Tara Williams-Hart, Ph.D.

  Ph.D., LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport

  Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

  Office: SC 220

  Phone: 795-2416

  Fax: 797-5222

  E-mail: tara.williams-hart@lsus.edu

  Regular Teaching Assignments:

  Bios 101/101L General Biology

  Bios 120/120L Biology Principles II

  Bios 363/363L Principles of Genetics

  Bios 465/665 Applied Biotechnology

  Bios 491 Research

  Recent Special Topics Courses:

  Bios 490 Medical Genetics

  Research Interests:

  Cell signaling pathways thatregulate proteins in response to   salt stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae or baker's yeast.   The long-term goal of this research program is to determine   how  specific proteins alter ion transport or trafficking in   response  to salt stress.

  Selected Publications:

  Banks S. W., Shepherd D. K.,  Williams-Hart T., Gossett D. R.   and Crnkovic A. C. (2007) The Use of Snail Shells in a   Practical  Application of Probability, Standard Deviation,   Homogeneity of  Variance and Student’s t-Test. Journal of   Biological Education. 41: (3) 131-137.

  Williams-Hart T, Wu X, and Tatchell K. (2002) Protein   phosphatase type 1 regulates ion homeostasis in   Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Genetics, 160(4): 1423-37.

  Venturi GM, Bloecher A, Williams-Hart T, and Tatchell K.   (2000) Genetic interactions between GLC7, PPZ1 and PPZ2 in   Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 155(1): 69-83.

  Additional Faculty Duties:

  Chairperson, Health Science Advisory Committee

  Faculty Advisor, Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED): The Health Pre-   Professional Honor Society

  Faculty Advisor, Minority Association of Pre-Health Students   (MAPS)