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Selected Publications

The following studies (publications or manuscripts) bear the official name of the Institute:

  • Biochemical Individuality Reflected in Chromatographic, Electrophoretic and Mass-Spectrometric Profiles,  Novotny, M.V., Soini, H.A.,  Mechref, Y., J. Chromatogr. B  866, 26-47(2008).

  • Comparison of Human Axillary Odour Profiles Obtained by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and  Skin Microbial Profiles Obtained by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Using Multivariate Pattern Recognition,  Xu, Y., Dixon, S.J.,  Brereton, R.G., Soini, H.A.,  Novotny, M.V.,  Trebesius, K., Bergmaier, I.,  Oberzaucher, E.,  Grammer, K.,  Penn, D.J., Metabolomics 3, 427-437(2007).

  • Application of Dissimilarity Indices, Principal Coordinates Analysis, and Rank Tests to Peak Tables in Metabolomics of the Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Human Sweat,   Xu, Y., Gong, F.,  Dixon, S.J.,  Brereton, R.G.,  Soini, H.A.,  Novotny, M.V., Oberzaucher, E., Grammer, K.,  Penn, D.J., Anal.Chem. 79, 5633-5641(2007).

  • Pattern Recognition of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry of Human Volatiles in Sweat to Distinguish the Sex of Subjects and Determine Potential Discriminatory Marker Peaks, Dixon, S.J., Xu, Y., Brereton, R.G., Soini, H.A., Novotny,  M.V.,  Oberzaucher, E., Grammer, K., Penn, D.J., Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems  8, 161-172(2007).

  • Individual and Gender Fingerprints in Body Odour, Penn , D.J.,  Oberzaucher, E., Grammer, K., Fischer, G., . Soini, H.A., Wiesler, D.,  Novotny, M.V.,  Dixon, S.J., Xu, Y.,  Brereton, R.G., J. Royal Soc. Interface 4, 331-340(2007).

  • Seasonal Variation in Volatile Compound Profiles of Preen Gland Secretions of the Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis),   Soini, H.A., Schrock, S.E.,  Bruce, K.E.,  Wiesler, D.,  Ketterson, E.D.,  Novotny, M.V., J.Chem. Ecol. 33, 183-198(2007).

  • Chemical Identification of MHC-influenced Volatile Compounds in Mouse Urine.I: Quantitative Proportions of Major Chemosignals,  Novotny, M.V.,  Soini,H.A.,   Koyama, S.,  Bruce, K.E.,  Penn, D.J., J.Chem. Ecol. 33, 417-434(2007).

  • An Automated Method for Peak Detection and Matching in Large Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Data Sets,  Dixon, S.J.,  Xu, Y.,  Brereton,  R.G.,  Soini, H.A.,  Novotny, M.V.,  Penn, D.J., J. Chemometrics 20, 325-340(2006).
  • In-Situ Surface Sampling of Biological Objects and Preconcentration of their Volatiles for Chromatographic Analysis,  Soini, H.A.,  Bruce, K.E.,  Klouckova, I.,  Brereton, R.G.,  Penn, D.J., Novotny, M.V., Anal.Chem. 78, 7161-7168(2006). 
  • Chemotaxis Assays of Mouse Sperm Microfluidic Devices, Koyama, S., Amarie, D., Soini, H.A, Novotny, M.V.,   Jacobson,  S.C, Anal. Chem. 78, 3354-3359(2006).
  • Thermodynamic Consequences of Disrupting a Water-Mediated Hydrogen Bond Network in a Protein:Pheromone Complex,   Sharrow, S.D., Edmonds, K. A. , Novotny, M.V. , Stone, M.J. , J.Chem. Protein Science 14, 249-256 (2005).
  • Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction: A New Quantitative Sampling Techniques for Determination of Chemical Signal Profiles from Biological Media, Soini, H.A., Bruce, K.E., Wiesler, D., David, F.,  Sandra, P.,  Novotny, M.V.,  J.Chem. Ecol. 31, 377-392 (2005).
  • Comparative Investigation of the Volatile Urinary Profiles in Different Hamster Species, Soini, H.A, Wiesler, D., Apfelbach, R., König, P., Vasilieva, N.Y., Novotny,  M.V., J. Chem. Ecol. 31,1125-1143(2005).
  • Putative Chemosignals of the Ferret  (Mustela furo) associated with Individual and Gender Recognition, Zhang, J.-Z, Soini, H.A., Bruce, K.E., Wiesler, D., Woodley, S.K.,. Baum, M.J.,   Novotny, M.V., Chem. Senses  30,727-737(2005).
  • Melanocortin-5 Receptor Deficiency Reduces a Pheromonal Signal for Aggression in Male Mice,   Morgan, C., Thomas, R.E.,  Ma, W.,  Novotny, M.V.,   Cone, R.D., Chem. Senses 29, 111-115 (2004). 
  • Pheromone Binding by Polymorphic Mouse Major Urinary Proteins.  Sharrow, S.D.,  Vaughn, J.L., Zidek, L.,  Novotny, M.V., Stone, M.J. ,  Protein Science 11, 2247-2256 (2002).
  • Structural Basis of Pheromone Binding to Mouse Major Urinary Protein (MUP-I),   Timm, D. E.,  Baker, L. J., Mueller, H. ,  Zidek, L.,  Novotny, M. V., Protein Structure 10, 997-1004 (2001).
  • Responses of Single Vomeronasal Neurons Suggest an Unexpected Role in Semiochemical Communication,  Sam, M.,  Vora, S.,  Malnic, B.,  Novotny, M. V., Buck,  L. B., Nature 12, 142 (2001).
  • N-Linked Oligosaccharides of the Vomeromodulin-like Protein Isolated from the Mouse Vomeronasal Organ,  Huang, Y.,  Mechref, Y.,  Ma, W.,  Novotny, M.V., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 255 , 451-455 (1999).



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