James L. Lissemore

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biology

Telephone: 216-397-4196
Email:jlissemore@jcu.edu
Office: Dolan W 241

B.A. in Microbiology, Rutgers University
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Interests

My research interests focus on: 1) regulation of germline development in the nematode C. elegans, 2) the use of fluorescent proteins as quantitative reporters of gene expression in E. coli, 3) developing and assessing the impact of an undergraduate course on links between poverty and health, 4) developing and assessing a program to enhance undergraduate student learning about poverty.

Recent Courses

BL 213 - Genetics
BL 215 - Introduction to Biotechnology Lab
BL 260 - Poverty and Disease
BL 465H - Molecular Genetics
BL 470 - Molecular Methods Lab

Selected Publications

Lissemore, J.L., Bayes, J., Calvey, M., Reineke, L., Colagiavanni, A., Tscheiner, M., and Mascotti, D.P.. 2009. Green fluorescent protein is superior to blue fluorescent protein as a quantitative reporter of promoter activity in E. coli. Mol. Biol. Rep. 36:1107-12.

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.