Recent Abstracts & Posters
2012
Blastemal Growth in regenerating Girardia tigrina is inhibited by xenoestrogens
Michael Minicozzi, Corinna Ridgeway, Anna Anandan, Heather Gallagher, Spencer Mass†
71st Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Montreal, Canada, July 18-23, 2012
Tamoxifen rescues the planarian Girardia tigrina from the effects of xenoestrogens
Corinna Ridgeway, Michael Minicozzi,, Spencer Mass†
Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology Woods Hole, MA, April 13-15, 2012
4-octylphenol delays and disrupts regeneration in planaria
Heather Gallagher, Anna Anandan, Spencer Mass†
Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology Woods Hole, MA, April 13-15, 2012
Measuring the effects of colchicine on planarian regeneration with a novel automated system using FIJI
Jacqueline Simonson, Thomas Donovan, Spencer Mass†
Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology Woods Hole, MA, April 13-15, 2012
Quantifying Blastema Growth in Planaria
Thomas Donovan, Richard Halpern, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, New Paltz, NY May 4, 2012
Isolation of Estrogen Ligand Binding Domains in Girardia tigrina
Mary Schappert, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, New Paltz, NY May 4, 2012
2011
Dose dependent alteration of regeneration in S. mediterranea with BPA
Tyler Carson, Mevlude Arifova, Mary Schappert, Elena Oldendorf, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2011
4-Octylphenol profoundly disrupts regeneration in S. mediterranea
Mevlude Arifova, Tyler Carson, Mary Schappert, Elena Oldendorf, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2011
Biometrics of Metamorphosed & Neotenic Axolotls
Thomas Quinn*, Michael Minicozzi, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2011 Is Evolution Just a Theory?
Attitudes and Beliefs about Science & Evolution
Brenna Fearey, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2011
2010
Bisphenol A inhibits and disrupts regeneration in the planarian Dugesia tigrina
Elena Oldendorf*, Tyler Carson, Spencer Mass†
Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology Woods Hole, MA, April 23-25, 2010
Cross Phyla Effects of xeno estrogens on regeneration
Tyler Carson*, Elena Oldendorf, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2010
A device for recovering minute biogenic electric fields in the presence of a large signal to noise ratio
Ryan Vinson*, Laurence Rowe, Richard Halpern, Spencer Mass†
SUNY Student Research Symposium, SUNY New Paltz, 2008
Work in Progress
An automated method for quantification of regeneration and logistic growth in planaria
Thomas Donovan, Michael Minicozzi, Richard Halpern, Spencer Mass
Effects of xenoestrogens on regeneration in planaria: evidence for an estrogen receptor-like pathway
Tyler Carson, Mevlude Arifova, Elena Oldendorf, Mary Schappert, Spencer Mass
Planaria exhibit an endogenous biogenic EM wound field
Thomas Donovan, Ryan Vinson, Richard Halpern, Spencer Mass
Selected Moran Publications
1: Zhou BK, Boissy RE, Pifko-Hirst S, Moran DJ, Orlow SJ. Lysosome-associated membrane protein-1 (LAMP-1) is the melanocyte vesicularmembrane glycoprotein band II.J Invest Dermatol. 1993 Feb;100(2):110-4.PMID: 8429232
2: Orlow SJ, Boissy RE, Moran DJ, Pifko-Hirst S. Subcellular distribution of tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein-1:implications for melanosomal biogenesis.J Invest Dermatol. 1993 Jan;100(1):55-64.PMID: 8423398
3: Moran D. Voltage-dependent -L-type Ca2+ channels participate in regulating neural crestmigration and differentiation.Am J Anat. 1991 Sep;192(1):14-22.PMID: 1661064
4: Moran DJ. Calcium in the developing Ambystoma neural axis shown by 3H and fluorescentchlortetracycline and atomic absorption spectrometry.Anat Rec. 1990 Dec;228(4):449-55.PMID: 2285161
5: Hassler JA, Moran DJ. The effects of ethanol on embryonic actin: a possible role in teratogenesis.Experientia. 1986 May 15;42(5):575-7.PMID: 3519273
6: Hassler JA, Moran DJ. Effects of ethanol on the cytoskeleton of migrating and differentiating neuralcrest cells: possible role in teratogenesis.J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol Suppl. 1986;2:129-36.PMID: 3491107
7: Moran D. Fluorescent localization of calcium at sites of cell attachment and spreading.J Exp Zool. 1984 Jan;229(1):81-9.PMID: 6321631
8: Moran D. The use of chlorotetracycline to localize calcium in neural crest cells.J Exp Zool. 1983 Jun;226(3):475-9.PMID: 6886670
9: Moran D. Fluorescent observations on the stress fiber system of neural crest cells aftercon A treatment. A simple, quick, fluorescent method.J Exp Zool. 1981 Aug;217(2):297-301.PMID: 7197297
10: Moran D, Covell D, Rozos G. A scanning electron microscopic study of the neural crest cell cytoskeleton aftertriton x-100 demebranation.J Exp Zool. 1978 Nov;206(2):255-61.PMID: 569182
11: Rice RW, Moran DJ. A scanning electron microscopic and x-ray microanalytic study of cell surfacematerial during amphibian neurulation.J Exp Zool. 1977 Sep;201(3):471-8.PMID: 71335
12: Moran DJ. A scanning electron microscopic and flame spectrometry study on the role of Ca2+ in amphibian neurulation using papaverine inhibition and ionophore induction ofmorphogenetic movement.J Exp Zool. 1976 Dec;198(3):409-16.PMID: 826603
13: Moran D, Rice RW. Action of papaverine and ionophore A23187 on neurulation.Nature. 1976 Jun 10;261(5560):497-9. No abstract available.PMID: 778629
14: Moran D, Mouradian WE. A scanning electron microscopic study of the appearance and localization of cell surface material during amphibian gastrulation.Dev Biol. 1975 Oct;46(2):422-9. No abstract available.PMID: 126882
15: Moran D, Rice RW. An ultrastructural examination of the role of cell membrane surface coat materialduring neurulation.J Cell Biol. 1975 Jan;64(1):172-81.PMID: 45845
16: Moran D. The action of concanavalin A on migrating and differentiating neural crest cells.Exp Cell Res. 1974 Jun;86(2):365-73. No abstract available.PMID: 4842348
17: Moran D. The inhibitory effects of concanavalin A on the development of the amphibianembryo.J Exp Zool. 1974 Jun;188(3):361-5. No abstract available.PMID: 4836192
18: Moran D, Palmer JD, Model PG. The role of phenylalanine in differentiating amphibian melanocytes.Dev Biol. 1973 May;32(1):15-27. No abstract available.PMID: 4789689