1. NAME: Rudolf B.Brun
2. PLACE OF BIRTH AND DATE: March 4, 1938: Lucerne, Switzerland. Naturalized American Citizen.
3. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Ph. D. 1968: University of Basel, Switzerland. Thesis: “Pattern Formation in Feather Development”. Major Professor: Dr. Adolf Portmann.
4. FORMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: enrolled into the marine biology class offered by the “Laboratoire d’Arago” University of Paris, Banyules-sur-Mer (France) Fall 1967. Enrolled into the embryology class offered by the marine laboratories in Naples, Italy, Spring 1969.
Postdoctoral training in developmental biology (gene regulation in embryogenesis): University of Geneva, Switzerland: Fall 1968-1970. Workshop (for post doctoral fellows) in tissue culture procedures, Oxford, England, February 1973.
5. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: N.A.
6. PRESENT RANK: Professor.
7. YEAR OF APPOINTMENT AND RANK: 1978: Assistant Professor.
8. YEAR OF LAST PROMOTION: 1987: Professor.
9. PREVIOUS TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
a) part time: Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland from 1965-1968.
b) Full time: Senior teaching assistant (Chef de Travaux), University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1969-1977. Faculty member (Chargé de Cours, 1972; Privat Docent, 1973) University of Geneva, to teach Embryology (with labs) and part of introductory biology (histology, developmental biology) including corresponding labs 1970-1977.
Assistant Professor to teach embryology and continue research (developmental genetics) at Indiana State University, Bloomington, Indiana 1977-1978.
Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University (TCU) Fort Worth, Texas, to teach Histology and Embryology.
Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL), Summer 1980. Research: Cytoplasmic transfers by micro-injection in the marine snail Ilyanassa.
Contributor to the embryology course offered by MBL.
10. PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: none
11. EXTERNAL SUPPORT SOUGHT:
Received:
US National Science Foundation (1984-1987) $ 100,000
12. INTERNAL GRANTS SOUGHT AND DISPOSITION OF REQUEST:
a) received: TCU/RF 1978 - 1990, 1992 Faculty Development:
13. GRADUATE THESIS DIRECTED: none
14. PRESENTATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:
a) Refereed publications: 1)
Brun, R. (1968) . Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Dynamik im
Federkeim. Rev. Suisse de Zoologie, Tome 75 , Fasc. 5, pp.1057-1063. 2)
Brun, R. (1969).
Untersuchung über die Dynamik im Federkeim unter besonderer
Berücksichtigung der Musterbildung beim Argusfasan (Argusianus argus) . Acta
Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia No. 49 , pp.3-64. 3) Brun, R. (1971). Ontogenese- und Evolutionsprobleme bei
der Musterbildung des Argusfasans
(Argusianus argus) . Rev.
Suisse de Zoologie, Tome 78, Fasc. 1,no. 2, pp. 115-134. 4) Brun, R. et Kobel, H. R.
(1972). Des grenouilles
métamorphosées obtenues par transplantation nucléaire a
partir du prosencéphale et de l’épiderme larvaire de Xenopus laevis. Rev. Suisse de Zoologie,
Tome 79, pp. 961-965. 5)
Brun, R. (1973). Mammalian cells in Xenopus eggs. Nature, New
Biology 243 (122), pp.26-27. 6) Kobel, H. R. , Brun, R.
and Fischberg, M. (1973).
Nuclear transplantation with melanophores, ciliated epidermal cells and the
established cell line A-8 in Xenopus
laevis. J. Embryol.
Exp. Morphol. 29 , pp. 539-547. 7)
Brun, R. (1974). The response of Xenopus laevis oocytes to injected somatic cell nuclei soon after
germinal vesicle break down induced in
vitro. Exptl.
Cell Res. 88, pp.444-447. 8)
Brun, R. (1974). Studies on
fertilization in Xenopus laevis
. Biology of Reproduction 11 ,
pp. 513-518. 9)
Brun, R. (1975). Oocytes maturation in vitro : contribution of the oviduct to
total maturation in Xenopus
laevis. Experientia
31 , pp. 1275-1276. 10)
Wabel, M.R., Brun, R.B., and Du Pasquier, L.
(1975).Lymphocytes of the toad Xenopus
laevis have the gene set for promoting tadpole development. Science 190, pp.1310-1312. 11)
Brun, R., and Kobel, H. R. (1977).
