| Faculty & Research Profiles
David
Domozych,
Professor of Biology,
is a plant cell biologist interested in the subcellular componentsand
mechanisms involved in Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) production
in the green algae, the desmids. In addition, he is interested in
the role of these EPS macromolecules in the formation and maintenance
of biofilms in acid bogs. He is also interested in the evolution of cell wall polymers in the green algal group ancetssral to land plants, the Charophyceae
Marc Toso, Associate Director of the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center, is a biologist interested in the evolutionary history of protists, specifically the role of gregarines in the apicomplexan phylum.
Rajesh Nagarajan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
Andrew Skinner, Visiting Assistant Professor of of Physics.
.Cathy Domozych, Senior Teaching Associate, Her research interests include the evolution of green plants and desmid assemblages in biofilms.
Steven
Frey, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry, is an inorganic
chemist whose research is focused on the study of metal-substituted
clays. He is interested in these materials as potential catalysts,
chemical sensors, molecular hosts and/or ionically-conducting
membranes.
Richard
Lindemann, Associate
Professor of Geosciences, is a geologist
whose research centers on the systematics and biostratigraphy
of dacryonarids, an extinct and enigmatic group of zooplankters
from the Devonian period. His work employs various types of light
and scanning electron microscopy.
William
Standish, Associate
Professor of Physics.
Jennifer Bonner, Assistant Professor of Biology, is a neurobiologist who studies the genes that influence axon guidance in the developing spinal cord of the zebrafish, using transgenic, genetic, and gene knock-down technology.
John
Danison, Assistant
Director of the Center for Information Technolgies,
teaches 3D animation and has worked with many faculty creating
digital content for teaching, research and presentation. he created
the website for the Emmy winning PBS documentary "Divided
Highways" in association with Florentine Films. Some of his
students have gone on to careers in computer graphics and have
worked on such films as "Terminator", "Monsters,
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| Recent
Research Publications |
Bonner J., Gribble SL., Veien ES., Nikolaus OB., Weidinger G, Dorsky RI. (2008) Proliferation and patterning are mediated independently in the dorsal spinal cord
downstream of canonical Wnt signaling. Developmental Biology 313(1):398-407.
Domozych, D. S. and Rogers-Domozych, C. E. (2008) Desmids and Biofilms of Freshwater Wetlands: Distribution, Development and Microarchitecture. Microbial Ecology 55: 81-93.
Domozych, D.S. (2007) Exopolymer production by the green alga Penium margaritaceum: Implications for biofilm residency. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 763-774.
Domozych, D.S., Elliott, L., Kiemle, S. N. and Gretz, M.R. (2007) Pleurotaenium trabecula, a desmid of wetland biofilms: The extracellular matrix and adhesion mechanisms. Journal of Phycology 43: 1022-1038.
Domozych, D.S., Serfis, A., Keimle, S, and Gretz, M.R. (2007) The structure and biochemistry of the homogalacturonans of the cell wall of the desmid, Penium margaritaceum. Protoplasma 230: 99-115.
Toso M., Omoto C.K. (2007) Ultrastructure of Gregarina niphandrodes syzygy junction and nucleus from unassociated trophozoites to spherical gamonts. Journal of Parasitology. Jun;93(3):479-84.
Domozych, D. S. (2005) Alagal Cell Walls. In "Encyclopedia of Life Sciences" Nature, London. 2nd Edition.
Domozych, D.S., Kort, S., Benton, S. and Yu, T. (2005) The extracelluar polymeric substance of the green alga Penium margaritaceum and its role in biofilm formation. Biofilms 2: 1-16. Lewis J.L., Bonner J., Modrell M., Ragland J.W., Moon R.T., Dorsky R.I., and Raible D.W. (2004) Reiterated Wnt signaling during zebrafish neural crest development. Development 131(6);1299-1308.
Bonner J., Gerrow K.A. and O’Connor T.P. (2003) The Ti1 pioneer pathway: An in vivo model for neuronal outgrowth and guidance. Methods in Cell Biology 71:171-193.
Domozych, D.S., Roberts, R., Danyow, C., Flitter, R., Smith, B. and Providence K. (2003) Plasmolysis, Hechtian strand formation and localized membrane-wall adhesions in the desmid, Closterium acerosum (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 39:1-18.
Underlined= Skidmore Faculty/ Italics = Skidmore students
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