Ion Transport Across Epithelial Tissues and Disease

1. Organoids as a Model for Intestinal Ion Transport Physiology.- 2. Secretory Diarrhea.- 3. Role of the Epithelium in Diseases of the Intestine.- 4. Diseases of the Pancreas Involving Channels/Transporters.- 5. Fundamentals of Ion Transport across Human Sweat Gland in Health and Disease.- 6. Transporters in the Lactating Mammary Epithelium.- 7. Lipid Transport Across the Mammary Gland.- 8. Ion Transport across Inner Ear Epithelia.- 9. Regulation of Ion Transport through Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Impact in Retinal Degeneration.- 10. Ion Transport in the Choroid Plexus Epithelium.- 11. Transport Functions of Ectoderm Epithelial Cells Forming Dental Enamel. 

Kirk L. Hamilton was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1953. He gained his undergraduate (biology/chemistry) and M.Sc. (ecology) degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington. He obtained his Ph.D. at Utah State University under the tutelage of Dr. James A. Gessaman, where he studied incubation physiology of Barn owls. His first post-doctoral position was at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas under the mentorship of Dr. Douglas C. Eaton where he studied epithelial ion transport, specifically, the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). He then moved to the Department of Physiology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham for additional post-doctoral training under the supervision of the late Dr. Dale J. Benos where he further studied ENaC, and non-specific cation channels. He took his first academic post in the Department of Biology at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans (1990-1994). He then joined the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago in 1994, and he is currently an Associate Professor. He has focused his research on the molecular physiology and trafficking of potassium channels (specifically KCa3.1). He has published more than 60 papers and book chapters. His research work has been funded by the NIH, American Heart Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Lottery Health Board New Zealand. Dr. Devor and he have been collaborators since 1999. When he not working, he enjoys playing guitar (blues and jazz) and volleyball. Kirk is married to Judith Rodda, a recent Ph.D. graduate in spatial ecology. They have 2 children, Nathan (b. 1995) and Emma (b. 1998). Daniel C. Devor was born in Vandercook Lake, Michigan in 1961. His education took him through Southampton College of Long Island University, where he studied Marine Biology, before entering SUNY Buffalo for his Ph.D., under the guidance of Dr. Michael E. Duffey. During this time, he studied the role of basolateral potassium channels in regulating