Jessica Pyle
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Jessica Pyle
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My primary role in Microbiology is teaching and coordinating teaching labs. I teach MICR 210, Allied Health Microbiology, which is predominantly taken by pre-Nursing students. Topics are introductory and include microbial cell structure and function, Central Dogma of molecular biology, virology, genetics, metabolism, immunology, and infectious diseases of body systems. I coordinate lab curriculum, materials, and supervise Teaching Assistants for BIOL 229, General Microbiology Lab, which is an introductory course for majors. Topics include microscopy, microbial growth and physiology, host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions, symbiosis, metabolism, immunology, and virology. I coordinate labs for MICR 329, which is an advanced microbiology methods course. Students complete a semester-long transformation project, cloning bioluminescence genes found in Aliivibrio fischeri to E. coli, causing the E. coli to glow in the dark.
Education
- PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee (2016)
- BS in Biology/BS in Environmental Science (dual major), Eastern Washington University (2010)
- Post-doctoral Research: University of New Hampshire, Natural Resources and the Environment
- Post-doctoral Research: University of Tennessee, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Post-doctoral Research: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Biosciences Division