Faculty Profile
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James S. Clegg
Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences) Bodega Marine Laboratory Office (707) 875-2010 Lab jsclegg@ucdavis.edu |
Degrees:
1961 - PhD - The Johns Hopkins University - Biology
1958 - BS - Pennsylvania State University - Zoology
Awards:
Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, University of London, UK, and Ghent University, Belgium
Fellow of the AAAS
Phi Beta Kappa
Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Department and Center Affiliations:
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professional Societies:
Biophysical Society; AAAS; American Society for Cell Biology; Soc. Integr. Compar. Biol. (Comp. Biochem. Physiol.); Soc. Cryobiology; Cell Stress Society International
Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Cell and Developmental Biology
Publications:
Warner, A.H., R.T. Brunet, T.H. MacRae and J.S. Clegg. 2004. Artemin is an RNA- binding protein with high thermal stability and potential RNA chaperone activity. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 424:189-200.
Qiu, Z., R.I. Viner, T.H. MacRae, J.K. Willsie and J.S. Clegg. 2004. A small heat shock protein from Artemia franciscana is phosphorylated at serine 50. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1700:75-83.
Collins, C.H. and J.S. Clegg. 2004. A small heat shock protein, p26, from the crustacean Artemia protects mammalian cells (Cos-1) against oxidative damage. Cell Biol. Intern. 28:449-455.
Chen T, R Amons, JS Clegg, AH Warner and TH MacRae. 2003. Molecular characterization of artemin and ferritin from Artemia franciscana. European Journal of Biochemistry 270:137-145.
Willsie JK and JS Clegg. 2002 Small heat shock protein p26 associates with nuclear lamins and HSP 70 in nuclei and nuclear matrix fractions from stressed cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 84:601-614.
Research Interests:
Biochemical and biophysical adaptations in marine invertebrates; intracellular organization of "soluble" enzymes and other macromolecules not strongly bound to cell ultrastructure; stress proteins and molecular chaperones, primarily in invertebrates.
Teaching Interests:
Physiological and biochemical adaptations of marine organisms; the heat shock (stress) response and stress proteins in invertebrates; organization and properties of eukaryotic cell cytoplasm
Courses Taught:
NPB 141 Physiological Adaptations of Marine Organisms - Term(s): Spring
NPB 141P Advanced Laboratory Topics - Term(s): Spring