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Priester C., Morton L.C., Kinsey S.T., Watanabe W.O., Dillaman R.M. 2011. Growth patterns and nuclear distribution
in white muscle fibers from black sea bass, Centropristis striata: evidence for the influence of diffusion. Journal of
Experimental Biology. 214, 1230-1239.

Hancock, A., Priester, C., Kidder, E., Keith, J.R. 2009. Does 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine (BrdU) disrupt cell
proliferation and neuronal maturation in the adult rat hippocampus in vivo? Behavioural Brain Research. 199,
218-221.

Keith, J.R., Priester, C., Ferguson, M., Salling, M., Hancock, A. 2008. Persistent increases in the pool of
doublecortin-expressing neurons in the hippocampus following spatial navigation training. Behavioural Brain
Research. 188, 391-397.

RECENT ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Priester, C., Cornelissen, A., Kinsey, S.T., Dillaman, R.M. 2012. Nuclear distribution in skeletal muscle of selected
members of Chondrichthyes. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Priester, C., Kinsey, S.T., Dillaman, R.M. 2011. Nuclear distribution in skeletal muscle of selected members of
Elasmobranchs. Poster presentation at the regional Microscopy Meeting - ArEMs, Boone, North Carolina, USA.

Priester, C., Braude, J.P., Kinsey, S.T., Watanabe, W.O., Dillaman, R.M. 2011. Change in orientation of the
myofibrils and cytoskeleton in white muscle fibers of large black sea bass, Centropristis striata. Poster
presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA. Best Student Poster Award

Priester, C., Morton, L.C., Kinsey, S.T., Watanabe, W.O., Dillaman, R.M. 2010. Distribution of nuclei in white
muscle fibers of juvenile and adult black sea bass, Centropristis striata. Poster presentation at the annual meeting
of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.

GRANTS

Fall 2014 ETEAL funded initiative. $ 870.00

HONORS, AWARDS, PROFESSONAL SERVICE

2014: Faculty Senate – Senator for Biology and Marine Biology

2014: Panelist on CTE/ETEAL forum for new faculty (ETEAL 101).

2014: Summer School Committee, Transfer advising, Majors Fair

2013: Seminar Committee, Transfer advising, Seahawk Saturday, Majors Fair, Pre-Health Fair

2012: Seminar Committee

2012: UNCW Graduate School Travel Award ($400) and Biology GSA Travel Award ($100)

2011: Best Student Poster Presentation at the annual meeting for the Soc. for Integrative and

Comparative Biol. ($100)

2011: UNCW Graduate School Travel Award ($400) and Biology GSA Travel Award ($100)

2010: UNCW Biology and Marine Biology annual Teaching Assistant Award ($100)

2010: UNCW Graduate School Travel Award ($400) and Biology GSA Travel Award ($100)

2009: UNCW Graduate Student Summer Research Award (1,000)