COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & SCIENCE

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Dr. Rebecca Giorno-McConnell

Professor

Departments: Biological Sciences, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences

Phone: 318.257.3665

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: rgiorno@latech.edu

Office: CTLH 219

Address: 1 Adams Blvd

P.O. Box 3179

Ruston, LA 71270

Dr. Giorno-McConnell’s research interests involve the protein coatings that encase bacterial spores and allow them to survive harsh environments. She studies the assembly of the coat and the exosporium in the spore-forming bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Her work is done in the attenuate Sterne strain of B. anthracis.