I study the evolution and molecular basis of aging using Drosophila and social insects. I teach Cell Biology (Bio 401), Communicating Biology (Bio 380), General Genetics (Bio 305) and Biology of Aging (Bio 339). I also supervise undergraduate research projects on aging and stress using invertebrate models.
Aging varies not just by species but also by the genetic background of each individual. This fact has greatly hindered all attempts to understand aging as a general phenomena. Despite this problem, oxidative stress and its effect on cellular signaling appears important in many studies of aging. Although I originally started working with ants that live a very long time, I have been shifting my model to Drosophila melanogaster where it is easier to study these genetic and environmental affects. Most of my laboratory research comes back to this central question.
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Office: 327 Hudson Hall
Email: Joel.Parker@Plattsburgh.edu
phone: 1-518-564-2790
fax: 1-518-564-3175
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Email: Parker.joel@gmail.com
Skype: joelparcoeur
I never realized how common my name was until the internet made me invent all kinds of clever versions for user names. While working in Lausanne, a pretty Vaudoise once told me that I pronounced my name exactly as if I were saying "by heart" in french. I now use this homonym not as a way of hiding my identity nor to distance myself from anyone, but to uniquely identifying myself in an electronic sea full of Joel Parker's.
It took Karen awhile to find a job after our move. She worked part time for a bit at UVM but the interstate commute and her artistic interests led her to try something home based. She is now a full time beader and artist selling her work on Etsy (Wizard Island Designs) and at the occasional craft fair. She has been on the cover of BeadWork Magazine(twice!) and published two ebooks of her patterns with Interweave Press (Brick-Stitching Nature: Charts for Beaded Butterflies, Dragonflies, and a Honeybee and Brick-Stitch Beaded Butterflies: 12 Patterns Inspired By Nature ).