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Dr. Rebecca Kohn
Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Research Interests

EDUCATION  

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. Biology 1996

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
A.B. Biochemistry 1990


PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE  
 

                                  9/05-present

Associate Professor of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
                                  8/99-8/05

Assistant Professor of Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
                                  7/98-8/99

Senior Research Scientist, Oklahoma Medical
Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
                                  1/97-6/98

Associate Research Scientist, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
                                  8/97-12/97

Adjunct Professor of Biology, Rose State College, Midwest City, OK
                                  1/96-12/96

Assistant Research Scientist, Oklahoma Medical Research Center, Oklahoma City, OK


COURSES TAUGHT

                                                    BIO212                Cell Biology
                                                    BIO212L                Cell Biology Lab
                                                    BIO213                Genetics
                                                    BIO213L                Genetics Lab
                                                    BIO433                Molecular Neurobiology
                                                    BIO433L                Molecular Neurobiology Lab
                                                    LS200                CIE II


AWARDS & FUNDING

Fulbright to pursue research and teach courses at Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile

National Science Foundation RUI (Research at an Undergraduate Institution), Effective June 1, 2006

National Science Foundation CAREER grant, Effective June 1, 2001  


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Polinsky, C., *C. Houston, *J. Vado, *A. Shaikh and R.E. Kohn. 
Synaptic protein UNC-13 interacts with an F-box protein that may target it for degradation by proteasomes.  In Press, Acta Biochimica Polonica.

1,*Guziewicz, M., *T. Vitullo, *B. Simmons, R. E. Kohn (2002).
Analyzing Defects in the Caenorhabditis elegans Nervous System Using Organismal and
Cell Biological Approaches.
Cell Biology Education 1, 18-25.

1Kohn, R.E., J.S. Duerr, J. McManus, A.L. Duke, T.L. Rakow, H. Maruyama , G. Moulder, I. Maruyama, R.J. Barstead,  and J.B. Rand (2000).
Expression of Multiple UNC-13 Proteins in the C. elegans Nervous System.
Molecular Biology of the Cell 11, 3441-3452.

1,2Eustance, R. J. and R. F. Schleif (1996). 
The Linker Region of AraC Protein. 
Journal of Bacteriology 178:7125-7030.

1,2Eustance, R. J. and R. F. Schleif (1996) 
In Vivo Association of Protein Fragments Giving Active AraC. 
PROTEINS: Structure, Function, and Genetics 25:501-505.

1,2Eustance, R. J., S. A. Bustos, and R. F. Schleif (1994) 
Reaching Out, Locating and Lengthening the Interdomain Linker of AraC Protein. 
Journal of Molecular Biology 242:330-338.

1peer reviewed publication
2married name, Kohn
*undergraduate author/presenter