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Anton Sanderfoot

Pronouns: He/Him/His
Associate Professor
Biology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Anton Sanderfoot's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
or by appointment
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
or by appointment

Remote office hours offered: Email me (asanderfoot@uwlax.edu) for appointments or to arrange a time to meet by Zoom if you prefer to meet virtually.
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Anton Sanderfoot Pronouns: He/Him/His

Associate Professor

Biology

Specialty area(s)

Plant cell biology, protein secretion, genetic screens, molecular biology, microscopy

Please contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research!

Also contact me with any questions about use of the Microscopes in the Howard Imaging Center on campus.

Brief biography

My lab studies the process of protein secretion in plant cells. The secretory pathway is essential for cellular life in all eukaryotes. In plants, the pathway is required for cell growth and division, defense from pathogens and construction of an extracellular matrix/cell wall.

Our research uses the unicellular plant Chlamydomonas as a model system to identify factors essential for secretion using a genetic screen, followed by cell and molecular biology approaches to investigate the precise role of those factors in the secretory pathway.

Current courses at UWL

Bio105 (General Biology)

Bio203 (Organismal Biology)

Bio315 (Cell Biology Labs)

Bio337 (Plant Physiology)

Bio440/540 (Bioinformatics)

Bio 449 (Advanced Microscopy and Bioimaging)

Bio491 (Capstone)

Education

BS (1990) Biotechnology at Mankato State University
PhD (1996) Microbiology at University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Research Associate MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab (1996-2002)
Assistant Professor University of Minnesota- Twin Cities (2002-2009)
Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin- La Crosse (2009-2015)
Associate Professor University of Wisconsin- La Crosse (2015-)

Career

Teaching history

Bio105 (Introductory Biology Lectures)
Bio203 (Organismal Biology Lectures)
Bio315 (Cell Biology Lecture and Labs)
Bio333 (Radiation Biology Labs)
Bio337 (Plant Physiology)
Bio440/540 (Bioinformatics)

Bio449/549 (Advanced Microscopy and Bioimaging)
Bio491 (Capstone)
Bio700 (Bio/Micro Graduate Program Orientation)

Guest Lectures in:
Bio202 (Biological Data Analysis) - Digital Imaging
Bio442/542 (Plant Microbe Interactions) - Plant Virology

Kudos

interviewed

Anton Sanderfoot and Jaclyn Wisinski, both Biology, were interviewed by WKBT News8000 on Sept. 12. to provide an update and rationale for the completion of the second phase of the Prairie Springs Science Center.

Submitted on: Sept. 13

published

Scott Cooper, Jennifer Klein, Todd Osmundson, Anton Sanderfoot, Jaclyn Wisinski and Alder Yu, all Biology, co-authored the article "Instructional Innovations in College-Level Molecular Bioscience Labs during the Pandemic-Induced Shift to Online Learning" in Education Sciences published on Wednesday, March 23 by MDPI. Educ. Sci. 2022, 12(4), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040230

Submitted on: Mar. 23, 2022