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Biological Imaging Facility

Northwestern University

Contact Info:

Jessica Hornick

2205 Tech Drive

Hogan Building, 5th Floor

Evanston, IL 60208

https://www.bif.northwestern.edu/

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_017767

Instrumentation:

Other Equipment

Leica SP8, Leica SP5, Deltavision Core, Leica DM6B, Leica Spinning Disk (DMI6000 with Yokogawa CSU-X1 and Photometrics Delta Evolve 512 EMCCD camera), Olympus IX73, BioTek LionheartFX

Services Provided:

Cell Imaging

Microscopy

Multiphoton Microscopy

Optical Imaging

Relevant Publications:

1.) Contreras E, Bhoi JD, Sonoda T, Birnbaumer L, Schmidt TM (2023 Nov 8). Melanopsin activates divergent phototransduction pathways in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell subtypes eLife, 12(), e80749. . PMCID: 10712949.


2.) Contreras E, Bhoi JD, Sonoda T, Birnbaumer L, Schmidt TM (2023 Nov 8). Melanopsin activates divergent phototransduction pathways in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell subtypes. eLife, 12(), . . PMID: 37937828.


3.) Choi W, Nensel AK, Droho S, Fattah MA, Mokashi-Punekar S, Swygart DI, Burton ST, Schwartz GW, Lavine JA, Gianneschi NC (2023 Oct 13). Thrombospondin-1 proteomimetic polymers exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in a neovascular age-related macular degeneration mouse model Science Advances, 9(41), eadi8534. . PMCID: 10575579.


4.) Choi W, Nensel AK, Droho S, Fattah MA, Mokashi-Punekar S, Swygart DI, Burton ST, Schwartz GW, Lavine JA, Gianneschi NC (2023 Oct 13). Thrombospondin-1 proteomimetic polymers exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in a neovascular age-related macular degeneration mouse model. Science advances, 9(41), eadi8534. . PMID: 37831763.


5.) Harper CS, Casler JC, Lackner LL (2023 Oct 1). Temporal control of contact site formation reveals a relationship between mitochondrial division and Num1-mediated mitochondrial tethering. Molecular biology of the cell, 34(11), ar108. . PMID: 37585290.


6.) Harper CS, Casler JC, Lackner LL (2023 Sep 21). Temporal control of contact site formation reveals a relationship between mitochondrial division and Num1-mediated mitochondrial tethering Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34(11), ar108. . PMCID: 10559308.


7.) Ramani N, Figg CA, Anderson AJ, Winegar PH, Oh E, Ebrahimi SB, Samanta D, Mirkin CA (2023 Sep). Spatially-Encoding Hydrogels With DNA to Control Cell Signaling. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 35(36), e2301086. doi: 10.1002/adma.202301086. PMID: 37221642.


8.) Sha F, Xie H, Son FA, Kim KS, Gong W, Su S, Ma K, Wang X, Wang X, Farha OK (2023 Aug 2). Rationally Tailored Mesoporous Hosts for Optimal Protein Encapsulation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(30), 16383-16390. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01989. PMID: 37463331.


9.) White AJ, Harper CS, Rosario EM, Dietz JV, Addis HG, Fox JL, Khalimonchuk O, Lackner LL (2022 Nov 1). Loss of Num1-mediated cortical dynein anchoring negatively impacts respiratory growth. Journal of cell science, 135(21), . . PMID: 36185004.


10.) White AJ, Harper CS, Rosario EM, Dietz JV, Addis HG, Fox JL, Khalimonchuk O, Lackner LL (2022 Oct 31). Loss of Num1-mediated cortical dynein anchoring negatively impacts respiratory growth Journal of Cell Science, 135(21), jcs259980. . PMCID: 9687553.


11.) Kusmierz CD, Callmann CE, Kudruk S, Distler ME, Mirkin CA (2022 Oct 19). Transferrin Aptamers Increase the In Vivo Blood-Brain Barrier Targeting of Protein Spherical Nucleic Acids. Bioconjugate chemistry, 33(10), 1803-1810. . PMID: 36194889.


12.) Dumrongprechachan V, Salisbury RB, Butler L, MacDonald ML, Kozorovitskiy Y (2022 Oct 14). Dynamic proteomic and phosphoproteomic atlas of corticostriatal axons in neurodevelopment eLife, 11(), e78847. . PMCID: 9629834.


