Courses: Introduction to Biological Science (BIOL 105), Biological Science for Elementary Teachers (BIOL 110), Introduction to Plant Science (BIOL 150), Introduction to Biological Principles (BIOL 160), Cell Biology (BIOL 380), Plant Physiology (BIOL 426), Selected Workshop Topics (BIOL 483/683)
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Research Interests: Pedagogical Science
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My primary scholarship activities, at this time, are in the area of science teaching and learning. In one project, Dr. Jen O'Keefe (MSU Physical Sciences) and I have a grant from the Earth System Science Education Alliance to build and test educational modules targeting high schools students. All of the modules will be built around a topic that requires the students to consider the entire earth system (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) in order to fully address a real-life situation. The first module is about crops and soils. Four local high school teachers were consulted as we designed the module and they are testing it in their classrooms. The second project is funded by the National Science Foundation as a Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP)-Start Partnership. This is a 2-year planning project that will allow our team (Dr. Doug Dennis, Dr. Lesia Lennex, Dr. Jen O'Keefe, and Dr. Elizabeth Roland from MSU, and Mrs. Penny Alderman from Rowan County Schools) to develop the needed partnerships with the 12 surrounding county school districts and local community colleges which will allow us to apply for an MSP-Targeted Partnership. The goal of this project is to strengthen science education at the middle school level through in-service professional development for teachers and the training of new teachers.
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Selected Publications:
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2008. McNall, R., Lott, K., & Wymer, C. In-service Elementary and Middle School Teachers’ Conceptions of Photosynthesis and Respiration. Journal of Science Teacher Education
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2007. Wymer, C., Gardner, J., Steinberger, Z., & Peyton, D. Polygonum cuspidatum (Polygonaceace) genetic diversity in a small region in Eastern Kentucky. Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences. 68(1):89-95. [designed experimentation, analyzed data, and wrote manuscript]
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2001. Wymer, C., Fernandez-Ábalos, J.M., Doonan, J.H. Micro-injection reveals cell-to-cell movement of green fluorescent protein in cells of maize coleoptiles. Planta. 212: 692-695. [carried out all microinjections and microscopy]
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2000. Lloyd, C.W., Himmelspach, R., Nick, P., Wymer, C. Cortical microtubules form a dynamic mechanism that helps regulate the direction of plant growth. Gravitational and Space Biology Bulletin 13(2): 59-65.
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1999. Himmelspach, R., Wymer, C.L., Lloyd, C.W., Nick, P. Gravity-induced reorientation of cortical microtubules observed in vivo. Plant J 18(4): 449-453.
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1999. Wymer, C.L., Beven, A.F., Boudonck, K., Lloyd, C.W. (1999) Confocal microscopy of plant cells. In: Protocols In Confocal Microscopy. Paddock, S. (ed.), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ., pp. 103-130.
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- 1997. Wymer, C., Bibikova, T., Gilroy, S. Cytoplasmic free calcium distributions during the development of root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 12: 427-439.
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- 1997. Wymer, C.L., Shaw, P.J., Warn, R.M., Lloyd, C.W. Microinjection of fluorescent tubulin into plant cells provides a representative picture of the cortical microtubule array. Plant J. 12: 229-234.
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- 1997. Legué, V., Blancaflor, E., Wymer, C., Perbal, G., Fantin, D., Gilroy, S. Cytoplasmic free Ca2+ in Arabidopsis roots changes in response to touch but not gravity. Plant Physiol. 114: 789-800.
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- 1996. Wymer, C.L., Fisher, D.D., Moore, R.C., Cyr, R.J. Elucidating the mechanism of cortical microtubule reorientation in plant cells. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 35: 162-173.
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