E. Lee Coates Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Undergraduate Research Biology Department and Neuroscience Program Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 Phone: (814-332-5376) Fax: (814-332-2789) Office: Steffee Hall B319 Email: lcoates@allegheny.edu
Office Hours for Fall 2009: T,Th 9:30-Noon, M 3:30-4:30pm, or by appointment
	Office of Undergraduate Research: Office of Undergraduate Research Home Page Allegheny College Summer Research Series (ACRoSS)

Fall 2009 Courses:

• Foundations of Neuroscience I (Neuro 110)
• Investigative Approaches in Biology (FSBio 201)
• Senior Seminar/Research Project I (Bio, Biochem, Neuro 600)

Other Courses:

• Introductory Biology: Organismal Physiology/Ecology (Bio 220, Spring 2007)
• Animal Physiology (Bio 380, Fall 2006)
• History of Neuroscience (INTDS 315, Spring 2005)
• Science and Pseudoscience of Alternative Medicine (FS 101, Fall 2005)
• Junior Seminar "Sensory Neurophysiology" (Bio 580, Spring 2009)

Research Interests:    List of Publications  

My research interests are neurophysiology and comparative animal physiology.  I am currently conducting experiments related to the neural and chemical control of breathing in vertebrates. My previous studies have shown that amphibians, reptiles, and mammals depress breathing when CO2 is elevated in the nasal cavities. This cessation of breathing is mediated by olfactory receptors that are sensitive to CO2.  My senior research students are addressing questions related to the function of this depression in breathing and the cellular mechanisms by which the nasal receptors detect CO2.  We are also investigating, using a rat model, the possible role of the nasal CO2 receptors in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Education:

• University of Montana, Missoula, MT                  B.A., Zoology (1980-83)
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM     Ph.D., Physiology (1983-89)
• Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH            Post-Doctoral Research (1989-92)

Hobbies:

• Kayaking Pictures (Youghiogheny River and Slippery Rock Creek)
• House after Renovation

Physiology and Neuroscience Resources:

• Allegheny College Neuroscience Program
• American Physiological Society - Home Page
• American Physiological Society - Archive of Teaching Resources
• Association for Chemoreception Sciences
• Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs
• Faculty for Undergraduate Neurosciences
  
• Society for Neurosciences
• Women in Neuroscience
• Monell Chemical Senses Center
  
• National Institutes of Health - Home page
• Child Health and Human Development (Information on SIDS)

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