13.) Dumrongprechachan V, Salisbury RB, Butler L, MacDonald ML, Kozorovitskiy Y (2022 Oct 14). Dynamic proteomic and phosphoproteomic atlas of corticostriatal axons in neurodevelopment. eLife, 11(), . . PMID: 36239373.


14.) Kusmierz CD, Callmann CE, Kudruk S, Distler ME, Mirkin CA (2022 Oct 4). Transferrin Aptamers Increase the In Vivo Blood-Brain Barrier Targeting of Protein Spherical Nucleic Acids Bioconjugate chemistry, 33(10), 1803-1810. . PMCID: 10424462.


15.) Lin M, Meckes B, Chen C, Teplensky MH, Mirkin CA (2022 Sep 28). Controlling Intracellular Machinery via Polymer Pen Lithography Molecular Patterning. ACS central science, 8(9), 1282-1289. . PMID: 36188351.


16.) Feng Y, Das PJ, Young RM, Brown PJ, Hornick JE, Weber JA, Seale JSW, Stern CL, Wasielewski MR, Stoddart JF (2022 Sep 21). Alkoxy-Substituted Quadrupolar Fluorescent Dyes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(37), 16841-16854. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c04906. PMID: 36083184.


17.) Lin M, Meckes B, Chen C, Teplensky MH, Mirkin CA (2022 Aug 29). Controlling Intracellular Machinery via Polymer Pen Lithography Molecular Patterning ACS Central Science, 8(9), 1282-1289. . PMCID: 9523772.


18.) Lai M, Shin D, Jibril L, Mirkin CA (2022 Aug 3). Combinatorial Synthesis and Screening of Mixed Halide Perovskite Megalibraries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(30), 13823-13830. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c05082. PMID: 35862285.


19.) Jinkins KR, Li S, Arafa H, Jeong H, Lee YJ, Wu C, Campisi E, Ni X, Cho D, Huang Y, Rogers JA (2022 Jun 10). Thermally switchable, crystallizable oil and silicone composite adhesives for skin-interfaced wearable devices. Science advances, 8(23), eabo0537. . PMID: 35687686.


20.) Sue AC, Wignall SM, Woodruff TK, O'Halloran TV (2022 Jun). Zinc transporters ZIPT-2.4 and ZIPT-15 are required for normal C. elegans fecundity. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 39(6), 1261-1276. . PMID: 35501415.


21.) Kazem-Rostami M, Orte A, Ortuño AM, David AHG, Roy I, Miguel D, Garci A, Cruz CM, Stern CL, Cuerva JM, Stoddart JF (2022 Jun 1). Helically Chiral Hybrid Cyclodextrin Metal-Organic Framework Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(21), 9380-9389. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c01554. PMID: 35595282.


22.) Sue AC, Wignall SM, Woodruff TK, O’Halloran TV (2022 May 1). Zinc transporters ZIPT-2.4 and ZIPT-15 are required for normal C. elegans fecundity Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 39(6), 1261-1276. . PMCID: 9174417.


23.) Limón D, Hornick JE, Cai K, Beldjoudi Y, Duch M, Plaza JA, Pérez-García L, Stoddart JF (2022 Apr 26). Polysilicon Microchips Functionalized with Bipyridinium-Based Cyclophanes for a Highly Efficient Cytotoxicity in Cancerous Cells. ACS nano, 16(4), 5358-5375. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08090. PMID: 35357125.


24.) Dukes MW, Bajema EA, Whittemore TJ, Holmgren RA, Meade TJ (2022 Apr 20). Delivery of Targeted Co(III)-DNA Inhibitors of Gli Proteins to Disrupt Hedgehog Signaling. Bioconjugate chemistry, 33(4), 643-653. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00063. PMID: 35271256.


25.) Battistelli G, Proetto M, Mavridi-Printezi A, Calvaresi M, Danielli A, Constantini PE, Battistella C, Gianneschi NC, Montalti M (2022 Mar 10). Local detection of pH-induced disaggregation of biocompatible micelles by fluorescence switch ON Chemical Science, 13(17), 4884-4892. . PMCID: 9067588.


