouling 

      Leslie, Daniel; Waterhouse, Anna; Berthet, Julia B; Valentin, Thomas M; Watters, Alexander; Jain, Abhishek; Kim, Philseok; Hatton, Benjamin D; Nedder, Arthur; Donovan, Kathryn; Super, Elana H; Howell, Caitlin; Johnson, Christopher P; Vu, Thy L; Bolgen, Dana; Rifai, Sami; Hansen, Anne Rosenfeld; Aizenberg, Michael; Super, Michael; Aizenberg, Joanna; Ingber, Donald Elliot (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
      Thrombosis and biofouling of extracorporeal circuits and indwelling medical devices cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. We describe a bioinspired coating that repels blood from virtually any material by ...

    • Bioinspired Photonic Crystals: Self-Assembly, Surface Functionalization, and Sensing in Inverse Opals 

      Nicolas, Natalie Joan (2023-12-13)
      From moth wings to lotus leaves, the natural world has many examples of combining self-assembled nanostructured surfaces and surface energy control to manipulate the interactions between liquids and surfaces.1,2 These ...

    • Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity 

      Wong, Tak-Sing; Kang, Sung; Tang, Sindy K. Y.; Smythe, Elizabeth J.; Hatton, Benjamin D.; Grinthal, Alison Elizabeth; Aizenberg, Joanna (Nature Publishing Group, 2011)
      Creating a robust synthetic surface that repels various liquids would have broad technological implications for areas ranging from biomedical devices and fuel transport to architecture but has proved extremely challenging. ...

    • Bioinspired Slippery Solutions for Marine Fouling Prevention 

      Kolle, Stefan (2024-03-12)
      Recent decades have seen an uptake in the development of non-toxic fouling prevention treatments, especially for marine applications. This trend is driven by technological innovation as a deeper understanding of material ...

    • Bioinspired Universal Flexible Elastomer-Based Microchannels 

      Wu, Feng; Chen, Songyue; Chen, Baiyi; Wang, Miao; Min, Lingli; Alvarenga, Jack; Ju, Jie; Khademhosseini, Ali; Yao, Yuxing; Zhang, Yu Shrike; Aizenberg, Joanna; Hou, Xu (Wiley, 2018)
      Flexible and stretchable microscale fluidic devices have a broad range of potential applications, ranging from electronic wearable devices for convenient digital lifestyle to biomedical devices. However, simple ways to ...

    • Bioinspired, Dynamic, Structured Surfaces for Biofilm Prevention 

      Epstein, Alexander (2012-11-14)
      Bacteria primarily exist in robust, surface-associated communities known as biofilms, ubiquitous in both natural and anthropogenic environments. Mature biofilms resist a wide range of biocidal treatments and pose persistent ...

    • Biologic-free mechanically induced muscle regeneration 

      Cezar, Christine; Roche, Ellen; Vandenburgh, Herman; Duda, Georg; Walsh, Conor; Mooney, David (National Academy of Sciences, 2016)
      Severe skeletal muscle injuries are common and can lead to extensive fibrosis, scarring, and loss of function. Clinically, no therapeutic intervention exists that allows for a full functional restoration. As a result, both ...

    • The biological basis of language: insight from developmental grammatical impairments 

      van der Lely, Heather K.J.; Pinker, Steven (Elsevier BV, 2014)
      Specific language impairment (SLI), a genetic developmental disorder, offers insights into the neurobiological and computational organization of language. A subtype, Grammatical-SLI (G-SLI), involves greater impairments ...

    • Biological Characterization of Differential Function and Activation Between Closely-Related TGFβ Family Ligands 

      Lian, John (2021-07-12)
      Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) and GDF8 (also known as myostatin/MSTN) are closely-related members of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family of extracellular ligands. Due to the high sequence identity of ...

