Dr. Carla Gardner-Jones
Assistant Professor
Meharry BS/MD Program Site Coordinator
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Life & Physical Sciences
Contact Information:
Office Location: 112F McCord Hall
Telephone: 615-963-1837
Fax: 615-963-7640
Email: cgardner@tnstate.edu
Education
B.A. (Biology) – Fisk University
M.S. (Biology) – Tennessee State University
Ph.D. (Physiology) – Meharry Medical College
Post-Doc - (Pediatric Cardiology)-Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Research Areas: Cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance
Most Significant Publications
Exil, V.J., Gardner, C.D., Rottman, J.N., Sims, H. Bartelds, B., Khuchua, A., Sindhal, R., Ni., G., and Strauss, A.W. Abnormal mitochondrial bioenergetics and heart rate dysfunction in mice lacking very-long-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase. Am J PHysiol Heart Circ Pysiol 290: H1289-1297, 2006.
Gardner, C.D., Eguchi, S., Reynolds, C.M., Eguchi, K., Frank, G.E., and Motley, E.D. Hydrogen peroxide inhibits insulin-induced Akt/protein kinase B activation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Exp Biol Med 228: 836-842, 2003.
Motley, E.D., Kabir, S.M., Eguchi, K., Hicks, A.L., Gardner, C.D., Reynolds, C.M., Grank, G.D. and Eguchi, S. Protein kinase C inhibits insulin-induced Akt activation in vascular smooth muscle cells. Cell Mol Biol 47: 1059-1062, 2001.
Gardner-Jones, C.D. (2009, 2021). Cell and Molecular Biology: A Custom Lab Manual for Tennessee State University (BIOL2111).
Teaching:
BIOL1010 Introduction to Biology I
BIOL1011 Introduction to Biology I lab
BIOL1020 Introduction to Biology II
BIOL1021 Introduction to Biology II lab
BIOL1121 General Biology I lab
BIOL1121 General Biology II lab
BIOL2210 Anatomy and Physiology I
BIOL2220 Anatomy and Physiology II
BIOL5070 Methods of Teaching Science
BIOL2110 Cell Biology
BIOL2111 Cell Biology Lab
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