• B.Sc. - Biological Chemistry, University of Manchester 1967

• Ph.D. - Biological Chemistry, University of Manchester 1970

• Post doctoral research - Albert Einstein College 1970-72

• Post doctoral research - Hunter College CUNY 1972-73

Research Specialities

Molecular and Cellular Biology;
Cellular Aging;
Ecosystem stability;
Biological Computer Simulations;
Multimedia Development.

Highlights of current projects:
• Computer modeling in Research - ecological simulations using Levins loop analysis used to investigate ecosystem stability.
• Mulitmedia Bio-simulations - computer simulations in biology suitable for undergraduate teaching. Now Web delivered.
• Science at a Distance - a multimedia web site devoted to introductory biology; text, tests, graphics, simulations, sound, streaming digital video.
• Meet Brother Gregory - the fictionalized story of Gregor Mendel and the discovery of genetics - and a lot, lot more!
• Presentation Videos - video presentations using computer graphics of selected topics in introductory biology, including "The Second Law of Thermodynamics".
• Presentation Software - computer software that can be used in the classic lecture format that displays and explains basic scientific principles.

Highlights of research past and present:
• Volox - a model system of aging. - study of senescence and aging in a simple multicelluar eukaryote.
• Regulation of mating type in yeast - a mutant strain of yeast that is defective in the gene(s) responsible for mating-type regulation.
• Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA - mutants in which the regulation of nuclear and cytoplasmic DNA is temperature sensitive.
• 'New' DNA - an unusual and previously unknown species of DNA found in cyanobacteria.

A few highlights from over 40 publications in major journals:
• S.R. Ayad and J. Blamire. Fractionation of B.subtilis DNA by use of Poly-L-Lysine Kieselguhr Columns. B.B.R.C. 30 207 (1968)
• J. Blamire, D.R. Cryer, D.B. FInkelstien, C. Genin and J. Marmur. Sedimentation Properties of Yeast Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA. Fed Proc. 31 1170 (1972)
• J.Blamire, V.R. Fletchner and R. Sager. Regulation of Nuclear DNA by the Chloroplast in Chlamydomonas. P.N.A.S. USA 71 2867 (1974)
• J. Blamire and L.M. Melnick. The Mating Reaction in Yeast I. A New Mutation Involved in Determination of Mating-Type. Molec. gen. Genet. 140 243-252 (1975)
• B.Y. Rubin and J. Blamire. Detection of Aberrant Nuclear DNA Metabolism in a Conditional Mutant of Saccaromyces cerevisiae. Molec. gen. Genet. 167 177-184 (1978)
• J. Blamire and H. Margolis-Kazan. The Effect of THC and Ethidium Bromide on DNA Metabolism and Embryogenesis in Volvox. Cytobios 26 75- 95 (1979)
• L. Hwang-Lee, K.H. Blashka, J. Blamire and R.E. McGowan. DNA Metabolism during Infection of Anasystis nidulans by Cyanophage AS-1: 1. Identification of a Unique SPecies of DNA. Microbios 35 49-62 (1982)
• R. Pilette, R. Sigal and J. Blamire. The Potential for Community Level Evaluations Based on Loop Analysis. BioSystems 21 25-32 (1987)

Evolution John Blamire (c) 1993 ISBN 0-697-20783-8 Wm. C. Brown Pub.

Exploring Life John Blamire (c) 1994 ISBN 0-697-14537-9 Wm. C. Brown Pub.

Life Explored John Blamire (c) 1994 ISBN 0-697-23370-7 Wm. C. Brown Pub.