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Education *University of Missouri-Columbia
August 1993- July 1997
Columbia, MO; Graduate research in Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology;
*University of the Incarnate Word
January 1991-August 1993
San Antonio, Texas; Received Master of Arts Degree; Majoring in
Biology (Cell Biology); Minor in Adult Education; Date of
Graduation: August 1993
*Academy of Health Sciences June 1990-
October 1990
Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Completed Medical Service Corps Officer
Basic Course; Date of Graduation: September 14, 1990.
*University of Southwestern Louisiana January 1989-
June 1989
Lafayette, LA; Independent graduate research in Biology. Research
involved assessing the uptake and requirement of oxygen of mollusks
endigenous to the area.
*Dillard University
August 1984-May 1988
New Orleans, LA; Received Bachelor of Science degree in Biology; Date
of Graduation: May 16, 1988
Publications Comparison of the Endocytic Pathways: Receptor-Mediated and Fluid
Phase Endocytosis Using fluorescent Microscopy. Wesley Fondal and
Keith R. Haye. Incarnate Word University. MBRS Research Poster
Symposia.
Developmental Regulation of Fluid Phase Endocytosis During the
Differentiation of Rat Skeletal Myoblasts. W. Fondal, Jr.
University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX. SACNAS Annual
Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Presented January 16, 1993. Invited
speaker
Haye, K.R., W. Fondal, Jr. and D.R. Espiritu. 1993. Regulation of
Endocytosis During Rat Skeletal Myoblast Differentiation. Molecular
Biology of Cell, Abstract.
Transforming Growth Factor Beta TGF Beta Increases Disease Severity
In Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis. W. Fondal and H. Mullen.
Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology,
University of MO, Columbia, MO, Midwest Annual Autumn Immunology
Conference, Chicago, IL. ,poster presentation
Fondal, W., C. Sampson, G. C. Sharp, and H. Braley-Mullen. TGF has
contrasting effects in the presence or absence of exogenous IL-12 on
the in vitro activation of cells that transfer experimental
autoimmune thyroiditis. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 21:971.
Courses BIOL 1103
BIOL 1104
BIOL 1107
BIOL 1108 Biography Wesley Fondal, Jr.
Adjunct Faculty in Biology
Wesley Fondal, Jr. is the Director of the Department of Defense
STARBASE at Robins Air Force Base, GA, STARBASE ROBINS. In his
thirteen yeah tenure at STARBASE ROBINS, his first year as an
instructor then Director, he has increased the number of students
from area school districts attending the program. He has also helped
in nurturing a winning network of collaborators and building mutual
loyalty, beginning with the Museum of Aviation, where the program is
located, and the Museum of Aviation Foundation. He has established
partnerships not only with local school districts but also with area
businesses and industry to include, Chick-fil-A, Wal-Mart, Zaxby’s,
Standard Technology, Wiley Corporation and the Cascade Corp. This
past fiscal year, he wrote a successful proposal for a competitive
NASA Summer of Innovation Planning Grant that helped plan out the
STARBASE 2.0 Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program with a summer
component.
Wesley and the STARBASE ROBINS staff have been successful in piloting
several STARBASE programs such as the Stratasys 3-D printer
curriculum and STARBASE 2.0. Wesley and his staff has increased
their summer programming to bring to their community much needed
hands on instruction in engineering, technology and robotics. He
established partnerships with Georgia Tech and Georgia Peachtree
Regional (Georgia FIRST) to host the first ever FIRST Lego League
Regional Tournament and now Super Regional Tournament in Central
Georgia and the off season FIRST Robotics competition, GRITS (Georgia
Robotics Invitational Tournament and Showcase).
Wesley understands the importance of informal STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math) education and the impact it can
have on the students, teachers and school districts that STARBASE
ROBINS serves and in that sense has helped in influencing some of the
school districts STEM curriculum planning. He believes that STARBASE
has a major role in the informal STEM education community and
advocates for that in member organizations such as ASCD (Association
of Supervision and Curriculum Development), NSTA (National Science
Teacher’s Association) where he has served as the Aerospace Programs
Advisory Board Chairman and has recently been nominated for election
to the national Board of Directors and the Triangle Coalition for
Science and Technology Education, where he serves on the National
Board.
Wesley enjoys all aspects of science and is also Adjunct Professor at
Middle Georgia College and Georgia Military College in the
Departments of Natural Sciences. Wesley is a graduate of Dillard
University where he received his B.S. in Biology. He received his
Master’s Degree in Biology from the University of Incarnate Word in
San Antonio, TX and attended the University of Missouri for graduate
studies and science research in the field of Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology. Wesley Fondal also served in the U.S. Army Reserves
and has a short teaching history in the Louisiana public school
system. He enjoys spending time with his three sons, and even though
he resides in Georgia, he is an avid New Orleans Saints and LSU
football fan.
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