Frances M. Van Dolah

Research Chemist
National Ocean Service
Charleston, SC

Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina
 
Fran.Vandolah@noaa.gov

James Ryan PhD (Post Doctoral), Dr. Frances Van Dolah, Jeanine Miller (post Master's student through Grice), Kristy Lidie (PhD candidate), Emily Monroe (PhD student), and Bennie Haynes
Research:
Cell cycle/growth regulation in dinoflagellates; marine algal toxins. Molecular cell biology, cell signaling and growth regulation in toxic marine dinoflagellates. Current investigations focus on the dinoflagellate cell cycle, control of the cell cycle by a circadian clock, and intracellular signaling mechanisms by which this circadian rhythm is coupled to the diurnal cycle.

Publications:
 

Barbier, M, Leighfield, TA, Soyer-Gobillard, M-O., and Van Dolah, F.M. (2003) Permanent expression of a cyclin B homologue in the cell cycle of the dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. J. Euk. Microbiol. 50(2): 123–131

Leighfield, TA, Barbier, M, and Van Dolah, FM (2002) Evidence for cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase in the dinoflagellate, Amphidinium operculatum. Comp. Biohem. Physiol. B. 133:2317-324

Van Dolah F.M., Roelke D. and Greene R.M. (2001) Health and ecological impacts of harmful algal blooms: risk assessment needs. Human Ecol. Risk Assessment 7: 1329-1345.

Leighfield TA and Van Dolah FM (2001) Cell cycle regulation in a dinoflagellate, Amphidinium operculatum: identification of the diel entraining cue and a possible role for cyclic AMP. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 262: