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Thesis: Discovery,
Cloning, and Analysis of Novel Fluorescent Proteins from Various Color
Morphs of Corynactis californica
Background
Education:
BA,
Northwestern University 1998
Major: Environmental Sciences
Thesis: Anthropogenic and Environmental Stresses to Coral
Reef Ecosystems
Work Experience I
am currently working as a Research Assistant in the Bioluminescence
Lab at the
Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Two projects I work on in addition to my thesis research
are:
Novel
Photoproteins:
Research involving the discovery, cloning, characterization and
analysis of novel calcium-activated photoproteins from bioluminescent
organisms. Deep-sea
Phylogenetics: Molecular systematics of gelatinous zooplankton
determined by sequencing marker genes from newly discovered deep-sea
organisms.
I spent three years working in a research lab at Children’s Hospital-Boston
in conjunction with Harvard Medical School. My group was investigating the
role of chemokine receptors in HIV entry and the role of enzyme cleavage
in Alzheimer’s disease.
Publications: Farzan,
M, Chung, S, Li, W, Vasilieva, N, Wright, P, Schnitzler,
CE, Marchione,
RJ, Gerard, C, Gerard, NP,
Sodroski, J, & Choe, H. 2002. Tyrosine-sulfated Peptides Functionally
Reconstitute a CCR5 Variant Lacking a Critical Amino-terminal Region.
J. Biol. Chem. 277(43): 40397-40402.
Farzan,
M, Schnitzler, CE, Vasilieva, N, Leung, D, Kuhn, J, Gerard, C, Gerard,
N, & Choe, H. 2001. Sulfated
Tyrosines Contribute to the Formation of the C5a Docking Site of the
Human C5a Anaphylatoxin Receptor.
J. Exp. Med. 193(9): 1059-66.
Farzan,
M, Vasilieva, N, Schnitzler, CE, Chung, S, Robinson, J, Gerard, NP,
Gerard, C, Choe, H, & Sodroski, J. 2000. A Tyrosine-sulfated
Peptide Based on the N-terminus of CCR5 Interacts with a CD4-enhanced
Epitope of the HIV-1 gp120 Envelope Glycoprotein and Inhibits HIV-1
entry. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (43): 33516-33521.
Farzan,
M, Schnitzler, CE, Vasilieva, N, Leung, D, & Choe, H. 2000.
BACE2, a ß-secretase Homologue, Cleaves at the ß-site and within
the Amyloid-ß Region of the Amyloid-ß Precursor Protein.
Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. 97(17): 9712-9717.
Talks, Poster Presentations,
and Workshops:
Talk: Christy
Schnitzler. Beyond the Reef: Discovering novel FPs and
their Functions. Mini-Symposium on GFP-type Proteins: Diversity, Novel
Properties, Biological Roles, and Imaging Applications, University of
Sydney, Australia, September 9th, 2003.
Poster Presentation: Christine Schnitzler.
Evolution and Function of Fluorescent Proteins According to Habitat.
7th International Conference
on Coelenterate Biology, Lawrence, Kansas, July 6-11th, 2003.
Workshop: Undersea Coral Reef Light and Life (CoReLL) Workshop aboard
the Undersea Explorer on the Great Barrier Reef and Osprey Reef, Australia,
August 30th-September 5th, 2003.
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