Publications

Books

  1. Michael J. Wester (editor), Computer Algebra Systems: A Practical Guide, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, ISBN 0-471-98353-5, xvi+436 pages, 1999.
  2. Michael J. Wester and Michel Beaudin (editors), Computer Algebra in Education, Aulonna Press, White Lake, Michigan, ISBN 978-0-9754541-9-6, viii+134 pages, 2008.

Journal Special Issues

  1. Michael J. Wester, Elizabeth A. Arnold, Patrizia Gianni, Ilias S. Kotsireas, Eugenio Roanes-Lozano and Stanly Steinberg (editors), ``Special Issue: Applications of Computer Algebra in Science, Engineering, Simulation and Special Software'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 67, Issues 1--2, September 3, 2004.
  2. I. S. Kotsireas, A. G. Akritas, S. L. Steinberg and M. J. Wester (editors), ``Special Issue: Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA) 2001 and 2002'', Journal of Symbolic Computation, Volume 40, Numbers 4--5, October/November 2005.
  3. Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Michael Wester and Stanly Steinberg (editors), ``Special Issue: Nonstandard Applications of Computer Algebra''. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 79, Issue 8, April 2009.
  4. Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Michael J. Wester and Stanly Steinberg (editors), Applications of Computer Algebra 2007 (ACA 2007) special session on Nonstandard Applications of Computer Algebra''. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 80, Issue 6, February 2010.
  5. Kathleen Pineau, Michael J. Wester, France Caron and Daniel H. Jarvis (editors), ``The 15th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA 2009) Session on Computer Algebra in Education'', The International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, Volume 17, Number 2, 2010.
  6. Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Michael J. Wester and Stanly Steinberg (editors), ``Special Issue: Nonstandard Applications of Computer Algebra'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 82, Issue 1, September 2011.
  7. Antonio Hernando, Francisco Botana, Eugenio Roanes-Lozano and Michael J. Wester (editors), ``Special issue: 18th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 104, Issue 1--2, October 2014.
  8. Francisco Botana, Antonio Hernando, Eugenio Roanes-Lozano and Michael J. Wester (editors), ``Special issue: Nonstandard Applications of Computer Algebra (ACA'2013)'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 125, Issue 1--2, July 2016.

Stories

  1. Michael J. Wester, ``An Act of Rashness'', Southwest High School Creative Writing Awards, New Mexico State University, Volume Twelve---Spring 1973, 24--27.

