• B.A. Concordia College, Biology/Chemistry 2000
  Moorhead, Minnesota
• Ph.D. University of North Dakota, Anatomy and Cell Biology 2006
  Grand Forks, North Dakota

• 2006–2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Jamestown College
• 2002–2006: Special Dissections for Medical Gross Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of North Dakota
• 2001–2002: Graduate Teaching Assistant for First Year Medical Histology, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of North Dakota
• 2000–2001: Graduate Teaching Assistant for Human Anatomy Laboratory, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of North Dakota

Teaching Experiences:

• Human Anatomy and Physiology Lecture and Laboratory (two semester course)
• Invertebrate Zoology Lecture and Laboratory
• Vertebrate Zoology Lecture and Laboratory
• Developmental Biology Lecture and Laboratory
• Animal Physiology Lecture and Laboratory
• Human Gross Anatomy Laboratory
• Special lectures in Human Gross Anatomy
• Human Histology Laboratory

Abstracts:

1. 2002 Meyer, M.M., J.A. Risan, J.C. Swinscoe, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. Delayed aging in Ames dwarf mice is accompanied by reduced glomerular basement membrane thickening and increased Metallothionein expression. FASEB Journal 16:A1098
2. 2002 Swinscoe, J.C., M.M. Meyer, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. A potential relationship between increased tissue Metallothionein and reduced basement membrane thickening in the Ames dwarf mouse model of delayed aging. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 13:343A
3. 2003 Meyer, M.M., J.C. Swinscoe, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. Increased renal Metallothionein accompanies reduced glomerular basement membrane thickening in the Ames dwarf mouse model of delayed aging. FASEB Journal 17:A363
4. 2006 Meyer, M.M., J.C. Swinscoe, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. Increased endogenous antioxidants and reduced basement membrane thickening in Ames dwarf mouse kidney. (in preparation)
5. 2006 Swinscoe, J.C., M.M. Meyer, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. Identification and measurement of multimeric forms of Metallothionein in mouse tissues utilizing the Ames dwarf model of delayed aging.
   (in preparation)
6. 2006 Swinscoe, J.C., M.M. Meyer and E.C. Carlson. A competitive ELISA for detection and quantification of oxidative and non-oxidative polymeric forms of Metallothionein 1 and 2 in normal and Ames dwarf mice.
   (in preparation)

Presentations:

1. 2003 M.M. Meyer. Reduced Glomerular Basement Membrane Thickening Accompanies Increased Glomerular Metallothionein in the Ames Dwarf Mouse Model of Delayed Aging. International Anatomy Exchange, University of North Dakota.

Peer Reviewed Papers:

1. M.M. Meyer, J.C. Swinscoe, H.M. Brown-Borg and E.C. Carlson. Increased endogenous antioxidants and reduced basement membrane thickening in Ames dwarf mouse kidneys. (In preparation)