Professor
My research concerns the role that genes play in physiological processes. The particular processes I study include the systems fish employ to control osmoregulation, and in particular, ion and water transport in fish. My research encompasses mostly molecular biological/physiological approaches and I have mainly specialized in research on euryhaline teleost fish such as eels (Anguilla sp.) and recently also killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). I additionally carry out similar work on Elasmobranchs such as the Dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
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About Christopher P. Cutler
My research concerns the role that genes play in physiological processes. The particular processes I study include the systems fish employ to control osmoregulation, and in particular, ion and water transport in fish. My research encompasses mostly molecular biological/physiological approaches and I have mainly specialized in research on euryhaline teleost fish such as eels (Anguilla sp.) and recently also killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). I additionally carry out similar work on Elasmobranchs such as the Dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biology | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2016 | GSU FRC Seed Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI | |
| $9,962 | |
| 2014 | GSU Faculty Development Travel Award for attendance at the 11th International Congress of Fish Biology, Edinburgh UK |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI | |
| $1,110 | |
| 2009 - 2014 | National Science Foundation Grant |
| National Science Foundation - NSF-IOS 0844818 | |
| The role of aquaporin channels in the eel intestinal water influx pathway during salinity acclimation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $340,938 | |
| 2012 - 2013 | National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Supplement grant |
| National Science Foundation - NSF-IOS 1241312 | |
| Role: PI | |
| $12,917 | |
| 2011 | Travel bursary funded by the NSF to attend the 8th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Nagoya, Japan |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Role: PI | |
| $2,600 | |
| 2010 - 2011 | GSU Research Excellence Award |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI | |
| $4,000 | |
| 2010 | National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Supplement grant |
| National Science Foundation - NSF-IOS 1041885 | |
| Role: PI | |
| $6,000 | |
| 2009 | GSU Research Excellence Award |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| Role: PI | |
| $500 | |
| 2009 | Travel bursary to attend the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting at Glasgow, UK |
| Society for Experimental Biology | |
| Role: PI | |
| $1,275 | |
| 2007 | New Investigator Award |
| Salisbury Cove Fellowship from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | |
| Evolutionary and Comparative Analysis of Aquaporin Water Channel Genes in Sharks | |
| $3,000 | |
| 2007 | Travel bursary to attend the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting at Glasgow, UK |
| Society for Experimental Biology | |
| Role: PI | |
| $1,180 | |
| 2006 - 2007 | Faculty Research Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| The role of water channel protein genes in the control of hydration levels in hagfish and sharks | |
| Role: PI | |
| $10,055 | |
| 2006 | New Investigator Award |
| Salisbury Cove Fellowship from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | |
| Evolutionary and Comparative Analysis of Aquaporin Water Channel Genes in Fish | |
| $5,500 | |
| 2006 | Travel bursary to attend the American Physiological Society Meeting at the Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA |
| American Physiological Society | |
| $600 | |
| 2006 | Travel bursary to attend the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting at the University of Kent, UK |
| Society for Experimental Biology | |
| $1,375 | |
| 2005 | New Investigator Award |
| Salisbury Cove Fellowship from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | |
| Evolutionary and Comparative Analysis of Aquaporin Water Channel Genes in Fish | |
| $7,000 | |
| 2004 - 2005 | Faculty Research Grant |
| Georgia Southern University | |
| The role of water channel protein genes in the control of hydration levels in freshwater and marine eels (Anguilla anguilla) | |
| $8,590 | |
| 2002 - 2005 | Application of micro-array technology to reveal the complexity and genetic basis of the environmental adaptive osmoregulatory physiology of euryhaline teleosts |
| NERC Environmental Genomics Initiative | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): R. Balment, J. Warne, N. Hazon, and G. Cramb | |
| $1,758,000 | |
| 2004 | New Investigator Award |
| Fellowship from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory | |
| Evolutionary and Comparative Analysis of Aquaporin Water Channel Genes in Fish | |
| $12,000 | |
| 2003 | Travel bursary to attend the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada |
| Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | |
| $1,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2012 - Present | Member, Departmental Safety Committee, GSU | 2011 - Present | Chair, Equipment & Technology Committee, GSU | 2021 - 2022 | Committee member, Educational leave Committee, GSU | 2019 - 2020 | Committee Chair, Educational leave Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2020 | Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, GSU | 2018 - 2020 | Member, Departmental Alumnus Committee, GSU | 2019 | Member, Ad Personam Committee, GSU | 2017 - 2018 | Member, COSM Post-Tenure Review Committee, GSU | 2008 - 2018 | Member, Biology department honors program committee, GSU | 2016 - 2017 | Member, Cell Biologist Search Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2017 | Chair, Ad Personam Committee, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, GSU | 2014 - 2015 | Member, Student Scholarship Committee, GSU | 2013 - 2014 | Member, Departmental Cohesiveness and Social Committee, GSU | 2011 - 2013 | Member, Ad Personam Committee, GSU | 2010 | Member, COST research excellence award committee, GSU | 2007 - 2009 | Member, Student Scholarship Committee, GSU | 2007 - 2008 | Member, College of Science and Technology Associate Dean search committee, GSU | 2007 - 2008 | Member, Peer Review Committee, GSU | 2004 - 2008 | Member, Seminar Organizing Committee, GSU |
Courses
- BIOL2107L/2111/1107L Principles of Biology I Laboratory/ Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory Course (Undergraduate)
- BIOL2107/ BIOL2131/H Principles of Biology I Lecture/ Cell and Molecular Biology Lecture Course (Undergraduate and Honors)
- BIOL 3130 Principles of Genetics Course (Undergraduate)
- BIOL 4130 Genetics
- BIOL5131/5099 Cell Biology/Advanced Cell Biology Course (Undergrad and Graduate)
- BIOL 5132, Molecular Genetics/ Eukaryote Molecular Genetics Course (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- BIOL 5142 Molecular Biotechniques laboratory Course (Undergraduate and Graduate)
- BIOL 7133 Molecular Biology (Graduate)
- BIOL7610 Graduate Seminar course (Graduate)
| 1991 | Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of St. Andrews | |
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| 1985 | B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham | |
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 8042-1
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-7175
Office: Herty 2109C
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