Observation of a fertilization block between Xenopus (laevis) borealis and Xenopus (laevis) laevis. J. of Exptl. Zool. 201, pp. 135-137. 12)
Brun, R. (1978). Developmental
capacities of Xenopus eggs,
provided with erythrocyte of erythroblast nuclei from adults. Dev. Biol. 65 , pp.
271-284. 13)
Brun, R. (1978). Experimental analysis of the eyeless
mutation in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Amer. Zool. 18 , pp.
273-279. 14)
Brun, R. (1981). The movement of
the prospective eye vesicle from the neural plate into the neural fold in Ambystoma mexicanum and Xenopus laevis. Dev. Biol. 88, pp. 192-199. 15)
Brun, R. and J. A. Garson (1983).
Neurulation in the Mexican salamander
(Ambystoma mexicanum)
: A drug study and cell-shape analysis of the epidermis and the neural plate.
J. Embryol. Exptl. Morphol. 74,
pp. 275-295. 16)
Brun, R. B., and Garson J. A.
(1984), Notochord formation in the Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) is different from
notochord formation in Xenopus
laevis. J.
Exptl. Zool. 229, pp. 235-240. 17)
Brun, R. (1985). Neural fold and
neural crest movement in the Mexican salamander Ambystoma mexicanum J. Exptl. Zool. 234, pp. 57-61. 18)
Brun, R. (1984). Evolution und Christentum. Internationale katholische
Zeitschrift 13, pp. 518-523. 19)
Brun, R. B. (1987). The eyeless mutant salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum): Evidence for an
imbalanced antero-posterior morphogenetic system. J. of Neurogenetics, 4, pp.
29-46. 20)
Brun, R. B. (1992). Evidence for an antero-posterior morphogenetic
system controlling eye size in the wild-type and eyeless mutant Mexican
salamander Ambystoma mexicanum. 21)
Brun, R. and A. M. Brun-Zinkernagel (1992). Differences in the Response to
PIF/Activin Between Animal Caps Excised From mid- or Late Blastula Stages of Xenopus
laevis. Experientia 48, pp. 405-408. 22)
Brun, R. (1992). Schöpfungslehre und Herrlichkeit. Internationale katholische
Zeitschrift Communio, 21 pp.
351-360. 23)
Brun, R. B. (1992). Bilateral Eye Formation in the Eyeless Mutant
Mexican Salamander Following Unilateral,
Partial Excision of the Neural Fold Tissues: A Quantitative Study. J. of Exptl. Zool. pp. 541-548. 24)
Brun, R. (1993).Principles of Morphogenesis in Embryonic Development, Music and
Evolution. Communio 20, pp. 528-543. 25)
Brun, R. (1994). Integrating Evolution: A Contribution to the Christian
Doctrine of Creation. Zygon 29, pp. 275-296. 26)
Brun, R. (1994). Christocentric Cosmology and the History of Cosmogenesis. Vistas
in Astronomy 39:4 (Abstract). 27)
Brun, R.(1997):"Adolf Portmann's Begriff der Gestalt aus der Perspektive
der modernen Entwicklungsgenetik."
("Adolf Portmann's
Concept of Gestalt From the
Perspective of Modern Developmental Genetics").
Commemorative Issue of UNI NOVA Vol. 79/80, pp. 88-90. Invited paper. 28)
Brun, R. "Christianity, Science, and Art: Toward an Updadet Christian
Doctrine of Creation." Electronic
book published on the Internet (URL: <www.webfeats.com/rbrun/>). 29)
Brun, R. (1999). "Does God Play Dice? A Response to Niels Gregersen's
Article: The Idea of Creation and the Theory of Autopoietic Processes." Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science, Vol.
34, no. 1 ( March 1999) pp.93-100. 30)
Brun, R. (2002). Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution, and Sacramental Reality: A
Christian Contribution.” Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science, Vol. 37,
no. 1 ( March 2002) pp.175-192. 31)
Brun, R. (2002) Cloning humans?
Current science, current views, and a perspective from Christianity.”
Differentiation: Vol. 69, pp.
184-187.
b. Non-refereed publications:
1) Rudolf B. Brun: “Axolotls in the Lab”. Axolotl News Letter, Spring
1988“The Eyeless mutant Mexican Salamander” Axolotl News Letter,
Spring 1991.
2) Rudolf B. Brun: Genes, Evolution, and the Word of God in Creation. ITEST
Bulletin, Spring 2000.
3) Rudolf B. Brun: “Hope in Nature and
Mind.” Published in "Hopefully yours..." Jnnam, Pune 2002. e.
