Research Interests:

Comparative Immunology, Invertebrate pathology and disease, Invertebrate cytology, Histocompatibility and population genetics, Environmental influences on immunity.

Student Projects:

Marine mammal cytokines; Sponge immunity and pathology; Histopathology of gorgonian coral adaptive alloimmune response; Molecular genetic basis of the immunological responses of a gorgonian coral; Environmental influences on wound healing; Histocompatibility in gorgonian corals.

Representative  Papers:

J. Invertebrate Pathology 76:176-184 

J. Invertebrate Pathology 73:321-331

Biol. Bulletin 181: 127-134

Research Interests:

Mammalian embryonic development, mouse molecular genetics.

Student Projects:

Identification of genes involved in neural crest development; expression and functional analysis of transcription factors and signaling pathways that play a role in melanocyte and Schwann cell development.

Representative Papers:

Pigment Cell Research 12:13-21

Nature Gen.  18: 60-64

Research Interests: 

Microbiology & Immunology; Evolution of innate immunity; complement and immune modulation; shark antibacterial proteins/peptides; shark cartilage in complementary/alternative medicine

Student Projects: 

Representative Papers: 
Tissue & Cell 21(1):47-58
Fish & Shellfish Immunol. 2: 173-181.
Immunol. Revs 166: 67-77
Develop. & Comparative Immunol 22: 207-216
Fish & Shellfish Immunology 10: 215-228 Immunogenetics 53: 250-254