Scott Everet Baird

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Ph.D. Molecular Biology, 1988, University of Connecticut
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1988-1990, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, 1991-1994, University of Pittsburgh

 

Research interests:  Natural history, morphological evolution, and speciation genetics in the nematode genus Caenorhabditis.  In particular I am interested in develomental constraint and the evolution of adaptive gene complexes.  Recent projects include characterizations of nematode-isopod associations, the evolution of caudal papillae pattern in male nematodes, and characterizations of post-zygotic reproductive isolation mechanisms in various combinations of Caenorhabditis speceis.

Current funding:
NSF 0130987  Genetics of Haldane's Rule in Caenorhabditis.  February 1, 2002 - January 31, 2005.

NIH R15 GM065847  Evolution of Axial Specification in Caenorhabditis.  July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2004.

Representative Publications:

Baird, S. E.  (2002)  Haldane’s Rule by sexual transfromation in Caenorhabditis.  Genetics 161: 1349-1353.

Baird, S. E.  (2001)  Strain-specific variation in the pattern of caudal papillae in Caenorhabditis briggsae (Nematoda; Rhabditidae); implications for species identification.  Nematology 3: 373-376.

Baird, S. E. and W.-C. Yen  (2000)  Reproductive isolation in Caenorhabditis: Terminal phenotypes of hybrid embryos.  Evolution & Development, 2: 1-7.

Khan, E., M. Singh, and S. Baird (1999)  Studies on the rhabditids of India:  Descriptions of Flagicaudoides gen. n. and two new species of Cuticularia (Nematoda: Rhabditida).  Intl. J. Nematology 9: 196-202.

Baird, S. E.  (1999)  Natural and experimental associations of Caenorhabditis remanei with Trachelipus rathkii and other terrestrial isopods.  Nematology, 1: 471-475.

Baird, S.E.  and S.A. Ellazar  (1999)  TGFb-like signaling and spicule development in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Developmental Biology 212: 93-100.

 

Savage, C., P. Das, A.L. Finelli, S.R. Townsend, C.-Y. Sun, S.E. Baird, and R.W. Padgett (1996) Caenorhabditis elegans  genes sma-2, sma-3, and sma-4  define a conserved family of transforming growth factor beta pathway components.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 93: 790-794.

Baird, S.E., D.H.A. Fitch, and S.W. Emmons (1994).  Caenorhabditis vulgaris n. sp. (Secernentea: Rhabditidae); a necromenic associate of pill bugs and snails.  Nematologica.40: 1-11.