Stephanie Aamodt, Ph.D.

  Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

  Professor of Biological Sciences

  Office: SC 210

  Phone: 797-5214

  Fax: 797-5222

  E-mail: stephanie.aamodt@lsus.edu

  Regular Teaching Assignments:

  Bios 101 General Biology

  Bios 120/120L Biology Principles

  Bios 321 Immunology

  Bios 375/375L Vertebrate Embryology

  Bios 480 Endocrinology

  Recent Special Topics Courses:

  Bios 490 Stem Cell Biology

  Bios 490 Proteomics and Genomics

  Research Interests:

  Developmental biology and genetics of the nematode   Caenorhabditis elegans. Structure, function, and   developmental role of microtubule associated proteins,   particularly the Tau-1 homologue, PTL-1.

  Selected Publications:

   E. Aamodt and S. Aamodt (2006) Neural Specification and Differentiation    in The Neurobiology of C. elegans, Academic Press, pp74-99.

   J.B. McDermott, S. Aamodt and E. Aamodt (1996) ptl‑1, a   Caenorhabditis elegans gene whose products are homologous to the tau    microtubule associated proteins. Biochemistry 35 (29): 9415-9423.

   S. Aamodt, P. Polk and E. Aamodt(1999) Deletion Mutation of C. elegans    PTL-1, a Tau Homologue.  Molecular Biology of the Cell  (abstract).

   S. Aamodt (1997) PTL-1, the tau-like microtubule-associated protein from    C.  elegans. Dev. Biol. 186: 302 (abstract).