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`1. PERSONAL INFORMATION:
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`1.1 Name in full:
`1.2 Place of birth:
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`1.3 Citizenship:
`1.4 Office Addresses:
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` Gregory Allen Buck
`Burlington, Wisconsin
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`5036 Sanger Hall
`Department of Microbiology and Immunology
`Medical College of Virginia
`Virginia Commonwealth University
`Richmond, Virginia 23298-0678
`Tel: (804) 828-2318
`Fax: (804) 828-1397
`E-mail: gabuck@vcu.edu
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`2. LICENSURE:
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`3. EDUCATION:
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`2.1 State issuing license:
`2.2 Name of Board certification:
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`Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, 1981. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
`M.S., Microbiology and Immunology, 1978. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
`B.S., Genetics, 1975. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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`4. MILITARY SERVICE RECORD:
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`5. POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
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`1982-1984, Senior Fellow, Unite d'Immunoparasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
`1981-1982, Charge de Recherche, Unite d'Immunoparasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
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`6. ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
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`1984-1991
`1991-1996
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`1992-1998
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`1996-pres
`2001-pres
`2001-2003
`2003-2017
`2003-2010
`2005-2017
`2006-2011
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`Assistant Professor, Micro & Immuno, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Associate Professor, Micro & Immuno, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Member, Massey Cancer Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Director, Nucleic Acids Research Facilities, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Sen. VP, Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc.
`Director, Mol. Biology & Genetics Prog., Virginia Commonwealth University
`Professor, Micro & Immuno, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Professor (Affiliate), Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University
`Acting Director, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, VCU
`Director, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, VCU
`Director, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute at VCU
`Faculty Director, Center for High Performance Computing at VCU (CHiPC)
`Director, HHMI Undergraduate Scholars Program in Systems Biology at VCU
`Acting Director, Institute for Microbiome Engineering and Data Analysis at VCU
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`7. MEMBERSHIP - SCIENTIFIC, HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
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`1995-1999
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`American Society for Microbiology
`American Association for the Advancement of Science
`American Association of Biomedical Resource Facilities (ABRF)
`NIH Biological Sciences III Study Section
`NIH IVP Study Section
`Chair, Nucleic Acids Subcommittee, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
`NIH Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Special Emphasis Panel
`NIH Genome Study Section, (ad hoc service)
`NSF Study Panel on Quantitative Systems Biology
`NIH Shared Instrumentation Study Section, (ad hoc service)
`NIH Pool of Reviewers (service on multiple standing and special study sections).
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`8. MEMBERSHIP IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
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`9. SPECIAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND OTHER HONORS:
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`9.1 Awards/Honors
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`1982 (summer) Biology of Parasitism Course, Wood's Hole, Massachusetts
`1984 (summer) Colloque Franco-Britannique de Biologie Moleculaire, Concarneau, France
`1985 A. D. Williams Memorial Trust Award. $10,000 award for research.
`1989 (summer) Visiting Scientist, Department of Parasitology, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil
`1991 (summer) Visiting Scientist, Department of Parasitology, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil
`1991-1999 Nucleic Acids Subcommittee, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
`1992 (summer) Visiting Scientist, Department of Parasitology, Univ. Sao Paulo, Brazil
`1993 Chair, Gene Expression Session, Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Wood’s Hole
`1994 (summer) Instructor, Molecular Parasitology Course, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
`1994 Chair, Gene Expression Session, Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Wood’s Hole
`1994 Plenary Speaker, Congress Chagas Disease, Caxambu, Brazil
`1995-1999 Chair, Nucleic Acids Subcommittee, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
`1996 Chair, Gene Expression Session, Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Woods’ Hole
`1996 Plenary Speaker, Congress Chagas Disease, Caxambu, Brazil
`1998-pres Board of Executives, University Training Program in Biomedical Engineering
`1999-pres NIH Shared Instrumentation Study Section, (ad hoc)
`2000 Cold Spring Harbor; Writing Software for Genome Research
`2000-pres NIH Genome Study Section, (ad hoc service)
`2001-2002 Nucleic Acids Research Group, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
`2002 Grace Harris Leadership Institute
`2003 Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
`2003-2005 NSF Study Panel on Quantitative Systems Biology
`2016-present Founding Member, Editorial Board, Nature Partner Journal: Infectious Diseases
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`9.2 Fellowships
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`1982-1985, NIH Senior Fellow, Unite d'Immunoparasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
`1981-1982, Charge de Recherche, Unite d'Immunoparasitologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
`1982 (summer) Biology of Parasitism Course, Woods Hole
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`9.3 Extramural Grants
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`Research and Instrumentation Grants (PI):
`2017-2022 NIH 1R01HD092415 Global Omics and Viromics Initiative on Pregnancy (PI) 3,812,490
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`2017-2021 NIH 1R01MD011504 The Vaginal Microbiome and Racial Disparity in Preterm Delivery (PI,
`VCU Subcontract; PI, Stephanie Engel, UNC) $236,525 Total Award.
