Marquette Compendium News of Faculty and Staff Activities WINTER 2014
The winter 2014 issue of Compendium is a compilation of Marquette University faculty research, scholarship and accomplishments from June 2013 through November 2013, and grants reported by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs from June 2013 through November 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
Published: “Neurodegeneration in Drop-dead Mutant Drosophila melanogaster is Associated With the Respiratory System But Not With Hypoxia,” PLoS One, Vol. 8, No. 7 ( July 2013), p e68032.
Henry Cervantes
Patricia Colloton
Peace Works Coordinator
Grant: see entry for Patrick Kennelly, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Susanne Foster
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Published: “ ‘There’s No Place I Can Be’: Whedon, Augustine, and the Earthly City,” Joss Whedon and Religion: Essays on an Angry Atheist’s Exploration of the Sacred, (September 2013), Anthony R. Mills, John W. Morehead and J. Ryan Parker (editors), pp 152-164, McFarland and Co., Inc., with Dr. James South, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.
Patrick Kennelly
Director of the Center for Peacemaking
Grant: $79,000, “Marquette University Peace Works — Violence Prevention Initiative,” Anonymous. Grant: $2,000, “Peacemaking and Nonviolence in World Regions,” United States Institute of Peace, with Dr. Irfan Omar, Department of Theology. Grant: $15,000, “Youth Development as a Vehicle for Public Safety,” MacArthur Foundation, with Henry Cervantes, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. Published: “Roles and Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards: the Peace Case,” Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, (Summer 2013).
Dr. James South
Associate Dean for Faculty
Published: see entry for Dr. Susanne Foster, Klingler College of Arts and Sciences.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dr. Edward Blumenthal Associate Professor
Grant: $44,270, “REU Site: Undergraduate Summer Research in Molecular and Cellular Biology,” National Science Foundation, with Dr. Gail Waring, Department of Biological Sciences.
Assistant to the Chair
Published: see entry for Dr. Robert Fitts, Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Thomas Eddinger Professor
Presented: see entries for Dr. Anita Manogaran, Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Robert Fitts
Chair and Professor
Grant: $5,425, “Inhibition of Activin Type IIB Receptor Signaling as a Treatment to Nemaline Myopathy,” Medical College of Wisconsin. Published: “Effects of Prolonged Space Flight on Human Skeletal Muscle Enzyme and Substrate Profiles,” Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 115 (September 2013), pp 667-679, with Patricia Colloton, Department of Biological Sciences; S. Trappe, D. Costill, J. Bain and D. Riley. Presented: “Impact of Exercisetraining and Pre-conditioning on Ischemic Injury and Electrical Properties of the Heart,” Integrative Biology and Physiology Seminar series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Nov. 1, 2013. Presented: “Skeletal Muscle Fatigue: Role of pH, Pi, and Ca2+,” American College of Sports Medicine Midwest Affiliate, Merrillville, Ind., Nov. 9, 2013, with graduate student Cassandra Nelson.
Dr. James Maki Professor
Published: “Bacterial Intracellular Sulfur Globules: Structure and Function,” Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 23, No. 4 -5 (August 2013), pp 270‑280. Published: see entry for Dr. Daniel Zitomer, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering.
Dr. Anita Manogaran
Dr. Anita Manogaran
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Grant: $5,000, “Investigating the ‘Flipped’ Classroom,” Pearson Education. Presented: “Writing Assignments with a Metacognitive Component Enhance Learning in a Large Introductory Biology Course,” NSF, HHMI, USDA, AAAS, Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2013, with Dr. Thomas J. Eddinger, Department of Biological Sciences; Dr. Martin St. Maurice, Department of Biological Sciences; and Dr. Michelle Mynlieff, Department of Biological Sciences. Presented: “Writing Assignments with a Metacognitive Component Enhance Learning in a Large Introductory Biology Course,” Fall 2013 Midwest Regional Exchange, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 1, 2013, with Dr. Thomas J. Eddinger, Department of Biological Sciences; Dr. Martin St. Maurice, Department of Biological Sciences; and Dr. Michelle Mynlieff, Department of Biological Sciences.
Presented: “Las17p is Involved in the Appearance of the Heterologous Yeast Prion, [Het-s],” Midwest Yeast Meeting, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., Sept. 28, 2013, with undergraduate student Emma Weber.
Brian Mikeworth
Research Lab Supervisor
Presented: see entries for Dr. Lisa Petrella, Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Michelle Mynlieff Assistant Professor
Grant: see entry for Dr. Murray Blackmore, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Heath Sciences. Published: “Nonspecific, Reversible Inhibition of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels by CaMKII Inhibitor CK59,” Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Vol. 33, No. 5 ( July 2013), pp 723‑729. Presented: see entries for Dr. Anita Manogaran, Department of Biological Sciences.