Mark V. Reedy, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

M Reedy

Contact

mreedy@creighton.edu
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
Neuroscience (Master of Science)
Biology
HLSB - Hixson Lied Science Building - G06

Mark V. Reedy, PhD

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

I am interested in the factors that guide cell and tissue movements during embryonic development since his undergraduate days at the University of Kansas.  Much of my work has focused on a population of cells called neural crest cells and the mechanisms they use to follow the correct path as they migrate extensively throughout the early embryo.  More recently, I have been using avian embryos as a model system for studying the mechanisms behind nicotine-induced birth defects.  I  joined the Creighton faculty in 2001 and became department chair in 2009. Prior to that, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and earned my Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis.  

Research Focus

cell and tissue differentiation and morphogenesis during vertebrate development

Department

Biology

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • The Pigmentary System : Physiology and Pathophysiology: Second Edition
    Parichy David M., etal Regulation of Melanoblast Migration and Differentiation [Book Chapter] 2007
  • Reedy Mark Vincent, Melanocyte patterns in avian embryos : lineage specification as a regulator of neural crest morphogenesis 1998

Publications

  • The FASEB journal
    Haroon Zoha, etal Identification of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit expression in early avian embryos
    27:S1 2013
  • Anatomical Record
    Patterson Rachel A., etal MT2-MMP expression during early avian morphogenesis
    296:1, p. 64 - 70 2013
  • Illumina Biological Content - unstructured
    James Anne, etal EFFECT OF TIMP-2 ON NEURAL CREST PATHFINDING 2012
  • The FASEB journal
    James Anne Elizabeth, etal Effect of TIMP‐2 in trunk neural crest pathfinding
    25, p. 482.4 - 482.4 2011
  • The FASEB journal
    Brauer Philip R, etal Effect of Low Doses of Nicotine on Early Avian Development
    24:S1, p. 450.4 - 450.4 2010
  • The FASEB journal
    Brauer Philip R., etal Effects of nicotine on avian neural crest migration and embryonic development
    23:S1 2009
  • Developmental Dynamics
    Heidenreich David J., etal Homocysteine enhances cardiac neural crest cell attachment in vitro by increasing intracellular calcium levels
    237:8, p. 2117 - 2128 2008
  • The FASEB journal
    Brauer Philip R, etal A MMP‐independent role for TIMP‐2 during cardiac neural crest cell migration
    22:S1 2008
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Gould Douglas B., etal Mutant myocilin nonsecretion in vivo is not sufficient to cause glaucoma
    26:22, p. 8427 - 8436 2006
  • Developmental Dynamics
    Cantemir Veronica, etal Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) expression during cardiac neural crest cell migration and its role in proMMP-2 activation
    231:4, p. 709 - 719 2004
  • Developmental Dynamics
    Tierney Brent J., etal Homocysteine inhibits cardiac neural crest cell formation and morphogenesis in vivo
    229:1, p. 63 - 73 2004
  • Current Biology
    Cole Douglas G., etal Algal Morphogenesis
    13:19, p. R770 - R772 2003
  • Gene Expression Patterns
    Reedy Mark V., etal The expression patterns of c-kit and Sl in the chicken embryos suggest unexpected roles for these genes in somite and limb development
    3:1, p. 53 - 58 2003
  • Development
    Kos R., etal The winged-helix transcription factor FoxD3 is important for establishing the neural crest lineage and repressing melanogenesis in avian embryos
    128:8, p. 1467 - 1479 2001
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Byong Su Kim Su Kim, etal Targeted disruption of the myocilin gene (Myoc) suggests that human glaucoma-causing mutations are gain of function
    21:22, p. 7707 - 7713 2001
  • Developmental Dynamics
    Reedy Mark V., etal Specification and migration of melanoblasts at the vagal level and in hyperpigmented Silkie chickens
    213:4, p. 476 - 485 1998
  • Developmental Biology
    Reedy Mark V., etal The delayed entry of thoracic neural crest cells into the dorsolateral path is a consequence of the late emigration of melanogenic neural crest cells from the neural tube
    200:2, p. 234 - 246 1998
  • Current topics in developmental biology
    Erickson C. A., etal Neural crest development
    40, p. 177 - 209 1998

Grants

  • Improving the Teaching of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants/Sponsor: Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence/CFE

  • Improving the Teaching of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants/Sponsor: CURAS Magis Investigatio Research Award/MIRA

  • Improving the Teaching of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants/Sponsor: CURAS Magis Investigatio Research Award/MIRA

Awards

  • Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement
    Creighton University Students Union
  • Distinguished Service Faculty Award
    Creighton University
  • Service to Youth Award
    Bellevue Public Schools, Bellevue NE
  • College Award for Outstanding Major Advising
    College of Arts and Sciences