Stacy Ruvio, PhD

Dr. Stacy Ruvio is Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at D’Youville. She mainly teaches neurobiology and anatomy & physiology courses. Her research interests include neurobiology and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). She is actively involved in service to D’Youville.

• Credential in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), 2022
• Post-Doctoral Research Training, Neurobiology, University of Rochester, 2013
• PhD, Biochemistry, SUNY University at Buffalo, 2010
• BS, Biology, SUNY Geneseo, 2005

• D’Youville Faculty Mentorship Award (2024)

• President’s Excellence Award for Grants and Sponsored Programs, Bronze Medal (2024)

• American Association of University Professors (AAUP) D’Youville Faculty Scholar of the Year Award (2022)
• National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (NSF S-STEM) Grant (2022)
• D'Youville Biology & Mathematics Faculty of the Year (2022 and 2018)
• D'Youville Title III Grant (2021)
• D'Youville Institute for Teaching Innovation (ITI) Faculty Fellow of Scholarship for Teaching and Learning (AY 2018-19)
• Conference Travel Grants, D'Youville Faculty Development Committee (2015-2024)
• Research Grants, D'Youville Research Committee (2018-2021)

• Neurobiology
• Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
• Anatomy and physiology education

• Anas E, Hoover E, Ille AL, Ille AM, Amico-Ruvio S. Towards multi-target glioblastoma therapy: Structural, distribution, and functional insights into protein target candidates. Brain Res., 2024. 1822:148623. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006899323003943?via%3Dihub
• Ille, AM*, Kishel, E*, Bodea, R, Ille, A, Lamont, H, and Amico-Ruvio, S. Protein LY6E as a candidate for mediating transport of adeno-associated virus across the human blood-brain barrier. J. Neurovirol., 2020. 26(5): 769-778. *Co-first authors. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13365-020-00890-9
• Lamont, H*, Ille, A*, and Amico-Ruvio, SA. Identification of a novel variant of Golli myelin basic protein BG21 in the uniquely neuroprotective white-footed mouse. Neurosci. Lett., 2019. 701: 8-13. *Co-first authors. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394019300898?via%3Dihub
• Shapovalov, Y, Zettel, M, Spielman, SC, Amico-Ruvio, SA, Kelly, EA, Sipe, GO, Dickerson, IM, Brown, EB and Majewska, AK. Fluoxetine modulates breast cancer metastasis to the brain in a murine model. BMC Cancer, 2014. 14(1): 598-612. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242485/
• Amico-Ruvio, SA, Paganelli, MA, Myers, JM and Popescu, GK. Ifenprodil effects on GluN2B-containing glutamate receptors. Mol. Pharmacol., 2012. 82(6): 1074-81. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502619/
• Maki, BA, Aman, TK, Amico-Ruvio, SA, Kussius, CL and Popescu, GK. C-terminal domains of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor modulate unitary channel conductance and gating. J. Biol. Chem., 2012. 287(43): 36071-80. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476275/
• Amico-Ruvio, SA, Murthy, SE, Smith, TP and Popescu, GK. Zinc effects on NMDA receptor gating kinetics. Biophys. J., 2011. 100(8): 1910-18. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077707/
• Amico-Ruvio, SA and Popescu, GK. Stationary gating of GluN1/GluN2B receptors in intact membrane patches. Biophys. J., 2010. 98(7): 1160-69. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849062/