I have been with the Kimmel Lab since 1988 working on development. I received a BS in Biology from the University of Oregon in 1991 and a BA with Honors in Spanish in 1995. When I have time aside from assisting Chuck in his research and doing the daily business of keeping our lab afloat, I'm interested in the patterning of embryos and have been looking at how the shapes of pharyngeal cartilages and craniofacial bones develop in fish. We have been excited about relating development and evolution: evo-devo. One might say I'm an evo-diva. I have been working with zebrafish, various populations of three-spine stickleback, catfish, loaches and any other fish I can get my hands on.

Publications:

Kimmel, C. B., W. A. Cresko, P. C. Phillips, B. Ullmann, M. Currey, F. von Hippel, B. K. Kristjánsson, O. Gelmond, and K. McGuigan. (2011) Independent axes of gevariation and parallel evolutionary divergence of opercle bone shape in threespine stickleback. Evolution (in press)

Kimmel, C.B., A. DeLaurier, B. Ullmann, J. Dowd, M. McFadden. (2009) Modes of developmental outgrowth and shaping of a craniofacial bone in zebrafish. PLoS ONE 5:e9475

Kimmel, C.B., W.E. Aguirre, B. Ullmann, M. Currey, W.A. Cresko. (2007) Allometric Change Accompanies Opercular Shape Evolution in Alaskan Threespine Sticklebacks. Behaviour 14 : 669-691

Kimmel, C.B., B. Ullmann, C. Walker, C. Wilson, M. Currey, P.C.Phillips, M. A. Bell, J.H.Postlethwait, and W.A. Cresko. (2005) Evolution and development of facial bone morphology in threespine sticklebacks. PNAS 102: 5791–5796

Kimmel, C.B., B. Ullmann, M. Walker,C. T. Miller, and J.G. Crump. (2003) Endothelin-1 regulation of pharyngeal bone development in zebrafish Dev 130:1339-1351

Talbot, W. S., E.S. Egan, M.A. Gates, C. Walker, B. Ullmann, S.C.F. Neuhauss, C.B. Kimmel and , J. H. Postlethwait. (1998). Genetic Analysis of Chromosomal Rearrangements in the cyclops Region of the Zebrafish Genome. Genetics 149: 1-8.

Kimmel, C.B., C.T. Miller, G. Kruse, B. Ullmann, R.A. BreMiller, K.D. Larison, and H.C.Snyder. (1998) The shaping of the pharyngeal cartilage during early development of thezebrafish. Dev. Biol. 203:245-263

Kimmel, C.B., W.W.Ballard, S.R. Kimmel, B. Ullmann,and , T.F. Schilling.(1995). Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish. Dev.Dyn. 203: 253-310.

For the Zebrafish Staging Series:

http://zfish.uoregon.edu/zf_info/zfbook/stages/stages.html

More zebrafish information:

http://zfin.org/

Alter-ego:

1993-1999; Vice President, Game Farm Neighbors Association
1999-2000; President, Game Farm Neighbors Association
2000-2002: Secretary & Operations Manager, Game Farm Neighbors
2002-present: President, Game Farm Neighbors
1993-1996; volunteer, Northwest Coalition against Pesticides
1995-1999; Citizens Advisory Committee to the Commercial Lands Study of the Eugene-Springfield Metro Plan Update
1999; Citizens Advisory Committee; Design Standards for Multi Unit Housing for the City of Springfield
1999-2001; East Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee
2001-2005, Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee
2004-2005, Chair, Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee
2000-2005, Stakeholder Working Group of the I5/Beltline Project
2002-2003, Nodal Siting Committee of Springfield
2002-2004, Pioneer Parkway North Link Stakeholder group
2002-2003, Willamalane Comprehensive Plan Update Citizen Advisory Committee
2006-2008, Stakeholder Working Group, I5/Beltline Phase II, Gateway Blvd/Beltline Intersection Project
2004-present, Lane County Master Recycler

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