SEARCH BIOLOGY

Research/Interests in the Department of Biological Sciences

	Research Centers Cell Differentiation and Development Center (CDDC)
	Education Dr. LoCascio - Science education including teaching methodologies, laboratory experience, and student assessment in post secondary schools.
	Environmental/Organismal Biology Anatomy Dr. Strait - Collection and 3D characterization of fossil mammals from an earliest Wasatchian (Wa0) locality in the southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Aquatic Ecology Dr. Burcher - Watershed ecosystem science. Botany Dr. Evans - Ethnobotany Environmental Microbiology Dr. Somerville - Antibiotic-resistant bacteria as bioindicators of water quality. Evolution Dr. Fet -Various aspects of evolution, genetics, biogeography and taxonomy of scorpions. Herpetology Dr. Pauley - All aspects of West Virginian and Appalachian herpetofauna, with personal research specializing in West Virginia's federally threatened Cheat Mountain Salamander. Invertebrate Zoology Dr. Joy - Parasitology Mammology Dr. Hight - Mammals of West Virginia Dr. Strait - Collection and 3D characterization of fossil mammals from an earliest Wasatchian (Wa0) locality in the southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Mycology Dr. Gain Paleontology Dr. Strait - Collection and 3D characterization of fossil mammals from an earliest Wasatchian (Wa0) locality in the southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Plant Ecology Dr. Evans - Ethnobotany Dr. Gilliam - The movement and cycling of plant nutrients within terrestrial ecosystems. Dr. May - Responses of plant nutrient dynamics and ecosystem functions to both natural stresses and environmental stresses that have been induced or amplified by human activities. Remote Sensing Dr. Brumfield - Manipulating satellite imagery to provide various environmental information. Scorpiology Dr. Fet -Various aspects of evolution, genetics, biogeography and taxonomy of scorpions.
	Molecular and Cell Biology Genetics (Chromatin) Dr. Georgel - Chromatin structure and function, the GAGA transcription factor as a functional substitute for a nucleosome, and MeCP2 (Methyl CpG Binding Protein)-mediated chromatin folding. Developmental Genetics Dr. Collier - Drosophila genetics. Microbiology Dr. Binder - Infectious diseases. Dr. Gain Mycology Dr. Gain Physiology Dr. Blough - The molecular mechanisms associated with contractile signal transduction in skeletal and smooth muscle and how these signals are regulated with exercise and aging. Dr. Mallory - Reproductive physiology. Plant Cell Biology Dr. Harrison - Regulation of the biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene. Dr. Valluri - Elicitation of medically important plant metabolites. Reproductive Biology Dr. Mallory - Reproductive physiology. Dr. Zhu - Sperm-egg interactions.

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