Articles

  1. Richard Pavelle and Michael Wester, Computer Programs for Research in Gravitation and Differential Geometry, MIT/LCS/TM-167, Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 1980, revised June 1982.
  2. Allen L. Camp, Martin P. Sherman and Michael J. Wester, ``A Model for Predicting Containment Response to Hydrogen Burns'', Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Volume 41, July 1982, 398--399.
  3. G. G. Weigand, M. S. Krein, M. J. Wester and M. Padmanabhan, A Parametric Study of Containment Emergency Sump Performance, NUREG/CR-2758, SAND82-0624, ARL-46-82, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Alden Research Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Holden, Massachusetts, July 1982.
  4. Allen L. Camp, Michael J. Wester, Susan E. Dingman and Martin P. Sherman, ``HECTR: A Computer Program for Modelling the Response to Hydrogen Burns in Containment'', NUREG/CP-0038, EPRI RP1932-35, SAND82-2456, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Impact of Hydrogen on Water Reactor Safety, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1982, 827--842.
  5. Susan E. Dingman, Michael J. Wester and Allen L. Camp, ``Applications of HECTR to Reactor Containments'', NUREG/CP-0038, EPRI RP1932-35, SAND82-2456, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Impact of Hydrogen on Water Reactor Safety, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1982, 175--189.
  6. John C. Cummings, Allen L. Camp, Martin P. Sherman, Michael J. Wester, David Tomasko, Rupert K. Byers and Blaine W. Burnham, ``Review of the Grand Gulf Hydrogen Igniter System'', NUREG/CP-0038, EPRI RP1932-35, SAND82-2456, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Impact of Hydrogen on Water Reactor Safety, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1982, 1045--1059.
  7. M. S. Krein, M. J. Wester, P. O. Strom and G. G. Weigand, A Parametric Study of Containment Emergency Sump Performance: Results of Vertical Outlet Sump Tests, NUREG/CR-2759, SAND82-7062, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1982.
  8. Michael J. Wester, Susan E. Dingman, Allen L. Camp, Martin P. Sherman and Peter G. Prassinos, ``Development and Applications of a Computer Program for Modelling the Response to Hydrogen Burns in Containment'', SAND82-0869C, Proceedings of the Second International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Santa Barbara, California, January 1983, 1195--1202.
  9. Richard Bogen, Jeffrey Golden, Michael Genesereth, Richard Pavelle, Michael Wester, Richard Fateman and Alexander Doohovskoy, MACSYMA Reference Manual, 2 volumes, The Mathlab Group, Laboratory for Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Version Ten---January 1983.
  10. G. G. Weigand, M. S. Krein, M. J. Wester and M. Padmanabhan, ``Containment Emergency Sump Studies to Investigate Unresolved Safety Issue A-43'', NUREG/CP-0027, Proceedings of the International Meeting on Thermal Nuclear Reactor Safety, Chicago, Illinois, February 1983, 1771--1780.
  11. J. C. Cummings, A. L. Camp, M. P. Sherman, M. J. Wester, D. Tomasko, R. K. Byers and B. W. Burnham, Review of the Grand Gulf Hydrogen Igniter System, NUREG/CR-2530, SAND82-0218, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 1983.
  12. Michael J. Wester, Douglas J. Rzepecki and Allen L. Camp, ``Evaluation of HECTR Predictions of Hydrogen Transport'', SAND83-0682C, Proceedings of the International Meeting on Light Water Reactor Severe Accident Evaluation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 1983, pp. 16.8-1--16.8-8.
  13. Michael J. Wester and Allen L. Camp, An Evaluation of HECTR Predictions of Hydrogen Transport, NUREG/CR-3463, SAND83-1814, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 1983.
  14. Michael Wester and Stanly Steinberg, ``An Extension to MACSYMA's Concept of Functional Differentiation'', SIGSAM Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery), Volume 17, Number 3 and 4, August and November 1983, 25--30.
  15. Michael Wester and Stanly Steinberg, ``A Survey of Symbolic Differentiation Implementations'', Proceedings of the 1984 MACSYMA Users' Conference, Schenectady, New York, July 1984, 330--355.
  16. S. E. Dingman, A. L. Camp and M. J. Wester, ``Capabilities of HECTR in Predicting Containment Responses During Hydrogen Combustion'', Designing for Hydrogen in Nuclear Power Plants, Joint ASME/ANS Nuclear Engineering Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 1984, 65--71.
  17. S. E. Dingman, A. L. Camp and M. J. Wester, ``Capabilities of HECTR in Predicting Containment Responses During Hydrogen Combustion'', Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Volume 46, 1984, p. 134.
  18. S. E. Dingman, A. L. Camp and M. J. Wester, Capabilities of HECTR Version 1.0, SAND84-0368C, CONF-840813-5, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1984.
