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Natalie M. Barratt, Ph.D.

Dr. Natalie Barratt earned her Ph.D. in Plant Physiology with minors in Biochemistry and Plant Breeding from Cornell University.  She teaches Principles of Biology I, General Botany, Plant Physiology, and an Honors course on agriculture.  Her research with B-W students includes a study of the phenolics in tomato plants in response to drought, and an investigation of the effects of plant hormones on plant cell wall properties in relation to growth.  Other recent projects include maintaining the B-W greenhouse collection and working with students to develop a trail guide to the trees and herbs in a local park.


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Grant Support and Publications:

Publications:

Barratt NM (2004) Naturalist for a Day: A Field Lab for Introductory Botany.  The American Biology Teacher 66(5):361-362

Faculty-Student Collaborative Scholarship:

(Student authors indicated by blue text)

Ellison C and Barratt NM (Fall, 2005) In Planta Inhibition of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and Subsequent Allelopathic Effects on Wheat.  Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session. 

Sideris A and Barratt NM (Fall, 2005)  Anthocyanin Production in Response to Stress in the Vegetative Tissue of Lycopersocon esculentum.  Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.

Stone SD and Barratt NM (August, 2004) A Colorful Response to Plant Stress.  Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.

Barratt NM, Andrews J, Haber R and Skinner S (March, 2004) The Effects of Gibberellin on the Orientation of Cellulose Microfibrils in the Cell Wall of Pea.  Annual Meeting of the Midwest Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists. 

Haber, RH and Barratt, NM (April, 2002) The Effect of Water Availability on the Levels of Rutin and Chlorogenic Acid in Tomato Plants.  Annual Meeting of the Midwest Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists. 

Grant Support/Funding:

Gund grants through B-W to support student stipends for summer research applied for and awarded 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005.  This program is great in allowing our students to stay on campus and do research.