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Bill Stark, Ph.D. My research interests include the systematics, phylogeny and morphology of insects, particularly the aquatic insects such as stoneflies. Much of his research involves comparative study of insect structures with scanning electron microscopy. Webpage: http://www.mc.edu/~stark |
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Robert Hamilton, Ph.D. My research is genomic analysis. I am currently using genomic analysis to characterize daffodil cultivars and attempting to complete the genomic DNA sequence of an imidazoline receptor gene. I use the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify segments of genomic DNA, which then may be sequenced using a LiCor automated DNA sequencer. Webpage: http://www.mc.edu/~rhamilto |
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Clinton Bailey, Ph.D. My current research, utilizing the P2 mutation of maize, focuses on understanding the mechanism of plant mitochondrial DNA replication and segregation. An undergraduate researcher working in my lab, depending on the project undertaken, could expect to utilize techniques from genetics (mutant analysis and selective breeding), molecular biology (agarose gel electrophoresis, DNA cloning, Southern and northern blotting), or biochemistry (enzyme purification/ characterization and western blotting). Webpage:
http://www.mc.edu/campus/users/bailey/ |
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Elizabeth Brandon. Ph.D. In the laboratory, we are studying the links between obesity and cancer incidence. There is a strong, positive correlation between obesity and the occurrence of certain cancers, although the reasons for this are unknown. One hypothesis is that the metabolic and hormonal profile in obese individuals creates an optimum environment in which tumors can grow, with plenty of glucose and angiogenic factors to supply rapidly dividing tumor cells. I am using in vivo and molecular approaches to identify factors unique to obesity that contribute to enhanced tumor growth with the goal that this may help to identify strategies for slowing tumor growth.
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Ted Snazelle. Ph.D. My research interests include investigating the biodiversity of gram-negative bacilli in both surface water and soil utilizing both the Biomérieux API 20E system and the Biolog Microstation™. A second research interest is biotyping urine culture isolates of Esherichia coli using the Biomérieux API 20E system. A new research interest is studying carbohydrate metabolism in previously identified urine culture E. coli biotypes using the Biolog Microstation™. Last, determining the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus from environmental surfaces in the workplace is also a new research interest.
Webpage:
http://www.mc.edu/campus/users/snazelle/
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