Publications

Mishra, N, Bhatt, S, Paudel, KR, Hansbro, P & Dua, K 2023, Synbiotics for the management of Cancer, Springer.
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This book illustrates the significance of probiotics and prebiotics for the management of various types of cancers.

Alonzo, M & Fu, S 2023, 'Cocaine' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 573-585.
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Alonzo, M & Fu, S 2023, 'Hallucinogens' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 107-121.
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Alonzo, M & Fu, S 2023, 'New Psychoactive Substances' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 660-681.
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Kelty, S, Green, N, Ribaux, O, Roux, C & Robertson, J 2023, 'Assessment of Occupational Stress' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 209-220.
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McNevin, D & Padula, M 2023, 'Serology: Blood' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 470-483.
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Nienaber, C, Forbes, SL, Connor, M, Wescott, DJ, Ward, J, Steadman, DW & Colman, KL 2023, 'Forensic Taphonomy' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 700-711.
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Roux, C & Jones, K 2023, 'Paper Analysis' in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition, Elsevier, pp. 88-99.
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Aisbett, J, Drinkwater, EJ, Quarrie, KL & Woodcock, S 2023, 'Applying generalized funnel plots to help design statistical analyses', Statistical Papers, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 355-364.
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AbstractResearchers across many fields routinely analyze trial data using Null Hypothesis Significance Tests with zero null and p < 0.05. To promote thoughtful statistical testing, we propose a visualization tool that highlights practically meaningful effects when calculating sample sizes. The tool re-purposes and adapts funnel plots, originally developed for meta-analyses, after generalizing them to cater for meaningful effects. As with traditional sample size calculators, researchers must nominate anticipated effect sizes and variability alongside the desired power. The advantage of our tool is that it simultaneously presents sample sizes needed to adequately power tests for equivalence, for non-inferiority and for superiority, each considered at up to three alpha levels and in positive and negative directions. The tool thus encourages researchers at the design stage to think about the type and level of test in terms of their research goals, costs of errors, meaningful effect sizes and feasible sample sizes. An R-implementation of the tool is available on-line.

Ashique, S, Gupta, K, Gupta, G, Mishra, N, Singh, SK, Wadhwa, S, Gulati, M, Dureja, H, Zacconi, F, Oliver, BG, Paudel, KR, Hansbro, PM, Chellappan, DK & Dua, K 2023, 'Vitamin D—A prominent immunomodulator to prevent COVID ‐19 infection', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 13-30.
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Bai, L, Song, A, Wang, L, Lei, X, Zhang, T, Tian, H, Liu, H, Qin, X, Wang, G & Shao, G 2023, 'Enhancement of hydrogen desorption for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution on nickel-coupled graphite carbon nitride catalysts', Ionics, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 323-330.
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Becker, A, Lowry, MB, Fowler, AM & Taylor, MD 2023, 'Hydroacoustic surveys reveal the distribution of mid-water fish around two artificial reef designs in temperate Australia', Fisheries Research, vol. 257, pp. 106509-106509.
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Bordin, DM, Bishop, D, de Campos, EG, Blanes, L, Doble, P, Roux, C & De Martinis, BS 2023, 'Analysis of Stimulants in Sweat and Urine Using Disposable Pipette Extraction and Gas Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry in the Context of Doping Control', Journal of Analytical Toxicology, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 991-998.
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Abstract Urine is initially collected from athletes to screen for the presence of illicit drugs. Sweat is an alternative sample matrix that provides advantages over urine including reduced opportunity for sample adulteration, longer detection-time window and non-invasive collection. Sweat is suitable for analysis of the parent drug and metabolites. In this study, a method was developed and validated to determine the presence of 13 amphetamine- and cocaine-related substances and their metabolites in sweat and urine using disposable pipette extraction (DPX) by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The DPX extraction was performed using 0.1 M HCl and dichloromethane:isopropanol:ammonium hydroxide (78:20:2, v/v/v) followed by derivatization with N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide at 90°C for 20 min. DPX extraction efficiencies ranged between 65.0% and 96.0% in urine and 68.0% and 101.0% in sweat. Method accuracy was from 90.0% to 104.0% in urine and from 89.0% to 105.0% in sweat. Intra-assay precision in urine and in sweat were &lt;15.6% and &lt;17.8%, respectively, and inter-assay precision ranged from 4.70% to 15.3% in urine and from 4.05% to 15.4% in sweat. Calibration curves presented a correlation coefficient –0.99 for all analytes in both matrices. The validated method was applied to urine and sweat samples collected from 40 professional athletes who knowingly took one or more of the target illicit drugs. Thirteen of 40 athletes were positive for at least one drug. All the drugs detected in the urine were also detected in sweat samples indicating that sweat is a viable matrix for screening or confirmatory drug testing.

