Marti Morales

Associate Professor, Biology

Office: Peelle 116B - mmorales@adrian.edu

Degrees

• New Mexico State University, Ph.D.
• New Mexico State University, M.S.

Specialties

• otolaryngology
• neuroscience
• neurobiology
• development
• biology
• anatomy and physiology

Biography

Research Specialties and Interests Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Development Publications Alterations in synaptophysian immunoreactivity in rat pituitary after 6-hydrooxydopamine treatment. L.C. Saland*, D. Thomas, J. Gaddy, and M. Morales. Endocrine 1998 Oct 9(2); 201-206 Glial-Cell derived-neurotophic factor in the adult rat pituitary. L.C. Saland, M. Morales, J. Gaddy, C.Su, and L.A. Cunningham. Brain and Research Bulletin 2000. Jan; 52 (2); 109-113 Bioelectrical impedance analysis of the body composition of Nigerian children with calcium-deficiency rickets. Dorothy J. Vanderjagt, Marti Morales, Tom Thacher, Marco Diaz, and Robert H. Glew. J. Trop. Pedriatrics 2001 April 47 (2); 92-97 Presentations and Conferences 2008 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Annual Midwinter meeting Phoenix, AZ 2006 NIH National Graduate Student Festival Bethesda, MD; Developmental Innervation of the Xenopus laevis Inner ear by the 8th Cranial Nerve.Marti Morales, and E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2006 MIT Center fir Cell Decision Processes NIH Site Visit, Cambridge, MA The Search for Ribbon Synapses in the Xenopus Inner Ear Marti Morales1, and E.E. Serrano2. 1. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and 2.MIT CSBi; Cell Decision Process Center Processes 2006 Society for Developmental Biology. Ann Arbor, MI Synaptic Ribbon Formation during Xenopus Inner Ear Organogenesis Marti Morales, and E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2006 New Mexico State Graduate Research Symposium, Las Cruces Synaptic Ribbon Formation during Xenopus Inner Ear Organogenesis Marti Morales, and E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2006 New Mexico State University Annual Biology Symposium, Las Cruces Synaptic Ribbon Formation during Xenopus Inner Ear Organogenesis Marti Morales, and E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2005 New Mexico State Graduate Research Symposium, Las Cruces Acetylated Tubulin Expression During Developmental Innervation of the Xenopus laevis Inner Ear Marti Morales, C. Trujillo-Provencio, E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2005 New Mexico State University Annual Biology Symposium, Las Cruces Acetylated Tubulin Expression During Developmental Innervation of the Xenopus laevis Inner Ear Marti Morales, C. Trujillo-Provencio, E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 2004 Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego Acetylated Tubulin Expression During Developmental Innervation of the Xenopus laevis Inner Ear. Marti Morales, C. Trujillo-Provencio, E.E. Serrano. Dept. of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. Awards/Honors 2008 Society for Achievement of Chicanos and Native American in Science (SACNAS) National Conference Travel Award 2007 New Mexico State University Alumni Association Spring 2007 Outstanding Ph.D Graduate 2006 NIH National Graduate Student Festival Attendee 2006 First Place Oral Graduate Research Presentation New Mexico State Biology Symposium 2006 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 2005 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Public Education Ambassador 2005 First Place Oral Research Presentation New Mexico State Graduate Research Symposium 2004 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar Professional Memberships Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), American Association for the Advancement of Science, (AAAS),Society for Achievement of Chicanos and Native American in Science (SACNAS), Society for Neuroscience (SfN)