Michael T. Kirber, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise includes: Fluorescence microscopy; Image processing and analysis; Imaging system design and construction; Intracellular calcium imaging and measurement.

Publications

  • Published 2/20/2025

    Lata S, Yabaji SM, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Kirber MT, Crossland NA, Kramnik I. Protocol for 3D multiplexed fluorescent imaging of pulmonary TB lesions using Opal-TSA dyes for signal amplification. STAR Protoc. 2025 Mar 21; 6(1):103640. PMID: 39982826.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/9/2019

    Luptak I, Morgan R, Baka T, Croteau D, Moverman D, Sarnak H, Kirber M, Bachschmid MM, Colucci WS, Pimentel DR. Genetically targeted fluorescent probes reveal dynamic calcium responses to adrenergic signaling in multiple cardiomyocyte compartments. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2019 09; 114:105569. PMID: 31299273.

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  • Published 1/12/2016

    Zhou Q, Yen A, Rymarczyk G, Asai H, Trengrove C, Aziz N, Kirber MT, Mostoslavsky G, Ikezu T, Wolozin B, Bolotina VM. Impairment of PARK14-dependent Ca(2+) signalling is a novel determinant of Parkinson's disease. Nat Commun. 2016; 7:10332. PMID: 26755131.

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  • Published 10/5/2012

    Schäfer C, Rymarczyk G, Ding L, Kirber MT, Bolotina VM. Role of molecular determinants of store-operated Ca(2+) entry (Orai1, phospholipase A2 group 6, and STIM1) in focal adhesion formation and cell migration. J Biol Chem. 2012 Nov 23; 287(48):40745-57. PMID: 23043102.

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  • Published 8/18/2010

    Teague JE, Ryu HY, Kirber M, Sherr DH, Schlezinger JJ. Proximal events in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced, stromal cell-dependent bone marrow B cell apoptosis: stromal cell-B cell communication and apoptosis signaling. J Immunol. 2010 Sep 15; 185(6):3369-78. PMID: 20720205.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, PhD
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MS
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS
  • Clark University, BA

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