Norm Garrison

Professor of Biology

Courses:   Organisms Lab (BIO 114), Human Physiology (BIO 270), Scientific Perspectives (GSCI 104)

Research Interests:

Although inactive, my primary research interest is translational control of early embryonic development. Unfertilized eggs have all the components needed to synthesize proteins, yet they do so at a barely detectable rate. Upon fertilization or artificial activation, the zygotes begin producing developmentally significant proteins at a very high rate. The fundamental question I have sought to answer concerns why unfertilized eggs fail to use their vast protein synthetic machinery.