Peter Fuerst, Ph.D.
Peter Fuerst, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Curriculum and Professor
- 1998 B.A. Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- 2003 Ph.D. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
- Neurobiology
- Genetics
- Developmental Biology
- Tribble, J.R., Otmani, A., Sun, S., Ellis, S.A., Cimaglia, G., Vohra, R., Jöe, M., Lardner, E., Venkataraman, A.P., Domínguez-Vicent, A., Kokkali, E., Rho, S., Jóhannesson, G., Burgess, R.W., Fuerst, P.G., Brautaset, R., Kolko, M., Morgan, J.E., Crowston, J.G., Votruba, M. and Williams P.A. (2021) Nicotinamide provides neuroprotection in glaucoma by protecting against mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction. Redox Biol. 2021 Apr 24;43:101988. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101988. Online ahead of print.
- Camerino, M.J., Engerbretson, I.J., Fife, P.A., Reynolds, N.B., Berria, M.H., Doyle, J.R., Clemons, M.R., Gencarella, M.D., Borghuis, B.G. and Fuerst, P.G. (2021) OFF bipolar cell density varies by subtype, eccentricity, and along the dorsal ventral axis in the mouse retina. J Comp Neurol. 2021 Jun 529(8):1911-1925.
- Jurgensmeier, K., Jurgensmeier, D., Kunz, D.E., Fuerst, P.G., Warth, L.C. and Daines, S.B. (2020) Intra-articular Injections of the Hip and Knee With Triamcinolone vs Ketorolac: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Arthroplasty. 2021 Feb;36(2):416-422.
- Simmons, A.B., Camerino, M.J., Clemons, M.R., Sukeena, J.M., Bloomsburg, S., Borghuis, B.G. and Fuerst, P.G. (2019) Increased density and age-related sharing of synapses at the cone to OFF bipolar cell synapse in the mouse retina. J. Comp. Neurol. Nov 13.
- Galicia, C.A., Sukeena, J.M., Stenkamp, D.L. and Fuerst, P.G. (2018) Expression patterns of dscam and sdk gene paralogs in developing zebrafish retina. Molecular Vision 2018 Jul 19;24:443-458.
- Simmons A.B. and Fuerst P.G. (2018) Analysis of Retinal Vascular Plexuses and Interplexus Connections. Methods Mol. Biol., 2018; 1753:317-330.
- Augustus N. Tropea A.N., Valerio, J.N., Camerino, M.J., Hix, J. Pecor, E., Fuerst, P.G. and Long, S.S. (2017) Computer Assisted Segmentation Tool: A Machine Learning Based Image Segmenting Tool for TrakEM2. ISBRA: Bioinformatics Research and Applications pp 246-257.
- Simmons A.B., Bloomsburg S.J., Sukeena J.M., Miller C.J., Ortega-Burgos Y., Borghuis B.G., Fuerst P.G. (2017) DSCAM-mediated control of dendritic and axonal arbor outgrowth enforces tiling and inhibits synaptic plasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Nov 21; 114(47):E10224-E10233.
- Bruce, F.M., Brown, S., Smith, J.N., Fuerst, P.G. and Erskine, L. (2017). DSCAM promotes axon fasciculation and growth in the developing optic pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Feb; 14 114(7):1702-1707.
- Sukeena, J.M., Galicia, C.A., Wilson, J.D., McGinn, T., Boughman, J.W., Robison, B.D., Postlethwait, J.H., Braasch, I., Stenkamp, D.L., Fuerst, P.G. (2016). Characterization and Evolution of the Spotted Gar Retina. J Exp Zool B, Nov; 326(7):403-421.
- Garrett, A.M., Tadenev, A.L., Hammond, Y.T., Fuerst, P.G., Burgess, R.W. (2016). Replacing the PDZ-interacting C-termini of DSCAM and DSCAML1 with epitope tags causes different phenotypic severity in different cell populations. Elife, Sep; 16;5.
- Simmons A.B., Bloomsburg S.J., Billingslea S.A., Merrill M.M., Li S., Thomas M.W., Fuerst P.G.. (2016). Pou4f2 knock-in Cre mouse: A multifaceted genetic tool for vision researchers. Molecular Vision, Jun; 23;22:705-17.
- Simmons, A.B., Merrill, M.M., Reed, J.C., Deans, M.R., Edwards, M.M. and Fuerst, P.G. (2016). Neuron lamination is required for normal development of the retinal vasculature. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., Apr; 57(4):1563-77.
- Li, S., Mitchell, J. Briggs, D.J., Young, J.K., Long, S.S. and Fuerst, P.G. (2016). Morphological diversity of the rod spherule: A study of serially reconstructed electron micrographs. PLoS One, Mar 1; 11(3): e0150024.
- Li, S., Woodfin, M., Long, S.S. and Fuerst, P.G. (2016). IPLaminator: an ImageJ plugin for automated binning and quantification of retinal lamination. BMC Bioinformatics, Jan 16; 17-36.
