2024

Umeki, Y., Hala D., Petersen L. H., (2024) Optimization of an in situ liver perfusion method to evaluate hepatic function of juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), Biology Open, Vol. 13, No. 8, https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.060532

Nolen, R., Petersen L. H., Kaiser K., Quigg A. and Hala D., (2024) Effects of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Exposure on the Metabolic Physiology of Embryo-larval Zebrafish, Front. Syst. Biol., Vol. 4, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsysb.2024.1367562

Nolen, R., Prouse A., Russell M. L., Bloodgood J., Clark C. D., Carmichael R. H., Petersen L. H., Kaiser K., Hala D., Quigg A., (2024) Evaluation of fatty acids and carnitine as biomarkers of PFOS exposure in biota (fish and dolphin) from Galveston Bay and the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, Vol. 276, 109817, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109817  

Kelly E., Petersen L. H., Huggett D., Hala D., (2024) Reaction thermodynamics as a constraint on piscine steroidogenesis flux distributions, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol. 287, 111533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.111533

2023

Hala D., (2023) The use of in silico extreme pathway (ExPa) analysis to identify conserved reproductive transcriptional-regulatory networks in humans, mice, and zebrafish, Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 6, 1-17, DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2023.2188996

Faulkner P., Hala D., Shimskie J., Johnson R., Schneider A., Cubbage T., Lozano N., Petersen L. H. (2023) Juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) use behavioral thermoregulation to cope with dehydration and salt-loading when chronically exposed to 12‰ saltwater, Animal Behavior and Cognition, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.10.01.01.2023.

2022

Simons K., Thibault O., Nolen R., Umeki Y., Faulkner P., Petersen L., Hala D. (2022) A systems toxicological analysis of oxybenzone effects on the metabolic physiology of embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), Environmental Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100308.

Kamalanathan M., Mapes S., Prouse A., Faulkner P., Klobusnik N. H., Hillhouse J., Hala D., Quigg A. (2022) Core metabolism plasticity in phytoplankton: Response of Dunaliella tertiolecta to oil exposure, Journal of Phycology,  https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13286

Nolen R. M., Faulkner P., Ross A. D., Kaiser K., Quigga A., and Hala D. (2022) PFASs pollution in Galveston Bay surface waters and biota (shellfish and fish) following AFFFs use during the ITC fire at Deer Park (March 17th-20th 2019), Houston, TX, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 805, 150361

2021

Hala D., Petersen L. H., Huggett D. B., Puchowicz M. A., Brunengraber H. and Zhang G-F. (2021) Overcompensation of CoA Trapping by Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) Metabolites in Livers of Wistar Rats, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 24, 13489,  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413489

Kamalanathan M., Mapes S., Hillhouse J., Claflin N., Leleux J., Hala D., and Quigg A. (2021) Molecular mechanism of oil induced growth inhibition in diatoms using Thalassiosira pseudonana as the model diatom species, Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, 19831

Faulkner P., Elsey R. M., Hala D., and Petersen L. H. (2021) Correlations between environmental salinity levels, blood biochemistry parameters, and steroid hormones in wild juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 11, 15168

Hala D., Faulkner P., He K., Kamalanathana M. , Brink M., Simons K., Apaydin M., Hernout B., Petersen L. H., Ivanov I., and Qian X. (2021) An integrated in vivo and in silico analysis of the metabolism disrupting effects of CPI-613 on embryo-larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C (Toxicology), Vol. 248, 109084.

Plumlee J. D., Hala D., Rooker J. R., Shipley J. B., and Wells R. J. D. (2021) Trophic ecology of fishes associated with artificial reefs assessed using multiple biomarkers, Hydrobiologia. doi:10.1007/s10750-021-04647-1 

Thibault O., Cubbage T., Brink M., McCarthy J., Gunn C., Torres I., Faulkner P. C., Hala D., and Petersen L. H. (2021) The pharmaceutical prednisone affects sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) metabolism and swimming performance. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, Vol. 253, 110851.

