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Research- >300 publications
and presentations on vision, Drosophila, ultraviolet & vitamin
A
Student Research - >100 students
(coauthors or acknowledged)
Research Impact - >1,300 non-self citations
Teaching - 119
semesters (1969-present)(neuroscience,
physiology,
first and
second
semester introductory biology, signal,
physiology
lab, animal
behavior, cell
biology, others [see list]),
Evaluation quotes (neuro,
physio,
physio
lab, research,
signal,
intro,
animal
behavior, cell
biology)
Teaching Philosophy here
Research interests (roughly chronological) sample publications and
data:
Eye color pigments in Drosophila
("lecture" here)
Genetic dissection of visual
receptor function in Drosophila
Phototaxis and ultraviolet
(UV) vision in Drosophila
Vitamin A deprivation in
Drosophila
Ultraviolet vision and
fluorescence in Drosophila
Retinal degeneration,
visual pigment measurements and multiple rhodopsins in Drosophila
Ultrastructure of
degeneration in mutants and UV & blue light damage
Development of visual
synapses in Drosophila
Fluorescence of lipofuscin
in human retinal pigment epithelium
Human ultraviolet (UV) visual
sensitivity (and a note on UV photography) (my eye memoirs)
Optical calibration
Ultraviolet (UV) visual sensitivity
and light damage in goldfish
Photoreceptor maintenance
and membrane turnover in Drosophila
Phospholipids and fatty acids
in the Drosophila visual system
Retinoids, retinoic acid
and opsin gene expression in Drosophila
Retinoids, retinoic acid and
expression of a retinoid binding protein in Drosophila
Phospholipase C (PLC), transduction,
receptor maintenance and rescue in norpA Drosophila
Vitamin A deprivation and
replacement in the vertebrate
Confocal microscopy of multiple
Drosophila rhodopsins
Eye of leaf footed bug
and cranberry weevil
Stem cell therapy for retinal
degeneration in mouse model of Batten disease
Seminar - Autophagy...photoreceptor...Drosophila...(2009)
WWW postings for courses:
Postings for
2009 Introduction to Biology (for Doisy College)
issues lecture for 2000
introductory biology with sound recordings
Human Physiology
Mizzou Physiology
lab
Postings for Drosophila
electroretinogram (ERG) tutorial
Postings for 1999
Graduate Seminar
Postings for Gateway
Middle School Genetics Project
Postings for
2002 Signal Transduction course
Postings
for 2003 Principles of Biology (second semester introductory) course
Postings for
2009 Neuroscience course
Postings for 2002
Principles of Biology (first semester introductory) course
Graduate Seminar
in Cellular and Molecular Regulation
Physiology
Lab
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
& Education
Employment History
Research Publications
Research Citations
Colloquia and Seminars
Student Theses
Teaching
NSF and NIH Grants for Research
Extramural Consulting
College and University
Service and Administration