Brown, AO, Ueland, M, Stuart, BH & Frankham, GJ 2023, 'A forensically validated genetic toolkit for the species and lineage identification of the highly trafficked shingleback lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)', Forensic Science International: Genetics, vol. 62, pp. 102784-102784.
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Clain, C, Stewart, J, Fowler, A & Diamond, S 2023, 'Reproductive biology of largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) in south-eastern Australia', Aquaculture and Fisheries, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 148-158.
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Knowledge of reproductive biology and life-history traits of populations exploited by fisheries is important for their sustainable management. We investigated the life-history traits of Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail) in south-eastern Australia; a region of low exploitation for this otherwise heavily exploited circumglobal species, to investigate whether there were differences in the reproductive biology and life-history traits in the south-east Australian population compared with those in other regions. We also used histological sections to examine male and female gonads at a microscopic level. Trichiurus lepturus in south-eastern Australia had a greater maximum length (193 cm total length (TL)), matured at a larger length (108 cm TL at 50% mature) and had a spawning period (March to September, Austral winter) that was inconsistent with other regions. The overall sex ratio of 1:0.4 females: males was consistent with a female dominant sex ratio observed in other regions, particularly in larger length classes. However, females in the current study dominated samples from both estuarine and coastal habitats, as well as during the spawning and non-spawning periods, which is not consistent with the patterns found in other regions. Differences in south-eastern Australia may relate to limited fishing pressure, genetic variation, or differences in environmental factors that influence reproductive development, including temperature, trophic resources and habitat.

Collins, S, Stuart, B & Ueland, M 2023, 'The use of lipids from textiles as soft-tissue biomarkers of human decomposition', Forensic Science International, vol. 343, pp. 111547-111547.
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Dilernia, NJ, Camp, EF, Bartels, N & Suggett, DJ 2023, 'Contrasting the thermal performance of cultured coral endosymbiont photo-physiology', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 561, pp. 151865-151865.
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Ding, Y, Zhang, S, Li, J, Sun, Y, Yin, B, Li, H, Ma, Y, Wang, Z, Ge, H, Su, D & Ma, T 2023, 'Enhanced Elastic Migration of Magnesium Cations in alpha‐Manganese Dioxide Tunnels Locally Tuned by Aluminium Substitution', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 2210519-2210519.
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The harsh conditions of large hydrated ion radius of Mg2+ cations and the strong electrostatic interaction with the host material put forward higher requirements for high-performance aqueous magnesium ion (Mg2+) energy storage devices. Herein, substituted aluminium ions (Al3+) doped α-MnO2 materials are prepared. The introduction of Al3+ cations adjust the local chemical environment inside the tunnel structure of α-MnO2 and precisely regulates the diffusion behavior of inserted Mg2+ cations. The shortened oxygens’ distance and abundant oxygen defects result in a substantially enhanced elastic migration pattern of Mg2+ cations driven by strengthened electrostatic attraction, which brings the lower diffusion energy barrier, improved reaction kinetics, and adaptive volume expansion as evidenced by Climbing Image-Nudged Elastic Band density function theory calculations coupled with experimental confirmation in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance, and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique. As a result, this rationally designed cathode exhibits a high reversible capacity of 197.02 mAh g-1 at 0.1 A g-1 and stable cycle performance of 2500 cycles with 82% retention. These parameters are among the best of Mg-ion capacitors reported to date. This study offers a detailed insight into the local tunnel structure tunning effect and opens up a new path of modification for tunnel-type structural materials.

