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Gail Scott

Marine Scientist Supervisor
Email: [[gpscott]]
Phone: (804) 684-7235, 7873
Office: Chesapeake Bay Hall, N108
Department: Environmental & Aquatic Animal Health

Education
  • B.S. in Biology, College of William & Mary
  • M.A. in Biology, College of William & Mary

Duties/Specialties

Manager of the Marine Molecular Genetics Laboratory. My research interests include genetic analysis of aquaculture species and disease organisms. My current projects include development of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the hard clam (Mercinaria mercenaria) and development of molecular diagnostics for organisms involved in toxic algal blooms.


Publications
  • Functional analysis of two alternative isoforms of the transcription factor Pax-5. 2001. M. Lowen, G. Scott, and P. Zwollo. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(45):42565-74.

  • Reduction in DNA binding activity of the transcription factor Pax-5a in B Lymphocytes of Aged Mice. 2000. J. Anspach, G. Poulsen [Scott], I. Kaattari, R. Pollock and P. Zwollo.  Journal of Immunology, 166:2617-26


Supervisor
Dr. Kimberly Reece