PAMELA CAMP HAY

Academic Background:

• B.A., Hendrix College; M.S., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
• Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Missouri
• Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Dayton
• Visiting Lecturer; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Associate Professor of Biology; Davidson College

Professional Organizations: American Society of Plant Physiologists, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Recent Publications:

• Hay, P.C., T. Ramsaur, C. Smith, and J.A. Miernyk. 1991. Storage protein mobilization during germination and early seedling growth of Zea mays. Physiol Plant. 81:377-84.
• Camp, P.J., J.A. Miernyk, and D.D. Randall, 1988. Some kinetic and regulatory properties of the pea chloroplast pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Biochem Biophys. Acta. 933:269-75.
• Camp P.J. and D.D. Randall, 1985. Purification and characterization of the pea chloroplast pyruvate dehydrogenase complex: A source of acetyl-CoA and NADH for fatty acid biosynthesis. Plant Physiol. 77:571-77.
• Miernyk, J.A., P.J. Camp, and D.D. Randall. 1985. Regulation of plant pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes. Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiol. 4:175-90.

Current Research Interests:

My research interests are in the area of plant biochemistry. In particular, my most recent investigations involved the study of corn proteases during seed germination and early seedling growth and how these enzymes coordinate with the breakdown of the seed storage protein zein. I am also interested in carbohydrate metabolism and the enzymes involved with this process. Both areas involve protein purification, enzymology, and some molecular techniques.

Current Teaching Interests:

Biochemistry, Introductory Biology, Botany, Introduction to Cellular Biology, Biochemical techniques, Biochemical and Ethical Basos of Disease.