Dr. Mark Bolyard
Chair, Biology Department
138 White Hall, Box 3021
Union University
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-6586
email: mbolyard@uu.edu
Department Chair
Questionnaire
Education:
- B. A., Biology and Secondary Certification in Biology and Chemistry: Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, May 1984.
- Ph. D. in Experimental Pathology: School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 1989.
Previous Experience:
- Research Associate, Plant Molecular Biology, Michigan State University , 1989-1991.
- Faculty Member of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 1991-2006
Courses commonly taught:
- BIO 100: Survey of Biological Concepts:
- BIO 325: Molecular Biology
- BIO 323: Cell Biology
Research/Scholarship Interests:
- Development of novel plant tissue culture procedures
- Production of recombinant proteins and peptides in E. coli
Recent undergraduate research projects supervised:
- Mary Kathryn LaMar: The effectof multiple acoustic frequencies on th folding of Green Fluorescent Protein
- Melissa Ratliff: Plant pectin as an alternative source of arabinose for GFP production in E. coli via Erwinia chrysanthemi pectinase activity
- Patrick Davis: Rooting of regenerated shoots from Southern Wormwood, Artemesia abrotanum L.
- Hannah Henson: Insertion of a thrombin recognition sequence into Green
Flourescent Protein
(With Dr. Marc Lockett). -
Dustin Mayfield: Insertion of a factor Xa recognition sequence into Green
Fluorescent Protein
(With Dr. Marc Lockett). - Tsegayesus Temtem: Optimization of Secretion of Green Flourescent Protein from E. coli.
Scholarship:
- "A suggestion for chairs looking for time to do research," M. Bolyard, The Department Chair, in press.
- "Integration of teaching and research revisited", M. Bolyard, Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, in press.
- "Integrating research into a large teaching laboratory", J.I.T. Jones and M. Bolyard, Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, in press.
- "Allelopathic activity of a testa-derived solution from Siberian Maple (Acer ginnala Maxim.) seeds", John Cawly, Sara Newton and Bolyard, M., Allelopathy Journal 16:227-238, 2005.
- "Expression and in vitro amidation of recombinant FMRFamide", Ian Grimes, Jason Aleman, Kevin Griffin, Betty Lawton, Tiffany Slater, Kevin Krajniak, and Mark Bolyard, Transactions of the Illniois State Adademy of Sciences 97:23-31, 2004.
- 'Lonesome Ginkgo' lab: Embryo tissue culture from trees', Mark Bolyard and Vicki Gillespie. The American Biology Teacher, 63:1-5, 2001.
- "Regeneration of Solanum tuberosum cv. Katahdin from leaf explants in vitro ", Jamie A. Cearley and Mark Bolyard, American Potato Journal 74:125-129, 1997.