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Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Calumet

Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Calumet. PUC Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff. PUC Biological Sciences. 12 faculty members (10 professors and 2 continuous lecturer/ lab Coordinator) 5 staff members 10 limited-term lecturers 3 visiting scholars

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Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Calumet

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Calumet

  2. PUC Biological SciencesFaculty and Staff

  3. PUC Biological Sciences • 12 faculty members (10 professors and 2 continuous lecturer/ lab Coordinator) • 5 staff members • 10 limited-term lecturers • 3 visiting scholars • 7 graduate teaching assistants • 2 graduate research assistants

  4. Professors • Dr. Young Choi, Plant Ecology, Conservation Biology • Dr. Curtis Creighton, Behavioral Ecology, Conservation Biology • Dr. Terence Dougherty, Microbiology, Immunology • Dr. Michael Henson, Reproductive Physiology • Dr. Barbara Mania-Farnell, Developmental Neurobiology • Dr. Radmila Sarac, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology • Dr. Evert Ting, Microbiology • Dr. Charles C. Tseng, Molecular Biology, Genetics • Dr. Feng-Song Wang, Cell Biology, Bioimaging • Dr. Michael Zimmer, Immunology

  5. Other Faculty Contribute to Biology Program Aquatic Ecology • Ms. Leslie Dorworth, Illinois and Indiana Sea Grant Biochemistry • Dr. Maria Longus, Dept. of Physics and Chemistry Bioengineering • Dr. Howard Gerber,Department of Electric Engineering Bioinformatics • Dr. Keyuan Jiang, Dept of Computer Information Technology

  6. Undergraduate Degree Programs Associate of Science (70 credits) Emergency Medical Services/Paramedic Bachelor of Science(124 credits) • B.S. Biology • B.S. Biological Science Teaching • B.S. Medical Technology

  7. Graduate Degree Programs Master of Science • Biology • Biology Teaching • Biotechnology (Pending) • Non-Thesis Option -- 30 credit hours • Thesis options – 22 or more credits of formal courses, + up to 7 credits of thesis research

  8. Options and Areas of Concentration • Biotechnology Option • Cell and Physiology Option • Ecology Option • Microbiology Option • General Biology Option

  9. Biotechnology Option Genetic / Molecular Biology

  10. Charles TsengProfessor of Biological SciencesDirector of biology graduate program • Genetics, Molecular Biology, & Biotechnology, Ph.D., UCLA (1965) • Research Interest: Human functional genomic, Bacterial DNA typing, Human chromosome analysis

  11. Biotechnology/ Genetics/ Molecular Biology

  12. Courses Genetics Molecular BiologyMedical Genetics↓↓ Recombinant DNAHuman Cytogenetics Techniques Bioinformatics ↓ Research

  13. Cell Biology/ Physiology Option

  14. Michael HensonDepartment head and Professor of Biological Sciences • Animal Science/Physiology, Ph.D. University of Arkansas – Fayetteville (1985) • Research Interest: Reproductive Physiology

  15. Barbara Mania-FarnellProfessor of Biological Sciences • Neurobiology Ph.D. Northwestern University (1992) • Research Interests: -- Neural Tube / Spinal Cord Development • Molecules that Regulate Neuronal Cell Type Development

  16. Radmila SaracAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences • Molecular Physiology, Ph.D. University of Chicago (2004) • Research Interests: Ion channel structure and function, molecular physiology and pharmacology

  17. Feng-Song WangAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences • Cell Biology, Ph.D. Rutgers University (1993) • Research Interests: Cell motility, specifically neuronal growth cone movement and pathfinding

  18. Cell Biology/ Physiology

  19. Courses • Cell Biology • ↓ • Animal Physiology • Developmental Biology • Neurobiology • Medical Physiology • Immunology • Tissue Culture • Research

  20. Ecology Option

  21. Young ChoiProfessor of Biological Sciences • Plant Ecology, Ph.D., State Univ. of New York - Syracuse (1991) • Research Interests: -- Restoration of damaged ecosystems • Invasions of exotic species • Vegetation dynamics in wetlands, grasslands, and oak woodlands

  22. Curtis CreightonAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences • Behavioral ecology and conservation biology, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma (1995) • Research Interests: Life history evolution, Effect of forest fragmentation on insect communities

  23. Ecology/ Evolution

  24. General Ecology Biogeography Plant Ecology Conservation Biology Field Ecology Evolution Aquatic Ecology Phycology Ornithology Ecology Research Ecology Courses

  25. Microbiology Option

  26. Evert TingProfessor of Biological Sciences • Microbiology, Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1996) • Research Interests: Biohydrogen Production, Food and Water Safety, Bacterial Source Tracking

  27. Terence DoughertyProfessor of Biological Sciences • Microbiology, Ph.D. at University of Delaware, (1970) • Research Interests: Effect of low frequency electro-magnetism on zebra mussels

  28. Michael ZimmerAssistantProfessor of Biological Sciences • Immunology Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh • Research Interest: CD1 restricted T cells

  29. Microbiology

  30. Microbiology Courses • Basic Microbiology • ↓ • Advanced Microbiology • Food Microbiology • Medical Microbiology • Immunology • Environmental Microbiology • Phycology • Microbiology Research

  31. State-of-Art Laboratory Facilities

  32. Automated DNA Sequencer

  33. DNA Sequence Analysis

  34. DNA Microarray

  35. Gel Image Analysis

  36. Polymerase Chain Reaction

  37. Fluorescent Microscopy Lab

  38. Tissue Culture Lab

  39. Microbiology Lab

  40. Animal Ecology Lab

  41. Indiana Dunes- National Lake Shore Excellent site for ecology and conservation studies

  42. Graduate Research • Three biology graduate students received award certificates at the Purdue University Calumet "Spotlight on Graduate Research" on October 26, 2006 for their paper entitled "Development of a Genome Scan for Bacterial Source Tracking."

  43. Graduate Research Outstanding Research Poster Award Midwest Ecology Revolution Conference Nick Heflin

  44. Undergraduate Research Day

  45. Undergraduate Research Award 2006 Robyn Hall & Alycia Storr 2007 Rima Parikh

  46. Student Research Awards Purdue Undergraduate Student Research Competition 1st Place Rima Parikh

  47. Biology Students -- Diverse Population

  48. Biological Sciences Annual Ice Cream Social

  49. Chinese New Year Celebration at PUC

  50. Purdue University CalumetHammond, Indiana

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