Faculty Profiles

Jennifer Rowsell

Associate Professor

266 Science Hall

jrowsell@saintmarys.edu

Education

PhD, Georgetown University
BA, Susquehanna University

Areas of Expertise

Research Interests

Transcription factors involved in the development of cochlear and vestibular neurons
Guidance cues involved in pathfinding of neurons

Courses Recently Taught

Professional Experience

Biology Department, Saint Mary's College, faculty
Marine Biological Laboratories, BIE course director
Biology Department, Washington College, faculty
Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University, postdoctoral research associate

Creative and Scholarly Work

Rhiannon Jones and Jennifer M. Rowsell. Spatiotemporal expression of FGF5 in chick inner ear neurons. BIOS 95(1):pgs 13-18. (2024)
Sarah Law, Molly Stout, Amanda Rensch, and Jennifer M. Rowsell. Expression of MYOSIN VIIA in developing mouse cochleovestibular ganglion neurons. Gene Expression Patterns 35:119092. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2019. (2020)
Rowsell, J. 2019. Using GFP transgenic C. elegans to demonstrate gene expression. Proceeding of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education 40 (Article 49).
Kristi Nguyen, Amanda L. Hall, and Jennifer M. Jones. “Expression of myosin VIIA in the developing chick inner ear neurons.” Gene Expression Patterns 19(1-2):36-44. (2015)
Sung-Ho Huh, Jennifer M. Jones, Mark E. Warchol and David M. Ornitz. “Differentiation of the Lateral Compartment of the Cochlea Requires a Temporally Restricted FGF20 Signal.” PLoS Biology 10(1): e1001231. (2012)
Jennifer M. Jones and Mark E. Warchol. “Expression of the Gata3 transcription factor in the acoustic ganglion of the developing avian inner ear.” The Journal of Comparative Neurology 516(6):507-18. (2009)

Professional Memberships