University of New England

Geoffrey Ganter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
(207) 602-2225
gganter@une.edu

Website

Education

B.S. - Biology, 1989
          Atlantic Union College

Ph.D. - Biology, 1997
            Boston College

Post-Doc - Neurobiology
                  Harvard Medical School

Courses

BIO100    Biology I

BIO101    Biology II

BIO180H  Biology Honors

BIO370    Cell and Molecular Biology

Research Interests

Steroid hormone signaling in fruit fly social behavior

Selected Publications

Heinrich R, Ganter G (2007) Nitric oxide/cyclic GMP signaling and insect behavior, Advances in Experimental Biology 1: Nitric Oxide.

Ganter G, Walton K, Merriman J, Salmon M, Brooks K, Maddulla S, Kravitz E (2007) Increased male-male courtship in ecdysone receptor deficient adult flies, Behavior Genetics 37(3): 507-512.

Wenzel B, Kunst M, Günther C, Ganter G, Lakes-Harlan R, Elsner N, Heinrich R (2005) Modulation of grasshopper acoustic communication behavior by the nitric oxide / cyclic GMP signaling pathway in central brain neuropils, Journal of Comparative Neurology 488: 129-139.

Schneider H, Baro DJ, Bailey D, Ganter G, Harris-Warrick RM, Kravitz EA (2000) Patterns of gene expression in single identified neurons of the American lobster, Homarus americanus,  Receptors and Channels 7(1): 53-64.

Ganter G, Heinrich R, Bunge R, Kravitz EA (1999) Long-term culture of lobster central ganglia: Expression of foreign genes in identified neurons,  Biological Bulletin 197: 40-48.