Dr. Robert Dores
Robert M. Dores was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
He received a B.A. degree in biology from the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) in 1972. After completing an M.S. degree in biology at the University of San Francisco, he joined the research group of William Herman at the University of Minnesota and completed a Ph.D. in zoology with a focus on arthropod neuropeptides. He then did a NIH postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Betty Eipper and Dick Mains at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in pituitary hormone biosynthesis followed by a second NIH postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Huda Akil and Stan Watson at the University of Michigan, School of Medicine on opioid peptides in the central nervous system.
In 1985, he joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver as an assistant Professor and developed a research program in neuroendocrinology. He rose to the rank of professor in 1992. He would serve as Associate Chair from 1990 to 1993, and then as chair of the department from 1994 to 2010. He became Editor-in-Chief, for the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology and served in this capacity from 2001 to 2016. He was President of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology from 2015 to 2017.
His research interests for the past 44 years have focused on the evolution of the pituitary hormone, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). Projects have included an analysis of the phylogeny of the precursor for ACTH, POMC, and the relationship between POMC and the other opioid coding genes (i.e., Proenkephalin, Prodynorphin, and Proorphanin) in chordates. More recently his lab has analyzed the pharmacology, phylogeny, and evolution of the ACTH GPCR, the melanocortin-2 receptor, and its interaction with the accessory protein Mrap1. His research group has published 149 peer reviewed articles on these topics.
In 2005 he received the Bargmann/Scharrer Award at the 15th Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, and in 2013 he received the Gorbman/Bern Lecturer Award from the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology.
Address: University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences, Denver, CO U.S.A. 80210; email: [email protected]
He received a B.A. degree in biology from the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) in 1972. After completing an M.S. degree in biology at the University of San Francisco, he joined the research group of William Herman at the University of Minnesota and completed a Ph.D. in zoology with a focus on arthropod neuropeptides. He then did a NIH postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Betty Eipper and Dick Mains at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in pituitary hormone biosynthesis followed by a second NIH postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Huda Akil and Stan Watson at the University of Michigan, School of Medicine on opioid peptides in the central nervous system.
In 1985, he joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Denver as an assistant Professor and developed a research program in neuroendocrinology. He rose to the rank of professor in 1992. He would serve as Associate Chair from 1990 to 1993, and then as chair of the department from 1994 to 2010. He became Editor-in-Chief, for the journal General and Comparative Endocrinology and served in this capacity from 2001 to 2016. He was President of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology from 2015 to 2017.
His research interests for the past 44 years have focused on the evolution of the pituitary hormone, adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). Projects have included an analysis of the phylogeny of the precursor for ACTH, POMC, and the relationship between POMC and the other opioid coding genes (i.e., Proenkephalin, Prodynorphin, and Proorphanin) in chordates. More recently his lab has analyzed the pharmacology, phylogeny, and evolution of the ACTH GPCR, the melanocortin-2 receptor, and its interaction with the accessory protein Mrap1. His research group has published 149 peer reviewed articles on these topics.
In 2005 he received the Bargmann/Scharrer Award at the 15th Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, and in 2013 he received the Gorbman/Bern Lecturer Award from the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology.
Address: University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences, Denver, CO U.S.A. 80210; email: [email protected]