Lyndon L. Larcom

Professor


Contact Information:

Phone: 864 656-5308
FAX: 864 656-0435
Email: lllrcm@clemson.edu

Education:

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 1968 - Biophysics

M.S. University of Pittsburgh 1965 - Biophysics

B.S. Carnegie-Mellon University 1962 - Pysics


Research Interests:
  • Cancer Biology
  • Molecular Virology

     
Selected Publications:

God, J., P. Tate and L. Larcom "Anticancer Effects of Four Varieties of Muscadine Grape" J. Medicinal Food. In Press 2006.

Tate, P., A. Stanner, K. Shields, S. Smith and L. Larcom "Blackberry Extracts Inhibit UV-Induced Mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimurium TA100" Nutrition Research 26, 100-104, 2006.

Tate, P., J. God, R. Bibb, Q. Lu and L. Larcom "Inhibition of Metalloproteinase Activity by Fruit Extracts" Cancer Letters 212, 153-158, 2004.

Smith, S.H., P. Tate, G. Huang, J.B. Magee, K.M. Meepagala, D.E. Wedge and L. Larcom "Anti-Mutagenic Activity of Berry Extracts" J. Medicinal Food 7, 450-455, 2004.

Lu, Q., K.O. Freedman, R. Rao, G. Huang, J. Lee, L. Larcom, A.M. Rao and P.C. Ke "Diffusion of Carbon Nanotubes with Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy" J. Applied Physics 96, 6772-6775, 2004.

Lu, Q., J.M. Moore, G. Huang, A.S. Mount, L. Larcom and P.C. Ke "RNA Polymer Translocation with Single-Walled Nanotubes" Nano Letters 4, 2473-2477, 2004.

Bartlett, M., G. Huang, L. Larcom and H. Jiang "Measurement of Particle Size Distribution in Mammalian Cells In Vitro By Use of Polarized Light Spectroscopy" Applied Optics 43, 1296-1306, 2004.

Gu, X., Q. Zhang, L. Larcom and H. Jiang "Three Dimensional Bioluminescence Tomography with Model-Based Reconstruction" Optics Express 12, 2996-4000, 2004.

Tate, P., A. Kuzmar, S.W. Smith, D.E. Wedge, and L. Larcom. "Comparative Effects of Eight Varieties of Blackberry on Mutagenesis" Nutrition Research 23, 991-997, 2003.

Wedge, D.E., K. Meepagala, J.B. Magee, S.H. Smith, G. Huang and L. Larcom. "Anticarcinogenic Activity of Strawberry, Blueberry and Raspberry Extracts on Breast and Cervical Cancer Cells" J. Medicinal Food 4, 49-51, 2001.
 

Previous Courses Taught:

PHYS 208 - Introductory Physics
PHYS 455/456/H456 - Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 417 - Intro to Biophysics
PHYS 465/H465 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 355 - Modern Physics
MICRO 416 - Intro Virology
MICRO 417 - Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging
MICRO 804 - Current Topics in Microbiology


Graduate Students:
 

J. God (Ph.D. Microbiology)

K. Romero (Ph.D. Microbiology)

C. Jones (M.S. Microbiology)


Professional Society Affiliations

Biophysical Society
American Society for Photobiology
American Chemical Society
American Society for Microbiology
Sigma Xi
Sigma Pi Sigma
American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science