Faculty & Instructional Staff
Dr. Marc Lockett
Assistant Professor of Biology
134 White Hall, Box 1914
Union University
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-5960
mlockett@uu.edu
Education
- B. S. and M. S.; Murray State University
- Ph. D.; University of Tennessee, Memphis
Previous Experience
- Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1997-2003
- Teaching Assistant in General Biology, Zoology, Parasitology, and Histology, Murray State University, 1993-1995
Majors Advised
- Pre-Pharmacy; Pre-Medicine
- Biology, Cellular; Molecular Biology
Courses Commonly Taught
- BIO 110: Global Biology
- BIO 221: Human Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO 222: Human Anatomy and Physiology II
- BIO 300: Pathophysiology
- BIO 307: Advanced Anatomy & Physiology I
- BIO 309: Advanced Anatomy & Physiology II
- BIO 310: Histology
- BIO 395: Parasitology
- BIO 500: Advanced Pathophysiology
- BIO 505: Applied Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO 507: Applied Anatomy and Physiology II
Research/Scholarship Interests
- Potential inhibitors of coagulation produced by hematophagous parasites, including ticks, mosquitoes, and biting flies.
- How the ability to inhibit host coagulation determines host range in hematophagous parasites.
- Regulation of Blood Coagulation
Recent undergraduate research projects supervised
- Brian Bodnarchuk: Intestinal helminths of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in western Kentucky and western Tennessee
- Hannah Henson: Insertion of a thrombin recognition sequence into Green Fluorescent Protein (with Dr. Mark Bolyard).
- Dustin Mayfield: Insertion of a factor Xa recognition sequence into Green Fluorescent Protein (with Dr. Mark Bolyard).
- Jesse Daigle: Establishment of a stable salivary gland cell line derived from Hippoboscid flies.
- Luke Burleson: Detection of Texoplasma gondii in Western Tennessee waterfowl
- Kayla Hauss: Survey of Intestinal Parasites in Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura)
- Audrey Garneau (current): Pramipexole as a possible model for the study of Texoplasma gondii -induced behavior change
- Micah Thomas: Effect of Caffeine on the Liver of a Mouse
- Ryan Gibbons (current): Comparison of the Kinetics of Fluid-Phase Factor Xa with Solid-Phase Factor Xa
- Tyler Boone (w/Dr. J.R. Kerfoot) (current): Distribution of the Nematode Eustrongylicles sp. in West Tennessee Mosquitofish (Gambusia sp.)
- John Poole (current): Inhibition of Blood Coagulation by B2-Glycoprotein of Tissue Factor Pathway
- Daniel Kelly (w/Dr. J.R. Kerfoot) (current): Distribution of the Nematode Eustrongylicles sp. in West Tennessee Mosquitofish (Gambusia sp.) (follow-up study to Tyler Boone's study)
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Parasitologists

