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Abhari, N. (a,b), Colijn, C. (a), Mooers, A. (b) and Tupper, P. (a)
(a) Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(a) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

PLoS Computational Biology, Open Access, Volume 20, Issue 12, December 2024: Article number e1012651
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012651

Lucas, C. (a), Fung, E. (a), Nodwell, M. (a), Silverman, S. (b), Singh, B. (a) and Campeau, L. (b)
(a) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Department of Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, 07065, NJ, United States

Chemical Science, Open Access 2024
DOI: 10.1039/d4sc05679e

Maaref, Y. (a, c), Jannati, S. (a, b), Jayousi, F. (d), Lange, P. (d), Akbari, M. (e, f), Chiao, M. (b, f), Tibbits, G. (a, c, f, g)
(a) Cellular and Regenerative Medicine Centre, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, V5Z 4H4, BC, Canada
(b) Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
(c) Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(d) Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
(e) Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
(f) Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(g) School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Acta Biomaterialia, 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.029

A Consistency Test of the Cosmological Model at the Epoch of Recombination Using DESI Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation and Planck Measurements

Pogosian, L. (a), Zhao, G. (b, c, d), Jedamzik, K. (e)
(a) Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
(c) University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
(d) Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 102206, China
(e) Laboratoire de Univers et Particules de Montpellier, UMR5299-CNRS, Université, de Montpellier, Montpellier, 34095, France

Astrophysical Journal Letters, Open Access Volume 973, Issue 11, September 2024, Article number L13
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad7507

Making waves: From tap to gut - exploring the impact of drinking water on gut microbiota

Moghaddam, H (a) , Abkar, L. (b), Fowler, S. J. (a)
(a) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
(b) Civil Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Canada

Water Research Volume 267, 1 December 2024 Article number 122503
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122503

Development of Tunable Mechanism-Based Carbasugar Ligands that Stabilize Glycoside Hydrolases through the Formation of Transient Covalent Intermediates

Bhosale, S. (a), Kandalkar, S. (a), Gilormini, P. (b), Akintola, O. (a), Rowland, R. (c), Adabala, P. (a), King, D. (b), Deen, M. (a), Chen, X. (a), Davies, G. (c), Vocadlo, D. (a, b), Bennet, A. (a),
(a) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(c) Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

ACS Catalysis Open Access, Pages 14769 - 14779, 2024
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c04549

Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States

Guzman, L. (a, b), Elle, E. (b), Morandin, L. (c), Cobb, N. (d), Chesshire, P. (d, e),McCabe, L. (f), Hughes, A. (g), Orr, M. (h), M’Gonigle, L. (b)
(a) Marine and Environmental Biology section at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
(b) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
(c) Pollinator Partnership, San Francisco, CA, United States
(d) Biodiversity Outreach Network, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
(e) Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
(f) USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT, United States
(g) School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
(h) Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Nature Sustainability, Open Access 2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01413-8

Characterising Semi-Clifford Gates Using Algebraic Sets

de Silva, N.
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Communications in Mathematical Physics, Volume 405, Issue 9, September 2024, Article number 201
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-024-05050-2

Examining the Importance of Hydrogen Bonding and Proton Transfer in Iron Porphyrin-Mediated Carbon Dioxide Upconversion

Warren, J.
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00329

Sorption of trace metals by macro- and microplastics within intertidal sediments: Insights from a long-term field study within Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Kazmiruk, T. (a), Alava, J. (c, d), Palsson, E. (b), Bendell, L (a)
(a) Ecotoxicology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(c) Ocean Pollution Research Unit (OPRU), Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
(d) School of Resources and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Science of the Total Environment Volume 951, 15 November 2024, Article number 175413
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175413

Harmonized coexistence of intragenomic variations in diatom Skeletonema strains

Liu, S. (a, b, c), Ding, X. (a, b, c, d), Kuiyan, L. (a, b, c, d), Chen, N. (a, b, c, e)
(a) CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
(b) Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao, 266200, China
(c) Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
(d) College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
(e) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Environmental Research Volume 26, 21 December 2024, Article number 119799
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119799

Dramatic Improvement of Homogeneous Carbon Dioxide and Bicarbonate Electroreduction Using a Tetracationic Water-Soluble Cobalt Phthalocyanine

Lawson S., Roberts, R., Leznoff, D., Warren, J
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive Burnaby BC, Burnaby, V5A1S6, Canada

Journal of the American Chemical Society Volume 146, Issue 32, Pages 22306 - 22317, 14 August 2024
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04878

Symmetry breaking of fluorophore binding to a G-quadruplex generates an RNA aptamer with picomolar K_D

Lu, X. (a), Passalacqua, L. (b), Nodwell, M. (c), Kong, K. (a), Caballero-García, G. (c), Dolgosheina, E. (a), Ferré-D'amaré, A. (b), Britton, R. (c), Unrau, P. (a)
(a) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Laboratory of Nucleic Acids, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, 20892, MD, United States
(c) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Nucleic Acids Research Open Access, Volume 52, Issue 14, Pages 8039 - 8051, 12 August 2024
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae493