    • Biological Insights From 108 Schizophrenia-Associated Genetic Loci 

      Ripke, Stephan; Neale, Benjamin M; Corvin, Aiden; Walters, James TR; Farh, Kai-How; Holmans, Peter A; Lee, Phil; Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan; Collier, David A; Huang, Hailiang; Pers, Tune H; Agartz, Ingrid; Agerbo, Esben; Albus, Margot; Alexander, Madeline; Amin, Farooq; Bacanu, Silviu A; Begemann, Martin; Belliveau, Richard A; Bene, Judit; Bergen, Sarah E; Bevilacqua, Elizabeth; Bigdeli, Tim B; Black, Donald W; Bruggeman, Richard; Buccola, Nancy G; Buckner, Randy L; Byerley, William; Cahn, Wiepke; Cai, Guiqing; Campion, Dominique; Cantor, Rita M; Carr, Vaughan J; Carrera, Noa; Catts, Stanley V; Chambert, Kimberley D; Chan, Raymond CK; Chan, Ronald YL; Chen, Eric YH; Cheng, Wei; Cheung, Eric FC; Chong, Siow Ann; Cloninger, C Robert; Cohen, David; Cohen, Nadine; Cormican, Paul; Craddock, Nick; Crowley, James J; Curtis, David; Davidson, Michael; Davis, Kenneth L; Degenhardt, Franziska; Del Favero, Jurgen; Demontis, Ditte; Dikeos, Dimitris; Dinan, Timothy; Djurovic, Srdjan; Donohoe, Gary; Drapeau, Elodie; Duan, Jubao; Dudbridge, Frank; Durmishi, Naser; Eichhammer, Peter; Eriksson, Johan; Escott-Price, Valentina; Essioux, Laurent; Fanous, Ayman H; Farrell, Martilias S; Frank, Josef; Franke, Lude; Freedman, Robert; Freimer, Nelson B; Friedl, Marion; Friedman, Joseph I; Fromer, Menachem; Genovese, Giulio; Georgieva, Lyudmila; Giegling, Ina; Giusti-Rodríguez, Paola; Godard, Stephanie; Goldstein, Jacqueline I; Golimbet, Vera; Gopal, Srihari; Gratten, Jacob; de Haan, Lieuwe; Hammer, Christian; Hamshere, Marian L; Hansen, Mark; Hansen, Thomas; Haroutunian, Vahram; Hartmann, Annette M; Henskens, Frans A; Herms, Stefan; Hirschhorn, Joel N; Hoffmann, Per; Hofman, Andrea; Hollegaard, Mads V; Hougaard, David M; Ikeda, Masashi; Joa, Inge; Julià, Antonio; Kahn, René S; Kalaydjieva, Luba; Karachanak-Yankova, Sena; Karjalainen, Juha; Kavanagh, David; Keller, Matthew C; Kennedy, James L; Khrunin, Andrey; Kim, Yunjung; Klovins, Janis; Knowles, James A; Konte, Bettina; Kucinskas, Vaidutis; Kucinskiene, Zita Ausrele; Kuzelova-Ptackova, Hana; Kähler, Anna K; Laurent, Claudine; Lee, Jimmy; Lee, S Hong; Legge, Sophie E; Lerer, Bernard; Li, Miaoxin; Li, Tao; Liang, Kung-Yee; Lieberman, Jeffrey; Limborska, Svetlana; Loughland, Carmel M; Lubinski, Jan; Lönnqvist, Jouko; Macek, Milan; Magnusson, Patrik KE; Maher, Brion S; Maier, Wolfgang; Mallet, Jacques; Marsal, Sara; Mattheisen, Manuel; Mattingsdal, Morten; McCarley, Robert W; McDonald, Colm; McIntosh, Andrew M; Meier, Sandra; Meijer, Carin J; Melegh, Bela; Melle, Ingrid; Mesholam-Gately, Raquelle I; Metspalu, Andres; Michie, Patricia T; Milani, Lili; Milanova, Vihra; Mokrab, Younes; Morris, Derek W; Mors, Ole; Murphy, Kieran C; Murray, Robin M; Myin-Germeys, Inez; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Nelis, Mari; Nenadic, Igor; Nertney, Deborah A; Nestadt, Gerald; Nicodemus, Kristin