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John McKillip

Associate Professor

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CL 125a  Phone: 765-285-8830  

Department of Biology
Ball State University
Cooper Life Science Building, CL 121
Muncie, IN 47306

Related Link
Personal Web site

Washington State University Ph.D., 1997


Research Interests
General:
Molecular food safety

Specific:

  • development of DNA- and RNA-based methods for pathogen detection in foods
  • conventional, multiplex, and real-time PCR approaches to detect Bacillus spp. in dairy products and other foods
  • DNA fingerprinting (rep-PCR), SYBR Green-based melt curve analyses, fluorescent molecular beacons, and real-time RNA amplification (NASBA - nucleic acid sequence-based amplification) to monitor enterotoxin gene expression in Bacillus cereus in contaminated foods

Recent Publications

Cooper, R.M., & McKillip, J.L. 2006. Enterotoxigenic Bacillus ~pp. DNA fingerprint revealed in naturally contaminated nonfat fry milk powder. J: Basic Microbiol. 5:358-364

Gracias, K.S., Ying, R., & McKillip, J.L. 2007. Traditional and real-time triplex PCR-based detection of enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus in milk. FoodMicrobiol., in press.

Gracias, K.S., & McKillip, J.L. 2007. Nucleic acid sequence- based amplification in molecular bacteriology: a proceduralguide. J: Rapid Methods Automation Microbiol., in press.
 
Course Schedule
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    Microbiology for Hea
    No.
    113
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    1
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    0730-0845
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    M W F
    Location
    BC 127
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    Microbiology for Hea
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    113
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    880
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    0730-0845
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    M W F
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    Microbiology for Hea
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    113L
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    0730-0930
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    T R
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    CL 028
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    Microbiology for Hea
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    113L
    Section
    880
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    0730-0930
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    T R
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