Rosa Da Silva - McMaster Experts

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Associate Dean, Faculty of Science, McMaster University
Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellow, Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, McMaster University
Associate Professor, Biology, Faculty of Science

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- 12.3. Peptidergic control of the heart of the stick insect, Baculum extradentatum. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology. S50-S51. 2007
- A STEAM game-based learning framework: Maximizing integrated and immersive learning in the classroom
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- Blended learning in a biology classroom: Pre‐pandemic insights for post‐pandemic instructional strategies. FEBS Open Bio. 12:1286-1305. 2022
- Evidence that tolerance of Eutrema salsugineum to low phosphate conditions is hard-wired by constitutive metabolic and root-associated adaptations. Planta. 251:18. 2020
- Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) urease induces eicosanoid-modulated hemocyte aggregation in the Chagas' disease vector Rhodnius prolixus. Toxicon. 82:18-25. 2014
- The molecular characterization of the kinin transcript and the physiological effects of kinins in the blood-gorging insect, Rhodnius prolixus. Regulatory Peptides. 53:148-158. 2014
- EB1 Levels Are Elevated in Ascorbic Acid (AA)-stimulated Osteoblasts and Mediate Cell-Cell Adhesion-induced Osteoblast Differentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288:22096-22110. 2013
- An unusual myosuppressin from the blood-feeding bugRhodnius prolixus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215:2088-2095. 2012
- The regulation of cardiac activity by nitric oxide (NO) in the Vietnamese stick insect, Baculum extradentatum. Cellular Signalling. 24:1344-1350. 2012
- Effects of crustacean cardioactive peptide on the hearts of two Orthopteran insects, and the demonstration of a Frank–Starling-like effect. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 171:218-224. 2011
- Evidence of a central pattern generator regulating spermathecal muscle activity inLocusta migratoriaand its coordination with oviposition. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:757-763. 2011
- The Proctolin Gene and Biological Effects of Proctolin in the Blood-Feeding Bug, Rhodnius prolixus. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2:59. 2011
- Neuropeptides Modulate the Heart of the Stick Insect Baculum extradentatum. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1163:448-450. 2009
- Tyramine as a possible neurotransmitter/neuromodulator at the spermatheca of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology. 54:1306-1313. 2008
- Neural and hormonal control of muscular activity of the spermatheca in the locust, Locusta migratoria. Regulatory Peptides. 28:174-184. 2007
- The association of crustacean cardioactive peptide with the spermatheca of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology. 52:399-409. 2006