Current Research

My current research has been focused increasingly on student learning in microbiology. We investigate student perspectives of the online learning environment, student use of primary literature in interdisciplinary science and humanities courses, and evaluate course based undergraduate research experiences.

This work is primarily focused on the microbiology program with colleagues and students from our undergraduate courses: MB351 General Microbiology lecture, MB352 General Microbiology laboratory, MB360 At the Bench: Scientific Inquiry in Microbiology: At the Bench, Crowdsourcing Antibiotic Discovery, and MB200 The Fourth Horseman: Plagues that Changed the World.

Select Publications:

MB352 General Microbiology Laboratory Manual AM Lee. Biology LibreTexts. 2021. [ebook] Available at: https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/North_Carolina_State_University/MB352_General_Microbiology_Laboratory_2021_(Lee)
A Cross-Platform Comparison of Student’s Perceptions of the Learning Environment in an Introductory Microbiology Course
MV Ramirez, VS Lee, L Hamm, L, MT Taveirne, AM Lee
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/274571. 2018. BioRxiv preprint.
Redesign of an Undergraduate General Microbiology Lab to Include Authentic Discovery-Driven Research on Cucumber Fermentations
J Greenstein, B Ford, S Gove, F Breidt, AM Lee, ME Taveirne
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/356261. 2018. BioRxiv preprint.
Redesigning plants for spaceflight and beyond: transfer of genes from Pyrococcus
YJ Im, R Killens, A Lee, M Ji, C Lowder, AM Grunden, WF Boss
2010. Gravitational and Space Research 23 (2).
Functional analysis of tungsten metabolism in Pyrococcus furiosus AM Lee. Dissertation. 2009.
Lee 08 JPR Proteomics of Pyrococcus furiosus, a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Refractory to Traditional Methods AM Lee, JR Sevinsky, JL Bundy, AM Grunden, JL Stephenson Jr. 2009. Journal of proteome research. 8:8:3844-3851.
Expression of Pyrococcus furiosus superoxide reductase in Arabidopsis enhances heat tolerance. YJ Im, M Ji, AM Lee, R Killens, AM Grunden, WF Boss
2009. Plant physiology 151 (2), 893-904
Bacteria of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth in children and young adults
JA Aas, AL Griffen, SR Dardis, AM Lee, I Olsen, FE Dewhirst, EJ Leys, and BJ Paster
2008. Journal of clinical microbiology 46 (4), 1407
Production of a thermostable archaeal superoxide reductase in plant cells
YJ Im, M Ji, AM Lee, WF Boss, AM Grunden
2005. FEBS letters 579 (25), 5521-5526
Diversity of bacterial populations on the tongue dorsa of patients with halitosis and healthy patients
CE Kazor, PM Mitchell, AM Lee, LN Stokes, WJ Loesche, FE Dewhirst, BJ Paster
2003. Journal of clinical microbiology 41 (2), 558
Bacterial diversity in necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis in HIV‐positive subjects
BJ Paster, MK Russell, T Alpagot, AM Lee, SK Boches, JL Galvin, FE Dewhirst
2002. Annals of periodontology 7 (1), 8-16
Comparative molecular analysis of tongue bacteria in halitosis and in health.
AM Lee, PM Mitchell, LN Stokes, CE Kazor, WJ Loesche, FE Dewhirst, BJ Paster
2002. Journal of Dental Research. 81, A116-A116
Bacterial diversity in odontogenic infections.
LN Stokes, TR Flynn, PM Mitchell, AM Lee, NA Prince, L Martin, BJ Paster
2002. Journal of Dental Research. 81, A364-A364
Bacterial population distribution in healthy subgingival plaque.
PM Mitchell, AM Lee, ACR Tanner, FE Dewhirst, BJ Paster
2002. Journal of Dental Research. 81, A371-A371

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Images from bench research with undergraduates.

Various projects: isolation of antibiotic producers from the soil, isolation of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) on MRS media from home fermented products, evaluating inhibition of biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans (key cariogenic organism) by selected LAB strains.