Catherine Purzycki
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Catherine Purzycki
Instructor in Biology
Contact Info:
Office: STC 346
McNeil Science & Technology Center
Voice: (215) 596-8498
Fax: (215) 596-8710
Email: c.purzyc@usp.edu
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Training and Degrees
BS in Biology: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. 1983
MS in Biology: Rutgers University, May 2009
Prior Positions
Instructor of Biology: USP, Philadelphia, PA 1997 - present
Adjunct Instructor of Biology: Phil. College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1990 - 1997
Membership in Professional Organizations
National Association of Biology Teachers
Sigma Xi
Research Interests
Gene sequences using biotechnology and recombinant DNA techniques.
The role of sodium ion channels in neurodegenerative disease.
Awards
2007 Woman Faculty Member of the Year
2008 Educational Bright Idea Award
Innovation Title: Learning to SMILE: Developing First Year Students’ Critical Thinking Skills using an Angel Based Scientific Method and Information Literacy Exercise
Co-authors of innovation and award:
Jason Porter, Alison Mostrom, Eva Agbada, Leslie Bowman and Kevin Wolbach
Teaching Responsibilities
Freshman Biology Laboratory Coordinator
BS 103 General Biology Laboratory
BS 130 Introductory Biology Laboratory
BS 104 General Biology Laboratory
BS 131 Introductory Biology Laboratory
Publications
Herber-Katz, E., S. Valentine, B. Dietzschold, C. Burns-Purzycki. 1988.
Overlapping T-cell Antigenic sites on a synthetic peptide fragment from herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D, the degenerate MHC restriction elicited, and functional evidence for antigen-Ia interaction. J. Exp. Med. 167: 275-287.