  19. Allen L. Camp, Michael J. Wester and Susan E. Dingman, HECTR Version 1.0 User's Manual, NUREG/CR-3913, SAND84-1522, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 1985.
  20. Michael Wester and John K. Prentice, ``The Development of a Multiple Eulerian Mesh Capability for the HULL Hydrocode'', Shock Compression of Condensed Matter---1989: Proceedings of the American Physical Society Topical Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 14--17, 1989, North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1990, 173--176.
  21. Michael Wester, ``Expression Swell Analysis of the Computation of Matrix Characteristic Polynomials'', Transactions of the Eighth Army Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing, Report No. 91-1, U.S. Army Research Office, February 1991, 887--915.
  22. Jackie Damrau and Michael Wester, ``Form Letters with 3-Across Labels Capability'', TUGboat: The Communications of the TeX Users Group, Volume 12, Number 4 (1991 TUG Conference Proceedings, Part 2), December 1991, 510--516.
  23. Michael Wester, Book review of Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, Second Edition by Stephen Wolfram, SIAM Review, Volume 34, Number 3, September 1992, 519--522.
  24. Michael James Wester, Symbolic Calculation and Expression Swell Analysis of Matrix Determinants and Eigenstuff, Ph.D. dissertation, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 1992.
  25. M. Wester, ``On Computing Symbolic Determinants and Eigenstuff'', Panamerican Workshop for Applied and Computational Mathematics, January 1993, Caracas, Venezuela, p. 6.19.
  26. Michael Wester, ``A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities'', Computer Algebra Nederland Nieuwsbrief, Number 13, December 1994, ISSN 1380-1260, 41--48 (newer version of the paper below).
  27. Michael Wester, ``A Review of CAS Mathematical Capabilities'', Applied Mechanics in the Americas, Volume III, edited by Luis A. Godoy, Sergio R. Idelsohn, Patricio A. A. Laura and Dean T. Mook, American Academy of Mechanics and Asociacion Argentina de Mecanica Computacional, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1995, 450--455.
  28. Michael Wester, ``Letters about Wester's Review: Letter from Michael Wester, Univ. New Mexico'', Computer Algebra Nederland Nieuwsbrief, Number 14, April 1995, ISSN 1380-1260, 51--52.
  29. Michael Wester, ``Writing a Fortran 90 Makefile Maker in Perl'', Fortran Journal, Volume 8, Number 3, May/June 1996, 8--12.
  30. E. A. Coutsias, M. J. Wester and A. S. Perelson, ``A Nucleation Theory of Cell Surface Capping'', Journal of Statistical Physics, Volume 87, Numbers 5/6, June 1997, 1179--1203.
  31. Michael Wester, ``A Critique of the Mathematical Abilities of CA Systems'', Computer Algebra Systems: A Practical Guide, edited by Michael J. Wester, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, 1999, 25--60.
  32. John K. Prentice and Michael Wester, ``Code Generation Using Computer Algebra Systems'', Computer Algebra Systems: A Practical Guide, edited by Michael J. Wester, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, 1999, 233--254.
  33. Michael Wester and Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, ``IMACS Applications of Computer Algebra Conference 1999 Summary'', SIGSAM Bulletin, Volume 33, Number 2, June 1999, 53--57.
  34. Robert H. Lewis and Michael Wester, ``Comparison of Polynomial-Oriented Computer Algebra Systems'', SIGSAM Bulletin, Volume 33, Number 4, December 1999, 5--13.
  35. Victor G. Ganzha, Evgenii V. Vorozhtsov and Michael Wester, ``An Assessment of the Efficiency of Computer Algebra Systems in the Solution of Scientific Computing Problems'', Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing: CASC 2000; Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, Samarkand, October 5--9, 2000, edited by Victor G. Ganzha, Ernst W. Mayr and Evgenii V. Vorozhtsov, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000, 145--166.
  36. Eric J. Burks, Michael J. Wester, Laurel O. Sillerud, David C. Brown and Richard S. Larson, ``Structural and Functional Characterization of a Family of Peptide Antagonists Directed Against LFA-1/ICAM-1'', Blood, Volume 98, Number 11, Part 1, November 16, 2001, p. 228a.
  37. L. O. Sillerud, E. J. Burks, M. J. Wester, D. C. Brown, S. Vijayan and R. S. Larson, ``NMR-derived model of interconverting conformations of an ICAM-1 inhibitory cyclic nonapeptide'', Journal of Peptide Research, Volume 62, Number 3, September 2003, 97--116 (PMID: 12895272).
  38. Evangelos A. Coutsias, Chaok Seok, Michael J. Wester and Ken A. Dill, ``Resultants and Loop Closure'', International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Volume 106, Number 1, 2006, 176--189 (DOI: 10.1002/qua.20751).