Fang, H, Liu, Y, Chen, C-H & Hwang, F-J 2023, 'Travel Time Prediction Method Based on Spatial-Feature-based Hierarchical Clustering and Deep Multi-input Gated Recurrent Unit', ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1-21.
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Accurate travel time prediction (TTP) is a significant aspect in the intelligent transportation system (ITS) . Travel times of certain road segments explicitly reflect the traffic conditions of those sections. Effective TTP of road segments is instrumental in route planning, traffic control, and traffic management. However, the accuracy of TTP is greatly affected by the intricate topological structure of traffic network and the dynamics of traffic flow over time. This paper develops a TTP method based on the spatial-feature-based hierarchical clustering (SFHC) and deep multi-input gated recurrent unit (DMGRU) . The proposed two-stage method is capable of capturing the spatial-temporal features of traffic network. Specifically, the SFHC divides the road segments into several clusters having similar traffic features, and then the clustered data is fed into the DMGRU for TTP. Our experiments conducted on the practical dataset demonstrate that the designed prediction method can achieve the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 3.3109% and mean absolute error (MAE) of 2.5658, which outperform various combinations of baseline clustering algorithms and prediction models.

Firme, GF, Hughes, DJ, Laiolo, L, Roughan, M, Suthers, IM & Doblin, MA 2023, 'Contrasting phytoplankton composition and primary productivity in multiple mesoscale eddies along the East Australian coast', Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 193, pp. 103952-103952.
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Fleming, CL, Golzan, M, Gunawan, C & McGrath, KC 2023, 'Systematic and Bibliometric Analysis of Magnetite Nanoparticles and Their Applications in (Biomedical) Research', Global Challenges, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 2200009-2200009.
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Ghorbanpour, SM, Richards, C, Pienaar, D, Sesperez, K, Aboulkheyr Es., H, Nikolic, VN, Karadzov Orlic, N, Mikovic, Z, Stefanovic, M, Cakic, Z, Alqudah, A, Cole, L, Gorrie, C, McGrath, K, Kavurma, MM, Ebrahimi Warkiani, M & McClements, L 2023, 'A placenta-on-a-chip model to determine the regulation of FKBPL and galectin-3 in preeclampsia', Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, vol. 80, no. 2.
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AbstractPreeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific cardiovascular disorder, involving significant maternal endothelial dysfunction. Although inappropriate placentation due to aberrant angiogenesis, inflammation and shallow trophoblast invasion are the root causes of preeclampsia, pathogenic mechanisms are poorly understood, particularly in early pregnancy. Here, we first confirm the abnormal expression of important vascular and inflammatory proteins, FK506-binding protein-like (FKBPL) and galectin-3 (Gal-3), in human plasma and placental tissues from women with preeclampsia and normotensive controls. We then employ a three-dimensional microfluidic placental model incorporating human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and a first trimester trophoblast cell line (ACH-3P) to investigate FKBPL and Gal-3 signaling in inflammatory conditions. In human samples, both circulating (n = 17 controls; n = 30 preeclampsia) and placental (n ≥ 6) FKBPL and Gal-3 levels were increased in preeclampsia compared to controls (plasma: FKBPL, p < 0.0001; Gal-3, p < 0.01; placenta: FKBPL, p < 0.05; Gal-3, p < 0.01), indicative of vascular dysfunction in preeclampsia. In our placenta-on-a-chip model, we show that endothelial cells are critical for trophoblast-mediated migration and that trophoblasts effectively remodel endothelial vascular networks. Inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor-α (10 ng/mL) modulates both FKBPL and Gal-3 signaling in conjunction with trophoblast migration and impairs vascular network formation (p < 0.005). Our placenta-on-a-chip recapitulates aspects of inappropriate placental development and vascular dysfunction in preeclampsia.

Guo, C, Chen, C-H, Chang, C-C, Hwang, F-J & Chang, C-C 2023, 'De-Correlation Neural Network for Synchronous Implementation of Estimation and Secrecy', IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 165-169.
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Haifer, C, Luu, LDW, Paramsothy, S, Borody, TJ, Leong, RW & Kaakoush, NO 2023, 'Microbial determinants of effective donors in faecal microbiota transplantation for UC', Gut, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 90-100.
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ObjectiveFaecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has variable efficacy in treating UC. Recently, oral lyophilised FMT was found to induce remission in patients with UC, with one donor having 100% efficacy compared with a second donor (36% efficacy). We characterised differences in the gut microbiota of these two donors with the aim of improving FMT donor selection.DesignFaecal samples from the two donors were collected over a period of 44 (donor 1) or 70 (donor 2) weeks. The microbiome and metabolome were profiled using shotgun metagenomics and untargeted metabolomicsResultsGut microbiome long-term stability was highly evident in the effective donor. Donor microbiota species evenness was a robust feature associated with clinical efficacy across two clinical trials of FMT in UC, leading to increased donor species engraftment in patients. Alpha diversity and beta diversity of donor gut microbiotas significantly differed. 90 bacterial species and one archaeon were differentially abundant between donors, 44 of which were >0.1% in relative abundance. 17/44 species were enriched in the effective donor, 11 of which (64.7%) were assembled into high-quality genomes that were prevalent (≥75% samples) in that donor, and six showed evidence of engraftment in patients. Taxonomic differences between donors translated to substantial microbial functional differences that were validated using metabolomics.ConclusionDonor microbiota stability and species evenness were identified as novel metrics that were associated with therapeutic efficacy in UC, beyond individual microbial species or metabolites. These metrics may represent community resilience that translates to better engraftment in the host.Trial regist...

