Search Results - "White, Paul J."
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Continued preference for suboptimal habitat reduces bat survival with white-nose syndrome
Published in Nature communications (08-01-2021)“…Habitat alteration can influence suitability, creating ecological traps where habitat preference and fitness are mismatched. Despite their importance,…”
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Effect of torpor on host transcriptomic responses to a fungal pathogen in hibernating bats
Published in Molecular ecology (01-09-2018)“…Hibernation, the use of prolonged torpor to depress metabolism, is employed by mammals to conserve resources during extended periods of extreme temperatures…”
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New paradigms in adenosine receptor pharmacology: allostery, oligomerization and biased agonism
Published in British journal of pharmacology (01-11-2018)“…Adenosine receptors are a family of GPCRs containing four subtypes (A1, A2A, A2B and A3 receptors), all of which bind the ubiquitous nucleoside adenosine…”
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Virally-vectored vaccine candidates against white-nose syndrome induce anti-fungal immune response in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
Published in Scientific reports (01-05-2019)“…White-nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans ( Pd ) has killed millions of North American hibernating bats. Currently, methods…”
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Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (31-03-2020)“…Disease outbreaks and pathogen introductions can have significant effects on host populations, and the ability of pathogens to persist in the environment can…”
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Field trial of a probiotic bacteria to protect bats from white-nose syndrome
Published in Scientific reports (24-06-2019)“…Tools for reducing wildlife disease impacts are needed to conserve biodiversity. White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans ,…”
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Development of a self-report instrument for measuring in-class student engagement reveals that pretending to engage is a significant unrecognized problem
Published in PloS one (17-10-2018)“…Student engagement during classes includes behavioural, cognitive and emotional components, and is a pre-requisite for successful active learning environments…”
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Separation of on-target efficacy from adverse effects through rational design of a bitopic adenosine receptor agonist
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-03-2014)“…The concepts of allosteric modulation and biased agonism are revolutionizing modern approaches to drug discovery, particularly in the field of G…”
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Cryptic connections illuminate pathogen transmission within community networks
Published in Nature (London) (01-11-2018)“…Understanding host interactions that lead to pathogen transmission is fundamental to the prediction and control of epidemics 1 – 5 . Although the majority of…”
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Targeting Adenosine Receptors for the Treatment of Cardiac Fibrosis
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (05-05-2017)“…Adenosine is a ubiquitous molecule with key regulatory and cytoprotective mechanisms at times of metabolic imbalance in the body. Among a plethora of…”
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BARRIERS TO SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF SHORT INTERFERING RNA AFTER SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION
Published in Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology (01-11-2008)“…SUMMARY 1 RNA interference in vivo has tremendous potential, both with respect to the elucidation of protein function in animals and as a therapeutic platform…”
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Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in the diets of little brown and big brown bats
Published in Journal of mammalogy (01-06-2018)“…Bats have been portrayed as important consumers of mosquitoes, but evidence supporting this claim is surprisingly scant. We collected the fecal material of 2…”
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Environmental transmission of Pseudogymnoascus destructans to hibernating little brown bats
Published in Scientific reports (21-03-2023)“…Pathogens with persistent environmental stages can have devastating effects on wildlife communities. White-nose syndrome (WNS), caused by the fungus…”
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Flipped Classroom Implementation: A Case Report of Two Higher Education Institutions in the United States and Australia
Published in Computers in the schools (02-01-2016)“…This case report explored the implementation of flipped classrooms at two higher education institutions. Experiences and publications from the institutions…”
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Self-Crosslinking Lipopeptide/DNA/PEGylated Particles: A New Platform for DNA Vaccination Designed for Assembly in Aqueous Solution
Published in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids (07-09-2018)“…Delivery of plasmids for gene expression in vivo is an inefficient process that requires improvement and optimization to unlock the clinical potential of DNA…”
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Adopting an active learning approach to teaching in a research-intensive higher education context transformed staff teaching attitudes and behaviours
Published in Higher education research and development (03-05-2016)“…The conventional lecture has significant limitations in the higher education context, often leading to a passive learning experience for students. This paper…”
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Longevity Records of Five Male Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus) in Northwest Wisconsin
Published in Northeastern naturalist (01-11-2019)“…Although bats are highly transient and secretive animals, banding allows biologists to track the longevity of these mammals and their return rates to various…”
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Pharmacological Insights Into Safety and Efficacy Determinants for the Development of Adenosine Receptor Biased Agonists in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (11-03-2021)“…Adenosine A receptors (A R) are a potential target for cardiac injury treatment due to their cardioprotective/antihypertrophic actions, but drug development…”
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THE FUNGUS TRICHOPHYTON REDELLII SP. NOV. CAUSES SKIN INFECTIONS THAT RESEMBLE WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME OF HIBERNATING BATS
Published in Journal of wildlife diseases (01-01-2015)“…Before the discovery of white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans, there were no reports of fungal skin infections in…”
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Enhanced Extravasation, Stability and in Vivo Cardiac Gene Silencing via in Situ siRNA–Albumin Conjugation
Published in Molecular pharmaceutics (01-01-2012)“…A potential barrier to progression of siRNA therapeutics to the clinic is the ability of these agents to cross the vascular endothelium to reach target cells…”
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