Automated Research

Recent Publications

An automated protoplast transformation system.  Lenaghan, S., and C. N. Stewart, Jr..  2018.  Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1919.

Irrigating juniper with an automated leaching fraction-based irrigation schedule.  Fulcher, A., J. McHugh, W. C. Wright, Q. Cypher, K. Holden, and S. Xiacun.  2017.  HortScience.

Short Communication: Evaluation of an automated method for assessing white blood cell concentration in Holstein dairy cows.  Kull, J. A., P. D. Krawczel, and G. M. Pighetti.  2017.  Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology.

Development of a robotic platform for automated protoplast isolation, transformation, and screening of plant suspension cultures.  Dlugosz, E. M., T. Dhillon, J. N. Burris, S. Lenaghan, and C. N. Stewart, Jr..  2016.  World Congress on In Vitro Biology SIVB, San Diego, CA.

EntropyExplorer: an R package for computing and comparing differential Shannon entropy, differential coefficient of variation and differential expression.  Wang, K., C. Phillips, A. M. Saxton, and M. A. Langston.  2015.  BMC Research Notes, 8: 832. [Abstract]

Reclaim and flow performance of bulk switchgrass in automated handling and storage facility.  Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, C. Dye, S. W. Jackson, and K. J. Tiller.  2015.  Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 31(3):512-521.

Geographic variation in birdsong: will automated detection algorithms ever work?.  Hockman, E., D. A. Buehler, and S. Prevost.  2014.  Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists Union.

Scalable Combinatorial Tools for Health Disparities Research.  Langston, M. A., R. S. Levine, B. J. Kilbourne, G. L. Rogers Jr., A. D. Kershenbaum, S. H. Baktash, S. S. Coughlin, A. M. Saxton, and V. A. Agboto, D. B. Hood, M. Y. Litchveld, T. J. Oyana, P. Matthews-Juarez and P. D. Juarez.  2014.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(10): 10419-10443. [Abstract]

Development of an automated platform for rapid screening of genetically modified switchgrass.  Lenaghan, S., N. Labbe, and C. N. Stewart, Jr..  2014.  Frontiers in Biorefining.

Spatial optimization of CoCoRAHS network in Tennessee.  Logan, J.  2014.  21st Conference on Applied Climatology, 9-13 June 2014, Westminster, CO. [Abstract]

Use of automated recording devices for monitoring songbirds: can song rates be used as a measure of relative abundance?.  Prevost, S., D. A. Buehler, E. Hockman, R. Fischer, J. B. Wilkerson, and D. R. Smith.  2014.  Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists Union.

Automated handling and storage of switchgrass in bulk format.  Womac, A. R., M. D. Groothuis, C. Dye, S. W. Jackson, and K. J. Tiller.  2014.  In 2014 S-1041 Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy Poster Symposium Abstract, Editors: G.S. Murthy, M. Wilkins, and M. Tumbleson, Southern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Aug 4-5, 2014.