Publications
- Marentette JR, Tong S, Wang G, Sopinka NM, Taves MD, Koops M, Balshine S 2012. Behavior as biomarker? Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) from highly contaminated areas show decreased movement in laboratory but not in the field. Ecotoxicology. In press.
- Marentette JR, Tong S, Wang G, Sopinka NM, Taves MD, Koops M, Balshine S 2011. Laboratory and field evidence of sex-biased movement in the invasive round goby. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65:2239-2249
- Taves MD, Gomez-Sanchez CE, Soma KK 2011. Extra-adrenal glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids: evidence for local synthesis, regulation, and function. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism 301:E11-E24
- Taves MD, Ma C, Saldanha CJ, Soma KK 2011. Measurement of steroid concentrations in the brain: methodological issues and cautionary considerations. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2:39
- Brummelte S, Schmidt KL, Taves MD, Soma KK, Galea LAM 2010. Elevated corticosterone levels in stomach milk, serum, and brain of male and female offspring after maternal corticosterone treatment. Developmental Neurobiology 70:714-725
Matthew Taves
PhD Student
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Research area: Cell and Developmental Biology, Comparative Physiology
Supervisor: K. Soma
History: B.Sc. McMaster University (2008)
I am interested in the interactions between glucocorticoids (steroid stress hormones) and the immune system. These hormones have powerful immunosuppressive effects, which are thought to prevent harmful overshoot of the immune response. Immature lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) are especially vulnerable to glucocorticoids. Paradoxically, it appears that immune organs may produce their own glucocorticoids in early life, when the majority of lymphocyte development is occurring. My research aims to determine if glucocorticoids are locally produced in immune organs, how their production is regulated, and what role they play.
Awards
2010
CIHR CGS-D
For Research
2009
CIHR CGS-M
For Research
Last updated 15 February 2012