Emeritus University Professor Meigs Professor Dr. Fechheimer is retired and no longer active in research. He is active as a mentor to current UGA students. Research Programs: Cells and Disease Cell Structure and Function Selected Publications Ha, S., Furukawa, R., Stramiello, M., Wagner, J.J., and Fechheimer, M. (2011). Transgenic Mouse Model for the Formation of Hirano Bodies. BMC Neurosci. 12:97. [Epub ahead of print] Ha, S., Furukawa, R., and Fechheimer, M. (2011). Association of AICD and Fe65 with Hirano bodies reduces transcriptional activation and initiation of apoptosis. Neurobiol Aging. 32:2287-98. Kim, D.-H., R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 2009. Degradation of Hirano Bodies by Autophagy 5, 44-51. Davis, R. C., Furukawa, R., and M. Fechheimer, 2008. A Mammalian Cell Culture Model for the Formation of Hirano Bodies, Acta Neuropathologica 115, 205-217. Stich, R. W., G. A. Olah, K. A. Brayton, W. C. Brown, M. Fechheimer, K. Green-Church, S. Jittapalapong, K. M. Kocan, T. C. McGuire, F. R. Rurangirwa, and G. H. Palmer. 2004. Identification of a novel Anaplasma marginale appendage-associated protein that localizes with actin filaments during intraerythrocytic infection. Infection and Immunity 72, 7257-7264. Maselli, A., R. Furukawa, S. A. M. Thomson, R. C. Davis, and M. Fechheimer. 2003. Formation of Hirano Bodies Induced by Expression of an Actin Cross-linking Protein With a Gain of Function Mutation. Eucaryotic Cell 2, 778-787. Maselli, A. G., R. Davis, R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 2002. Formation of Hirano Bodies in Dictyostelium and Mammalian Cells Induced by Expression of a Modified form of an Actin Cross-linking Protein. J. Cell Science 115, 1939-1952. Lim, R. W. L., R. Furukawa, and M. Fechheimer. 1999. Evidence of Intramolecular Regulation of the Dictyostelium discoideum 34,000 dalton F-actin Bundling Protein. Biochemistry 38, 16323-16332. Lim, R. W. L., R. Furukawa, S. Eagle, R. C. Cartwright, and M. Fechheimer. 1999. Three Distinct F-actin Binding Sites in the Dictyostelium discoideum calcium-regulated 34,000 dalton Actin Bundling Proten. Biochemistry 38, 800-812. Rivero, F., R. Furukawa, M. Fechheimer, and A. A. Noegel. 1999. Three actin cross-linking proteins, the 34 kDa actin-bundling protein, a-actinin, and ABP-120, have both unique and redundant roles in the growth and development of Dictyostelium. J. Cell Science 112, 2737-2751. Clem, R. J., M. Fechheimer, and L. K. Miller. 1991. A Baculovirus Gene Required to Prevent Apoptosis During Infection of Insect Cells. Science 254, 1388-1390. Fechheimer, M., and J. J. Cebra. 1982. Phosphorylation of Lymphocyte Myosin Catalyzed In Vitro and In Intact Cells. J. Cell Biol. 93, 261-268.
