Jeffrey D Amack, PhD

Jeffrey D Amack, PhD
Appointed 08/15/07
293 Weiskotten Hall
766 Irving Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210

315 464-8507

Current Appointments

Hospital Campus

  • Downtown

Research Programs and Affiliations

  • Biomedical Sciences Program
  • Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Research Pillars

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Education & Fellowships

  • Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Utah School of Medicine, 2007, Developmental Biology
  • PhD: University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2002, Genetics

Research Interests

  • Genetics and cell biology of organ morphogenesis during embryonic development.

Web Resources

Publications

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Research Abstract

My lab focuses on how organs--in particular the heart--take shape during embryonic development. We use zebrafish as a model vertebrate embryo to study the genetics and cell biology of organ morphogenesis.
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/amackj
Eric Wohlford

Eric Wohlford

Eric Wohlford received a 2012 travel award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and spent two months in Kenya working in the lab of Rosemary Rochford, PhD, professor and chair of Upstate’s Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Eric studied the effects of malaria on B cells (producers of antibodies that fight infection) and Epstein-Barr Virus infection in the region. “Tropical medicine is unique, in that small, focused improvements in patient care make dramatic improvements in the well-being of patients,” he said.

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