K; Nikitina-Zake, Liene; Nisenbaum, Laura; Nordin, Annelie; O’Callaghan, Eadbhard; O’Dushlaine, Colm; O’Neill, F Anthony; Oh, Sang-Yun; Olincy, Ann; Olsen, Line; Van Os, Jim; Pantelis, Christos; Papadimitriou, George N; Papiol, Sergi; Parkhomenko, Elena; Pato, Michele T; Paunio, Tiina; Pejovic-Milovancevic, Milica; Perkins, Diana O; Pietiläinen, Olli; Pimm, Jonathan; Pocklington, Andrew J; Powell, John; Price, Alkes; Pulver, Ann E; Purcell, Shaun M; Quested, Digby; Rasmussen, Henrik B; Reichenberg, Abraham; Reimers, Mark A; Richards, Alexander L; Roffman, Joshua L; Roussos, Panos; Ruderfer, Douglas M; Salomaa, Veikko; Sanders, Alan R; Schall, Ulrich; Schubert, Christian R; Schulze, Thomas G; Schwab, Sibylle G; Scolnick, Edward M; Scott, Rodney J; Seidman, Larry J; Shi, Jianxin; Sigurdsson, Engilbert; Silagadze, Teimuraz; Silverman, Jeremy M; Sim, Kang; Slominsky, Petr; Smoller, Jordan W; So, Hon-Cheong; Spencer, Chris C A; Stahl, Eli A; Stefansson, Hreinn; Steinberg, Stacy; Stogmann, Elisabeth; Straub, Richard E; Strengman, Eric; Strohmaier, Jana; Stroup, T Scott; Subramaniam, Mythily; Suvisaari, Jaana; Svrakic, Dragan M; Szatkiewicz, Jin P; Söderman, Erik; Thirumalai, Srinivas; Toncheva, Draga; Tosato, Sarah; Veijola, Juha; Waddington, John; Walsh, Dermot; Wang, Dai; Wang, Qiang; Webb, Bradley T; Weiser, Mark; Wildenauer, Dieter B; Williams, Nigel M; Williams, Stephanie; Witt, Stephanie H; Wolen, Aaron R; Wong, Emily HM; Wormley, Brandon K; Xi, Hualin Simon; Zai, Clement C; Zheng, Xuebin; Zimprich, Fritz; Wray, Naomi R; Stefansson, Kari; Visscher, Peter M; Adolfsson, Rolf; Andreassen, Ole A; Blackwood, Douglas HR; Bramon, Elvira; Buxbaum, Joseph D; Børglum, Anders D; Cichon, Sven; Darvasi, Ariel; Domenici, Enrico; Ehrenreich, Hannelore; Esko, Tõnu; Gejman, Pablo V; Gill, Michael; Gurling, Hugh; Hultman, Christina M; Iwata, Nakao; Jablensky, Assen V; Jönsson, Erik G; Kendler, Kenneth S; Kirov, George; Knight, Jo; Lencz, Todd; Levinson, Douglas F; Li, Qingqin S; Liu, Jianjun; Malhotra, Anil K; McCarroll, Steven A; McQuillin, Andrew; Moran, Jennifer L; Mortensen, Preben B; Mowry, Bryan J; Nöthen, Markus M; Ophoff, Roel A; Owen, Michael J; Palotie, Aarno; Pato, Carlos N; Petryshen, Tracey L; Posthuma, Danielle; Rietschel, Marcella; Riley, Brien P; Rujescu, Dan; Sham, Pak C; Sklar, Pamela; St Clair, David; Weinberger, Daniel R; Wendland, Jens R; Werge, Thomas; Daly, Mark J; Sullivan, Patrick F; O’Donovan, Michael C (2014)
      Summary Schizophrenia is a highly heritable disorder. Genetic risk is conferred by a large number of alleles, including common alleles of small effect that might be detected by genome-wide association studies. Here, we ...

    • Biological Insights From Population Differentiation 

      Galinsky, Kevin J. (2017-05-13)
      Population genetics studies the genetic variation within and between populations to gain understanding of human history and insight into underlying biological processes. My dissertation introduces three distinct methods: ...