Bertram Coltman

Office Location
A. F. Gray 209

Education 
Ph.D. in Cell & Molecular Biology, Tulane University, 1996
M.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology, Tulane University, 1990
B.S. in Biology, Tulane University, 1988

Areas of Teaching 
Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology (BIO 121)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (BIO 221)
Genetics (BI 250)
Microbiology (BIO 370)
Mammalian Physiology (BIO 450)
Biochemistry (CHEM 412)

Areas of Expertise / Research Interests
Tissue culture:

• Organotypic slice culture; various neonatal murine CNS structures
• Cell lines: Rosa 26 Stem Cells; C6 glioma; N1E-115 neuroblastoma; At20-pituitary cells.
• Organ culture of various PNS ganglia, e.g., superior cervical ganglia

Publications
Coltman, B.W. and C.F. Ide (1996). Temporal Characterization Of Microglia, IL-1ß-like Immunoreactivity And Astrocytes In The Dentate Gyrus Of Hippocampal Organotypic Slice Cultures. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 14(6): 707-719.

Ide, C.F., J.L. Scripter, B.W. Coltman, R.S. Dotson, D.C. Snyder and A. Jelaso (1996). Cellular And Molecular Correlates To Plasticity During Recovery From Injury In The Developing Mammalian Brain. Progress in Brain Research, 108: 365-377.

Coltman, B.W., E. Earley, A. Shahar, F.E. Dudek and C.F. Ide (1995). Factors Influencing Mossy Fiber Collateral Sprouting In Organotypic Cultures Of Neonatal Mouse Hippocampus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 362: 209-222.

Snyder, D.C., B.W. Coltman, K. Muneoka, and C.F. Ide (1991). Mapping The Early Development Of Projections From The Entorhinal Cortex In The Embryonic Mouse Using Prenatal Surgery Techniques. Journal of Neurobiology 22: 897-906.

Abstracts
Coltman, B.W., and K. Munoeka (2000) Spatiotemporal Distribution Of DiI-Labeled LHRH Neurons In Developing Mice. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 26:938.

Coltman, B.W., and C.F. Ide (1995) Involvement Of Amoeboid Microglia In Neurodegeneration In Organotypic Slice Cultures Of Mouse Hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 21:1149.

Coltman, B.W., F.E. Dudek, and C.F. Ide (1994). The Entorhinal Cortex Reduces Granule Cell Collateral Sprouting In Organotypic Cultures Of Mouse Hippocampus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20:1681.

Coltman, B.W., J. Scripter, and C.F. Ide (1993). Temporal Correlation Of Interleukin-1ß And GFAP Immunoreactivity With Dentate Neuronal Reorganization In Organotypic Cultures. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19:96.

Ide, C.F., U. Chu, D.S. Snyder, B.W. Coltman, and J. Scripter (1992). Neuroimmune Response In The Neonatal Mouse Hippocampus Following Prenatal Lesions To The Entorhinal Cortex. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18:626.

Coltman, B.W., E. Earley, L. Alworth and C. F. Ide (1991). Factors Influencing Granule
Cell Collateral Sprouting In Organotypic Cultures Of Mouse Hippocampus Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 17:169.

Professional Affiliations
Society for In Vitro Biology (formerly the Tissue Culture Association, 1992-present)
Society for Neuroscience (1989-present)
Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) – (2004-present)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1988-present)

Community Engagement / Service
Active parishioner at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Portland, OR
Make-A-Wish Oregon Foundation
Salud! Foundation

Favorite quote
“It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.” Lewis Wolpert