"The role of morphometry in this
discussion was underscored most recently, when the international
journal, Complexity (1995), posed a similarly challenging question
of creating such an expanded morphometric "Book of Life"
in their editorial article (John L. Casti, 1995 V. 1, pp. 5-8),
"If
D'Arcy had only had a computer?"
Artificial Intelligence
- Noever, D. A., S. Baskaran, and P. Schuster, "Harvesting
strategies for the excursion mediated genetic algorithm",
1994, Physica D: Nonlinear Physics, 35, 355
- Noever, D. A., and S. Baskaran, "Steady-State vs. Generational
Genetic Algorithms: A Comparison of Time Complexity and Convergence
Properties," in Santa Fe Institute Working Papers, No. 92-07-032,
pp. 1-33 (1992).
- Baskaran, S. and D. A. Noever, "Excursion Sets and a
Modified Genetic Algorithm: Intelligent Slicing of the Hypercube,"
in 1992 Lectures in Complex Systems, eds., L. Nadel & D.
Stein, Vol. V, Addison-Wesley (1993).
- Noever, D. A., Pusey, M.L. Forsythe, E. Baskaran, S., "Artificial
Neural Network Prediction of Tetragonal Lysozyme Face Growth
Rates", 1996, J. Crystal Growth, 167, 220
- Noever, D.A. H. Matsos, A. Brittain, D. Obenhuber, Subbiah
Baskaran, "The effects of variable biome distribution on
global climate," Biosystems, 26, 2-7 (1996).
Biological Shape Analysis
- Noever, D. A., "De Novo Design of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Protease-Inhibitor Complexes," NASA Technology Transfer
2004 Symposium, Washington, D.C., November 1994.
- Noever, David A., Matsos, Helen C., Brittain Andrew, Obenhuber,
Donald, Cronise, Raymond and Armstrong, Shannon,"Microbial
Diffraction Gratings as Optical Detectors", Review of Scientific
Instruments, 67,2 (1996).
- Noever, D. A. and S. Baskaran, "An Optimized Solution
Arising from Experiments in X-Ray Crystallography of Proteins:
Preliminary Findings on Computation," American Crystallographic
Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 18, 1994.
- Noever, D. A. and H. C. Matsos, "Bioassay for Cadmium
Water Contamination Using Macroscopic Protozoan Patterns,"
Biotechnology for the 1990s: Genes, Dreams, Schemes, and Machines,
San Francisco, CA, October 23-25, 1990.
- Noever, D. A., "Bioconvective Patterns, Synchrony, and
Survival," Phys. Res. Lett., 65(15), 1953-1956 (1990).
- Noever, D. A., "Fractal Dimension of Bioconvective Patterns,"
J. of the Phys. Soc. of Japan, 59(10), 3419-3422 (1990).
- Noever, D. A., "Statistics of Contractive Cracking Patterns,"
Canadian J. Phys., 69(11), 1338-1341 (1991).
- Noever, D. A. and H. C. Matsos, "A Bioassay for Monitoring
Cadmium Based on Bioconvective Patterns," J. Environ. Sci.
Health, 26(2), 273-286 (1991).
- Noever, D. A. and H. Matsos, "Calcium Protection from
Cadmium Poisoning: Bioconvective Indicators in Tetrahymena,"
J. Environ. Sci. & Health, A26(7), 1105-1113 (1991).
- Noever, D. A., "Fractal Dynamics of Bioconvective Patterns,"
J. Phys. Soc. Japan, 60(10), 3573-3578 (1991)..
- Noever, D. A. and H. C. Matsos, "A Biosensor for Cadmium
Based on Bioconvective Patterns," NASA TM-103523, November
1990.
- Noever, D. A., "Evolution of Bioconvective Patterns
in Variable Gravity," Phys. Rev. A, 44(8), 5279-5291 (1991).
- Noever, D. A., "A Rotating Spectrometer for Separation/Concentration
of Bioconvecting Microorganisms," Rev. Sci. Instrum., 62(1),
229-232 (1991).
- Noever, D. A., "Scaling Laws for Buckling Instability
in Monolayer Networks," Phys. Rev. Lett., 69(9), 1473-1474
(1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Statistics of Emulsion Lattices,"
Colloids & Surfaces, 62, 243-247 (1992).
- Noever, D. A., H. C. Matsos, and L. L. Looger, "Bioconvective
Indicators in Tetrahymena: Nickel and Copper Protection from
Cadmium Poisoning," J. Environ. Sci. & Health, A27(2),
403-417 (1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Statistical Crystallographic Investigation
of Stability in Membrane Networks," J. Coll. & Interface
Sci., 152(1), 22-32 (1992).
