Visit SF State - Word on the Street - Megumi Fuse
Name...
Megumi Fuse
Title...
Assistant Professor, Biology
Highest degree...
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
At SF State since...
2001
Recent Projects...
"Regulation of ecdysis in insects," looking at nervous and endocrine regulation of behaviors through electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, molecular biology and videography. Collaborations include development of image tracking software and analysis of behaviors, with the Computer Science Department at SF State (Ilmi Yoon and Rahul Singh) as well as nociception research at UCSF (Matt Lewin).
Thoughts...
At SF State, the classroom provides the venue for innovative teaching ideas, and provides a link with the scientific research community. I expect students to come out of my classes able to think critically, and to appreciate the contributions of scientific research to our understanding of biology. The student experience in the research lab adds to this base, and students leave SF State as critical and independent thinkers. The lab provides a unique experience for students, where they learn to observe biology close up, to hypothesize, to analyze data and to be strong communicators, both verbally and in written form.