2020

Lawson M. C., Cullen J. A., Nunnally C. C., Rowe G. T., and Hala D., (2020) PAH and PCB body burdens in epibenthic deep-sea invertebrates from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin, in press, 1-9.

Ross A. D., Hotard A., Kamalanathan M., Nolen R., Hala D., Clay L. A., Kaiser K. and Quigg A. (2020) Awareness is not enough: frequent use of water pollution information and changes to risky behavior, Sustainability, Vol. 12, 8695, doi:10.3390/su12208695

Bacosa H. P., Kamalanathan M., Cullen J., Shi D., Xu C., Schwehr K. A., Hala D., Wade T. .L., Knap A. H., Santschi P. H., and Quigg A. (2020) Marine Snow Aggregates are Enriched in Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in oil contaminated waters: insights from a Mesocosm Study. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 781, doi:10.3390/jmse8100781.

Hernout B., Leleux J., Lynch J., Ramaswamy K., Faulkner P., Matich P., Hala D., (2020) The integration of fatty acid biomarkers of trophic ecology with pollutant body-burdens of PAHs and PCBs in four species of fish from Sabine Lake, Texas. Environmental Advances, 100001.

Steichen J. L., Labonté J. M., Windham R., Hala D., Kaiser K., Setta S., Faulkner P., Bacosa H., Yan Ge., Kamalanathan M. and Quigg A., (2020) Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 1-21

Bacosa H., Steichen J., Kamalanathan M., Windham R., Lubguban A., Labonté J., Kaiser K., Hala D., Santschi P. and Quigg A., 2020, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and putative PAH-degrading bacteria in Galveston Bay, TX (USA), following Hurricane Harvey (2017), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09754-5

2019

Faulkner P. C., Hala D., Rahman M. S. and Petersen L. H., (2019) Short-term exposure to 12o/oo brackish water has significant effects on the endocrine physiology of juvenile American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol. 236, 110531. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.110531

Cullen J. A., Marshall C. and Hala D., (2019) Integration of multi-tissue PAH and PCB burdens with biomarker activity in three coastal shark species from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 650, 1158-1172.

2018

Hala D., Cullen J. A., Hernout B. and Ivanov I., (2018) In silico Predicted Transcriptional Regulatory Control of Steroidogenesis in Spawning Female Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 455, 179-190.

Faulkner P. C., Burleson M. L., Simonitis L., Marshall C. D., Hala D. and Petersen L. H., (2018) Effects of Chronic Exposure to 12 o/oo Saltwater on the Endocrine Physiology of Juvenile American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb181172.doi:10.1242/jeb.181172

Bacosa H., Kamalanathan M., Chiu M-H.,  Tsai S-M., Sun L., Labonte J., Schwehr K. A., Hala D., Santschi P. H., Chin W-C. and Quigg A., (2018) Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and hydrocarbon degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico, PLoS One, Vol. 13, No. 12, e0208406

2017

Hala D., (2017) In silico Predicted Reproductive Endocrine Transcriptional Regulatory Networks during Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Development, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 417, 51-60.

Carty D., Hala D. and Huggett D. B., (2017) The Effects of Sertraline on Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Growth and Steroidogenesis, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 98, 753-757.

2015

Hala D., Petersen L. H., Martinović D. and Huggett D. B., (2015) Constraints-Based Flux Balance Analysis of Perturbed Steroidogenesis and Gonad Growth in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) Exposed to 17α-Ethynylestradiol, Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 61, No. 3, 122-138.

Petersen L. H., Hala D., Carty D., Cantu M., Martinović D. and Huggett D. B., (2015) Effects of Progesterone and Norethindrone on Female Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Steroidogenesis, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 34, No. 2, 379-390.

2014

Hala D. and Huggett D. B., (2014) In Silico Predicted Structural and Functional Robustness of Piscine Steroidogenesis, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 345, 99-108.

Overturf M., Overturf C., Carty D., Hala D. and Huggett D.B., (2014) Levonorgestrel Exposure to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) alters Survival, Growth, Steroidogenic Gene Expression and Hormone Production, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 148, 152-161.

