Poultry Science: Personnel

Personnel

Dr. Mark M. Compton Associate Professor of Poultry Science B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical College of Virginia Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Poultry Science Department 220 Poultry Science Building University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2772 Phone: (706) 542-1359 Fax: (706) 542-1827 Email: mcompton@uga.edu

Teaching Responsibilities

Introductory Poultry Science (PS 2020/2020L)
Avian Anatomy and Physiology (PS 3800/3800L)

Refereed Journal Articles (25)

My favorites:

Compton, M. M., and J. A. Cidlowski, 1986. Rapid in vivo effects of glucocorticoids on the integrity of rat lymphocyte deoxyribonucleic acid. Endocrinology 118:38-45.

Compton, M. M., J. S. Haskill, and J. A. Cidlowski, 1988. Analysis of glucocorticoid action on rat thymocyte deoxyribonucleic acid by fluorescence-activated flow cytometry. Endocrinology 122:2158-2164.

Compton, M. M., P. S. Gibbs, and L. R. Swicegood, 1989. Glucocorticoid-mediated activation of DNA degradation in avian lymphocytes. General and Comparative Endocrinology 80:68-79.

Compton, M. M., 1992. A biochemical hallmark of apoptosis - internucleosomal degradation of the genome. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 11:105-119.

Machaca, K., and M. M. Compton, 1992. Characterization of apoptosis-like endonuclease activity in avian thymocytes. Biology of the Cell 76:15-22.

Compton, M.M., and H.M. Waldrip, 1998. Endogenous activation of apoptosis in bursal lymphocytes: Inhibition by phorbol esters and protein synthesis inhibitors. Cellular Immunology 184:143-152.

Abstracts and Proceedings (16)

Research Interest
Research efforts in my laboratory are focused on studying a type of signal-induced cell death referred to as "apoptosis". This physiological form of cell death is mediated by a signal transduction cascade that activates the cell's own metabolic machinery to bring about a type of "cellular suicide". Current studies are aimed at elucidating the signaling pathway that regulates apoptosis and the genes that mediate this process. Recent work has focused on using Flow Cytometric Methods to analyze cells undergoing apoptosis.

The Compton Lab Art Gallery
PS1010 Falconry Slide Gallery
PS2020 Housing & Equipment Slide Gallery
PS3800 Slide Gallery
The *Alternative* Compton Lab Web Site

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