JAMES BOTTESCH, MS

jbottesch@hboi.edu

Research Specialist
Division of Biomedical Marine Research (DBMR)
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

J. Bottesch joined DBMR's Invertebrate Cell Culture group earlier this year. His work currently entails methodologies for cryo-preservation and culturing cell lines from Axinella corrugata, Xestospongia muta, and Niphates erecta. He is particularly interested in determining the effects of exogenous perturbation upon the cell cycle of A. corrugata and X. muta and delineating genes which seem to be upregulated or downregulated as a result. Previous work with PiPets, LLC entailed the production of novel, transgenic ornamental fish in terms of coloration, pattern formation, growth, and fertility, utilizing Danio rerio as a model. In his graduate work, he studied the effects of a teratogen, tributyltin chloride, on early piscine embryogenesis. His educational background includes a pair of BS's from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the Florida Institute of Technology.