University System of Georgia Format for New Program Proposal

“Devices: Terahertz Detection Devices” (A. G. U. Perera) “Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology”, Edited by Pallab Bhattacharya, to be published, 2008.

“Quantum Dot Structures for Multi-Band Infrared and Terahertz Radiation Detection” (G. Ariyawansa and A. G. U. Perera) “Handbook of Self Assembled Semiconductor Nanostructures Novel Devices in Photonics and Electronics”, edited by M. Henini, Elsevier Limited, 2008.

“Quantum Structures for Far Infrared Detection”, (A. G. U. Perera and S. G. Matsik) invited chapter for “Intersubband Infrared Photodetectors” edited by Victor Ryzhii, World Scientific, Singapore, ISBN 981-238-308-5, 2003.

“Sensitization of TiO2 and ZnO nanocrystalline films with acriflavine”, (M.K.I. Senevirathne, P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala, V. Sivakumar, P.V.V. Jayaweera, A.G.U. Perera and K. Tennakone), Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, (In Press 2008).

“Semiconductor Terahertz Detectors and Absorption Enhancement Using Plasmons”, (A. G. U. Perera, G. Ariyawansa, P. V. V. Jayaweera, S. G. Matsik, M. Buchanan and H. C. Liu), Microelectronics Journal, (In Press 2008).
“A Multi-Color Quantum Dot Intersublevel Detector with Photoresponse in the Terahertz Range”, (G. Huang, J. Yang and P. Bhattacharya, G. Ariyawansa and A. G. U. Perera), Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 011117, (2008).

“Optical properties of n-doped Ga_1-xMn_xN epitaxial layers grown by MOCVD in mid and far (5-50 m) IR range”, (A. weerasekera, Z. G. Hu, N. Dietz, A. Asghar, M. H. Kane, M. Strassburg, I. T. Ferguson and A. G. U. Perera), J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B. 26, 52, (2008).

“Why Gratzel’s cell works so well”, (P.V.V. Jayaweera, A.G.U. Perera, and K. Tennakone), Inorganica Chimica Acta, 361, 707, (2008).

“Wavelength and Polarization Selective Multi-Band Tunneling Quantum Dot Detectors”, (A. G. U. Perera, G. Ariyawansa, V. M. Apalkov, S. G. Matsik, X. H. Su, S. Chakrabarti, and P. Bhattacharya), Opto-Electronics Review, 15, 223, (2007).

“Displacement currents in semiconductor quantum dots embedded dielectric media: A method for room temperature photon detection”, (P. V. V. Jayaweera, A. G. U. Perera, and K. Tennakone), Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(5), 063114, (2007).

“Dual-band Pixelless Upconversion Imaging Devices”, (L. K. Wu, H. L. Hao, W. Z. Shen, G. Ariyawansa, A. G. U. Perera, and S. G. Matsik), Optics Letters, 32, 2366, (2007).

“Carrier concentration and surface electron accumulation in indium nitride layers grown by high pressure chemical vapor deposition”, (R. P. Bhatta, B. D. Thoms, A. Weerasekera, A. G. U. Perera, M. Alevli, and N. Dietz). JVST 25(4), 967, (2007).

“Infrared optical anisotropy of diluted magnetic Ga_1-x Mn_xN/c –sapphire epilayers with a GaN buffer layer by metaloorganic chemical vapor deposition.” (Z. G. Hu, A. B. Weerasekara, N. Dietz A. G. U. Perera, M. Strassburg, M. H. Kane, A. Asghar and I. T. Ferguson), Phys. Rev. B. 75 205320, (2007).

“n-type GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructure detector with a 3.2 threshold frequency” (A. B. Weerasekara, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, M. Buchanan, H. C. Liu, G. von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna, Optics Letters,32, 1335, (2007)

“GaSb homojunctions for Far-IR (THz) Detection” (P. V. V. Jayaweera, S. G. Matsik, and A. G. U. Perera, Y. Paltiel, Ariel Sher and Arie Raizman, H. Luo, and H. C. Liu), Applied Physics Letters, 90, 111109 , (2007)

“Performance improvements of ultraviolet/infrared dual-band detectors” (A. G. U. Perera, G. Ariyawansa, M. B. M. Rinzan, M. Stevens, M. Alevli, N. Dietz, S. G. Matsik, A. Asghar, I. T. Ferguson, H. Luo et al.) Infrared Physics & Technology, 50, 142-148 (2007).

