Catherine Purzycki
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Catherine Purzycki
Lecturer of Biological Sciences
Contact Info:
Office: STC 346
McNeil Science & Technology Center
Voice: 215.596.8498
Fax: 215.596.8710
Email: c.purzyc@usciences.edu
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Training and Degrees
MS in Biology: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Camden, New Jersey, May 2009
Thesis: “Axonal Degeneration in Multiple Sclerosis”
BS in Biology: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science), May 1983
Prior Positions
Instructor of Biology: USciences, Philadelphia, PA 1997 - 2010
Adjunct Instructor of Biology: Phil. College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1990 - 1997
Membership in Professional Organizations
Member: National Association of Biology Teachers
Member: Sigma Xi
Research Interests
The role of fungal toxins in neurodegenerative disease.
Awards and Nominations
| June, 2010 |
Patricia Leahy Award for Learning Innovation
Innovation Title: Integration of Information and Scientific Literacy Develops Literate Undergraduates
Jason A. Porter, Alison M. Mostrom, Kevin C. Wolbach, Catherine B. Purzycki, Leslie A. Bowman, Eva Agbada.
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| June, 2009 |
Patricia Leahy Award Nomination for Learning Innovation
Innovation Title: SMILE (Scientific Method and Information Literacy Exercise)
Jason A. Porter, Alison M. Mostrom, Kevin C. Wolbach, Catherine B. Purzycki, Leslie A. Bowman, Eva Agbada.
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| 2008 |
Educational Bright Idea Award
Innovation Title: Learning to SMILE: Developing First Year Students’ Critical Thinking Skills using an Angel Based Scientific Method and Information Literacy Exercise
Co-authors of innovation and award:
Jason Porter, Alison Mostrom, Eva Agbada, Leslie Bowman and Kevin Wolbach
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| 2007 |
Woman Faculty Member of the Year |
Teaching Responsibilities
Freshman Biology Laboratory Coordinator
BS 103 General Biology Laboratory
BS 130 Introductory Biology Laboratory
BS 104 General Biology Laboratory
BS 131 Introductory Biology Laboratory
Presentations
| May, 2010 |
Jason A. Porter, Alison M. Mostrom, Kevin Wolbach, Catherine Purzycki, Leslie Bowman and Eva Agbada
Integration of Information and Scientific Literacy Develops Literate Undergraduates
USP Talk About Teaching Days
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| May, 2010 |
Jason A. Porter, Alison M. Mostrom, Kevin C.Wolbach, Catherine B. Purzycki, Leslie A. Bowman and Eva Agbada
Integration of Information and Scientific Literacy Develops Literate Undergraduates
The 2010 Teaching Professor Conference
Cambridge, MA
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| May, 2009 |
Alison M. Mostrom, Jason A. Porter, Kevin C. Wolbach, Catherine B. Purzycki, Leslie A. Bowman and Eva Agbada
Promoting Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in General Education Students.
The 2009 Teaching Professor Conference
Washington, DC
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| May, 2009 |
Alison Mostrom, Jason Porter, Kevin Wolbach, Catherine Purzycki, Leslie Bowman and Eva Agbada
SMILE: An information literacy innovation implemented in general education
USP Talk About Teaching Days
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| April, 2009 |
Alison M. Mostrom, Jason A. Porter, Kevin C. Wolbach, Catherine B. Purzycki, Leslie A. Bowman and Eva Agbada
Promoting Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in General Education Students
Lilly-East Conference on College and UniversityTeaching, University of Delaware Newark, DE
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Publications
Purzycki, C.B. and Shain, D.H. 2010
Fungal Toxins and Multiple Sclerosis: A Compelling Connection. Brain Research Bulletin 82 (2010) 4–6
Porter, JA, Wolbach, KC, Purzycki, CB, Bowman, LA, Agbada, E and Mostrom, AM. 2010
Integration of Information and Scientific Literacy: Promoting Literacy in Undergraduates.
CBE Life Sci Educ 9 (4): 536542
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/reprint/9/4/536
Herber-Katz, E., S. Valentine, B. Dietzschold, C. Burns-Purzycki. 1988.
Overlapping T-cell Antigenic sites on a synthetic peptide fragment from herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D, the degenerate MHC restriction elicited, and functional evidence for antigen-Ia interaction. J. Exp. Med. 167: 275-287.