Design and Implementation of a CO₂ Reduction Catalyst with an Internal Electron Transfer Mediator: Improving Turnover Frequency by More than 10-Fold

Nguyen, B., Li, X. and Warren, J.
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

ACS Catalysis Pages 12260 - 12268 2024
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01791

Duality-based Error Control for the Signorini Problem

Ashby, B.(a), Pryer, T.(b)
(a) Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 1687 - 1712 2024
DOI:10.1137/22M1534791

Positive selection in cilia-related genes may facilitate deep-sea adaptation of Thermocollonia jamsteci

Duan, A. (a, b, c, d), Wang, J. (a, c, d), Liu, A. (a, c, d), Xu, Q. (a, c, d, e), Chen, H (f), Li, C. (f), Hui, M. (b, g), Chen, N. (a, b, d, e, h)
(a) CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
(b) Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao 266237, China
(c) Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao, China
(d) Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
(e) College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443000, China
(f) Center of Deep Sea Research, and CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
(g) Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
(h) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Science of the Total Environment Volume 95010 November 2024 Article number 175358
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175358

Electrostatic Correlations Lead to High Capacitance in Zwitterion-Containing Thin Films

Kaur, S. (a), D’Souza, R. (b), Kelly, T. (b), Williams, A. (a), Kaake, L. (a)
(a) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, S7N 5C9, SK, Canada

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Volume 16, Issue 29, Pages 38290 - 38299, 24 July 2024
DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c01045

Radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes: key features for enhanced water electrolysis

Biancolli, A. (a, b), Chen, B. (b), Menandro, A. (b), Fonseca, F. (a), Santiago, E. (a), Holdcroft, S. (b)
(a) Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, IPEN/CNEN, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil
(b) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Canada

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024
DOI: 10.1039/d4ta02354d

A metabolic inhibitor blocks cellular fucosylation and enables production of afucosylated antibodies

Gilormini, P. (a),Thota, V. (a), Fers-Lidou, A. (a), Ashmus, R. (a), Nodwell, M. (a), Brockerman, J. (a), Kuo, C. (b), Wang, Y. (a), Gray, T. (c), Nitin (c), McDonagh, A. (a), Guu, S. (b)
(a) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(b) Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
(c) Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, BC, Canada
(d) Catalent Pharma Solutions, Emeryville, 94608, CA, United States
(e) Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 121, Issue 27, 1 July 2024, Article number e2314026121
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2314026121

Tailoring Plasmonic Fields with Shape-Controlled Single-Crystal Gold Metasurfaces

V. Grayli, S. (b), Zhang, X. (c), Star, D. (c, d, e), Leach, G. (c, d, e)
(a) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada
(b) Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, ON, Canada
(c) 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(d) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
(e) Laboratory for Advanced Spectroscopy and Imaging Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Volume 16, Issue 27, Pages 35410 - 35420, 10 July 2024
DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c17745

Bases for optimising stabiliser decompositions of quantum states

de Silva, N. (a), Yin, M. (a), Strelchuk, S. (b)
(a) Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
(b) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Quantum Science and Technology, Open Access, Volume 9, Issue 4, October 2024 Article number 045004
DOI:10.1088/2058-9565/ad53fc

Dependence Modelling for Heavy-Tailed Multi-Peril Insurance Losses

Yan, Tianxing, Lu, Yi, Jeong, Himchan

Risks Open Access, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2024, Article number 97
DOI:10.3390/risks12060097

Why animals can outrun robots

Burden, S., Libby, T.; Jayaram, K.; Sponberg, S.; Donelan, M. (a)
(a) Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Science Robotics Volume 9, Issue 89, 1 April 2024
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi9754

Motility of an autonomous protein-based artificial motor that operates via a burnt-bridge principle

Korosec, C. (a) ; Unksov, I.; Surendiran, P.; Lyttleton, R.; Curmi, P.; Angstmann, C.; Eichhorn, R.; Linke, H. & Forde, N. (a)
(a) Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Nature Communications Volume 15, Article number: 1511 (2024)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45570-y

Characterization of singular flows of zeroth-order pseudo-differential operators via elliptic eigenfunctions: A numerical study

Jacvier Almonacid and Nilima Nigam
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Open Access, Volume 438, 1 March 2024, Article number 115510
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2023.115510

The Szegö kernel and oblique projections: conformal mapping of non-smooth regions

Trummer, M.
Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Numerical Algorithms, Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 929 - 942, February 2024
DOI: 10.1007/s11075-023-01594-x

Untangling ancillary ligand donation versus locus of oxidation effects on metal nitride reactivity

Mahato, S.; VandeVen, W.; MacNeil, G.; Pulfer, J.; Storr, T. (a)
a Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, BC, Canada

Chemical Science, Open Access, 2024
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05403a

Habitat modulates population-level responses of freshwater salmon growth to a century of change in climate and competition

Price, Michael H. H. (a); Moore, Jonathan W. (a); McKinnell, Skip; Connors, Brendan M. (a), Reynolds, John D. (a)
(a) Earth to Ocean Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Global Change Biology, Open Access, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2024, Article number e17095
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17095