“Quantum structures for multiband photon detection“ (A. G. U. Perera) Opto-Electronics Review 14(2),103, (2006).

“High Operating Temperature Split-off Band Infrared Detectors“ (A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, P. V. V. Jayaweera, K. Tennakone, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanan G. Von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna) Applied Physics Letters, 89 131118 (2006).

“ Characterization of InN layers grown by high-pressure chemical vapor deposition“ (M. Alevli, G. Durkaya, W. Fenwick, A. Weerasekara, V. Woods, I. Ferguson, U. Perera and N. Dietz) Applied Physics Letters, 89, 112119 (2006).

“GaN/AlGaN heterojunction infrared detector responding in 8-14 µm and 20-70 µm ranges” (G. Ariyawansa, M. B. M. Rinzan, M. Strassburg, N. Dietz , A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, A. Asghar, I. T. Ferguson, H. Luo, and H. C. Liu) Applied Physics Letters, 89, 141122 (2006).

“GaN/AlGaN ultraviolet/infrared dual-band detector“ (G. Ariyawansa, M. B. M. Rinzan, M. Alevli, M. Strassburg, N. Dietz , A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, A. Asghar, I. T. Ferguson, H. Luo, A. Bezinger, and H. C. Liu)  Applied Physics Letters, 89, 091113, (2006).

“Characteristics of a Si dual-band detector responding in both near- and far-infrared regions“ (G. Ariyawansa, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, G. Hastings, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanan, G. I. Sproule, V. I. Gavrilenko, and V. P. Kuznetsov) Applied Physics Letters, 89, 061112 (2006).

“Optical studies of MOCVD-grown GaN-based ferromagnetic semiconductor epilayers and devices,” (M. H. Kane, M. Strassburg, W. E. Fenwick, A. Asghar, J. Senawiratne, D. Azamat, Z. Hu, E. Malguth, S. Graham, U. Perera, W. Gehlhoff, A. Hoffmann, N. Dietz, C. J. Summers, I. T. Ferguson), Physica Status Solidi (c) 3(6) pp. 2237-2240 (2006).

“Terahertz detection with tunneling quantum dot intersublevel photodetector“ (X.H. Su, J. Yang, P. Bhattacharya, G. Ariyawansa, and A.G. U. Perera) Applied Physics Letters, 89, 031117 (2006).

“Grouping behavior of inter-pulse time intervals for triggered pulses in an AlGaAs/InGaAs multilayer structure” (A. B. Weerasekara, S. G. Matsik, G. S. Cymbalyuk, and A. G. U. Perera), Physica D, 215, 159-165 (2006).

“Longitudinal–optical phonon hole plasmon coupled modes in heavily doped p-type GaSb:Zn epitaxial films” (Z. G. Hu, M. B. M. Rinzan, A. G. U. Perera, M. Zhu, Y. Paltiel, A. Raizman, and A. Sher), Eur. Phys. J. B., 50, 403-410, (2006).

“Lattice Vibrations in Hexagonal Ga_1-xMn_xN Epitaxial Films on c-Plane Sapphire Substrates by Infrared Reflectance Spectra” (Z. G. Hu, M.Strassburg, A. Weerasekara, N. Dietz. A. G. U. Perera, M. H. Kane, A. Asghar, and I.T. Ferguson), Applied Physics Letters, 88, 061914 (2006).

“Composition dependence of the infrared dielectric function in Si- doped hexagonal AlxGa1-xN films on c-plane sapphire substrates” (Z. G. Hu, M.Strassburg, N. Dietz. A. G. U. Perera, A. Asghar, I.T. Ferguson) , PHYSICAL REVIEW B 72, 245326 (2005.)

“Terahertz absorption in AlGaAs films and detection using heterojunctions“ (M. B. M. Rinzan,  A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanan, G. Von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna) Infrared Physics & Technology., 47, 188–194, (2005). 

“1/f noise and dye-sensitized solar cells” (P. V. V. Jayaweera, P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala, A. G. U. Perera and K. Tennakone), Semicond. Sci. Technol., 20, L40–L42, (2005).

“High Performance mid-infrared quantum dot infrared photodetectors” (S. Chakrabarti, A. D Stiff-Roberts, X Su, P. Bhattacharya, G. Ariyawansa, and A. G. U. Perera), J. Phys D. Appl. Phys., 38, 2135-2141, (2005).

