Peer-Reviewed Papers
Methods and Protocols
McMillen, P., and Levin, M. (2024), Optical Estimation of Bioelectric Patterns in Living Embryos, in M. Bizzarri (ed.), Systems Biology: Methods in Molecular Biology, 2745: 91-102, doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3577-3_6
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Dungan, J., Mathews, J., Levin, M., and Koomson, V. (2023), Optimization of Oligomer Stamping Technique for Normally Closed Elastomeric Valves on Glass Substrate, Micromachines, 14(9): 1659
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McMillen, P., and Levin, M. (2022), Information Theory as an experimental tool for integrating disparate biophysical signaling modules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(17): 9580
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Pai, V. P., Cooper, B. G., and Levin, M. (2022), Screening Biophysical Sensors and Neurite Outgrowth Actuators in Human Induced-Pluripotent-Stem-Cell-Derived Neurons, Cells, 11(16): 2470
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Sperry, M. M., Murugan, N. J., and Levin, M. (2022), Studying Protista WBR and Repair Using Physarum polycephalum, in S. Blanchoud and B. Galliot (eds.), Whole-Body Regeneration: Methods in Molecular Biology, 2450: 51-67
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Nanos, V., and Levin, M. (2021), Rewiring Endogenous Bioelectric Circuits in the Xenopus laevis Embryo Model, in M. R. Ebrahimkhani and J. Hislop (Eds.), Programmed Morphogenesis: Methods in Molecular Biology, 2258: 93-103
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McMillen, P., Novak, R., and Levin, M. (2020), Toward Decoding Bioelectric Events in
Xenopus Embryogenesis: New Methodology for Tracking Interplay Between Calcium and Resting Potentials In Vivo, Journal of Molecular Biology, 432(2): 605-620
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Bonzanni, M., Payne, S. L., Adelfio, M., Kaplan, D. L., Levin, M., and Oudin, M. J. (2020),
Defined extracellular ionic solutions to study and manipulate the cellular resting membrane potential, Biology Open, 9(1): bio048553
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Beane, W. S., Adams, D. S., Morokuma, J., and Levin, M. (2019), Live Imaging of Intracellular pH
in Planarians Using the Ratiometric Fluorescent Dye SNARF-5F-AM,
Biology Methods and Protocols, 4(1): bpz005
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Sullivan, K. G., and Levin, M. (2018), Inverse Drug Screening of Bioelectric Signaling and Neurotransmitter Roles: Illustrated Using a Xenopus Tail Regeneration Assay, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2018(3): 154-163
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Golding, A., Guay, J. A., Herrera-Rincon, C., Levin, M., and Kaplan, D. L. (2016), A Tunable Silk Hydrogel Device for Studying Limb Regeneration in Adult Xenopus laevis, PLoS One, 11(6): e0155618
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Pang, J., Özkucur, N., Ren, M., Kaplan, D. L., Levin, M., and Miller, E. L. (2015), Automatic neuron segmentation and neural network analysis method for phase contrast microscopy images, Biomedical Optics Express, 6(11): 4395-4416
Adams, D. S., Lemire, J. M., Kramer, R. H., and Levin, M. (2014), Optogenetics in developmental biology: using light to control ion flux-dependent signals in Xenopus embryos, International Journal of Developmental Biology, 58(10-12): 851-861
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Rea, A. C., Vandenberg, L. N., Ball, R. E., Snouffer, A. A., Hudson, A. G., Zhu, Y., McLain, D. E.,
Johnston, L. L., Lauderdale J. D., Levin, M., and Dore, T. M.
(2013), Light-activated serotonin for exploring its action in
biological systems, Chemistry & Biology, 20(12): 1536-1546
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Koustubhan, P., Kaplan, D., and Levin, M. (2013), Humane anesthesia and pain management in amphibian limb surgery of Rana pipiens, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2013(2): 149-155
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Chernet, B. T., Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2012), Photoconversion for Tracking
the Dynamics of Cell Movement in Xenopus laevis Embryos,
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2016(6): 683-690
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Chernet, B. T., and Levin, M. (2012), A versatile protocol for mRNA
electroporation of Xenopus laevis embryos, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2012(4): 447-452
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Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2012),
General principles for measuring resting
membrane potential and ion concentration using fluorescent bioelectricity
reporters, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2012(4): 385-397
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Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2012), Measuring resting membrane potential
using the fluorescent voltage reporters
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Blackiston, D. J., and Levin, M. (2012), Aversive training methods
in Xenopus laevis: general principles, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2012(5): 521-527
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Mondia, J. P., Adams, D. S., Orendorff, R. D., Levin, M., and
Omenetto, F. (2011), Patterned femtosecond-laser
ablation of Xenopus laevis melanocytes for studies of cell
migration, wound repair, and developmental processes,
Biomedical Optics Express, 2(8): 2383-2391
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Blackiston, D., Vandenberg, L. N., and Levin, M. (2010), High-throughput Xenopus laevis immunohistochemistry using agarose sections, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2010(12): 1364-1371
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Oviedo, N. J., Nicolas, C. L., Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2008), Live imaging of planarian membrane potential using DiBAC4(3),
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3(10): pdb.prot5055
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Oviedo, N. J., Nicolas, C. L., Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2008), Gene knockdown in planarians using RNA interference, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3(10): pdb.prot5054
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Oviedo, N. J., Nicolas, C. L., Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2008), Establishing and maintaining a colony of planarians, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 3(10): pdb.prot5053
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Nicolas, C.L., Abramson, C.I., and Levin, M. (2008), Analysis of behavior in the planarian model, in R. B. Raffa & S. M. Rawls (Eds.), Planaria: A Model for Drug Action and Abuse, RG Landes Co.: Austin, pp. 83-94
Koustubhan, P., Sorocco, D., and Levin, M. (2007), Establishing and maintaining a Xenopus laevis colony for research laboratories, in P. M. Conn (Ed.), Source Book of Models for Biomedical Research, Humana Press: Totowa NJ, pp. 139-160
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Adams, D. S., and Levin, M. (2006), Inverse Drug Screens: a rapid and inexpensive method for implicating molecular targets, Genesis, 44(11): 530-540
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Adams, D., and Levin, M. (2006), Strategies and techniques for investigation of biophysical signals in patterning, in Analysis of Growth Factor signaling in Embryos, M. Whitman and A. K. Sater eds., pp. 177-264, Methods in Signal Transduction Series, CRC Press
Levin, M. (2004), A novel immunohistochemical method
for evaluation of antibody specificity and detection of labile
targets in biological tissue, Journal of Biophysical
and Biochemical Methods, 58(1): 85-96
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Levin, M. (1995), Use of Genetic Algorithms to Solve
Biomedical Problems, M.D. Computing, 12(3): 193-198
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