Elizabeth Kearns
Elizabeth Kearns
Research Associate, Lim Lab, Microbiology, Microbial Detection
Contact
Office: IDRB 404
Lab: 813/974-1316
Phone: 813/974-5175
Email:
Bio
I have a variety of experience in teaching, consulting and research. My current research interests focus on developing methods to rapidly and reliably detect microorganisms and toxins of concern in water, air and other environmental matrices. Ongoing projects include development of techniques to monitor driinking water for pathogens and toxins, investigation of antibody alternatives for use in fiber-optic biosensor assays, and determining methods to improve the sensitivity, reliability and ease of use of detection assays.
Education
Ph.D. - University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983
Research
Microbiology, Microbial Detection.
Recent Publications
Kearns, E.A., L.G. Simonson, R.W. Schutt, et al. 1991. Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies to Two Treponema denticola Serotypes by the Indirect Fluorescent-Antibody Assay. Microbios, 65:147-153.
Kearns, E.A. 1983. Efficiency of Energy Utilization in a Thermodynamically Closed Ecosystem. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
Kearns, E.A. and C.E. Folsome. 1982. Closed Microbial Ecosystem as Gas Exchange Units in Closed Ecological Life Support System. SAE Technical Paper Series, 12th Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems, San Diego, CA. Paper #820857.
Kearns, E.A. and C.E. Folsome. 1981. Measurement of Biological Activity in Materially Closed Microbial Ecosystems. Biosystems, 14:205-209.
Kearns, E.A. 1981. Materially Closed Microbial Ecosystems. Masters Thesis, Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.
Vapnek, D. and E.A. Spingler. 1974. Asymmetry and Extent of In Vivo Transcription of R-Plasmid Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology, 120(3):1274-1278.