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Kara Cerveny

Kara Cerveny lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, 9-year-old daughter, three chickens, and one dog. She has always been an explorer with a deep interest in how living systems work, especially at the microscopic level. You can often find her peering through a microscope at developing zebrafish embryos to gain a deeper understanding of how cells transition from proliferation (making copies of themselves) to differentiation (turning into the cells that make vision possible) in the developing visual system. She has B.S. Biology and Chemistry from Duke University, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, and post-doctoral research experience from the University College London. She has been a biology professor at Reed College for 11 years. There she teaches courses about cell and developmental biology, stem cell biology, and neurodevelopment. Her lab's work has been funded by the M.J. Murdock Trust, the NIH, and the Beckman Foundation. She was recently named a Periclean Faculty Leader of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation for her work facilitating conversations about science and religion.

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Posts by Kara Cerveny

Use it or Lose it: Insights on neuronal connections in the vertebrate retina

Posted by , on 18 May 2014

This is the final post from our developmental neurobiology seminar this semester. Two students wrote about our discussion of the importance of neuronal activity during synaptogenesis and their professor combined ...

Stone Soup Eyes

Posted by , on 16 April 2014

Another installment from the Developmental Neurobiology Students at Reed College. Hope you enjoy! It’s not often that you get to recount the classic tale of Stone Soup when thinking about ...

Get that out of my eye!

Posted by , on 24 March 2014

This is the first of several Node Posts that the Developmental Neurobiology Seminar Class at Reed College in Portland, Oregon (USA) will be posting. Each week, 12 advanced undergraduate students ...

Recent comments by Kara Cerveny

Wish we were on the other side of the ocean to join in. Great idea!
by Reed College Dev Neuro in Cosy Science talk- How do cells communicate to build tissues? on May 17, 2014