John R. Palisano

735 University Ave.
Box 1288 S.P.O.
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
home (931) 598-0897;
office (931) 598-1383;
FAX (931) 598-1145
email: john.palisano@sewanee.edu

Societies | Education | Service Appointments | Fellowships and Grants | Publications

Professional and Honorary Societies

• The American Society for Cell Biology
• American Society for Microbiology
• Microscopy Society of America
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Sigma Xi
• Appalachian Regional Electron Microscopy Society
• Tennessee Academy of Science
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Alpha Epsilon Delta
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Phi Kappa Eta

Education

• B.S. (Cum Laude) University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1969
  Major: Botany Minors: Mathematics and Chemistry
• Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1975
  Major: Cell Biology Minor: Biochemistry

Selected Service Appointments

Academic

• Participant, The University of the South First Year Student Advisory Program since 1993.
• Participant, The Faulty Mentor Program since 1993.
• Member, Advisory Committee to the Director of The Center for Teaching, 1998- present.
• Participant, Leadership Workshop at the University of the South Steering Committee, Environmental Studies Concentration
• Advisor, Sewanee Honorary Pre-med Society, AED, 1993-1999.
• Member, The University of the South Pre-Medical Advisory Committee, 1993-present.
• Member, The University of the South Committee on Committees, 1998-present.
• Member, The University of the South Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee, 1994-1999.
• Member, The University of the South Committee on Research Grants, 2000-present.
• Member, The University of the South Library User Instruction Committee
• Member, The University of the South Animal Care and Use Committee, 1993-present.
• Chair, The University of the South Animal Care and Use Committee, 2000-present.
• Director of General Biology 132 - Spring 1996, Spring 1997, and Spring 1999, Fall 2001.

Community

• Parent representative on the Parent's Council at St. Andrew's Sewanee (a private Episcopalian School)
• Lecturer, schools, universities, and community organizations in the region on topics related to virology and cell biology
• Annual "Friday School" participant, Sewanee Elementary School, Sewanee, Tennessee
• Lecturer, state parks' summer programs on topics related to Appalachian wildflowers
• Science Fair Judge at local schools

Professional

• Section Chair, Cell and Molecular Biology, Tennessee Academy of Sciences, 1994-1999.
• Member of the Board of Scientific Advisors for Highlands Biological Station, 1997-2001.
• Reviewer for Choice - a nationally-based bibliographic service which publishes current reviews for college libraries
• Vice-President, The University of the South Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1994-1996
• President, The University of the South Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1996-1998
• Member, Membership Committee of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 1995-present
• Member, Project Kaleidoscope Class of 1994 (I have attended every annual meeting and several workshops.)
• Congressional Liaison, American Society for Cell Biology and American Society for Microbiology
• President, Case Western Reserve University Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1984-85; Vice President, 1983-84

Fellowships and Grants

• The University of the South, Faculty Development Grant. Grant topic: "The molecular associations of E- and N-cadherin to fodrin during the implantation of the mammalian embryo." June, 2001 to May, 2002.
• Appalachian College Association. Travel Grant, University of Kentucky. The grant was used to present a paper at the Microscopy & Microanalysis '01 in Long Beach, CA in August, 2001.
• Harry Yeatman Undergradaute Summer Internship, The University of the South. Grant topic: "Molecular interactions between E-cadherin and the catenin family of proteins during embryo implantation." May, 2001 to July, 2001. Bruce Greene Undergraduate Research Fund, The University of the South. Grant topic: "Molecular interactions between fodrin and E-cadherin during implantation." May, 2001 to July, 2001.
• Appalachian College Association, Instructional Technology Grant. Grant topic: "The use of electronic technology to enhance cooperative learning and student directed laboratories." Summer, 1999. The University of the South, Instructional Technology Grant, for revising Biology 330 - Microbiology. Summer, 1999.
• The University of the South, Faculty Development Grant. Grant topic: "Is the phosphorylation of serine and/or threonine animo acids of selected cytoskeletal proteins the trigger that permits implantation?" June, 2000 to May, 2001.
• The University of the South, Faculty Development Grant to spend my sabbatical at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Grant topic: "Investigation of uterine wall of rabbits during embryo implantation." June, 1999 to May, 2000.
• Appalachian College Program. Travel Grant, University of Kentucky. The grant was used to present a paper at the Microscopy & Microanalysis '99 in Portland, OR in July, 1999.
• Appalachian College Association, Faculty/Student Research Grant, Berea, KY. Grant topic: "The Effect of Herbicides on Animal Microtubules." July, 1998 to June, 1999.
• The University of the South, Faculty Development Grant. Grant topic: "The Role of Microtubules in the Occurrence of Nuclear Envelope Fragments during Mitosis." June, 1998 to May, 1999.
• The University of the South, University Grant. Continuation grant topic: "Do Herbicides Interfere with Nuclear Envelope Disassembly during Mitosis?" June, 1998 to May, 1999.
• Bruce Greene Undergraduate Research Fund, The University of the South. Grant topic: "Localization of gamma-tubulin in mitotic HeLa cells. May. 1998 to July, 1998.
• Appalachian College Program. Travel Grant, University of Kentucky. The grant was used to present a paper at the Microscopy & Microanalysis '98 in Atlanta, GA in July, 1998.

