Biology Department

Nancy S. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
220 Crawford Hall of Science
906/635-2894
nkirkpatrick@lssu.edu

If I'm not in my office, look for me across the hall in the genetics/cell bio lab (CRW231)

Education:
M.S. Miami University, Oxford, OH - Thesis: Lipid Synthesis in Chloroplast Membranes of Barley

Ph.D. Miami University, Oxford, OH - Dissertation: A Chloroplast Restriction Mapping Study of the Genus Hosta (Liliaceae

Courses I usually teach:
General Biology: Cells
Genetics
Cell Biology
Plant Physiology

Research Interests:
Genetics and molecular biology of chloroplasts and mitochondria

Examples of senior thesis projects:
Dustin Everitt: Asymmetric hybridization of pink (Onchorhyncus gorbuscha) and Chinook (O. tshawytscha) salmon in the St. Marys River
Kelly Marsack: Canada geese (Branta canadensis) nest material as a source of data for population studies
Michelle Burton: Evaluating development of ethanol tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster
Greg Osborn: A comparison of DNA extraction methods for AFLP processes
Bill Dallas: Effects of ultraviolet radiation on Drosophila melanogaster larval and pupae development
Jessica Bingman: The effects of temperature and light/dark cycles on the hatching rates of Drosophila melanogaster
Ben Davis: Determining an effective method for triclosan plasmid transformation to Salmonella
Alicea Siess: A feasibility study of tissue culture at Lake Superior State University
Kyle Smith: A pedigree analysis of the mutations responsible for hereditary hemochromatosis
Shannon Coppens: Hereditary hemochromatosis: Why is awareness so important?
Melissa Romel: Plasmid isolation and mapping of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Todd Backlund: Fresh garlic versus non-odor garlic supplements on lowering total cholesterol levels
Cindy Ethier: “The Feasibility of Using RAPD to Determine Nestling Parentage in Bald Eagles in the Great Lakes Region”

Outside interests: Family outings, singing, tennis, reading,