Lynn Hannum
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology



Phone: 207-859-5741
Fax: 859-5705
Email:

Mailing Address:
5741 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8857

Semester Schedule

Education


Ph.D. Immunobiology, Yale University 1999
B.S. Biology, Bates College 1987

Areas of Expertise:
  • Immunology
Other Courses Taught
Course Course Title
BI 163 The Cellular Basis of Life
BI 198 Disease and Defense
BI 225 Immunology
BI 325 Advanced Immunology
Publications

Kaplan*, J.E., Chrenek*, R.D., Morash*, J.G., Ruksznis*, C.M., and L.G. Hannum. 2008. Rhythmic patterns in phagocytosis and the production of reactive oxygen species by zebrafish leukocytes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 151: 726-730.

Colby student authors: Jessica Kaplan '07, Ryan Chrenek '08, Joel Morash '05, Cat Ruksznis '10

Anderson, S.M., Hannum L.G, and M.J. Shlomchik. 2006. Memory B cell survival and function in the absence of secreted antibody and immune complexes on follicular dendritic cells. Journal of Immunology 176(8): 4515-4519.

Wong, S.F., Wen, L., Tang, M., Ramanathan, M., Visintin, I., Daugherty, J., Hannum, L.G., Janeway, C.A., and M.J. Shlomchik. 2004. Investigation of the role of B cells in type 1 diabetes in the NOD mouse. Diabetes 53: 2581-2587.

Harris, D.E., Hannum L., and S. Gupta. 2004. Contributing factors to student success in Anatomy and Physiology. American Biology Teacher 66:168-175.

Hannum, L.G. and D. E. Harris. 2003. Age is no barrier to success in a computer-intensive human biology course. Journal of College Science Teaching 33:14-17.

Matthews, A. E., Weiss S. R., Shlomchik, M. J., Hannum, L. G., Gombold, L., and Y. Patterson. 2001. Antibody is required for clearance of infectious murine hepatitis virus A59 from the central nervous system, but not the liver. J. Immunology 167: 5254-5263.

Hannum, L. G., Haberman, A. M., Anderson, S. A., and M. J. Shlomchik. 2000. Germinal center initiation, variable gene region hypermutation, and mutant B cell selection without detectable immune complexes on follicular dendritic cells. J. Exp. Med. 192: 931-942.

Levine, M. H., Haberman, A. M., Sant’Angelo, D. B., Hannum, L. G., Cancro, M. P., Janeway C. A. Jr., and M. J. Shlomchik. 2000. A B cell receptor-specific selection step governs immature to mature B cell differentiation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 97:2743-2748.

Golovkina, T. V., Shlomchik, M., Hannum, L. G., and A. Chervonsky. 1999. Organogenic role of B lymphocytes in mucosal immunity. Science 286: 1965-68.

Chan, O. T. M, Hannum, L. G., Haberman, A. M., Madaio, M. P., and M. J. Shlomchik. 1999. A novel mouse with B cells but lacking serum antibody reveals an antibody-independent role for B cells in murine lupus. J. Exp. Med. 189: 1639-48

Hannum, L. G., Ni, D., Haberman, A. M., Weigert, M. G., and M. J. Shlomchik. 1996. A disease-related rheumatoid factor autoantibody is not tolerized in a normal mouse: implications for the origins of autoantibodies in autoimmune disease. J. Exp. Med. 184:1269-78.