UC Davis Genome Center
 
Dietmar Kueltz
Associate Professor of Physiological Genomics
Animal Science
2207 Meyer Hall
Office 530-752-2991
Lab 530-752-7322
dkueltz@ucdavis.edu
http://kueltzlab.ucdavis.edu
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Proteomics and physiological genomics of environmental stress adaptation in fishes and Daphnia; Evolution of environmental stress tolerance and phenotypic plasticity; Osmosensory stress signaling in animal cells.

Degrees:
1992 - PhD - University of Rostock, Germany - Animal Physiology

Awards:
1997 NIH Fellows Award of Research Excellence
1998 Hoechst Marion Roussell Award for Excellence in Renal Research

Department and Center Affiliations:
NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Genome Center
NIEHS Superfund Program
Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Biology

Professional Societies:
American Society for Cell Biology
American Physiological Society
Proteome Society
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Genetics
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Animal Biology, Ecology

Publications:
http://kueltzlab.ucdavis.edu/Publications.cfm

Research Interests:
Evolution of environmental stress-tolerance at the cellular level and in aquatic animals (in particular evolution of osmotic stress tolerance and euryhalinity)
http://kueltzlab.ucdavis.edu/Projects.cfm

Environmental physiology and genomics of fishes

Environmental physiology and genomics of Daphnia

Molecular adaptations of mammalian kidney cells to osmotic stress

Laboratory Personnel:
Kueltz Lab/ 1327 Meyer Hall
http://kueltzlab.ucdavis.edu/Members.cfm

Field Sites:
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
http://www.mdibl.org

Hopkins Marine Station
http://www-marine.stanford.edu/

Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory
http://www-bml.ucdavis.edu/

Teaching Interests:


Stress Physiology

Environmental Physiology of Aquatic Animals

Evolution of Environmental Adaptations

Courses Taught:
ANG 111 Molecular Genetics Lab - Term(s): Winter
ABI 50A Animal Biology Lab - Term(s): Fall
MCP 255 Stress Physiology - Term(s): Spring
ABG 255 Stress Physiology - Term(s): Spring
ANS 18 Biology of Aquatic Animals - Term(s): Fall