`2013-2016 NIH 1U54DE023786-01/ 8U54HD080784-02 Multi-omic Analysis of
`Microbiome During Pregnancy (MOMS-PI) $11,000,000 Total Award (PI).
`2015-2019 NIH 1R25GM089614 Virginia Commonwealth University Postbaccalaureate Research
`Education Program $1,695,490 Total Award (Co-PI; Lloyd PI)
`2013-2015 CHRB06_13 Whole exome sequencing to improve stem cell transplant outcomes. Total
`Award $100,000 (Co-I)
`2013-2014 HHMI HHP0433919 Sequence Analysis of Bacteriophages $108,000 Total Award (PI).
`2012-2013 HHMI HHPXXXXX Sequence Analysis of Bacteriophages $108,000 Total Award (PI).
`2011-2013 MCC JuPP 11-09 Exome Sequencing In Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (Co-I).
`2011-2012 HHMI HHPO242897 Sequence Analysis of Bacteriophages $108,000 Total Award (PI).
`2010-2015 NIH 1R25GM089614 Virginia Commonwealth University Postbaccalaureate Research
`Education Program $1,169,713 Total Award (Co-PI)
`2010-2011 HHMI HHP0XXXX Sequence Analysis of Bacteriophages $108,000 Total Award (PI).
`2009-2013 NIH 1UH2AI083263 The Vaginal Microbiome: Disease, Genetics and the Environment
`$7,857,265 Total Award (PI)
`2009-2014 NIH 2 U54 AI57168 Novel
`cryptosporidiosis $274,443 (PI)
`2008-2014 NSF DEB-0830056 Assembling the Tree of Life: Phylum Euglenozoa. $2,575,000 Total
`Award (PI)
`2007-2008 NIH R13HL088919 Support for Summit on Systems Biology, 2007. $20,000 Total Award.
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`2006-2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Undergraduate Education and Research in Systems
`Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University. $1,500,000 Total Award. (PI)
`2004-2009 NIH/NIAID R01AI055347. Functional Genomics of Cryptosporidium parvum. $910,763
`Total Award (VCU PI).
`2003-2008 NIH U54AI57168 Cryptosporidium parvum genomics, pathogenesis, and vaccinology.
`$1,034,885 Total Award (PI).
`2003-2004 NIH RO1-AI46418. Cryptosporidium parvum genome sequencing project-Supplement.
`$662,656 Total Award (PI).
`2003-2010 NIH/NSF Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute, $1,110,604 Total Award(PI).
`2003-2004 NIH/NIDCR R03DE15241. Prevotella intermedia: iron and virulence. 150,000 Total Award
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`2003-2004 NIH 1S10RR17920 Purchase of Robotic Liquid Handler $210,541 Total Award. (PI).
`2002-2003 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Professional Master's Degree in Bioinformatics, $75,000 Total
`Award (PI).
`2002-2007 RO1 RO1AI50196. Functional Genomics of Metacyclogenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi.
`$2,502,493 Total Award (PI).
`2002-2005 VA-CTRF. Autoimmune Diseases and Immunotherapy. $600,000 Total Award (PI).
`2001-2001 VA-CTRF. Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium. $3,000,000 Total Award. (VCU PI).
