Research

Comstock, S. M., Blair, T. W., Hattenbach, D. J., & Koster, N. A. (2025). A novel DNA nanoparticle tracer technology in diverter applications for optimizing acid stimulation treatments (SPE-227944-MS). Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/227944-MS Full Text Article Link

Asadi, M., Blair, T. W., & Comstock, S. M. (2022). Laboratory investigation of chemical tracers vs. DNA tracers (SPE 209954-MS). Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/209954-MS Full Text Article Link

Harris, R. A., Alcott, C. E., Sullivan, E. L., Takahashi, D., McCurdy, C. E., Comstock, S. M., Baquero, K., Blundell, P., Frias, A. E., Kahr, M., Suter, M., Wesolowski, S., Friedman, J. E., Grove, K. L., & Aagaard, K. M. (2016). Genomic variants associated with resistance to high-fat diet–induced obesity in a primate model. Scientific Reports, 6, 36123. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36123

Enriori, P. J., Chen, W., Garcia-Rudaz, M. C., Grayson, B. E., Evans, A. E., Comstock, S. M., … Cowley, M. A. (2016). α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone promotes muscle glucose uptake via melanocortin-5 receptors. Molecular Metabolism, 5(10), 807–822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2016.08.003

Howden, D., Boekenoogen, C., Wagoner, J., Miller, S., & Mendez-Guajardo, B. (2015). The effects of creatine supplementation on muscular strength and endurance in mice. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Faculty advisor: S. Comstock.

Wagoner, J., Felzien, E., Vetter, C., Johnson, K., & Rodriguez, A. (2015). Development of a mouse model of obesity via sucrose consumption. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Faculty advisor: S. Comstock.

Pound, L. D., Comstock, S. M., & Grove, K. L. (2014). Consumption of a Western-style diet during pregnancy impairs offspring islet vascularization in a Japanese macaque model. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 307(1), E115–E123. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00119.2014

Fan, L., Lindsley, S. R., Comstock, S. M., Takahashi, D. L., Evans, A. E., He, G.-W., & Grove, K. L. (2013). Maternal high-fat diet impacts endothelial function in nonhuman primate offspring. International Journal of Obesity, 37(2), 254–262. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2012.42

Nicol, L. E., Grant, W. F., Grant, W. R., Comstock, S. M., Nguyen, M. L., Smith, M. S., & Marks, D. L. (2013). Pancreatic inflammation and increased islet macrophages in insulin-resistant juvenile primates. Journal of Endocrinology, 217(2), 207–213. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-12-0545

Comstock, S. M., Pound, L. D., Bishop, J. M., Takahashi, D. L., Kostrba, A. M., Smith, M. S., & Grove, K. L. (2012). High-fat diet consumption during pregnancy and the early post-natal period leads to decreased α-cell plasticity in the nonhuman primate. Molecular Metabolism, 2(1), 10–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2012.11.001

Suter, M. A., Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Showalter, L., Shope, C., Hu, M., Brown, K., Williams, S. M., & Aagaard, K. M. (2012). Maternal high-fat diet modulates the fetal thyroid axis and thyroid gene expression in a nonhuman primate model. Molecular Endocrinology, 26(12), 2071–2080. https://doi.org/10.1210/me.2012-1180

Grant, W. F., Gillingham, M. B., Batra, A. K., Fewkes, N. M., Comstock, S. M., Takahashi, D., Braun, T. P., Grove, K. L., Friedman, J. E., & Marks, D. L. (2011). Maternal high-fat diet is associated with decreased plasma n-3 fatty acids and fetal hepatic apoptosis in nonhuman primates. PLoS ONE, 6(2), e17261. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017261

Xiao, X. Q., Williams, S. M., Grayson, B. E., Glavas, M. M., Cowley, M. A., Smith, M. S., & Grove, K. L. (2007). Excess weight gain during the early postnatal period is associated with permanent reprogramming of brown adipose tissue adaptive thermogenesis. Endocrinology, 148(9), 4150–4159. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2007-0447