Charles A. Lessman
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
The University of Memphis
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Charles A. Lessman joined the Faculty in 1988 as an associate professor and in 1993 he was promoted to the rank of professor. Dr. Lessman received his Ph.D. from the Department of Genetics & Cell Biology at the University of Minnesota. He was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Population Dynamics, at the Johns Hopkins University. He served as an assistant then associate Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada and currently is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Memphis. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Iowa, the Vanderbilt University and at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dr. Lessman's research focus is on reproductive and developmental biology and he has employed a number of different model organisms but most recently has used zebrafish. He teaches Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Cell Physiology, Vertebrate Cell Culture and offers Undergraduate and Graduate research projects on zebrafish genetics, reproduction and development.
Research Interest
Reproduction in vertebrates, especially time-course of gonad dynamics in individual transparent Casper zebrafish, Effect of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) on puberty and reproduction of zebrafish, Centrosome and microtubule dynamics in the oocyte-egg transition, Identification, screening and mapping of motility mutants in zebrafish.
Publications
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Ethan A. Carver, Michael R. Taylor, Lauren Milleville, and Charles A. Lessman (2014) "The zebrafish dead elvis (DEL) mutant encodes titinA." In: Zebrafish: Topics in Reproduction, Toxicology and Development. Eds: Lessman, C. A. and Carver, E. A. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., N.Y. ISBN: 978-1-63117-569-5 (eBook); 978-1-63117-558-9 (hardcopy). Chapter 8, p. 155-177.
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Ethan A. Carver, Michael R. Taylor, Linda Sircy, and Charles A. Lessman (2014) "Localization of the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter gene (slc12a2) protein products during zebrafish embryogenesis and myogenesis and a screen for additional antibodies to study zebrafish myogenesis." In: Zebrafish: Topics in Reproduction, Toxicology and Development. Eds:. Lessman, C. A. and Carver, E. A Nova Science Publishers, Inc., N.Y. ISBN: 978-1-63117-569-5 (eBook); 978-1-63117-558-9 (hardcopy). Chapter 7, p. 135-154.
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Charles A. Lessman (2014) "Fecundity and spawning frequency in wild-type zebrafish mated pairs: A long-term, longitudinal study." In: Zebrafish: Topics in Reproduction, Toxicology and Development. Eds: Lessman, C. A. and Carver, E. A. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., N.Y. ISBN: 978-1-63117-569-5 (eBook); 978-1-63117-558-9 (hardcopy). Chapter 6, p. 123-131.
