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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. is the Scientific Director of Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging and a tenured Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology and Neuroscience at the Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine. Until July 1, 2024, he was Director of Microscopy and Analytical Imaging and a tenured Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering at the University of Kansas.

He holds the lifetime distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He also holds memberships and fellowships in numerous societies and serves or served in various leadership positions, committees, and boards, including Society for Integrative Biology, Histochemical Society, Royal Microscopical Society, Optical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society for Neuroscience, Association of Biomolecular Resources Facilities, American Society of Cell Biology, BioImaging North America, and the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology. He also serves or served as editor, associate editor, and or as an editorial board member for "Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience", “IEEE Access”, Biotechnic and Histochemistry”, "Integrative and Comparative Biology", and “Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution.

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Employment (3)

Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine: Saint Louis, Missouri, US

2024-07-01 to present | Scientific Director and Professor (Cell Biology & Physiology and Neuroscience)
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The University of Kansas: Lawrence, KS, US

2015-06 to 2024-06-30 | Professor (Pharmacology, Toxicology, Neuroscience, and Bioengineering )
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University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras: Rio Piedras, PR

1999-08 to 2015-05 | Professor of Integrative Anatomy and Neurobiology (Biology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Creighton University School of Medicine: Omaha, NE, US

1997-05 to 1999-07 | Post-doctoral Fellow ( Biomedical Sciences)
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University of Nebraska Medical Center: Omaha, NE, US

1997-05 | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Medical Sciences)
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University of Alabama: Tuscaloosa, AL, US

1994-05 | Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (Natural Sciences)
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American Association For The Advancement of Science: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2021 | Fellow
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Funding (10)

CC* Networking Infrastructure: A Science DMZ to Enable Friction-Free Scientific Data Workflows

2017-04-01 to 2019-03-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1659427
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Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access & Mentoring 2

2016-09-12 to 2018-06-30 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R25GM116706
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IBDR: Workshop on Successful Approaches for Development and Dissemination of Instrumentation for Biological Research - May 1-2, 2014; Rosslyn, VA

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IDBR: Development of a High Resolution Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscope

2010-09-01 to 2012-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0964114
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Travel Grant to Support Participation of "Ideas Laboratory" Workshop Activity

2010-05-01 to 2012-10-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1039620
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Regenerative Neurogenesis in Echinoderms

2001-10-01 to 2005-09-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0110692
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Retinoic Acid: A Link Between Body Plan and Neural Sexual Dimorphism

2001-09-01 to 2005-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0091120
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Symposium: 'Starting from Fins: Parallelism in the Evolution of Limbs and Reproductive Structures', Chicago, IL, January 3-7, 2001

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Leadership, Excellence And Development of Diversity in Research

1996-09-30 to 2018-08-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: T36GM008637
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Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access & Mentoring

1981-04-01 to 2017-06-30 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (n/a, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: T36GM008059
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Works (25)

Spatiotemporal Imaging of Zinc Ions in Zebrafish Live Brain Tissue Enabled by Fluorescent Bionanoprobes

Molecules
2023-02-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Romana Jarosova; Sarah K. Woolfolk; Noraida Martinez-Rivera; Mathew W. Jaeschke; Eduardo Rosa-Molinar; Candan Tamerler; Michael A. Johnson
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Abundance of gap junctions at glutamatergic mixed synapses in adult Mosquitofish spinal cord neurons

Frontiers in Neural Circuits
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903382409

Contributors: Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Rodriguez-Alvarado, M.; Torres-Vazquez, I.I.; Fraser, S.E.; Yasumura, T.; Vanderpool, K.G.; Rash, J.E.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

Controls for Immunohistochemistry: The Histochemical Society’s Standards of Practice for Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84908651171

Contributors: Hewitt, S.M.; Baskin, D.G.; Frevert, C.W.; Stahl, W.L.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

Simplified approach makes two-photon Multicolor imaging less costly

Biophotonics International
2014 | Other
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2-s2.0-84896950075

Contributors: Franke, T.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Rivera-Rivera, N.L.; Rosa-Molinar, E.; Langhorst, M.
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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

EnzMet™: An Enzymatic Metallography Reagent for Accurately Delineating Neuronal Boundaries for Segmenting Gap Junction-Coupled Neurons in their Three-dimensional Space

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009630394

Contributors: Torres-Vazquez, I.I.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Orange, F.; Guinel, M.J.F.; Koutis, I.; Wolf, J.; Laimer, C.; Joshi, V.; Powell, R.D.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Mixed Synapses as a Testbed for Developing Reagents for Building Connectomes and Synaptomes

