Gehnrich and Williams Present Papers at the 2000 Meeting of the Society of Comparative and Integrative Biologists

SALISBURY, MD---Two Salisbury State University faculty members from the Department of Biological Sciences in the Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology recently presented the results of their research at the 2000 meeting of the Society of Comparative and Integrative Biologists.

The annual meeting, held in Atlanta, GA, serves as a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge scientific research and the latest in science education.

Dr. Stephen C. Gehnrich presented his work "Carbonic Anhydrase Gene Expression in the Gills of the Shore Crab During Acclimation to Low Salinity." The work, co-authored with colleagues from the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, ME, describes how shore crabs are able to regulate the ionic composition of their body tissues when they find themselves exposed to fresh water.

Dr. E. Eugene Williams presented the paper "Membrane Curvature and Cholesterol Content Alter the Transbilayer Distribution of Specific Molecular Species of Phosphatidylethanolamine in Phospholipid Membranes" with co- authors from Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianpolis. The paper described how cholesterol influences the structure of membranes of animal cells.