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Mary
Allen
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I
am Jean Glasscock Professor of Biological Sciences and the
current
Director of Biological Chemistry. I have a B.S. degree in
Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a
Ph.D. in Microbiology
from the University of California, Berkeley where I worked
with Professor Roger Stanier, one of the great researchers
and teachers
of microbiology. Since my thesis work, I have studied cyanobacteria,
oxygen-evolving photosynthetic bacteria that were probably
the first inhabitants of earth. Now, with my undergraduate
colleagues,
I study cyanobacterial biochemistry and the responses of
the microbes to changes in their environment. I am a past president
of the Council on Undergraduate Research, a national professional
organization that encourages research in the undergraduate environment.
I
teach Microbiology (BISC 209), Microbial Physiology and
Biochemistry (BISC 313), Cell
Biology (BISC 110) and
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microbiology
seminars. I enjoy traveling (most recently
to Japan to a meeting last August), cross-country skiing, reading
mysteries
(especially with microbial
villains), and relaxing in our New Hampshire cottage that my
husband and I built of light-weight concrete. |
Sharon
Leavitt\
sleavitt@wellesley.edu |
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I
am a Senior Instructor in Biological Science Laboratories,
and I have been teaching BISC 209 labs since 1992. In addition
to BISC 209, I teach laboratories in BISC 110, BISC 111,
BISC 219 and BISC 220. I am also one of the faculty tutor
coordinators for the department and an advisor for the
Medical Professions Advisory Comittee. I have a Master
of Science
degree in Medical Technology from the State University
of NY at Buffalo (SUNYB) and have been registered with
the American
Society of Clinical Pathology since 1969. Before my employment
at Wellesley College, I worked for a division of Johnson
and Johnson that produced and marketed clinical laboratory
instrumentation. I was a Senior Instructor in the Customer
Training Center where I developed and taught 1 – 2
week Training Programs on the use and care of clinical
chemistry and hematology analyzers sold by Johnson and
Johnson. As
a result of my performance in this position, I received
a teaching award from the American Society of Medical Technology.
My non-science interests include traveling, quilting, sewing,
knitting, decorating, and reading murder and medical mysteries. |
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I
have been working as a Lab Specialist in the Department
of Biological sciences
since 1995. I have a Master of Science degree in Zoology.
Prior to coming to Wellesley, I worked at the Waltham/Weston
Hospital, as an Embryologist involved in in-vitro fertilization.
I was trained as an Embryologist at Tulane Medical School
and enjoyed working in the hospital environment. At Wellesley,
I am currently involved in preparing materials and maintaining
cultures for the BISC labs 110, 209, 310, 316, 320 and
319. |
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