Aaron Thomas
Animal, Dairy, & Veterinary Sciences
Research Assistant Professor
Educational Background
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis, 2008 Dissertation
The regulatory role of FoxD3 in melanoblast specification
MS, Zoology, Brigham Young University, 2001 Thesis
Regulation Of The Immediate-Early Genes Snk And CEF-5: Promoter Identification And Analysis
Publications | Abstracts
- Thomas, A., Jones, R., Regouski, M., Polejaeva, I., Davies, C., (2016). Identification of Transgene Insertion Sites by Target Selection and Next-Generation Sequencing. Proceedings of the Large Animal Genetics Engineering Summit
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
- Rutigliano, H., Thomas, A., Davies, C., (2013). Expression of MHC-I Proteins by the Placenta of Domestic and Laboratory Animals: Immunology of Pregnancy 2013. Bentham Books
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Rodriguez, D.M, Hintze, K.J, Rompato, G., Stewart, E.C, Barton, A., Mortensen, E., Green, P.A, Van Wettere, A., Thomas, A., Benninghoff, A.D, (2023). Basal diet fed to recipient mice was the driving factor for colitis and colon tumorigenesis, despite fecal microbiota transfer from mice with severe or mild disease. Nutrients, 15:6, 1338. doi: 10.3390/nu15061338
- Davies, C.J, Fan, Z., Morgado, .P, Liu, Y., Regouski, M., Meng, Q., Thomas, A.J, Yun, S., Byung-Hak, B., Frank, J.C, Perisse, I.V, Van Wettere, A., Lee, Y., Polejaeva, I., (2022). Development and characterization of type I interferon receptor knockout sheep: A model for viral immunology and reproductive signaling. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 986316. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.986316
- Leppo, K.A, Collins, P.A, Morgado, K.P, Silva, A.C, Thomas, A., Rutigliano, H.M, (2021). Lymphocyte soluble factors from pregnant cows modulate mRNA transcript abundances encoding for proteins associated with trophoblast growth and development. Animal Reproduction Science, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106747
- Torres, A.R, Sweeten, T.L, Johnson, R.C, Odell, D., Westover, J.B, Bray-Ward, P., Ward, D.C, Davies, C., Thomas, A., Croen, L.A, Benson, M., (2016). Common Genetic Variants Found in HLA and KIR Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, Article 463. doi: doi:10.3389/fnins.2016.00463
- Polejaeva, I., Ranjan, R., Davies, C., Regouski, M., Hall, J., Olsen, A.L, Meng, Q., Rutigliano, H., Dosdall, D., Angel, N., Sachse, F., Seidel, T., Thomas, A., Stott, R.D, Panter, K., Lee, P., Van Wettere, A., Stevens, J.R, Wang, Z., MacLeod, R., Marrouche, N., White, K.L, (2016). Increased Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation Secondary to Atrial Fibrosis in Transgenic Goats Expressing Transforming Growth Factor-β1. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. , 27:10, 1220-1229.
- Rutigliano, H., Thomas, A., Wilhelm, A., Sessions, B., Hicks, B., Schlafer, D., White, K.L, Davies, C., (2016). Trophoblast Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Expression is Associated with Immune-Mediated Rejection of Bovine Fetuses Produced by Cloning. Biology of Reproduction, 95:2, 39, 1-9. doi: doi:10.1095/biolreprod.115.136523
- Parasar, P., Wilhelm, A., Rutigliano, H., Thomas, A., Teng, L., Shi, B., Davis, W.C, Suarez, C.E, New, D.D, White, K.L, Davies, C., (2016). Expression of bovine non-classical major histocompatibility complex class I proteins in mouse P815 and human K562 cells. Research in Veterinary Science, 107, 161-170. doi: doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.06.004
- Davis, A.P, Benninghoff, A., Thomas, A., Sessions, B., White, K.L, (2015). DNA methylation of the LIN28 pseudogene family. BMC Genomics, 16, 287. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1487-3
Professional Journal
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Publications | Other
Other
- Polejaeva, I., Wang, Z., Hu, S., Ranjan, R., Davies, C., Thomas, A., White, K.L, (2015). Method for transgenic bovidae expressing cardiac fibrosis and associated pathology. United States Patent Application Publication *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
ADVS, BIOL, NDFS, PSC 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2023
ADVS, BIOL, PSC 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2022
ADVS, PSC, BIOL 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2021
ADVS, BIOL 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2020
ADVS, BIOL 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2020
BIOL, ADVS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2020
BIOL, PSC, ADVS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2019
ADVS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2018
ADVS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2017
ADVS, BIOL 5160 - Methods in Biotechnology: Cell Culture, Spring 2017
ADVS, BIOL, NDFS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2016
ADVS, BIOL, PSC 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2016
ADVS, BIOL, PSC 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2015
ADVS, BIOL, PSC 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2015
ADVS 5260 - Methods in Biotechnology: Molecular Cloning, Fall 2014