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With more than 30 tenured and tenure-track faculty members and lecturers, UMBC’s Department of Biological Sciences is one of the university’s largest academic departments encompassing a wide breadth of research and teaching. Research faculty in the Biological Sciences focus on:
- Cell Biology
- Computational Biology
- Developmental Biology & Immunology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Molecular Biology & Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Plant Biology
Recent Submissions
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Spermathecal variation in temperate Opiliones
(Oxford University Press, 2020-08-17)Most arachnid fertilization occurs internally, allowing for a variety of post-copulatory mechanisms to take place. Females are expected to exert some level of control over sperm fate when 1) the point of gametic fusion is ... -
Surveying Potential Predators to Protect a Critically Endangered Bahamian Songbird
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The Effects of Population Density on the Incidence of Developmental Deformities in Chemosensory Organs of Tobacco Hornworm Larvae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
(Oxford University Press, 2020-07-17)Cultures of Manduca sexta Johanssen in our laboratory were found to have larvae with missing or deformed mouthparts or antennae. Hypothesizing that these developmental deformities were caused by crowded rearing conditions, ... -
Assessing the Age-Specific Phagocytic Ability of Adult Drosophila melanogaster Hemocytes using an In Vivo Phagocytosis Assay
(JOVE, 2020-06-11)Phagocytosis is an essential function of the innate immune response. This process is carried out by phagocytic hemocytes whose primary function is to recognize a wide range of particles and destroy microbial pathogens. As ... -
Standing genetic variation as the predominant source for adaptation of a songbird
(PNAS, 2018-12-17)What kind of genetic variation contributes the most to adaptation is a fundamental question in evolutionary biology. By resequencing genomes of 80 individuals, we inferred the origin of genomic variants associated with a ... -
Continuous Dynamic Modeling of Regulated Cell Adhesion: Sorting, Intercalation, and Involution
(Elsevier, 2019-10-31)Cell-cell adhesion is essential for tissue growth and multicellular pattern formation and crucial for the cellular dynamics during embryogenesis and cancer progression. Understanding the dynamical gene regulation of cell ... -
Male preference for conspecific females depends on male size in the splendid darter, Etheostoma barrenense
(Elsevier, 2020-06-20)Mating preferences vary among individuals in response to a number of factors, such as the age and phenotype of the choosing individual. However, studies addressing variation in mating preferences generally focus on female ... -
The use of porcine corrosion casts for teaching human anatomy
(Elsevier, 2017-06-01)In teaching and learning human anatomy, anatomical autopsy and prosected specimens have always been indispensable. However, alternative methods must often be used to demonstrate particularly delicate structures. Corrosion ... -
Nest microhabitat influences nest-site selection in dry prairie but not in pasture habitat for the endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum; floridanus) alternate title: Le microhabitat influe sur la sélection du site de nidification dans les prairies sèches, mais pas dans les pâturages, chez le Bruant sauterelle de Floride (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus), espèce en voie de disparition
(2020)Vegetation characteristics can influence nest-site selection and nest survival of birds. The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) is a critically endangered ground nesting grassland bird endemic ... -
Motivating Students: Eight Research-Based Strategies
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The Content Monster: How Less Talking Can Mean More Learning
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Outcomes-Based Course Design
(Sarah M. Leupen, Outcomes-Based Course Design, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEvbntzfAoM, 2017-05-03) -
Neuropeptide Y Y1-Receptor Stimulation Is Required for Physiological Amplification of Preovulatory Luteinizing Hormone Surges
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Role of Protein Kinase C in Facilitation of Luteinizing Hormone (LH)-Releasing Hormone-Induced LH Surges by Neuropeptide Y
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Deletion of Exon 6 of the Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene in Mice Results in Hypogonadism and Infertility
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Heterogeneous Expression of the Potassium-Chloride Cotransporter KCC₂ in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons of the Adult Mouse
(Oxford Academic, 2003-07-01)In mature central neurons, chloride extrusion mediated by the K-Cl cotransporter KCC₂ appears to be largely responsible for the Cl− driving force that allows γ-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor activation to trigger a ... -
Circulating and circular RNAs and the need for rationalization and synthesis of the research spiral
(2019-03-06)In this essay, we aim to draw a short comparison between 2 important research topics – circular and circulating RNAs – and show how they are connected. The findings described here in the field of circular RNAs, which are ... -
Fluxer: a web application to compute, analyze and visualize genome-scale metabolic flux networks
(Oxford Academic, 2020-05-22)Next-generation sequencing has paved the way for the reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic networks as a powerful tool for understanding metabolic circuits in any organism. However, the visualization and extraction of ... -
Sexual signaling pattern correlates with habitat pattern in visually ornamented fishes
(Nature Research, 2020-05-22)Article Open Access Published: 22 May 2020 Sexual signaling pattern correlates with habitat pattern in visually ornamented fishes Samuel V. Hulse, Julien P. Renoult & Tamra C. Mendelson Nature Communications volume ...
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