|
Associate Professor My research utilizes molecular biology techniques in conjunction with physiological and metabolic studies to study the hemoglobin oxygen-affinity, energetics and evolutionary physiology of shrews and moles (and other semi-aquatic mammals), with a focus on the specializations these insectivores have evolved to cope with hypoxia/hypercapnia and temperature. Our lab is also actively spearheading several projects that are focused on elucidating the functional/structural properties and physiochemical evolution of authentic gene products resurrected from DNA sequences of extinct mammalian species. Funding for my research is primarily provided through a NSERC Discovery Grant. |
| Courses Taught: |
Human Physiology 2 (BIOL 2420) Environmental Physiology of Animals 2 (BIOL 3462) Comparative Animal Energetics (BIOL 4460) |
Representative Publications: |
Campbell, K.L., J.E.E. Roberts, L.N. Watson, J. Stetefeld, A.M. Sloan, A.V. Signore, J.W. Howatt, J.R.H. Tame, N. Rohland, T-J. Shen, J.J. Austin, M. Hofreiter, C. Ho, R.E. Weber† and A. Cooper†. 2009. When blood runs cold: resurrection of woolly mammoth hemoglobin reveals novel adaptive physiochemistry for cold tolerance. [in revision] Opazo, J.C, A.M. Sloan, K.L. Campbell† and J.F. Storz†. 2009. Origin and ascendency of a chimeric fusion gene: the β/δ-globin gene of paenungulate mammals. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26(7): 1469-1478. [pdf] Catania, K.C., J.F. Hare and K.L. Campbell. 2008. Water shrews detect movement, shape, and smell to find prey underwater. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(2):571-576. [pdf][supporting information] |
|
CONTACT: |
Tel: (204) 474-6397 Fax: (204) 474-7588 Email: campbelk  cc.umanitoba.ca
|
Last update February 1, 2010 |
