Editorial Board of the following:
- General Comparative Endocrinology
- Experientia
- Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
- Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development
- International Journal of Entomology (India)
Reviewed research grant proposals for the following:
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- United States Department of Agriculture
- BARD
- Lindbergh Foundation
Reviewed manuscripts for the following:
- Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
- Biochim Biophysics Acta
- Proceedings of the National Acad. of Sciences, USA
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Science
- Many others
International:
- Executive Advisory Committee, Ecdysone Workshop
- Symposium Committee, International Congress of Entomology
National:
- Strategic Planning Committee, National Institute for Research Resources
State:
- North Carolina Competitiveness Committee (NC - Israel)
- North Carolina Sustainable Environment
- Executive Committee, North Carolina Association of Biomedical Research
University:
- Chair, Chancellor's Faculty Planning Committee
- Salary Compression Committee
- Enrollment Management Committee
- TURCO
- Associate Provost
Professional Societies:
- Society of Developmental Biology
- Sigma Xi
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Genetics Society of America
Awards, Honors, Special Achievements:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement
(February, 1996)
Major Research Projects Underway
- Genetic, molecular and ultrastructural analysis of Drosophila endocrinology:
endocrine gland regulation, hormone action and ultraspiracle, ecdysone receptor
interactions.
- Mechanism of cell death (apoptosis) in ecdysteroidogenic tissues.
- Mechanism of action of the insect neuropeptide, prothoracicotropic hormone, on
steroidogenesis: the role of Ca2+/calmodulin, protein kinases, protein synthesis,
and FKBP.
- Biosynthesis of ecdysone from cholesterol using nmr and mass spectrometric analyses.
Journals Edited:
- Gilbert, L. I. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Executive Editor.
Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, Elsevier Science Ltd.
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