Han, LI, Xiaomin, H, Haiyang, C, George, H, Jing, HE, Yixun, SU, Weihong, LI, Chenju, YI, Brian G, O & Hui, C 2023, 'Mitochondrial dysfunction in a rat model and the related risk of metabolic disorders.', J Tradit Chin Med, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 95-104.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore whether kidney deficiency (KYD) is prone to metabolic disorders may be linked to impaired mitochondrial function in thermogenesis and metabolic tissues. METHODS: A rat model of KYD was used, which was established using Sprague Dawley rat dams with warm preference subjected to herbal treatment that can improve kidney . The human relevance was confirmed by reduced serum corticosterone levels, and increased preference for warm location. RESULTS: KYD Rats were underdeveloped. Adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) production was reduced in the brown fat, but increased in the muscle. However, oxidative phosphorylated complexes to generate ATP and mitochondrial biogenesis marker were reduced in both tissues. When the second insult of high-fat diet (HFD) was introduced, KYD rats gained less weight yet developed more severe lipid and glucose metabolic disorders. This may be driven by disregulated liver gluconeogenesis marker forkhead box protein O1 and lipid metabolic regulator cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase. CONCLUSION: KYD rats exhibited reduced mito-chondrial function in the brown fat, but were partially compensated by skeletal muscle, associated with the phenotype of warm preference and metabolic disorder, which was further exacerbated by additional HFD consumption. Future studies can focus on treatment targetting mitochondria function to reverse this phenotype.

Healey, AJ, Scholten, SC, Yang, T, Scott, JA, Abrahams, GJ, Robertson, IO, Hou, XF, Guo, YF, Rahman, S, Lu, Y, Kianinia, M, Aharonovich, I & Tetienne, J-P 2023, 'Quantum microscopy with van der Waals heterostructures', Nature Physics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 87-91.
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Kendig, MD, Hasebe, K, Tajaddini, A, Kaakoush, NO, Westbrook, RF & Morris, MJ 2023, 'The Benefits of Switching to a Healthy Diet on Metabolic, Cognitive, and Gut Microbiome Parameters Are Preserved in Adult Rat Offspring of Mothers Fed a High‐Fat, High‐Sugar Diet', Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 2200318-2200318.
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Lapine, M & Gorlach, M 2023, 'Current trends and nonlinear effects in multilayered metamaterials—FF-1:IL01', Ceramics International.
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Li, L, Cao, X, Huo, J, Qu, J, Chen, W, Liu, C, Zhao, Y, Liu, H & Wang, G 2023, 'High valence metals engineering strategies of Fe/Co/Ni-based catalysts for boosted OER electrocatalysis', Journal of Energy Chemistry, vol. 76, pp. 195-213.
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Li, Y, Faiz, A, Moshage, H, Schilling, L & Kamps, JAAM 2023, 'Responses of retinal and brain microvasculature to streptozotocin induced diabetes revealed by global expression profiling', Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 147916412211475-147916412211475.
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This study aims to determine the effects of diabetes in the retinal and brain microvasculature through gene expression profiling. Twelve male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and time-matched nondiabetic rats. The retinal microvessels (RMVs) and brain microvessels (BMVs) were mechanically isolated from individual rats. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in diabetic and nondiabetic microvessels were identified by cDNA microarrays analysis. In RMVs, we identified 43 DEGs, of which 20 were upregulated while 23 were downregulated by diabetes. In BMVs, 35 genes DEGs were identified, of which 22 were upregulated and 13 were downregulated by diabetes. Altered expression of the Nars, Gars, Mars, Iars, Yars, Bcl2, Nqo1, NR4A3, Gpd1, Stc1, Tsc22d3, Tnfrsf21 mRNA as observed in the microarray analyses, was confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR. The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) pathway in RMVs was significantly overrepresented as compared to BMVs. Our study demonstrates for the first time that in the brain microvasculature multiple compensatory mechanisms exists, serving to protect brain tissue from diabetic insults, whereas these mechanisms are not activated in the retinal microvasculature. This provides new insights as to why brain microvasculature is less susceptible to diabetes.