  39. Paul Lombardi (appendix by Michael Wester), ``A Symmetrical Property of Rotational Arrays in Stravinsky's Late Music'', Indiana Theory Review, Volume 25, Spring / Fall 2004 (2007), 75--113.
  40. Michael Wester, ``ACA 2007 --- 13th International Conference on Applications of Computer Algebra'', Computeralgebra Rundbrief, Number 41, October 2007, p. 35.
  41. Michael Wester, ``Software Review: Wolfram Mathematica 6 for Linux'', Scientific Programming, Volume 16, Number 1, 2008, 93--96.
  42. Sara N. Pollock, Evangelos A. Coutsias, Michael J. Wester and Tudor I. Oprea, ``Scaffold Topologies. 1. Exhaustive Enumeration up to Eight Rings'', Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Volume 48, Number 7, July 2008, 1304--1310 (PMID: 18605680, PMCID: PMC2734505).
  43. Michael J. Wester, Sara N. Pollock, Evangelos A. Coutsias, Tharun Kumar Allu, Sorel Muresan and Tudor I. Oprea, ``Scaffold Topologies. 2. Analysis of Chemical Databases'', Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Volume 48, Number 7, July 2008, 1311--1324 (PMID: 18605681, PMCID: PMC2807378).
  44. Paul Lombardi and Michael Wester, ``A Tesseract in Boulez's Structures 1a'', Music Theory Spectrum, Volume 30, Number 2, Fall 2008, 339--359.
  45. Yuzita Yaacob, Stanly Steinberg, Michael Wester, Ahmad Faris Ismail and Hamzah Salleh, ``ILMEV (Interactive Learning - Mathematica Enhanced Vector calculus) Package'', Proceedings of the Seminar Pendidikan Kejuruteraan dan Alam Bina (PeKA 2008), Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, Perak, Malaysia, December 26--28, 2008, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Malaysia, December 2008, 74--83.
  46. Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Luis M. Laita, Eugenio Roanes-Macías, Michael J. Wester, José Luis Ruiz-Lozano and Carlos Roncero, ``Evolution of railway network flexibility: The Spanish broad gauge case'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 79, Issue 8, April 2009, 2317--2332.
  47. Eugenio Roanes Lozano, Luis M. Laita de la Rica, Eugenio Roanes Macías, Michael J. Wester, José Luis Ruiz Lozano and Carlos Roncero Clemente, ``Estudio matemático de la evolucíon de la topología de la red Española de ancho ibérico 1956--2006 (Mathematical study of the evolution of the Spanish broad gauge network 1956--2006)'', vía libre técnica investigacíon ferroviaria, September 11, 2009.
  48. Paul Lombardi and Michael J. Wester, ``Serial mistakes in Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 80. Number 6, February 2010, 1185--1199.
  49. Yuzita Yaacob, Michael Wester and Stanly Steinberg, ``Towards the Development of an Automated Learning Assistant for Vector Calculus: Integration over Planar Regions'', The International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, Volume 17, Number 2, 2010, 81--86.
  50. Eugenio Roanes Lozano, Luis M. Laita de la Rica, Eugenio Roanes Macías, Michael J. Wester, José Luis Ruiz Lozano and Carlos Roncero Clemente, ``Estudio matemático de la evolucíon de la topología de la red Española de ancho ibérico 1956--2006 (Mathematical study of the evolution of the Spanish broad gauge network 1956--2006)'', vía libre Técnica Investigacíon Ferroviaria, Number 1, March 2011, 41--46.
  51. Eugenio Roanes-Lozano, Angélica Martínez-Zarzuelo, Alberto García-Álvarez, Michael J. Wester and Eugenio Roanes-Macías, ``Automatically obtaining railway maps from a set of historical events'', Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Serie A Matemáticas (RACSAM), Volume 105, Number 1, 2011, 149--165 (DOI 10.1007/s13398-011-0010-1).
  52. Michael J. Wester, Yuzita Yaacob and Stanly Steinberg, ``Computing integrals over polynomially defined regions and their boundaries in 2 and 3 dimensions'', Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 82, Number 1, September 2011, 79--101 (DOI:10.1016/j.matcom.2011.06.003).
  53. Yuzita Yaacob, Michael Wester and Stanly Steinberg, ``Alat Bantuan Pembelajaran Berautomasi untuk Kalkulus Vektor: Pengamiran Terhadap Rantau Satah'', Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, Volume 1, Number 1, June 2012, 57--67 (e-ISSN:2289-2192; Malaysian version of ``Towards the Development of an Automated Learning Assistant for Vector Calculus: Integration over Planar Regions'').
  54. Flor A. Espinoza, Michael J. Wester, Janet M. Oliver, Bridget S. Wilson, Nicholas L. Andrews, Diane S. Lidke and Stanly L. Steinberg, ``Insights Into Cell Membrane Microdomain Organization from Live Cell Single Particle Tracking of the IgE High Affinity Receptor FcεRI of Mast Cells'', Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 74, Issue 8, August 2012, 1857--1911 (DOI: 10.1007/s11538-012-9738-9, PMID: 22733211, PMCID: PMC3677563).
