{"id":11903,"date":"2025-11-25T16:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neomed.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=11903"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:01:56","slug":"cooper-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.neomed.edu\/medicine\/biomedical-sciences\/labs\/cooper-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_width=&#8221;full&#8221; page_header_style=&#8221;normal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1602881238564{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"section \">\r\n<style>.vc_custom_1747946461770{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}<\/style><section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row content_width=&#8221;full&#8221; page_header_style=&#8221;normal&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1747946461770{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1488901602222{background-color: #f5f6f6 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1602881310249{padding-top: 200px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;portrait&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neomed.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/lisa-cooper-neomed-300.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of a scientist in a black top.\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Lisa Noelle Cooper, Ph.D.<\/h4>\n<p>Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lcooper@neomed.edu\">lcooper@neomed.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neomed.edu\/directory-profile\/cooper-lisa-52862\/\">Biography<\/a><br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;main-body&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-transform: none;\">Cooper Lab<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243; el_width=&#8221;40&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#404040&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;overview&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Overview<\/h4>\n<p>In departing from life on land, both bats and whales evolved novel body plans and exceptional lifespans. Our research tracks the phenotypic and molecular basis of these novel body plans over their evolutionary history. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Current work\/topics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartilage and bone health throughout the lifespan of bats and whales<\/li>\n<li>Brain composition in whales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Funding\/support<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>National Science Foundation<\/li>\n<li>UH-NEOMED Faculty Scholar Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Select publications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooper LN, Ansari MY, Capshaw G, Galazyuk A, Lauer AM, Moss CF, Sears KE, Stewart M, Teeling EC, Wilkinson GS, Wilson RC, Zwaka TP, Orman R. 2024. Bats as instructive animal models for studying aging. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1-14.<\/li>\n<li>Hieronymus TL, Waugh DA, Ball HC, Vinyard CJ, Galazyuk A, Cooper LN. 2023. Comparing age- and bone-related differences in collagen fiber orientation: A case study of bats and laboratory mice using quantitative polarized light microscopy. Anatomical Record 1-19.<\/li>\n<li>LN Cooper, R Suydam, JGM Thewissen. 2023. Cetacean evolution: Copulatory and birthing consequences of pelvic and hindlimb reduction. In Sex in Cetaceans: Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies (eds. B. Wursig, D. Orbach). Pages 65-83.<\/li>\n<li>Cooper LNC, Ball HC, Vinyard CJ, Safadi FF, George JC, and Thewissen JGM. 2020. Linking gene expression and phenotypic changes in the developmental and evolutionary origins of osteosclerosis in the ribs of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution: 1-11.<\/li>\n<li>Ball H.C., Ievari-Shariati S., Cooper L.N., Aliani M. 2018. Comparative metabolomics of aging in a long-lived bat: Insights into the physiology of extreme longevity. PLoS One 13(5): e0196154.<\/li>\n<li>Crish C.M., Ball H., Lin L., Novak K.M., Cooper L.N. 2018. Evidence of Wnt\/\u03b2-catenin alterations in brain and bone of a tauopathy mouse model of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Neurobiology of Aging 67:148-158.<\/li>\n<li>Cooper, L.N., Sears K.E., Armfield B.A., Kala B., Hubler M., Thewissen J. G.M. 2018. Review and experimental evaluation of the embryonic development and evolutionary history of flipper development and hyperphalangy in dolphins (Cetacea: Mammalia). Genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development 56(1): e23076.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Open positions<\/h3>\n<p>Contact Dr. Cooper if interested in joining the lab.<\/p>\n<h3>Lab members<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Ashley Mohrman \u2013 research technician<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Magrini \u2013 graduate student<\/li>\n<li>Hanna Ellis \u2013 medical student fellow<\/li>\n<li>Harley Raines \u2013 medical student fellow<\/li>\n<li>Miguel Alfonso Viray \u2013 medical student fellow<\/li>\n<li>Trinity McFadden \u2013 undergraduate researcher<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Davidson \u2013 undergraduate researcher<\/li>\n<li>William Adams \u2013 high school volunteer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>See next<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neomed.edu\/medicine\/biomedical-sciences\/labs\/\">List of Biomedical Sciences labs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/medicine\/\">College of Medicine home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"section \">\r\n<style><\/style><section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Contact<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Deborah Heeter<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dheeter@neomed.edu\">Email<\/a> | 330.325.6636[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Department Chair<\/h4>\n<p><strong>J.G.M. \u2018Hans\u2019 Thewissen, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone: 330.325.6295<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:thewisse@neomed.edu\">thewisse@neomed.edu<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Department of Biomedical Sciences<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/medicine\/biomedical-sciences\/\">Department of Biomedical Sciences home<\/a><br \/>\n<a 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