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  1. Article ; Online: Determining Minnesota bee species' distributions and phenologies with the help of participatory science.

    Satyshur, Colleen D / Evans, Elaine C / Forsberg, Britt M / Evans, Thea A / Blair, Robert

    PeerJ

    2023  Volume 11, Page(s) e16146

    Abstract: The Minnesota Bee Atlas project contributed new information about bee distributions, phenologies, and community structure by mobilizing participatory science volunteers to document bees statewide. Volunteers submitted iNaturalist (©2016 California ... ...

    Abstract The Minnesota Bee Atlas project contributed new information about bee distributions, phenologies, and community structure by mobilizing participatory science volunteers to document bees statewide. Volunteers submitted iNaturalist (©2016 California Academy of Sciences) photograph observations, monitored nest-traps for tunnel-nesting bees, and conducted roadside observational bumble bee surveys. By pairing research scientists and participatory science volunteers, we overcame geographic and temporal challenges to document the presence, phenologies, and abundances of species. Minnesota Bee Atlas project observations included new state records for
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Bees ; Animals ; Minnesota ; Ecosystem ; Forests ; Endangered Species
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703241-3
    ISSN 2167-8359 ; 2167-8359
    ISSN (online) 2167-8359
    ISSN 2167-8359
    DOI 10.7717/peerj.16146
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  2. Article ; Online: In Silico Analysis of Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Bioactive Compounds from

    Gonzales, Alecsanndra L / Huang, Steven Kuan-Hua / Sevilla, Ureah Thea A / Hsieh, Cheng-Yang / Tsai, Po-Wei

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 8

    Abstract: Crescentia ... ...

    Abstract Crescentia cujete
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Antioxidants/pharmacology ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology ; Inflammation/drug therapy ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Antioxidants ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; Plant Extracts
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules28083547
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  3. Article ; Online: Sperm-inherited H3K27me3 epialleles are transmitted transgenerationally in

    Kaneshiro, Kiyomi Raye / Egelhofer, Thea A / Rechtsteiner, Andreas / Cockrum, Chad / Strome, Susan

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2022  Volume 119, Issue 40, Page(s) e2209471119

    Abstract: The transmission of chromatin states from parent cells to daughter cells preserves cell-specific transcriptional states and thus cell identity through cell division. The mechanism that underpins this process is not fully understood. The role that ... ...

    Abstract The transmission of chromatin states from parent cells to daughter cells preserves cell-specific transcriptional states and thus cell identity through cell division. The mechanism that underpins this process is not fully understood. The role that chromatin states serve in transmitting gene expression information across generations via sperm and oocytes is even less understood. Here, we utilized a model in which
    MeSH term(s) Alleles ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics ; Chromatin/metabolism ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Histones/genetics ; Male ; Oocytes/metabolism ; Semen/metabolism ; Spermatozoa/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Chromatin ; Histones
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-26
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2209471119
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  4. Article ; Online: Social motivation predicts gaze following between 6 and 14 months.

    Zeng, Guangyu / Leung, Tiffany S / Maylott, Sarah E / Saunders, Thea A / Messinger, Daniel S / Llabre, Maria M / Simpson, Elizabeth A

    Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 4, Page(s) 836–860

    Abstract: Infants vary in their ability to follow others' gazes, but it is unclear how these individual differences emerge. We tested whether social motivation levels in early infancy predict later gaze following skills. We longitudinally tracked infants' (N = 82) ...