Moore, SJ, Deplazes, E & Mancera, RL 2023, 'Influence of force field choice on the conformational landscape of rat and human islet amyloid polypeptide', Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 338-353.
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Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) is a naturally occurring, intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) whose abnormal aggregation into toxic soluble oligomers and insoluble amyloid fibrils is a pathological feature in type-2 diabetes. Rat IAPP (rIAPP) differs from hIAPP by only six amino acids yet has a reduced tendency to aggregate or form fibrils. The structures of the monomeric forms of IAPP are difficult to characterize due to their intrinsically disordered nature. Molecular dynamics simulations can provide a detailed characterization of the monomeric forms of rIAPP and hIAPP in near-physiological conditions. In this work, the conformational landscapes of rIAPP and hIAPP as a function of secondary structure content were predicted using well-tempered bias exchange metadynamics simulations. Several combinations of commonly used biomolecular force fields and water models were tested. The predicted conformational preferences of both rIAPP and hIAPP are typical of IDPs, exhibiting dominant random coil structures but showing a low propensity for transient α-helical conformations. Predicted nuclear magnetic resonance Cα chemical shifts reveal different preferences with each force field towards certain conformations, with AMBERff99SBnmr2/TIP4Pd showing the best agreement with the experiment. Comparisons of secondary structure content demonstrate residue-specific differences between hIAPP and rIAPP that may reflect their different aggregation propensities.

Muhammad, I, Ahmed, S, Cao, H, Mahmood, A & Wang, Y-G 2023, 'Three-Dimensional Silicene-Based Materials: A Universal Anode for Monovalent and Divalent Ion Batteries', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 1198-1208.
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Nickovic, S, Petković, S, Ilić, L, Pejanović, G, Mijić, Z, Huete, A & Marks, G 2023, 'Prediction of airborne pollen and sub-pollen particles for thunderstorm asthma outbreaks assessment', Science of The Total Environment, vol. 864, pp. 160879-160879.
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Prasad, E, Atwood, L, van Oorschot, RAH, McNevin, D, Barash, M & Raymond, J 2023, 'Trace DNA recovery rates from firearms and ammunition as revealed by casework data', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 73-88.
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Price, OF, Mikac, K, Wilson, N, Roberts, B, Critescu, RH, Gallagher, R, Mallee, J, Donatiou, P, Webb, J, Keith, DA, Letnic, M & Mackenzie, BDE 2023, 'Short‐term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia', Austral Ecology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 3-11.
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Rathnayake, SNH, Ditz, B, van Nijnatten, J, Sadaf, T, Hansbro, PM, Brandsma, CA, Timens, W, van Schadewijk, A, Hiemstra, PS, ten Hacken, NHT, Oliver, B, Kerstjens, HAM, van den Berge, M & Faiz, A 2023, 'Smoking induces shifts in cellular composition and transcriptome within the bronchial mucus barrier', Respirology, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 132-142.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Smoking disturbs the bronchial-mucus-barrier. This study assesses the cellular composition and gene expression shifts of the bronchial-mucus-barrier with smoking to understand the mechanism of mucosal damage by cigarette smoke exposure. We explore whether single-cell-RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) based cellular deconvolution (CD) can predict cell-type composition in RNA-seq data. METHODS: RNA-seq data of bronchial biopsies from three cohorts were analysed using CD. The cohorts included 56 participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] (38 smokers; 18 ex-smokers), 77 participants without COPD (40 never-smokers; 37 smokers) and 16 participants who stopped smoking for 1 year (11 COPD and 5 non-COPD-smokers). Differential gene expression was used to investigate gene expression shifts. The CD-derived goblet cell ratios were validated by correlating with staining-derived goblet cell ratios from the COPD cohort. Statistics were done in the R software (false discovery rate p-value < 0.05). RESULTS: Both CD methods indicate a shift in bronchial-mucus-barrier cell composition towards goblet cells in COPD and non-COPD-smokers compared to ex- and never-smokers. It shows that the effect was reversible within a year of smoking cessation. A reduction of ciliated and basal cells was observed with current smoking, which resolved following smoking cessation. The expression of mucin and sodium channel (ENaC) genes, but not chloride channel genes, were altered in COPD and current smokers compared to never smokers or ex-smokers. The goblet cell-derived staining scores correlate with CD-derived goblet cell ratios. CONCLUSION: Smoking alters bronchial-mucus-barrier cell composition, transcriptome and increases mucus production. This effect is partly reversible within a year of smoking cessation. CD methodology can predict goblet-cell percentages from RNA-seq.

