Nick Hirsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
322 Colton Hall
330.569.5848
Education
University of Chicago (Biology and Polical Science), B.A.
University of California (San Diego) (Biology), Ph.D.
University of Virginia (Biology), Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Post Doctoral Fellow
Courses Taught
Introductory Biology
Animal Physiology
Developmental Biology
Research Interests
Developmental biology and animal physiology using Xenopus tropicalis as a model organism.
Selected Publications
- Hirsch, N., Zhang, X., Choe, S-K. and Sagerstrom, C.G. Novel Downstream Targets of PG1 Hox Genes in the Zebrafish Hindbrain (in preparation).
- Hirsch, N., Verna, E.K. and Grainger, R.M. (2006). Inhibition of Lens Bias in Specified Ectoderm: a Possible Mechanism Involving Migrating Neural Crest Cells. (submitted).
- Hirsch, N., Zimmerman, L.B. and Grainger, R.M. (2002). Xenopus, the next generation: X. tropicalis genetics and genomics. Developmental Dynamics 225(4): 422-33. Download PDF
- Hirsch, N., Zimmerman, L.B., Gray, J., Chae, J., Curran, K.L., Fisher, M., Ogino, H. and Grainger, R.M. (2002). Xenopus tropicalis transgenic lines and their use in the study of embryonic induction. Developmental Dynamics 225(4): 522-35. Download PDF
- Offield, M. F.*, Hirsch, N.* and Grainger, R. M. (2000). The development of Xenopus tropicalis transgenic lines and their use in studying lens developmental timing in living embryos. Development 127, 1789-1797. (* co-first author) Download PDF
- Hirsch, N. and Grainger, R.M. (2000). Induction of the Lens. In "Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Vol. 31: Vertebrate Eye Development", M. Elizabeth Fini (Ed.), pp.51-68, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- Hirsch, N. and Harris, W.A. (1997). Xenopus Brn-3.0, a POU-Domain gene expressed in the developing retina and tectum, is not regulated by innervation. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 38(5): 960-69.
- Hirsch, N. and Harris, W.A. (1997). Xenopus Pax-6 and retinal development. Journal of Neurobiology 32(1): 45-61. Download PDF