Judith E. Goodenough

Lecturer/Staff Associate
judyg@bio.umass.edu

Education
B.S., Wagner College, 1970

Ph.D., New York University, 1977

Research Interests

Circadian phototactic rhythm in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
I am interested in the biological timing mechanisms of both circadian and monthly rhythms. I have used a monthly orientation rhythm in the planarian Dugesia dorotocephala to explore the mechanism of the monthly clock using chemicals. Since this monthly rhythm is influenced by altered magnetic fields, I have also been interested in the magnetic effects on orientation in planarians. In addition, I have used the phototactic rhythm in Chlamydomonas reinhardii as a model circadian system. I have examined the effects of various chemical inhibitors on the timing of the circadian clock and used selected mutants with know metabolic deficiencies to determine the importance of these processes in the timing mechanism.

Representative Publications

Goodenough, J. 1978. The lack of effect of Deuterium Oxide on the Period or Phase of the Monthly Orientation Rhythm in Planarians. Int. J. Chronobiology. 5: 465-476.

Goodenough, J. 1980. The monthly rhythm in planarians is not generated by the interaction of solar- and lunar-day rhythms. J. interdiscipl. Cycle Res. 11: 117-124.

Goodenough, J. and V.G. Bruce. 1981. The effect of caffeine and theophylline on the phototactic rhythm of Chlamydomonas. Biol. Bull. 159: 649-655.

Goodenough, J. and V.G. Bruce. 1981. The effect of inhibitors affecting protein synthesis and membrane activity on the Chlamydomonas reinhardii phototactic rhythm. Biol. Bull. 161: 371-381.

Goodenough, J., B. McGuire, and R.A. Wallace. 1993 Perspectives on Animal Behavior. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

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