Primary Investigator
John Eme, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
California State University San Marcos
333 South Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92096 USA
email: jeme [at] csusm [dot] edu
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Curriculum Vitae
​Our lab explores comparative vertebrate physiology, including developmental biology, fish thermal biology and the cardiovascular system. We are interested in the biology of fish and reptiles, including Crocodilians, equatorial tropical fishes, fishes in southern California, embryonic reptilian cardiovascular systems, and freshwater fishes. Check out the news items, below, for some recent information on what we're up to!

News

• Fish Physiology Lab (BIOL 423L) enjoyed a day on the water from Oceanside Harbor, check out the slideshow below.
• Congratulations to Cassidy Cooper for being accepted into the competitive CMSI-COAST Scholar Program! Cassidy will spend time up at UC Davis this summer learning about fisheries.
• New paper in Journal of Experimental Zoology A. This paper includes 6 undergraduate co-authors from CSUSM. Congratulations to each of them!
  • Eme J, Cooper CJ, Alvo A, Vasquez J, Muhtaseb S, Rayman S, Schmoyer T, Elsey RM (2019) Scaling of major organs in hatchling female American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Zoology A, 331, 38-51
• New paper in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A.
  • ​Eme J, Mueller CA, Lee AH, Melendez C, Manzon RG, Somers CM, Boreham DR, Wilson JY (2018) Daily, repeating fluctuations in embryonic incubation temperature alter metabolism and growth of Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A,  226, 49-56
• Congratulations to Cassidy Cooper for being awarded a Summer Scholarship for 2018! Cassidy investigated thermal and metabolic responses of fish, and won a $500 Travel Award for her poster presentation.
• Members of the lab attended the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego in April 2018. Cassidy presented a poster in the Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology section.​
• New paper in Journal of Comparative Physiology B. Casey Mueller is an Assistant Professor at CSUSM. Congratulations, Casey!
  • ​Mueller CA, Eme J, Tate KB, Crossley II DA (2018) Chronic captopril treatment reveals the role of ANG II in cardiovascular function of embryonic American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 188, 657-669

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Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego in April 2018.

Cover of PBZ!

Local Canadian Newspaper Report on Whitefish Research