Rate My Professor Lara Hutson

Hutson's research interests encompass undergraduate STEM education and cell biology, building on her prior investigations into developmental biology with zebrafish models. Key publications include Small heat shock proteins are necessary for heart migration and laterality determination in zebrafish (Developmental Biology, 2013, with Lahvic et al.), Identification and analysis of a novel bmp4 enhancer in Fugu genome (Archives of Oral Biology, 2015, with Wang et al.), Pathfinding and error correction by retinal axons: the role of astray/robo2 (Neuron, 2002), Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of the zebrafish small heat shock proteins (Gene, 2007, with Elicker), and Analyzing axon guidance in the zebrafish retinotectal system (Methods in Cell Biology, 2004, with Campbell and Chien). In STEM education, her works feature Zebrafish in Education: Tackling Big Problems with Little Fish (Zebrafish, 2024, with Jackstadt et al.), Redesigning Science Courses to Enhance Student Engagement and Performance (book chapter in Active Learning in College Science, Springer Nature, 2020, with Liu et al.), and Development and Validation of a Formative Evaluation Instrument for College Teaching (International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022, with Liu). Hutson received the University at Buffalo Teaching Innovation Award.