Mark Jareb, Ph.D.
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As associate dean, Mark Jareb, Ph.D., is responsible for the College of Arts & Sciences’ strategic, operational and financial health. Additionally, he assists faculty, staff, students and campus partners to help execute SHU’s vision.
Jareb has been with SHU since 2002. Along with associate dean, his role at the University includes being an associate professor of biology where he teaches several academic courses.
Before joining the SHU community, Jareb worked as a postdoctoral fellow/associate research scientist at Columbia University Medical Center.
Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- BS, Penn State University, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Teaching Responsibilities
- BI 345 Neurobiology
- BI 311 Systems Physiology
- BI 111/113 Concepts In Biology I
- BI 112/114 Concepts in Biology II
- BICC 103 Science Discovery/Human Community
Research Interests
Jareb's research examines fundamental questions regarding the cell biology and development of neurons. His lab uses primary cultures of embryonic chick forebrain neurons as a model system to study the development and maintenance of neuronal polarity. Neurons are polarized in that they have morphologically distinct processes called axons and dendrites which have specific functions. Typically, the cell body and dendrites function to receive information while the axon transmits information. A central mechanism underlying this functional polarity is the sorting and trafficking of membrane proteins to either the axon or dendrites. His work focuses on how proteins that make the axon functionally unique are trafficked to the correct location.
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