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DR. DERYL TROYER
Professor of anatomy and physiology

 

Photo of Deryl TroyerDeryl Troyer, professor of anatomy and physiology at Kansas State University, has spent his life as a researcher and scientist focusing on genetic neurologic conditions, gene mapping and the use of chromosomal microdissection to generate DNA markers. Recently, the emphasis of his laboratory has shifted to stem cell biotechnology.

Troyer is particularly interested in developing stem cells as a source of replacement cells for somatic cells damaged or lost due to degenerative disease, trauma or aging and their use in targeted delivery of therapeutic peptides or proteins. He has discovered, along with colleagues at K-State, a novel and potentially inexhaustible source of stem cells isolated from the matrix of umbilical cords. These cells have a remarkable propensity to develop into neural stem cells. He is presently collaborating in studies to further characterize these cells and develop them for stem cell therapies in animals and humans.

Troyer received his DVM in 1972 and a doctoral degree in anatomy and physiology in 1985 from Kansas State University. He has been teaching in the department of anatomy and physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at K-State since 1986. Troyer was also an assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill., and was a visiting researcher in molecular genetics at Ray White's Laboratory at Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1988.

During his career, Troyer has received numerous grants to perform his research totaling more than $1.3 million and has published a variety of writings in more than 80 publications.

Troyer is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Genetic Association, International Society for Animal Genetics and the Kansas Academy of Science. He also is involved in the International Mammalian Genome Association, Tissue Culture Association, American and World Associations of Veterinary Anatomists and the American and Kansas Veterinary Medical Associations.

His honorary memberships include Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Zeta, Alpha Zeta and Sigma Xi. Troyer also received the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in 1996.

Troyer can be reached for comment at 785-532-4509, or via e-mail at troyer@vet.k-state.edu.