  55. Michael Wester, Yuzita Yaacob and Stanly Steinberg, ``Pengiraan Kamiran Terhadap Polinomial Rantau Tertakrif dan Sempadan dalam 2 dan 3 Dimensi'', Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, Volume 1, Number 2, December 2012, 53--83 (e-ISSN:2289-2192, Malaysian version of ``Computing integrals over polynomially defined regions and their boundaries in 2 and 3 dimensions'').
  56. Matthew S. Graus, Carolyn Pehlke, Michael J. Wester, Lisa B. Davidson, Stanly L. Steinberg and Aaron K. Neuman, ``A New Tool to Quantify Receptor Recruitment to Cell Contact Sites during Host-Pathogen Interaction'', PLoS Computational Biology, Volume 10, Number 5, May 2014, 1--17 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003639, PMID: 24874253, PMCID: PMC4038466).
  57. Yuzita Yaacob, Stanley Steinbergh and Michael Wester, ``Mereka Bentuk Pakej Kalkulus Vektor Simbolik dalam Persekitaran Sistem Algebra Komputer (SAK) [Designing Symbolic Vector Calculus Package in Computer Algebra System Environment]'', Asia-Pacific Journal of Information Technology and Multimedia, Volume 3, Number 1, June 2014, 43--53 (e-ISSN: 2289-2192).
  58. Michelle S. Itano, Matthew S. Graus, Carolyn Pehlke, Michael J. Wester, Ping Liu, Keith A. Lidke, Nancy L. Thompson, Ken Jacobson and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Super-resolution imaging of C-type lectin spatial rearrangement within the dendritic cell plasma membrane at fungal microbe contact sites'', Frontiers in Physics, section Membrane Physiology and Membrane Biophysics, Volume 2, Number 46, August 2014, 1--17 (DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2014.00046, PMID: 25506589, PMCID: PMC4262399).
  59. Vanessa Svihla, Michael J. Wester and Marcia C. Linn, ``Distributed Revisiting: an Analytic for Retention of Coherent Science Learning'', Special section: Learning analytics and learning theory in the Journal of Learning Analytics, Volume 2, Number 2, 2015, 75--101 (DOI: 10.18608/jla.2015.22.7).
  60. Jia Lin, Michael J. Wester, Matthew S. Graus, Keith A. Lidke and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Nanoscopic cell wall architecture of an immunogenic ligand in Candida albicans during antifungal drug treatment'', Molecular Biology of the Cell, Volume 27, Number 6, March 15, 2016, 1002--1014 (DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0355, PMID: 26792838, PMCID: PMC4791122).
  61. Aaron K. Neumann, Jia Lin, Michael J. Wester, Matthew S. Graus and Keith A. Lidke, ``Nanoscopic Cell Wall Architecture of an Immunogenic Ligand in Candida Albicans during Antifungal Drug Treatment'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 110, Issue 3, Supplement 1, p. 483a, February 16, 2016 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.2585).
  62. Aaron Kurt Neumann, Jia Lin, Matthew Graus, Michael J Wester and Keith Lidke, ``Nanoscopic characterization of immunogenic b-glucan exposure on Candida species pathogens'', Journal of Immunology, Volume 196, Number 1 Supplement, May 1, 2016, p. 205.9 (ISSN: 0022-1767).
  63. Evangelos A. Coutsias, Katrina W. Lexa, Michael J. Wester, Sara N. Pollock and Matthew P. Jacobson, ``Exhaustive Conformational Sampling of Complex Fused Ring Macrocycles Using Inverse Kinematics'', Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 13, 2016, 4674--4687 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00250, PMID: 27447193, PMCID: PMC5465426).
  64. Michael J. Wester, Jia Lin and Aaron K. Neumann, ``A computational model for regulation of nanoscale glucan exposure in Candida albicans'', PLoS ONE, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 12, 2017, p. e0188599 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188599).
  65. Suresh Kumar, Ashish Jain, Farzin Farzam, Jingyue Jia, Yuexi Gu, Seong Won Choi, Michal H. Mudd, Aurore Claude-Taupin, Michael J. Wester, Keith A. Lidke, Tor-Erik Rusten and Vojo Deretic, ``Mechanism of Stx17 recruitment to autophagosomes via IRGM and mammalian Atg8 proteins'', Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 217, Issue 3, March 5, 2018, 997--1013 (DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201708039).
  66. Mohamadreza Fazel, Marjolein B.M. Meddens, Michael J. Wester and Keith A. Lidke, ``Multiple Emitter Fitting and Structured Background Detection using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 114, Issue 3, Supplement 1, February 2, 2018, p. 531a (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.2907).
  67. Sandeep Pallikkuth, Marjolein Meddens, Mohamad Fazel, Hanieh Farsibaf, Farzin Farzam, Michael Wester and Keith Lidke, ``A MATLAB-based Instrument Control Package for Fluorescence Imaging'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 114, Issue 3, Supplement 1, February 2, 2018, p. 532a (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.2912).
