Aspirnaut™ Co-Authorships
Aspirnauts help expand the leading edge of new knowledge by conducting discovery science research. High school, undergraduate, and graduate students have been recognized as co-authors of scientific publications. One publication featured over 80 Aspirnaut co-authors in the leading journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Depletion of Polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 (PTBP1) activates Müller glia-derived proliferation during zebrafish retina regeneration via modulation of the senescence secretome
Experimental Eye Research | Issue 257, 2025
α-Parvin regulation of cell re-arrangement is critical for ureteric bud branching morphogenesis
bioRxiv | Dec 8 2025
Pharmacological inhibition of MCL-1 disrupts mitochondrial cristae and depletes the human neural progenitor cell pool
bioRxiv | December 22, 2025
The staphylococcal collagen adhesion CNA35 effectively detects collagen and its fragments in blots after SDS-PAGE
ScienceDirect | May 2025
Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and MECR regulate CD4+ T cell function and oxidative metabolism
The Journal of Immunology | April 9, 2025
Analysis of the senescence secretome during zebrafish retina regeneration
Frontiers in Aging | Issue 6, 2025
Sex differences in the Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Dihydrotestosterone in the Rat Kidney
Psychology | Volume 40, Issue S1
Glutamine synthetase deficiency enhances CD8 T cell survival and stress resilience in the tumor microenvironment
Journal of Immunology | Oct 11 2025
Collagen IV of basement membranes: I. Origin and diversification of COL4 genes enabling metazoan multicellularity, evolution, and adaptation
JBC | April 11, 2025
Collagen IV of basement membranes: III. Chloride pressure is a primordial innovation that drives and maintains the assembly of scaffolds
JBC | November 2023
Collagen IV of basement membranes: II. Emergence of Collagen IVα345 enabled the assembly of compact GBM as an ultrafilter in mammalian kidneys
JBC | October 28, 2023
Collagen IV of basement membranes: IV. Adaptive mechanism of collagen IV scaffold assembly in Drosophila
JBC | October 16, 2023
Defining mitochondrial cristae morphology changes induced by aging in brown adipose tissue
JBC | November 2023
The role of learned song in the evolution and speciation of Eastern and Spotted towhees
bioRxiv| May 16, 2023
Collagen IVα345 dysfunction in glomerular basement membrane diseases. III. A functional framework for α345 hexamer assembly
Journal of Biological Chemistry | January – June 2021
Collagen IVα345 dysfunction in glomerular basement membrane diseases. I. Discovery of a COL4A3 variant in familial Goodpasture’s and Alport diseases
Journal of Biological Chemistry | January – June 2021
ELAVL1 primarily couples mRNA stability with the 3′ UTRs of interferon-stimulated genes
Cell Reports | May 25, 2021
Phenome-based approach identifies RIC1-linked Mendelian syndrome through zebrafish models, biobank associations and clinical studies
Nature Medicine | January 13, 2020 | pages 26, 98-109
Cotranslational folding stimulates programmed ribosomal frameshifting in the alphavirus structural polyprotein
Journal of Biological Chemistry | January 17, 2020
Chronic femoral diaphyseal osteomyelitis with radiographs initially concerning for Paget disease of the bone
Radiology Case Reports | April 2020 | pages 344-348
Clostridioides difficile proline fermentation in response to commensal clostridia
ScienceDirect | June 2020 | Volume 63
EGF Receptor–Mediated FUS Phosphorylation Promotes Its Nuclear Translocation and Fibrotic Signaling
Journal of Cell Biology | September 7, 2020
Aspirnaut: a Rural High School Pipeline to Increase Diversity in STEM
Nature Reviews Nephrology | August 8, 2019 | pages 591-592
CysLT1 receptor antagonists pranlukast and zafirlukast inhibit LRRC8-medidated volume regulated anion channels independently of the receptor
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol | October 7, 2019 | pages 857-866
Discovery and characterization of 2-nitro-5-(4-(phenylsulfonyl)piperazin-1-yl)-N-(pyridine-4-ylmethyl) anilines as novel inhibitors of the Aedes aegypti Kir 1 (AeKir1) channel
ACS Infectious Diseases | March 4, 2019 | pages 5, 6, 917-931
Changes in urinary metabolome related to body fat involved intermediates of choline processing by gut microbiota
