Robert L. Morris

Chair, Associate Professor of Biology

Office: Science Center 230
Phone: (508) 286-3953
Fax: (508) 285-8278
Email: rmorris@wheatoncollege.edu
Personal web page

Degrees

Ph.D., Harvard University
A.B., Lafayette College

Research Interests

Intracellular movement during cellular differentiation.
Roles of kinesin-II in cilia formation in sea urchin embryos.

Other Interests

Family.
The great outdoors - activities on land, water, and air.

Student Projects

"Functions of the motor protein kinesin-II in sea urchin development revealed by Green Fluorescent Protein" with Julia Lou '01
"Comparative ciliogenesis in sea urchin embryos" with Amy Manning '01
"Localization of kinesin-II during ciliogenesis in sea urchin" with Fay Dufort '00
"Ciliary growth rates in sea urchin early embryos" with Joshua Nordberg '00
"Comparative embryology of local marine invertebrates" with Liisa Viitanen '99

Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances

R.L. Morris, M. Terasaki, B. Hinkle, J. Lou, A. Manning, J. Nordberg, F. Dufort, and M. Kwon. (2000) Stepwise growth and maturation of cilia on sea urchin embryos correlate with kinesin-II redistribution. Molecular Biology of the Cell. (Abstract presented with J. Lou '01, A. Manning '01, and J. Nordberg '00 at American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting, San Francisco, December 2000).