selected publications academic article Chang, J., Wasser, J. S., Cornelussen, R. N., & Knowlton, A. A. (2001). Activation of heat-shock factor by stretch-activated channels in rat hearts. Circulation. 104(2), 209-214. Chang, J., Knowlton, A. A., Xu, F., & Wasser, J. S. (2001). Activation of the heat shock response: relationship to energy metabolites. A (31)P NMR study in rat hearts. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 280(1), H426-H433. McNichols, R. J., Cot, G. L., Wasser, J. S., & Wright, S. M. (2000). Simultaneous optical and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for monitoring cardiac energetics in vivo. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 47(9), 1261-1265. Cudd, T. A., Wasser, J. S., Chen, W. J., & West, J. R. (2000). Brain high energy phosphate responses to alcohol exposure in neonatal rats: an in vivo 31P-NMR study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 24(6), 865-872. Chang, J., Knowlton, A. A., & Wasser, J. S. (2000). Expression of heat shock proteins in turtle and mammal hearts: relationship to anoxia tolerance. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 278(1), R209-R214. Cudd, T. A., & Wasser, J. S. (1999). Biomedical device design discovery team approach to teaching physiology to undergraduate bioengineering students. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 277(6 Pt 2), S29-S41. McNichols, R. J., Wright, S. M., Wasser, J. S., & Cot, G. L. (1999). An inductively coupled, doubly tuned resonator for in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 70(8), 3454-3456. Cudd, T. A., & Wasser, J. S. (1999). Biomedical device design discovery team approach to teaching physiology to undergraduate bioengineering students. Advances in Physiology Education. 22(1), S29-S41. Glass, M. L., Fernandes, M. S., Soncini, R., Glass, H., & Wasser, J. S. (1997). Effects of dry season dormancy on oxygen uptake, heart rate, and blood pressures in the toad, Bufo paracnemis. 279(4), 330-336. Wasser, J. S., Vogel, L., Guthrie, S. S., Stolowich, N., & Chari, M. (1997). 31P-NMR determinations of cytosolic phosphodiesters in turtle hearts. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Physiology. 118(4), 1193-1200. Wasser, J. S., Vogel, L., Guthrie, S. S., Stolowich, N., & Chari, M (1997). 31P-NMR determinations of cytosolic phosphodiesters in turtle hearts: Interspecific comparisons. The FASEB Journal. 11(3), Wasser, J. S., & Heisler, N. (1997). Effects of anoxia on intracellular free Ca2+ in isolated cardiomyocytes from turtles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Physiology. 116(4), 305-312. Wasser, J. S., Guthrie, S. S., & Chari, M. (1997). In vitro tolerance to anoxia and ischemia in isolated hearts from hypoxia sensitive and hypoxia tolerant turtles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Physiology. 118(4), 1359-1370. Wasser, J. S., Lawler, R. G., & Jackson, D. C. (1996). Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its applications in comparative physiology. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 69(1), 1-34. Wasser, J. S., Lawler, R. G., & Jackson, D. C (1996). Invited perspectives in physiological zoology Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its applications in comparative physiology. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 69(1), 1-34. Jackson, D. C., Warburton, S. J., Meinertz, E. A., Lawler, R. G., & Wasser, J. S. (1995). The effect of prolonged anoxia at 3 degrees C on tissue high energy phosphates and phosphodiesters in turtles: a 31P-NMR study. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology. 165(1), 77-84. Wasser, J. S., Jackson, D. C., Chang, S. Y., & Warburton, S. J (1993). Maintenance of high extracellular pH does not influence cell pH or metabolism in submerged anoxic bullfrogs. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 265(6), 619-626. Wasser, J. S., Meinertz, E. A., Chang, S. Y., Lawler, R. G., & Jackson, D. C. (1992). Metabolic and cardiodynamic responses of isolated turtle hearts to ischemia and reperfusion. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 262(3 Pt 2), R437-R443. Jackson, D. C., Arendt, E. A., Inman, K. C., Lawler, R. G., Panol, G., & Wasser, J. S. (1991). 