26.) Bartley SC, Proctor MT, Xia H, Ho E, Kang DS, Schuster K, Bicca MA, Seckler HS, Viola KL, Patrie SM, Kelleher NL, De Mello FG, Klein WL (2022 Feb 17). An Essential Role for Alzheimer’s-Linked Amyloid Beta Oligomers in Neurodevelopment: Transient Expression of Multiple Proteoforms during Retina Histogenesis International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(4), 2208. . PMCID: 8875314.


27.) Bartley SC, Proctor MT, Xia H, Ho E, Kang DS, Schuster K, Bicca MA, Seckler HS, Viola KL, Patrie SM, Kelleher NL, De Mello FG, Klein WL (2022 Feb 17). An Essential Role for Alzheimer's-Linked Amyloid Beta Oligomers in Neurodevelopment: Transient Expression of Multiple Proteoforms during Retina Histogenesis. International journal of molecular sciences, 23(4), . . PMID: 35216328.


28.) Weiss C, Bertolino N, Procissi D, Aleppo G, Smith QC, Viola KL, Bartley SC, Klein WL, Disterhoft JF (2022 Feb 1). Diet‐induced Alzheimer's‐like syndrome in the rabbit Alzheimer's & Dementia : Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 8(1), e12241. . PMCID: 8804622.


29.) Anderson HL, Casler JC, Lackner LL (2022 Feb 1). Hierarchical integration of mitochondrial and nuclear positioning pathways by the Num1 EF hand. Molecular biology of the cell, 33(2), ar20. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E21-12-0610-T. PMID: 34985939.


30.) Anderson HL, Casler JC, Lackner LL (2022 Jan 27). Hierarchical integration of mitochondrial and nuclear positioning pathways by the Num1 EF hand Molecular Biology of the Cell, 33(2), ar20. . PMCID: 9236139.


31.) Gallagher KD, Mani M, Carthew RW (2022 Jan 17). Emergence of a geometric pattern of cell fates from tissue-scale mechanics in the Drosophila eye eLife, 11(), e72806. . PMCID: 8863370.


32.) Gallagher KD, Mani M, Carthew RW (2022 Jan 17). Emergence of a geometric pattern of cell fates from tissue-scale mechanics in the Drosophila eye. eLife, 11(), . pii: e72806. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72806. PMID: 35037852.


33.) Weiss C, Bertolino N, Procissi D, Aleppo G, Smith QC, Viola KL, Bartley SC, Klein WL, Disterhoft JF (2022). Diet-induced Alzheimer's-like syndrome in the rabbit. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), 8(1), e12241. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12241. PMID: 35128030.


34.) Seeler JF, Sharma A, Zaluzec NJ, Bleher R, Lai B, Schultz EG, Hoffman BM, LaBonne C, Woodruff TK, O'Halloran TV (2021 Jul). Metal ion fluxes controlling amphibian fertilization. Nature chemistry, 13(7), 683-691. doi: 10.1038/s41557-021-00705-2. PMID: 34155376.


35.) Sinnige T, Meisl G, Michaels TCT, Vendruscolo M, Knowles TPJ, Morimoto RI (2021 Mar 16). Kinetic analysis reveals that independent nucleation events determine the progression of polyglutamine aggregation in C. elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(11), . . PMID: 33836595.


36.) Franklin D, Ueltschi T, Carlini A, Yao S, Reeder J, Richards B, Van Duyne RP, Rogers JA (2021 Feb 23). Bioresorbable Microdroplet Lasers as Injectable Systems for Transient Thermal Sensing and Modulation. ACS nano, 15(2), 2327-2339. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10234. PMID: 33439017.


37.) Viola KL, Bicca MA, Bebenek AM, Kranz DL, Nandwana V, Waters EA, Haney CR, Lee M, Gupta A, Brahmbhatt Z, Huang W, Chang TT, Peck A, Valdez C, Dravid VP, Klein WL (2021). The Therapeutic and Diagnostic Potential of Amyloid β Oligomers Selective Antibodies to Treat Alzheimer's Disease. Frontiers in neuroscience, 15(), 768646. . PMID: 35046767.


