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Michael Robert Stark

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Michael Robert Stark
Physiology & Developmental Biology
Email: michael_stark@byu.edu

555 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-9498

Assistant Professor

Dr. Stark is a member of the BYU Neuroscience Center.

 Education
  • PhD , Developmental and Cell Biology , University of California, Irvine , 1998
  • MS , Biology , Idaho State University , 1994
  • BS , Zoology , Brigham Young University , 1992
 Research

Early events in vertebrate nervous system development, including aspects of cell-cell interaction, cell fate determination, gene regulation and function, and gene regulatory networks.

 Selected Publications

Articles

Rhonda N.T. Lassiter, Stephanie B. Reynolds, Kristopher D. Marin, Tyler F. Mayo and Michael R. Stark*.  "FGF signaling is essential for ophthalmic trigeminal placode cell delamination and differentiation."  Developmental Dynamics.  238.5 (2009): 1073-82.  <website>

Stark, M.R. and Barrow, J.R.  "Stem Cell Research: Science in the Fast Lane."  Journal of Collegium Aesculapium.  Summer, 2008 (2008): 34-39. 

Dude, C.M., Kuan, C.-Y.K., Bradshaw, J.R., Greene, N.D.E., Relaix, F., Stark, M.R. and Baker. C.V.H.  "Activation of Pax3 target genes is necessary but not sufficient for neurogenesis in the ophthalmic trigeminal placode."  Developmental Biology.  e-pub ahead of print journal (2008).  <website>

Lassiter, R. N., Dude, C. M., Reynolds, S. B., Winters, N. I., Baker, C. V. and Stark, M. R.  "Canonical Wnt signaling is required for ophthalmic trigeminal placode cell fate determination and maintenance."  Developmental Biology.  308 (2007): 392-406.  <website>

Rodriguez RR, Seegmiller RE, Stark MR, Bridgewater LC.  "A type XI collagen mutation leads to increased degradation of type II collagen in articular cartilage."  Osteoarthritis Cartilage.  12.4 (2004): 314-20. 

Fuhrmann, S., Stark, M. R., and Heller, S.  "Expression of Frizzled genes in the developing chick eye."  Gene Expr Patterns.  3 (2003): 659-62. 

Linker, C., Lesbros, C., Stark, M. R., and Marcelle, C.  "Intrinsic signals regulate the initial steps of myogenesis in vertebrates."  Development.  130 (2003): 4797-807. 

Baker, C., Stark, M.R., and Bronner-Fraser, M.  "Pax3-expressing trigeminal placode cells can localize to trunk neural crest sites but are committed to a cutaneous sensory neuron fate."  Dev Biol.  249 (2002): 219-236. 

Van Raay, T. J., Wang, Y. K., Stark, M. R., Rasmussen, J. T., Francke, U., Vetter, M. L., and Rao, M. S.  "frizzled 9 is expressed in neural precursor cells in the developing neural tube."  Development Genes and Evolution.  211 (2001): 453-457. 

Stark, M.R., Biggs, J.J., Schoenwolf, G.C., and Rao, M.S.  "Characterization of Avian Frizzled Genes in Cranial Placode Development."  Mech. Dev.  93 (2000): 195-200. 

Stark, M.R., Rao, M.S., Schoenwolf, G.C., Yang, G., Smith, D., Mauch, T.J.  "Frizzled-4 expression during chick kidney development."  Mech Dev.  98 (2000): 121-125. 

Baker, C.V.H.*, Stark, M.R.*, Marcelle, C., and Bronner-Fraser, M.  "Competence, specification and induction of Pax-3 in the trigeminal placode."  Development.  126 (1999): 147-156. 

Darnell, D.K., Stark, M.R. and Schoenwolf, G.C.  "Timing and cell interactions underlying neural induction in the chick embryo."  Development.  126 (1999): 2505-2514. 

Books

Van Raay, T.J., Lassiter, R.T. and Stark, M.R.  "Electroporation Strategies for Genetic Manipulation and Cell Labeling."  Methods in Molecular Biology, Neural Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols.  Ed. Leslie P. Weiner.  2ndth ed.  Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, Apr. 2008.  Vol. 438. 

Van Raay, T. and Stark, M.R.  "Cell Labeling and Gene Misexpression by Electroporation."  Methods in Molecular Biology.  Ed. T.Zigova, P.R. Sandberg, and J.R. Sanchez-Ramos.  Humana Press, 2002.  Vol. 198. 

Baker, C.V.H., Groves, A.K., Stark, M.R., and Bronner-Fraser, M.  "Induction of ectodermal placodes."  Cell and Molecular Biology of the Ear.  Ed. Lim and Stoeckert.  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000. 

 Experience

Professional

  • Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology , BYU , 2001-Present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor , University of Utah , 2001-Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow , University of Utah , 1998-2001
  • Teaching/Research Fellow , Caltech , 1997-1998

 Awards
  • Young Scholar Award , Brigham Young University , 2006
  • Outstanding Mentor Award , College of Biology and Agriculture , 2006
  • Teacher of Honor Award , BYU Student Honor Assoc. , 2002
 Courses Taught
PDBio 220 Human Anatomy. Fall semester.
PDBio 482 Developmental Biology. Winter semester.
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