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Professor

Ph.D. - University College of North Wales, 1971

Phone: 301-405-1380
Email: imather@umd.edu

Research Interests:

We are currently engaged in two major projects to

(a) Investigate the molecular dynamics of milk secretion from mammary epithelial cells during lactation by using live-cell imaging techniques and by developing novel transgenic and knock-out mouse strains.

(b) Determine the potential role that milk proteins may play in modulating autoimmune disease, especially multiple sclerosis (MS).

 

Electron micrograph of apical region of milk-secreting mammary cell
from guinea pig showing lipid droplet emerging from the cell.

Awards and Honors:

- Chairman, Gordon Conference on Mammary Gland Biology, 1989
- Senior International Fogarty Foundation Fellowship, 1989-90
- American Cyanamid Award (ADSA), 1993
- Dean Foods/Borden Award (ADSA), 2001.
- Distinquished Research Fellow of the Graduate School, UMCP, 2002-03