Jennifer T. Wyffels

TL;DR: This study summarizes available data for chondrichthyes and describes resources for one of the largest projects to characterize one of these fish, Leucoraja erinacea, the little skate, serving as the skate genome project portal linking data, research tools, and teaching resources.

TL;DR: Annual reproduction with spring seasonality for male sand tiger sharks is demonstrated through marked seasonal differences in testosterone and semen production, likely contributing to the species' limited reproductive success in aquariums.

TL;DR: Current reproductive technologies including computer assisted sperm assessments to study warming effects on sperm motility and intra-uterine satellite tags to determine birthing grounds will serve to generate data to mitigate anthropogenic changes that threaten the future of this vulnerable groups of fish.

TL;DR: The results indicate that normal wound healing signals can impact the ability to identify biomarkers, and a multi-protein panel assay, including osteocalcin preproprotein, osteomodulin precursor, and collagen alpha-1(v) chain isoform 2 preprotein, may provide a solution for HO detection and monitoring.

TL;DR: It is found that serum samples from subjects experiencing traumatic injuries with resulting HO have a different proteomic expression profile compared to those from the matched controls, and these proteins are key candidates for a serum diagnostic panel that may enable early detection of HO prior to radiographic and clinical manifestations.