38.) Modak M, Bobbala S, Lescott C, Liu YG, Nandwana V, Dravid VP, Scott EA (2020 Dec 16). Magnetic Nanostructure-Loaded Bicontinuous Nanospheres Support Multicargo Intracellular Delivery and Oxidation-Responsive Morphological Transitions. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(50), 55584-55595. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c15920. PMID: 33259182.


39.) Amargant F, Manuel SL, Tu Q, Parkes WS, Rivas F, Zhou LT, Rowley JE, Villanueva CE, Hornick JE, Shekhawat GS, Wei JJ, Pavone ME, Hall AR, Pritchard MT, Duncan FE (2020 Nov). Ovarian stiffness increases with age in the mammalian ovary and depends on collagen and hyaluronan matrices. Aging cell, 19(11), e13259. doi: 10.1111/acel.13259. PMID: 33079460.


40.) Amargant F, Manuel SL, Tu Q, Parkes WS, Rivas F, Zhou LT, Rowley JE, Villanueva CE, Hornick JE, Shekhawat GS, Wei J, Pavone ME, Hall AR, Pritchard MT, Duncan FE (2020 Oct 20). Ovarian stiffness increases with age in the mammalian ovary and depends on collagen and hyaluronan matrices Aging Cell, 19(11), e13259. . PMCID: 7681059.


41.) Sonoda T, Okabe Y, Schmidt TM (2020 Apr). Overlapping morphological and functional properties between M4 and M5 intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. The Journal of comparative neurology, 528(6), 1028-1040. doi: 10.1002/cne.24806. PMID: 31691279.


42.) Garci A, Beldjoudi Y, Kodaimati MS, Hornick JE, Nguyen MT, Cetin MM, Stern CL, Roy I, Weiss EA, Stoddart JF (2020 Apr 1). Mechanical-Bond-Induced Exciplex Fluorescence in an Anthracene-Based Homo[2]Catenane. ID: 32233402.


43.) Harper CS, White AJ, Lackner LL (2020 Mar 21). The multifunctional nature of mitochondrial contact site proteins. ID: 32208350.


44.) Lee HC, Edmonds ME, Duncan FE, O (2020 Mar 2). Zinc exocytosis is sensitive to myosin light chain kinase inhibition in mouse and human eggs. ID: 32119740.


45.) Bernasek SM, Peláez N, Carthew RW, Bagheri N, Amaral LAN (2020 Mar). Fly-QMA: Automated analysis of mosaic imaginal discs in Drosophila. PLoS computational biology, 16(3), e1007406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007406. PMID: 32126077.


46.) Giri R, Papadopoulos DK, Posadas DM, Potluri HK, Tomancak P, Mani M, Carthew RW (2020 Feb 26). Ordered patterning of the sensory system is susceptible to stochastic features of gene expression. ID: 32101167.


47.) Liu W, Bobbala S, Stern CL, Hornick JE, Liu Y, Enciso AE, Scott EA, Stoddart JF (2020 Feb 12). XCage: A Tricyclic Octacationic Receptor for Perylene Diimide with Picomolar Affinity in Water. ID: 31944691.


48.) Agbu P, Cassidy JJ, Braverman J, Jacobson A, Carthew RW (2020 Feb 1). MicroRNA miR-7 Regulates Secretion of Insulin-Like Peptides. ID: 31875904.


49.) Balough JL, Fontaine ASE, Machlin JH, Rowley JE, Simon LE, Duncan FE, Hornick JE (2020 Feb). The long view: Considering spindle orientation in image analysis. Molecular reproduction and development, 87(2), 205. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23313. PMID: 31951056.


50.) Hoppins S, Lackner LL, Lee JE, Mears JA (2020). In vitro and in vivo assays for mitochondrial fission and fusion. ID: 32183974.


51.) Garwin SA, Kelley MS, Sue AC, Que EL, Schatz GC, Woodruff TK, O (2019 Oct 23). Interrogating Intracellular Zinc Chemistry with a Long Stokes Shift Zinc Probe ZincBY-4. ID: 31550140.


52.) Mullen TJ, Davis-Roca AC, Wignall SM (2019 Oct). Spindle assembly and chromosome dynamics during oocyte meiosis. ID: 31082633.


53.) Cassidy JJ, Bernasek SM, Bakker R, Giri R, Peláez N, Eder B, Bobrowska A, Bagheri N, Nunes Amaral LA, Carthew RW (2019 Aug 8). Repressive Gene Regulation Synchronizes Development with Cellular Metabolism. ID: 31353220.


