Christopher Korey
Professor; Associate Provost for Student Success
Education
Ph.D. - Harvard University
B.S. - University of Notre Dame
Research Interests
- Neural development and synaptic plasticity in Drosophila and Snapping Shrimp;
- Drosophila models of Human neurological disease;
- Teaching First-Year Students in the Sciences
Courses Taught
BIOL 111: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 111L: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Lab
BIOL 305: Genetics
BIOL 312/312L: Molecular Biology
BIOL 399: Independent Study
BIOL 446: Study Abroad in Neuroscience: Germany
BIOL 447: Neuroscience Seminar
BIOL 448: Bachelor's Essay in Neuroscience
BIOL 499: Bachelor's Essa
FYSM 109: Me, Myself, and My 23
FYET 109: Genetics and Ethics in the Brain
FYER 109: HHMI - SEA PHAGES - Phage Bioinformatics Lab
WGST 320: Genes, Genomes, and Human Diversity
Publications
Cooney, P., C.A. Korey, M. Hughes (2017) Autotomy and recovery in the snapping shrimp, Alpheus angulosus (Caridea: Alpheidae), Journal of Crustacean Biology, doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux082
Akhter, E., A. Pereira , M. Hughes, C.A. Korey (2015) Plasticity of External Setae During Claw Transformation in the Snapping Shrimp, Alpheus angulosus Mcclure, 2002 (Decapoda, Caridea). Crustaceana 88: 893-910
Hales, K.G, C.A. Korey, A.M. Larracuente, and D.M. Roberts (2015) Genetics on the fly: a primer on the Drosophila model system. Genetics 201(3) 815-842; DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.183392
Periera, A., E. Tracey, P. Cooney, C.A. Korey, M. Hughes, (2014) Claw Regrowth and Functional Recovery During Transformation in the Snapping Shrimp, Alpheus angulosus. Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology. 47:147-159.
Jones, M, S. Amr, A. Ferebee, P. Huynh, J. Rosenfeld, M. Miles, A. Davies, C.A. Korey, J. Warrick, R. Shiang, S. Elsea, S. Girirajan, and Mike Grotewiel (2014) Genetic studies in Drosophila and humans support a model for the concerted function of CISD2, PPT1 and CLN3 in disease. Biology Open, 1–11 doi:10.1242/bio.20147559
Aby, E., K.Gumps, A. Roth, S. Sigmon, S.E. Jenkins, J.K. Kim, N.J. Kramer, K.D. Parfitt, C.A. Korey (2013) Mutations in palmitoyl protein-thioesterase 1 alter exocytosis and endocytosis at synapses in Drosophila larvae. Fly 7: 267-279. DOI:10.4161/fly.26630