Faculty
Bernard P. Possidente
Professor of Biology 
Office: BTCIS 110i
Phone: 518-580-5082
E-mail: bposside@skidmore.edu
Education:
- B.A., Wesleyan University
- Ph.D., University of Iowa
- Postdoctorate, Florida State University
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Topics in Genetics (BI 352)
- Genetics (BI 245)
- Biological Clocks (BI 344)
- Genes and Generation (SSP-008 First Year Seminar)
- Human Genetics (BI 170)
Research Interests:
Dr. Possidente's general research area is genetic analysis of behavioral mechanisms. His research focuses on the function of biological clocks in controlling circadian (daily-endogenous) rhythms using mice and fruitflies as model systems: manipulation of rhythms in mice and fruitflies with genetic, pharmacological, and photoperiod treatments inorder to identify functional properties of circadian system components and their physiological mechanisms.
Recent Circadian Publications:
*Indicates student co-author
- LLabre JE, Gil C*, Amatya N*, Lagalwar S, Possidente B, Vashishth D. (2022) Degradation of Bone Quality in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. .
- Nagare R., Possidente, B., Lagalwar, S. and Figueiro, M. (2020) Robust light鈥揹ark patterns and reduced amyloid load in an Alzheimer鈥檚 disease transgenic mouse model. Sci Rep10, 11436. .
- Kohiyama M*, Bonser D, Leung L*, Fall A*, Canada N*, Qu B, Ahmad S, Possidente B (2019) The Drosophila apterous56f mutation impairs circadian locomotor activity. Biol Rhythm Res, 46:275-285.
- Sheppard A, Hirsch HVB, Possidente B, (2015) Novel Masking Effects of Light Are Revealed in Drosophila by Skeleton Photoperiods. Biological Rhythms Research, 46 (2) 275-285.