BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic & Professional Background

• B.S. (Biochemistry and Chemistry) 1981 - University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
• Ph.D. (Biochemistry) 1987 - University of Missouri, Columbia
• Postdoctoral Scholar (Neurochemistry) 1992 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Current Research Interests

• Immune-Mediated Peripheral Nerve Disorders
• Mechanisms of Retinal Degeneration
• Molecular Actions of Lithium

Selected Publications

Stubbs Jr. EB, Lawlor MA, Richared MP, Sidiqqui K, Fisher MA, Bhoopalam N, Siegel GJ. Anti-Neurofilament antibodies in MGUS neuropathy produce experimental motor nerve conduction block. Acta Neuropathol 105-109-116, 2003.

Lawlor MW, Richards MP, DeVries GH, Fisher MA, Stubbs Jr. EB. Antibodies to L-periaxin in sera of patients with peripheral neuropathy produce experimental sensory nerve conduction deficits. J Neurochem 83:592-600, 2002.

Ellis TM, Le PT, DeVries GH, Stubbs E, Fisher M, Bhoopalam N. Alterations in CD30+ T cells in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Clin Immunol 98:301-307, 2001.

Lawlor MW, Richards MP, Fisher MA, Stubbs JR. EB. Sensory nerve conduction block in experimental MGUS neuropathy. Muscle and Nerve 24:809-816, 2001.

Lawlor MW, Holve S, Stubbs Jr. EB. Assessment of serum mediated neurotoxicity in Navajo neuropathy. Electromyography and Clin Neurophysiol 40:211-214, 2000.

Stubbs Jr. EB, Fisher MA, Siegel GJ. Anti-tubulin antibodies in a sensorimotor neuropathy patient alter tubulin polymerization. Acta Neuropathologica 95:302-305, 1998.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• Humoral Mechanisms of MGUS Neuropathy in Veterans
• Immunological Disturbances in Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
• Pathophysiology of Retinal Degeneration in a Nervous Mouse Model
• Visual Rehabilitation with Retinal Prosthetic Implants

Research Funding Sources

• VA Merit Review
• Bane, Loyola University
• Falk Foundation, Loyola University
• Fight for Sight Prevent Blindness America
• Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
• Midwest Eye-Banks and Transplantation Center

Research Methods Employed

• Western Immunoblotting
• Immunocytochemistry
• Microsurgery
• Intraneural Injection
• Intracortical Microstimulation
• Evoked Responses (M wave, H-reflex)
• Primary Neuronal Cell Culture

Honors

• 1988-1989 - National Institutes of Mental Health Research Service Award
• Member, Phi Theta Kappa
• Member, Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society
• Member, Sigma Xi
• Member, American Society for Neurochemistry
• Member, Society for Neuroscience