Heliyon | April 11, 2019
Cotranslational folding stimulates programmed ribosomal frameshifting in the alphavirus structural polyprotein
bioRxiv | 2019
A chloride ring is an ancient evolutionary innovation mediating the assembly of the collagen IV scaffold of basement membranes
J Biol Chem | March 28, 2019 | pages 294:7968-7981
Respiratory heterogeneity shapes biofilm formation and host colonization in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
mBio | April 2, 2019
Polyamine-containing etoposide derivatives as poisons of human type II topoisomerases: differential effects on topoisomerase Iiα and Iiβ
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | September 15, 2018 | pages 2961-2968
Oxidative stress increases M1dG, a major peroxidation-derived DNA adduct, in mitochondrial DNA
Nucleic Acids Research | April 20, 2018 | pages 3458-3467
Salt-bridge modulates differential calcium-mediated ligand binding to integrin α1- and α2-I domains
Scientific Reports | February 3, 2018 | pages 258-271
Unicellular ancestry and mechanisms of diversification of Goodpasture-antigen binding protein
The Journal of Biological Chemistry | November 1, 2018
Discovery, characterization, and effects on renal fluid and electrolyte excretion of the Kir4.1 potassium channel pore blocker, VU0134992
Molecular Pharmacology | August 2018 | pages 926-937
Effect of Temperature on the release of Proterometra macrostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) cercariae from their snail intermediate host, Pleurocera semicarinata (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) at North Elkhorn Creek, Kentucky
Comparative Parasitology | July 1, 2018 | pages 202-207
Blocking TGF-β and β-catenin epithelial crosstalkexacerbates CKD
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | December 28, 2017 | pages 3490-3503
Small molecule inhibition of cGAS reduces interferon expression in primary macrophages from autoimmune mice
Nature Communications | September 29, 2017 | Article 750
Discoidin domain receptor 1 kinase activity is required for regulating collagen IV synthesis
Matrix Biology | January 2017 | pages 258-271
Embryo implantation triggers dynamic spatiotemporal expression of the basement membrane toolkit during uterine reprogramming
Matrix Biology | January 2017 | pages 931-939
Basement membrane ultrastructure and component localization data from uterine tissues during early mouse pregnancy
Data in Brief | November 5, 2016 | pages 931-939
A pH-mediated topological switch within the n-terminal domain of humnan caveolin-3
Biophysical Journal | June 7, 2016 | pages 2475-2485
Extracellular chloride signals collagen IV network assembly during basement membrane formation
JCB | May 23, 2016 | pages 479-494
Pyridoxamine protects proteins from damage by hypohalous acids in vitro and in vivo
Free Radical Biology & Medicine | December 2015 | pages 83-90
The Ancient Immunoglobulin Domains of Peroxidasin Are Required to Form Sulfilimine Cross-links in Collagen IV
Journal of Biological Chemistry | August 28, 2015 | pages 21741-21748
5′-O-Alkylpyridoxamines: Lipophilic Analogues of Pyridoxamine Are Potent Scavengers of 1,2-Dicarbonyls
Chemical Research in Toxicology | July 20, 2015 | pages 1469-1475
Hypohalous acids contribute to renal extracellular matrix damage in experimental diabetes
Diabetes | June 2015 | pages 2242-2253
Alterations of urinary metabolite profile in model diabetic nephropathy
Biochemical and biophysical research communications | January 9, 2015 | pages 610-614
Supramolecular organization of the α121-α565 collagen IV network
JBC | September 12, 2014 | pages 25601-25610
TRIP/NOPO E3 ubiquitin ligase promotes ubiquitylation of DNA polymerase eta
Development | January 2014 | pages 1332-1341
A unique covalent bond in basement membrane is a primordial innovation for tissue evolution
PNAS | January 7, 2014 | pages 331-336
Peroxidasin forms sulfilimine chemical bonds using hypohalous acids in tissue genesis
Nature Chemical Biology | September 2012 | pages 784-790
Glucose autoxidation induces functional damage to proteins via modification of critical arginine residues
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | August 5, 2011 | pages 574-579
Glucose autoxidation induces functional damage to proteins via modification of critical arginine residues
Biochemistry Vol 50, Issue 27 | July 12, 2011 | pages 6102-6112