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Pei-San Tsai
Pei-San Tsai, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0354
phone: 303-735-1877
fax: 303-492-0811
e-mail: pei-san.tsai@colorado.edu |
Research Interests
- Reproductive endocrinology of vertebrates and invertebrates.
- Specific research foci include the development of a population of neuroendocrine neurons critical for vertebrate reproduction, functional and structural evolution of reproductive neurohormones, and how sex steroids regulate hypothalamic, pituitary, and gonadal functions.
- Reproductive Endocrinology.
Education
- 1983-1987, B.S., Zoology, Texas A&M Univeristy, College Station, TX
- 1987-1989, M.S., Zoology, University of California at Berkeley
- 1989-1993, Ph.D., Zoology, University of California at Berkeley
- 1993-1995, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences, University of California at San Francisco.
- 1995-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of California at Los Angeles
Professional Experience
- 1996-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- 1999-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- 2003-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- 2006-present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Honors and Awards
- 1990-1991, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley
- 1991, Best Student Paper Award, American Society of Zoologists
- 1997-2003, Career Award, National Science Foundation
Recent Publications
- Gill JC, Tsai P-S. Expression of a dominant negative FGF receptor in developing GnRH1 neurons disrupts axon outgrowth and targeting to the median eminence. Biology of Reproduction 74:463-472, 2006.
- Tsai P-S, Gill JC. Mechanisms of disease: insights into X-linked and autosomal-dominant Kallmann syndrome. Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology and Metabolism 2: 160-171, 2006.
- Tsai P-S. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in invertebrates: Structure, function, and evolution. General and Comparative Endocrinology 148: 48-53, 2006.
- Zhang L, Kessler AE, Tsai P-S. Characterization of steroidal regulation of gonadtoropin beta subunits in the male leopard frog, Rana pipiens. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150: 66-74, 2007.
- Zhang L, Tello JA, Zhang W, Tsai P-S. Molecular cloning, expression pattern, and immunocytochemical localization of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like molecule in the gastropod mollusk, Aplysia californica. General and Comparative Endocrinology 156: 201-209, 2008.
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