Science Faculty: Michael Kiel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

email: mkiel@marywood.edu

Website: http://ac.marywood.edu/michaelkiel/www/

Educational Background: Ph.D. University of Toronto; Post-doctoral research at University of Pennsylvania; B.S. Towson State University.

Teaching Interests: cell biology and cell culture; molecular biology; microbiology; biotechnology.

Research Interests: Control of gene expression; role of SNP's in evolution and disease progression.

Recent Research Articles:

Kiel, M.C., Kaji, A. and Kaji, H. (2007) "Ribosome Recycling: An Essential Process of Protein Synthesis." Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 35, 40-44.

Xu, J., Kiel, M.C., Golshani, A., Chosay, J.G., Aoki, H. and Ganoza, M.C. (2008) "Molecular localization of a ribosome dependent ATPase on Escheridia coli ribosomes." Nucleic Acids Res 34, 1158-1165. PubMed

Seo, H.S., Kiel, M.C., Pan, D., Raj, V.S., Kaji, A. and Cooperman, B.S. (2004) "Kinetics and Thermodynamics of RRF, EF-G and Thiostrepton Interaction on the E.Coli Ribosome." Biochemistry 43, 12728-12740. PubMed