    Abstract Infants vary in their ability to follow others' gazes, but it is unclear how these individual differences emerge. We tested whether social motivation levels in early infancy predict later gaze following skills. We longitudinally tracked infants' (N = 82) gazes and pupil dilation while they observed videos of a woman looking into the camera simulating eye contact (i.e., mutual gaze) and then gazing toward one of two objects, at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 14 months of age. To improve measurement validity, we used confirmatory factor analysis to combine multiple observed measures to index the underlying constructs of social motivation and gaze following. Infants' social motivation-indexed by their speed of social orienting, duration of mutual gaze, and degree of pupil dilation during mutual gaze-was developmentally stable and positively predicted the development of gaze following-indexed by their proportion of time looking to the target object, first object look difference scores, and first face-to-object saccade difference scores-from 6 to 14 months of age. These findings suggest that infants' social motivation likely plays a role in the development of gaze following and highlight the use of a multi-measure approach to improve measurement sensitivity and validity in infancy research.
    MeSH term(s) Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Motivation ; Fixation, Ocular
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2020049-3
    ISSN 1532-7078 ; 1525-0008
    ISSN (online) 1532-7078
    ISSN 1525-0008
    DOI 10.1111/infa.12544
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  5. Article ; Online: Fluorescent Nanodiamonds for Tracking Single Polymer Particles in Cells and Tissues

    Li, Runrun / Vedelaar, Thea A. / Sigaeva, Alina / Zhang, Yue / Wu, Kaiqi / Wang, Hui / Wu, Xixi / Olinga, Peter / Wlodarzyk-Biegun, Małgorzata K. / Schirhagl, Romana

    Analytical Chemistry. 2023 Aug. 23, v. 95, no. 35 p.13046-13054

    2023  

    Abstract: Polymer nanoparticles are widely used in drug delivery and are also a potential concern due to the increased burden of nano- or microplastics in the environment. In order to use polymer nanoparticles safely and understand their mechanism of action, it is ...

    Abstract Polymer nanoparticles are widely used in drug delivery and are also a potential concern due to the increased burden of nano- or microplastics in the environment. In order to use polymer nanoparticles safely and understand their mechanism of action, it is useful to know where within cells and tissues they end up. To this end, we labeled polymer nanoparticles with nanodiamond particles. More specifically, we have embedded nanodiamond particles in the polymer particles and characterized the composites. Compared to conventional fluorescent dyes, these labels have the advantage that nanodiamonds do not bleach or blink, thus allowing long-term imaging and tracking of polymer particles. We have demonstrated this principle both in cells and entire liver tissues.
    Keywords analytical chemistry ; drugs ; fluorescence ; liver ; mechanism of action ; microplastics ; nanodiamonds ; nanoparticles
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-0823
    Size p. 13046-13054.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 1508-8
    ISSN 1520-6882 ; 0003-2700
    ISSN (online) 1520-6882
    ISSN 0003-2700
    DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01452
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  6. Book ; Online: Barriers to mainstream adoption of catchment wide Natural Flood Management, a transdisciplinary problem framing study of delivery practice

    Wingfield, Thea A. J. / Macdonald, Neil / Peters, Kimberley / Spees, Jack

    eISSN: 1607-7938

    2021  

    Abstract: Natural Flood Management (NFM) is the name given to Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for Flood Management in the UK. It is a holistic flood management technique that employs natural hydrological processes, through the instillation of interventions, to slow ... ...

    Abstract Natural Flood Management (NFM) is the name given to Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for Flood Management in the UK. It is a holistic flood management technique that employs natural hydrological processes, through the instillation of interventions, to slow the flow of water, creating a landscape scale flood management system. Despite widespread interest and supporting policy from governments and non-profit organisations NFM, as yet, has not been widely adopted as a mainstream flood management technique. A small number of academic studies examining perceived barriers to NFM adoption have identified a variety of individual factors as being responsible. It is commonly accepted that flood risk management broadly, and NFM specifically, are complex, challenges of interacting physical and human parameters and that academic, institutional and policy divisions are rarely sympathetic to embracing these complexities. A transdisciplinary problem framing study in conjunction with professionals experienced in the delivery of NFM projects in the UK aimed to capture these multifaceted parameters of flood management and strategic delivery at a landscape scale using Group Concept Mapping, a systems approach to identify conceptual convergence. This policy-delivery impasse was further explored by quantifying the relative importance of individual barriers and conceptual groupings from the perspective of two different practitioner groups (flood risk managers and conservation practitioners). The results demonstrate that the NFM delivery system can be grouped into seven interacting elements: policy and regulation, politics, public perception, cross-cutting issues, funding, technical knowledge and evidence , of which each have a varying number of barriers that limit NFM uptake. Opinions differs as to the importance of these individual barriers, however when considering the system broadly we identify that the institutional and social barriers are perceived as the most important, whilst technical knowledge and evidence are the areas of least concern. This paper aims to promote NBS flood management delivery in the UK and globally by generating, structuring and representing the multifaceted and multilevel NFM delivery system at a local level to evidence adaptive decision making at a regional, national and global level. Through problem structuring and an increased understanding and awareness of the structure and network of linking elements and perceived differences of practitioner groups that influence the system of delivery, steps can be taken towards solutions that are socially, scientifically and practically robust.
    Subject code 910
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-30
    Publishing country de
    Document type Book ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: Glomerular proteomic profiling reveals early differences between preexisting and de novo type 2 diabetes in human renal allografts.

