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2023
Changes in Metal-Chelating Metabolites Induced by Drought and a Root Microbiome in Wheat, Anne J. Anderson, Joshua M. Hortin, Astrid R. Jacobson, David W. Britt, and Joan E. McLean; Plants
Environmentally Friendly New Catalyst Using Waste Alkaline Solution From Aluminum Production for the Synthesis of Biodiesel in Aqueous Medium, Sandro L. Barbosa, David Lee Nelson, Lucas Paconio, Moises Pedro, Wallans Torres Pio dos Santos, Alexandre P. Wentx, Fernando L. P. Pessoa, Foster A. Agblevor, Daniel A. Bortoleto, Maria B. de Freitas-Marques, and Lucas D. Zanatta; Bioengineering
Plant Stem Undergraduate Symposium, David Britt
Engineered Production of Bioactive Polyphenolic O-Glycosides, Jie Ren, Caleb Don Barton, and Jixun Zhan; Biotechnology Advances
Microbial Glycosylation of Antitubercular Agent Chlorflavonin, Jie Ren and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Adjuvant Pluronic F68 is Compatible With a Plant Root-Colonizing Probiotic, Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6, Amanda R. Streeter, Anthony Cartwright, Mohammad Zargaran, Anagha Wankhade, Anne J. Anderson, and David W. Britt; Agrochemicals
2022
Assessing Leachable Cytotoxicity of 3D-Printed Polymers and Facile Detoxification Methods, Venkatakrishnan Rengarajan, Angela Clyde, Jefferson Pontsler, Jonathan Valiente, Adreann Peel, and Yu Huang; 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Identification of a Novel Glucuronyltransferase From Streptomyces Chromofuscus ATCC 49982 For Patural Product Glucuronidation, Jie Ren, Caleb Don Barton, Kathryn Eternity Sorenson, and Jixun Zhan; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2021
A Highly Versatile Fungal Glucosyltransferase for Specific Production of Quercetin-7-O-β-D-Glucoside and Quercetin-3-O-β-D-Glucoside in Different Hosts, Jie Ren, Wenzhu Tang, Caleb Don Barton, Owen M. Price, Mark Wayne Mortensen, Alexandra Phillips, Banner Wald, Simon Elgin Hulme, Logan Powell Stanley, Joan Hevel, and Jixun Zhan; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2020
Reformulated Red Mud: A Robust Catalyst for In Situ Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass, Foster Agblevor, Huamin Wang, S. Beis, K. Christian, A. Slade, O. Hietsoi, and D. M. Santosa; Energy & Fuels
Acute Mechanical Stress in Primary Porcine RPE Cells Induces Angiogenic Factor Expression and In Vitro Angiogenesis, Farhad Farjood, Amir Ahmadpour, Sassan Ostvar, and Elizabeth Vargis; Journal of Biological Engineering
Isolation and Selective Glycosylation of Antisalmonellal Anthraquinones From the Stem Bark of Morinda Lucida Benth. (Rubiaceae), Napoleon A. Mfonku, James A. Mbah, Norbert Kodjio, Donatien Gatsing, and Jixun Zhan; Phytochemistry Letters
Initial Development of Corn Seedlings after Seed Priming with Nanoscale Synthetic Zinc Oxide, Michel Esper Neto, David W. Britt, Lorena Moreira Lara, Anthony Cartwright, Rayssa Fernanda de Santos, Tadeu Takeyoshi Inoue, and Marcelo Augusto Batista; Agronomy
Existing Empirical Kinetic Models in Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Testing, Their Selection and Numerical Solution, Yehor Pererva, Charles D. Miller, and Ronald C. Sims; Water
Discovery of a Novel Analogue of FR901533 and the Corresponding Biosynthetic Gene Cluster From Streptosporangium Roseum No. 79089, Fuchao Xu, Yonghong Liang, Jie Ren, Siyuan Wang, and Jixun Zhan; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Raman Spectroscopy Characterization Extracellular Vesicles from Bovine Placenta and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Han Zhang, Ana Caroline Silva, Wei Zhang, Heloisa M. Rutigliano, and Anhong Zhou; PL o S One
2019
Develop a 3D Neurological Disease Model of Human Cortical Glutamatergic Neurons Using Micropillar-Based Scaffolds, Cheng Chen, Xin Dong, Kai-Heng Fang, Fang Yuan, Yao Hu, Min Xu, Yu Huang, Xixiang Zhang, Danjun Fang, and Yan Liu; Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Improved Production of Antifungal Angucycline Sch47554 by Manipulating Three Regulatory Genes in Streptomyces sp. SCC-2136, Ozkan Fidan, Riming Yan, Du Zhu, and Jixun Zhan; Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
