Student Achievements
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. candidate Matthew Turner Recently Co-authored a Paper Published in Fitoterapia
Entitled “Steroidal alkaloid variation in Veratrum californicum as determined by modern methods of analytical analysis”. Matthew W. Turner, Meagan Rossi, Vannessa Campfield, John French, Ellie Hunt, Emily Wade, Owen M.McDougal https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367326X19313796?via%3Dihub
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student Giovan Cholico Recently Gave an Invited Talk at the Idaho INBRE Conference
The conference was held in Moscow, Idaho as part of a statewide conference which recognizes “the improvement of the health of all Idahoans by augmenting and strengthening Idaho’s capacity to do and sustain biomedical research and education.” Giovan is a Ph.D. Graduate Student in the Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, supervised by Dr. Kristen Mitchell’s lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. The talk was titled “RNA-sequencing reveals widespread metabolic dysregulation with AhR activation in a liver injury model”. More info on the Idaho INBRE Conference can be found here.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Graduate, Dr. Josh Eixenberger, Co-authored an Article Published in the ACS Journal of Applied Materials & Interfaces
Entitled “Defect Engineering of ZnO Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications”. Josh E. Eixenberger, Catherine B. Anders, Katelyn Wada, Kongara M. Reddy, Raquel J. Brown, Jonathan Moreno-Ramirez, Ariel E. Weltner, Chinnathambi Karthik, Dmitri A. Tenne, Daniel Fologea, Denise G. Wingett. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b01582 (2019).
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Graduate, Dr. Neha Misra, Co-authored an Article Published in Vaccine
Titled “Immunogenicity of a Staphylococcus aureus-cholera toxin A2/B vaccine for bovine mastitis” N. Misra, T.F. Wines, C.L.Knopp, R. Hermann, L. Bond, B. Mitchell, M.A. McGuire, J.K. Tinker. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.067
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Graduate, Dr. Neha Misra, Co-authored an Article Published in the Journal of Dairy Science
Titled “Immunoproteomics to identify Staphylococcus aureus antigens expressed in bovine milk during mastitis” N. Misra, X. Pu, D.N. Holt, M.A. McGuire, J.K. Tinker. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-14040
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Daniel Pfalmer, Co-authored an Article Published in BMS Bioinformatics
Titled “SPIDR: small-molecule peptide-influenced drug repurposing” Matthew D. King, Thomas Long, Daniel L. Pfalmer, Timothy L. Andersen, and Owen M. McDougal. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-018-2153-y
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Maranda Cantrell, was featured in an article on Boise State News
The article is entitled “Boise State Researchers Helping Idaho Potato Processors Stay Globally Competitive
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Graduate Catherine Anders and Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student Josh Eixenberger, Co-authored an Article Published in the Royal Society of Chemistry
Titled “ZnO nanoparticle preparation route influences surface reactivity, dissolution and cytotoxicity” Catherine B. Anders, Josh E. Eixenberger, Nevil A. Franco, Rebecca J. Hermann, Katherine D. Rainey, Jordan J. Chess, Alex Punnoose and Denise G. Wingett. DOI: 10.1039/C7EN00888K
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Students, Sheenah Bryant and Josh Eixenberger, Co-authored an Article Published in the Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Titled “ZnO nanoparticles modulate the ionic transport and voltage regulation of lysenin nanochannels” Sheenah Bryant, Josh Eixenberger, Steven Rossland, Holly Aspley, Connor Hoffmann, Nisha Shrestha, Michael McHugh, Alex Punnoose, and Daniel Fologea. DOI: 10.1186/s12951-017-0327-9
Catherine Anders, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Catherine Anders successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled The Physicochemical Properties and Cellular Toxicity of Variably Synthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles. Catherine will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Fall Commencement.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Abir Rahman, Co-authored an Article in Neural Regeneration Research
Rahman AA, Lai NK, Albright JE, Urquhart PE, Webb AR, Morrison BE (2017) Nigral dopaminergic neuron replenishment in adult mice through VE-cadherin-expressing neural progenitor cells. Neural Regen Res 12(11):1865-1869. DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.219050
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Devin Bendixsen, Co-authored an Article in the Journal of Molecular Evolution
Titled “Negative Epistasis in Experimental RNA Fitness Landscapes” Devin P. Bendixsen, Bjorn Ostman, Eric J. Hayden DOI 10.1007/s00239-017-9817-5
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Matt Turner, Co-authored an Article Published in Toxins
Titled “α-Conotoxin Decontamination Protocol Evaluation: What Works and What Doesn’t” Matthew W. Turner, John R. Cort, and Owen M. McDougal. DOI:10.3390/toxins9090281
Neha Misra, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Neha Misra successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled Development of a Cholera Toxin CTA2/B Based Staphylococcus Aureus Vaccine to Prevent Bovine Mastitis. Neha will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Fall Commencement.
Ken Tawara, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Ken Tawara successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled Oncostatin M Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis: Increased Expression of Pro-angiogenic Factors, Inflammatory Cytokine Expression, and Circulating Tumor Cell Numbers. Ken will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Fall Commencement.
Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Programs Graduate, Jonathan Reeck, Selected as Co-winner of Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Jonathan Reeck on being selected as co-winner 2016/2017 Boise State Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award.
