Rate My Professor Michael Weible

Dr. Michael Weible is a Lecturer in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, where he conducts research in neuroscience as part of the Development Neurobiology and Visual Sciences Lab. Previously associated with Griffith University's Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, his work centers on the molecular mechanisms underlying neural development and stem cell biology. Weible holds a Doctor of Philosophy and has contributed significantly to understanding key processes in neurogenesis. His research explores neural precursor cells, phagocytosis by neural cells, P2X7 receptor signaling in early human neurogenesis and adult neural progenitor cells, stem cell niches regulated by the tryptophan and kynurenine pathway, bone morphogenetic proteins in spinal cord development, inflammation's impact on neurogenesis, connexin expression in astrocytes, purinergic signaling, astrocyte differentiation and aging, retrograde axonal transport of neurotrophins, Wolbachia infection effects on Drosophila behavior and octopamine production, and cytotoxicity of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in glioblastoma multiforme.

Weible has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including 'A review of the evidence for Tryptophan and the Kynurenine Pathway as a regulator of stem cell niches in health and disease' (2024), 'BMPRII+ neural precursor cells isolated and characterized from organotypic neurospheres: an in vitro model of human fetal spinal cord development' (2024), 'Real-time Live-Cell Flow Cytometry to Investigate Calcium Influx, Pore Formation, and Phagocytosis by P2X7 Receptors in Adult Neural Progenitor Cells' (2019), 'P2X7 receptor signaling during adult hippocampal neurogenesis' (2019), 'P2X7 Receptors Regulate Phagocytosis and Proliferation in Adult Hippocampal and SVZ Neural Progenitor Cells: Implications for Inflammation in Neurogenesis' (2018), 'Intensity of Mutualism Breakdown Is Determined by Temperature Not Amplification of Wolbachia Genes' (2016), 'Wolbachia Influences the Production of Octopamine and Affects Drosophila Male Aggression' (2015), and 'P2X7 is an archaic scavenger receptor recognizing apoptotic neuroblasts in early human neurogenesis' (2015). He convenes and teaches undergraduate courses such as Neuroscience (3003NSC) and Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 (2002NSC), contributing to education in biomolecular and biomedical sciences.