Eastern Connecticut State University
Biology
 

 

Name: Elizabeth (Liz) Cowles

Field: Biochemistry

Office: Goddard 220

Phone: 860-465-4385

Email: cowlese@easternct.edu.

Related Web sites:

               AP Biology Training

               Personal Web Page

 

 

Courses taught

  • Biology 324 (Entomology)
  • Chemistry 318/319 (Biochemistry II)
  • Freshman Biology

 

Biography

EDUCATION
Cornell University, B.S. - Biology, 1978 - 1982
Michigan State University, Ph.D. - Biochemistry, 1984 - 1990
Ph.D. thesis "Carbohydrate Binding Protein 35: Characterization, expression, and localization of isoelectric variants in cultured cells"
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Laboratory Technician, Department of Caries Research, Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, NY, 1982 - 1984
Graduate Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, 1984-1990
Post-doctoral Associate, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1990-1994
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Connecticut, 1994-1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Connecticut, 1996-1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, 1997-2002

Associate Professor, 2002-present


Research Interests

  • Insect toxicology
  • Extracellular matrix-integrin interactions in human fibroblasts
  • Organosilicone surfactants as potential miticides
  • Manganese toxicity in fibroblasts

 

 

 

 

 
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