  68. Matthew S. Graus, Michael Wester, Douglas W. Lowman, David L. Williams, Michael D. Kruppa, Jesse M. Young, Harry C. Pappas, Keith A. Lidke and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Mannan Molecular Sub-structures Control Nanoscale Glucan Exposure in Candida'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 114, Issue 3, Supplement 1, February 2, 2018, p. 535a (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.2925).
  69. Arianne M. Brandsma, Samantha L. Schwartz, Michael J. Wester, Christopher C. Valley, Gittan L.A. Blezer, Gestur Vidarsson, Keith A. Lidke, Toine ten Broeke, Diane S. Lidke and Jeanette H.W. Leusen, ``Mechanisms of inside-out signaling of the high affinity IgG-receptor FcγRI'', Science Signaling, Volume 11, Issue 540, July 24, 2018, 1--11 (DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaq0891).
  70. Matthew S. Graus, Michael J. Wester, Douglas W. Lowman, David L. Williams, Michael D. Kruppa, Carmen M. Martinez, Jesse M. Young, Harry C. Pappas, Keith A. Lidke and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Mannan Molecular Sub-structures Control Nanoscale Glucan Exposure in Candida'', Cell Reports, Volume 24, Issue 9, August 28, 2018, 2432--2442 (DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.088).
  71. Emine Güven, Michael J Wester, Bridget S Wilson, Jeremy S Edwards and Ádám M Halász, ``Characterization of the Experimentally Observed Clustering of VEGF Receptors'', Computational Methods in Systems Biology: 16th International Conference, CMSB 2018, Brno, Czech Republic, September 12--14, 2018 Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics 11095, edited by Milan Češka and David Šafránek, Springer, 2018, 75--92, (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99429-1_5).
  72. Vanessa Svihla, Michael J. Wester and Marcia C. Linn, ``Distributed Practice in Classroom Inquiry Science Learning'', Learning: Research and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2018, 180--202, (DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2017.1371321).
  73. Michael J Wester, Sandeep Pallikkuth, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Mohamadreza Fazel and Keith A Lidke, ``Simple and Fiducial-Free Drift Correction for Super-Resolution Imaging of Cellular Structures'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 116, Issue 3, February 15, 2019, p. 279a, (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.1510).
  74. Evangelos A. Coutsias and Michael J. Wester, ``RMSD and Symmetry'', Journal of Computational Chemistry, Volume 40, Issue 15, June 5, 2019, 1496--1508 (DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25802).
  75. Mohamadreza Fazel, Michael J. Wester, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Marjolein B. M. Meddens, Alexandra S. Eklund, Thomas Schlichthaerle, Florian Schueder, Ralf Jungmann and Keith A. Lidke, ``Bayesian Multiple Emitter Fitting using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo'', Scientific Reports, Volume 9, Article 13791, September 24, 2019, 1--10 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50232-x).
  76. Michael J. Wester, Sandeep Pallikkuth, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Mohamadreza Fazel, David Schodt and Keith A. Lidke, ``A Robust, Fiducial Free Drift Correction for Superresolution Imaging'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 118, Number 3, February 16, 2020, p. 147a (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.926).
  77. Anna Vyborova, Dennis X. Beringer, Domenico Fasci, Froso Karaiskaki, Eline van Diest, Lovro Kramer, Aram de Haas, Jasper Sanders, Anke Janssen, Trudy Straetemans, Daniel Olive, Jeanette Leusen, Lola Boutin, Steven Nedellec, Samantha L. Schwartz, Michael J. Wester, Keith A. Lidke, Emmanuel Scotet, Diane S. Lidke, Albert J. R. Heck, Zsolt Sebestyen and Jürgen Kuball, ``Diversity of γ9δ2T cells and the molecular interface of γ9δ2TCR with tumor cells'', Journal of Clinical Investigation, August 4, 2020, 1--15 (DOI: 10.1172/JCI132489).
  78. Hanieh Mazloom Farsibaf, Farzin Farzam, Mohamadreza Fazel, Michael J. Wester, Marjolein B. M. Meddens and Keith A. Lidke, ``Comparing lifeact and phalloidin for super-resolution imaging of actin in fixed cells'', PLoS ONE, Volume 16, Number 1, January 28, 2021, e0246138 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246138).
  79. Michael J. Wester, David J. Schodt, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Mohamadreza Fazel, Sandeep Pallikkuth and Keith A. Lidke, ``Robust, fiducial-free drift correction for super-resolution imaging'', Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article 23672, December 8, 2021, 1--14, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02850-7 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02850-7).
  80. Mohamadreza Fazel and Michael J. Wester, ``Analysis of Super-resolution Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Data: a tutorial'', AIP Advances, Volume 12, Number 1, January 3, 2022, 010701-1--010701-29, https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0069349 (DOI: 10.1063/5.0069349).
