Dr. Fernando Jaime Vonhoff
Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
He/Him/His/Himself
About
Born in Mexico, I am a biologist interested in brain development and function. I use the fruit fly Drosophila to study fundamental neuroscience processes as well as human neurological diseases. I use active learning methods in the classroom and the research lab
Research interests
Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Teaching interests
Genetics
Neuroscience
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Education
- Postdoc, Neuroscience — Yale University (2017)
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Ph D, Neuroscience
— Arizona State University (2012) A Single Neuron Model to Study the Mechanisms and Functions of Dendritic Development
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MS, Biology
— Free University Berlin (2007) Role of activity for the development of identified motoneurons in Drosophila melanogaster
Publications
- Can the Foods We Eat Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease? 2022
- Food supplementation with wheat gluten leads to climbing performance decline in Drosophila melanogaster 2022
- Corazonin Neurons Contribute to Dimorphic Ethanol Sedation Sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster 2022
- Drosophila Corazonin Neurons as a Hub for Regulating Growth, Stress Responses, Ethanol-Related Behaviors, Copulation Persistence and Sexually Dimorphic Reward Pathways 2021
- Nutraceutical and Probiotic Approaches to Examine Molecular Interactions of the Amyloid Precursor Protein APP in Drosophila Models of Alzheimer's Disease
Presentations
- The role of APPL in the development and degeneration of the neuronal motor network in Drosophila 2018
- Using Drosophila to validate candidate genes involved in human motoneuron degeneration 2018
- The role of APPL in the development and degeneration of the neuronal motor network in Drosophila 2018
- Using Drosophila to validate candidate genes involved in human motoneuron degeneration 2018