Jana L. Comer
Graduate Research Assistant

e-mail address: jcomer@biochem.okstate.edu

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Ph.D. -  2003 (expected) Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dr. Ulrich Melcher and Dr. Jacqueline Fletcher (co-advisors).

B.S. - 1999 Summa Cum Laude Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Sittlington Enriched Graduate Scholarship 1999
McAlester Scottish Rite Scholarship 1999
Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship First Alternate 1999
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention 1999
OSU Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Top Ten Senior Award 1999
Paul F. Kruse Award 1999

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society

The purpose of my research is to isolate and characterize all members of the Spiroplasma citri BR3-3X P58 multigene family.  P58 is a putative adhesin protein.  Three copies of the gene encoding P58 are present in S. citri strain BR3-3X.  One copy has been isolated and characterized.  I am interested in isolating and characterizing the other two genes of the P58 multigene family. 

Hobbies: I am a member of the First Christian Church bell choir.  Click here for a JuBELLation performance.  I also enjoy gardening and playing the piano.

Family: There are two guys in my life: my husband, Gene Comer, and my dog, Zeus.