“A Resonant Tunneling Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector” (Xiaohua Su, Subhananda Chakrabarti, Pallab Bhattacharya, G. Ariyawansa, and A. G. U. Perera), IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 41(7), 974-979, (2005).

“Zn-Doped GaSb Epitaxial Film Absorption Coefficients at Terahertz Frequencies and Detector Applications” (Z. G. Hu, A. G. U. Perera, Y. Paltiel, A. Raizman, & A. Sher), Journal of Applied Physics, 98, 023511, (2005).

“Characteristics of a Tunneling Quantum-dot Infrared Photodetector Operating at Room Temperature“ (P. Bhattacharya, X. H. Su, S. Chakrabarti,  G. Ariyawansa,  and  A. G. U. Perera), Applied Physics Letters, 86, 191106, (2005).

“Near- and Far-Infrared p-GaAs Dual Band Detector“ (G. Ariyawansa, M.B.M. Rinzan, D. G. Esaev, S. G. Matsik, G. Hastings, A. G. U. Perera, H. C. Liu, B. N. Zvonkov, and V. I. Gavrilenko), Applied Physics Letters, 86, 143510, (2005).

“Optical characterizations of heavily doped p-type AlxGa1-xAs and GaAs epitaxial films at terahertz frequencies” (Z. G. Hu, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, G. Von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna), Journal of Applied Physics, 97 (8), 093529, (2005).

“AlGaAs emitter/GaAs barrier Terahertz detector with a 2.3 THz threshold,” (M. B. M. Rinzan, A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, H. C. Liu, Z. Wasilewski and M. Buchanan), Applied Physics Letters, 86, 071112, (2005).

“Effect of doped substrate on GaAs/AlGaAs interfacila workfunction IR detector response through cavity effect”,(S. G. Matsik, M. B. M. Rinzan, D. G. Esaev, A. G. U. Perera, G. Von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna), IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 52 (3), 413-418, (2005).

“Effect of Well Width on Three Color Quantum Dot-in-a-Well Infrared Detectors”, (G. Ariyawansa, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, S. Krishna, S. Raghavan, G. von Winckel, and A. Stintz), Photonics Tech. Letts., 17, 1064-1066, (2005).

“Characteristics of a Multi-Color InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector” (S. Chakrabarti, X. H. Su, P. Bhattacharya, G. Ariyawansa and A. G. U. Perera), Photonics Tech. Letts., 17, 178-180, (2005).

“Dye-sensitized near-infrared room-temperature photovoltaic photon detectors”, (P. V. V. Jayaweera, A. G. U. Perera, M. K. I. Senevirathna, P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala, and K. Tennakone), Applied Physics Letters, 85, 5754-5756, (2004).

“Free carrier absorption in Be –doped epitaxial AlGaAs thin Films”, (M. B. M. Rinzan, D. G. Esaev, A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, G. Von Winckel, A. Stintz, and S. Krishna), Applied Physics Letters, 85, 5236-5238, (2004).

“Design and optimization of GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction infrared detectors”, (D. G. Esaev, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, and A. G. U. Perera), Journal of Applied Physics, 96, 4588-4597, (2004).

“Construction of a photovoltaic device by deposition of thin films of the conducting polymer polythio- cyanogen“, (V. P. S. Perera, P. V. V. Jayaweera, P.K.D. D. P.  Pitigala, P. K. M. Bandaranayake, G. Hastings, A. G. U. Perera, K. Tennakone), Synthetic Metals, 143, 283-287, (2004).

“20  micron cutoff heterojunction interfacial work function internal photoemission detectors“, ( S. G. Matsik, M. B. M. Rinzan, D. G. Esaev, A. G. U. Perera, H. C. Liu and M. Buchanan), Applied Physics letters , 84, 3435-3437, (2004).

“High performance single emitter homojunction interfacial workfunction far infrared detectors”, (D. G. Easev, M. B. M. Rinzan, S. G. Matsik, V. Gavrilenko, B. Zvonkov, A. G. U. Perera, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanana, A. Belyanin),  Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 512-519 (2004).

“Three-color (λ_p1~3.8  µm, λ_p2~8.5  µm, and λ_p3~23.2  µm) InAs/InGaAs quantum-dots-in-a-well detector“, (G. Ariyawansa, S. G. Matsik, A. G. U. Perera, S. Krishna, S. Raghavan, G. von Winckel, and A. Stintz), Applied Physics Letters, 83, 2745-2747 (2003).

“Quantum structures for FIR Detection”, (A. G. U. Perera and S. G. Matsik), International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 12, 821-872, (2003).

“The Effects of Light-Heavy Hole Transitions on the Cutoff Wavelengths of Far Infrared Detectors”( A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, M. B. M. Rinzan, A. Weerasekara, M. Alevli, H. C. Liu, M. Buchanan, B. Zvonkov and V. Gavrilenko.), Infrared Physic & Technology, 44, 347-353, (2003).

“Resonant Cavity Enhancemnet in GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction Terahertz Detectors” ( D. G. Easev, S. G. Matsik, M. B. M. Rinzan, A. G. U. Perera, H. C. Liu, and M. Buchanan), J. Appl. Phys, 93, 1879-1883, (2003).

“Cutoff Tailorability of Heterojunction Terahertz Detectors”, ( S. G. Matsik, M. B. M. Rinzan, A. G. U. Perera, H. C. Liu, Z. R. Wasilewski, and M. Buchanan), Applied Physics Letters, 82, 139-141, (2003).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

OTHER PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS

Session Chair –

Focus Session: Y36: Artificial Neurons,APS March Meeting, New Orleans,
Mar 14 2008 (Accepted)  

Session IV-3 (Application of Thin Films), 28^th September 2007, 6^th International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, Shanghai, China.

Session III: Nitrides-epitaxy, ICSSC -5 & PCCG-8 Conference, May 20-24, 2007, Zakopane, Poland.

Session 9: Quantum Sensing and Nano Photonics Devices: Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays III, SPIE, San Jose, CA, 24 Jan 2007.

Session WedB4: Novel Devices and components (Nano and Quantum devices, Photonic crystals): IRMMW-THz2006, Shanghai, China, Sept 18-22, 2006

Session R17: APS March meeting, March 13–17, 2006; Baltimore, MD

Session (Novel Directions): QWIP 2004 workshop, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, August 8-13, 2004.

Editor- “Proceedings of the Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors – 2006”, Elsevier, Infrared Physics & Technology, 50 ii-iii ISSN: 1350-4495 (2007)

Volume Co-Editor - Academic Press “Handbook of Thin Film Devices, Vol 2, Semiconductor Optical and Electro-Optical Devices”, ISBN: 0-12-559760-7, 2000.

Volume Co-Editor - Academic Press “Thin Films: Frontiers of Thin Film Technology”, Vol 28, ISBN 0-12-533028-6, 2000.

Panel Member: Nanoscale Exploratory Research Teams (NER) for the Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems (ANN) solicitation, Evaluated 40 proposals from various Universities, NSF, Feb 22-23, 2007

Panel Member : Sensor and Sensor Network SST Panel, within the ECS division, NSF, evaluated 26 proposals from various Universities, May 19-20, 2005

Panel Member : SBIR/STTR Phase I, Terahertz Detectors Panel, NSF, evaluated 7 proposals from various small business and University partnerships, September 7, 2004

Panel Member: Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies Program (EPDT) within the ECS Division, Evaluated 20 proposals from various Universities, NSF, June 9-10, 2003

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEES

1. Name, rank, academic discipline, institutions attended, degrees earned

B.S. in Mathematics, 1983, Lanzhou University, China,

Diploma in French, 1985, Sichuan Institute of Foreign Language, China,

M.S. in Statistics, 1992, Sichuan University, China,

Ph.D. in Statistics, 1999, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics, 1999-2000, University of Victoria, Canada, Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics, January 2001-July 2001, Indiana University School of Medicine

2. Teaching load 4 courses/yr:

Biostatistics

Survival Analysis

Applied Nonparametric Methods

Statistical Theory

Sample Surveys

Mathematical Statistics

Elementary Statistics
3. Scholarship and publication record for past five years;

Funding:

2006 PI (NIH subcontract). Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine. $9,165. (PI. Andrew Zhou, University of Washington, Seattle. R01 EB005829-01A2. $685,691)

2005-2007 Advisor of a B&B fellow. Brain & Behavior Program. GSU. $22,000

PI. Empirical likelihood Based Interval Estimation for ROC Curves. GSU Research Initiation Program. $8,500

2005 IMS travel grant. The Joint Statistical Meeting of CSPS/IMS, Beijing, China, July 9-12, 2005
2003 Full travel and accommodation support from NIH grant R01 AHRQ/NIH, Regression Analysis of Health Care Costs, 09/30/2002 – 09/30/2006, $476,000 (PI: Andrew Zhou, University of Washington, Seattle)
1996-1998 PI. Some Problems in Censored Regression Models. Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. $33,000.
Co-PI. The Theory of Estimation for Non-parametric Distribution and Applied Software. Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publications:

Qin, G.S. and Tsao, M. (2002). Empirical likelihood ratio confidence interval for the trimmed mean. Communication in Statistics, Theory and Methods, 31:2197-2208

Qin, G.S. and Tsao, M. (2003). Empirical likelihood inference for median regression models of censored survival data. J Multi Anal, 85:416-430

Qin, G.S. and Jing, B.-Y. (2003). Edgeworth expansion in censored linear regression model. Ann Inst Stat Math, 55:597-617

Zhou, X.H., Tsao, M., and Qin, G.S. (2004). New intervals for the difference between two independent binomial proportions. J Statist Plan Infer 123, 97-115

Hermers, R., Jing, B.-Y., Qin, G.S. and Zhou, W. (2004). Saddlepoint approximations to the trimmed mean. Bernoulli 10, 465-501

Qin, G.S., Tsao, M., and Hsu, Y.-S. (2004). Empirical likelihood ratio confidence interval for the Winsorized mean. Advances and Applications in Statistics 4, 167-180.

Zhou, X.H. and Qin, G.S. (2005). A new confidence interval for the difference between two binomial proportions of paired data. J Statist Plan Infer 128, 527-542.

Zhou, X.H. and Qin, G.S. (2005). Improved confidence intervals for the sensitivity at a fixed level of specificity of a continuous-scale diagnostic test. Statistics in Medicine 24, 465-477.

Qin, G.S., Tsao, M. (2005). Empirical likelihood based inference for the derivative of the nonparametric regression function. Bernoulli 11, 715-735.

Qin, G.S., and Zhou, X.H. (2006). Empirical likelihood inference for the area under the ROC curve. Biometrics 62, 613-622.

Zhao, Y.C., and Qin, G.S. (2006). Inference for the mean residual life function via empirical likelihood. Communication in Statistics, Theory and Methods 35, 1025-1036.

Zhou, X.H., Qin, G.S., Lin, H.Z. and Li, G. (2006). Inferences in censored cost regression models with empirical likelihood. Statistica Sinica 16, 1213-1232.

Qin, G.S., Hsu, Y.-S., and Zhou, X.H. (2006). New confidence intervals for the difference between two sensitivities at a fixed level of specificity. Statistics in Medicine 25, 3487-3502.

Zhou, X.H., Qin, G.S., and Maciejewski, M.L. (2006). Estimating the VA inpatient care cost using a semi-parametric heteroscedastic two-part model. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 6, 69-80.

Zhou, X.H. and Qin, G.S. (2007). A supplement to “A New Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Two Binomial Proportions of Paired Data". J Statist Plan Infer 137, 357-358.

Qin, G.S. and Zhao, Y.C. (2007). Empirical likelihood inference for the mean residual life under random censorship. Statistics & Probability Letter 77, 549-557.

Zhao, Y.C. and Qin, G.S. (2007). Simultaneous confidence band for a linear functional of cumulative hazard function via empirical likelihood. Communication in Statistics, Theory and Methods 36, 313-327.

1. Name, rank, academic discipline, institutions attended, degrees earned

Free University Berlin, Germany  B.S.             1978                     Biology

2. Teaching load 3-4 courses/yr:

Biol 4094/6094 Developmental Neuroscience

Biol 4102/6102 Fundamentals of Neurobiology

Biol 8010 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Biol 8110

Biol 8550 Introduction to Graduate Studies
3-4 classroom courses/year
3. Scholarship and publications

Extramural funding:
2004-2008       NSF (Developmental Neuroscience)  #0343096 "Nitric oxide as an inter- and intracellular messenger in growth cones". $125,000/year  (total cost)
2003-2004       NIH (NINDS) R29 NS33697-05S1, (PI, Rehder), 'Second messenger regulation of growth cone filopodia'. $30,000 (total cost); no cost extension
1996-2002       NIH (NINDS) First Award (R29 NS33697), (PI, Rehder),'Second messenger regulation of growth cone filopodia'. Awarded 7-96; Total costs: $558,241.

