Carter lab publications are really the result of excellent research by our students. Undergraduate or high school students are underlined in the following citations.
29. E. D. White, M. A. Catipovic, Y. Choi, R. Flynn, M. Kilfoil, J. G. Trapani, and A. R.
Carter, “Mechanical dynamics show local developmental differences in early zebrafish
embryos.” (in preparation).
28. A. Velasquez, I. P. Hardy, V. D. Kuntz, D. W. Oo, and A. R. Carter, “Bridging the
disconnect between classroom and research laboratory using projects,” 2023 BFY
Proceedings (accepted).
27. I. P. Hardy, A. Velasquez, V. D. Kuntz, and A. R. Carter, “How to implement laboratory
projects in microscopy,” 2023 BFY Proceedings (accepted).
26. A. Boskovic, K. M. Jones, A. Velasquez, I. P. Hardy, M. L. Bulos, M. Wiklund, and A.
R. Carter, “Acoustic trapping in the undergraduate laboratory.” American Journal of
Physics, 92, 59–64 (2024). PDF
25. M. L. Liu, D. W. Oo, R. B. McMillan, and A. R. Carter, “Bind-and-bend model for
DNA looping.” arXiv:2311.01649, (2023). PDF
24. R. B. McMillan, H. Bediako, L. M. Devenica, A. Velasquez, I. P. Hardy, Y. E. Ma, D. M.
Roscoe, and A. R. Carter, “Protamine folds DNA into flowers and loop stacks.”
Biophysical Journal, 122: 4288-4302. (2023). PDF
23. Soto, P., Carter, A.R., Deligkaris, C., Gül, D., Hamadani, K.M., Knight, J., Matulis, D., Ozturk, T.N., et al. 2022. Perspectives on How 1.5 Years of the COVID-19 Pabndemic Have Impacted Biophysicists at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions. The Biophysicist. 3(1):75–84. DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2021.000187. PDF
22. A. R. Carter, reviewer to “Upper Level Physics Curriculum” in “A Guide to Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3)”, S. McKagan, D. A. Craig, M. Jackson, and T. Hodapp, Eds., American Physical Society, College Park, MD, Version 2021.1, (2021). EP3
21. McMillan, R.B., Kuntz, V.D., Devenica, L.M., Bediako, H. & Carter, A.R. 2021. DNA looping by protamine follows a nonuniform spatial distribution. Biophysical Journal. 120(12):2521–2531. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.04.022. PDF
20. Carter, A.R. 2021. One Hundred Years Later, Introductory Labs Are Poised for Change. The Physics Teacher. 59(2):97–99. DOI: 10.1119/10.0003460. PDF
19. O. A. Ukogu, A. D. Smith, L. M. Devenica, H. Bediako, R. McMillan, Y. Ma, A. Balaji, R. D. Schwab, S. Anwar, M. Dasgupta, and A. R. Carter, “Protamine loops DNA in multiple steps.” Nucleic Acids Research, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa365 (2020). PDF
18. A. R. Carter, “On building a research lab, not starting it.” American Journal of Physics, 87:413-414 (2019). PDF
17. A. R. Carter, “Case study on how to develop 3D labs with theoretical, experimental, and computational goals.” 2018 BFY Proceedings, doi:10.1119/bfy.2018.pr.002 (2018) PDF
16. L. M. Devenica, B. S. Grimm, T. Hultum, and A. R. Carter, “Progress on an optical trapping assay to measure DNA folding pathways in sperm.” Proceedings of SPIE, 10347 (2017). PDF
15. A. D. Smith, O. A. Ukogu, L. M. Devenica, E. D. White, and A. R. Carter, “Optical methods for measuring DNA folding.” Modern Physics Letters B, 31:1730001 (2017). PDF
14. S. R. Okoniewski, A. R. Carter, and T. T. Perkins, “A Surface-Coupled Optical Trap with 1-bp Precision via Active Stabilization.” Methods in Molecular Biology, 1486:77-107 (2017). PDF
13. E. L. Troconis, A. J. Ordoobadi, T. F. Sommers, R. Aziz-Bose, A. R. Carter, and J. G. Trapani, “Intensity-dependent timing and precision of startle response latency in larval zebrafish.” Journal of Physiology, 595(1):265-282, DOI: 10.1113/JP272466 (2017). PDF
12. A. R. Carter, M. H. Seaberg, H. Fan, A. M. Noronha, C. J. Wilds, H. Li, and T. T. Perkins, “Sequence-dependent nanometer-scale conformational dynamics of individual RecBCD-DNA complexes.” Nucleic Acids Research, 44(12):5849-60 (2016). PDF
11. L. M. Devenica, C. Contee, R. Cabrejo, E. F. Deveney, and A. R. Carter, “Biophysical Measurements of Cells, Microtubules, and DNA with an Atomic Force Microscope.” American Journal of Physics, 84:301 (2016). PDF
10. M. A. Catipovic, P. M. Tyler, J. G. Trapani, and A. R. Carter, “Improving the quantification of Brownian motion.” American Journal of Physics, 81:485 (2013). PDF
9. E. A. Kane, M. Gershow, B. Afonso, I. Larderet, M. Klein, A. R. Carter, B. L. de Bivort, S. G. Sprecher, and A. D. T. Samuel, “Sensorimotor structure of Drosophila larva phototaxis.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1215295110 (2013). PDF
8. A. R. Carter, “Evolution of the significant figure rules,” The Physics Teacher, 51:340 (2013). PDF
7. F. B. Shipley and A. R. Carter, “Back-scattered detection yields viable signals in many conditions.” Optics Express, 20:9581 (2012). PDF
6. T. T. Perkins, G. M. King, A. B. Churnside, and A. R. Carter, “Ultrastable Atomic Force Microscopy using Laser-Based, Active Noise Cancelation.” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, CTuOO3 (2010). Read Online
5. A. R. Carter, Y. Seol, T. T. Perkins, “Precision Surface-Coupled Optical-Trapping Assay with One-Basepair Resolution.” Biophysical Journal 96:2926 (2009). PDF
4. G. M. King, A. R. Carter, A. B. Churnside, L. Eberle, T. T. Perkins, “Ultrastable Atomic Force Microscopy: Atomic-Scale Stability and Registration in Ambient Conditions.” Nano Letters 9:1451 (2009). PDF
3. A. B. Churnside, G. M. King, A. R. Carter, and T. T. Perkins, “Improved performance of an ultrastable measurement platform using a field programmable gate array for deterministic, real-time control.” Proceedings of SPIE 7042:704205 (2008). PDF
2. A. R. Carter, G. M. King, T. T. Perkins, “Back-scattered detection provides atomic-scale localization precision, stability, and registration in 3D.” Optics Express, 15:13434 (2007) PDF
1. A. R. Carter, G. M. King, T. A. Ulrich, W. Halsey, D. Alchenberger, T. T. Perkins, “Stabilization of an optical microscope to 0.1 nm in 3D.” Applied Optics, 46:421 (2007). PDF