54.) Stephens AD, Liu PZ, Kandula V, Chen H, Almassalha LM, Herman C, Backman V, O (2019 Aug 1). Physicochemical mechanotransduction alters nuclear shape and mechanics via heterochromatin formation. ID: 31365328.


55.) Bai W, Shin J, Fu R, Kandela I, Lu D, Ni X, Park Y, Liu Z, Hang T, Wu D, Liu Y, Haney CR, Stepien I, Yang Q, Zhao J, Nandoliya KR, Zhang H, Sheng X, Yin L, MacRenaris K, Brikha A, Aird F, Pezhouh M, Hornick J, Zhou W, Rogers JA (2019 Aug). Bioresorbable photonic devices for the spectroscopic characterization of physiological status and neural activity. Nature biomedical engineering, 3(8), 644-654. doi: 10.1038/s41551-019-0435-y. PMID: 31391594.


56.) Lackner LL (2019 Jul). The Expanding and Unexpected Functions of Mitochondria Contact Sites. ID: 30929794.


57.) Heath CM, Wignall SM (2019 Jul 1). Chromokinesin Kif4 promotes proper anaphase in mouse oocyte meiosis. ID: 31067151.


58.) Stephens AD, Liu PZ, Kandula V, Chen H, Almassalha LM, Herman C, Backman V, O (2019 Jun 19). Physicochemical mechanotransduction alters nuclear shape and mechanics via heterochromatin formation. ID: 31216230.


59.) Brickner DG, Randise-Hinchliff C, Lebrun Corbin M, Liang JM, Kim S, Sump B, D (2019 Jun 17). The Role of Transcription Factors and Nuclear Pore Proteins in Controlling the Spatial Organization of the Yeast Genome. ID: 31211995.


60.) Yu A, Fox SG, Cavallini A, Kerridge C, O'Neill MJ, Wolak J, Bose S, Morimoto RI (2019 May 10). Tau protein aggregates inhibit the protein-folding and vesicular trafficking arms of the cellular proteostasis network. The Journal of biological chemistry, 294(19), 7917-7930. . PMID: 30936201.


61.) Zhou LT, Romar R, Pavone ME, Soriano-Úbeda C, Zhang J, Slawson C, Duncan FE (2019 May). Disruption of O-GlcNAc homeostasis during mammalian oocyte meiotic maturation impacts fertilization. Molecular reproduction and development, 86(5), 543-557. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23131. PMID: 30793403.


62.) Li H, Parigi G, Luchinat C, Meade TJ (2019 Apr 17). Bimodal Fluorescence-Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent for Apoptosis Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(15), 6224-6233. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b13376. PMID: 30919628.


63.) Scorrano L, De Matteis MA, Emr S, Giordano F, Hajnóczky G, Kornmann B, Lackner LL, Levine TP, Pellegrini L, Reinisch K, Rizzuto R, Simmen T, Stenmark H, Ungermann C, Schuldiner M (2019 Mar 20). Coming together to define membrane contact sites. ID: 30894536.


64.) Que EL, Duncan FE, Lee HC, Hornick JE, Vogt S, Fissore RA, O (2019 Mar 15). Bovine eggs release zinc in response to parthenogenetic and sperm-induced egg activation. ID: 30639695.


65.) McSharry SS, Beitel GJ (2019 Mar 4). The Caspase-3 homolog DrICE regulates endocytic trafficking during Drosophila tracheal morphogenesis. Nature communications, 10(1), 1031. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09009-z. PMID: 30833576.


66.) Cline EN, Das A, Bicca MA, Mohammad SN, Schachner LF, Kamel JM, DiNunno N, Weng A, Paschall JD, Bu RL, Khan FM, Rollins MG, Ives AN, Shekhawat G, Nunes-Tavares N, de Mello FG, Compton PD, Kelleher NL, Klein WL (2019 Mar). A novel crosslinking protocol stabilizes amyloid β oligomers capable of inducing Alzheimer's-associated pathologies. Journal of neurochemistry, 148(6), 822-836. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14647. PMID: 30565253.


