Heather Grace Kuruvilla
Associate
Professor of Biology,
At Cedarville
since 1997
Address
Office: ENS 204
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 (Fall, odd years)
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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