`2001-2004 VA-CTRF. VCU-GMU-Innova Hosp Cancer Genomics Consortium. $6,000,000 Total Award
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`2001-2006 R01 AI50425. Molecular interactions of the SL RNA in Trypanosoma cruzi. $1,637,135 Total
`Award (PI).
`2001-2003 American Heart Association Research Grant. A spliced leader RNA binding protein from
`Trypansoma cruzi. $132,000 Total Award (Co-I).
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`2001-2002. S10 RR15977. DNA Microarray Instrumentation. $191,875 Total Award (PI).
`2000-2003. RO1-AI46418. Cryptosporidium parvum genome sequencing project. $1,947,545 Total
`Award (PI).
`2000-2005. T32 CA85159-02. Postdoctoral training program in cancer biology. $186,085 DC 01/02 (Co-
`I, G. Ginder, PI).
`2000-2003. RO1-DE12882. Streptococcus sanguis microbial genome project. $1,030,602 Total Award
`(Co-PI, F. Macrina PI).
`2000-2005. NIH T32 AI-07617. Training in Molecular Pathogenesis of Microbial Diseases. $157,890
`DC 01/02. (Co-I, D. Ohman, PI).
`1998-2003. T34GM08503-09.MARC U*STAR Program. $460,410 Total Award (Co-I, T. Madu, PI).
`1998-1999. S10 RR12971. NIH Shared User Instrumentation Award. Acquisition of a Perkin-Elmer/
`Applied Biosystems Automated DNA Sequencer. $142,000 Total Award (PI).
`1998-2000. P30 CA16059-21. Cancer Center Support Grant. $824,212 Total Award. G. Ginder-PI
`(10%).
`1997-1998, Virginia CIT Grant. Direct genomic sequencing to detect MDR M. tuberculosis. $15,000
`Total Award (PI).
`1996-2001, NIH Research Grant. RO1-AI40202. Gene Expression in Trypanosoma cruzi. $957,500
`Total Award. (PI).
`1996-1999, American Heart Association Research Grant. AHA 96014530. RNA 5'-G capping enzymes
`in Trypanosoma cruzi. $132,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1996-1997, Jeffress Memorial Foundation. 96-0715-01. Genetic Models to examine P. carinii group I
`introns. $19,950 Total Award. (PI).
`1996-1997, NIH SBTTR Grant. R41-AI40401. Direct genomic sequencing
`Mycobacterium tuberculosis. $100,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1995-1996, Virginia CIT. BIO-95-006. Antisense ribozymes for Type I hypersensitivity.
`$50,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1995-1998. P30 CA16059-20. Cancer Center Support Grant. $1,892,000 Total Award. D. Goldman/F.
`Macrina/ G. Ginder-PIs (10%).
`1994-1997, NIH Research Grant. RO1-DK/HD448258. Molecular characterization of biotinidase
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`deficiency. 506,068 Total Direct Award. (Co-I, 10% effort).
`1990-1996, NIH Research Grant. RO1-AI22946. (Continuation of below) Novel RNA capping
`activities in Trypanosoma cruzi. $557,123 Total Direct Award (PI).
`1993-1995, NIH SBIR Subcontract Grant. R44 AI34950. Coupled Amplification and Sequencing
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`of DNA. Subcontract amount. $100,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1991-1995, AHA Research Grant. #91010360. Transcription promoters in Trypanosoma cruzi.
`$120,000 Total Direct Award. (PI).
`1987-1992, NIH Research Grant. RO1-AI25787. Pneumocystis Infection in AIDS: Biology and
`Pathogenesis. $551,593 Total Direct Award. (PI).
`1986-1990, NIH Research Grant. RO1-AI22946. Processing of the 35 base mRNA Leader Element in
`Trypanosomes. $350,094 Total Direct Award. (PI)
`1993-1995. P30 CA16059-018. Cancer Center Support Grant. $2,153,000 Total Award. David Goldman
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`1990-1991, NSF Instrumentation Award. DIR-9016233. Acquisition of a Betagen Radioanalytic
`Imager. $80,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1990-1991, CIT Research Grant. #BIO-89-011-01. Nucleic Acids Synthesis and Sequencing
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`Laboratory. $55,779 Total Direct Award. (PI).
