Non-Science Related

Searching for Anabela by Michael Tessmer and DJ Mennenga. This is a novel about traveling the Southwest United States and searching for the meaning of life. More details and ordering information can be found at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. You can also e-mail Michael for a pdf.

Chemistry Related

Tessmer, M. (2012) "PCBs in the Last Frontier: A Case Study on the Scientific Method" Published in:  Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking by NSTA Press, pp. 109-112. (Originally published in Journal of College Science Teaching, 2005, 1, 34-36.)

Tessmer, M. and Cowlishaw, R. (2011) "Time for Slime" Science and Children, 49, 38-41. 

Cowlishaw, R., Hunter, C., Coy, J, and Tessmer, M. (2007) "The Art of a Deal: A Kyoto Protocol Simulation" Journal of College Science Teaching, 1, 17-19.  The case study is also online at the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.

Kallick, D. A., Nagan, M. C., Beuning, P. J., Kerimo, S., Tessmer, M., Cramer, C. J., and Musier-Forsyth, K. (2002) “Discrimination of C1:G72 Microhelix^Ala by AlaRS is Based on Specific Atomic Groups Rather than Conformational Effects:  An NMR and MD Analysis” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 8878-8884.

Beuning, P. J., Tessmer, M., Baumann, C. G., Kallick, D. A., and Musier-Forsyth, K.  (1999)  "Sequence-Dependent Conformational Differences of Small RNAs Revealed by Native Gel Electrophoresis."  Analytical Biochemistry, 273, 284-290.

Tessmer, M. and Kallick, D. A. (1997) "NMR and Structural Model of Dynorphin A (1-17) Bound to Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles." Biochemistry, 36, 1971-1981 .

Tessmer, M. and Kallick, D. A. (1997) "Fluorescence Studies of Dynorphin A (1-17) Bound to Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles." Journal of Peptide Research, 49, 427-431.

Tessmer, M., Meyer J. P., Hruby, V. J., and Kallick, D. A. (1997) "Structural Model of a Cyclic Dynorphin A Analog Bound to Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles by NMR and Restrained Molecular Dynamics." Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 40, 2148-2155.

Watts, C. R., Tessmer, M., & Kallick, D. A. (1995) "Structure of Leu-5-enkephalin Bound to a Model Membrane as Determined by High-Resolution NMR." Letters in Peptide Science, 2, 59-70.

Kallick, D. A., Tessmer, M., Watts, C. R., and Li, C-Y (1995) "The Use of Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles in Solution NMR." Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Series B, 109, 60-65.