Margaret C. Bloch Qazi
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
| 1991 | B.A. cum laude with honors in Biology |
| Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. (Advisor Dr. Nick Rodenhouse) Thesis title: Fitness advantage of female mate choice by flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) in different environments. |
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| 1999 | Ph.D. in Biology |
| Tufts University, Medford, MA. (Advisor Dr. Sara Lewis) Thesis title: Sperm precedence in a flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) |
| 1999-2000 | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA. (Mentor Dr. Barry Trimmer) Project title: Interneuronal mediation of the proleg withdrawal reflex in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. |
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| 2000-2003 | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (Mentor Dr. Mariana Wolfner) Project title: How male accessory gland protein Acp36DE influences sperm storage in female Drosophila melanogaster. |
| 1993 - 1999 | Laboratory Instructor or Teaching Assistant for the following classes: Introduction to Cells and Organisms Society, Science, and the Social Contract Experiments in Biology Introduction to Organisms and Populations |
| 1999 | Laboratory Coordinator: Introduction to Organisms and Populations |
| 2002 | Discussion Leader: Freshman orientation reading project (Frankenstein by Mary Shelly) |
| 2001, '02 | Instructor: Explorations in Biology (an afternoon lab for 8 students from the introductory biology class, Biological Sciences 101-104, Cornell University) |
| 2003 - present Assistant Professor of Biology |
Course taught include: Directed Research (Bio396) Entomology (Bio376) Developmental Biology (Bio382) Invertebrate Zoology (Bio241) Organismal Biology (Bio102) First Term Seminar (FTS 100-009) |
| 2003 - present | Secretary for campus chapter of Sigma Xi |
| 2003 - present | Prevet advisor |
| 2006 | Faculaty Development Committee |
| 2006 | Campus Coordinator for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program |
| 1991 | Associate member of Sigma Xi |
| 1996, '97 | Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award Biology Department, Tufts University. |
| 1997 | Animal Behavior Society Research Award |
| 1999 | Outstanding Contribution to Undergraduate Education, Tufts University. |
| 2000 | NRSA postdoctoral training award, declined for ACS fellowship |
| 2000-2003 | American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| 2003 | Full member of Sigma Xi |
| 2005 | Presidential Faculty/Student Collaborative Grant (Gustavus Adolphus College) |
Employment
| 1991-1993 | Ninth grade physical sciences teacher in Pitt County School System, Greenville, NC. Member of Teach For America, a national teachers corps. |
| 1992-1993 | Summer campground educator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Northern Highlands American Legion State Forest). |
1. Bloch Qazi, M.C., Herbeck, J.T., and Lewis, S.M. 1996. Mechanisms of sperm transfer and storage in the red flour beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Ann Ent. Soc. Amer. 89: 892-897.
2. Bloch Qazi, M.C., Boake, C.R.B., and Lewis, S.M. 1998. The femoral setiferous glands of Tribolium castaneum males and production of the pheromone 4,8-dimethyldecanal. Entomol. Exper. Applic. 89:313-317.
3. Bloch Qazi, M.C., Aprille, J.R., and Lewis, S.M. 1998. Female role in sperm storage in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Comp. Biochem. & Physiol. A. 120:641-647.
4. Bloch Qazi, M.C., Tram, U., Lung, O. Wolfner, M.F. 2001. Fluorescing flies: examining protein targeting and insect reproductive behavior using Green Fluorescent Protein. Dros. Inf. Ser. 84: 224-226.
5. Bloch Qazi, M.C. 2003. A potential mechanism of cryptic female choice in a flour beetle. J. Evol. Biol. 16:170-176.
6. Bloch Qazi, M.C., Heifetz, Y. and Wolfner, M.F. 2003. The developments between gametogenesis and fertilization: ovulation and female sperm storage in Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 256: 195 – 211.
7. Bloch Qazi, M.C. and Wolfner, M.F. 2003. An early role for the Drosophila melanogaster male seminal protein Acp36DE in female sperm storage. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 3521 – 3528.
8. Muller, J.L., Ram, K.R., McGraw, L.A., Bloch Qazi, M.C., Siggia, E.D., Clark, A.G., Aquadro, C.F., Wolfner, M.F. 2005. Cross-species comparison of Drosophila male accessory gland protein genes. Genetics, 171:131-143.
9. Bloch Qazi, M.C. and Wolfner, M.F. 2006. Emergence of sperm from female storage sites has egg-influenced and egg-independent phases in Drosophila melanogaster. Biology Letters, 2(1): 128-130.
Animal Behaviour, Journal of Insect Behavior, Journal of Insect Physiology
Talks and Posters at Meetings:
1996. Talk. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Flagstaff, AZ.
1997. Talk. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. College Park, MD.
1998. Talk. Soc. for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
1998. Talk. International Society of Behavioural Ecology Meeting. Pacific Grove, CA.
1999. Talk. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting. Louisberg, PA.
2001. Poster. 42nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
2002. Talk. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2004. Talk. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, LA.
2000. Department of Biology. Wellesley College.
2001. Department of Biology. Syracuse University.
2002. St. Olaf College
2002. Gustavus Adolphus College
2003. Ithaca College