John J. Tyson

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Office:  2095B Derring Hall
Phone:  540-231-4662
email3.gif (1080 bytes)E-mail:  tyson@vt.edu

Education:         
    B.S. Wheaton College, 1969 (chemisty); 
    Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1973 (chemical physics)

Courses Currently Teaching:

  • Cell Physiology

  • Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell Cycle

  • Mathematical Biology

Areas of Research Interest:

  •     eukaryotic cell cycle control mechanisms,

  •     wave propagation in excitable  media

Links

             Professional:
               Curriculum Vitae          
                Publications               

            Academic:
                     Coming soon!

            Research:
                Research Home Page      Journal of Theoretical Biology
                Jill Sible's Laboratory
                Brenda Shirley's Laboratory

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 For a copy of my commencement address for the graduate school fall commencement ceremony, click here (in PDF format--you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to read this file) or here (HTML).
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

 

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