67.) Kraft LM, Lackner LL (2019 Mar 1). A conserved mechanism for mitochondria-dependent dynein anchoring. ID: 30649994.


68.) Allen SD, Liu YG, Kim T, Bobbala S, Yi S, Zhang X, Choi J, Scott EA (2019 Jan 29). Celastrol-loaded PEG-b-PPS nanocarriers as an anti-inflammatory treatment for atherosclerosis. Biomaterials science, 7(2), 657-668. doi: 10.1039/c8bm01224e. PMID: 30601470.


69.) Whitley BN, Lam C, Cui H, Haude K, Bai R, Escobar L, Hamilton A, Brady L, Tarnopolsky MA, Dengle L, Picker J, Lincoln S, Lackner LL, Glass IA, Hoppins S (2018 Nov 1). Aberrant Drp1-mediated mitochondrial division presents in humans with variable outcomes. ID: 30085106.


70.) Chen W, Ping HA, Lackner LL (2018 Sep 15). Direct membrane binding and self-interaction contribute to Mmr1 function in mitochondrial inheritance. ID: 30044712.


71.) Davis-Roca AC, Divekar NS, Ng RK, Wignall SM (2018 Sep). Dynamic SUMO remodeling drives a series of critical events during the meiotic divisions in Caenorhabditis elegans. ID: 30180169.


72.) Gray PJ, Hornick JE, Sharma A, Weiner RG, Koontz JL, Duncan TV (2018 Aug 21). Influence of Different Acids on the Transport of CdSe Quantum Dots from Polymer Nanocomposites to Food Simulants. ID: 30004222.


73.) English PA, Nocera JJ, Green DJ (2018 Jun). Nightjars may adjust breeding phenology to compensate for mismatches between moths and moonlight. Ecology and evolution, 8(11), 5515-5529. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4077. PMID: 29938070.


74.) Kraft LM, Lackner LL (2018 May 27). Mitochondrial anchors: Positioning mitochondria and more. ID: 28676393.


75.) Schmit HL, Kraft LM, Lee-Smith CF, Lackner LL (2018). The role of mitochondria in anchoring dynein to the cell cortex extends beyond clustering the anchor protein. ID: 29976118.


76.) Sood V, Brickner JH (2017 Dec 4). Genetic and Epigenetic Strategies Potentiate Gal4 Activation to Enhance Fitness in Recently Diverged Yeast Species. ID: 29153325.


77.) Wignall SJ, Thomas NA, Nicholls MER (2017 Dec). Fat or fiction? Effects of body size, eating pathology, and sex upon the body schema of an undergraduate population. ID: 28992582.


78.) Kraft LM, Lackner LL (2017 Oct 2). Mitochondria-driven assembly of a cortical anchor for mitochondria and dynein. ID: 28835466.


79.) Nyberg KG, Carthew RW (2017 Sep 15). Out of the testis: biological impacts of new genes. ID: 29051387.


80.) Satomura A, Brickner JH (2017 Sep). Nuclear Pore Complexes: A Scaffold Regulating Developmental Transcription? ID: 28734734.


81.) Mullen TJ, Wignall SM (2017 Sep). Interplay between microtubule bundling and sorting factors ensures acentriolar spindle stability during C. elegans oocyte meiosis. ID: 28910277.


82.) Sood V, Cajigas I, D (2017 Aug). Epigenetic Transcriptional Memory of GAL Genes Depends on Growth in Glucose and the Tup1 Transcription Factor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ID: 28607146.


83.) Moser-Purdy C, MacDougall-Shackleton SA, Bonier F, Graham BA, Boyer AC, Mennill DJ (2017 Jul). Male song sparrows have elevated testosterone in response to neighbors versus strangers. Hormones and behavior, 93(), 47-52. . PMID: 28434901.


84.) Kim S, Liachko I, Brickner DG, Cook K, Noble WS, Brickner JH, Shendure J, Dunham MJ (2017 May 24). The dynamic three-dimensional organization of the diploid yeast genome. ID: 28537556.


85.) Carthew RW, Agbu P, Giri R (2017 May). MicroRNA function in Drosophila melanogaster. ID: 27000418.


86.) Davis-Roca AC, Muscat CC, Wignall SM (2017 May 1). Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes detect meiotic errors in the absence of canonical end-on kinetochore attachments. ID: 28356326.


