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Norman Wainwright
Co-Investigator

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Tel.(508) 289-7343
E-Mailnwainwri@mbl.edu
LocationMarine Biological Laboratory

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  1. Van Buskirk, R., B.V. Worgul, H. Rothstein and N. Wainwright.  1975.  Mitotic variations in the lens epithelium of the frog. III.  Somatotropin.  Gen. Endocrinol. 25:52.
  2. Briggs, R.C., H. Rothstein and N. Wainwright.  1976.  Cell cycle variations in chromosomal proteins of the lens epithelium.  Exptl. Cell Res.  99:95.
  3. Wainwright, R., H. Rothstein and S. Gordon.  1976.  Mitotic  variations in the lens epithelium of the frog.  IV.  Studies with anuran pituitary factors isolated by gel electrophoresis.  Growth 40:317.
  4. Briggs, R. C., N. Wainwright and H. Rothstein.  1977.  Biochemical events associated with healing of a chemical injury in the rabbit lens.  Exptl. Eye Res. 24:523.
  5. Briggs, R.C., N. Wainwright and H. Rothstein. 1976.  On the chromosomal proteins of the lens epithelium.  Docum. Ophthal.  Proc. Ser. 8:57.
  6. Wainwright, N., J. Hayden and H. Rothstein.  1978.  Total  disappearance of cell proliferation in the lens of a  hypophysectomized animal.  In vivo and in vitro maintenance of  inhibition with reversal by pituitary factors.  Cytobios,  23:79.
  7. Wainwright, N.R.  1978.  Pituitary regulation of the cell cycle in the lens epithelium of the frog.  Ph.D. Thesis, University of Vermont.
  8. Rothstein, H., N. Wainwright, S.R. Gordon and J.H. Hayden.  1980. Immunostaining of the bullfrog (Rana catesbiana) lactotroph with antiserum to homologous prolactin.  Cell Mol. Biol. 26:1.
  9. Clayton, R.M., D.J. Bower, P.R. Clayton, C.E. Patek, F.E. Randall, C. Sime, N. Wainwright and A. Zehir.  1980.  Cell culture in the investigation of normal and abnormal differentiation of eye tissues.  In: "Tissue Culture in Medical Research." R.J. Richards and K.T. Kayan (eds.).  Oxford:Pergamon Press, pp. 185.
  10. Maeda, S., R. McCandliss, W. Levy, T.R. Chiang, L. Costello, N.  Chang, N. Wainwright, E. Rehberg and S. Pestka. 1981.  Chromosomal genes for human leukocyte and fibroblast  interferons.  Fed. Proc. 40:1647.
  11. Pestka, S., S. Maeda, T.R. Chiang, L. Costello, W.P. Levy, N.T.  Chang, N.R. Wainwright and J.B. Hiscott.  1981.  Human  leukocyte and fibroblast recombinant interferon.  Presented at  Third Cleveland Symposium on Macromolecules:  Recombinant DNA.  Cleveland, Ohio, June 22-26.
  12. Pestka, S., S. Maeda, D.S. Hobbs, T.R. Chiang, L. Costello, E.  Rehberg, W.P. Levy, N.T. Chang, N.R. Wainwright, J.B. Hiscott, R. McCandliss, S. Stein, J.A. Moschera and T. Staehelin.  1981. The human interferons:  the proteins and their expression in  bacteria.  In:  "Recombinant DNA, Proceedings of the Third  Cleveland Symposium on Macromolecules"  A.G. Walton (ed.)  Amsterdam: Elsevier/North Holland, pp. 51.
  13. Bower, D.J., L.H. Errington, N.R. Wainwright, C. Sime, S. Morris and R.M. Clayton.  1982.  Cytoplasmic RNA sequences  complementary to cloned chick delta crystallin cDNA show size  heterogeneity.  Biochem.J. 201:339.
  14. Lee, N., J. Cozzitorto, N. Wainwright and D. Testa.  1984.  Cloning of a homo-polycistronic operon system and a poly-monocistronic operon system for high level gene expression.  Nucleic Acids Res. 12(17):6797.
  15. Wainwright, N.R. et al. 1990 Endotoxin binding and Neutralizing Activity by a Protein from Limulus polyphemus.  In: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Endotoxin Reactions, A. Nowotney, J.J. Spitzer, E.J. Ziegler, eds., Elsevier Science Pub., pps 315-325.
