Degrees:
Ph.D., Wesleyan Univ.
B.S., Univ. of St. Joseph
Claire Fournier is a Lecturer and Lab Coordinator in the Biology Dept. for the introductory biology labs (Biology 182 & 183). She credits her desire to work with undergraduate students to her experiences during her academic career. As an undergraduate at University of Saint Joseph she was part of a student research project where she worked with a number of excellent mentors who encouraged her interest in research. This interest led her to attend graduate school at Wesleyan University where she mentored undergraduate students in the classroom and the laboratory. She has seen the benefits of inquiry-based instruction and study in understanding core biological concepts and strives to encourage students to think critically through her lectures and assignments. She is also interested in mentoring students in a research setting. |
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Guide students through hands-on lab experiments to understand core biological concepts introduced in lecture class
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To encourage students to think critically when faced with new and unknown scientific ideas
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Provide opportunities for undergraduate research
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Investigate how proteins can have different functions based on their amino acid sequences
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Analyze the protein sequences of model organisms to understand how protein translation can be regulated
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Use Peptide Mass Spectrometry to describe an organism’s proteome
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- Lin, M.S., Cherny, J.C., Fournier, C.T., Roth, S.J., Krizanc, D. Weir, M.P. "Assessment of MS/MS Search Algorithms with Parent-Protein Profiling." Journal of Proteome Research 13, no. 4 (2014): 1823-1832.
- Fournier, C. T., Cherny, J. J., Truncali, K., Robbins-Pianka, A., Lin, M.S., Krizanc, D., Weir, M.P. "Amino Termini of Many Yeast Proteins Map to Downstream Start Codons." Journal of Proteome Research 11, no. 12 (2012): 5712-5719.
- Fournier, C.T., Cherny, J.J., Weir, M.P. Poster: "Amino Termini of Many Yeast Proteins Map to Downstream Start Codons." Wesleyan Biophysics Retreat, Middletown, CT, September 29, 2012.
- Fournier, C.T., Cherny, J.J., Weir, M.P. Poster: "Assessment of Protein Translation in Yeast Through Amino Terminal Peptide Identification." American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Sanibel, FL, January 14, 2010.
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