Dr. Jacqueline Morris earned her Ph.D. in the Department of Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Her teaching responsibilities at Baldwin-Wallace College include Developmental Biology, Histology, Neurosciences and non-majors Biology. During graduate school her research focus was to understand the cellular signaling mechanisms that control ovulation in the rat. For her post-doctoral work Dr. Morris traveled to the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA to investigate the role of tyrosine kinase receptors on peripheral nervous system development. She continued her post-doctoral work at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to understand glia cell development by utilizing the zebrafish, a common aquarium fish, as a model. Her current research focus is to understand the molecular mechanisms that control myelination and remyelination in the central nervous system of zebrafish. Her research is currently supported by a research grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Grant Support and Publications:
Publications:
Morris, JK, Maklad, A, Hansen, L, Feng, F, Sorensen, C, Lee, KF, Macklin, WB and Fritzch, B (2006) A disorganized innervation of the inner ear persists in the absence of ErbB2. Brain Research (In Press)
Jackson-Fisher, A.J., Bellinger, G. Ramabhadran, R., Morris, J.K., Lee, K.F., Stern, D.F. (2004) ErbB2 is required for ductal morphogenesis of the mammary gland. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101:17138-43
Scheid, P. and Morris, J.K. Characterization of the erbB family of receptors in Danio rerio. Program No. 709.9 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience
Morris, J.K., Jeserich, G. and Trapp, B.D. (2004) Developmental expression of myelin protein zero in zebrafish Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA #44.7
Morris, J.K., Jeserich, G. and Trapp, B.D. (2004) Myelin Protein Zero Protein Expression in the PNS and CNS 6th International Conference on Zebrafish Development & Genetics, Madison, WI
Faculty-Student Collaborative Scholarship:
Biology 331 (Embryology) - Fall 2006 – 7 posters (15 students) at Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.
Biology 332 (Histology) - Spring 2005 – 12 posters at Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.
Grant Support/Funding:
July 2005 Emerging Technologies Grant - Baldwin-Wallace College. Funding digital microscopy imaging and image capture system. $11, 185
October 1, 2004-September 31, 2007 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Research Grant (Current) National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “Molecular mechanisms of myelination and remyelination” 3 years
Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator) $352,228
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