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Faculty

Dr. Dana J. Kolibachuk

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Dana Kolibachuk

Department, Office, or School: Department of Biology

Professor

dkolibachuk@ric.edu
401-456-8479
Fogarty Life Science, 248

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University

Selected Publications

High-level expression of lacZ under control of the tac or trp promoter using runaway replication vectors in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol. Bioengineering 50(1996): 108-114.

Cloning, Molecular Analysis, and Expression of the PHA synthase (phaC) gene from Chromobacterium violaceum. Appl. & Environ. Microbiol. 65(1999): 3561-3568.

Courses

BIOL 221 Genetics
BIOL 241 Biology Research Colloquium
BIOL 348 Microbiology
BIOL 431 Immunology
BIOL 491 Problems in Biology
BIOL 492 Problems in Biology
BIOL 533 Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology
BIOL 494 Problems in Biology
BIOL 694 Directed Research

Activities & Research Interests

Activities

Biology Department Webpage Contact
Biology Research Colloquium Coordinator
College Lectures Committee
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board

Research Interests

Molecular microbiology; polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthesis in bacteria; biochemical and molecular characterization of the bioluminescent marine bacterium, Vibrio species B-18.