31P-NMR study of normoxic and anoxic perfused turtle heart during graded CO2 and lactic acidosis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 260(6 Pt 2), R1130-R1136. Wasser, J. S., & Jackson, D. C. (1991). Effects of anoxia and graded acidosis on the levels of circulating catecholamines in turtles. Respiration physiology. 84(3), 363-377. Wasser, J. S., Warburton, S. J., & Jackson, D. C. (1991). Extracellular and intracellular acid-base effects of submergence anoxia and nitrogen breathing in turtles. Respiration physiology. 83(2), 239-252. Wasser, J. S., Inman, K. C., Arendt, E. A., Lawler, R. G., & Jackson, D. C. (1990). 31P-NMR measurements of pHi and high-energy phosphates in isolated turtle hearts during anoxia and acidosis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 259(3 Pt 2), R521-R530. Wasser, J. S., Freund, E. V., Gonzalez, L. A., & Jackson, D. C. (1990). Force and acid-base state of turtle cardiac tissue exposed to combined anoxia and acidosis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 259(1 Pt 2), R15-R20. Ultsch, G. R., & Wasser, J. S. (1990). Plasma ion balance of North American freshwater turtles during prolonged submergence in normoxic water. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 97(4), 505-512. Warburton, S. J., Wasser, J. S., & Jackson, D. C (1989). Cardiovascular and metabolic responses during anoxic submergence in the bullfrog with and without maintained extracellular pH. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 251(1), 13-19. Jackson, D. C., Wasser, J. S., & Silver, R. B. (1988). Effect of induced hypercapnia on anaerobic metabolic rate of anoxic musk turtles. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY. 254(6 Pt 2), R944-R948. Wasser, J. S., & Jackson, D. C. (1988). Acid-base balance and the control of respiration during anoxic and anoxic-hypercapnic gas breathing in turtles. Respiration physiology. 71(2), 213-226. Wasser, J. S. (1986). The Relationship of Energetics of Falconiform Birds to Body Mass and Climate. 88(1), 57-57. conference paper Chang, J., Knowlton, A. A., & Wasser, J. S. (1999). Activation of heat shock factor by decreases in intracellular ATP and pH in isolated rat hearts. The FASEB Journal. A1079-A1079. Chang, J., Wasser, J. S., & Knowlton, A. A. (1999). HSF activation and increased expression of HSP72 is mediated by stretch-activated channels in the isolated perfused rat heart. The FASEB Journal. A769-A769. Wasser, J. S., Vogel, L., Guthrie, S. S., Stolowich, N., & Chari, M (1997). P-31-NMR determinations of cytosolic phosphodiesters in turtle hearts: Interspecific comparisons. The FASEB Journal. 536-536. Chang, J., Knowlton, A. A., & Wasser, J. S. (1996). Expression of heat shock proteins in turtle and mammalian hearts: Relationship to anoxia tolerance. The FASEB Journal. 1714-1714. Wasser, J. S. (1996). Maintenance of cardiac function during anoxia in turtles: from cell to organism. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 15-22. Glass, M. L., Fernandes, M. D., Soncini, R., Glass, H., & Wasser, J. S (1996). Metabolic and cardiodynamic consequences of aestivation in the toad, Bufo paracnemis. The FASEB Journal. 2268-2268. Wasser, J. S., Guthrie, S., & Chari, M (1996). Tolerance of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and softshelled turtle (Trionyx spinifer) hearts to anoxia and ischemia. The FASEB Journal. 2256-2256. Wasser, J. S. (1995). Anoxia and ischemia tolerance in turtle hearts. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 1233-1240.
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education and training Ph.D. in Physiology, Indiana University Bloomington - (Bloomington, Indiana, United States) 1985 M.S. in Zoology, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 1979 B.A. in Biology and Geology, Oberlin College - (Oberlin, Ohio, United States) 1976
awards and honors Comparative and Evolutionary Section Awards/Scholander Award, conferred by American Physiological Society - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States), 1989
mailing address Texas A&M University Vet Med - Physiology & Pharmacology 4466 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4466 USA