Dr. John Weber
Professor
Dr. Weber completed a B.S. in Biology/Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and a M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Montana. He subsequently received a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Weber then conducted a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from 2000-2003 and was an Assistant Professor at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam from 2003-2006. He joined the School of Pharmacy in November, 2006.
Please note: Currently, Dr. Weber is not accepting any graduate students (August 2022).
Research Areas of Interest:
- Mechanisms contributing to altered physiology and pathology of the cerebellum
- Discovery of compounds that are protective against brain aging, trauma and neurodegenerative disease
Teaching Areas of Interest: Neuropharmacology, drug abuse and addiction, cellular and molecular neuroscience, diseases of the nervous system
Current Projects:
- Determining the cellular mechanisms that underlie ataxia using mutant mouse models
- Studying the long-term effects of adolescent ethanol exposure
- The effects of berries and marine products on neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation
Selected Publications:
- Aryal S, Skinner T, Bridges B and Weber JT. (2020) The Pathology of Parkinson's Disease and Potential Benefit of Dietary Polyphenols.
- Debnath-Canning M, Unruh S, Vyas P, Daneshtalab N, Igamberdiev AU and Weber JT. (2020) Fruits and leaves from wild blueberry plants contain diverse polyphenols and decrease neuroinflammatory responses in microglia.
- Lamont M, MacCallum P, Head N, Blundell J and Weber JT. (2020) Binge drinking in adolescent rats induces persistent behavioural impairments and elevated proinflammatory/proapoptotic proteins in the cerebellum. Psychopharmacology 237(5), 1305-1315.
- Kelly E, Vyas P and Weber JT. (2017) Biochemical properties and neuroprotective effects of compounds in various species of berries.
- Lamont MG, and Weber JT. (2015) Mice deficient in carbonic anhydrase type 8 exhibit motor dysfunctions and abnormal calcium dynamics in the somatic region of cerebellar granule cells.
Contact:
Dr. John Weber
Phone: (709) 864-7261