The Koke Lab at Texas State University-San Marcos
Joe Koke's Page
Contact Information
Courses Taught
CV
Colene Drace Award for outstanding research by a graduate student in Biology
FV1000 - Movie
Last updated Sunday, July 5, 2009
The "Virtual Wall" - pictures from meetings, etc. Recent Publications
ASCB 2006 Astrocytes as gate-keepers in optic nerve regeneration — A mini-review
Dana M. García, Joseph R. Koke
Exp. Bio. 2008, 2009
ISDN 2008

García-Koke labs - January 2009. Brittany, Alex, Kyle, Katie and Nihar have moved on. Updated picture will be posted in September.
Research Interests
The denizens of the Koke lab study the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. We are interested in the interactions among intermediate filaments (both nuclear and cytoplasmic), microtubules, and microfilaments and the extracellular matrix, and how these interactions guide differentiation, development, and regeneration in nerve and other tissues.

Current research projects:

  • In collaboration with the García lab, into the morphology and functional genetics of optic nerve regeneration in zebrafish.
  • Understanding astrocytes and what makes them reactive, and the role of the reactive astrocyte in repair of nerve tissue injury in fish and mammals.

Grad Researchers

  • Mya Patel
  • Ayme Cardwell
Undergrad Researchers
  • Mallory McKelvy
Stipends, awards, reseearch support for graduate students - click HERE!

The Grad Student's Lament (needs QuickTime)

Pictoral History of the Koke Lab - THE "WALL" - 1984-2003 (please send newer images if you have them!)

(all dates approximate!)

Upon request, former students and other individuals implicated by the "wall" will be sent a CD containing the above images.