Meredith Ezak
PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests
Science Education; the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Education
PhD, Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
Office Hours
By appointment, mjs32@buffalo.edu
Selected Publications
- Sojka, S.E., Ezak, M.J., Polk, E.A., Bischer, A.P., Nehland, K.E., Wojtovich, A.P. and Ferkey, D.M. (2025) An extensive gap junction neural network modulates Caenorhabditis elegans aversive behavior. Genes. 16(3):260. Article.
- Chaubey, A.H., Sojka, S.E., Onukwufor, J.O., Ezak, M.J., Vandermeulen, M.D., Bowitch, A., Vodičková, A., Wojtovich, A.P. and Ferkey, D.M. (2023) The Caenorhabditis elegans innexin INX-20 regulates nociceptive behavioral sensitivity. Genetics. 223(4):iyad017. Article.
- Krzyzanowski, M.C., Brueggemann, C., Ezak, M.J., Wood, J.F., Michaels, K.L., Jackson, C.A., Juang, B-T., Collins, K., Yu, M.C., L’Etoile, N.D. and Ferkey, D.M. (2013) The C. elegans cGMP-dependent protein kinase G EGL-4 regulates nociceptive behavioral sensitivity. PLoS Genetics. 9(7):e1003619. Article.
- Ezak, M.J. and Ferkey, D.M. (2011) A functional nuclear localization sequence in the C. elegans TRPV channel OCR-2. PLoS ONE. 6(9):e25047. Article.
- Ezak, M.J., Hong, E., Chaparro-Garcia, A. and Ferkey, D.M. (2010) C. elegans TRPV channels function in a modality-specific pathway to regulate response to aberrant sensory signaling. Genetics. 185(1):233-244. Article.
- Ezak, M.J. and Ferkey, D.M. (2010) The C. elegans D2-like dopamine receptor DOP-3 decreases sensitivity to the olfactory stimulus 1-octanol. PLoS ONE. 5(3):e9487. Article.