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James Lowenthal

Mary Elizabeth Moses Professor of Astronomy, Smith College
Verified email at smith.edu
Cited by 5792

The case for space environmentalism

…, M Kramer, S Lawler, J Lowenthal, J McDowell… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The shell bound by the Karman line at a height of ~80–100 km above the Earth’s surface and
geosynchronous orbit at ~36,000 km is defined as the orbital space surrounding the Earth. …

[HTML][HTML] Studying immunity to zoonotic diseases in the natural host—keeping it real

…, C Deffrasnes, LF Wang, JW Lowenthal - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Zoonotic viruses that emerge from wildlife and domesticated animals pose a serious threat
to human and animal health. In many instances, mouse models have improved our …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of satellite constellations on space as an ancestral global commons

A Venkatesan, J Lowenthal, P Prem, M Vidaurri - Nature Astronomy, 2020 - nature.com
… James Lowenthal … Barreno and J. Mucia. They have patiently taught and trusted her with
their knowledge-keeping—their wisdom and stories are her medicine. … James Lowenthal

Keck spectroscopy of redshift z~ 3 galaxies in the Hubble deep field

JD Lowenthal, DC Koo, R Guzmán… - The Astrophysical …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
We have obtained spectra with the 10 m Keck telescope of a sample of 24 galaxies having
colors consistent with star-forming galaxies at redshifts 2 ≲ z ≲ 4.5 in the Hubble deep field (…

Rhythmic auditory stimulation modulates gait variability in Parkinson's disease

JM Hausdorff, J Lowenthal, T Herman… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) walk with a shortened stride length and high stride‐to‐stride
variability, a measure associated with fall risk. Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) …

Immunologic response of man to group B meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines

…, PL Altieri, SL Berman, JP Lowenthal - Journal of Infectious …, 1972 - academic.oup.com
Polysaccharide vaccines prepared from group B Neisseria meningitidis were tested in human
volunteers. Antibody responses were tested by five different serologic assays. Titration of …

HTLV-I tax induces cellular proteins that activate the κB element in the IL-2 receptor α gene

DW Ballard, E Bohnlein, JW Lowenthal, Y Wano… - Science, 1988 - science.org
… or antisense tax cDNAs (designated J-tax and J-anti-tax, respectively) (7) to explore the
biochemical basis for Tax-induced activation of the IL2Ra gene. In the J-tax lines only, functional …

A urine inhibitor of interleukin 1 activity that blocks ligand binding.

P Seckinger, JW Lowenthal, K Williamson… - … (Baltimore, Md.: 1950 …, 1987 - journals.aai.org
Urine from febrile patients was found to contain a novel inhibitor of interleukin 1 (IL-1)
bioactivity that blocked the specific binding of radioiodinated IL-1 to its receptor in a dose-…

The nature of compact galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field. II. Spectroscopic properties and implications for the evolution of the star formation rate density of the …

…, DC Koo, AC Phillips, JD Lowenthal… - The Astrophysical …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a spectroscopic study of 51 compact field galaxies with redshifts z< 1.4 and
apparent magnitudes I 814< 23.74 in the flanking fields of the Hubble Deep Field. These …

Cloning and expression of the chicken interferon-γ gene

MR DIGBY, JW LOWENTHAL - Journal of interferon & cytokine …, 1995 - liebertpub.com
We have cloned the gene for chicken interferon-γ (ChIFN-γ) from a cDNA expression library
generated from a T cell line (CC8.1h) that produces high levels of IFN-γ activity. CC8.1h …