
Dr. James D. Stidham Professor of Biology
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ph.D. Zoology, 1966; M.S., 1962
Duke University Marine Laboratory, Summer, 1963
Milligan College , B.S., 1959
Email: jstidham@presby.edu Phone:
(864) 833-8449
Office: 227 Richardson Hall
Joined PC Faculty: 1967 |
Areas of Specialty:
Marine Science and Animal Physiology. Courses taught:
Introductory Biololgy
Marine Biology/Oceanography
Animal Physiology
Summary of vitae:
POST-DOCTORAL STUDIES
1993-2003 Summer
Research Fellowship to Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, ME. Funded by the Faculty Development Program of Presbyterian College and the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Maine.
1992 Summer
N.S.F. Research Opportunity Award in laboratory of Dr. David Evans, Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, ME.
Research area: natriuretic peptides in the North Atlantic hagfish.
1991 Summer
Pew Fellowship to Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, ME. Award included student fellowship for two Presbyterian College students. Title of research: "Effects of natriuretic peptides on salt secretion in cultured shark rectal gland cells."
1990 Summer
N.S.F. Program in Oceanography, U. San Diego and Scripps I. Oceanography, San Diego, CA.
"A four-week intensive course in state-of-the-art information in ocean research, field experience and instructional materials and techniques."
1988, Jan.-May
Sabbatical Study, Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston; and Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
1986 Summer
Visiting Research Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Sept. 1971 to June 1972
N.S.F. Science Faculty Fellowship, School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, University of Miami, FL.
Sept. 1966 to July 1967
National Institutes of Health Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, FL.
Publications and Articles:
Inhibitory effect of cyclic adenosine 2', 3' – monophosphate on leucine incorporation by L5178Y cells. J. Cell Physiol., 1980, 103:71-76. (with Joseph E. Fuhr)
Role of Prolactin in Teleost Osmoregulation: Effects on epithelial chloride (Cl) secretion in the euryhaline killifish Fundulus heteroclitus (with Karl Karnaky). Poster presentation, American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology Meeting, June 1990, Charleston, South Carolina.
An atrial natriuretic peptide-like factor isolated from the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland: initial characterization. With Karl Karnaky, et at., Bulletin MDIBL, v. 31, 1992.
Neuropeptide inhibition of active transport in cultured rectal gland cells of Squalus acanthias. With F. Epstein, et al., Bulletin MDIBL, v. 31, 1992.
C-type natriuretic peptide is a potent secretagogue for the cultured shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland. With Kark Karnaky, et al., Bulletin MDIBL, v. 31, 1992.
C-type natriuretic peptide in the North Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. With David Evans, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 32, 1993.
Pituitary adenlyate cyclase activating polypeptide is a potent chloride secretagogue in the shark (Squalus Acanthias) Rectal Gland. With John N. Forrest, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 33, 1994.
Excretion of Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter (MOAT) Substrates by Dogfish Shark Rectal Gland Tubules. With Kark Karnaky and David Miller, Medical University of South Carolina, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 37, 1998.
Regulation of MRP2-Mediated Xenobiotic Transport in Dogfish Shark (Squalus acanthius) Rectal Gland Tubules. With Karl Karnaky and David S. Miller, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 38, 1999.
Natriuretic peptide hormones and NaCl transport across the opercular epithelium of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. With David H. Evans, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 41, 2002.
Endothelin and nitric oxide interact to inhibit NaCl transport across the opercular epithelium of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. With David H. Evans, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 41, 2002.
Endothelin and nitric oxide inhibit NaCl extrusion across the fish gill. With David H. Evans, Poster presentation. Fifth international Congress of Physiological Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand, August, 2002.
Characterization of the receptor mediating the prostaglandin induced inhibition of NaCl transport across the opercular epithelium of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. With David H. Evans, Bulletin MDIBL, v. 42, 2003.
NaCl transport across the opercular epithelium of the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus is inhibited by an endothelin to nitric oxide, superoxide, and prostanoid signaling axis. With David H. Evans, Am J Physiol Reg Integr Comp Physiol, 286:R560-568, March 2004.
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