Robert Roer, Ph.D.
University of N.C. at WilmingtonProfessor, Dept. of Biological SciencesDean of the Graduate School Sc.B. - Brown University - 1974Ph.D. - Duke University - 1979 |
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Dillaman, R.M. and R.D. Roer (1993) Bone blood flow and spaceflight osteopenia. In: Bone and Bone Marrow Circulation in Normal and Pathological Conditions. A. Schoutens, S.P.F. Hughes, J. Gardeniers and J. Arlet eds., Plenum Press, New York. pp. 185-194.
Marlowe, R.L., R.M. Dillaman and R.D. Roer (1994) Lectin binding by crustacean cuticle: The cuticle of Callinectes sapidus throughout the molt cycle, and the intermolt cuticle of Procambarus clarkii and Ocypode quadrata. J. Crust. Biol. 14:231-246.
Shafer, T.H., R.D. Roer, C.G. Miller and R.M. Dillaman (1994) Postecdysial changes in the protein and glycoprotein composition of the cuticle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. J. Crust. Biol. 14:210-219.
Roer, R.D. and R.M. Dillaman (1994) Decreased femoral arterial flow during simulated microgravity in the rat. J. Appl. Physiol. 76:2125-2129.
Shafer, T.H., R.D. Roer, C. Midgett-Luther and T.A. Brookins (1995) Postecdysial cuticle alteration in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: Synchronous changes in glycoproteins and mineral nucleation. J. Exp. Zool. 271:171-182.
Greenaway, P., R.M. Dillaman and R.D. Roer (1995) Quercitin-dependent ATPase activity in the hypodermal tissue of Callinectes sapidus during the moult cycle. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 111A:303-312.
Keanini, R.G., R.D. Roer and R.M. Dillaman (1995) A theoretical model of circulatory interstitial fluid flow and species transport within porous cortical bone. J. Biomechanics 28:901-914.
Lee, K.J., R.D. Watson and R.D. Roer (1998) Molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) mRNA levels and ecdysteroid titer during a molt cycle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 249: 624-627.
Coblentz, F.E., T.H. Shafer and R.D. Roer (1998) Cuticular proteins from the blue crab alter in vitro calcium carbonate mineralization. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 121B: 349-360.
Roer, R.D. K.E. Halbrook and T.H. Shafer (2001) Glycosidase activity in the postecdysial cuticle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 128B: 683-690.
Pierce, D.C., K.D. Butler and R.D. Roer (2001) Effects of exogenous N-acetylhexosamindase on the structure and mineralization of the postecdysial exoskeleton of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 128B: 691-700.
Watson, R.D., K.J. Lee, S. Qiu, M. Luo, H.R. Umphrey, R.D. Roer and E. Spaziani (2001) Molecular cloning, expression, and tissue distribution of crustacean molt-inhibiting hormone. Am. Zoologist 41: 407-417.
Current Research Grants:
NSF - Juvenile Blue Crab Use of Low Salinity Areas: Costs and Benefits - $842,675 for Sep. 1999 - Aug. 2003. (With M.H. Posey, R.M. Dillaman, S.T. Kinsey, L.S. Quackenbush & T.H. Shafer)
NSF - The Blue Crab Exoskeleton - A Model System for Studying Control of Biomineralization - $312,873 for Sep. 2001 - Aug. 2004. (With R.M. Dillaman, T.H. Shafer & MA.. McCartney)
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