Papers presented: 1968-1976:
Annual meetings of the Swiss Society of Zoologists, presented a paper
each year. 1975: International Society of Developmental Biologists: Nuclear
transplantation with red blood cell nuclei. 1977:
Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ) : Invited speaker to the Symposium: Developmental Genetics of the Mexican
Axolotl. Paper presented:
“Experimental analysis of the eyeless mutant in the Mexican
salamander.” 1980
ASZ : Eye formation in the eyeless mutant axolotl. 1981
International Society of Developmental Biologists: R. B. Brun and J. A. Garson: The forces that shape the neurula of Ambystoma mexicanum. ASZ:
The movement of the prospective eye vesicle from the neural plate into the
neural folds in Xenopus laevis. 1981
ASZ: The movement of the prospective eye cup from the neural plate into the
neural fold in Ambystoma mexicanum. 1982:
International Society of Neuroscience: Nocodazole and colchicine affect
elongation of tonofilaments in the epidermis of the Mexican salamander neurula. 1982
ASZ: R. B. Brun and J. A. Garson: The notochord of the Mexican salamander is
ectodermal in origin. 1982
ASZ: R.B. Brun and J. A. Garson :
Morphogenetic movements during neurulation in the Mexican salamander. 1983
ASZ: The eyeless mutant axolotl produces small and delayed optic vesicles. 1984
ASZ: Mapping the neural crest cells in the Mexican salamander. 1985
Society of Developmental Biologists: The eyeless gene e in the Mexican
salamander might interfere with a head gradient. 1985 International Society of Developmental
Biologists: A. M. Brun-
Zinkernagel, and R. B. Brun:
Neural crest cell behavior analyzed by using the Thiebaud marker. 1986
Eight Conference of Genes, Differentiation and Development, Hamburg, Germany:
The Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander:
Evidence for a Morphogenetic System out of Balance.” ASZ: Nashville TN: Neural Crest Cells in Xenopus limb Muscles.” European Developmental
Biology Congress, Helsinki, Finland: “Eye Formation in the Eyeless Mutant
Mexican Salamander Following Repositioning of the Head Sense Organs.” 1988
Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference Port Aransas, Texas. “Eye
Formation in the Eyeless Mutant Mexican Salamander: Results Obtained with Eyeless/Wild-type Chimeras.” 1989
ASZ: Boston MA: “Unilateral Antero-Posterior Neural Fold Rearrangements
in Wild-Type Mexican Salamanders (Ambystoma mexicanum) Influence
Eye-Volumes on the Contralateral Side.” 1989
ASZ: Boston MA: Division of Philosophy and History of Science Boston MA: “Evolution and Philosophy.” 1990
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain
Div. Santa Fe, NM.: ”Evolution of Beauty.” 1990:
Society of Christian Philosophers, Lincoln, NE: “Integrating Evolution
into an updated Christian doctrine of creation.” 1991
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain
Div. Santa Fe, NM. ”Evolution of Beauty “(revised version). 1991.
ASZ Atlanta: 1991: Difference in the response to PIF/activin between animal
caps excised from mid- or late blastula stages of Xenopus laevis. 1992
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky
Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. “Embryogenesis, Music and Evolution.” 1992
Meeting of the International Christian Studies Association, Pasadena CA:
“Integrating Evolution: A Contribution to the Christian Doctrine of
Creation”. 1993
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky
Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Nature, Life, and Art." 1993:
ASZ Los Angeles, CA. "The Lens that Forms Following Grafting of an Optic
Primordium of Xenopous borealis into Xenopus laevis,
Differentiates from the Grafted Retina. 1994:
Southwestern Commission on Religious Studies, Dallas TX.: "Evolution and
the Christian Doctrine of Creation: Attempt at a Synthesis." 1994:
Invited to present a paper at the Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP), Rome,
Italy (sponsored by the Vatican Observatory). Tittle: "Christocentric Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution and the
History of Cosmogenesis" 1995:
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain
Div. Santa Fe, NM. "Unification of Diversity, the Fundamental Creative
Principle?" 1996:
Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, Cracow,
Poland: "Christocentric Cosmology, Cosmic Evolution, and the Sacrament of
the Eucharist." 1997: Meeting of the American Society for
Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A
Biologist's Perspective on Science
and Art." 1998:
Meeting of The John M. Templeton Foundation Science and Religion Course
Porgram, Southern Region, Waco, Texas. 1999:
Meeting ITEST, Chicago IL, August 1999. 2000:
“Complexification in Musical Development and Biological Evolution.”
Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky
Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A Biologist's Perspective on Science and Art." 2001:
“Music in Nature and the Nature of Music.” Meeting of the American
Society for Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM.