Intramural funding:
2004 Faculty Support Program Award FY04; $25,000; Title: "Second Messenger Regulation Of Growth Cone Filopodia".  (July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004)
2005            Brains and Behavior seed grant: Rehder (P.I.), Dietz and Unil Perera (Co-P.I.s). Title: "Assessment of the effect of terahertz radiation on brain development and brain function." Total amount awarded: $30,000.
2005            Brains and Behavior seed grant: Jenny Yang (P.I.), Vincent Rehder (Co P.I.) Title: "Development of Ca2+ Sensors to Monitor Ca2+ Signaling in Mitochondria of Neurons." Total amount awarded: $23,650.
2005            Brains and Behavior seed grant: Michael Weeks (P.I.), Vincent Rehder (Co P.I.);Title: "Neurite Measurement Using Wavelet Image Processing." Total amount awarded: $15,000.
2005 GSU Research Program Enhancement FY 06. Project title: Neurobiology and Behavior.  Dr. Don Edward (PI), Drs. Albers, Bartness, Carruth, Derby, Frantz, Grober, Murphy, Pallas, Rehder, Walthall (Co-PIs.). Total amount awarded: $132,000
2006 Brains and Behavior seed grant: Jenny Yang (P.I.), Vincent Rehder (Co P.I.) Title: Development of Ca2+ Sensors to Monitor Ca2+ Signaling in Mitochondria of Neurons. Total amount awarded: $23,650. (11/05-10/06)
2007            Brains and Behavior seed grant: Vincent Rehder (P.I.), Deborah Baro (Co P.I.) Title: Development of molecular biological tools to study the role of nitric oxide (NO) on growth cone motility. Total amount awarded: $20,543. (1/07-11/07)

Publications 2003-present:

Zou J, Hofer A, Lurtz M, Gadda G, Ellis A, Chen N, Huang Y, Holder A, Ye Y,  Louis C, Welshhans K, Rehder V, Yang J (2007) "Developing sensors for real time measurement of high Ca2+ concentrations". Biochemistry 46:12275-12288

Welshhans K, Rehder V.  (2007) Nitric oxide regulates growth cone filopodial dynamics via ryanodine receptor-mediated calcium release. Eur J Neurosci 26:1537-1547

Brannock E, Weeks M., Rehder V. (2006) Detecting filopodia with wavelets (ISCAS Meeting, May 21-24, Kos, Greece) IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 4046 - 4049

Tornieri K, Welshhans K, Geddis MS Rehder V. (2006) The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway controls neurite outgrowth and growth cone motility. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 63:173-192

Welshhans K, Rehder V. (2005) Local application of nitric oxide regulates the length of growth cone filopodia via the sGC/PKG pathway. Eur J Neurosci 22:3006-3016

Zou J, Ye Y, Welshhans K, Lurtz M, Ellis AL, Louis C, Rehder V, Yang JJ. (2005) Expression and optical properties of green fluorescent protein expressed in different cellular environments. J Biotechnol. 119:368-378

Clark MC, Dever TE, Dever JJ, Xu P, Rehder V, Sosa MA, Baro DJ. (2004) Arthropod 5-HT2 receptors: A neurohormonal receptor in Decapod crustaceans that displays agonist independent activity resulting from an evolutionary alteration of the DRY motif. J. Neurosci. 24:3421-3435

Trimm K, Rehder V. (2004) Nitric oxide acts as a slow-down and search signal in developing neurites. Eur. J Neurosci. 19:809-818

Geddis M, Giesecke A, and Rehder V (2004) PLA2 and secondary metabolites of arachidonic acid control filopodial behavior in neuronal growth cones. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 57:53-67

Geddis M, Rehder V. (2003a) The phosphorylation state of neuronal processes determines growth cone formation after neuronal injury. J Neurosci Res. 74:210-220

Geddis, M, Rehder V. (2003b) Initial stages of neuronal regeneration in Helisoma trivolvis are dependent on PLA2 activity. J. Neurobiol. 54:555-565

4. Professional activity