Contact

Dr. Dominque G. Homberger
Professor, Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
202 Life Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1715
phone: 225.578.1747
fax: 225.578.2597
email: zodhomb@lsu.edu

 
Recent Publications

Articles:


Bragulla, H.H. & Homberger, D.G. In press. The role of the specific, profilaggrin-containing keratohyalin granules in the developing epidermis of the fetal horse hoof. Pferdeheilkunde.

Ham, K., Barnett, H.A., Ogunbakin, T., Homberger, D.G., Bragulla, H.H., Matthews II, K.L., Willson, C.S., & Butler, L.G. 2006. Imaging tissue structures: Assessment of absorption and phase contrast x ray tomography imaging at 2-nd and 3-rd generation synchrotrons. Proc. SPIE, 6318: in press.

Jónsson, J.E., Afton, A.D., Homberger, D.G., Henk, W.M. & Alisauskas, R.T. 2006. Do geese fully develop brood patches? A histological analysis of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) and Ross’s geese (C. rossii). J. Comp. Physiol. B (Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology): online since January 24; in press.

Homberger, D.G. 2005. Ernst Mayr and the complexity of life. J. Biosci., 30 (4): 427-433.

Homberger, D.G. 2005. The Classification and the Status of Wild Populations of Parrots. In Manual of Parrot Behavior (A. Luescher, ed.). Blackwell Publishing, Ames, Iowa.

Abstracts:


Ham, K.G., Barnett, H.A., Ogunbakin, T., Homberger, D.G., Bragulla, H.H., Castille, A.R., Matthews II, K., Willson, C.S., & Butler, L.G. 2006. Imaging tissue structures: assessment of absorption and phase-contrast x-ray tomography imaging at 2nd and 3rd generation synchrotrons. Abstract OEI303 81 in Proceedings of SPIE, Proc. SPIE 6318: 631822 (10 pages)

Proceedings of Symposia:


Homberger, D.G. & Beissinger, S.R. 2006. Bird Trade: Conservation Strategy or Extinction Catalyst? Round-Table Discussion at the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, August 11-17, 2002. Published in the congress proceedings in Acta Zoological Sinica, 52 (Supplement): 46-47.

Talks and Seminars:


Imaging Tissue Structures: Assessment of Absorption and Phase-Contrast X-ray Tomography Imaging at 2nd and 3rd Generation Synchrotrons (Ham. K., Barnett, H., Ogunbakin, T., Homberger, D.G., Bragulla, H.H., Castille, A.R., Matthews II, K., Willson, C.S., & Butler, L.G.). Conference "Developments in x-ray tomography V" (Chair: Ulrich Bonse), Optics and Photonics 2006 Conferences, San Diego, California, 13-17 August 2006. Organized by the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

*Cockatoo beaks, eucalypts, and the drying of Australia: The evolutionary history of parrots. Seminar. Dept. of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2 February 2006