Russell D. Fernald
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)
- Member, Bio-X
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Honors and Awards
- Rank Prize in Vision/Opto-electronics, Rank Foundation (February 2004)
- Fellow-American Association for Advancement of Science, AAAS (2003)
- Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (1999-2006)
- NIH Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, NIH (1985-86)
- Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology, Stanford University (1994-)
Professional Education
| PhD: | University of Pennsylvania, Biophysics (1969) |
| B.S.: | Swarthmore College, Electrical Engineering/Physics (1963) |
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Research Interests
How does social experience influence the brain?
Our research is focused on understanding the mechanisms through which social change is transduced into cellular and molecular change.
How is retinal progenitor cell division and differentiation controlled?
The eyes of teleost fish continue to grow throughout life, and new cells are continually added to the functional retina. We are using this model system to determine what extrinsic and intrinsic signals influence the fate of retinal progenitors, particularly rod progenitors.
Publications
- Fish sex: why so diverse? Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors: where did they come from? Endocrinology. 2009; (6): 2507-8
- Expression of arginine vasotocin in distinct preoptic regions is associated with dominant and subordinate behaviour in an African cichlid fish. Proc Biol Sci. 2008; (1649): 2393-402
- Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B and G inhibits the transcription of gonadotropin-releasing-hormone 1. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2008; (1): 69-84
- Color change as a potential behavioral strategy. Horm Behav. 2008; (3): 463-70
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