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Current Graduate Students:

  • Hsiang-Yin Chen (Ph.D. student): Calcium signaling and regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis.
  • Anna Pendleton (M.S. student): Calcium transport proteins and regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis.

Former Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates

  • Chi-Ying Lee (Ph.D., 1994): Vitellogenesis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, (Decapoda: Crustacea): site and regulation of vitellin synthesis.
  • George C. Hayes (M.S., 1995): Stimulation of ecdysteroidogenesis by small prothoracicotropic hormone: role of calcium.
  • Heidi R. Umphrey (M.S., 1997): Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding molt-inhibiting hormone of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister.
  • Stelline Y. Pedoto (M.S., 1999): Regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis in insects and crustaceans: a comparison.
  • Kara J. Lee (Ph.D., 2001): Neuroendocrine regulation of crustacean molting: studies of molt-inhibiting hormone of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus.
  • Deug Woo Han (Ph.D., 2005): Regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis in blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Y-organs by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH).
  • Junying Zheng (Ph.D., 2006): Studies of a receptor and ligands involved in regulation of crustacean (Callinectes sapidus) growth and metabolism.
  • Stephanie A. Davis (M.S., 2008): Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone: structure, function, and cellular mode of action.

Postdoctoral Associates:

  • Choel Young Choi (2003-2004): Molecular cloning of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
  • Teruaki Nakatsuji (2004-2006): Cell signaling pathways linked to ecdysteroidogenesis in crustacean Y-organs.