R. CRAIG ALBERTSON. Assistant Professor rcalbert@syr.edu Office: 256 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-8106, lab 315-443-8193 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 2002 • Postdoc, The Forsyth Institute, Dept. of Cytokine Biology     and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dept. of Oral and   Developmental Biology, 2002-06

RESEARCH

Evolution and development of the craniofacial skeleton; comparative embryology; quantitative genetics; geometric morphometric shape analysis

Albertson Lab at Syracuse University: http://albertsonlab.syr.edu/research.html

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Albertson RC, Cresko W, Detrich HW, and Postlethwait JH. (2009) Evolutionary mutant models for human disease. Trends Gen. 25(2):74-81. [PDF]

Cooper WJ, and Albertson RC. (2008) Quantification and variation in experimental studies of morphogenesis. Dev. Biol. 321(2):295-302. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Yelick PC. (2007) Fgf8 haploinsufficiency results in distinct craniofacial defects in adult zebrafish. Dev. Biol. 306:505-15. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Kocher TD (2006) Genetic and developmental basis of cichlid trophic diversity. Heredity. 97:211-21. [PDF]

Albertson RC, Streelman JT, Kocher TD, and Yelick PC. (2005) Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: Molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 102: 16287-92. [PDF]

Albertson RC, and Yelick PC. (2005) Roles for fgf8 signaling in left-right patterning of the visceral organs and craniofacial skeleton. Dev. Biol. 283: 310-21. [PDF]