Joan Slonczewski Biologist and Science Fiction Author at Kenyon College

Joan L. Slonczewski
Professor of Biology, Kenyon College
email: slonczewski (at) kenyon.edu

Ryan Kitko, Kelissa Geffrard '11, Kristina Buschur '11, Matthew Bright '11, Baljit Singh '11,
Devon Fitzgerald '09, Joan "Dr. S." Slonczewski, Becca Cleeton '10
More research students and alumni

Curriculum vitae
Bacterial pH Research
Courses
Science Fiction
Nature Profile
Bob Macnab Memorial

As Seen on TV

Textbook Information

MicrobeWiki
Biomolecules at Kenyon
HHMI Program
"The Ribosome Dance"
Proteomic 2-D Gels
New Orleans rehab

How do bacteria keep their pH constant in extreme acid or base?
Review of Cytoplasmic pH, AMP, 2009. Request reprint.

How do bacteria survive extreme environments, such as stomach acid?
Our NSF-funded Bacterial pH Lab identifies pH-regulated genes in Escherichia coli grown in extreme acid and base, using fluorescent proteins such as the Nobel Prize-winning GFP.
NIH-funded research on Bacillus subtilis reveals pH-regulated genes relevant to anthrax and bacterial insecticides, using DNA microarrays.
See posters at American Society for Microbiology from Piero Sanfilippo'09 and Jessie Wilks '08.
Alumni are now tenure-track professors: Erik Zinser '94 and Brad Hersh '94.

Courses
BIOL 103 Biology in Science Fiction
BIOL 238 & 239 Microbiology
BIOL 263 Molecular Biology and Genomics
BIOL 375 Virology

Science Fiction

Reader's site by Dave Switzer

Brain Plague
A Door into Ocean
The Children Star
Tuberculosis Joins the UN

HHMI SF Perspectives:
Genomics and SF
Future Biology of Reproduction

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards
Undergraduate research, lab development and pre-college outreach
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English/Spanish Medical Site
Con las imágenes y diálogos. ¡Pruébalo!
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Pre-college Science Education
Middle School Teachers Science Workshop
Elementary School Science Month

Parents, John and Esther
On holiday in the Alps for their 50th wedding anniversary
Esther Slonczewski, violin teacher