Charles Hanifin
Biology
Associate Professor
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Contact Information
Office Location: Vernal, BEERC 221JPhone: (435) 722-1780
Email: Charles.hanifin@usu.edu
Biography
I live in Vernal UT, but grew up in Portland OR. I am a true aggie. Ireceived my PhD from USU and teach in the department in which I received my degree: Biology.
Teaching Interests
General Biology, Evolution, Genetics, and Physiology
Research Interests
Evolutionary genetics, toxins, and evolutionary ecology
Awards
Utah State University Uintah Basin Research of the Year 2016, 2016
USU Uintah Basin
Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunity, 2013
USU ORGS
Publications | Abstracts
- Geffeney, S.L, Toledo, G., Hanifin, C.T, (2017). Tetrodotoxin resistance: natural experiments to understand voltage-gated sodium channel structure and function. Biophysical Journal *
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Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Geffeney, S.L, Cordingley, J.A, Mitchell, K.J, Hanifin, C.T, (2022). In silico analysis of tetrodotoxin binding in voltage-gated sodium ion channels from toxin resistant animal lineages. Marine Drugs, 20:11, 15. doi: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/20/11/723
- Kudo, Y., Hanifin, C.T, Kotaki, Y., Yotsu-Yamashita, M., (2020). Structures of N-hydroxy-type Tetrodotoxin Analogues and bicyclic Guanidinium Compounds Found in Toxic Newts. Journal of Natural Products, NA:NA, NA. doi: NA
- Geffeney, S.L, Williams, B.L, Rosenthal, J.J, Birk, M.A, Felkins, J., Wisell, C.M, Curry, E.R, Hanifin, C.T, (2019). Convergent and Parallel Evolution in a Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Underlies TTX-resistance in the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus: Hapalochlaena lunulata . Toxicon, 170, 77–84. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.09.013
- Hague, M.T, Avila, L.A, Hanifin, C.T, Snedden, W.A, Amber, S.N, Brodie, E.D, Brodie, III, E.D, (2016). Toxicity and population structure of the Rough-Skinned Newt Taricha granulosa outside the range of an arms race with resistant predators. Ecology and Evolution/John Wiley and Sons, doi: 10.1002/ece3.2068
- Toledo, G., Hanifin, C.T, Geffeney, S.L, Brodie, III, E.D, (2016). Convergent evolution of tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in predators and prey: Current Topics in Membranes, Volume 78. Elsevier, 78:Submitted, Submitted. doi: Submitted
- McGlothlin, J.W, Kobiela, M.E, Feldman, C.R, Castoe, T.A, Geffeney, S.L, Hanifin, C.T, Toledo, G., Vonk, F.J, Richardson, M.K, Brodie, E.D, Pfrender, M.E, Brodie III, E.D, (2016). Historical Contingency in a Multigene Family Facilitates Adaptive Evolution of Toxin Resistance. Current Biology
- Feldman, C.R, Durso, A.M, Hanifin, C.T, Pfrender, M.E, Ducey, P.K, Stokes, A.N, Barnett, K.E, Brodie, Iii, E.D, Brodie, E.D, (2015). Is there more than one way to skin a newt? Convergent toxin resistance in snakes is not due to a common genetic mechanism.. Heredity
- Stokes, A.N, Ducey, P.K, Neuman-Lee, L., Hanifin, C.T, French, S., Pfrender, M.E, Brodie, III, E.D, Brodie, Jr, E.D, (2014). Confirmation and distribution of tetrodotoxin for the first time in terrestrial invertebrates: two terrestrial flatworm species (Bipalium adventitium and Bipalium kewense). PloS one, 9:6, e100718.
- Hanifin, C.T, Gilly, W.F, (2014). Evolutionary history of a complex adaptation: Tetrodotoxin resistance in salamanders. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evoluton/Wiley, 69:1, 232-244. doi: 10.1111/evo.12552
- Stokes, A.N, Cook, D.G, Hanifin, C.T, Brodie, III, E.D, Brodie, E.D, (2011). Sex-biased predation on newts of the genus Taricha by a novel predator and its relationship with tetrodotoxin toxicity. The American Midland Naturalist, 165, 389-399.
- Williams, B.L, Hanifin, C.T, Brodie, E.D, Caldwell, R.L, (2011). Ontogeny of tetrodotoxin levels in blue-ringed octopuses: maternal investment and apparent independent production in offspring of Hapalochlaena lunulata.. Journal of chemical ecology, 37:1, 10-7.
- Williams, B.L, Hanifin, C.T, Brodie, E.D, Brodie III, E.D, (2010). Tetrodotoxin (TTX) affects survival probability of rough skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) faced with TTX-resistant garter snake predators (Thamnophis sirtalis).. Chemoecology, 20:4, 285-290. doi: 10.1007/s00049-010-0057-z
- Hanifin, C.T, (2010). The chemical and evolutionary ecology of tetrodotoxin (TTX) toxicity in terrestrial vertebrates. Marine Drugs, 8:4, 577-593. doi: doi:10.3390/md8030577
- Hanifin, C.T, Brodie, E.D, Brodie, III, E.D, (2008). Phenotypic mismatches reveal escape from arms-race coevolution. Public Library of Science (PLoS) Biology, 6:3, e60.
- Brodie III, E.D, Feldman, C.R, Hanifin, C.T, Motychak, J.E, Mulcahy, D.G, Williams, B.L, Brodie, E.D, (2005). Evolutionary response of predators to dangerous prey: parallel arms races between garter snakes and newts involving tetrodotoxin as the phenotypic interface of coevolution.. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31:2, 343-355. doi: 10.1007/s10886-005-1345-x
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Publications | Other
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