Nancy Tress
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BIOGRAPHY
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Molecular Biology. Colorado State University
PhD. Biochemistry. University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
B.S. Biophysics. Gannon University
Dr. Nancy Tress is an adjunct instructor of Biology in the Distance Learning Division. She received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Biology at Colorado State University. Dr. Tress is passionate about online learning and is always developing new tools and techniques to help her students succeed. She has worked extensively with undergraduate students on research projects and is currently working on several new open source online education modules. Currently she resides in Pennsylvania with her family and in her spare time she enjoys reading, playing video games and training a service dog.
ABSTRACTS:
Medical Mystery: Flipping the Classroom with Patient Profiles. Nancy Barsic Tress. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Conference. September 2017.
Invasive Species in Oil Creek. Ben Hutcheson and Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. November 2016.
Prevention of ACL injuries in female athletes. Marcus Tress, Nancy Barsic Tress and Kristen Reynolds. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. November 2016.
A Medical Mystery: Using PBL in the classroom. Alexandria Tress, Adam Schwab and Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. November 2013.
Herbal Remedies and the Healing Process. Breanna Boirie and Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. November 2013.
Behavioral Adaptations of Chelydra serpentine. Esperance Tovi, Robin Choo and Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. October 2012.
Prey and Predation Behavioral Patterns of Acheta domestica and Gramastola rosea. Brittany Shuffstall, Robin Choo and Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. October 2012.
Methods for Olive Leaf Extraction. Kasey Harroun, Robin Choo, Nancy Barsic Tress. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. October 2010.
Anneliese Ledebur and Nancy Barsic Tress. Medieval Medicine: A Hands-On Activity for Eighth-Grade Students. NSTA National Meeting. March 2010.
Cindy Andes, Melanie Anderson and Nancy Barsic Tress. Immersion Activities: Scavenger Hunts & Visual Journals. Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PaCIE) Annual Conference. October 2009
Garrett Britton and Nancy Barsic Tress. Developing Student Leadership Through Team-Building Activities. Penn York Undergraduate Research Conference. October 2008.
Eagon, P.K., Swafford, D.S., Elm, M.S., Ayer, H.A., Tress, N.B. and Eagon, C.L. Estrogenicity of medicinal botanicals. AACR annual Meeting. New Orleans, March 1998.
CL Eagon, MS Elm, AG Teepe, HA Ayer, NB Tress and PK Eagon. Estrogenicity of Meedicinal Botanicals in Female Rats. 20th Annual Biology Symposium for Western Pennsylvania, April 1998.
N.J. Barsic, M.J. Epley, R.P. Hughey, M.S. Elm, P.K. Eagon. Effects of chronic alcohol ingestion on expression of an hepatic androgen-responsive protein. Alcohol: Clin. Expt. Res. 18. May 1994.
G.D. Block, A.J. Styche, N.J. Barsic, P.K. Eagon. Effects of ethanol on insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in rats. Gastroenterology 104:878 (1993).
P.K. Eagon, M.J. Epley, M.S. Elm, N.J. Barsic. Enhanced estrogenic response in livers of alcoholic male rats. Gastroenterology 104:A898 (1993).
P.K. Eagon, M.J. Epley, M.S. Elm, N.J. Barsic. Regulation of estrogenic response in livers of alcohol-fed male rats. Mid-west Gut Club, Pittsburgh PA. March, 1993.
N.J. Barsic, R.P. Hughey, and P.K. Eagon. Purification and characterization of a male- and liver-specific estrogen binding protein. American Society of cell biology. Denver, Colorado. November, 1992.
N.J. Barsic, T.F. McGuire, R.P. Hughey, P.K. Eagon. Purification of a male-specific estrogen binding protein. FASEB J. Abstract 2613 (1990).
MANUSCRIPTS:
Elizabeth Flickner, Patricia McClain, Nancy Tress, Sherri Patterson. Multidisciplinary Round Inclusion in Nursing Education. PSNA Journal. February 2018.
Thomas Pfennigwerth, Kristen Reynolds and Nancy B. Tress. Introduction to Human Body Systems Lab Manual. August 2010
Thomas Pfennigwerth, Kristen Reynolds and Nancy B. Tress. Foundations of Biology I Lab Manual. University of Pittsburgh at Titusville. August 2007.
Nancy B. Tress. Food, Fitness and Fun. Great Ideas in Teaching Nutrition. April 2004.
Nancy B. Tress. Creation of a Web-based Lab Manual. Great Ideas in Teaching Biology. April 2003.
William R. Hansen, Nancy Barsic-Tress, Lynn Taylor and Norman P. Curthoys. The 3'-nontranslated region of rat renal glutaminase mRNA contains a pH-responsive stability element. Am. J. Physiol., 1998.
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS:
Nancy B. Tress. Concept Quiz Questions for Online Resources. Biology: Concepts and Connections. Campbell, Reece, Mitchell and Taylor. 6th Edition. June 2005.
ONLINE CONTENT:
Diotti, R., Friend, J., Furrow, R. E., Janmaat, A., Reynolds, K., Tress, A., Tress, N. B., Wade, J. (2022). Failing to Succeed Lightning Talk - YouTube. 2021 Biology and Mathematics Educators (BIOME) Institute, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/N1Q1-1R51
Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond, Kennedy, C., Drill, E., Tress, N. B., Mestrovic, T. (2023). SARS-CoV-2: Understanding, Applying and Communicating Science. Science Communication & SARS-CoV-2 FMN, (Version 2.0). QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/5JWE-7510