B.S. Midwestern State University, 1988

Joined University in: 2003

Teaching Duties:
Genetics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, General Zoology, Anatomy & Physiology, Principles of Biology

Research Interests:
My research interests are in the areas of embryonic patterning and cell signaling, specifically the regulation of cell adhesion during early embryo pattern formation. My laboratory uses the frog Xenopus laevis as a developmental system to study the function of two members of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase family, EphA4 (pag) and EphB3 (TCK).Work on EphA4 is focused on determining how this receptor mediates a loss of cell adhesion upon stimulation by ligand. Our study of EphB3 is focused on generating transgenic frogs using engineered forms of EphB3 driven by homologous and heterologous regulatory elements.