Gregory M. Zinkl 

Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Biotechnology patents, including molecular biology, cellular biology, and agriculture.
  • B.A. summa cum laude, 1990 summa cum laude in Biology Millikin University (Decatur, IL) 

    • Honors Thesis:  Text annotations in the music of Erik Satie
    Advisor:  Mary Ellen Poole, Ph.D
     
  • Ph.D., 1997 Cell Biology, Division of Medical Sciences, Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

    • Dissertation:  Cell-laminin interactions in the polarization of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells.
    Advisor:  Karl S. Matlin, Ph.D.
Research Support
  • United States Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grant 98-35304-6682 (2 years, 1998-2000) $90,000 total direct costs.  "Cell Adhesion Interactions During Reproduction In Flowering Plants"  Principal Investigator:  Gregory M. Zinkl
Publications

         Peer-reviewed publications

     
  • Zinkl, G. M.,  B.I. Zwiebel, D.G. Grier, and D. Preuss.  Pollen-stigma adhesion in Arabidopsis:  A species-specific interaction mediated by lipophilic molecules in the pollen exine. Development 126: 5431-5440. 1999. 
  • Zinkl, G.M., L. K. Wilhelmi, and D. Preuss.  Sticking together:  Cell adhesion interactions in Arabidopsis reproduction (invited review).  Journal of Plant Research, 111:  299-305. 1998.

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  • Zinkl, G.M. and D. Preuss.  Dissecting Arabidopsis pollen-stigma interactions reveals novel mechanisms that confer mating specificity (Invited review).  Annals of Botany (in press). 1999.

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  • Zinkl, G.M., A. Zuk, P. van der Bijl, G. van Meer, and K.S. Matlin.  An anti-glycolipid antibody inhibits Madin-Darby canine kidney cell adhesion to laminin and interferes with basolateral polarization and tight junction formation. Journal of Cell Biology 133:  695-708. 1996. 

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  • Schoenenberger, C.-A., A. Zuk, G.M. Zinkl, D.M. Kendall, and K.S. Matlin.  Integrin expression and localization in normal MDCK cells and transformed MDCK cells lacking apical polarity.  Journal of Cell Science 107:  527-541. 1994. 

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  • Zinkl, G.M., L. Maier, K. Studer, R. Sapp, D.-M. Chen, and W.S. Stark.  Microphotometric, ultrastructural, and electrophysiological analyses of light-dependent processes on visual receptors in white-eyed wild-type and norpA (no receptor potential) mutant Drosophila.  Visual Neuroscience 5:  429-439.  1990.

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    Other
     

  • My work on cell adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana reproduction was featured in the following Science "News of the Week" article:  Strauss, E. 1998.  How plants pick their mates.  Science 281:503-504.

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Teaching and Research Experience
  • Teaching Fellow

    • Graduate Genetics, Harvard University, Fred Winston, Ph.D., Course Director (1994)
     
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow 

    • Department of Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia, William S. Stark, Ph.D., Mentor (1989)
     
  • Research Scholar

    • U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, Jeffrey Schubert, M.S., Supervisor (1989)
     
  • Laboratory Technician:

    • Introductory Biology and Introductory Botany, Millikin University (1988-90)
     
  • Undergraduate Research Mentor

    • Supervise undergraduates who participate in my research program
Awards and Honors
  • Biology Honors Award
  • Margaret Burkhardt Johnson Prize (French) for excellence in foreign language writing
  • Scovill Award for outstanding scholarship and University citizenship
  • USA Today's All American Academic Team
  • Linguistic Excellence Award:  French 
  • Who’s Who:  American College Students
  • Lester Shell Biology Scholarship
  • James Millikin Scholar (for scholarship and thesis-based research)
  • Viola Scholarship
  • Foreign Exchange Student (American Field Service); Louveciennes, France

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Service
  • Boston Area Graduate Student Symposium Committee (1992)
  • Conduct of Science Program Committee, Division of Medical Sciences (Harvard University; 1991-1992)
  • Resident Head (University of Chicago; 1998-present)  Mentor undergraduate residents in a residential setting.

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Presentations
  • "Anti-Laminin Adhesion Antibody Delays MDCK Cell Polarization and Tight Junction Formation."  Boston Area Graduate Student Symposium, Boston College; Boston, MA (1995)

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  • "Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana Reproduction."  Retreat for the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Chicago; Chicago, IL (1998)

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  • "A Sticky Situation:  Cell Adhesion Interactions in Plant Reproduction."  Campaign for Science Symposium, Millikin University; Decatur, IL (1998)

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