| Breanna N Harris |
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| Visiting Assistant Professor of
Biology |
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| Email: |
bharris@kecksci.claremont.edu |
| Office: |
Center Court F9 |
| Phone: |
909-607-9496 |
| Office Hours: |
Tuesday 9:30-11 AM and Wednesday 9-10:30 AM |
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| Educational Background: |
B.S., Ohio University (Marine Biology with Spanish and Chemistry minors; 2001-2005)
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside (Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology; 2007-2012; Advisor: Dr. Wendy Saltzman)
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| Courses Taught: |
Fall:
Bio 43 lab
Wednesday 1:15-5:15 Rm 126
Thursday 1:15-5:15 Rm 126
Spring:
Vertebrate Physiology (lecture and lab)
Lecture: M&W 12-1:10 PM Burns Lecture Hall
Lab: M,T,W 1:15-5:15 PM Keck B35
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| Research Interests: |
I am broadly interested in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and how it functions in both basal and post-stress scenarios. My dissertation research investigated the bi-directional interaction between the HPA axis and reproduction in the monogamous, biparental California mouse ( Peromyscus californicus ). More specifically, I addressed how stress (and glucocorticoids - the major hormonal end products of HPA activation) can affect paternal behavior, and in turn, how paternal status can alter HPA activity (both basally and in response to stressors).
In terms of future research, in addition to the topics above I am very interested in examining the heritability and repeatability of glucocorticoid hormone levels. Additionally, I would like to investigate basal regulation and functioning of glucocorticoids, and determine how those factors relate to life-history trade-offs. Ideally, work would include research on glucocorticoid receptor numbers, activation, and downstream intracellular processes, glucocorticoid carrier protein function, and the importance of timing (as it relates to the circadian dynamics of endogenous glucocorticoid release) in post-stress glucocorticoid elevation.
Keywords: stress, glucocorticoids, behavior, reproduction, life history trade-offs, corticosterone, cortisol
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| Thesis Topics: |
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The Production of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Murine Target7 by Tara McIntyre (CMC), Fall 2012. |
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| Selected Publications List: Click
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de Jong TR, Harris BN , Perea-Rodriguez JP, Saltzman W
. (in press). Physiological and neuroendocrine responses to chronic variable stress in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus):influence of social environment and paternal state. Psychoneuroendocrinology
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Harris BN, Saltzman W
. (2013). Effects of aging on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and reactivity in virgin male and female California mice (Peromyscus californicus). General and Comparative Endocrinology
186: 41-49.
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Harris BN , Saltzman W
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112-113: 70-76.
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Harris BN, Saltzman W, de Jong TR, Milnes MR
. (2012). HPA function in the California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus): Changes in baseline activity, reactivity, and fecal excretion of corticosterone across the diurnal cycle. General and Comparative Endocrinology
179: 436-450.
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Dlugosz EM, Harris BN, Saltzman W, Chappell MA
. (2012). Glucocorticoids, aerobic physiology, and locomotor behavior in California Mice. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
85: 671-683.
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de Jong TR, Korosi A, Harris BN , Perea-Rodriguez JP, Saltzman W
. (2012). Individual variation in paternal responses of virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus): behavioral and physiological correlates. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
85: 740-751.
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Harris BN, Perea-Rodriguez JP, Saltzman W
. (2011). Acute effects of corticosterone injection on paternal behavior in California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) fathers. Hormones and Behavior
60: 666-675.
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Blumstein DT et al. (see abstract for full list)
. (2010). Towards an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
4: 1-9.
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Dowd WW, Harris BN, Cech Jr JJ, Kultz D
. (2010). Proteomic and physiological responses of leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata to salinity change. Journal of Experimental Biology
213: 210-224.
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de Jong TR, Measor KR, Chauke M, Harris BN, Saltzman W
. (2010). Brief pup exposure induces Fos expression in the lateral habenula and serotonergic caudal dorsal raphe nucleus of paternally experienced male California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Neuroscience
169: 1094-1104.
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de Jong TR, Chauke M, Harris BN, Saltzman W
. (2009). From here to paternity: Neural correlates of the onset of paternal behavior in California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior
56: 220-231.
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Harris BN, Sulkin S
. (2005). Significance of feeding to the development of postlarval megalopae in the free-living crabs Lophopanopeus bellus and commensal crab Fabia subquadrata. Marine Ecology Progress Series
291: 169-175.
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