Science Hall 123 (973) 655-7527
Biology Teacher Program Advisor
Graduate Coordinator: Biology MS Concentrations in Pedagogy and in Physiology
Courses Taught
BIOL 112 Principles of BIology I
BIOL 230 Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 457 Virology
BIOL 510 Biology Pedagogy for Secondary Teachers
BIOL 514 Graduate Seminar in Biology
BIOL 557 Virology
BIOL 601 Advanced Biological Science Education Pedagogy
PHED 401 Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
Research Interests
The goal of my research is to
investigate the mechanisms for infection of Alphaviruses, Sindbis (SIN) and Ft.
Morgan (FMV), in cultured cells and to analyze the effects of the sequence
diversion on receptor binding.
Objectives for this project are:
To analyze the mechanisms and pathway for virus attachment,
penetration, cytopathogenicity, and cell-to-cell spread of SIN and FMV:
- To
analyze and compare the mechanism(s) of endocytosis of FMV in Vero cells
and SIN in BHK cells.
- To
study the induction of apoptosis by FMV in Vero cells and SIN in BHK
cells.
- To
study the involvement of survival signaling pathways in Alphavirus-induced
apoptosis.
I am also interested in factors that contribute to the success and retention of students in science programs and increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in research and science careers.
Publications
Kight, Scott L., Gaynor, John J., & Adams, Sandra D.
(2006) Undergraduate
Research Communities: A Powerful Approach to Research
Training. The Journal of College Science Teaching. 35(7), 34-39.
Travaille,
M. & Adams, S.D. (2006) Digital
Microscopy and the Study of Caenorhabditis elegans Live Cultures in a High School Anatomy
and Physiology Laboratory Course. The Science
Teacher., 73(4), 50-54.
Luers, A.J.,
Adams, S.D., Smalley, J., Campanella, J. J. (2005) A phylogenomic study of the Alphavirus genus employing whole genome comparison. Comparative
and Functional Genomics,6, 217-227.
Adams, S. D., Tzeng, W-P, Chen, M-h. & Frey, T.
K. Analysis of intermolecular RNA-RNA recombination
by rubella virus. Manuscript
accepted for publication in Virology; likely date
of publication 2003.
Adams, S.D. & Michael, J.R. (1993). Project SOAR - a college/public school partnership. In J. Miller
(ed.), Students At-Risk: Pitfalls and Promising Plans. Wm. C. Brown Communications,
Inc.
Adams, S.D. (1990). Recruitment and retention of African American teacher
education students in predominantly white institutions.
In E.J. Middleton, C.J. Mason, H.Barnard & F. Bickle (eds.), Recruitment and Retention of
Minority Students in Teacher Education:
Programs That
Work, Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference (pp. 42-48). Lexington, KY.
Adams, S.D. (1988). Sexual health.
[Review of Sexual Health], Curriculum Review, 27(3), January/February.
Adams, J.T. and Adams, S.D. (1988). Adolescent Pregnancy. Today’s
Woman: Treatment and Lifestyle, 1(1), March.
Adams, S.D. and Moser, G.W. (1986) The relationship of information processed for solving an ecology problem and achievement in mathematics and science by adolescents. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Modeling and Simulation Conference, University of Pittsburgh.