Tracy Wagner, Phd

John C. Mullican, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Stoffer 202C (Office) - Stoffer 112 (Lab)
(785) 670-2079 office
(785) 670-2167 lab
john.mullican@washburn.edu

Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center (1995)

Courses Taught:

BI 100 Introduction to Biology - General Education Emphasis
BI 100 Introduction to Biology - Health Emphasis
BI 101 Introduction to Biology Lab
BI 102 General Cellular Biology (w/ Lab)
BI 333 General Genetics (w/ Lab)
BI 353 Molecular Genetics
BI 380 Molecular Biology Lab
BI 390 Biology Seminar
BI 395 Biology Research

Research Interests

• Molecular biology of the free-living amoeba genus, Naegleria.
• Identification of N. fowleri from Freshwater Sources in Northeast Kansas.
• Ribosomal DNA plasmid biology in Naegleria sp.

Recent Scholarly Works:

• Jon L. Kee and John C. Mullican. "Preliminary Analysis of Extrachromosomal DNA in Naegleria minor." The 7th Annual K-INBRE Research Symposium, Kansas City, MO, January 2007.
  
  
• John C. Mullican. "Molecular Cloning and Partial Sequence Analysis of the N. fowleri Extrachromosomal Ribosomal DNA Element." Poster AA-010, Session 114/AA of the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 2006.
  
  
• Casey L. McNeil and John C. Mullican. "Initial Characterization of Thermotolerant Amoeboflagellates Isolated from Freshwater Sources in Northeastern Kansas." Poster AA-009, Session 114/AA of the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 2006.

Other Interests:

Cooking, reading, sudokus, triathlons, endurance sports (cycling, running), and watching son play quads in the Topeka High School Drum Line