Discovery and Engineering of an Endophytic Pseudomonas Strain from Taxus Chinensis for Efficient Production of Zeaxanthin Diglucoside, Ozkan Fidan and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Microwave Assisted Sol-Gel Synthesis of Silica-Spider Silk Composites, Abul Bashar Mohammad Giasuddin and David W. Britt; Molecules
Monitoring Silane Sol-Gel Kinetics with In-Situ Optical Turbidity Scanning and Dynamic Light Scattering, Abul Bashar Mohammad Giasuddin and David W. Britt; Molecules
Muscle Atrophy Marker Expression Differs between Rotary Cell Culture System and Animal Studies, Charles P. Harding and Elizabeth Vargis; BioMed Research International
Utilizing Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins To Develop a Synthetic Bruch’s Membrane for Modeling the Retinal Pigment Epithelium, Thomas I. Harris, Chase A. Paterson, Farhad Farjood, Ian D. Wadsworth, Lori Caldwell, Randolph V. Lewis, Justin A. Jones, and Elizabeth Vargis; ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Application of Micro-Scale 3D Printing in Pharmaceutics, Andrew Kjar and Yu Huang; Pharmaceutics
Modified Substrate Specificity of a Methyltransferase Domain by Protein Insertion Into an Adenylation Domain of the Bassianolide Synthetase, Fuchao Xu, Russell Butler, Kyle M. May, Megi Rexhepaj, Dayu Yu, Jiachen Zi, Yi Chen, Yonghong Liang, Jia Zeng, Joan Hevel, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Identification of New Glutamate Decarboxylases from Streptomyces for Efficient Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Engineered Escherichia coli, Haina Yuan, Hongbo Wang, Ozkan Fidan, Yong Qin, Gongnian Xiao, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Use of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Probes to Detect Fatty Acid Receptor Activity in a Microfluidic Device, Han Zhang, Wei Zhang, Lifu Xiao, Yan Liu, Timothy A. Gilbertson, and Anhong Zhou; Sensors
A Multi-Scale Approach to Study Biochemical and Biophysical Aspects of Resveratrol on Diesel Exhaust Particle-Human Primary Lung Cell Interaction, Wei Zhang, Qifei Li, Mingjie Tang, Han Zhang, Xiaoping Sun, Sige Zou, Judy L. Jensen, Theodore G. Liou, and Anhong Zhou; Scientific Reports
Silkworms with Spider Silklike Fibers Using Synthetic Silkworm Chow Containing Calcium Lignosulfonate, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphene, Xiaoli Zhang, Ana Laura Licon, Thomas I. Harris, Paula F. Oliveira, Bailey J. McFarland, Blake E. Taurone, Brittney J. Walsh, Brianne E. Bell, Caleb T. Walker, Randolph V. Lewis, and Justin A. Jones; ACS Omega
2018
Method for the Destruction of Endotoxin in Synthetic Spider Silk Proteins, Richard E. Decker, Thomas I. Harris, Dylan R. Memmott, Christopher J. Peterson, Randolph V. Lewis, and Justin A. Jones; Scientific Reports
Novel Devices for Studying Acute and Chronic Mechanical Stress in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells, Farhad Farjood and Elizabeth Vargis; Lab on a Chip
New Insights into the Glycosylation Steps in the Biosynthesis of Sch47554 and Sch47555, Ozkan Fidan, Riming Yan, Gabrielle Gladstone, Tong Zhou, Du Zhu, and Jixun Zhan; ChemBioChem
Hydrodeoxygenation of Pinyon-Juniper Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil Using Red Mud-Supported Nickel Catalysts, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Hydrotreating of Guaiacol: A Comparative Study of Red Mud-Supported Nickel and Commercial Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 Catalysts, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; Applied Catalysis A: General
Hydrodeoxygenation of Aqueous Phase Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil to Liquid Hydrocarbons Using Multi-Functional Nickel Catalyst, Hossein Jahromi and Foster A. Agblevor; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
3D Tissue Engineering, an Emerging Technique for Pharmaceutical Research, Gregory Jensen, Christian Morrill, and Yu Huang; Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy for Biochemical Monitoring of the Human Cervix Throughout Pregnancy, Christine M. O'Brien, Elizabeth Vargis, Amy Rudin, James C. Slaughter, Giju Thomas, J. Michael Newton, Jeff Reese, Kelly A. Bennett, and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
