Elena Keeling
Elena Keeling, Ph.D.
Professor
Co-coordinator,
M.S., Regenerative Medicine Program
805-756-2175
ekeeling@calpoly.edu
33-271 office
53-305 lab
Education:
B.S. Yale University
Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco
Research Interests
- Development and regeneration in colonial ascidians
- Telomer length
- Algal lysis with pulsed electric fields for biofuel applications
- Biology education
Advising Interests
- Biology education
- Cell and Molecular biology
- Developmental biology
- Health professions
- New students (freshmen & transfers)
Research
Publications
Brown, F. D., Keeling, E. L., Le, A.D. and Swalla, B. J. 2009. Whole body regeneration in a colonial ascidian, Botrylloides violaceus. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and developmental evolution 312B: 885-900.
Keeling, E. L., K. M. Polacek# and E. L. Ingram. 2009. A statistical analysis of student questions in a cell biology laboratory. CBE-Life Sciences Education 8: 131-139.
Polacek, K. M.# and E. L. Keeling. 2005. Easy ways to promote inquiry in a laboratory course. Journal of College Science Teaching 35: 52-55.
Levine, E., O. Byron-Cooper*, M. Desch-O’Donnell* and C. Metzinger*. 2003. Interindividual variation in mitochondrial enzyme activity in male monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L. (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 57 (4):284-290.
Levine, E. 2001. Reading your way to scientific literacy: interpreting scientific articles through small-group discussions. Journal of College Science Teaching 31(2): 122-125.
Levine, E., A. S. Cupp, L. Miyashiro and M. K. Skinner. 2000. Role of transforming growth factor- alpha and the epidermal growth factor receptor in embryonic rat testis development. Biology of Reproduction 62: 477-490.
Levine, E., A. S. Cupp and M.K. Skinner. 2000. Role of neurotrophins in rat embryonic testis morphogenesis (cord formation). Biology of Reproduction 62: 132-142.
Levine, E., C. H. Lee, C. Kintner and B. M. Gumbiner. 1994. Selective disruption of E-cadherin function in early Xenopus embryos by a dominant negative mutant. Development 120: 901-909.
*undergraduate student,, #former M.S. student
Research Activities
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Botrylloides stained with DiI, merged confocal image (Eric Vaught).
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Michael Totagrande collecting Botrylloides.
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Amelia Wing collecting Botrylloides at Morro Bay
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Luz Gomez counting algae.
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Grace Davis with algae culture.
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Martin Sanchez drawing blood from Botrylloides.
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Heidi collecting samples at the Cal Poly Pier.
Research Conference Presentations
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Bryan Andrews, Eric Vaught, Gina Leaming & Daniel Haensel, CSM Student Research Conference May 2012.
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Raquel Kahler, Elena Keeling & Annie Sheu, CSM Student Research Conference May 2012.
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West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference 2009.
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West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference 2009.
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Mira Samara, Eric Vaught, & Annie Sheu, CSUPERB Conference January 2012.
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Scott Heinichen & Amelia Wing, West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference 2010.
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West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference 2009.
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CSUPERB Conference 2009.