2022-2023 GENE Students Publications

Graduate School Publications:

• Mitochondrial ROS promotes susceptibility to infection via gasdermin D-mediated necroptosis
  • GENE Students: Eduardo Martinez, Jordyn J. VanPortfliet
  • GENE Faculty: Phillip West, Jason Karpac, Kristin Patrick, Robert Watson
  • https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00790-5

• Long Non-Coding RNAs: The New Frontier into Understanding
  • GENE Student: Allie Denham
  • GENE Faculty: Vladimir I. Vladimirov
  • https://www.mdpi.com/2311-553X/8/4/59

• Phenomic data-facilitated rust and senescence prediction in maize using machine learning algorithms
  • GENE Student: Aaron DeSalvio
  • GENE Faculty: Seth Murray
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11591-0

• Elucidating Mechanisms of Tolerance to Salmonella Typhimurium across Long-Term Infections Using the Collaborative Cross
  • GENE Student: Aravindh Nagarajan
  • GENE Former Student: Kristin Scoggin
  • GENE Faculty: David Threadgill, Helene Andrews-Polymenis
  • https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.01120-22

• Strategies to improve homology-based repair outcomes following CRISPR-based gene editing in mosquitoes: lessons in how to keep any repair disruptions local
  • GENE Student: Joseph Romanowski
  • GENE Faculty: Zach Adelman
  • https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-022-01859-2

• Effects of Biological Sex Mismatch on Neural Progenitor Cell Transplantation for Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika
  • GENE Faculty: Heath Blackmon
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33134-x

• Defining the Nuanced Nature of Redox Biology in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • GENE Student: Emily Reed
  • GENE Faculty: Adam Case
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1130861/full?fbclid=IwAR1gsxDyxSTiN5cU5nXJ9TlI1Nws5QIBV_ge5g_DOsfqaiQwxQGaWqgiXcQ

• Contribution of the Oral and Gastrointestinal Microbiomes to Bloodstream Infections in Leukemia Patients
  • GENE Students: Stephanie McMahon, Samantha Franklin
  • GENE Faculty: Jessica Galloway-Pena
  • https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00415-23?fbclid=IwAR0hPtKLK0IRziX0Ccqze5OswF_J1IAlgMkp-6V5qGK_Zb0WpgNWSeW0nRA

Undergraduate Publications (Published after entering our program)

• A Rapid Targeted Gene Inactivation Approach in Sulfolobus islandicus
  • GENE Student: Serina Taluja
  • https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_9

• Broad Diversity in Monoterpene-Sesquiterpene Balance Across Wild Sunflowers: Implications of Leaf and Floral Volatiles for BIotic Interactions
  • GENE Student: Anestacia Robinson
  • https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.16093

• A Spatial Distribution Study of Culex Mosquito Population Distribution in Utah
  • GENE Student: Esmé Cope
  • https://curiosity.scholasticahq.com/article/73157-a-spatial-distribution-study-of-culex-mosquito-population-distribution-in-utah

SURGE Publications

• A Circadian Clock Translational Control Mechanism Targets Specific mRNAs to Cytoplasmic Messenger Ribonucleoprotein Granules
  • GENE Student: Osiris Lopez
  • GENE Faculty: Deborah Bell-Pederson and Matt Sachs
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111879

Popular Science/Blog Articles

• The Importance of Setting Boundaries (All the Time, but Especially in Grad School)
  • GENE Student: Serina Taluja
  • https://grad.tamu.edu/aggie-life/aggie-voice/the-importance-of-setting-boundaries-(all-the-time,-but-especially-in-grad-school)?fbclid=IwAR2Xg4BJqs8ikPYG6OG_L8M4PMjdh2iW5MaQfbRxms1o4ecu34-p9MLqg14

• Career Development through the Lens of Design-Thinking
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika
  • https://genestogenomes.org/career-development-through-the-lens-of-design-thinking/

2022-2023 GENE Students Award

• 2022 Aggie Women Eminent Scholar Recipient
  • GENE Faculty: Dr. Dorothy Shippen

• Mantague-Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar
  • GENE Faculty: Dr. Jessica Galloway-Peña

• Outstanding Oral Presentation Award for the 11th International Conference on Canine and Feline Genetics and Genomics
  • GENE Student: Andrew Harris

• S. Senator Phil Gramm Fellowship
  • GENE Student: Aravindh Nagarajan

• Texas A&M Insitute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Ambassador
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika

• Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science
  • GENE Student: Khushboo Rastogi

• 3rd Place Oral Presentation Texas A&M Biology’s Student and PostDoc Research Conference
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika

• Outstanding Poster Presentation Texas A&M College of Arts and Sciences Life on a Dynamic Planet Symposium
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika

• ASA_CSSA_SSSA Encompass Fellow
  • GENE Student: Khushboo Rastogi

• 3rd Place Crop Breeding and Genetics Poster Presentation Competition
  • GENE Student: Khushboo Rastogi

• ASA-CSSA-SSSA Graduate Student Leadership Conference Award
  • GENE Student: Khushboo Rastogi

• 3rd Place at 9th Annual Texas A&M Plant Breeding Symposium’s Graduate Student Poster Competition
  • GENE Student: Serina Taluja

• NSF GRFP
  • GENE Student: Emmarie Alexander

• NSF GRFP
  • GENE Student: Aaron DeSalvio

• Texas A&M University Distinguished Graduate Student Award – Excellence in Research
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika

• Texas A&M Graduate and Professional School Montgomery Award
  • GENE Student: Michelle Jonika

• ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship
  • GENE Student: Osiris Lopez