个人简介

Professor 1998-Present Associate Professor 1992-1998 Assistant Professor 1985-1992 Postdoctoral, Research Scientist, Purdue Univ. 1980-1985 Ph.D., Genetics, University of Washington 1980 B.S., Biological Sciences, Univ. of California, Irvine 1976

研究领域

The O’Tousa research group studies how visual systems work. Our research analyzes of the cellular triggers of retinal degeneration and mechanisms by protein-kinase controlled signaling pathways, known to be active in neuroprotection outside the retina, impact photoreceptor biology. The effort seeks to understand the cellular responses of photoreceptors so that interventions can be developed to minimize the effects of retinal diseases on vision loss. Our work has largely used the genetic and molecular approaches available in the Drosophila model system. We also have characterized the mosquito visual systems, a related insect that shares many features of the compound eye. This work has provided insights into how organisms enhance vision to allow activity at night and other low light conditions. The effort has also allowed my research group to contribute to Notre Dame’s focus on global health initiatives. We are now applying genetic and genome editing tools developed in Drosophila research for the control of mosquito populations

Anatomy & Physiology Cellular & Molecular Biology Development & Regeneration Entomology Genetics and Genomics Neuroscience & Behavior

近期论文

查看导师新发文章 （温馨提示：请注意重名现象，建议点开原文通过作者单位确认）

Hibbard, Karen L. and O'Tousa, JE (2012) A Role for the Cytoplasmic DEAD Box Helicase Dbp21E2 in Rhodopsin Maturation and Photoreceptor Viability, J Neurogenet. 26, 177-188. Hu, X, Leming MT#, Metoxen AJ*, Whaley MA, O'Tousa JE. (2012) Light-mediated control of rhodopsin movement in mosquito photoreceptors, J Neurosci. 32, 13661-7. [Special significance to its field recognized by the F1000 Faculty (http://f1000.com/717959255).] Hu, X, Leming MT#, Whaley MA, O'Tousa JE. (2014) Rhodopsin coexpression in UV photoreceptors of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 1003-1008. Moon, Y. M., Metoxen, A. J., Leming, M. T., Whaley, M. A., and O'Tousa, J. E. (2014) Rhodopsin management during the light-dark cycle of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. J Insect Physiol. 70, 88-93. Mysore, K., Flannery, E., Leming, M.T., Tomchaney, M., Shi, L., Sun, L., O'Tousa, J. E., Severson, D.W., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2014) Role of semaphorin-1a in the developing visual system of the disease vector mosquito Aedes aegypti. Dev. Dynamics 243, 1457-1469. Leming, M.T., Rund, S.S., Behura, S.K., Duffield, G.E, O’Tousa, J.E. (2014) A database of circadian and diel rhythmic gene expression in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC Genomics 15, 1128. Rocha, M., Kimler, K.J., Leming, M.T., Hu, X., Whaley, M.A., and O’Tousa, J.E., (2015) Expression and light-triggered movement of rhodopsins in the larval visual system of mosquitoes. J. Exp. Biol. [epub ahead of print: doi:10.1242/jeb.111526]. Mecklenburg, K.L., Freed, S.A., Raval, M., Quintero, OA, Yengo, C.M., and O'Tousa, J.E. (2015) Invertebrate and vertebrate class III myosins interact with MORN repeat-containing adaptor proteins, PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122502