Ricard Masia

Address: Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8228
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 U.S.A.

Telephone: 314-362-6629
FAX No.: 314-362-7463
E-mail: rmasia at cellbiology dot wustl dot edu

Education:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY B.A. 2000 (Highest Honors, Biological Sciences).
Washington University, St. Louis, MO M.D./Ph.D. 2008 (Expected graduation date; Molecular Cell Biology)

Scientific education and employment:

1998-2000 Undergraduate laboratory assistant, Department of Physiology, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), immediate supervisor, Dr. K.W. Beyenbach.
2002- Graduate student, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University (St. Louis, MO), immediate supervisor, Dr. C. G. Nichols

Honors and Awards:

Dean’s List of the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University (1996-2000)
Howard Hughes Summer Research Program scholarship, Cornell University (1999)
Predoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association (2003 2005).

Training/Teaching Responsibilities:

1999-2000 Introductory Biology undergraduate teaching assistant, Cornell University
2002-2003 Histology teaching assistant, Washington University Medical School

Memberships:

American Physiological Society (1998-present), Biophysical Society (2002-present)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed articles:
1. Beyenbach, K.W., Aneshansley, D.J., Pannabecker, T.L., Masia, R., Gray, D., and M. Yu (2000). Oscillations of voltage and resistance in Malpighian tubules of Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Physiol. 46, 321-333. [abstract]
2. Masia, R., Aneshansley, D., Nagel, W., Nachman, R.J., and K.W. Beyenbach (2000). Voltage clamping single cells in intact malpighian tubules of mosquitoes. Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 279, F747-54. [abstract]
3. Loussouarn, G., Phillips, L.R., Masia, R., Rose, T. and C.G. Nichols (2001). Flexibility of the Kir6.2 inward rectifier K+ channel pore. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98, 4227-4232. [abstract]
4. Beyenbach, K.W., and R. Masia (2002). Membrane conductances of principal cells in Malpighian tubules of Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Physiol. 48, 375-386. [abstract]
5. Masia, R., D. Enkvetchakul and C.G. Nichols (2005) Differential nucleotide regulation of KATP channels by SUR1 and SUR2A. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 39, 491-501. [abstract]
6. Flagg, T.P., A. M. Remedi, R. Masia, J. Gomes, M. McLerie, A.N. Lopatin and C.G. Nichols (2005) Transgenic overexpression of SUR1 in the heart suppresses sarcolemmal KATP. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. (Epub 8/05). [abstract]