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New Faculty

  • Michael Cosgrove, PhD, Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Cosgrove received his doctoral degree from Syracuse University and completed post-doctoral fellowships at Cornell University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He joins us from Syracuse University and has been a member of our voluntary faculty.

Awards & Recognition

  • Stewart Loh, PhD, has been appointed as Vice Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • David Amberg, PhD, is the recipient of the 2011 President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research
  • Andras Perl, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2011 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

Publications

  • Lin M, Li SC, Kane PM, Hofken T. (2012) Regulation of vacuolar H+-ATPase activity by the Cdc42 effector Ste20 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eukaryot Cell, Feb 10. Epub ahead of print.
  • Bataille AR, Jeronimo C, Jacquess PE, Laramee L, Fortin ME, Forest A, Bergeron M, Hanes SD and Robert F. (2012) Universal RNA Polymerase II CTD Cycle is Orchestrated by Complex Interplay Between Kinase, Phosphatase and Isomerase Enzymes Along Genes. Mol. Cell 45: 158-170.
  • Li SC, Diakov TT, Rizzo JM, Kane PM. The V-ATPase works in parallel with the HOG pathway to adapt yeast cells to osomotic stress. Eukaroytic Cell, 2011, in press.
  • YM Milgrom. Characteristics of Protection by MgADP and MgATP of α3β3γ Subcomplex of Thermophilic Bacillus PS3 βY341 W-mutant F1-ATPase from Inhibition by 7-Chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole Support a Bi-site Mechanism of Catalysis. Biochemistry (Moscow) 76 (2011) 1253-1261
  • Najafi M, Maza NA, Calvert PD. Steric volume exclusion sets soluble protein concentrations in photoreceptor sensory cilia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 19
  • Zhang T, Zhou Q, Pignoni F. Yki/YAP, Sd/TEAD and Hth/MEIS control tissue specification in the drosophila eye disc epithelium. PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22278
  • Garcia R, Perl A. Vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus. In: Inflammatory Disease of Blood Vessels, 2nd Edition, Eds. Hoffman GS, Weyand CM, Langford CA, Goronzy J, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K, 2011
  • Haarer B, Aggeli D, Viggiano S, Burke DJ, Amberg DC. (2011) Novel Interactions between Actin and the Proteasome Revealed by Complex Haploinsufficiency. PLoS Genetics, Sep 7(9): e1002288. Epub 2011 Sep 22.  

Presentations

  • Michael Cosgrove, PhD gave an invited seminar in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Penn State University in early February.
  • Andrea Viczian, PhD, Ophthalmology, presented, “Making Eyes From Stem Cells”, as a Visiting Scholars Lecture at:
    - School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Nov. 4, 2011.
    - Biological Sciences, SUNY Plattsburgh, Nov.10, 2011.
    - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, SUNY Oswego, Nov.16, 2011
  • Michael E. Zuber, PhD, presented, " Recent Research/Future Moves by the SUNY UMU Center for Vision Research", at The Department of Ophthalmology's 62nd Annual Post-Graduate Review Course in Ophthalmology Program on December 2 and 3, 2011
  • Steve Hanes, PhD, gave two talks: 1) RNA Science and its Applications: A Look Toward the Future. The RNA Institute, Albany, NY. "Keeping little RNAs under control: Regulation of RNA polymerase II by prolyl isomerization" on November 3-4, 2011; 2) Department of Biology, Utica College, Utica, NY, "Using Model Organisms to Study Gene Regulation and Human Disease" on November 7, 2011

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