Education
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Ph.D., University
of Chicago
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Department of Molecular
Genetics and Cell Biology, 1995-2001
Thesis: "The
Role of Doa10 in Ubiquitin Mediated Degradation"
Thesis Advisor:
Mark Hochstrasser, Ph.D.
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B.S., Purdue University
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Honors Biology,
1991 to 1995
Thesis: "Investigation
into histone architecture and function"
Thesis Advisor:
Arnold Stein, Ph.D.
Professional
Training
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Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Chicago
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Department of Molecular
Genetics and Cell Biology, April 2001 to present
Research on
cell-cell interactions and species recognition in the flowering plant Arabidopsis
thaliana.
Advisor: Daphne
Preuss, Ph.D.
Teaching Experience
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Genetic Analysis,
MGCB 314, University of Chicago, Fall 2002
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Discussion leader
for genetics class for 1st year graduate students.
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Molecular and Cell
Biology, BMB 302, University of Chicago, Winter, 2002
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Co-lecturer for
an introductory class in molecular and cellular biology for 1st year medical
students.
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Guest Lecturer,
General Psychology, Valparaiso University, Winter, 2002
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"The genetic basis
for human behavior"
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Mentor, undergraduate
research, University of Chicago, Fall, 2001-present
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Bryan Alexander,
"The mapping of lap1, a pollen wall mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana."
NSF-REU fellowship recipient.
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Mentor, undergraduate
research, University of Chicago, Summer, 2001
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Quinn Marksteiner,
"An investigation into the chemical nature of the adhesion between pollen
and stigma in Arabidopsis thaliana." NSF-REU fellowship recipient.
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Analytical Chemistry,
University of Chicago Lab School, 1998-1999
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Private tutor for
high school analytical chemistry
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Cell Biology, University
of Chicago, Winter 1996
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Cell Biology (for
graduate students), University of Chicago, Fall 1995
Publications
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Swanson, R. and
Preuss, D. (In Preparation) Sexual Signaling in Plant Fertilization. Ann.
Rev. Gen.
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Swanson, R., Locher,
M. and Hochstrasser, M. 2001. A conserved ubiquitin ligase of the nuclear
envelope/endoplasmic reticulum that functions in both ER-associated and
Mata2 repressor degradation. Genes Dev. 15, 2660-2674.
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Swanson, R. and
Hochstrasser, M. 2000. A viable ubiquitin-activating enzyme mutant for
evaluating ubiquitin system function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS,
477, 193-8.
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Hochstrasser, M.,
Johnson, P.R., Arendt, C.S., Amerik, A., Swaminathan, S., Swanson R., Li,
S.J., Laney, J., Pals-Rylaarsdam, R., Nowak, J. and Connerly P.L. 1999.
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae ubiquitin-proteasome system. Philos.
Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci. 354, 1513-22.
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Johnson, P., Swanson,
R., Rakhilina, L., Hochstrasser, M. 1998. Degradation signal masking by
heterodimerization of MATalpha2 and MATa1 blocks their mutual destruction
by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Cell 94, 217-27.
Awards and Professional
Service
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2002- USDA competitive
postdoctoral grant "The Role of the Stigma Proteome in Fertilization"
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1999-2002 Institutional
Review Board member at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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1995-1996 NIH training
grant, University of Chicago
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1996 Honorable
Mention, Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship
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1994 Howard Hughes
Undergraduate Research Internship
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