    Kipp, Anne / Marti, Hans-Peter / Babickova, Janka / Nakken, Sigrid / Leh, Sabine / Halden, Thea A S / Jenssen, Trond / Vikse, Bjørn Egil / Åsberg, Anders / Spagnoli, Giulio / Furriol, Jessica

    BMC nephrology

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 254

    Abstract: Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), either preexisting or developing after transplantation, remains a crucial clinical problem in kidney transplantation. To obtain insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying PTDM development and early glomerular ... ...

    Abstract Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), either preexisting or developing after transplantation, remains a crucial clinical problem in kidney transplantation. To obtain insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying PTDM development and early glomerular damage before the development of histologically visible diabetic kidney disease, we comparatively analysed the proteome of histologically normal glomeruli from patients with PTDM and normoglycaemic (NG) transplant recipients. Moreover, to assess specificities inherent in PTDM, we also comparatively evaluated glomerular proteomes from transplant recipients with preexisting type 2 DM (T2DM).
    Methods: Protocol biopsies were obtained from adult NG, PTDM and T2DM patients one year after kidney transplantation. Biopsies were formalin-fixed and embedded in paraffin, and glomerular cross-sections were microdissected. A total of 4 NG, 7 PTDM and 6 T2DM kidney biopsies were used for the analysis. The proteome was determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Relative differences in protein abundance and significantly dysregulated pathways were analysed.
    Results: Proteins involved in cell adhesion, immune response, leukocyte transendothelial filtration, and cell localization and organization were less abundant in glomeruli from PTDM patients than in those from NG patients, and proteins associated with supramolecular fibre organization and protein-containing complex binding were more abundant in PTDM patients. Overall, proteins related to adherens and tight junctions and those related to the immune system, including leukocyte transendothelial migration, were more abundant in NG patients than in transplanted patients with DM, irrespective of the timing of its development. However, proteins included in cell‒cell junctions and adhesion, insulin resistance, and vesicle-mediated transport were all less abundant in PTDM patients than in T2DM patients.
    Conclusions: The glomerular proteome profile differentiates PTDM from NG and T2DM, suggesting specific pathogenetic mechanisms. Further studies are warranted to validate these results, potentially leading to an improved understanding of PTDM kidney transplant pathophysiology and to the identification of novel biomarkers.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; Proteome ; Proteomics ; Kidney ; Diabetic Nephropathies ; Allografts
    Chemical Substances Proteome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041348-8
    ISSN 1471-2369 ; 1471-2369
    ISSN (online) 1471-2369
    ISSN 1471-2369
    DOI 10.1186/s12882-023-03294-z
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  8. Article ; Online: Fluorescent Nanodiamonds for Tracking Single Polymer Particles in Cells and Tissues.

