2021-2022 Senate Research Award News: February 26, 2021 Ramen was awarded the 2021-2022 UC Merced Senate Research Award to study BAF complex functions in neurons using novel inhibitors.
Rapid activity-induced transcription of Arc and other IEGs relies on poised RNA polymerase II Publication: Journal Article Saha, RN, EM Wissink, ER Bailey, M Zhao, DC Fargo, JY Hwang, KR Daigle, JD Fenn, K Adelman, and SM Dudek. 2011. “Rapid Activity-Induced Transcription of Arc and Other IEGs Relies on Poised RNA Polymerase II”. Nat Neurosci. 14: 848-56.
A convolutional neural network method for boundary optimization enables few-shot learning for biomedical image segmentation Publication: Book Rutter, Erica M, John H Lagergren, and Kevin B Flores. 2019. A Convolutional Neural Network Method for Boundary Optimization Enables Few-Shot Learning for Biomedical Image Segmentation. Springer.
Simple multi-scale modeling of the transmission dynamics of the 1905 plague epidemic in Bombay Publication: Journal Article Pell, Bruce, Tin Phan, Erica M Rutter, Gerardo Chowell, and Yang Kuang. 2018. “Simple Multi-Scale Modeling of the Transmission Dynamics of the 1905 Plague Epidemic in Bombay”. Mathematical Biosciences 301: 83-92.
Global dynamics of a model of joint hormone treatment with dendritic cell vaccine for prostate cancer Publication: Journal Article Rutter, Erica M, and Yang Kuang. 2017. “Global Dynamics of a Model of Joint Hormone Treatment With Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Prostate Cancer”. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems-B 22 (3): 1001.
A mathematical journey of cancer growth Publication: Book Rutter, Erica Marie. 2016. A Mathematical Journey of Cancer Growth. Arizona State University.
Emil successfully passes his Master's comprehensive examination! Great job Emil! News: December 06, 2022
Shape-Shifting Peptide Nanomaterials: Surface Asymmetry Enables pH-Dependent Formation and Interconversion of Collagen Tubes and Sheets Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D*, Gavin* Touponse, Eric van Genderen, Thorsten Blum, Xiaobing Zuo, Alisina Bazrafshan, Hew Ming Helen Siaw, et al. 2020. “Shape-Shifting Peptide Nanomaterials: Surface Asymmetry Enables PH-Dependent Formation and Interconversion of Collagen Tubes and Sheets”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142: 19956-68.
Ligand Exchange for Controlling the Surface Chemistry and Properties of Nanoparticle Superstructures Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D., Yicheng Zhou, Ashley M. Smith, Jill E. Millstone, and Nathaniel L. Rosi. 2017. “Ligand Exchange for Controlling the Surface Chemistry and Properties of Nanoparticle Superstructures”. ChemNanoMat 3: 745-49.