Biological Sciences
Dr. Charles Ide
Professor and Director Of Environmental Research Center
E-mail: charles.ide@wmich.edu
Office: 3001 Wood Hall
Lab: 3017 Haenicke Hall
Office Phone: 269-387-5951
Lab phone: 269-387-2541
Fax: 269-387-2272
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Research Description
Area of Research: Gene Expression/Environmental Risk Assessment Director, Environmental Institute, Environmental Research Center, and Environmental Studies Program
Dr. Ide is the Director of Western Michigan University's Environmental Research Center and Environmental Institute (www.wmich.edu/env). His research, carried out in frogs, mice, and tissue culture, focuses on the following issues: 1) how cytokines, such as the interleukin-1 system molecules, regulate neural circuit formation during early brain development, 2) how environmental contaminants, such as heavy metals, pesticides, or PCBs, alter normal neural development by disrupting neural immune and neuroendocrine function, and 3) how the activities of specific genes serve as biomarkers of exposure and damage in studies that assess risks associated with the presence of pollutants in aquatic ecosystems.
Students in Dr. Ide's laboratory
Libby Lehigh - Ph.D. degree program
Marla Fisher - Ph.D. degree program
Ron Celestine - Ph.D. degree program
Dr. Anna Jelaso - Post-Doctoral fellow degree program