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Michael D. Brown
Physiology & Developmental Biology
Email: michael_brown@byu.edu

793 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-5859

AssociateTeaching Professor

Member of the Neuroscience Center

As a full-time teaching professor, Dr. Brown does not run an active research lab.

Education

PhD , Anatomy , Colorado State University , 1999
MS , Anatomy , Colorado State University , 1998
BS , Microbiology , Brigham Young University , 1993

Research

As a full-time teaching professor, Dr. Brown does not currently run a research lab. Past research experiences include the study of axon and dendrite extension and pathfinding during nervous system development. Additional interests are in all aspects of neuroscience and in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton during cell motility and division.

Selected Publications

Articles

BROWN, M.D., B.J. Cornejo, T.B. Kuhn, and J.R. Bamburg. "Cdc42 stimulates neurite outgrowth and formation of growth cone filopodia and lamellipodia." J Neurobiol. 43 (2000): 352-364.

Kuhn, T.B., P.J. Meberg, M.D. BROWN, B.W. Bernstein, L.S. Minamide, J.R. Jensen, K. Okada, E.A. Soda, and J.R. Bamburg. "Regulating actin dynamics in neuronal growth cones by ADF/cofilin and Rho family GTPases." J Neurobiol. 44 (2000): 126-144.

Kuhn, T.B., M.D. BROWN, C.L. Wilcox, J.A. Raper, and J.R. Bamburg. "Myelin and collapsin-1 induce motor neuron growth cone collapse through different pathways: Inhibition of collapse by opposing mutants of rac1." J Neurosci. 19 (1999): 1965-1975.

Kuhn, T.B., M.D. BROWN, and J.R. Bamburg. "Rac1 dependent actin filament organization in growth cones is necessary for beta-1 integrin-mediated advance but not for growth on poly-D-lysine." J Neurobiol. 1998: 524-540.

Books

M.D. Brown and M. Fingerman. "Neurosecretion." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 10th ed. 2006.

Bamburg, J.R. and M.D. Brown. "Neurobiology." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 9th ed. 1999.

Experience

Teaching

Assistant Teaching Professor , BYU , 2003-Present
Instructor of Biology , Yakima Valley Community College , 2000-2003
Part Time Faculty of Human Anatomy & Physiology , Front Range Community College , 1998-1999
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Invited Lecturer , Colorado Sate University , 1994-1999

Professional

Seminary Principal/Intern , Church Educational System, Provo Special Education Seminary , 1993-1994
Seminary Teacher , Church Educational System, Utah Valley Special Needs Seminaries , 1991-1993

Awards

College Teaching Excellence Award , College of Biology and Agriculture, Brigham Young University , 2005
Tenured Biology Instructor , Yakima Valley Community College , 2002
Teacher of the Year Nominee , Yakima Valley Community College , 2001
Master Teacher of the Year Nominee , Front Range Community College , 1999
American Society for Cell Biology Predoctoral Student Travel Award , American Society for Cell Biology , 1997
Graduate Fellowship , Colorado Institute of Research in Biotechnology , 1995
Colorado Graduate Fellowship , Colorado State University , 1994
Summa Cum Laude Graduation Honors , BYU , 1993

Courses Taught

Neuro 205 Neurobiology
Neuro 360 Neuroanatomy
Neuro 480 Advanced Neuroscience
Neuro 481 Neuroscience Laboratory
PDBio 305 Human Physiology with Lab

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