In Situ Real-Time Quantification of Microbial Communities: Applications to Cold and Dry Volcanic Habitats, Linda S. Powers, Heather D. Smith, Aminata P. Kilungo, Walther R. Ellis Jr., Christopher P. McKay, Rosalba Bonaccorsi, and Janet W. Roveda; Global Ecology and Conservation
An Efficient Process for Co-Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid and Probiotic Bacillus subtilis Cells, Hongbo Wang, Jinge Huang, Lei Sun, Fuchao Xu, Wei Zhang, and Jixun Zhan; Food Science and Biotechnology
Whole Cell Cross-Linking to Discover Host-Microbe Protein Cognate Receptor/Ligand Pairs, Bart C. Weimer, Poyin Chen, Prerak T. Desai, Dong Chen, and Jigna Shah; Frontiers in Microbiology
Identification and Heterologous Reconstitution of a 5-Alk(en)ylresorcinol Synthase from Endophytic Fungus Shiraia sp. Slf14, Huiwen Yan, Lei Sun, Jinge Huang, Yixing Qiu, Fuchao Xu, Riming Yan, Du Zhu, Wei Wang, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Microbiology
Microfluidic Chip for Non-Invasive Analysis of Tumor Cells Interaction with Anti-Cancer Drug Doxorubicin by AFM and Raman Spectroscopy, Han Zhang, Lifu Xiao, Qifei Li, Xiaojun Qi, and Anhong Zhou; Biomicrofluidics
2017
A computational study of VEGF production by patterned retinal epithelial cell colonies as a model for neovascular macular degeneration, Qanita Bani Baker, Gregory J. Podgorski, Elizabeth Vargis, and Nicholas Flann; Journal of biological Engineering
Exploiting Self-Organization in Bioengineered Systems: A Computational Approach, Delin Davis, Anna Doloman, Gregory J. Podgorski, Elizabeth Vargis, and Nicholas S. Flann; Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Qualitative Analysis of Microbial Dynamics during Anaerobic Digestion of Microalgal Biomass in a UASB Reactor, Anna Doloman, Yousef Soboh, Andrew J. Walters, Ronald C. Sims, and Charles D. Miller; International Journal of Microbiology
Modeling De Novo Granulation of Anaerobic Sludge, Anna Doloman, Honey Varghese, Charles D. Miller, and Nicholas Flann; BMC Systems Biology
Physical Disruption of Cell-Cell Contact Induces VEGF Expression in RPE Cells, Fahrad Farjood and Elizabeth Vargis; Molecular Vision
Alternative cDEP Design to Facilitate Cell Isolation for Identification by Raman Spectroscopy, Cynthia Hanson and Elizabeth Vargis; Sensors
Hydrodeoxygenation of Acetic Acid As a Model Compound for the Aqueous Phase Catalytic Pyrolysis Oils, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; AIChE Annual Meeting
Biomanufacturing through iGEM-An International Student Competition, Asif Rahman, Ryan J. Putman, Neal Hengge, and Charles D. Miller
Decoding and Reprogramming Fungal Iterative Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases, Daya Yu, Fuchao Xu, Shuwei Zhang, and Jixun Zhan; Nature Communications
2016
Methods for Culturing Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells: a Review of Current Protocols and Future Recommendations, Aaron H. Fronk and Elizabeth Vargis; Journal of Tissue Engineering
Fabricating a UV-Vis and Raman Spectroscopy Immunoassay Platform, Cynthia Hanson, Nathan D. Israelsen, Michael Sieverts, and Elizabeth Vargis; Journal of Visualized Experiments
The use of microfluidics and dielectrophoresis for separation, concentration, and identification of bacteria, Cynthia Hanson, Michael Sieverts, Karen Tew, Annelise Dykes, Michaela Salisbury, and Elizabeth Vargis; SPIE Proceedings
Effect of PCA Centering and Scaling on Classification of Mycobacteria from Raman Spectra, Cynthia Hanson, Michael Sieverts, and Elizabeth Vargis; Applied Spectroscopy
Deposition of Carbon Nanotube Films on Polyamide and Polypropylene Substrates: A Computer Simulation Approach, Alejandro Heredia, Maria Colin-Garcia, Maria del Pilar Carreon-Castro, Debarati Mukherjee, Bruno Abreu, David William Britt, and Joana Catarina Mendes; Materials Research
Microbubble assisted polyhydroxybutyrate production in Escherichia coli, Kadriye Innan, Fulya Ay Sal, Asif Rahman, Ryan J. Putman, Foster A. Agblevor, and Charles D. Miller; BMC Research Notes
Rational design of Rama-labeled nanoparticles for a dual-modaility, light scattering immunoassay on a polystyrene seubstrate, Nathan D. Israelsen, Donald Wooley, Cynthia Hanson, and Elizabeth Vargis; Journal of Biological Engineering
Hydrodeoxygenation of Pinyon Juniper Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil to Hydrocarbon Fuels, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; AIChE Annual Meeting
