Ann Yezerski, Ph.D.
Biography
Ann Yezerski, Ph.D. was granted a B.A. in Biopsychology from Juniata College in 1992. She then received both her M.S. and Ph.D in Molecular Genetics from the University of Vermont in 1997 and 1999 respectively.
Immediately after defending her dissertation in 1999, she accepted a position at King's College as an Assistant Professor. She has since risen to the rank of Full Professor. She has taught 25 different courses while at King's and has conducted research with hundreds of biology students (and a few in other fields including accounting and theatre!). Her research ranges from the genetics of dyslexia and hybrid bass, through the physiology of aquatic organisms living in wastewater levels of pharmaceuticals, to the host-parasite system of the rat tapeworm. Dr. Yezerski finds teaching and research equally important and exciting for her and her students.
Dr. Yezerski is proud of her twin sons who also attended King's College. In her free time, she enjoys fishing at her and her husband's 65-acre property near Binghamton, New York. The research on hybrid bass is conducted on this property. She is also an expert genealogist and genetic genealogist who has been a researcher for two books on Coal Region baseball players and has found several lost relatives for people.
Education
- B.A., Biopsychology, Juniata College
- M.S., Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
- Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
Publications and Presentations
- Ann Yezerski. Association for Biology Laboratory Education: Annual Conference (2024). University of Maryland, College Park, MD. “Modeling Gene Circuits.”
- Lieth Abdulrahman and Ann Yezerski. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Conference (2024). “Does Infection of the Flour Beetle with the Rat Tapeworm Affect Migration Behavior?”
- Ashley Wardlaw and Ann Yezerski. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Conference (2024). “Effects of Wastewater Levels of Atorvastatin on the Muscle Physiology of Largemouth Bass.”
- Erin King and Ann Yezerski. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Conference (2021). “Molecular genetic evidence for the existence of a hybrid cross between Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides, and Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus dolomieui.”
- Claire Jones and Ann Yezerski. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Conference (2018). "Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP's) associated with dyslexia may influence college major choice in the King's College community."
- Nicholas Saccone and Ann Yezerski. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Conference (2017). "Some dyslexia-associated SNP's correlate with college major choice."
- Ann Yezerski. Association for Biology Laboratory Education: Annual Conference (2011). New Mexico State University, NM. "Using microfossils to teach ecology and evolution."
- Ann Yezerski. International Conference on Antimicrobials: Annual Meeting (2010). Valladolid, Spain. "Benzoquinones secreted by Tribolium beetles found to be selective antimicrobials."
- Ann Yezerski. Association for Biology Laboratory Education: Annual Conference (2010). Dalhousie University, NS. "Genotyping SNP's associated with dyslexia."
- Yezerski, Ann, J. Ni*, A. Schwartz*, L. Peters*, M. Pavlico*, A. Kizer*. (In Review). “The Effects of Environmental Levels of Atorvastatin on the Muscle Physiology of Largemouth Bass
(Micropterus salmoides).” Heliyon. - Yezerski, Ann, Y. Luyten*, T. Dubiel*. (2020). "Comparison of the effects of multiple variables on the levels of infection of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, in its intermediate host, the confused flour beetle Tribolium confusum." Journal of Helminthology. 94: e116, 1–9.
- Balkhair, A. M., Al-Ghafari, A., Yezerski, A., Tashkandi, H., Alturki, S., Al Doghaither, H., ...
& Zeeneldin, A.(2020). :Contribution of ABCG2 gene polymorphisms (G34A and C376T) in the
prognosis of colorectal cancer.: Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB), 57(1), 73-78. - Abdulkhaleq, M. M., Al-Ghafari, A. B., Yezerski, A., Al Doghaither, H. A., Abusanad, A. M., & Omar, U. M. (2019). “Novel association between heterozygous genotype of single nucleotide polymorphism C218T in drug transporter ABCC1 gene and increased risk of colon cancer.” Saudi Medical Journal, 40(3), 224.
- Yezerski, A. (2014). "The Great Larva Race: Using Fruit Fly Larval Speed to Study Quantitative
Genetics." Page 413, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 35 (K. McMahon, Editor). Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 477 pages. - Yezerski, A. (2013). "Genetic Variations That May Increase Your Resistance to Malaria." Pages 290-300, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 34 (K. McMahon, Editor). Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 499 pages.
- Yezerski, A. (2012). "Using Microfossils to Demonstrate Ecology and Evolution: (In Memoriam
of Charlie Drewes). "Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 33 (K. McMahon, Editor).
Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 390 pages. - Yezerski, A. (2011). "Genotyping SNPs Associated With Dyslexia." Pages 225-236, in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 32 (K. McMahon, Editor). Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Educatio