Rathnayake, SNH, Ditz, B, Willemse, BWM, Timens, W, Kooistra, W, Heijink, IH, Oliver, BGG, van den Berge, M & Faiz, A 2023, 'Longitudinal effects of one-year smoking cessation on human bronchial epithelial transcriptome', Chest.
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Rourke, ML, Walburn, JW, Broadhurst, MK, Fowler, AM, Hughes, JM, Fielder, DS, DiBattista, JD & Furlan, EM 2023, 'Poor utility of environmental DNA for estimating the biomass of a threatened freshwater teleost; but clear direction for future candidate assessments', Fisheries Research, vol. 258, pp. 106545-106545.
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Russell, K, Kelty, SF & Scudder, N 2023, 'Public and family support and concerns for providing DNA to law enforcement in long-term missing person cases', Science & Justice, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 149-157.
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Scanes, E, Ross, PM, Seymour, JR, Siboni, N, Dove, MC, O'Connor, WA, Dittes, C & Parker, LM 2023, 'Transgenerational transfer of the microbiome is altered by ocean acidification in oyster larvae', Aquaculture, vol. 565, pp. 739153-739153.
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Szpila, K, Piwczyński, M, Glinkowski, W, Lutz, L, Akbarzadeh, K, Baz, A, Johnston, NP & Grzywacz, A 2023, 'First molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of West Palaearctic Pollenia (Diptera: Polleniidae)', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 197, no. 1, pp. 267-282.
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Abstract Cluster flies of the genus Pollenia are known as mass invaders of human dwellings, but are important plant pollinators in the temperate climatic zone. Despite being the most species-rich and widespread genus in Polleniidae, no study to date has tested infrageneric relationships using molecular data. Here we use three molecular markers, COI, Ef-1α and CAD to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships between 18 West Palaearctic species of Pollenia, representing eight predefined morphological species groups, using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches. We show several instances where morphological and molecular results are congruent, but also instances where they are discordant. We develop a COI barcode reference library for 18 species, containing newly generated data (87 sequences) and sequences retrieved from the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). We analyse this dataset using both Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) and Bayesian Phylogenetics & Phylogeography (BPP) methods to validate morphological species hypotheses and delimit species. The results of these species delimitation analyses were, in most cases, identical and aligned with predefined morphological species concepts. Based on the results of our analyses, we synonymize P. moravica (stat. rev.) with P. amentaria and assign 191 unidentified sequences from BOLD to named morphospecies.

