Melissa Palmer

Teaching Associate Professor
melissap@umn.edu
+1 612 625 1814
225A Haecker Hall

1364 Eckles Avenue
St Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow (2005-2007)
    Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
    University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
     
  • Ph.D., Cellular and Integrative Physiology (2001-2004)
    University of Minnesota, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Minneapolis
     
  • M.S., Animal Physiology (1999-2001)
    University of Minnesota, Department of Animal Science, St. Paul
     
  • B.S., Major: Zoology, Minor: Education (1983-1988)
    University of Florida, Gainesville

Areas of Interest

Animal Physiology

Teaching

  • ANSC 1001: Orientation to Animal Science (guest lecturer)
  • ANSC 3301/3302: Human & Animal Physiology
  • ANSC 3509: Animal Biotechnology
  • BIOL 3211: Animal Physiology
  • CFAN 1501: Biotechnology, People and the Environment (Co-instructor)
  • CFAN 3510: From Rainforest to Reef: Wildlife Medicine & Conservation in Belize (Study Abroad)

Select Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Palmer, M.L., E.R. Peitzman, P.J. Maniak, G.C. Sieck, Y.S. Prakash, and S.M. O’Grady. 2011. KCa3.1 channels facilitate K+ secretion or ENaC-dependent Na+ absorption depending on apical or basolateral P2Y receptor stimulation. J. Physiol. 1;589(14):3483-3494, 2011.

Palmer, M.L., K.R. Schiller, and S.M. O’Grady. 2008. Apical SK potassium channels and Ca2+-dependent anion secretion in endometrial epithelial cells. J. Physiol. 1;586(3):717-26, 2008.

Lee, S.Y., M.L. Palmer, P.J. Maniak, S.H. Jang, R.D. Ryu, and S.M. O’Grady. 2007. P2Y receptor regulation of sodium transport in human mammary epithelial cells. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 293(5):C1472-80, 2007.

Palmer, M.L., S.Y. Lee, P.J. Maniak, D. Carlson, S.F. Fahrenkrug, and S.M. O’Grady. 2006. Protease-activated receptor regulation of Cl- secretion in Calu-3 cells requires prostaglandin release and CFTR activation. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiology, 290: C1189-C1198, 2006.

Palmer, M.L., S.Y. Lee, D. Carlson, S.F. Fahrenkrug, and S.M. O’Grady. 2005. Stable knockdown of CFTR establishes a role for the channel in P2Y receptor-stimulated anion secretion. J. Cell Physiol. 206:759-770, 2005.

Palmer-Densmore, M.L., C. Deachapunya, M. Kannan, and S.M. O’Grady. 2002. UTP-dependent inhibition of Na+ absorption requires activation of PKC in endometrial epithelial Cells. J. Gen. Physiol., 120:897-906, 2002.

Deachapunya, C., M.L. Palmer-Densmore, and S.M. O’Grady. 1999. Insulin stimulates transepithelial sodium transport by activation of a protein phosphatase that increases Na-K ATPase activity in endometrial epithelial cells. J. Gen. Physiol. 114:561-574, 1999.

Palmer-Densmore, M.L., A.F. Johnson, and M.I. Sabara. 1998. Development and evaluation of an ELISA to measure antibody responses to both the nucleocapsid and spike proteins of canine coronavirus. J. Immunoassay, 19 (1):1-22, 1998.

Yule, T.D., M.B. Roth, K. Dreier, A.F. Johnson, M.L. Palmer-Densmore, K. Simmons, and R. Fanton. 1997. Canine parvovirus vaccine elicits protection from the inflammatory and clinical consequences of the disease. Vaccine, 15(6-7):720-9, 1997.

Honors and Awards

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow: Young Investigator Award (2007)
    Epithelial Transport Group, American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology, Washington, D.C.
     
  • Bacaner Award for Outstanding Thesis (2005)
    Department of Physiology, University of Minnesota
     
  • Proctor and Gamble Professional Opportunity Award (2003)
    APS Cellular and Molecular Physiology Section
     
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honor Society (2001)

Outreach

Traveling Touch Tank: For learning about marine biology and ecology issues; allows participants (mainly children) to touch various invertebrate echinoderm species.