Daryle Waechter-Brulla, Department Chair-Associate Professor

Office location: Upham 320A
Phone: (262) 472-5131
Email: waechted@uww.edu

Daryle Waechter-Brulla. 1990. Microbiologist

Ph.D., 1988, Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, 2007-2010, 2010-2013

Radiation Safety Officer (RSO),1998 to 2004; Spring 2012 

Associate professor teaching Science of Forensic Analysis and Biological Foundations.  Previous teaching includes Microbiology (Bacteriology), Ecology and Society, Molecular Biology, Introduction to Genetics, Introduction to Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Food Microbiology, Biology of Aging, Biology of Women, School Health.

Current scholarly activity includes development of education modules. Previous research interests included the study of the effects of pharmaceuticals on the release of the reproductive hormone LHRH, methylotrophy by the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, sources of contamination in microbreweries, innovative teaching techniques, and inclusion of technology in general science courses. Her laboratory work used microscopy, transposon mutagenesis, and other molecular biology techniques to examine the effects of individual mutations on viability and success of R. sphaeroides.

Waechter-Brulla, D.  2003.  “Vorticella stalk contraction”.  Three QuickTime videos with annotation.  ASM Instructional Library, http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=1347

Waechter-Brulla, D.  2003.  “Euglena flagella-driven locomotion”.  One QuickTime video with annotation.  ASM Instructional Library, http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=1349

Waechter-Brulla, D.  2003.  “Pseudopod extension in Amoeba proteus”.  One QuickTime video with annotation.  ASM Instructional Library, http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=1350

Waechter-Brulla, D.  2002.  “Introduction to Risk Comparisons.”  ASM Instructional Library. www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=765&LS=

Waechter-Brulla, D.  2002.  “Blood-borne Pathogen Training, Practice, and Critique of Cinematic Misportrayals.”  ASM Instructional Library, www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=766&LS=

Vella, S., J.Gussick, M.J. Woller, and D. Waechter-Brulla.  2002.  “Modification of cell perifusion for extended study of hormone release in the rat pituitary.”  Methods in Cell Science, 23(4), 197-204.

Woller, M.J., A.S.A. Nguema, B. Van Roo, and D.A. Waechter-Brulla.  2001.  “Leptin Stimulates Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release from Both Intact Hemihypothalami and Enzymatically Dispersed Hypothalamic Neurons in Cultures Isolated from Male Rats”.  J. Exp. Biol. Med. 226(6):591-596.

Waechter-Brulla, D. 2000. UWW Radiation Safety website

Waechter-Brulla, D. 2000. UWW Radiation Safety Manual

Waechter-Brulla, D. 2000. "Improving Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory through Active Learning and Investigation." ASM Instructional Library, http://www.microbelibrary.org/FactSheet.asp?SubmissionID=584.

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