Tang, Y, Ma, S, Lin, S, Wu, Y, Chen, S, Liu, G, Ma, L, Wang, Z, Jiang, L & Wang, Y 2023, 'Cell-free protein synthesis of CD1E and B2M protein and in vitro interaction', Protein Expression and Purification, vol. 203, pp. 106209-106209.
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van Oppen, MJH & Raina, J 2023, 'Coral holobiont research needs spatial analyses at the microbial scale', Environmental Microbiology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 179-183.
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Wang, J, Zhang, X, Zhang, L, Liu, Y, Wang, G, Zhang, HP, Wang, L, Kang, DY, Oliver, BG, Wan, HJ, McDonald, VM, Chen-Yu Hsu, A, Liu, D, Li, WM, Birring, SS & Wang, G 2023, 'Age-Related Clinical Characteristics, Inflammatory Features, Phenotypes, and Treatment Response in Asthma', The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 210-219.e3.
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Wang, Y, Wang, X, Jia, X, Li, J, Fu, J, Huang, X, Cui, X, Wang, B, Luo, W, Lin, C, Li, Z, Luu, LDW, Li, S, Zhu, X & Tai, J 2023, 'Influenza vaccination features revealed by a single‐cell transcriptome atlas', Journal of Medical Virology, vol. 95, no. 1.
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Webster, J, Dadd‐Daigle, P, Chapman, TA & Kirkby, K 2023, 'Investigating the defoliating‐like (DL) VCG2A pathotype of Verticillium dahliae through identification and prediction of secreted proteins from genomes of Australian isolates', Plant Pathology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 334-341.
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Wei, X, Li, R, Li, X, Wang, B, Huang, J, Mu, H, Zhang, Q, Zhang, Z, Ru, Y, Wu, X, Qiu, Y, Ye, Y, Feng, Y, Wang, S, Chen, H, Yi, C & Wang, J 2023, 'iPSCs-derived mesenchymal stromal cells mitigate anxiety and neuroinflammation in aging female mice', The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, vol. 155, pp. 106347-106347.
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Wong, LL, Mugunthan, S, Kundukad, B, Ho, JCS, Rice, SA, Hinks, J, Seviour, T, Parikh, AN & Kjelleberg, S 2023, 'Microbial biofilms are shaped by the constant dialogue between biological and physical forces in the extracellular matrix', Environmental Microbiology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 199-208.
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Woodward, H, Moret, S & Chadwick, S 2023, 'Biodegradable plastics and their impact on fingermark detection methods', Forensic Science International, vol. 344, pp. 111571-111571.
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Yamaguchi, A, Hoppenrath, M, Murray, S, Kretzschmar, AL, Horiguchi, T & Wakeman, KC 2023, 'Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the benthic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales) Amphidiniopsis crumena n. sp. and Amphidiniopsis nileribanjensis n. sp.', European Journal of Protistology, vol. 87, pp. 125940-125940.
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Zhou, X, Liu, H, Liu, S, zhang, L, Wang, T, Wang, C & Su, D 2023, 'Constructing efficient ɑ-Fe2O3/g-C3N4/HNTs-loaded heterojunction photocatalysts for photocatalytic oxidative desulfurization: Influencing factors, kinetics, and mechanism', Fuel, vol. 332, pp. 126147-126147.
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The ɑ-Fe2O3/g-C3N4/HNTs (halloysite nanotubes) were prepared by a simple two-step calcination method. The HNTs skeleton increases the specific surface area of the material and enriches the adsorption reaction sites to prevent the reunion of g-C3N4, while ɑ-Fe2O3 further enhances the absorption in the visible region of g-C3N4. The transfer and separation of photogenerated carriers are promoted by the heterojunction structure constructed by ɑ-Fe2O3 and g-C3N4. The results showed that dibenzothiophene in model oil could be converted by 96.01 % in 3 h under visible light irradiation using ɑ-Fe2O3/g-C3N4/HNTs-10 as the photocatalyst. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometry, radical capture experiments, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry indicated that hydroxyl radicals, holes, and superoxide radicals were the main active substances of the photocatalytic system. Based on the above experimental analysis, the photocatalytic desulfurization mechanism of ɑ-Fe2O3/g-C3N4/HNTs composites was proposed. This work opens a new path for the development of novel and advanced clay-based photocatalytic materials.

Abbriano, RM, George, J, Kahlke, T, Commault, AS & Fabris, M 2023, 'Real time mobilization of a novel diatomMutator-Like Element(MULE) transposon to inactivate the uridine monophosphate synthase (UMPS) locus inPhaeodactylum tricornutum', Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Mao, H, Szafranska, K, Kruse, L, Holte, C, Wolfson, DL, Ahluwalia, BS, Whitchurch, CB, Cole, L, Lockwood, GP, Diekmann, R, Le Couteur, D, Cogger, VC & McCourt, PAG 2023, 'Effect of caffeine and other xanthines on liver sinusoidal endothelial cell ultrastructure', Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Ren, B, He, H, Cao, M, Gao, Y, Zheng, P, Yan, S, Zhong, J-H, Wang, L & Jin, D 2023, 'Noise Learning of Instruments for High-contrast, High-resolution and Fast Hyperspectral Microscopy and Nanoscopy', Research Square Platform LLC.
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Zhigulin, I, Yamamura, K, Ivády, V, Gale, A, Horder, J, Lobo, CJ, Kianinia, M, Toth, M & Aharonovich, I 2023, 'Photophysics of blue quantum emitters in hexagonal Boron Nitride'.