Marquette Compendium News of Faculty and Staff Activities SUMMER 2013
The summer 2013 issue of Compendium is a compilation of Marquette University faculty research, scholarship and accomplishments from December 2012 through May 2013, and grants reported by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs from November 2012 through May 2013. The purpose of this compilation is to recognize faculty and staff who are making advancements in their fields of expertise, as well as allow fellow faculty to see opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. To submit a scholarly activity, check the box in the Faculty Activities Database to share submitted activities with Compendium, or visit the Marquette webpage www.marquette.edu/omc/compendium.php. Citations are posted on the Marquette University research website at www.marquette.edu/research/compendium.php. For more information or additional copies, contact the Office of Marketing and Communication at 414.288.6712.
Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Dr. William Donaldson Associate Dean
Published: “Generation of Molecular Complexity from Cyclooctatetraene: Preparation of Optically Active Protected Aminocyclohepitols and Bicyclo ‘4.4.1’ Undecatrienes,” Chemistry: A European Journal, Vol. 19, No. 7 (February 2013), pp 2330-2336, with Dr. Sergey Lindeman, Department of Chemistry, and graduate student Anobick Sar.
Patrick Kennelly
Director of the Center for Peacemaking
Grant: $20,832, “Ripple Effect Milwaukee: Spreading Peach and Building Communities (REM),” Medical College of Wisconsin. Grant: $10,000, “Marquette University Peace Works (MUPW) — Violence Prevention Initiative,” Helen Brach Foundation. Grant: $2,000, “Exploring Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Societies,” United States Institute of Peace.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dr. Allison L. Abbott Associate Professor
Published: “miR-786 Regulation of a Fatty-Acid Elongase Contributes to Rhythmic Calcium-Wave Initiation in c. Elegans,” Current Biology, Vol. 22, No. 23 (December 2012), pp 1-8, with graduate student Erik Allman, undergraduate students Lois Immerman and Megan Mohnen, Maureen Peters and Keith Nehrke.
Dr. Edward Blumenthal Associate Professor
Published: “Antifreeze Proteins in the Primary Urine of Larvae of the Beetle Dendroides Canadensis,” Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 216, No. 9 (May 2013), pp 1695-1703, with Michelle Joyce, Sandra Sass, Dawn Verleye and John Duman.
Patrick Kennelly
Published: “Inhibition of Diuretic Stimulation of an Insect Secretory Epithelium by a cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase,” American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology, Vol. 304, No. 9 (May 2013), pp F1210-1216, with undergraduate student Anna Miller. Appointed: Member, NIH ZDK1 GRB-9 Special Emphasis Panel, April 2013.
Dr. James Buchanan Professor
Grant: $338,624, “Locomotor Rhythmogenesis in the Vertebrate Hindbrain,” National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Thomas Eddinger Professor
Published: “SMB Myosin Heavy Chain Knock Out Enhances Tonic Contraction and Reduces the Rate of Force Generation in Ileum and Stomach Antrum,” Cell Physiology: American Journal of Physiology Cell, Vol. 304, No. 2 ( January 2013), pp C194-206, with Gopal Babu and Muthu Periasamy.
Presented: see entry for Dr. Jeffrey Toth, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.
Dr. Robert Fitts
Chair and Professor
Published: “Confocal Imaging of Transmembrane Voltage by SEER of Di-8-ANEPPS,” Journal of General Physiology, Vol. 141, No. 3 (February 2013), pp 371-387, with Lourdes Figueroa and Eduardo Rios. Presented: “Effects of Hydrogen Ion and Inorganic Phosphate on Calcium Sensitivity in Rat Slow Muscle Fibers;” Presented: “Exercise-induced Electrical Remodeling of Endocardial and Epicardia Tissue in Perfused Rat Hears,” with graduate student Cassandra Nelson; Experimental Biology Conference, Boston, April 24, 2013. Presented: “Impact of ExerciseTraining and Pre-Conditioning on Ischemic Injury and Electrical Properties of the Heart,” Physiology Department Seminar Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Feb. 13, 2013.
Dr. Krassimira Hristova Assistant Professor
Published: “Selenium Biotransformations in an Engineered Aquatic Ecosystem for Bioremediation of Agricultural Wastewater via Brine Shrimp Production,” Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, No. 10 (May 2013), pp 5057-5065, with graduate student P. Tantoyotai, S. Fakra, M. Marcus, S. Yang, I. Pickering and G. Bañuelos. Published: “Successful Treatment of an MTBE-Impacted Aquifer Using a Bioreactor Self-colonized by Native Aquifer Bacteria,” Biodegradation, PMID: 23613160 (April 2013), with M. Nickelsen, S. Boyle, R. Schmidt, J. Baker and P. Tornatore. Awarded: Way Klingler Young Scholar Award, (Marquette University), 2013.
Dr. Kathleen Karrer Professor
Presented: “Control of Endocycling in Tetrahymena,” Joseph Gall 85th Birthday Symposium, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Baltimore, April 14, 2013.