Panagiotis Tsonis

Professor; Director of the Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Biology
School of Engineering: Bioengineering Graduate Program

Profile

Dr. Tsonis received his B.Sc. from the department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Institute of Molecular Biology, Nagoya University, Japan. After a period of five years as a post-doctoral fellow and one year in the faculty of IUPUI, he moved to UD as an Assistant Professor in 1989. He went quickly through the ranks and became a Full Professor in 1997. He has published more than 110 scientific papers and 2 books. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH).

The Faculty Perspective

To me it is important to be a rigorous researcher and a good teacher. Research is important because it provides a different perspective of the natural world and therefore in teaching. My goal is to establish a UD-based legacy in my scientific field that is recognized nationally and internationally.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Biology, Nagoya University, Japan

Research Interests

  • Tissue Regeneration
  • Lens Regeneration
  • Limb Regeneration
  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Biology

Selected Publications and Presentations

PUBLICATIONS

Tsonis, P.A. et al. "A novel role of the Hedgehog pathway in lens regeneration." Develop. Biol. (2004, in press)

Del Rio-Tsonis, K. and Tsonis, P.A. "Eye regeneration at the molecular age." Dev. Dyn. 226: 211-224 (2003).

Thitoff, A.R., Call, M., Del Rio-Tsonis, K. and Tsonis, P.A. "Unique expression patterns of the retinoblastoma (Rb) gene in intact and lens regeneration-undergoing newt eye." Anatomical Record. 271A: 185-188 (2003).

Kimura, Y., Madhavan, M., Call, M.K., Santiago, W., Tsonis, P.A., Lambris, J.D., and Del Rio-Tsonis, K. "Expression of complement components C3 and C5 in newt limb and lens regeneration." J.Immunol. 170: 2331-2339 (2003).

Weissig, H., K., Sikstrom, C., Olsson, P.G., McCarrey, J.R., Tsonis, P.A., Del Rio-Tsonis, K. and Millan, J.L. "Differential expression of three novel zinc finger genes during spermatogenesis." FEBS Letters 547: 61-68 (2003).

Tsonis, A.A. and Tsonis, P.A. "On words and genes." Complexity 8:12-13 (2003).

Anatomy of Gene Expression, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited speaker, Great Lakes Vision Research Conference, October 2003.

Invited speaker, Regenerative Medicine Conference, University of Bloomington, May 2003.

Invited speaker: Gordon Conference, Italy, June 2003.