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MARK L. WEISS
Professor of anatomy and physiology

 

Photo of Mark WeissMark L. Weiss is a professor of anatomy and physiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University.

Weiss' research interests include neural control of regulatory functions and behaviors, finding function and location of brain circuits that control blood pressure and fluid balance, circuitry in hypothalamus and the autonomic nervous system and how the brain organizes both the autonomic nervous system and the neuroendocrine systems.

In addition, Weiss is part of a research team that has isolated unique stem cells from the umbilical cord matrix. Recent work indicated that these stem cells can be xenotransplanted into the brain without being rejected and that they differentiated into neurons.

Weiss won a Bausch and Lomb Science Medal in 1977 and was invited to participate in a 1984 NATO conference in Italy titled "Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite." Weiss was a keynote speaker at the 2001 meeting of the National Physiological Society of Mexico.

Weiss is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, American Association of Anatomists, Society for Neuroscience and the Foundation for Biomedical research.

He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his doctorate in biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Weiss had a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Michigan State University.

Since arriving at K-State in 1991, Weiss' research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health.

Weiss can be reached at 785-532-4520, or via e-mail at mlweiss@k-state.edu.