Recent Publications

• Piromalli, C.S. and Palisano, J.R. 1997. The simultaneous detection of nuclear envelope and microtubules in HeLa cells using double immunofluorecent techniques. (Abstract and poster) (4th Annual Meeting of Scientific Sewanee, Sewanee, Tennessee. April 25, 1997.)

• Nelson, E.C., Torreano, S.C., and Palisano, J.R. 1997. Determination of the levels of fecal contamination in the streams flowing through the SUD wastewater treatment facility. (Abstract and poster) (4th Annual Meeting of Scientific Sewanee, Sewanee, Tennessee. April 25, 1997.)

• Morrison, A.M., Tate, J.E., Marsh, A.T., and Palisano, J.R. 1998. Preservation of nuclear envelope and microtubules in paraformaldehyde fixed cells and glutaraldehyde fixed cells: A comparative study using immunofluorescent techniques. (Abstract and poster) (5th Annual Meeting of Scientific Sewanee, Sewanee, Tennessee. April 17, 1998.)

• Morrison, A.M., Tate, J.E., and Palisano J.R. 1998. The use of monoclonal antibody raised to lamin B to visualize nuclear envelope fragments in dividing HeLa cells. (Abstract and platform presentation) (The Spring Collegiate Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Clarksville, Tennessee. April 18, 1998.)

• Tate, J.E., Morrison, A.M., Marsh, A.T., and Palisano, J.R. 1998. The use of monoclonal antibodies to simultaneously detect nuclear envelope and microtubules in HeLa cells: A comparison of paraformaldehyde fixed cells and glutaraldehyde fixed cells. (Abstract and platform presentation) (The Spring Collegiate Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Clarksville, Tennessee. April 18, 1998.)

• Palisano, J.R., Thacker, J.L., Piromalli, C.S., Morrison, A.M., and Tate, J.E. 1998. Fluorescent and electron microscopic studies suggest that confronting cisternae arise from nuclear envelope in mitotic cells. (Abstract submitted and accepted for platform presentation.) (Microscopy & Microanalysis 4: (Suppl..2:Proceedings, July, 1998)Proceedings of the 56thAnnual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America. (Eds., Bailey, G.W., et al.) Springer-Verlag, New York. pp.1028-1029.




• Tate, J.E and Palisano, J.R. 1999. Comparison of the effect of the carbamate herbicides, barban and chloropropham, on MRC-5 cells and HeLa cells. (Abstract submitted and accepted for platform presentation.) (Microscopy & Microanalysis 5: (Suppl..2:Proceedings, July, 1998)Proceedings of the 57thAnnual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America. (Eds., Bailey, G.W., et al.) Springer-Verlag, New York. pp.1154-1155.

• Palisano, J.R. The relationship of the nuclear envelope to confronting cisternae. (In preparation)

• Palisano, J.R. Mitotic potential of Euglena gracilis cells is inversely related to the age of the culture. (In preparation)
  

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