Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
AR Paine, M Wilton, SM Solanki, ML Ellefson, JE Ferguson, SM Lo, BK Sato. (2025) Reimagining the Role of Teaching-Focused Faculty in Research-Intensive Universities: The Evolution of Scholarly Expectations and Departmental Influence. PLoS ONE. (in press, Accepted 10/05/25)
AL Molder, B Anderton, E Howell, S Goodwin, S Behrman, ML Ellefson^. (2025) Use of Personal Storytelling in Educational Videos Promotes Student Engagement and Science Identity in an Undergraduate Biology Course. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 0:e00084-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00084-25
ML Ellefson^ and M Monfared. (2025) A discipline-specific pedagogical professional development graduate program fosters development of integrated scholars: an evaluation of the Future Undergraduate Science Educators (FUSE) program. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 26:e00044-25.
HGH Low and ML Ellefson^. (2024) Punnett Farms: Developing an Immersive Educational Game-Based Platform for Learning Genetics. Simulation & Gaming. 55 (2) 302-322.
H Yssels, ME Crowder, O Gulacar, JH Choi. (2018) An In-depth analysis of Open-ended Biomedical Engineering Design Problems and the Role of Metacognition in their Solutions. American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings, 23128.
- Molecular Biology Publications -
AW Grenfell, M Strzelecka, ME Crowder, KJ Helmke, AL Schlaitz, R Heald. (2016) A versatile multivariate image analysis pipeline reveals features of Xenopus extract spindles. Journal of Cell Biology. 213: 127-36
ME Crowder, JR Flynn, KP McNally, DB Cortes, KL Price, PA Kuehnert, MT Panzica, A Andaya, J Leary, and FJ McNally. (2015) Dynactin-dependent cortical dynein and spherical shape correlate temporally with meiotic spindle rotation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26: 3030-46.
ME Crowder, M Strzelecka, J Wilbur, M Good, G von Dassow, G and R Heald. (2015) A comparative analysis of spindle morphometrics across metazoans. Current Biology. 25: 1542-50.
KL McNally, AS Fabritius, ML Ellefson, JR Flynn, JA Milan, and FL McNally. (2012). Kinesin-1 prevents capture of the oocyte meiotic spindle by the sperm aster. Developmental Cell. 22: 788-98.
AS Fabritius, ML Ellefson, and FJ McNally. 2010. Nuclear and spindle positioning during oocyte meiosis. Current Opinion Cell Biology. 23: 1-7.
ML Ellefson and FJ McNally. 2011. CDK-1 inhibits meiotic spindle shortening and dynein-dependent spindle rotation in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Biology. 193: 1229-44.
KL McNally, JL Martin, ML Ellefson, and FJ McNally. 2010. Kinesin-dependent transport results in polarized migration of the nucleus in oocytes and inward movement of yolk granules in meiotic embryos. Developmental Biology. 339: 126-140.
ML Ellefson and FJ McNally. 2009. Kinesin-1 and cytoplasmic dynein act sequentially to move the meiotic spindle to the oocyte cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20: 2722-2730.
A Jaramillo-Lambert, ML Ellefson, AM Villeneuve, and J Engebrecht. 2007. Differential timing of S phases, X chromosome replication, and meiotic prophase in the C. elegans germ line. Developmental Biology. 308: 206-221.
Book Chapters
ME Crowder^ and MM Monfared: Integrating scholarly teacher training with discipline-specific research training in STEM, Kem Saichaie and Cara Harwood Theisen, (ed), New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Graduate Student Development and Preparation in the 21st Century, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco (October 2020).
Teaching Resources
Ellefson M. (2023). Good Chemistry: Educator resources [Open-access teaching guide]. Science Communication Lab. https://sciencecommunicationlab.org/science-videos/crispr-nobel-prize/#educator-resources