Pressure Distribution Systems: Utah Guidance for Performance, Application, Design, Operation & Maintenance, Judith L. Sims and R. Jex; Guidance Manual in Support of Utah Administrative Code R317-4, Onsite Wastewater Treatment
Bioenergy from Wastewater-Based Biomass, Ronald C. Sims, Sean K. Bedingfield, Reese Thompson, and Judith L. Sims; AIMS Bioengineering
2015
Bridging the Multiscale Gap: Identifying Cellular Parameters from Multicellular Data, Qanita Bani Baker, Gregory J. Podgorski, Christopher D. Johnson, Elizabeth Vargis, and Nicholas S. Flann; IEEE Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Recent advances in engineering yeast for pharmaceutical protein production, Ozkan Fidan and Zhan Jixun; RSC Advances
Microscopy and Raman Imaging: Open-system Raman Microscopy, Cynthia Hanson and Elizabeth Vargis; Laser Focus World
Nanoparticle Properties and Synthesis Effects on Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Enhancement Factor: an Introduction, Nathan D. Israelsen, Cynthia Hanson, and Elizabeth Vargis; The Scientific World Journal
In vitro Biophysical, Microspectroscopic and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Metastatic and Non-metastatic Cancer Cells in Response to Anti-cancer Drug, Qifei Li, Lifu Xiao, Sitaram Harihar, Danny R. Welch, Elizabeth Vargis, and Anhong Zhou; Analytical Methods
2014
In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy Detects Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia with High Accuracy in Diverse Population, TT Byrd, Elizabeth Vargis, CM O'Brien, Q Logan, K Khabele, and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI)
Friction coefficients for dried distillers grains on eight structural surfaces, G. C. Nyendu, S. Pflum, P. Schumacher, C. J. Bern, and T. J. Brumm; Applied Engineering in Agriculture
Raman Spectroscopy Provides a Noninvasive Approach for Determining Biochemical Composition of the Pregnant Cervix In Vivo, Christine M. O'Brien, Elizabeth Vargis, Bibhash C. Paria, Kelly A. Bennett, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, and Jeff Reese; Acta Paediatricia
In Vivo Detection of Biochemical Differences in the Pregnant Mouse Cervix between Wild Type and COX-1 KO Mice, CM O'Brien, J Herrington, Elizabeth Vargis, N Brown, BC Paria, J Reese, and Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; SGI
In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy as a Clinical Tool to Detect Biomedical change in the Pregnancy Cervix, CM O'Brien, Elizabeth Vargis, J Reese, K Bennett, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SPIE Photonics West
The Effect of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Patch Size on Growth Factor Expression, Elizabeth Vargis, CB Peterson, J Morrell-Falvey, ST Retterer, and CP Collier; Biomaterials
2013
Flexible graphene bio-nanosensor for lactate, P. Labroo and Yue Cui; Biosensors and Bioelectronics
In Vivo Detection of Biochemical Change in the Pregnant Cervix in Humans and Mouse Models, C O'Brien, Elizabeth Vargis, N Brown, J Reese, BC Paria, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SGI
Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Long-term care insurance, Medicare Advantage, Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC), Vital records registration systems, Judith L. Sims; Gale Encyclopedia of Consumer Health
Invited Key Note Luncheon Speech: Partnerships and Training to Advance On-Site Wastewater Treatment System Management in Utah, Judith L. Sims; AzOWRA 2013 Onsite Wastewater Educational Conference
Water Softeners and Septic Systems, Judith L. Sims; Annual Conference
R317-4: Rule Changes Update, Judith L. Sims and G. B. Cowan; Utah Environmental Health Association Fall Conference
Development of Tissue Models and Spectroscopy Disease Detection Platforms for Biomedical Applications, Elizabeth Vargis; nanoUtah
Developing In Vitro Models of the Sub-Retinal Microenvironment, Elizabeth Vargis, C Foster, CB Peterson, JL Morrell-Falvey, ST Retterer, and CP Collier; Proceedings of the 4th Annual Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Conference
Assessing Variability of In Vivo Tissue Raman Spectra, Elizabeth Vargis, IJ Pence, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; Applied Spectroscopy
