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Dr. Marjorie L. Patrick

Department of Biology

Associate Professor

Former members of the lab:

Allison Casciato:  Identification and characterization of the sodium transporter in the acid-tolerant blackskirt tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi).

Domi Hodko:  characterization and expression of  Na/H exchanger transporter in the salt-secreting organ of euryhaline Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus mosquito

Matt Rutz:  response of hemolymph organic osmolytes of the osmoconforming mosquito larva Culex tarsalis to a drop in environmental salinity.

Annie Wells:  ammonia excretion mechanisms in Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae

Kevin Galacgac: identification and characterization of Na/K ATPase activity in the acid tolerant blackskirt tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)

Chris Morales: expression of V-type H+ ATPase and Na/H exchanger transporters in the salt-secreting organ of euryhaline Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus mosquito larva

Collaborators

Andrew Donini, Dept of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mark Rheault, Dept of Biology and Geological Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, Okanagan,                          BC, Canada

Juan Ianowski, Dept of Biology, Univ of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Mike O’Donnell, Dept of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sarjeet Gill, Dept of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, UC-Riverside, CA, USA

Rick Gonzalez, Dept of Biology, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.

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