NCSU CALS Biology - Endocrinology and Environmental Physiology Research in the NCSU Dept of Biology
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Endocrinology and Environmental Physiology Research in the NCSU Dept of Biology

Several research programs in the NCSU Department of Biology focus on endocrine systems and on the interplay between an organism's environment and its physiology, which often involves endocrine systems.  Techniques range from molecular genetics to cellular biology to observations of behavior.  Most of this research is housed in David Clark Labs on the NCSU main campus, but some investigators also conduct field research (in Florida, Belize, and Asia) or studies at Lake Wheeler (in Raleigh) and at the Pamlico Aquaculture Field Laboratory (in Aurora, NC).


 
Dr. Russell Borski (home page)
 Research interests include the mechanisms governing hormone synthesis and secretion with an emphasis on the roles of calcium, cAMP, and G-proteins in modulating pituitary (growth hormone and prolactin) cell activity.  Endocrinology of growth and osmoregulation in fish and mammals.
Dr. John Godwin (home page)
 Research interests include molecular endocrinology, neurobiology and behavior with a primary focus on the mechanisms and evolution of animal behavior and sexuality. Application of neurobiological and genomic approaches to problems in behavioral biology and behavioral evolution.
Dr. Heather Patisaul (home page)
 Research interests include the steroid-dependent mechanisms through which sexually dimorphic behaviors arise and the disruption of sexually dimorphic systems and behaviors by environmental estrogens.
Dr. Damian Shea (home page)
 Research interests include the fate and effects of toxicants in the aquatic environment through applying the tools of analytical toxicology, environmental chemistry, and environmental toxicology.
Dr. Craig Sullivan (home page)
 Research interests include fish reproductive genetics, physiology and endocrinology with an emphasis on regulation of gametogenesis and application of research findings to aquaculture, selective breeding, fisheries management, biomedicine, and toxicology.
Dr. Herb Underwood (e-mail)
 Research interests include comparative vertebrate physiology, circadian rhythms and biological clocks, photoperiodism, pineal gland function, and thermoregulation.