  16. Alpert, G., Baldwin,G. Thompson, C. Wainwright, N. Novitsky, T, Gillis, Z. Parsonnet, J. Fleisher, G, and Siber, G. 1991  Limulus Antilipopolysaccharide Factor Protects Rabbits from Meningococcal Endooxin Shock.  J. Infect. Dis. 165:494-500.
  17. Warren, H.S., Glennon, M., Wainwright, N. Amato, S., Black, K, Kirsch, S., Riveau, G., Whyte, R., Zapol, W., Novitsky,T. 1992             Binding and Neutralization of Endotoxin by Limulus Antilipopolysaccharide Factor. Infect. Immun.  60(6):2506-2513.
  18. Fletcher, M.A., T.M. McKenna, J.L. Quance, N.R. Wainwright, and T.J. Williams. 1993 Lipopolysaccharide Detoxification by Endotoxin  Neutralizing Protein. J. Surg. Res. 54(3):22-30.
  19. Talbot, D., N. Faldemolaei, S. Boyd, N.Wainwright.  1993. Biotinylated DNA strand separation using AffiniTiptm Strep 20, A rapid and efficient method using streptavidin in a micro-column.  J. NIH Res. 5:80.
  20. Glick, D., S. Boyd, N. Wainwright. 1993.  An improved method of biotinylated DNA capture and strand separation.  Biomed. Prod. April,1993:25.
  21. Koczewiak, M., K.M. Black, P. Loiselle, J.M. Cavaillon, N. Wainwright and H.S. Warren.  1994. Synthetic peptides that mimic the binding site of horseshoe crab anti-lipopolysaccharide factor.  J. Infectious Diseases 170:1490-7
  22. Barry, KJ and Wainwright, NR.  1996.  Surface-dwelling bacteria on the eggs of Crangon septemspinosa restrict infection by the fungus Langenidium myophilum In vitro.  Biological Bulletin 191:317-318.
  23. Srimal,S, Kreiling, J,  Quigley, JP, Armstrong, PB and Wainwright, N. 1996.  Antimicrobial activity of Limulus Blood:  Role of C-reactive protein (CRP) and Limulus anti-lipopolysaccharide factor (LALF).  Biological Bulletin 191:300-301.
  24. Wainwright, N., 1996.  New strategies for drug discovery using marine organisms.  Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 96(4): 1-6.
  25. Roth, R.I., Donghui, S., Child, A.H., Wainwright, N.R. and Levin, J.  1998.  Limulus Anti-Lipopolysaccharide Factor (LALF) prevents mortality late in the course of endotoxemia.  J. Infect. Disease 177:388-394.
  26. Allen,C.C., Albert, F.G., Combie, J., Graham, C.R., Kivett, S.J., Steele, A., Taunton, A.E., Taylor, M.R., Wainwright, N., Westal F. and  McKay, D.S.  1999. Biomarkers in carbonate  thermal spring deposits: implications for mars.  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXX: 1436.
  27. Wainwright, N.R., Child, A. Use of amplified Microbial Detection assays in Life Detection and Planetary Protection Studies.  Lunar and Planetary Institute Proceedings: Workshop on MARS 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample Return and Human Exploration.  October 2-4, 1999.  pps 85-86.
  28. Vasse, A., Child, A. and Wainwright, N.  1999. Propheoloxidase is not activated by microbial signals in Limulus polyphemus.  Biol. Bull. 197:281-282.
  29. Wainwright, N.R., Allen, C.C. and Child, A. 2001. Visualization of Microbial Biomarkers by Scanning Electron Microscopy.  Proceedings NASA Astrobiology National Meeting. p. 214.
  30. Wainwright, N.R., Child, A, Williams, K., Baker, A., Jordan, F., Lynch, K., and Hedgecock, J.  “Miniaturized instrument for planetary protection and life detection.”  ICES, July, 2003.
  31. Allen, C.C., Wainwright, N.R., Grasby, S.E., and Harvey R.P.  “Life in the ice.”  Sixth International Symposium on Mars, July 20-25, 2003. Pascadena, California.
  32. Wainwright, N.R. Child, A., Allen, C., Alton, J., Steele, A., McKay, D.  2003  “Measurement of microbial contaminatnts in compromised lunar material by LAL”.  Astrobiology Annual Meeting, February 10-12, Tempe, AZ.
  33. Steele, A., Toporski, J., Maule, J., Lynch, K., McKay, D., Wainwright, N., Hedgecock, J., Parro, V., Briones, C., Perez-Mercader, J. 2003  “The Masse Project” Astrobiology Annual Meeting, February 10-12, Tempe, AZ