Professor/Director of the Environmental Leadership Center
Director of the Environmental Leadership Center
Office locationHealth and Natural Sciences, 119F,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Entomology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Plant Tissue Culture, Veterinary Medicine (Advising Area of Expertise: Pre-Pharmacy)
Dr. Bodri has been working on the creation of a llama heavy chain phage display library with the intent of using genes coding for antibody fragments specific to plant pathogens as a means of providing protection to the plants following transformation.
Students have participated in a number of research projects dealing with the tissue culture of carnivorous plants. Two current projects are protoplast isolation and propagation of Nepenthes and callus induction from flower scapes in Sarracenia. He is also interested in Sarracenia endophytes.