My research lab utilizes DNA fingerprinting and sequencing technologies to answer a variety of interesting biological questions. Presently, my research interests include investigating the structure of microbial communities in different environmental conditions.

Along with the new building, our department received almost $2 million for new equipment. Several items have been significant upgrades for my research and teaching labs:

  • Beckman-Coulter CEQ8000 capillary DNA sequencer
  • Bio-Rad iCycler and MyCycler PCR thermal cyclers
  • Fisher refrigerated AccuSpin microcentrifuge
  • Revco -80°C freezer
  • Eppendorf 2510 electroporator
  • Syngene DigiGenius7 photodocumentation system
  • FisherBiotech UV transilluminator

Undergraduate, graduate, and joint faculty research projects have been supported in my lab.

 

* DNA Fingerprint Analysis of Environmental Organisms

Joanna Sweeney - TRFLP Analysis of Soil Fungal Communities Along Stone Walls

Edna Soto - Sequence Comparison of Mitochondrial COI Gene Sequences from Copepods of North & Central Americas

Sarah Ronning - Differences in Bacterial Community Structure in Casts from Earthworms Fed Different Soil Types

Roger Martinez - Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Soil Fungal Communities Along Stone Walls

Maria Ahmed & Joanna Sweeney - Comparison of Soil Bacterial Communities at WCSU Westside Campus

Timothy Dejulio & Jonathan Brooks - A Comparative Study of the Microbiota Within Three Artificial Aquatic Environments

Kristin Davies & Tracey O'Neill - A Comparative Study of Bacterial Communities in the Digestive Tract of Two Populations of Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina

Edward Schwerkolt - Molecular Analysis of Bacteria Found on American Paper Currency

Edwin Wong & Mitch Wagener - The Influence of Stonewall Environments on Soil Microbial Community Structure as Assessed by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

Edwin Wong & Howard Russock - Methods for isolating genomic DNA from the Mossambique Tilapia for Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis

* DNA Sequencing

Annika Casteneda - Capillary DNA sequencing on the Beckman Coulter CEQ8000

Adedayo Hanidu & Nadine Khalil - DNA Sequence Analysis of Soil Microbes

* Conjugation between Procaryotes and Eucaryotes

Jonathan Brooks - Trans-kingdom Conjugation between E. coli and the eucaryote, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

* Bacterial Degraders of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Lisa Mara & Brian Sampson - Identification of Microbial Biodegraders

Irene Vishnevsky - Identification of Microbial Biodegraders

* Mercury Modification by Soil Bacteria

Anthony Reeves - PCR Amplification of Mercury-resistance Genes

Baerbel LoSacco - Bacterial Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Mary Ann Whalen & James Archer - Identification of Mercury-Resistant Bacteria in Soil

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