`1989-1990, CIT Research Grant. #BIO-89-011. Nucleic Acids Synthesis and Sequencing
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`Laboratory. $49,300 Total Award. (PI).
`1987-1988, NSF Instrumentation Award. P.I. Purchase of a High Speed Ultracentrifuge.
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`$45,000 Total Award. (PI).
`1986-1988, Jeffress Memorial Trust Grant. #J-81. Gene Expression in Trypanosomes. $20,000
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`Total Award. (PI).
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`1985-1986, AD Williams Memorial Trust. RNA Processing in Trypanosomes. $10,000
`1982-1985, NIH Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship (PI).
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`Other Research and Program Grants (Buck, Co-I):
`1999-2000, A.D. Williams Grant. Characterization of the Interaction between a Putative Splicing Factor
`XB1p and the SL RNA of Trypanosoma cruzi. $10,000 Total Award (P.Xu-PI).
`1995-1996, A.D. Williams Grant.Cloning and characterization of unusual guanylyl transferases
`in Trypanosoma cruzi. $10,000 Total Award. (PI).
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`1994-2008, MARC Grant to Virginia Union University. Training for minority undergraduates
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`in biomedical research. (Co-I; sponsor for Rosalind Harris 1994-1995).
`1987-pres., NIH P30-CA16059. Center Grant for Massey Cancer Center. (Director, Nucleic
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`Grants for Postdocs and Students (Buck, PI):
`1999-2000, A.D. Williams Memorial Trust. Interaction between a putative splicing factor XB1p and SL
`RNA, $10,000 (P. Xu, awardee).
`1996-1998, American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. Molecular Cloning of T. cruzi
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`invasion genes by genetic complementation, $59,000 Total Award, (I. Metcheva, awardee).
`1996-1998, American Lung Association Award. Pneumocystis Group I introns as
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`chemotherapeutic targets. $50,000 Total Award, (I. Metcheva, awardee).
`1995-2000, NIH predoctoral fellowship. Genetics of T. cruzi. Graduate tuition and stipend, (V.
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`1993-1995, CNPq predoctoral fellowship. Stable transfection in T.cruzi. Graduate student stipend.
`(Wagner dos Santos, awardee) (full living support fellowship, ~$35,000 total award).
`1994-1996, American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. mRNA transcription in T. cruzi.
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`$46,000 Total Award, (C. Harris-Kerr, awardee).
`1992-1996, CNPq predoctoral fellowship. Spliced leader gene promoter in T. cruzi. Graduate
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`tuition and stipend, (L. Nunes, awardee) (tuition and stipend, ~$150,000 total award).
`1988-1990, American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. RNA maturation in T. cruzi.
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`$44,000 Total Award, (T. A. Zwierzynski, awardee).
`1987-1989, American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. Trans-splicing in T. cruzi.
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`$44,000 Total Award, (G. Widmer, awardee).
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`9.4 Invited Seminars/Lectures
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`2017, Raibaud Frontiers in Microbiome Science, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
`2017, NIH Human Microbiome Forum, Bethesda, MD
`2017, MedImmune BioHealth Conference, Gaithersburg, MD
`2017, Chinese Conference on Infection and Microecology, Hangzhou, China
`2017, Zhejiang University, Focus on Microbioime Studies, Hangzhou, China
`2016, International Human Microbiome Consortium, Houston, Texas
`2016, IHMP Consortium Meeting, Bethesda, MD
`2016, Suzhou University, Suzhou, China
`2016, GeneWiz, Inc., Suzhou, China
`2016, Singlera Genomics, Shanghai, China
`2016, MacGee Women’s Institute, University of Pittsburg
`2016, AGBT Meeting, Orlando, FLA
`2015, Shanghai General Hospital, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
`2015, Vaginal and Rectal Mucosal Safety Expert Panel Meeting, Arlington, Virginia
`2015, Chinese Conference on Infection and Microecology, Hangzhou, China
`2015, The Role of Microbiota in Infection and Disease (conference), Bethesda, MD.