Design and Application of an In Vivo Reporter Assay for Phenylalanine Ammonialyase, S. Wang, S. Zhang, T. Zhou, J. Zeng, and Jixun Zhan; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Rational Reprogramming of Fungal Polyketide First Ring Cyclization, Yuquan Xu, Tong Zhou, Zhengfu Zhou, Shiyou Su, Sue A. Roberts, William R. Montfort, Jia Zeng, Ming Chen, Wei Zhang, Min Lin, Jixun Zhan, and Istvan Molnar; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Functional dissection and module swapping of fungal cyclooligomer depsipeptide synthetases, Dayu Yu, fuchao xu, David Gage, and Jixun Zhan; ChemComm
Engineered Production of Fungal Anticancer Cyclooligomer Depsipeptides in Saccharo-Myces Cerevisiae, Dayu Yu, Fuchao Xu, Jiachen Zi, Siyuan Wang, David Gage, Jia Zeng, and Jixun Zhan; Metabolic Engineering
2012
Characterization of Cervical Tissue from Preterm Labor Mouse Models Using In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy and Ex Vivo Biomechanical Testing, CM O'Brien, Elizabeth Vargis, N Brown, BC Paria, J Reese, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting
In vivo Raman Spectroscopy of the Skin: Advances and Issues for Clinical Implementation., IJ Pence, Elizabeth Vargis, T-Q Nguyen, C Patil, D Ellis, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SPIE Photonics West: Photonics in Dermatology and Plastic Surgery
Asbestosis, Bedbug Infestation, Campylobacteriosis, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Giardiasis, Gulf Oil Spill, Lyme Disease, Methemoglobinemia, Hurricane Katrina, Japanese earthquake (2011), Mold, River and Harbor Act (1899), Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor, and UNICEF, Judith L. Sims; Gale Encyclopedia of Environmental Health
On-Site Wastewater Treatment Certification Overview, Judith L. Sims; 2012 Annual Conference
Detecting Biochemical Changes that Occur in the Rodent Cervix during Pregnancy using Raman Spectroscopy., Elizabeth Vargis, N Brown, KC Williams, BC Paria, A Al-Hendy, J Reese, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Using Microfluidic Devices to Study Diseases of the Eye, Elizabeth Vargis, N Mortensen, C Foster, S Retterer, and CP Collier; BMES Annual Meeting
Near-Infrared Raman Microspectroscopy Detects High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses, Elizabeth Vargis, Y-W Tang, D Khabele, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; Translational Oncology
Detecting Biochemical Changes in the Human Cervix with Raman Spectroscopy, Elizabeth Vargis, CN Webb, A Al-Hendy, KA Bennett, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SGI
Raman Spectroscopy: an Effective Method of Detecting Biochemical Changes of the Pregnant Cervix, Elizabeth Vargis, CN Webb, K Bennett, A Al-Hendy, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SPIE Photonics West: Biomedical Vibrational Spectroscopy VII: Advances in Research and Industry
An Indigoidine Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces Chromofuscus ATCC 49982 Contains an Unusual IndB Homologue, Dayu Yu, Fuchao Xu, Jonathan Valiente, Siyuan Wang, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
2011
Development of a Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Probe for Breast Tumor Surgical Margin Evaluation, MD Keller, Elizabeth Vargis, ND Granja, TH Robert, MA Mycek, MC Kelley, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; Journal of Biomedical Optics
Looking Below the Surface of Breast Tissue during Surgery, A Mahadevan-Jansen, MD Keller, Elizabeth Vargis, B Caldwell, T-Q Nguyen, NdM Granja, M Sanders, and MC Kelley; Spectroscopy
Analysis of Reliability of Multiple Raman Spectroscopy Systems in vivo for Clinical Implementation, IJ Pence, CA Patil, Elizabeth Vargis, A Walsh, H Krishnamoorthi, J Cayce, C Paras, A Makowski, MD Keller, X Bi, M Mackanos, ED Jansen, DL Ellis, and A Mahadevan-Jansen; SPIE Photonics West: Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies IV
Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Using Nanoparticle Amplified Immuno-PCR., JW Perez, Elizabeth Vargis, PK Russ, FR Haselton, and DW Wright; Analytical Biochemistry
Partnerships and Training to Advance Onsite Wastewater System Management: The Utah Program, Judith L. Sims; 2011 Utah Water Quality Conference
