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Alan N. Mayer, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology         

Titles: Assistant professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) and Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Cornell University Medical College, New York, 1995; doctorate, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Science, New York, 1995; residency, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1995-1997; fellowship, combined program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology. 

Honors: Biomedical Fellow of the Cornell Tri‑Institutional MD/PhD Program, 1987; Vincent DuVigneaud Award of Excellence, Cornell University Medical College, 1994; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post‑doctoral Fellowship, 1997; AGA Scientific Skills Session Travel Award, 2001; Child Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation–Young Investigator Development Award, 2004.

Research interests: Organogenesis of the digestive tract, embryology, zebrafish development, epithelial morphogenesis, cell differentiation, genetic mechanisms of growth control, RNA binding proteins and ribosome biogenesis.

Representative publications:

  • Mayer AN, Fishman MC. Nilper Os Encodes a Conserved RNA Recognition Motif Protein Required for Morphogenesis and Cytodifferentiation of Digestive Organs in Zebrafish. Development. 2003, 130: 3917‑3928.
  • Mayer AN, Barany F. Interaction of TaqI Endonuclease with the DNA Phosphate Backbone: Effects of Stereospecific Phosphate Methylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1994, 269(18):29067-­76.
  • Mayer A N, Barany F. Photoaffinity Cross‑Linking of TaqI Restriction Endonuclease Using an Aryl Azide Linked to the Phosphate Backbone. Gene. 1995, 153(l):1‑8.

Current grants:

  • Developmental Genetics of Gut and Pancreas in Zebrafish (K08 DK02968-03), National Institutes of Health/NIDDK, principal investigator.
  • NPO Gene Function in Mammalian Intestine (R03 DK067176-01), National Institutes of Health/NIDDK, principal investigator.
  • Positional Cloning of the Leadbelly Mutation from Zebrafish, Digestive Disease Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, principal investigator.
  • Biochemical Mechanism of Nil per os (npo), a Novel RNA0binding Protein Required for Intestinal Development, Child Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation, principal investigator.

Contact information: 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. Phone: (414) 456-5894. E-mail: alanmayer@mac.com.