Biography

Dr. Darrell Wiens has received his PhD in Ohio State University currently, he is working as Professor in University of Northern Iowa.  

Research Intrest

Darrell Wiens focuses on cell motility and the cytoskeleton during development, cadherins during development, secondary neurulation, neural crest cells, heart development, and gravitational biology.  

List of Publications
Lwigale PY, Joel ET, William NN, Brian SS, Darrell JW. Simulated microgravity and hypergravity attenuate heart development in explant culture, Cells Tissues Organs. (2000). 167:171-183.
Orris AS, Darrell W. Isotretinoin alters morphology, polarity, and motility of migrating neural crest cells in culture. Reproductive Toxicology. (1999). 13(1):45-52.
Wiens DJ. A perspective on cell sheet migration directed by adhesion molecules in embryos: The pattern of fibronectin during heart formation in the chick embryo. Journal of Theoretical Biology .(1996). 179:33-39.
Wiens D, Lisa J, Jill J, Jennifer B. Developmental expression of connexins in the chick embryo myocardium and other tissues. Anatomical Record. (1995). 241:541-553.