Shannon Mackey

Education and Training

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Biochemistry Department & Carver College of Medicine
FUTURE in Biomedicine Faculty Fellow, Summer 2008

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Microbiology
Doctor of Philosophy, 2006

University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Biology
Bachelor of Arts, 1999

 

Courses Taught

BIOL 211, Microbiology
BIOL 300, Biological Literature & Research (writing intensive)

 

Areas of Professional Interest

Microbiology

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

Mackey, S.R., S.S. Golden, and J.L. Ditty. 2011. The itty, bitty time machine: genetics of the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Advances in Genetics, 74:13-53.

Chen, Y., Y.-I. Kim, S.R. Mackey, C.K. Holtman, A. LiWang and S.S. Golden. 2009. A novel allele of kaiA shortens circadian period and strengthens interaction of oscillator components in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Journal of Bacteriology, 191(13):4392-4400.

Mackey, S.R., J.L. Ditty, G. Zeidner, Y. Chen, and S.S. Golden. 2009. Mechanisms for entraining the cyanobacterial circadian clock system with the environment IN Bacterial Circadian Programs, eds. J.L. Ditty, S.R. Mackey, C.H. Johnson, Springer-Verlag, Inc., pp.1-18.

Ditty, J.L. and S.R. Mackey. 2009. Classic circadian characteristics: Historical perspectives and properties relative to the Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 model IN Bacterial Circadian Programs, eds. J.L. Ditty, S.R. Mackey, C.H. Johnson, Springer-Verlag, Inc., pp. 141-156.