Biology

Margaret Bloch Qazi Associate Professor

I study insect reproductive behaviors and physiology using two model systems, the flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) and the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). While males and females must cooperate to reproduce at all, there is also often conflict regarding how many progeny to produce, when to produce them, and who will fertilize the female's eggs.…   (continue reading)

Joel Carlin Assistant Professor

Please visit my homepage at http://homepages.gac.edu/~jcarlin/

Maureen Carlson Technical Coordinator

Jeffrey Dahlseid ’90 Associate Professor

I am interested in engaging students in my quest to understand how the expression of genes is regulated by cell-mediated changes, specifically changes involving the stability and translation of messenger RNA (mRNA). I have several potential projects based in a wonderful model system (that also makes the lab smell pretty good!). Using bakers' yeast…   (continue reading)

Eric Elias Adjunct Instructor

Michael Ferragamo Associate Professor, Director of Neuroscience

Marilyn Frederick Administrative Assistant

I am a life-long resident of the Mankato/St. Peter area. My husband and I live on the hobby farm where I grew up which is located on the bluffs of the Minnesota river valley. This gives us a tremendous opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and wildlife which we appreciate every day. My interest in the outdoors along with my extensive work experience in…   (continue reading)

Pamela Freeman Visiting Assistant Professor

Jon Grinnell Associate Professor

Please see my homepage for more information:  http://homepages.gac.edu/~grinnell/  

Sarah Hankerson Visiting Assistant Professor

Kiki Harbitz Adjunct Instructor

Colleen Jacks ’79 Professor

I am interested in gene expression and how gene expression is regulated. We are using ribosomal protein genes of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana in our investigations. Ribosomes are found in three compartments of the plant cell - the cytoplasm, the plastid (e.g. chloroplast) and the mitochondrion. All three types of ribosomes contain a unique set…   (continue reading)

Pamela Kittelson Associate Professor

Please see personal homepage for additional information: http://homepages.gac.edu/~pkittels/

John Lammert Professor

Phenytoin, a commonly-used anti-convulsant drug, is known to have several side effects, including an altered immune system. In other organ systems, the drug has been found to bind to the glucocorticoid receptor, as well as to inhibit Ca2+ uptake. Both pharmacological actions are potentially immunosuppressive. In a mouse model, students are studying…   (continue reading)

Karla Marz Assistant Professor

My research examines some of the molecular underpinnings of circadian clocks.  These clocks regulate an enormous number of biological functions that occur on an approximately 24-hour, or circadian, cycle.  Circadian cycles of gene expression and other cell activities influence phenomena as diverse as the sleep/wake cycle, the ability to concentrate…   (continue reading)

Kimberly Murphy Visiting Assistant Professor

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 1. JGI Undergraduate Research in Microbial Genome Annotation. The nation-wide initiative-called the Microbial…   (continue reading)

Sanjive Qazi Adjunct Instructor

My fundamental training in basic biology using insect model systems during my academic fellowships (enzyme and binding kinetics, computational biology, biophysics) enabled me to apply this knowledge in cancer therapy and anti-HIV drug development programs. My statistical understanding of noise in data proved to be useful in cancer patient survival outcome…   (continue reading)

Mary Strey Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Director of Science Initiatives