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009547728

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

A male poecillid's sexually dimorphic body plan, behavior, and nervous system

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78649505621

Contributors: Rivera-Rivera, N.L.; Martinez-Rivera, N.; Torres-Vazquez, I.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Lauder, G.V.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. via Scopus - Elsevier

Drug encapsulation within self-assembled microglobules formed by thermoresponsive supramolecules

Chemical Communications
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78149455595

Contributors: Betancourt, J.E.; Subramani, C.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Rosa-Molinar, E.; Rotello, V.M.; Rivera, J.M.
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3 dimensional correlated microscopy of fluorescence microscopy and serial block face SEM

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-69949189625

Contributors: Mancuso, J.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Torres-Vazquez, I.I.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Serial block-face scanning electron microscopic correlative methods for mapping neuronal interconnectivity

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-69949182855

Contributors: Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Mancuso, J.; Torres-Vazquez, I.I.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis affinis): A new laboratory animal resource for the study of sexual dimorphism in neural circuits

Lab Animal
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-48849097773

Contributors: Rosario-Ortiz, L.; Rivera-Pabon, S.; Torres-Vázquez, I.; Ortiz-Perez, E.G.; Diaz-Perez, L.; Pesquera-Diaz, L.; Rivera-Rivera, N.L.; Colon-Garcia, E.; Serrano-Vélez, J.L.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Hindbrain development and evolution: Past, present, and future

Brain, Behavior and Evolution
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-27544516412

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Krumlauf, R.K.; Pritz, M.B.
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The development of the hindbrain afferent projections in the axolotl: Evidence for timing as a specific mechanism of afferent fiber sorting

Zoology
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-27744607548

Contributors: Fritzsch, B.; Gregory, D.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Advances in preparative and labeling technology for microscopy and imaging of the developing nervous system: Transport studies of novel multi-functional correlative probes

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-4544376884

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Rodriguez-Cortes, A.; Serrano Velez, J.L.; Rosario-Garcia, M.G.; Rivera-Ortiz, J.M.
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Colloidal gold conjugate of recombinant cholera toxin B-subunit of Alexa Fluor® and dextran-Texas Red®-Nanogold® fluorescent dyes for use in correlative microscopy and intravital imaging

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0041422194

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Serrano-Velez, J.L.; Joshi, V.N.; Powell, R.D.; Oshel, P.E.; Albrecht, R.M.
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Fluorescence quenching by colloidal heavy metals: Implications for correlative fluorescence and electron microscopy studies

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0041919535

Contributors: Kandela, I.K.; Meyer, D.A.; Oshel, P.E.; Rosa-Molinar, E.; Albrecht, R.M.
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Too much of a good thing: Retinoic acid as an endogenous regulator of neural differentiation and exogenous teratogen

European Journal of Neuroscience
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0042381311

Contributors: McCaffery, P.J.; Adams, J.; Maden, M.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Colloidal gold conjugates of cholera toxin B-subunit of Alexa Fluor® fluorescent dyes for use in correlative studies

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036411762

Contributors: Rosa Molinar, E.; Serrano-Vélez, J.L.; Oshel, P.; Albrecht, R.M.
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Starting from fins: Parallelism in the evolution of limbs and genitalia. The fin-to-genitalia transition

Evolution and Development
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036491407

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Burke, A.C.
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Starting from fins: Parallelism in the evolution of limbs and genitalia. The fin-to-limb transition

Evolution and Development
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036746287

Contributors: Burke, A.C.; Rosa-Molinar, E.
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Whole-mount procedures for simultaneous visualization of nerves, neurons, cartilage and bone

Brain Research Protocols
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032841976

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Proskocil, B.J.; Ettel, M.; Fritzsch, B.
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A mechanism for anterior transposition of the anal fin and its appendicular support in the Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis [Baird and Girard, 1854]

Acta Anatomica
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032407892

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Proskocil, B.J.; Hendricks, S.E.; Fritzsch, B.
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Sex differences in endogenous retinoid release in the post-embryonic spinal cord of the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
1997 | Book
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2-s2.0-0030897250

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; McCaffery, P.J.; Fritzsch, B.
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Organizational-activational concept revisited: Sexual differentiation in an atherinomorph teleost

Hormones and Behavior
1996 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0030424075

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Fritzsch, B.; Hendricks, S.E.
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Development of the anal fin appendicular support in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird and Girard, 1854): A reinvestigation and reinterpretation

Acta Anatomica
1994 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0027943275

Contributors: Rosa-Molinar, E.; Hendricks, S.E.; Rodriquez-Sierra, J.F.; Frizsch, B.
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