Mary E. Desmond, Ph. D
Professor of Biology
http://www.homepage.villanova.edu/mary.desmond

Research interests:

 

Department of Biology
120C Mendel Science Center
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085
Phone: 610-519-4829
Fax: 610-519-7863
Email: mary.desmond@villanova.edu

Teaching interests:
  • Developmental biology
  • Histology
  • Interdiciplinary topics:
    • Bioethics and science of stem cells
    • Ethics of scientific research
    • Sexual differentiation
    • Gender and science
   

Fig A: Brain expansion over 20 hrs in chick
Fig B: Occluded (left side) and non-occluded
           neural tubes (right side)
Fig C: Otx expression in E 10 mouse embryo
Fig D: Intr-luminal brain pressure in embryo

 

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