Professional
Appointments
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San
Marino CA
Botanical Educator, Special Projects
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Research
Appointments
California Institute of Technology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Pasadena CA
Post-doctoral advisor: Prof. Paul Sternberg
“ Role of Matrix Metalloproteases and Their Inhibitors
in Anchor Cell Invasion in C. elegans”
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| 2002 – 2003 |
California Institute of Technology, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Pasadena CA
Dissertation advisor: Prof. Paul
Sternberg
“ Cis-Regulation
of Three Vulva Cell Fate-Markers in C. elegans.”
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1997 – 2002 |
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California Institute of Technology, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Pasadena CA
Research supervisor: Prof. Bruce
Hay
“ Cell Death in the
Eye of Drosophila melanogaster"
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Spring 1997 |
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California Institute of Technology, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Pasadena CA
Research supervisor: Prof. Ray Deshaies.
“ Interactions
of Components in the CDC34 Ubiquitination Pathway in Saccharomyces
cerevisiae.”
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Fall 1996 |
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Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
Research
supervisor: Dr. Kim Nasmyth.
“ A Search for Regulators
of DNA Replication Initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”
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Summer 1996 |
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NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD
Research supervisors: Dr. Ronda Rolfes and Dr. Alan Hinnebusch.
“ Regulation
of Purine Metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
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Fall of 1994 |
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Union College, Schenectady NY
Research supervisor:
Prof. Jill Salvo. Honors Thesis.
“ Characterization
of a Mobility Endonuclease.
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June 1991 – June 1996 |
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Teaching
and Outreach Experience
Earthwatch Fellowship, "Birds and dynamic habitat mosaics in the Pantanal, Brazil."
Teacher Acadamy at The Huntington Gardens. "ABCs of Developmental Botany; Bringing Plants to the High School Classroom.
Development and pilot testing of a 7th grade biology curriculum for Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI) in Pasadena School District, CA.
SEED Teacher Training for Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI) in PUSD.
Teaching Assistant for Caltech’s Upper-Level Genetics Lab (Bi 123).
Curriculum development and Biology Teacher for Caltech summer outreach program (YESS).
Tutor in high school English, Biology and Chemistry.
Mentor for the DARE program in Schenectady, NY.
Mentor at the NIH Children’s Inn in computers, reading and art.
Member of committees at Union College to organize undergraduate research conferences,
review internal funding grants and Co-chair of Biology Faculty Search Committee.
Creator and coordinator of 5th grade Science Fair in the Schenectady area.
Mentor at Zollar Elementary School in Schenectady NY.
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November 2005
2004–2005
1999–2002
1996–1999
1998–2001
1997–2000
1996–1999
1991–1996
Fall 1994
1992–1996
1994, 1995
1993–1995
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Awards
Recipient of the Helen Bing Earthwatch Fellowship Award
Recipient
of Howard Hughes Divisional Research Award.
Recipient of Helen and
Arthur McCallum Research Award.
Recipient of NIH National Research
Service Award Graduate Training Grant.
Honorable Mention NSF and
HHMI pre-doctoral fellowships.
Honors Thesis, Union College.
Cumulative Achievement-Union College
Dean’s List.
Nominated for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
Nominated for Sigma
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November 2005
1996–2000
1997–2000
1996–1999
1996
June 1996
1993–1996
1994
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Publications
Publications in refereed journals
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-Kirouac, M and Sternberg
PW. “cis-Regulatory
control of three cell fate-specific genes in vulval organogenesis
of Caenorhabditis elegans and C. briggsae." Dev
Biol. 2003 May 1;257(1):85-103.
-Inoue T, Sherwood DR, Aspock
G, Butler JA, Gupta BP, Kirouac M, Wang M, Lee PY, Kramer JM,
Hope
I, Burglin TR, Sternberg
PW. “Gene
expression markers for Caenorhabditis
elegans vulval cells.” Gene Expr Patterns. 2002
Dec;2(3-4):235-4
-Zang, F., Kirouac, M., Zhu, N. Hinnebusch,
A. and Rolfes, R.J. “Evidence
that Complex Formation by Bas1p and Bas2p (Pho2p) Unmasks
the Activation Function of Bas1p in an Adenine-Repressible
Step
of ADE Gene
Transcription.” Molecular and Cellular Biology, June
1997, p 3272-3283
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Other Publications
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-Kirouac,
M. “Cis-Regulation
of Three Vulva Cell Fate-Markers in C. elegans.” Dissertation.
2002
-Microbiology Curriculum Manual. 7th grade biology
curriculum manual for Caltech Precollege Science Initiative
(CAPSI).
1999- 2000.
-Co-editor of 2 editions of The Technique, Caltech’s
300-page guide to Los Angeles. 1997-1998.
-Staff Writer for The Whyville Times on www.whyville.net.
2000 |
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