Kermit R. Mercer, B.S.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Office: (585) 275-4249

Fax: (585) 275-6007

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 712
Rochester, NY

Biography

Research

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (epr) research and instrumentation. Development of microwave apparatus, x-ray generators, helium temperature dewar assemblies and high vacuum equipment to enable epr sample characteristics to be measured at various temperatures and at both x-band frequencies (10 GHz) and at Q-band frequencies (35 GHz).

Credentials

Faculty Appointments

Associate (Part-Time) - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (SMD) - Primary

Education

1971
BS | SUNY Coll at Brockport
Not Classifiable

Publications

Journal Articles

12/2013
Sutton KA, Black PJ, Mercer KR, Garman EF, Owen RL, Snell EH, Bernhard WA. "Insights into the mechanism of X-ray-induced disulfide-bond cleavage in lysozyme crystals based on EPR, optical absorption and X-ray diffraction studies." Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography.. 2013 Dec 0; 69(Pt 12):2381-94. Epub 2013 Nov 19.

7/22/2010
Peoples AR, Mercer KR, Bernhard WA. "What fraction of DNA double-strand breaks produced by the direct effect is accounted for by radical pairs?" The journal of physical chemistry. B. 2010 Jul 22; 114(28):9283-8.

5/1997
Mroczka NE, Mercer KR, Bernhard WA. "The effects of lattice water on free radical yields in X-irradiated crystalline pyrimidines and purines: a low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance investigation." Radiation research.. 1997 May 0; 147(5):560-8.

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