Publications

Bascom-Slack, CA, Arnold, EA, and Strobel, SA (2012). Student-Directed Discovery of the Plant Microbiome and its Products. Science 338:485-486.

Russell J.R., Huang, J.,Anand, P., Kucera, K., Sandoval, A.G., Dantzler, K.W., Hickman, D., Jee, J., Kimovec, F.M., Koppstein, D., Marks, D.H., Mittermiller, P.A., Nunez, S.J., Santiago, M., Townes, M.A., Vishnevetsky, M., Williams, N.E., Vargas, M.P.N., Boulanger, L.A., Bascom-Slack, C, Strobel, S.A. (2011). Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 77:6076-6084.

Bascom-Slack, CA (2011). Balancing Science and Family:  Tidbits of Wisdom from Those Who’ve Tried It and Succeeded. Yale J Biol Med  84(3):219-225.

Bascom-Slack CA, Ma C, Moore E, Babbs B, Fenn K, Greene JS, Hann BD, Keehner J, Kelley-Swift EG, Kembaiyan V, Lee SJ, Li P, Light DY, Lin EH, Schorn MA, Vekhter D, Boulanger LA, Hess WM, Vargas PN, Strobel GA, Strobel SA (2009). Multiple, Novel Biologically Active Endophytic Actinomycetes Isolated from Upper Amazonian Rainforests. Microb. Ecol. 58:374-383.

Smith SA, Tank DC, Boulanger LA, Bascom-Slack CA, Eisenman K, Kingery D, Babbs B, Fenn K, Greene JS, Hann BD, Keehner J, Kelley-Swift EG, Kembaiyan V, Lee SJ, Li P, Light DY, Lin EH, Ma C, Moore E, Schorn MA, Vekhter D, Nunez PV, Strobel GA, Donoghue MJ, Strobel SA. (2008). Bioactive endophytes warrant intensified exploration and conservation. PLoS ONE. 2008 Aug 25;3(8):e3052.

Shanks, R. M. Q, Bascom-Slack, C. A., D. S. Dawson.  (2004). Analysis of the kar3 Meiotic Arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cell Cycle, 3:363-371.

Bascom-Slack, CA and DS Dawson (1998).  A physical assay for detection of early meiotic recombination intermediates in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Molec. Gen. Genet. 258:512-520.

Bascom-Slack, CA and DS Dawson (1997). The motor protein, Kar3, is essential for meiosis I. Journal of Cell Biology, 139:459-467.

Bascom-Slack, CA, Ross, LO, and DS Dawson (1997).  Crossovers, chiasmata, and chromosome segregation in meiosis.  In: Advances in Genetics  J.C. Hall and J.C. Dunlop (Eds.) 35: 253-284.