`2015, IHMP Consortium Meeting, Bethesda, MD
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`2015, Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum, London, England
`2015, 6th Annual World DNA and Genome Day, Nanjing, China
`2015, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
`2015, BV Technical Consultation. FHI 360. Washington, DC
`2015, International Human Microbiome Consortiium Meeting. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
`2015, Keystone Meeting on Microbioime Science. Keystone, Colorado
`2014, Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, Seatlle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
`2014, Bacteriology 2014 (Omics Group) London, England
`2014, SAMSI 2014-15. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
`2014, Integrative Human Microbiome Project Consortium Meeting, Stanford, CA
`2014, Vaginal Microbiome and Bacterial Vaginosis Conference. Hamilton, NJ
`2014, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
`2014, Launch of Genomics PhD, Universidade Mayor, Santiago, Chile
`2014, International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, San Diego, CA
`2014, AGBT Meeting (Poster), Marco Island, FLA
`2014, Integrative Human Microbiome Project Consortium Meeting, Bethesda, MD
`2013, International Congress on Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD
`2013, MD PhD Seminar Series, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
`2013, USP School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
`2013, 5th Symposium on Biological Chemistry, Health and Medicine, Ilha Bela, Brazil
`2013, Next Generation Sequencing Data Conference, London, England
`2013, Targeting Commensal Flora … for better disease prevention and therapy, Annecy, France
`2013, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, VCU, Richmond, VA
`2013, AGBT Meeting (Poster), Marco Island, FLA
`2012, HERO Program, VCU, Richmond, VA
`2012, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, VCU, Richmond, VA
`2012, INOVA, Fairfax, VA
`2012, Institute of Molecular Biology of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
`2012, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
`2012, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
`2012, AGBT Meeting, Marco Island, Florida
`2012, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting, Suzhou, China
`2012 International Human Mirobiome Congress, Palais Brongniart, Paris, France
`2011, CTSA Retreat, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
`2010, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
`2010, Kinetoplastid Sequencing Meeting, Washington University Genome Center, St. Louis, MO
`2010, HHMI Summer Scholars Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
`2010, City University of New York (Queens College), Queens, NY, NY
`2010, CSBC Research Seminar, Richmond, Virginia
`2010, Human Microbiome Research Conference, Vancouver, BC
`2009, CSBC Research Review, Richmond, Virginia
`2009, MidAtlantic Research Center of Excellence Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
`2009, Professional Science Master’s 6th Bienniel Meeting, Washington, D.C.
`2009, Human Microbiome Consortium Meeting, Bethesda, MD
`2009, UT-ORNL-KBRIN Bioinformatics Summit, Pikeville, Tennessee
`2009, TriTryp Conference, Philadelphia, PA
`2009, PSM: Advancing the Nation’s Competitiveness and Innovation Agenda, Washington, DC
`2008, BMEI Conference, Sanya, Hainan, China
`2008, Zhejiang University, Hong Zhu, China
`2008, National Meeting, Centers of Excellence in Agents of Biological Terrorism & EID, Chicago, Ill
`2007, CIT GAP Fund Conference, Richmond, Virginia
`2007, Reunião Anual da SBPz, Caxambu, Brazil
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`2007, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
`2007, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai, China
`2007, Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing, China
`2007, Health Care Experiences Expo, Richmond, Virginia
`2007, National Meeting, Centers of Excellence in Agents of Biological Terrorism & EID, St. Louis, MO
`2007, Council of Southern Graduate Schools, Chattanooga, TN
`2006, University of Virginia, Biomedical Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia
`2006, Molecular Biology and Genetics, VCU, Richmond, Virginia
`2006, ICCMSE 2006, Crete, Greece
`2006, SURA Cyberinfrastructure Workshop: Life Sciences and the Grid, Richmond, Virginia
`2005, ESF-EMBO Symp on Comparative Genomics of Euk Microorg, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
`2005, Rice Center for Environmental Sciences, Board of Directors, Richmond, Virginia
`2005, National Meeting, Centers of Excellence in Agents of Biological Terrorism and Emerging
`Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas
`2004, Institute for Life Long Learning, Richmond, Virginia
`2004, Department of Internal Medicine, VCU
`2003, VABio, Chair, Systems Biology
`2002, Speaker, Bioinformatics and Pharmacogenomics Symposium, Richmond, VA
`2002, Introductory Speaker, 15th Annual Neurosciences Symposium, Richmond, VA
