Aaron Thomas

Animal, Dairy, & Veterinary Sciences

Research Assistant Professor


Aaron Thomas

Contact Information

Office Location: AGRS 250
Phone: 435-797-0968
Email: aaron.thomas@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis, 2008
The regulatory role of FoxD3 in melanoblast specification
MS, Zoology, Brigham Young University, 2001
Regulation Of The Immediate-Early Genes Snk And CEF-5: Promoter Identification And Analysis
BS, Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 1999

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An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Book Chapters

  • 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

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.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

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    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