Nisha Shrestha, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Nisha Shrestha successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled Lysenin Channels as Single Molecule Nano-sensors and Nano-switches for Controlled Membrane Permeability. Nisha will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Fall Commencement.
Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Programs Students, Josh Eixenberger and Catherine Anders, Co-authored an Article Published in Chemical Research in Toxicology
Titled “Rapid dissolution of ZnO nanoparticles induced by biological buffers significantly impacts cytotoxicity” Josh Eixenberger, Catherine Anders, Rebecca Hermann, Raquel Brown, K. M. Reddy, Alex Punnoose, and Denise Wingett. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00136
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Students, Nisha Shrestha and Sheenah Bryant, Co-authored an Article Published in Scientific Reports
Titled “Stochastic sensing of Angiotensin II with lysenin channels” DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-02438-0
Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Programs Student, Abir Rahman, awarded Audience Choice Award at the annual Graduate Student Showcase Sponsored by Boise State University’s Graduate College
Awarded for his poster entitled “Discovery of nigral dopaminergic neurogenesis in adult mice”.
Jonathan Reeck, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Jonathan Reeck successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled The Role of Col11a1 in Chondrocyte Phenotype Regulation During Cartilage Development and Disease. Jonathan will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Spring Commencement.
Hunter Covert, Biomolecular Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Passed Doctoral Defense
Hunter Covert successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled Inflammatory Cytokines in the Breast Cancer Metastatic Cascade. Hunter will be hooded at Boise State’s 2017 Spring Commencement.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Neha Misra, Co-authored an Article Published in Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Expression, immunogenicity and variation of iron-regulated surface protein A from bovine isolates of Staphylococcus aureus Misra, N., Wines, T. F., Knopp, C. L., McGuire, M. A., & Tinker, J. K. (April 19, 2017). Expression, immunogenicity and variation of iron-regulated surface protein A from bovine isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Fems Microbiology Letters.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Sheena Bryant, Has Been Featured as a Minority Graduate Fellow in the Quarterly NASA Educator
Sheenah Bryant, a student in the Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Program, was featured in an article entitled “A Potawatomi Daughter Embraces the Culture of Science”. Sheenah is the recipient of the NASA Office of Education Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Aeronautics Scholarship and Advanced STEM Training and Research (ASTAR) Fellowship which includes three years of funding and three full summers of internship opportunities. Sheenah will be doing her internship at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, working with NASA scientists who collect and analyze biological data from samples exposed to various aspects of the space environment.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Students, Bryce LaFoya and Jacob Crow, Co-authored an Article Published in Developmental Biology
LaFoya, B., Munroe, J. A., Mia, M. M., Detweiler, M. A., Crow, J. J., Wood, T., Roth, S., … Albig, A. R. (October 15, 2016). Notch: A multi-functional integrating system of microenvironmental signals. Developmental Biology, 418, 2, 227-241.
Neha Misra Awarded ISV Presidential Trainee Award at the 2016 ISV Annual Vaccine Congress
Neha Misra, a Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. student, was one of eights students awarded the ISV Presidential Trainee Award at the 2016 International Society for Vaccines’ Annual Congress. Ms. Misra was honored during the ISV Awards Ceremony Monday, October 4, 2016.
While at the conference, Ms. Misra, who works with Dr. Juliette Tinker, presented a poster entitled A Mucosal Vaccine for Bovine Mastitis using Cholera Toxin A2/B Adjuvant.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Students, Sheenah Bryant and Nisha Shrestha, Co-authored an Article Published in Purinergic Signalling
Bryant, S., Shrestha, N., Carnig, P., Kosydar, S., Belzeski, P., Hanna, C., & Fologea, D. (September 18, 2016). Purinergic control of lysenin’s transport and voltage-gating properties. Purinergic Signalling, 12, 3, 549-559.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Giovan Cholico, Co-authored an Article Published in Biomed Research International
Lamb, C. L., Cholico, G. N., Cornell, K. A., Perkins, D. E., Fewkes, M. T., Oxford, J. T., Lujan, T. J., Morrill, E. E., … Mitchell, K. A. (September 28, 2016). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation by TCDD Modulates Expression of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Genes during Experimental Liver Fibrosis. Biomed Research International, 2016.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Josh Eixenberger, Co-authored an Article Published in Acs Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Krueger, E., Chang, A. N., Brown, D., Eixenberger, J., Brown, R., Rastegar, S., Yocham, K. M., … Estrada, D. (August 08, 2016). Graphene Foam as a Three-Dimensional Platform for Myotube Growth. Acs Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2, 8, 1234-1241.
Biomolecular Sciences Ph.D. Student, Matthew Turner, Co-authored an Article Published in the Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Journal
Matthew W. Turner,† Roberto Cruz,† Jared Mattos,† Nic Baughman,† Jordan Elwell,† Jenny Fothergill,† Anna Nielsen,† Jessica Brookhouse,† Ashton Bartlett,†Petr Malek,† Xinzhu Pu, Matthew D. King, Owen M. McDougal,* Bioorg. Med. Chem., “Cyclopamine Bioactivity by Extraction Method from Veratrum californicum.” 24(16), 3752-3757 (2016).