Person
Rees, Bernard B.
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Biography and Research Interest
My research interests are in the area of environmental physiology and biochemistry, in particular the responses of aquatic organisms to low oxygen (hypoxia). My students and I have used an integrative approach, combining physiological ecology, metabolic biochemistry and molecular biology, to order to better understand the responses of estuarine and freshwater fishes to hypoxia.
Currently, I am very interested in oxygen-regulated gene expression and I am developing approaches to study this process a couple of “model” groups, killifish (Fundulus spp.) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). A related area of interest is mechanisms of metabolic regulation in animals during changing, or stressful, environmental conditions.
Currently, I am very interested in oxygen-regulated gene expression and I am developing approaches to study this process a couple of “model” groups, killifish (Fundulus spp.) and zebrafish (Danio rerio). A related area of interest is mechanisms of metabolic regulation in animals during changing, or stressful, environmental conditions.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Virani, N.A., and Rees, B.B. 2000. Oxygen consumption, blood lactate and inter-individual variation in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, during hypoxia and recovery. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 126: 397-405.Rees, B.B., Bowman, J.A.L., and Schulte, P.M. Structure and sequence conservation of a putative hypoxia responsive element in the lactate dehydrogenase-B gene in Fundulus. Biological Bulletin, accepted.
Love, J.W., and Rees, B.B. Seasonal differences in hypoxia tolerance in gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis (Fundulidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, accepted.