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Ruth McChesney
Asst Prof
Columbia University
Biological Sciences, Barnard |
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Biography
Ruth McChesney is interested in reproductive and developmental biology, including topics such as teratology, perinatal epidemiology, methods of exposure and outcome ascertainment, and the implication of these for public health policy. She is currently studying reproductive outcome of women office workers, to ascertain whether exposure to harmful factors is expressed in human chorionic gonadotrophin levels. In addition to her work in human health and development, she is interested in the overall reproductive health of animal populations so that conservation measures such as captive breeding might be undertaken in the most promising fashion. Understanding animal reproduction from a physiological and developmental perspective is an area largely ignored in modern genetic analyses. Lastly, Prof. McChesney is concerned with the mimicry of endocrine substances presently noted from exogenous chemicals, such as pesticides.
Publications:
- Morris, A., B. Kloss, R. McChesney, C. Bancroft, and L. Chasin, 1992. An alternatively spliced Pit-1 isoform altered in its ability to transactivate. Nucleic Acids Research. 20:1355-1361.
- McChesney, R., S.C. Sealfon, M. Tsutsumi, K.W. Dong, J.L. Roberts, and C. Bancroft, 1991. Either isoform of the dopaminergic D2 receptor can mediate dopaminergic repression of the rat prolactin promoter. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 79:R1-R7.
- Morris, A., Y. Jiang, R. McChesney, A.E. Jackson, C. Bancroft, and L. Chasin, 1990. Use of a selectable reporter for the isolation of mammalian regulatory genes. Gene. 94:289-294.
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