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Dr. Maria Serrat
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and
Pathology
Education
B.A. 1999, Anthropology, Miami University, Ohio
M.A. 2002, Anthropology, Kent State University
Ph.D. 2007, Biological Anthropology, Kent State
Research
Dr.
Serrat
is interested in the evolution and plasticity of the
mammalian postcranial skeleton (below the head). Her
current work investigates environmental inputs on
bone elongation, specifically the facilitative
and/or inhibitory roles of temperature and physical
activity on limb lengthening. Her research has
relevance for understanding and treating human bone
growth disorders.
Teaching
Dr. Serrat teaches Gross Anatomy and Embryology at
the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. She
previously taught gross anatomy at the Northeastern
Ohio Universities College of Medicine, as well as
Human Evolution and Biostatistics at Kent State
University. Dr. Serrat’s training in biological
anthropology affords her a unique position at the
crossroads of several exciting scientific fields.
She looks forward to graduate education and
mentoring at Marshall.
Background
Dr. Serrat spent the last
two years as a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell
University College of Veterinary Medicine. There she
used in vivo multiphoton imaging to measure
nutrient delivery to cartilage plates of limb bones
to assess whether there is a physiological route by
which temperature and physical activity impact the
growing skeleton. Her research at Marshall will
incorporate genomic screens using in vitro
methods to reveal how these environmental variables
effect changes at physiochemical and molecular
levels. While at Cornell, she participated in
veterinary gross anatomy dissections and mentored
several undergraduates. She has seven peer-reviewed
publications in diverse biology journals.
Dr. Serrat is a member of the American Physiological
Society, American Association of Anatomists,
International Society of Vertebrate Morphology,
Sigma Xi, and Association for Women in Science.
Contact Info
telephone: (304) 696-7392
email:
serrat@marshall.edu
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