  81. Emine Güven, Michael J Wester, Jeremy S Edwards and Ádám M Halász, ``Modeling the Cluster Size Distribution of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Receptors'', Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, Volume 16, March 25, 2022, 1--14, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/11779322221085078 (DOI: 10.1177/11779322221085078).
  82. Elizabeth M. Bailey, Emanuel Salazar-Cavazos, Rachel M. Grattan, Michael J. Wester, David J. Schodt, Julian A. Rojo, Keith A. Lidke and Diane S. Lidke, ``An Optimized Single-Molecule Pull-Down Assay for Quantification of Proteini Phosphorylation'', Journal of Visualized Experiments, Number 184, June 6, 2022, e63665: 1--20, https://www.jove.com/t/63665/an-optimized-single-molecule-pull-down-assay-for-quantification?status=a65671k (DOI: 10.3791/63665).
  83. Simone C. Oostindie, Derek A. Rinaldi, Gijs G. Zom, Michael J. Wester, Desiree Paulet, Kusai Al-Tamimi, Els van der Meijden, Jennifer R. Scheick, Tessa Wilpshaar, Bart de Jong, Marloes Hoff-van den Broek, Rachel Grattan, Janita J. Oosterhoff, Julie Vignau, Sandra Verploegen, Peter Boross, Frank J. Beurskens, Diane S. Lidke, Janine Schuurman and Rob N. de Jong, ``Therapeutic IgG antibody combinations acting as Bio-Logic AND gates'', Nature Biotechnology, July 25, 2022, https://rdcu.be/cSmA1 (DOI: 10.1038/s41587-022-01384-1).
  84. Michael J. Wester, ``Memories of Vladimir Gerdt'', Mathematics in Computer Science (Special Issue in honor of Vladimir Gerdt), Volume 16, Issue 4, November 2, 2022, Article 22: 1--2, https://rdcu.be/cYQI3 (DOI: 10.1007/s11786-022-00541-8).
  85. Mohamadreza Fazel, Michael J. Wester, David J. Schodt, Sebastian Restrepo Cruz, Sebastian Strauss, Florian Schueder, Thomas Schlichthaerle, Jennifer M. Gillette, Diane S. Lidke, Bernd Rieger, Ralf Jungmann and Keith A. Lidke, ``High-Precision Estimation of Emitter Positions using Bayesian Grouping of Localizations'', Nature Communications, Volume 13, Number 7152, November 22, 2022, 1--11, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34894-2 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34894-2).
  86. David Schodt, Michael J. Wester, Mohamadreza Fazel, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Sandeep Pallikkuth, Sajjad~A. Khan, Marjolein B.M. Meddens, Farzin Farzam, William K. Kanagy , Derek A. Rinaldi, Elton D. Jhamba and Keith A. Lidke, ``SMITE (single-molecule imaging toolbox extraordinaire), a MATLAB package'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 122, Number 3, February~10, 2023, p. 275a, https://www.cell.com/biophysj/pdf/S0006-3495(22)02484-5.pdf, (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.11.1568).
  87. Eduardo U. Anaya, Akram Etemadi Amin, Michael J. Wester, Michael E. Danielson, Kyle S. Michel and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Dectin-1 multimerization and signaling depends on fungal β-glucan structure and exposure'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 22, Issue 18, September 19, 2023, 3749--3767, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.021, (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.021).
  88. David J. Schodt*, Michael J. Wester*, Mohamadreza Fazel, Sajjad Khan, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Sandeep Pallikkuth, Marjolein B. M. Meddens, Farzin Farzam, Eric A. Burns, William K. Kanagy, Derek A. Rinaldi, Elton Jhamba, Sheng Liu, Peter K. Relich, Mark J. Olah, Stanly L. Steinberg and Keith A. Lidke (* = co-1st author), ``SMITE: Single Molecule Imaging Toolbox Extraordinaire (MATLAB)'', Journal of Open Source Software, Volume 8, Number 90, 2023, p. 5563, https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05563, (DOI: 10.21105/joss.05563).
  89. Eric A. Burns, Alexandra M. Terry, Vitalijs Ovcinnikovs, Rachel M. Grattan, Tessa Wilpshaar, Michael J. Wester, Derek A. Rinaldi, Keith~A. Lidke, Rob N. de Jong and Diane S. Lidke, ``Probing EGFR nanoclustering and signaling induced by hexamer-enhanced antibodies'', Biophysical Journal, Volume 123, Number 3, February 8, 2024, p. 69a, https://www.cell.com/biophysj/pdf/S0006-3495(23)01189-X.pdf, (DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.489).
  90. Seth D. Ludwig, Bunyarit Meksiriporn, Jiacheng Tan, Rakeeb Kureshi, Akhilesh Mishra, Angela Zhu, Georgia Stavrakis, Stephen J. Lee, David J. Schodt, Michael J. Wester, Dhiraj Kumar, Keith A. Lidke, Andrea L. Cox, Helen M. Dooley, Sridhar Nimmagadda and Jamie B. Spangler, ``Multiparatopic antibodies induce targeted downregulation of programmed death-ligand 1'', Cell Chemical Biology, Number 31, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.02.014 (DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.02.014).

