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    Mary Montgomery


     








     Associate Professor

     Olin-Rice 218
     (651) 696-6425 office
     montgomery@macalester.edu
     Professor Montgomery's website

Professor Montgomery studies the evolution of animal development, using a comparative approach involving the model organism C. elegans and other nematode species.  She has also studied the mechanisms underlying a form of gene silencing called RNA interference (RNAi).   Montgomery teaches Genetics, one of the courses in the Department’s core sequence, as well as courses in developmental and stem cell biology.  She is also a member of the Health Professions Advisory Committee.

Education

    BA Immaculata College, 1986
    PhD University of Southern California, 1993
    post-doc Carnegie Intitution of Washington


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