Peer-reviewed articles
- 2017). CA1 pyramidal cells have diverse biophysical properties, affected by development, experience, and aging. PeerJ 5:e3836. (
- McKiernan, E.C., Bourne, P.E., Brown, C.T., Buck, S., Kenall, A., Lin, J., McDougall, D., Nosek, B.A., Ram, K., Soderberg, C.K., Spies, J.R., Thaney, K., Updegrove, A., Woo, K.H., & Yarkoni, T. (2016). How open science helps researchers succeed. eLife 2016;5:e16800.
- McKiernan, E.C. (2013). Effects of manipulating slowpoke calcium-dependent potassium channel expression on rhythmic locomotor activity in Drosophila larvae. PeerJ 1:e57.
- *Herrera-Valdez, M.A., *McKiernan, E.C., Berger, S.D., Ryglewski, S., Duch, C., and Crook, S. (2013). Relating ion channel expression, bifurcation structure, and diverse firing patterns in a model of an identified motor neuron. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 34(2): 211-229. [author version.]
- *Cruz-Aponte, M., *McKiernan, E.C., and *Herrera-Valdez, M.A. (2011). Mitigating effects of vaccination on influenza outbreaks given constraints in stockpile size and daily administration capacity. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11: 207.
- Figueredo, A.J., Hammond, K.R., and McKiernan, E.C. (2006). A Brunswikian evolutionary developmental theory of preparedness and plasticity. Intelligence, 34(2): 211-227. [author version]
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Book chapters
- Chivardi-Moreno, C., McKiernan E.C., and Herrera-Valdez, M.A. (2015). Análisis cualitativo de modelos básicos de transmisión infecciosa. In L. Cervantes Gómez (Ed.), Modelación Matemática. Principios y Aplicaciones (pp. 95-110). Textos Científicos, Fomento Editorial de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
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Chivardi-Moreno, C., McKiernan E.C., and Herrera-Valdez, M.A. (2015). Modelos metapoblacionales básicos de transmisión de enfermedades infecciosas. In L. Cervantes Gómez (Ed.), Modelación Matemática. Principios y Aplicaciones (pp. 135-151). Textos Científicos, Fomento Editorial de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
Preprints
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2017). Imagining the ‘open’ university: Sharing scholarship to improve research and education. PeerJ PrePrints 5:e2711v3.
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Dissertation
- McKiernan, E.C. (2010). The role of specific voltage-activated and calcium-activated potassium currents in shaping motor neuron firing output during rhythmic motor activity. University of Arizona, Campus Repository.
Peer-reviewed abstracts in conference proceedings
- McKiernan, E.C., and Herrera-Valdez, M.A. (2012). From spinal cord to hippocampus: links between bifurcation structure, ion channel expression, and firing patterns in a variety of neuron types. BMC Neuroscience, 13(Suppl. 1): P121.
- Melendez-Alvarez, J., Herrera-Valdez, M.A., and McKiernan, E.C. (2012). Temperature-dependent transitions in excitability predicted by an electrodiffusion model of membrane potential. BMC Neuroscience, 13(Suppl. 1): P85.
- Cruz-Aponte, M., Smith, A., Herrera-Valdez, M.A., and McKiernan, E.C. (2011). The role of the large-conductance calcium-dependent potassium channel, BK/Slowpoke, in shaping motor neuron firing during rhythmic activity. BMC Neuroscience, 12(Suppl. 1): P217.
- Herrera-Valdez, M.A., Smith, A., Cruz-Aponte, M., and McKiernan, E.C. (2011). Biophysical modeling of excitability and membrane integration at the single cell and network levels. BMC Neuroscience, 12(Suppl. 1): P218.
- Smith, A., Cruz-Aponte, M., McKiernan, E.C., Crook, S., and Herrera-Valdez, M.A. (2011). Differential contribution of A-type potassium currents in shaping neuronal responses to synaptic input. BMC Neuroscience, 12(Suppl. 1): P147.
Science communication and advocacy
- McKiernan, E.C. (April 2015). Accessibility and added value: a personal perspective on publishing in PeerJ. PeerJblog.
- McKiernan, E.C. and Tennant J.P. (Sept. 2014). Top scientific publisher chooses not to advance open access. The Conversation.
- McKiernan, E.C. and Tennant, J.P. (Sept. 2014). AAAS misses opportunity to advance open access. The Winnower, 1:e140984.44268.
- McKiernan, E.C. (Aug. 2014). University research: if you believe in openness, stand up for it. The Guardian.
- McKiernan, E.C., Herrera-Valdez, M.A., Madan, C.R., et al. (Aug. 2014). Open letter to the Society for Neuroscience. The Winnower 1:e140865.54468.
- Tennant, J.P., Poisot, T., Hancock, J.F., Kubke, M.F., Michonneau, F., Taylor, M.P., Steel, G., Anquetin, J., Coyte, E., Schwessinger, B., McKiernan, E.C., et al. (Aug. 2014). Open Letter to The American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Winnower 1:e140813.35294.
- McKiernan, E.C. (Jan. 2014). The ripples produced by my love of small waves. PubChase.
- McKiernan, E. C. (Sept. 2013). Simulating the spread of disease. Scientific American.
- McKiernan, E. C. (Aug. 2013). Neuroscientists need to embrace open access publishing too. The Conversation.
- McKiernan, E. C. (April 2013). President Obama’s brain map project is hardly the next Human Genome. The Guardian.
- McKiernan, E. C. (Feb. 2013). Challenges in simulating a human brain. Scientific American.
- McKiernan, E. C. (Feb. 2013). What role do motor neurons play in basic bodily functions? Things We Don’t Know.