    Li, Runrun / Vedelaar, Thea A / Sigaeva, Alina / Zhang, Yue / Wu, Kaiqi / Wang, Hui / Wu, Xixi / Olinga, Peter / Wlodarzyk-Biegun, Małgorzata K / Schirhagl, Romana

    Analytical chemistry

    2023  Volume 95, Issue 35, Page(s) 13046–13054

    Abstract: Polymer nanoparticles are widely used in drug delivery and are also a potential concern due to the increased burden of nano- or microplastics in the environment. In order to use polymer nanoparticles safely and understand their mechanism of action, it is ...

    Abstract Polymer nanoparticles are widely used in drug delivery and are also a potential concern due to the increased burden of nano- or microplastics in the environment. In order to use polymer nanoparticles safely and understand their mechanism of action, it is useful to know where within cells and tissues they end up. To this end, we labeled polymer nanoparticles with nanodiamond particles. More specifically, we have embedded nanodiamond particles in the polymer particles and characterized the composites. Compared to conventional fluorescent dyes, these labels have the advantage that nanodiamonds do not bleach or blink, thus allowing long-term imaging and tracking of polymer particles. We have demonstrated this principle both in cells and entire liver tissues.
    MeSH term(s) Nanodiamonds ; Plastics ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Polymers
    Chemical Substances Nanodiamonds ; Plastics ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Polymers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1508-8
    ISSN 1520-6882 ; 0003-2700
    ISSN (online) 1520-6882
    ISSN 0003-2700
    DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01452
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  9. Article ; Online: Applying NV center-based quantum sensing to study intracellular free radical response upon viral infections

    Kaiqi Wu / Thea A. Vedelaar / Viraj G. Damle / Aryan Morita / Julie Mougnaud / Claudia Reyes San Martin / Yue Zhang / Denise P.I. van der Pol / Heidi Ende-Metselaar / Izabela Rodenhuis-Zybert / Romana Schirhagl

    Redox Biology, Vol 52, Iss , Pp 102279- (2022)

    2022  

    Abstract: Although viruses are known to modify the free radical concentration in infected cells, the exact location and concentrations of such changes remain unknown. Although this information is important to understand the virus pathogenesis and design better ... ...

    Abstract Although viruses are known to modify the free radical concentration in infected cells, the exact location and concentrations of such changes remain unknown. Although this information is important to understand the virus pathogenesis and design better anti-viral drugs or vaccines, obtaining it with the conventional free radical/ROS detection techniques is impossible. Here, we elucidate the utility of diamond magnetometry for studying the free radical response of baby hamster kidney-21 cells upon Semliki Forest virus infection. Specifically, we optically probe the alterations in free radical concentration near infectious viruses via measuring the spin–lattice relaxation (T1) of NV defect ensembles embedded in intracellular nanodiamonds. We performed measurements both at random locations as well as close to the virus entry by conjugating viruses to nanodiamond sensors. We observed alterations of T1, which represent the intracellular free radical concentration during the viral replication process. Moreover, relaxometry is also used to monitor real-time free radical variation during the early infectious process.
    Keywords Fluorescent nanodiamonds ; Free radicals ; Viral infections ; Diamond magnetometry ; NV centers ; ROS ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 500
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Article ; Online: Repression of Germline Genes in

    Rechtsteiner, Andreas / Costello, Meghan E / Egelhofer, Thea A / Garrigues, Jacob M / Strome, Susan / Petrella, Lisa N

    Genetics

    2019  Volume 212, Issue 1, Page(s) 125–140

    Abstract: Repression of germline-promoting genes in somatic cells is critical for somatic development and function. To study how germline genes are repressed in somatic tissues, we analyzed key histone modifications in ... ...

    Abstract Repression of germline-promoting genes in somatic cells is critical for somatic development and function. To study how germline genes are repressed in somatic tissues, we analyzed key histone modifications in three
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics ; Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism ; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Germ Cells ; Histones/metabolism ; Methylation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational
    Chemical Substances Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins ; Histones
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2167-2
    ISSN 1943-2631 ; 0016-6731
    ISSN (online) 1943-2631
    ISSN 0016-6731
    DOI 10.1534/genetics.118.301878
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