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Wayne Fitzgibbon

Research Associate Professor - Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Education

Ph.D., 1986, The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Research Interests

  • Elasmobranch Osmoregulation
  • Elasmobranch Kidney Function

Publications

  • Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ploth, D.W., Lacy, E.R. and Miller, D.H. (2006). Effect of Environmental Salinity on Plasma Composition and Renal Function of the Atlantic Stingray, a Euryhaline Elasmobranch. American Journal of Physiology (Renal Physiol) 291:F770-F780.
  • Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Nowak, M., Miller, D.H. and Ploth, D.W. (2006). Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Second Urea Transporter Isoform (strUT-2) from the Kidney of the Atlantic Stingray. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology) 291:R844-R853.
  • Janech, M.G., Gefroh, H., Cwengros, E.E., Sulikowski, J.A., Ploth, D.W. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2008). Cloning of Urea Transporters from the Kidneys of Two Batoid Elasmobranchs: Evidence for a Common Elasmobranch Urea Transporter Isoform. Marine Biology 153:1173-1179.
  • Dempsey, A., Janech, M.G., Lacy, E.R., Miller, D.H., Ploth, D.W. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2007). Localization of Facilitated Urea Transporters to Tubular Segments in the Bundle and Sinus Zones of the Kidney of the Euryhaline Stingray, Dasyatis sabina. ASIH July, 2007
  • Dempsey, A., Janech, M.G., Lacy, E.R., Miller, D.H., Ploth, D.W. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2008). Localization of Facilitated Urea Transporters to Tubular Segments in the Bundle and Sinus Zones of the Kidney of the Euryhaline Stingray, Dasyatis sabina. Experimental Biology, San Diego, April 6-9, 2008.