- Noever, D. A. "Statistical Crystallography of Surface
Micelle Spacing," Langmuir, 8(4), 1036-1038 (1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Statistics of Expanding Gel Surface
Patterns," J. Macromol. Sci.-Phys., B31(3), 357-364 (1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Size Effects in Models for Mechanically-Stressed
Protein Crystals and Aggregates," J. Crys. Growth,122, 120-135
(1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Stability Limits for Bioconvective Fractals:
Microgravity Prospects," Microgravity Science & Technology,
5(1), 50-55 (1992).
- Noever, D. A., "Gibbs' Overshoot on a Fractal,"
Physica A, 199, 341-349 (1993).
- Nikora, V. I., V. B. Sapozhnikv, and D. A. Noever, "Fractal
Geometry of Individual River Channels and Its Computer Simulation,"
Water Resources, 29(10), 3561-3568 (1993).
- Nikora, V. I., O. I. Nikora, D. A. Noever, and G. M. Smart,
"New Method of Structural Functions for Analysing Fractal
Scaling Properties of Natural Processes," J. Phys. A: Math.
Gen., 27, L403-L409 (1994).
- Noever, D. A., H. C. Matsos, R. J. Cronise, L. L. Looger,
R. A. Relwani, and J. U. Johnson, "Computerized in vitro
Test for Chemical Toxicity Based on Tetrahymena Swimming Patterns,"
Chemosphere, 29(6), 1373-1384 (1994).
- Noever, D. A., H. C. Matsos, L. L. Looger, M. M. Jones, and
P. K. Singh, "Organic Chelation of Cadmium Using DI-PDMS:
A Bioconvective Test for Protective Effects," J. Environ.
Health & Sci., A29(7), 1283-1293 (1994).
- Noever, D. A., H. C. Matsos, R. J. Cronise, L. L. Looger,
R. A. Relwani, and V. I. Nikora, "Ocean-Atmosphere CO2 Exchange:
An Accessible Lab Simulation for Considering Biological Effects,"
Climatic Change, 27, 299-320 (1994).
- Noever, D. and R. Cronise, "Is Bioluminescent Turbulence
an Example of Self-Organized Criticality?" Phys. Lett. A,
189, 176-180 (1994).
Additional on-line links to: http://ro.com/~cybchemx/new.html
Other reading from the proposal
- M. Ciaramella et al, Molecular biology of extremophiles,
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol 11, pp 71-84,
1995
- Danson et al., Archaebacteria, Biochemistry and Biotechnology,
London: Biochemical Society, 1992
- Brown, J.W. et al, Gene Structure, Organisation and Expression
in Archaebacteria. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Vol
16, No. 4, 1989
- DeLong, E. F., K. Y. Wu, B. B. Prezelin and R. V. M. Jovine.
1994. High abundance of Archaea in Antarctic marine picoplankton.
Nature, 371: 695-697.
- The Biosphere Below, Daniel Grossman and Seth Shulman, Earth,
6/95.
- Brave New Biosphere, David Tenenbaum, The World & I,
pp. 178-83, 10/95.
- Carnivorous Sponges, J. Vacalet et al, Nature, 1/26/95, pp.
333-5.
- Complete Genome Sequence of the Methanogenic Archaeon, Methanococcus
jannaschii, Carol Bult et al, Science, 273: 1058-1073, 1996,
see also p. 1043.
- Death and the Microbe, Lori Oliwenstein, pp. 98-103, Discover,
9/95.
- Flyspeck on a Lobster's Lip Turns Biology on its Ear, Natalie
Angier, The New York Times, 12/14/95, p. A1.
- High abundance of Archaea in Antarctic marine picoplankton,
DeLong, E. F., et al. Nature, 371: 695-697, 1994.
- The Illustrated Five Kingdoms: a guide to the diversity of
life on Earth / Lynn Margulis et al, New York: HarperCollins,
1994.
- Life at High Temperatures, Thomas D. Brock, Yellowstone Association
for Natural Science, Yellowstone National Park, 1994.
- Life at the Sea Floor, Holger Jannasch, Nature, 4/20/95,
pp. 676-7.
- Marine Biodiversity: two special issues, Oceanus, Fall/Winter
1995, and Spring/Summer 1996, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, Mass.
- Microbial Life in Hyperthermal Environments, Karl Stetter,
ASM News, 61:6, pp. 285-90, 1995.
- The Outer Reaches of Life, John R. Postgate, Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
- Scientists Close in on Hidden Lair of the Ocean's Fabled
Giant Squid, William Broad, The New York Times, 2/13/96, p. C1.
- Scientists Discover a Clue to the Origin of Life in a Microbe
Rather Than a Myth, Nicholas Wade, The New York Times, 8/23/96.
- Sorcerers of the Sea: Making Microbes Do the Dirty Work,
Elizabeth Pennisi, Bioscience, 46:4, pp. 236-9, 4/96.
- Studies of the Symbiotic Relationship Between Animals and
Microorganisms, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Science Spectra, 1(4):
14-19.
- Tumbleweeds of the Sea, Cheryl Dybas, Sea Frontiers, pp.
20-21.