87.) Schoenle LA, Dudek AM, Moore IT, Bonier F (2017 Apr). Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) with higher baseline glucocorticoids also invest less in incubation and clutch mass. Hormones and behavior, 90(), 1-7. . PMID: 28189642.


88.) Bakker R, Carthew RW (2017 Mar 27). MicroRNAs Make a Difference in Cardiovascular Robustness. ID: 28350982.


89.) Lackner LL, Voeltz GK (2017 Mar 15). The mechanisms and functions of interorganelle interactions. ID: 28292913.


90.) Que EL, Duncan FE, Bayer AR, Philips SJ, Roth EW, Bleher R, Gleber SC, Vogt S, Woodruff TK, O (2017 Feb 20). Zinc sparks induce physiochemical changes in the egg zona pellucida that prevent polyspermy. ID: 28102396.


91.) Mendoza AD, Woodruff TK, Wignall SM, O (2017 Jan). Zinc availability during germline development impacts embryo viability in Caenorhabditis elegans. ID: 27664515.


92.) Allen-Blevins CR, You X, Hinde K, Sela DA (2017). Handling stress may confound murine gut microbiota studies. PeerJ, 5(), e2876. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2876. PMID: 28097073.


93.) Akçay Ç, Lendvai ÁZ, Stanback M, Haussmann M, Moore IT, Bonier F (2016 Dec). Strategic adjustment of parental care in tree swallows: life-history trade-offs and the role of glucocorticoids. Royal Society open science, 3(12), 160740. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160740. PMID: 28083111.


94.) Wolff ID, Tran MV, Mullen TJ, Villeneuve AM, Wignall SM (2016 Oct 15). Assembly of Caenorhabditis elegans acentrosomal spindles occurs without evident microtubule-organizing centers and requires microtubule sorting by KLP-18/kinesin-12 and MESP-1. ID: 27559133.


95.) Tracey AJ, Stephens KA, Schamp BS, Aarssen LW (2016 Oct). What does body size mean, from the "plant's eye view"? Ecology and evolution, 6(20), 7344-7351. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2476. PMID: 28725402.


96.) Briley SM, Jasti S, McCracken JM, Hornick JE, Fegley B, Pritchard MT, Duncan FE (2016 Sep). Reproductive age-associated fibrosis in the stroma of the mammalian ovary. ID: 27491879.


97.) Ping HA, Kraft LM, Chen W, Nilles AE, Lackner LL (2016 Jun 6). Num1 anchors mitochondria to the plasma membrane via two domains with different lipid binding specificities. ID: 27241910.


98.) Duncan FE, Que EL, Zhang N, Feinberg EC, O (2016 Apr 26). The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation. ID: 27113677.


99.) Zhang N, Duncan FE, Que EL, O (2016 Mar 18). The fertilization-induced zinc spark is a novel biomarker of mouse embryo quality and early development. ID: 26987302.


100.) Cassidy JJ, Straughan AJ, Carthew RW (2016 Feb). Differential Masking of Natural Genetic Variation by miR-9a in Drosophila. ID: 26614743.


101.) Maesner CC, Almada AE, Wagers AJ (2016). Established cell surface markers efficiently isolate highly overlapping populations of skeletal muscle satellite cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Skeletal muscle, 6(), 35. doi: 10.1186/s13395-016-0106-6. PMID: 27826411.


102.) Partridge CG, MacManes MD, Knapp R, Neff BD (2016). Brain Transcriptional Profiles of Male Alternative Reproductive Tactics and Females in Bluegill Sunfish. PloS one, 11(12), e0167509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167509. PMID: 27907106.


103.) Muscat CC, Torre-Santiago KM, Tran MV, Powers JA, Wignall SM (2015 May 30). Kinetochore-independent chromosome segregation driven by lateral microtubule bundles. ID: 26026148.


104.) Hornick JE, Duncan FE, Sun M, Kawamura R, Marko JF, Woodruff TK (2015 May). Age-associated alterations in the micromechanical properties of chromosomes in the mammalian egg. ID: 25758987.


105.) Schriever TA (2015). Food webs in relation to variation in the environment and species assemblage: a multivariate approach. PloS one, 10(4), e0122719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122719. PMID: 25880079.


