William E. Sweeney
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View article: Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration
Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration Open
We present the details of the photometric and astrometric calibration of the Pan-STARRS1 3 π Survey. The photometric goals were to reduce the systematic effects introduced by the camera and detectors, and to place all of the observations o…
View article: Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking
Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking Open
The Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) Science Consortium has carried out a set of imaging surveys using the 1.4 gigapixel GPC1 camera on the PS1 telescope. As this camera is composed of many individual electronic readouts and covers a very large field of …
View article: Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization
Pan-STARRS Pixel Analysis: Source Detection and Characterization Open
Over 3 billion astronomical sources have been detected in the more than 22 million orthogonal transfer CCD images obtained as part of the Pan-STARRS1 3 π survey. Over 85 billion instances of those sources have been automatically detected a…
View article: The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System
The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System Open
The Pan-STARRS data-processing system is responsible for the steps needed to downloaded, archive, and process all images obtained by the Pan-STARRS telescopes, including real-time detection of transient sources such as supernovae and movin…
View article: Novel Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease
Novel Treatments for Polycystic Kidney Disease Open
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and nephronophthisis are common manifestation of ciliopathies. PKD is the most common genetic renal condition; it affects 12.5 million people worldwide. PKD is a great example of decades of translational res…
View article: Therapies for Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease
Therapies for Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease Open
Renal cysts are present in a wide variety of hereditary renal diseases in children. The term polycystic kidney disease (PKD) refers to two specific hereditary diseases, distinguished by the usual age of onset and genetic cause: autosomal r…
View article: Unique interstitial miRNA signature drives fibrosis in a murine model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Unique interstitial miRNA signature drives fibrosis in a murine model of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease Open
Precise sampling with LCM identifies miRNA changes that occur with the initiation and progression of renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF). Identification of the target proteins regulated by these miRNAs will provide new insight into the proce…
View article: Emerging Therapies for Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease
Emerging Therapies for Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease Open
Cystic kidney diseases comprise a varied collection of hereditary disorders, where renal cysts comprise a major element of their pleiotropic phenotype. In pediatric patients, the term polycystic kidney disease (PKD) commonly refers to two …
View article: 2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary
2MASS 0213+3648 C: A wide T3 benchmark companion to an an active, old M dwarf binary Open
We present the discovery of a 360 au separation T3 companion to the tight (3.1 au) M4.5+M6.5 binary 2MASS J02132062+3648506. This companion was identified using Pan-STARRS 1 data and despite its relative proximity to the Sun (22.2_{-4.0}^{…
View article: Tesevatinib ameliorates progression of polycystic kidney disease in rodent models of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
Tesevatinib ameliorates progression of polycystic kidney disease in rodent models of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease Open
The data supports the hypothesis that this multi-kinase inhibitor TSV may provide an effective clinical therapy for human ARPKD.
View article: The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys
The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys Open
Pan-STARRS1 has carried out a set of distinct synoptic imaging sky surveys including the $3π$ Steradian Survey and the Medium Deep Survey in 5 bands ($grizy_{P1}$). The mean 5$σ$ point source limiting sensitivities in the stacked 3$π$ Ster…
View article: Pan-Planets: Searching for hot Jupiters around cool dwarfs
Pan-Planets: Searching for hot Jupiters around cool dwarfs Open
The Pan-Planets survey observed an area of 42 sq deg. in the galactic disk for about 165 h. The main scientific goal of the project is the detection of transiting planets around M dwarfs. We establish an efficient procedure for determining…
View article: Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease
Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease Open
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), historically called infantile PKD, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates, infants and young adults. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), historically…
View article: SAGITTARIUS II, DRACO II AND LAEVENS 3: THREE NEW MILKY WAY SATELLITES DISCOVERED IN THE PAN-STARRS 1 3<i>π</i>SURVEY
SAGITTARIUS II, DRACO II AND LAEVENS 3: THREE NEW MILKY WAY SATELLITES DISCOVERED IN THE PAN-STARRS 1 3<i>π</i>SURVEY Open
We present the discovery of three new Milky Way satellites from our search\nfor compact stellar overdensities in the photometric catalog of the Panoramic\nSurvey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 (Pan-STARRS 1, or PS1) 3pi survey.\nThe…
View article: Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey
Selecting superluminous supernovae in faint galaxies from the first year of the Pan-STARRS1 Medium Deep Survey Open
The Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) survey has obtained imaging in five bands (griz yP1) over 10 Medium Deep Survey (MDS) fields covering a total of 70 square degrees. This paper describes the search for apparently hostless supernovae (SNe) within the f…