Darby Carlson
Senior Lecturer
Office:
BHS
222 |
Phone: (308) 865-1575 |
Email: carlsondj@unk.edu
Biography
Areas of Interest:
- Tick-borne pathogens
- Nora virus research
Degrees:
Professional Affiliations:
Thesis:
- Carlson, D.J. 1995. Isolation and sequence analysis of a glutamine synthetase cDNA from Elaeagnus augustifolia. M. S. Thesis, University of Nebraska at Kearney. 41 pp.
Publications:
- Messbarger, N.M., Carlson, D.J., Geluso, K., and Shaffer, J.J. 2024. Molecular Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in American Dog Ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) in Brown County, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies 44:5-10. doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.tnas.44.2
- Buhlke, E.G., Hobbs, A.M., Rajput, S., Rokusek, B., Carlson, D.J., Gillan, C., and Carlson, K.A. 2022. Characterization of cross-species transmission of Drosophila melanogaster Nora virus. Life 12(11), 1913. doi: 10.3390/life12111913
- Licking-Murray, K.D., Carlson, D.J., Sowle, R., and Carlson, K.A. 2021. In vitro assembly and evaluation of Nora virus VLPs. Acta Virologica 65:381-389. doi: 10.4149/av_2021_403
- Schissel, M., Best, R., Liesemeyer, S., Tan, Y-D., Carlson, D.J., Shaffer, J.J., Avuthu, N., Guda, C., and Carlson, K.A. 2021. Effect of Nora virus infection on native gut bacterial communities of Drosophila melanogaster. AIMS Microbiology 7(2):216-237. doi: 10.3934/microbiol.2021014
- Macke, A., Lopez, W., Carlson, D.J., and Carlson, K.A. 2020. Nora virus VP4b and ORF1 circulate in hemolymph of infected D. melanogaster with coordinate expression of vago and vir-1. Vaccines 8(3) doi: doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8030491
- Carlson, D., Chandra, S., Hobbs, N., and Steele, J. 2019. Clay modeling in a sophomore-level anatomy laboratory: Will active learning improve student performance? Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) Educator, 23:5-11.
- Lopez, W.A., Page, A.M., Ericson, B.L., Carlson, D.J., and Carlson, K.A. 2018. Chapter 12 - Antiviral immunity in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila melanogaster - Model for Recent Advances in Genetics and Therapeutics, Intech. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.69293
- Lopez, W., Page, A.M., Carlson, D.J., Ericson, B.L., Cserhati, M.F., Guda, C., and Carlson, K.A. 2018. Analysis of immune-related genes during nora virus infection of Drosophila melanogaster using next generation sequencing. AIMS Microbiology 4(1):123-139.
- Ericson, B.L., Carlson, D.J., and Carlson, K.A. 2016. Characterization of nora virus structural proteins via western blot analysis. Scientifica Virologica doi: 10.1155/2016/9067848.
- Munn, B., Ericson, B., Carlson, D.J., and Carlson, K.A. 2015. Detecting the presence of nora virus in Drosophila utilizing single fly RT-PCR. Bioscene: Journal of College Science Teaching 41(2):40-44.
- Carlson K.A., Gardner K., Pashaj A., Carlson, D.J., Yu F., Eudy J.D., Zhang C., and Harshman L.G. 2015. Genome-Wide Gene Expression in relation to Age in Large Laboratory Cohorts of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics Research International Epub May 21.
- Weatherred, W., Carlson, D.J., Carlson, K.A. 2014. Nora virus transmission in Drosophila melanogaster: an investigation to teach viral infection and prophylaxis to biology students. Bioscene: Journal of College Science Teaching 40(1):11-15.
- Carlson, D.J., Pashaj, A., Gardner, K., and Carlson, K.A. 2008. Advances in age-old questions. Fly 2(3):149-151.
- Wollard, L., Klein, B.,Carlson, D.J., and Carlson, K.A. 2006. Rearing mediums as a variable in fruit fly fecundity: an activity to introduce scientific methods of inquiry to biology students. Bioscene: Journal of College Science Teaching 32(3):24-29.