"A Biologist's Perspective on
Science and Art." 2002:
“Aesthetics in Nature and Art.” Meeting of the American Society for
Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. "A
Biologist's Perspective on Science
and Art."
15. EDITORSHIP, CONSULTANTSHIPS AND APPLIED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: <
Reviewer of 24 papers submitted to the following professional journals: Developmental
Biology, Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology, Journal of
Experimental Zoology, and Journal of Morphology.
Reviewer of 14 Grants to the National Science Foundation.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the Meeting of the American Society of
Zoologists, Dallas 1981.
Member of the Organizing Committee for the First Southwestern Developmental Biology
Conference, UTA Arlington, Texas. Co-Chairperson
of session: Developmental Biology IV: Meeting of the American Zoologists,
Philadelphia 1983. Co-Chairperson
of session: Developmental and Cell Biology III, contributed papers of early
development: Meeting of the American Society of Zoologist, Denver Colorado
1984. Seminar
speaker at UTA Arlington, NTSU Denton, Rice University, University of Oklahoma,
Norman OK. Organizer
of: “The Seventh Annual Southwestern Developmental Biology
Conference” Topic:
“Embryology and Evolution” Fort
Worth, TX, March 23-25, 1989. Co-Chairperson
of session: Developmental and Cell Biology III, contributed papers of early
development: Meeting of the American Society of Zoologist, Boston MA, 1989. Meeting of the American Society for
Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Rocky Mountain Div. Santa Fe, NM. Organizer of
the Panel: ”Embryogenesis and Music”. Participants: Dr. Charles
Bestor, Professor for Composition and Dance, University of Massachusetts,
Department of Music, Amherst, Massachusetts, and: Dr. John MacKay, Professor of Composition,
Department of Music, West Chester University, West Chester, PA. 1992. (1994)
Consultant and reviewer of the textbook: Analysis Of Biological Development by Klaus Kalthoff; McGraw-Hill, INC. (1996). (1998)
Appointed to the Book Review Council of Zygon, Journal of Religion and Science
16. ACADEMIC ADVISING
ACTIVITIES: Pre-med
advisor 1978-1999
17. DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE:
Committee on formulating a proposal for a Ph. D. program in biology.
Primary
initiator of the guidelines for the seminar sequence required for M.S.
students. Initiator
an sponsor of the visit of Dr. Stuart Kauffman, Green Chair Professor, November
1984. Member of the Committee on Graduate Studies (COGS) 1983-1985; 1985-1987:
chairperson of COGS).
18. COLLEGE SERVICE: Re-activator
and co-teacher of the course: “Religion
and Science”
(1985/1987/1990/1993/1995). Graduate
Studies Representative to the final examination of Jiandong Gou (W. Zerda,
major professor), 5 December 1996.
19. UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Participant
in the honors course: “Origins”, Fall 1982. Instructor
for the Honors Colloquium: “The Nature of the Universe.” Fall 1988. Proposal
to the Honors Council for an interdisciplinary course entitled: The Nature of
Development”. Spring
1992: Coordinator of the Honors
Colloquium: The Nature of the Universe: Development. Member
of the Honors Council, 1985-90; 1991-1994; 1996-present. Member
of the Premed Committee: 1978- present. 20.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Invited
speaker to address the issue of “Christianity and Evolution.”
December 1986,
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth. Invited
by the Fort Worth Indep. School District, October 30, 1985 (Science Club)
to
discuss “The Making of a Science Poster” Judge
for the High School Science Fair,
1979-1990; 1992, 1994. Judge
for the Fort Worth Academy Science Fair since 1990-1995. Judge
for the Science Fair at Hill-School, Fort Worth, 1995. 21. MEMBERSHIP IN
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), The
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. The
American Society for Aesthetics (ASA), The
Institute for Theological Encounter With Science and Technology (ITEST), European
Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT. 22. PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND
AWARDS: Mortar
Board: Preferred professor 1988, 1994. Candidate
selected for the TCU 1996 Professor of the Year. 23. OTHER PROFESSIONAL
RELATED ACTIVITIES (attended scholarly
meetings): 1978:
American Society of Zoologists. Meeting in
Richmond, Virginia. 1980:
Symposium on ocular and visual development. Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1983:
First Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference, UTA, Arlington Texas. 1984:
European Developmental Biology Congress. Southampton, England. 1985:
Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference, TWU, Denton, Texas. 1986:
Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference, University of Houston. 1987:
Southwestern Developmental Biology Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK.