Texas Christian University
Biology Department
2800 S. University Drive
P.O. Box 298930
Fort Worth, Texas 76129 U.S.A.
Office (817) 257-6173

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
B.S. 1989 Zoology. University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.S. 1993 Marine Biology. University of Charleston, SC (Shrimp reproduction)
Ph.D. 1998 Zoology. Louisiana State University. (Zebra Mussel fertilization)

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS
1998-2003 National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology,
Univ. of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. (Chlamydomonas fertilization)

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Misamore MJ, KK Stein, JW Lynn (2006, in press). Sperm incorporation and pronuclear development during fertilization in the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha. Molecular Reproduction and Development.

Misamore, MJ and WJ Snell (2003). The Chlamydomonas Fus1 protein is present on the mating type plus fusion organelle and required for a critical membrane adhesion event during fusion with minus gametes. Molecular Biology of the Cell 14:2530-42.

Pan J, MJ Misamore, Q Wang, and WJ Snell (2003). Protein transport and signal transduction during fertilization in Chlamydomonas. Traffic 4:452-9.

Misamore MJ and JW Lynn (2000). Role of the cytoskeleton in sperm entry during fertilization in the freshwater bivalve Dreissena polymorpha. Biological Bulletin 199:144-156.

Misamore, MJ and CL Browdy (1997). Evaluating hybridization potential between Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus vannamei through natural mating, artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization. Aquaculture 150:1-10.

Misamore, MJ, H Silverman, and JW Lynn (1996). Analysis of fertilization and polyspermy in serotonin-spawned eggs of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. Molecular Reproduction and Development 43:205-216.

Misamore, M.J. and CL Browdy (1996). Mating behavior in the white shrimps Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus vannamei: Generalized model for Penaeus mating. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16:61-70.

Wang, Q, MJ Misamore, CQ Jiang, and CL Browdy (1995). Egg water induced reaction and biostain assay of sperm from marine shrimp Penaeus vannamei: dietary effects on sperm quality. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 26:261-271.

BOOK REVIEWS
1997 Campbell, N. Biology, 5th Edition. Units 3,4.
Benjamin/Cummings Publishing, Menlo Park, CA.

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
Yanjie Liu, Michael J. Misamore, William J. Snell. Properties of the Chlamydomonas mt+ gamete cell fusion protein, Fus1. Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization. 2006.

Liu, Y., M.J. Misamore, and W.J. Snell. “Fus1 protein is involved directly in the gametes fusion process in Chlamydomonas reinhardti.” American Society for Cell Biology, Washington, D.C. 2004.

Misamore, M.J., and W.J. Snell. “Chlamydomonas fertilization - FUS1, the putative adhesion protein.” American Society for Cell Biology, Washington, D.C. 2001.

Misamore, M.J., and W.J. Snell. “Mating Structure Adhesion/Fusion in Chlamydomonas.” Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization, Holderness, NH. 2001.

Misamore, M.J., and W.J. Snell. Assaying Adhesion/Fusion of Mating Structures During Fertilization in Chlamydomonas. Ninth International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. 2000.

Misamore, M., and J.W. Lynn. Post binding Events: Incorporation of sperm into Dreissena polymorpha eggs is a two step process. Second International Symposium on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Egg- and Embryo-Coats, Sapporo, Japan. 1997.

Misamore, M.J., J.R. Arnold, and J.W. Lynn. Involvement of microtubules and microfilaments in critical events of fertilization in the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha. American Society of Cell Biology, Washington D.C. 1995. Molecular Biology of the Cell 6:432a.

Misamore, M., and C.L. Browdy. Evaluation of the potential for hybridization between two litopenaeid species, Penaeus vannamei and Penaeus setiferus. World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LA. 1994.

EXTERNAL GRANTS RECEIVED
Individual National Research Service Award, National Institute of Health, “Cell-Cell Adhesion and fusion in Chlamydomonas.” July 2000 to 2002.

McDaniel Fellowship for Outstanding Effort and Achievement, Dept. of Zoology, Louisiana State University. 1997.

Slocum-Lunz Foundation. “A comparative study of mating behavior and the potential for hybridization of two marine shrimp, Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus vannamei.”1992 - 1993.

Sigma-Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. “The potential for hybridization between two commercially important marine shrimp, Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus vannamei.”1992 - 1993.

South Carolina Sea Grant, Research Abroad Grant, Bodega Marine Laboratory, CA, Univ. of California-Davis, 1992.

INTERNAL GRANTS RECEIVED
TCU RCAF, $3,000, “Genomic screening for fertilization molecules in Chlamydomonas.”

TCU RCAF, $3,500, “The role of microvilli in Chlamydomonas fertilization.” 2004.

TCU RCAF, $2,500, “Cell-Cell Interactions during fertilization in Chlamydomonas.” 2003.

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED
Jenny Szopinski (current)
Lindsey Fallis (current)
Kevyn Kendro (current)