Jody M. Beers
Assistant Professor
Education
Post-Doc - Stanford University
Ph.D. - University of Maine
M.S. - University of Maine
B.S. - East Stroudsburg University
Research Interests
- Environmental and comparative physiology
- Physiological ecology
- Cardiovascular and respiratory function
Courses Taught
- BIOL 600: Physiology and Cell Biology of Marine Organisms
Publications
Boch, C.A., Micheli, F., AlNajjar, M., Monismith, S.G., Beers, J.M., Bonilla, J.C., Espinoza, A.M., Vazquez-Vera, L., and C.B. Woodson (2018). Local oceanographic variability influences the performance of juvenile abalone under climate change. Scientific Reports 8(5501): doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23746-z.
Pavlov V., Rosental B., Hansen N., Beers J.M., Paris, G., Rowbotham I., and B.A. Block (2017). Hydraulic control of tuna fins: A role for the lymphatic system in vertebrate locomotion. Science 357(6348): 310-314.
Somero, G.N., Beers, J.M., Chan, F., Hill, T.M., Klinger, T. and S.Y. Litvin (2016). What do changes in the carbonate system, oxygen availability, and temperature portend for coastal ecosystems? A physiological perspective. BioScience 66: 14-26.
Beers, J.M. and N. Jayasundara (2015). Antarctic notothenioid fish: what are the future costs of 'losses' and 'gains' acquired during long-term evolution at cold and stable temperatures? J Exp Biol 218:1834-1845.
Butcher, J.T, Johnson, T., Beers, J.M., Columbus, L. and B.E. Isakson (2014). Hemoglobin alpha in the blood vessel wall. Free Rad Biol Med 73:136-142.
Mueller, I.A., Devor, D.P., Grim, J.M., Beers, J.M., Crockett, E.L. and K.M. O’Brien (2012). Exposure to critical thermal maxima increases oxidative stress in hearts of white- but not red-blooded Antarctic notothenioid fishes. J Exp Biol 215: 3655-3664.
Mueller, I.A., Grim, J.M., Beers, J.M., Crockett, E.L. and K.M. O’Brien (2011). Inter-relationship between mitochondrial function and susceptibility to oxidative stress in red- and white-blooded Antarctic notothenioids. J Exp Biol 214: 3732-3741.
Beers, J.M. and B.D. Sidell (2011). Thermal tolerance of Antarctic notothenioid fishes correlates with level of circulating hemoglobin. Physiol Biochem Zool 84(4): 353-362.
Beers, J.M., Borley, K.A. and B.D. Sidell (2010). Relationship among circulating hemoglobin, nitric oxide synthase activities and angiogenic poise in red- and white-blooded Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 156: 422-429.
Borley, K.A., Beers, J.M. and B.D. Sidell (2010). Phenylhydrazine-induced anemia causes nitric oxide-mediated upregulation of the angiogenic pathway in Notothenia coriiceps. J Exp Biol 213: 2865-2872.
Wujcik, J.M.*, Wang, G., Eastman, J.T. and B.D. Sidell (2007). Morphometry of retinal vasculature in Antarctic fishes is dependent upon the level of hemoglobin in circulation. J Exp Biol 210: 815-824. [*J.M. Beers first published as J.M. Wujcik]