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Department of Biology University of St. Thomas, Minnesota USA

 

Glenn K. Sherer, Ph.D

Research in Developmental Biology

 

Professional Interests:

  • Research in developmental biology.

  • Teaching of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Vertebrate Histology, Metabolic Regulation, and Developmental Biology

 

 

 

Current Projects
 

The mechanism of hepatic vasculogenesis; developmental origin of the sinusoidal vascular endothelium of avian liver.

The role of vascular endothelium as an inducer of hepatocyte differentiation.

Influence of physical activity on the size of neuronal stem cell populations in the mouse hippocampus.

 

 

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

 

Sherer, Glenn K.  1991 Vasculogenic Mechanisms and Epithelio-Mesenchymal Specificity in Endodermal Organs.  In: The Development of the Vascular System (R.N. Feinberg, G.K. Sherer, and Auerbach, R., eds.).  Issues in Biomedicine (H. Stolte et al., eds.), vol. 14, pp. 37-57.  Basel:  Karger.

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Applications and Awards
 

National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program:  "Enrichment of Introductory Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratories", Principal Investigator; with J.L. Cruise and A.L. Unger; 3/15/90 - 8/31/92, $74,469.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Researchers
 
Current Previous
 

Margaret Byro 
Anne Paulson

 

 

 

 


                                      

         

         

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