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Ryan Bonvillain

Graduate Student
Department of Genetics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
533 Bolivar Street, Room 629, CSRB
New Orleans, LA 70112
Lab: (504) 568-7915
Fax: (504) 568-8500
Email: rbonv1@lsuhsc.edu

Ryan Bonvillain began his graduate work at LSU Health Sciences Center in July, 2005, as a member of the first class of Interdisciplinary Ph.D. students. Ryan joined the Department of Genetics in June 2006, and he is currently working in Dr. Guoshun Wang's laboratory where his research interests are cystic fibrosis and cancer.

Ryan was born and raised in Raceland, Louisiana. In 2005 he earned the Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in pre-medical Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. As an undergraduate, Ryan was a student researcher in Environmental Toxicology.

Publications:

Zou, E and Bonvillain, R. Chitinase activity in the epidermis of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, as an in vivo screen for molt-interfering xenobiotics. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2004. Dec;139(4):225-30.

Zou, E and Bonvillain, R. Effects of 9-cis- and all-trans-retinoic acids on blood glucose homeostasis in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2003. Nov;136(3):199-204.