Office: Dolan W 241

Phone: 216-397-4196

Email: jlissemore@jcu.edu

Academic Background:

Ph. D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Molecular Biology

B.A.
Rutgers University
Microbiology

Teaching Assignment:

BL 155 - Principles of Biology I
BL 213 - Genetics
BL 215 - Introduction to Biotechnology Lab
BL 465H - Molecular Genetics
BL 470 - Molecular Methods Lab
BL 478 - Biology Seminar
BL 260 - Biological Consequences of Poverty
PL 398B - Issues in Bioethics
FYS First Year Seminar

Recent Publications:

Lissemore, J.L., *Lackner, L.L., *Fedoriw, G.D., and De Stasio, E.A. 2005. Isolation of C. elegans genomic DNA and detection of deletions in the unc-93 gene using PCR.  Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ., 33:219-226.

Lissemore, J.L. 2005. Linkage of genetics and ethics: More crossing over is needed. Biol. Cell., 97:599-604.

Lissemore, J.L., *Thomas, C., *Jankowski, J., Mascotti, D.P., and deHaseth, P.L. 2000. Green fluorescent protein as a quantitative reporter of relative promoter activity in E. coli. BioTechniques 28:82-89.

Lissemore, J.L. and Starmer, W.T. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate and invertebrate Delta/Serrate/LAG-2 (DSL) proteins. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 11:308-319

Qiao, L., Lissemore, J.L., Shu, P., Smardon, A., *Gelber, M.B., and Maine, E.M. 1995. Enhancers of glp 1, a gene required for cell-signaling in C. elegans, define a set of genes required for germline development. Genetics 141:551-569.

Maine, E.M., Lissemore, J.L., and Starmer, W.T. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate and invertebrate Notch-related genes. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 4:139-149.

Lissemore, J.L., Currie, P., Turk, C., and Maine, E.M. 1993. Intragenic dominant suppressors of glp-1, a gene essential for cell-signaling in C. elegans, support a role for cdc10/SWI6/ankyrin motifs in GLP-1 function. Genetics 135:1023-1034.

Roselli-Rehfuss, L., Ye, F., Lissemore, J.L., and Sullivan, D.T. 1992. Structure and expression of the phosphoglycerate kinase (Pgk) gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Molec. Gen. Genet. 235:213-220.

Shaw-Lee, R.L., Lissemore, J.L., Sullivan, D.T., and Tolan, D.R. 1992. Alternative splicing of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase in Drosophila melanogaster predicts three isozymes. J. Biol. Chem. 267:3959-3967.

Shaw-Lee, R.L., Lissemore, J.L., and Sullivan, D.T. 1991. Structure and expression of the triose phosphate isomerase (Tpi) gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Mol. Gen. Genet. 230:225-229.

Lissemore, J.L., Baumgardner, C.A., Geer, B.W., and Sullivan, D.T. 1990. Effect of dietary carbohydrates and ethanol on expression of genes encoding sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, aldolase, and phosphoglycerate kinase in Drosophila larvae. Biochem. Genet. 28:615-630.

Lissemore, J.L. and Quail, P.H. 1988. Rapid transcriptional
regulation by phytochrome of the genes for phytochrome and chlorophyll a/b-
binding protein in Avena sativa. Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:4840-4850.

Lissemore, J.L., Colbert, J.T., and Quail, P.H. 1987. Cloning of cDNA for phytochrome from etiolated Cucurbita and coordinate photoregulation of the abundance of two distinct phytochrome transcripts. Plant Mol. Biol. 8:485-496.

Sharrock, R.A., Lissemore, J.L., and Quail, P.H. 1986. Nucleotide and derived amino acid sequence of a Cucurbita phytochrome cDNA clone: Identification of conserved features by comparison with Avena phytochrome. Gene 47:287-295.

Hershey, H.P., Barker, R.F., Idler, K.B., Lissemore, J.L., and Quail, P.H. 1985. Analysis of cloned cDNA and genomic sequences for phytochrome: Complete amino acid sequence for two gene products expressed in etiolated Avena. Nucl. Acids Res. 13:8543-8559.

Hershey, H.P., Colbert, J.T., Lissemore, J.L., Barker, R.F., and Quail, P.H. 1984. Molecular cloning of cDNA for Avena phytochrome. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81:2332-2336.