Software

  1. Michael J. Wester, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Farzin Farzam, Mohamadreza Fazel, Marjolein B. M. Meddens and Keith A. Lidke, ``Comparing Lifeact and Phalloidin for super-resolution imaging of actin in fixed cells'', Dryad, Dataset, September 1, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.xsj3tx9cn (DOI: 10.5061/dryad.xsj3tx9cn).
  2. Mohamadreza Fazel, Michael J. Wester, David J. Schodt, Sebastian Restrepo Cruz, Sebastian Strauss, Florian Schueder, Thomas Schlichthaerle, Jennifer M. Gillette, Diane S. Lidke, Bernd Rieger, Ralf Jungmann, Keith A. Lidke, ``BaGoL (Bayesian Grouping of Localizations) [Source Code]'', Code Ocean, November~10, 2022, https://codeocean.com/capsule/de6769fd-f009-492d-9055-4c694848b128/ (DOI: 10.24433/CO.3605166.v1).

Grant Proposals Funded

  1. Michael Wester, Tudor Oprea and Evangelos Coutsias, Systematic Enumeration of Molecular Scaffolds, Cross-Campus Collaborations in the Life Sciences (University of New Mexico), December 19, 2005, $23,300.

Unpublished

  1. Richard Liska, Ladislav Drska, Jiri Limpouch, Milan Sinor, Michael Wester and Franz Winkler, COMPUTER ALGEBRA, Algorithms, Systems and Applications, http://www-troja.fjfi.cvut.cz/~liska/ca/, February 11, 1999.
  2. Mohamadreza Fazel, Michael J. Wester, Bernd Rieger, Ralf Jungmann and Keith A. Lidke, ``Sub-Nanometer Precision using Bayesian Grouping of Localizations'', bioRxiv, August 30, 2019, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/752287v1 (DOI: 10.1101/752287).
  3. Eduardo U. Anaya, Akram Etemadi Amin, Michael J. Wester, Michael E. Danielson, Kyle S. Michel and Aaron K. Neumann, ``Dectin-1 Molecular Aggregation and Signaling is Sensitive to β-Glucan Structure and Glucan Exposure on Candida albicans Cell Walls'', bioRxiv, May 25, 2020, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/824995v3 (DOI: 10.1101/824995).
  4. Michael J. Wester, David J. Schodt, Hanieh Mazloom-Farsibaf, Mohamadreza Fazel, Sandeep Pallikkuth and Keith A. Lidke, ``Robust, Fiducial-Free Drift Correction for Super-resolution Imaging'', bioRxiv, March 27, 2021, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.26.437196v1"> (DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.26.437196).
  5. Mohamadreza Fazel and Michael J. Wester, ``Analysis of Single Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy Data: a tutorial'', arXiv:2103.11246v2 [physics.bio-ph], May 22, 2021, https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11246.

Michael Wester's Vita