- Fernandes, K.A., Schramm, R. D., Li, S. Nguyen, D. Libby, R.T. and Fuerst, P.G. (2016). Postnatal RGC stress and axon remodeling in the Dscam mutant retina. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Mar; 71: 1-12.
- Li, S., Sukeena, J.M., Simmons, A.B., Hansen, E.J., Nuhn, R.E., Samuels, I.S. and Fuerst, P.G. (2015). DSCAM restricts neurite lamination in the mouse inner retina. Journal of Neuroscience, Apr 8; 35, 5640-5654.
- Firl, A., Ke, J., Zhang, L., Fuerst, P.G., Singer, J. and Feller, M. (2015). Elucidating the role of AII amacrine cells in glutamatergic retinal waves. Journal of Neuroscience, Jan 28; 35,1675-1686.
- Andrade, G.B., Kunzelman, L., Merrill, M.M. and Fuerst, P.G. (2014). Developmentally dynamic colocalization patterns of DSCAM with adhesion and synaptic proteins in the mouse retina. Molecular Vision, Oct 20; 1422-1433.
- Nuhn, J.S. and Fuerst, P.G. (2014). Developmental localization of adhesion and scaffolding proteins at the cone synapse. Gene Expression Patterns, Sep 16; 36-50.
Andrade, G.B., Long, S.S., Fleming, H., Li, W. and Fuerst, P.G. (2014). DSCAM localization and function at the mouse cone synapse. Journal of Comparative Neurology, Aug 1; 522, 2609-2633. - Schramm, R.D., Li, S., Harris, B.S., Rounds, R.P., Burgess, R.W., Ytreberg, M.F. and Fuerst, P.G. (2012). A novel mouse Dscam mutation inhibits localization and shedding of DSCAM. PLoS One, 7(12):e52652.
- Fuerst, P.G., Bruce, F., Rounds, R.P., Erskine, L. and Burgess, R.W. (2012). Cell autonomy of DSCAM function in retinal development. Developmental Biology, Jan 15, 361, 326-337.
- Keeley, P.W., Sliff, B.J., Lee, S.C., Fuerst, P.G., Burgess, R.W., Eglen, S.J. and Reese, B.E. (2012). Neuronal clustering and fasciculation phenotype in Dscam- and Bax-deficient mouse retinas. Journal of Comparative Neurology, May 1; 520, 1349-1364. Blank, M., Fuerst, P.G., Stevens, B., Nouri, N., Kirkby, L., Warrier, D., Barres, B.A., Feller, M.B., Huberman, A.D., Burgess, R.W. and Garner, C.C. (2011). The Down syndrome critical region regulates retinogeniculate refinement. Journal of Neuroscience, Apr 13; 31, 5764-5776.
- Burgess, R.W. and Fuerst, P.G. (2010). Distinct expression patterns of mitochondrially localized YFP in neuronal subsets in the retina of three transgenic mouse lines. BMC Research Notes, Oct 6; 3:253.
- Fuerst, P.G., Harris, B.S., Johnson, K.R. and Burgess, R.W. (2010). A novel null allele of mouse DSCAM survives to adulthood on an inbred C3H background with reduced phenotypic variability. Genesis, Oct 1; 48, 578-584.
- Fuerst, P.G., Bruce, F., Tian, M., Wei, W., Elstrott, J., Feller, M.B., Erskine, L., Singer, J.H. and Burgess, R.W. (2009). DSCAM and DSCAML1 function in self-avoidance in multiple cell types in the developing mouse retina. Neuron, Nov 25; 64, 484-497.
- Fuerst, P.G. and Burgess, R.W. (2009). Adhesion molecules in establishing retinal circuitry. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Aug; 19, 389-394.
- Fuerst, P.G., Koizumi, A., Masland, R.H. and Burgess, R.W. (2008). Neurite arborization and mosaic spacing in the mouse retina require DSCAM. Nature, Jan 24; 451, 470-474.
- Brady, T.L., Fuerst, P.G., Dick, R.A., Schmidt, C. and Voytas, D.F. (2008). Retrotransposon target site selection by imitation of a cellular protein. Molecular Cell Biology, Feb 28; (4) 1230-1239.
- Fuerst, P.G., Rauch, S.M. and Burgess, R.W. (2007). Defects in eye development in transgenic mice overexpressing the heparan sulfate proteoglycan agrin. Developmental Biology, Mar 1; 303(1), 165-180.
- Fuerst, P.G. and Voytas, D.F. (2003). CEN plasmid segregation is destabilized by tethered determinants of Ty 5 integration specificity: a role for double-strand breaks in CEN antagonism. Chromosoma, Aug; 112, 58-65.
- Zhu, Y., Dai, J., Fuerst, P.G. and Voytas D.F. (2003). Controlling integration specificity of a yeast retrotransposon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, May 13; 100, 5891-5895.