6 results on '"Caleb Anderson"'
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2. Ant waves—Spontaneous activity waves in fire-ant columns
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Caleb Anderson, Guillermo Goldsztein, and Alberto Fernandez-Nieves
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Multidisciplinary - Abstract
Active matter, which includes crowds of organisms, is composed of constituents that independently consume and dissipate energy. Some active matter systems have been shown to sustain the propagation of various types of waves, resulting from the interplay between density and alignment. Here, we examine a type of solitary wave in dense two-dimensional columns of Solenopsis invicta , fire ants, in which the local activity, density and alignment all play a key role. We demonstrate that these waves are nonlinear and that they are composed of aligned ants that are constrained at the top by the time it takes disordered ants to activate and align and at the bottom by a density minimum enforced by gravity. Our results suggest that intrinsically switchable activity can be a productive framework to understand and trigger a broad range of wave-like behaviors, including stampedes in crowds and herds.
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- 2023
3. Mass publication during the COVID-19 pandemic: too much of a good thing?
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Caleb Anderson, Christopher Peterson, and Jeff Dennis
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- 2022
4. Alternative publication metrics in the time of COVID-19
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Caleb Anderson, Christopher Peterson, and Kenneth Nugent
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Computer science ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,General Medicine ,Computational biology ,Bibliometrics ,Complement (complexity) ,Original Research - Abstract
Alternative metrics are unique bibliometrics comprising social, news, and other sources of media outside of traditional academic citations. Some have suggested that these metrics can complement traditional metrics of research impact, including public engagement with research. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to study alternative metrics and the dissemination of scientific research given the heightened academic and public interest. This study analyzed Altmetric Attention Scores for the top 25 publications on COVID-19 and the top 25 non–COVID-19 publications in 2020. There were significantly higher levels of social attention scores across multiple metrics for COVID-19 articles than for non–COVID-19 articles for that year. There was a slightly higher goodness of fit between Altmetric Attention Scores and academic citations for COVID-19 publications than for non–COVID-19 publications, although trendline differences were not significant. These results suggest that researchers should be aware that their studies can become highly visible on publicly available social and news media platforms, especially during events of high interest (such as a global pandemic).
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- 2021
5. The context of the ribosome binding site in mRNAs defines specificity of action of kasugamycin, an inhibitor of translation initiation
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Yan Zhang, Nikolay A. Aleksashin, Dorota Klepacki, Caleb Anderson, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, Carol A. Gross, and Alexander S. Mankin
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Protein Synthesis Inhibitors ,Multidisciplinary ,Binding Sites ,Molecular Structure ,Codon, Initiator ,Biological Sciences ,Microbiology ,translation initiation ,antibiotics ,Open Reading Frames ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,Aminoglycosides ,ribosome ,Protein Biosynthesis ,RNA, Messenger ,Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational ,Ribosomes ,Uncategorized ,Protein Binding - Abstract
Significance Several antibiotics targeting the large ribosomal subunit interfere with translation in a context-specific manner, preventing ribosomes from polymerizing specific amino acid sequences. Here, we reveal kasugamycin as a small ribosomal subunit-targeting antibiotic whose action depends on the sequence context of the untranslated messenger RNA (mRNA) segments. We show that kasugamycin-induced ribosomal arrest at the start codons of the genes and the resulting inhibition of gene expression depend on the nature of the mRNA nucleotide immediately preceding the start codon and on the proximity of the stop codon of the upstream cistron. Our findings underlie the importance of mRNA context for the action of protein synthesis inhibitors and might help to guide the development of better antibiotics., Kasugamycin (KSG) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic widely used in agriculture and exhibits considerable medical potential. Previous studies suggested that KSG interferes with translation by blocking binding of canonical messenger RNA (mRNA) and initiator transfer tRNA (tRNA) to the small ribosomal subunit, thereby preventing initiation of protein synthesis. Here, by using genome-wide approaches, we show that KSG can interfere with translation even after the formation of the 70S initiation complex on mRNA, as the extent of KSG-mediated translation inhibition correlates with increased occupancy of start codons by 70S ribosomes. Even at saturating concentrations, KSG does not completely abolish translation, allowing for continuing expression of some Escherichia coli proteins. Differential action of KSG significantly depends on the nature of the mRNA residue immediately preceding the start codon, with guanine in this position being the most conducive to inhibition by the drug. In addition, the activity of KSG is attenuated by translational coupling as genes whose start codons overlap with the coding regions or the stop codons of the upstream cistrons tend to be less susceptible to drug-mediated inhibition. Altogether, our findings reveal KSG as an example of a small ribosomal subunit-targeting antibiotic with a well-pronounced context specificity of action.
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- 2021
6. An investigation of avian sound propagation in three northern Michigan forest types
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Short, Caleb Anderson
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- Biology, Forestry, Zoology, Acoustics, Animals, acoustics, behavior, birds, Michigan, ecology, forests
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Vocal communication is a common trait across the animal kingdom and offers benefits in its adaptability to diverse habitats and landscapes. In particular, songbirds inhabit a wide array of niches, habitats, and landscapes and consequently produce unique and specialized vocalizations that are adapted to their environment and different behavioral needs. Songbirds’ communications take place within acoustic landscapes comprised of biotic (other singers and noise) and abiotic (structures that reflect, absorb, or scatter sound) factors. Changes to the physical structure of acoustic landscapes as a result of climate change or silvicultural practices can alter the acoustic landscapes in which songbirds have adapted their acoustic signals. This investigation aimed to characterize acoustic landscapes of different forest habitats and effects of forest structures on potential acoustical communication. In three forest types, dry-mesic northern forest, rich conifer swamp, and boreal forest, we recorded pure tones within songbirds’ auditory range (2 to 8 KHz) at 6 different distances along a transect and quantified different aspects of the vegetation through which the pure tones traveled. Four transect per forest type were used and sounds were recorded at two different heights (1 and 5 m). Linear regression analysis was used to determine if the pure tones were attenuated differently along transects, between sampling heights, and across forest types. Our analysis revealed that in the conifer swamp, sound was attenuated at a higher rate than either the dry-mesic northern forest or the boreal forest, and at our sampling height of 5-meters, pure tones’ clarities were degraded more. Subsequent analyses showed the number of large trees, logs, and area of wood were likely the main drivers of difference in the attenuation of the amplitudes of the pure tones. These differences in vegetation as well as differences in attenuation of different frequencies amplitudes and clarities provide implications for selection of avian song characteristics and behaviors in different forested environments.
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- 2023
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