ABI at A-State stands unwavering in its commitment to achieving scientific excellence in health and life sciences, thereby contributing significantly to propelling Arkansas's advancement through a harmonious blend of research, education, and technological advancement.
By fostering seamless collaboration among the consortium’s five member institutions, we have established a dynamic community of scientists united in their pursuit of increasing competitiveness for extramural funding from federal agencies and local foundation awards. These collective endeavors not only draw top-tier talent to Arkansas but also spark a transformative wave of science-driven economic growth throughout the state.
Scholarship from 2020
Preliminary application of DNA barcoding toward the detection of viable plant propagules at an initial, international point-of-entry in Georgia, USA, L. E. Whitehurst, C. E. Cunard, J. N. Reed, S. J. Worthy, T. D. Marsico, R. D. Lucardi, and K. S. Burgess
Dynamic Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of Cyclase-Associated Protein 1 by Antagonistic Signaling through Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 and cAMP Are Critical for the Protein Functions in Actin Filament Disassembly and Cell Adhesion, Haitao Zhang, Auburn Ramsey, Yitong Xiao, Uddhab Karki, Jennifer Y. Xie, Jianfeng Xu, Thomas Kelly, Shoichiro Ono, and Guo-Lei Zhou
Production of thermostable endo-1,5-α-L-arabinanase in Pichia pastoris for enzymatically releasing functional oligosaccharides from sugar beet pulp, Ningning Zhang, Tristen Wright, Xiaoting Wang, Brett J. Savary, and Jianfeng Xu
Scholarship from 2019
Three NPF genes in Arabidopsis are necessary for normal nitrogen cycling under low nitrogen stress, Benjamin A. Babst, Fei Gao, Lucia M. Acosta-Gamboa, Abhijit Karve, Michael J. Schueller, and Argelia Lorence
CK2 phosphorylation of ENaC directs ankyrin-3 activity, Jonathan Max Berman, Elena Mironova, James Stockand, and Crystal Archer
Liddle’s syndrome mechanisms, diagnosis and management, Benjamin Enslow, James Stockand, and Jonathan Berman
Genetic structure and diversity of the blueface darter Etheostoma cyanoprosopum, a microendemic freshwater fish in the southeastern USA, Brook L. Fluker, Kenny D. Jones, and Bernard R. Kuhajda
eIFiso4G Augments the Synthesis of Specific Plant Proteins Involved in Normal Chloroplast Function, Andrew D. Lellis, Ryan M. Patrick, Laura K. Mayberry, Argelia Lorence, Zachary C. Campbell, Johnna L. Roose, Laurie K. Frankel, Terry M. Bricker, Hanjo A. Hellmann, Roderick W. Mayberry, Ana Solis Zavala, Grace S. Choy, Dennis C. Wylie, Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth, Adeeb Masood, Amy G. Prater, Hailey E. Van Hoorn, Nicola A. Cole, and Karen S. Browning
Response of U.S. Rice Cultivars Grown under Non-Flooded Irrigation Management, Anna M. McClung, Jai S. Rohila, Christopher G. Henry, and Argelia Lorence
Mechanisms Underlying the Enhanced Biomass and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Phenotypes of an Arabidopsis MIOX Over-expresser, Nirman Nepal, Jessica P. Yactayo-Chang, Karina Medina-Jiménez, Lucia M. Acosta-Gamboa, María Elena González-Romero, Mario A. Arteaga-Vázquez, and Argelia Lorence
What is cost-efficient phenotyping? Optimizing costs for different scenarios, Daniel Reynolds, Frederic Baret, Claude Welcker, Aaron Bostrom, Joshua Ball, Francesco Cellini, Argelia Lorence, Aakash Chawade, Mehdi Khafif, Koji Noshita, Mark Mueller-Linow, Ji Zhou, and François Tardieu
Synthesis of Hydrazone Derivatives of 4-[4-Formyl-3-(2-oxochromen-3-yl)pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid as Potent Growth Inhibitors of Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii, Jedidiah Whitt, Cameron Duke, Anthony Sumlin, Steven Chambers, Rawan Alnufaie, David Gilmore, Todd Fite, Alexei G. Basnakian, and Mohammad Abrar Alam
Characterizing patterns of introgressive hybridization between two species of Tyrannus following concurrent range expansion, Alexander Worm, Diane V. Roeder, Michael S. Husak, Brook L. Fluker, and Than J. Boves
Scholarship from 2018
Engineering plants for tomorrow: how high-throughput phenotyping is contributing to the development of better crops, Zachary C. Campbell, Lucia M. Acosta-Gamboa, Nirman Nepal, and Argelia Lorence
Scholarship from 2017
Novel Low Cost 3D Surface Model Reconstruction System for Plant Phenotyping, Argelia Lorence, Suxing Liu, Lucia M. Acosta-Gamboa, and Xiuzhen Huang
The influence of herbivory and weather on the vital rates of two closely related cactus species, Kristen E. Sauby, John Kilmer, Mary C. Christman, Robert D. Holt, and Travis D. Marsico
Scholarship from 2014
The effects of riverine impoundment on genetic structure and gene flow in two stream fishes in the Mobile River basin, Brook L. Fluker, Bernard R. Kuhajda, and Phillip M. Harris
The influence of life‐history strategy on genetic differentiation and lineage divergence in darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae), Brook L. Fluker, Bernard R. Kuhajda, and Phillip M. Harris
