Heather
Grace Kuruvilla
Professor of
Biology, Cedarville University
At Cedarville
since 1997
Address
Office: ENS 273
Phone: (937)
766-7606
Education
- Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Cell
Biology), State University of
New York at Buffalo, 1997
- B.S. Biology, Houghton College, 1992
Research
Interests
My research is
on the action of chemorepellents in Tetrahymena. I am interested in
determining the mechanisms by which Tetrahymena avoid repellents, as
well as in discovering new repellents.
The repellents that we have partially characterized to date include
lysozyme/PACAP, ATP, and GTP. We have
found that ATP and PACAP use a G-protein coupled pathway, while GTP uses a
tyrosine kinase pathway.
To see Tetrahymena as
well as many other protozoans, click on the following protozoan images.
Interesting
Web Sites:
Courses:
BIO 4210--Advanced Cell Biology
(Fall)
BIO 2250--Cell
Biology (Spring)
BIO
4220--Signal Transduction (summer, online)
BIO
4350--Immunology (Fall)
BIO
3800—Biological Research (Fall, Spring)
Do you want to do undergraduate
research in biology and earn some $$$ over the summer? Google SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research
Program) biology, or search at a university near your hometown. You can get
credit for BIO 3810, experience, and pizza money all ath the same time.
Feel free to join the group "Biology's Dark
Side" on Facebook if you are interested in Molecular/Cell Biology or
research.
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