Detailed Information for Jon Scales

Dr. Jon B. Scales 
Biology
 » Assistant Professor of Biology
Office Location
Bolin Hall 218E 		Phone
Voice: (940) 397-4297
Fax: (940) 397-4831
 		 

Contact Information

jon.scales@mwsu.edu

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http://faculty.mwsu.edu/biology/jon.scales

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Course Information

  Semester Course #    Section Course Name Location Days / Times
Details Fall 2012 BIOL 4000    Access all course information here    Bolin Hall 218

Access all information here

Details Fall 2012 BIOL 3334  101  Genetics    Bolin Hall 209

Lecture:  MWF 9-10
Lab: T & W 2-5
Details Fall 2012 BIOL 3054  101  Principles of Biology I    Bolin Hall 127

Lecture:  TR 11-12:20

Labs:  R  1-4, R 5-8, & F 1-4


Education Background

Institution Degree    Graduation Date
Midwestern State University B.S., (Chemistry and Biology) 1988 
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1993 


Employment Background

Institution Position Start Date / End Date
 Sect. on Vertebrate Development, Lab of Mol. Genetics, NICHD, NIH  Postdoctoral fellow  1993  1997
 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,  1997  2003
 Midwestern State University  Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,  2003  


Research and Publications

Winning RS, Ward EK, ScalesJB, and Walker GK,. 2002. EphA4 catalytic activity causes inhibition of RhoA GTPase in Xenopus laevis embryos. Differentiation 70:46-55.

Winning, R.S., Scales, J.B. and Sargent, T.D. 1996. Disruption of cell adhesion in Xenopus embryos by Pagliaccio, an Eph-class receptor tyrosine kinase. Dev. Biol. 179:309-319.

Scales, J.B., Winning, R.S. Renaud, C.S., Shea, L.J. and Sargent, T.D. 1995. Novel members of the eph receptor tyrosine subfamily expressed in Xenopus development. Oncogene, 11:1745-1752.

Gaffin, R.D.,  J.B. Scales, and R.L. Cate. 1995. Kallikrein-like enzyme from the venom of  Crotalus basiliscus basiliscus (Serpentes: Crotalidae). Texas J. Sci. 47:53-61.