Thomas Mast

Research Experience

• Laboratory Assistant 1999- 2001 P.I. Henry Zot
• Graduate Student 2001- 2003 P.I. Edwin Griff
• Sr. Research Assistant 2003- 2005 P.I. Thomas Doetschman

Poster Presentations

• Zot HG, Mast T, Pastula J, Atkins S, Liggit P, Greco T, (2000), Transduction of peptides into Chlamydomonas, Presented at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), San Francisco, CA.
• Nica R, Mast T, Griff ER, (2002) Spontaneous actity of mitral cells in the rat and mouse, Presented at the Association for Chemorecption Sciences (AChemS), Sarasota, FL.
• Mast T, Griff ER, (2003), In vivo preparation for recording antidromically identified mitral cells in the anesthetized mouse, Presented at AChemS, Sarasota, FL.
• Mast T, Sklenka A, Hassett D, Doetschman T, (2005), Identification of the microflora in the TGF?-/- mouse colon cancer model, Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Atlanta, GA.

Publications

• Qian Y, Baisden JM, Cherezova L, Summy JM, Guappone-Koay A, Shi XL, Mast T, Pustula J, Zot HG, Mazloum N, Lee MY, Flynn DC, (2002), PKC phosphorylation increases the ability of AFAP-110 to cross-link actin filaments, Molecular Biology of the Cell 13 (7): 2311- 2322.
• Mast T, Griff ER, (2005), In vivo preparation and identification of mitral cells in the main olfactory bulb of the mouse, Brain Research Protocols 15 (2): 105-113.

Awards/ Funding

• Meta Hellwig Special Study Award, Eastern Michigan University, 1999
• Graduate Assistanship, University of Cincinnati, 2001- 2003
• Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, 2002
• Weimann Summer Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 2003
• FSU Neuroscience Fellowship, Florida State University, 2005-2006

Other Interests

reading, Cleveland pro sports, baseball, sailboats

Publications

• Marks DR, Tucker K, Cavallin MA, Mast TG, Fadool DA. Awake intranasal insulin delivery modifies protein complexes and alters memory, anxiety, and olfactory behaviors. J Neurosci. 29(20):6734-51. (2009) PDF | Abstract
• Biju KC, Mast TG, Fadool DA. Olfactory sensory deprivation increases the number of proBDNF-immunoreactive mitral cells in the olfactory bulb of mice. Neurosci Lett. 447(1):42-7. (2008) PDF | Abstract
• Biju KC, Marks DR, Mast TG, Fadool DA. Deletion of voltage-gated channel affects glomerular refinement and odor receptor expression in the olfactory system. J Comp Neurol. 506: 161-179. (2008) PDF | Abstract