2013

Thiele I., Swainston N., Fleming R., Hoppe A., Gudmunsson S., Haraldsdottir H., Mo M., Rolfsson O., Stobbe M., Thorleifsson S., Agren R., Aurich M., Bölling C., Bordel S., Chavali A., Dobson P., Dunn W., Endler L., Goryanin I., Hala D., Hucka M., Hull D., Jameson D., Jamshidi N., Jones J., Jonsson J., Juty N., Keating S., Ma H., Nookaew I., Novère N., Malys N., Mazein A., Papin J., Patel Y., Price N., Selkov E., Sigurdsson M., Simeonidis E., Sonnenschein N., Smallbone K., Sorokin A., Van Beek H., Weichart D, Westerhoff H., Kell D., Mendes P. and Palsson B., (2013) A Community-Generated Reconstruction of the Human Metabolic Network and its use for the Analysis of Omics Data, Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 31, 419-425.

Scrimshaw M., Hala D., Okiemute A., Cartmell E. and Lester J., (2013) Removal Processes for Tributyltin During Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Water Air Soil Pollution, doi 10.1007/s11270-012-1400-5

2012

Hala D., Huggett D. B. and Burggren W. W., (2012b) Environmental Stressors and the Epigenome. Drug Discovery Today: Technologies. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ddtec.2012.05.004

Hala D., Petersen L. H., Martinović D. and Huggett D. B., (2012a) Constraints-based Stoichiometric Analysis of Hypoxic Stress on Steroidogenesis in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas). Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 215, 1753-1765.

Overturf M. D., Overturf C. L., Baxter D., Hala D. N., Constantine L., Venables B. and Huggett D. B., (2012) Early Life-Stage Toxicity of Eight Pharmaceuticals to the Fathead Minnow, Pimephales promelas, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 62, No. 3, 455-464. 

2011

Hala D., Overturf M. D., Petersen L. H. and Huggett D. B., (2011)  Quantification of 2-Hydrazinopyridine Derivatized Steroid Hormones in Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Blood Plasma using LC-ESI+/MS/MS, Journal of Chromatography B, Vol. 879, 591-598.

2010

Hala D., Amin A., Mikler A. and Huggett D.B., (2010)b A Constraint-Based Stoichiometric Model of the Steroidogenic Network of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Journal of Biological Systems, Vol. 18, 669-685.

Hala D., Bristeau S., Dagnac T. and Jobling S., (2010)a The Unexpected Sources of Organotin Contamination in Aquatic Toxicological Laboratory Studies, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 96, 314-318.

2009

Hala D., Van Look K., Holt W. and Jobling S., (2009) Validation of a Method for Measuring Sperm Quality and Quantity in Reproductive Toxicity with Pair-Breeding Male Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, Vol. 50, No. 4,E1-10.

Ziolko D., Hala D., Lester J. and Scrimshaw M., (2009) The Effectiveness of Conventional Trickling Filter Treatment Plants at Reducing Concentrations of Copper in Wastewaters, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 407, 6235-6241.

2007

Runnalls T., Hala D. and Sumpter J., (2007) Preliminary Studies into the Effects of the Human Pharmaceutical Clofibric Acid on Sperm Parameters in Adult Fathead Minnow, Aquatic Toxicology, Vol. 84, No. 1, 111-118.

2006

Schulte-Oehlmann U., Albanis T., Allera A., Bachmann J, Berntsson P., Beresford N., Carnevali D.C., Ciceri F., Dagnac T., Falandysz J., Galassi S., Hala D., Janer G., Jeannot R., Jobling S., King I., Klingmüller D., Kloas W., Kusk K. O., Levada R., Lo S., Lutz I., Oehlmann J., Oredsson S., Porte C., Rand-Weaver M., Sakkas V., Sugni M., Tyler C., van Aerle R., van Ballegoy C. and Wollenberger L., (2006) COMPRENDO: Focus and Approach, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 98-100.