Department of

Biology

Dr. Marc Lockett

Associate Professor of Biology
133 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 and Pre-Professionals 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 323: Cell Biology
• BIO 324: 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

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: Pramipexole as a possible model for the study of Toxoplasma gondii -induced behavior change
• Micah Thomas: Effect of Caffeine on the Liver of a Mouse
• Ryan Gibbons: Comparison of the Kinetics of Fluid-Phase Factor Xa with Solid-Phase Factor Xa
• Tyler Boone: Distribution of the Nematode Eustrongylides sp. in West Tennessee Mosquitofish (Gambusia sp.) (with Dr. JR Kerfoot)
• John Poole: Inhibition of Blood Coagulation by B2-Glycoprotein of Tissue Factor Pathway
• Daniel Kelly: Distribution of the Nematode Eustrongylides sp. in West Tennessee Mosquitofish (Gambusia sp.) (follow-up study to Tyler Boone's study) (with Dr. JR Kerfoot)
• Ryan Mantooth: Measuring the effects of beta-2-glycoprotein on thrombin production through direct inhibition and the prothrombinase complex
• Joshua French: Distribution of the Nematode Eustrongylides sp. in West Tennessee Mosquitofish (Gambusia sp.) (with Dr. JR Kerfoot)
• William Pierce: The effect of water chemistry on the occurrence of Eustrongylides spp. in Gambusia affinis (with Dr. JR Kerfoot)

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Parasitologists