Minor, Ronald R.
Professor Emeritus/a
research
research and scholarship focus
- Real-time RT PCR study of the effects of diet on fibroblast and keratinocyte gene expression in dog skin
- Heritable diseases of collagen and other extracellular matrix components in domestic animals\
- Homologs of the Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS), osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI), and chondrodysplastic dwarfism syndromes
- Nucleic acid and protein chemistry to characterize the primary and secondary defects in collagens, and light and electron microscopy to characterize defects in the packing of collagen in fibrils and fibers
- Microscopic, X-ray diffraction and biochemical studies of collagen in 11,200 year old Columbian mammoth bone and tooth
- Understand the primary and secondary mechanisms underlying structural and functional abnormalities in collagen in both bone and fibrous connective tissues
background
professional background
- Faculty, Cornell University, 1976-present