106.) Wilson AD, Brownscombe JW, Sullivan B, Jain-Schlaepfer S, Cooke SJ (2015). Does Angling Technique Selectively Target Fishes Based on Their Behavioural Type? PloS one, 10(8), e0135848. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135848. PMID: 26284779.


107.) Lendvai ÁZ, Akçay Ç, Ouyang JQ, Dakin R, Domalik AD, St John PS, Stanback M, Moore IT, Bonier F (2015). Analysis of the Optimal Duration of Behavioral Observations Based on an Automated Continuous Monitoring System in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor): Is One Hour Good Enough? PloS one, 10(11), e0141194. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141194. PMID: 26559407.


108.) Beatty CD, Andrés JA, Sherratt TN (2015). Conspicuous Coloration in Males of the Damselfly Nehalennia irene (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): Do Males Signal Their Unprofitability to Other Males? PloS one, 10(11), e0142684. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142684. PMID: 26587979.


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110.) Laronda MM, Duncan FE, Hornick JE, Xu M, Pahnke JE, Whelan KA, Shea LD, Woodruff TK (2014 Aug). Alginate encapsulation supports the growth and differentiation of human primordial follicles within ovarian cortical tissue. ID: 24845158.


111.) Tagler D, Makanji Y, Tu T, Bernabé BP, Lee R, Zhu J, Kniazeva E, Hornick JE, Woodruff TK, Shea LD (2014 Jul). Promoting extracellular matrix remodeling via ascorbic acid enhances the survival of primary ovarian follicles encapsulated in alginate hydrogels. ID: 24375265.


112.) Lackner LL (2014 May 27). Shaping the dynamic mitochondrial network. ID: 24884775.


113.) Tracey AJ, Aarssen LW (2014 Apr). Revising traditional theory on the link between plant body size and fitness under competition: evidence from old-field vegetation. Ecology and evolution, 4(7), 959-67. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1001. PMID: 24772274.


114.) Giri R, Carthew RW (2014). microRNAs suppress cellular phenotypic heterogeneity. ID: 24769868.


115.) Klaus SP, Lougheed SC (2013 Apr). Changes in breeding phenology of eastern Ontario frogs over four decades. Ecology and evolution, 3(4), 835-45. doi: 10.1002/ece3.501. PMID: 23610628.


116.) Hornick JE, Duncan FE, Shea LD, Woodruff TK (2013 Jan). Multiple follicle culture supports primary follicle growth through paracrine-acting signals. ID: 23108112.


117.) Schamp BS, Aarssen LW, Wight S (2013). Effects of 'target' plant species body size on neighbourhood species richness and composition in old-field vegetation. PloS one, 8(12), e82036. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082036. PMID: 24349177.


118.) Duncan FE, Hornick JE, Lampson MA, Schultz RM, Shea LD, Woodruff TK (2012 Dec). Chromosome cohesion decreases in human eggs with advanced maternal age. ID: 22823533.


119.) Duncan FE, Hornick JE, Woodruff TK (2012 Sep). Bipolar-to-monopolar spindle collapse in human eggs. ID: 22777649.


120.) Hornick JE, Duncan FE, Shea LD, Woodruff TK (2012 Jun). Isolated primate primordial follicles require a rigid physical environment to survive and grow in vitro. ID: 22456922.


121.) Yang C, Nixon M, Kenyon CJ, Livingstone DE, Duffin R, Rossi AG, Walker BR, Andrew R (2011 Nov). 5α-reduced glucocorticoids exhibit dissociated anti-inflammatory and metabolic effects. British journal of pharmacology, 164(6), 1661-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01465.x. PMID: 21542833.


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124.) Hornick JE, Mader CC, Tribble EK, Bagne CC, Vaughan KT, Shaw SL, Hinchcliffe EH (2011 Apr 12). Amphiastral mitotic spindle assembly in vertebrate cells lacking centrosomes. ID: 21439826.


125.) Robb T, Forbes MR (2006 Nov 7). Age-dependent induction of immunity and subsequent survival costs in males and females of a temperate damselfly. BMC ecology, 6(), 15. . PMID: 17090312.


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The Biological Imaging Facility is a branch of the Chemistry for Life Processes Institute at Northwestern University and is closely associated with the Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging.