Department of Biological Sciences
Thomas H. Alton, Professor Emeritus
Molecular biology and antimicrobial activities of plants, biology of Archaea, global warming
Contact Information:
(309) 298-1145
Waggoner Hall 239
TH-Alton@wiu.edu
Degree:
Ph.D. from MIT, 1977
Courses Taught:
- GH 104 Freshman Science and Mathematics Tutorial with Lab
- BIOL 330 Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 542 Molecular Biology of Genes
- BIOL 543 Molecular Biology of Cells and Viruses
Research Interests:
Heat shock and other stress responses in thermoacidophilic and halophilic Archaea, antimicrobial activities of tropical plants, and the genetic basis of susceptibility and resistance to antimicrobial agents in Bacillus.
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