`2001, Speaker, Prospects for Protist Genomics, TIGR, Rockville, MD
`2001, Speaker, XXVIII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas’ Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil
`2001, Facilitator, The Governor's Conference on the Human Genome, Chantilly, VA
`2001, Speaker, XI Malaria Genome Sequencing Conference, Hinxton, England
`2001, Speaker, University of Connecticut, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Farmington, CT
`2001, Speaker, ASM, Orlando, Florida, C. parvum genome project
`2001, Speaker, Brandermill Retired Men’s Club, Human Genome Project
`2000, Speaker, XXVII Annual Meeting on Basic Research In Chagas' Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil
`2000, Speaker, Commonwealth Society, Human Genome Project
`2000, Speaker, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston, MA
`1999, Speaker, Technology in Medicine, Round Table on Biotechnology, Charlottesville, VA
`1999, Speaker, BioInformatics '99, Blacksburg, VA
`1999, Speaker, EPA, Cryptosporidium Genome Project, Washington, D.C.
`1998, Speaker, ABRF Roundtable on DNA Sequencing Technology, Tenth International
`Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Miami, FL.
`1998, Speaker, Brazilian Arabian Horse Association, Jockey Club, University of Sao Paulo
`1998, Speaker, Brazilian Agriculture Department, University of Belo Horizonte
`1998, Speaker, Virginia State University, Petersburg
`1998, Speaker, Microbiology and Immunology, MCV-VCU, Richmond, VA
`1998, Speaker, NIH Roundtable on genome sequencing of opportunistic pathogens, Rockville, Md.
`1998, Speaker, STR Technology for gene identification, Board Meeting, Belgian Warmblood.
`1998, Speaker, NIH Roundtable on T.cruzi genome sequencing, Bethesda, Md.
`1998, Speaker, Nucleic Acids Research Committee, ABRF Meeting, San Diego, CA
`1997, Speaker, ABRF Roundtable on DNA Sequencing Technology, Ninth International
`Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference, Hilton Head, SC.
`1997, Speaker, 14th Annual Symposium on (cid:31)Recent Advances in the Immunology, Biochemistry, and
`Molecular Biology of Tropical Diseases, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN.
`1996, XXIII Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas(cid:31) Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil.
`1996, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and the Rene Rachou Center of Research, Belo
` Horizonte, Brazil.
`1996, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
`1994, XXI Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas' Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil.
`1993, XX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas' Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil.
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`1992, Department of Biotechnology, Universite Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porte Alegre,
`Brazil, December.
`1992, XIX Annual Meeting on Basic Research in Chagas' Disease, Caxambu, MG, Brazil.
`1992, Department of Biochemistry, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.
`1991, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.
`1991, Department of Biochemistry, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada.
`1991, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rush University, Chicago, Ill.
`1991, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
`1991, Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnical and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
`1991, Department of Parasitology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
`1991, Department of Parasitology, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
`1990, Department of Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army
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`1990, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Md.
`1990, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
`1989, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
`1989, Department of Parasitology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
`1988, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
`1988, Division of Endocrinology Seminar Series. MCV-VCU.
`1987, Division of Molecular Diagnostics, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., North Billerica, MA.
`1987, North Carolina Branch ASM Meeting.
`1986, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Virginia.
`1986, Infectious Disease Research Seminar Series. Medical College of Virginia.
`1985, Mid-Atlantic Extrachromosomal Elements. Virginia Beach, VA.
`1984, Colloque Franco-Brittanique de Biologie Moleculaire, Concarneau, France.
`1984, Department of Microbiology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
`1984, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.
`1984, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Va Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
`1983, Department of Microbiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Wa.
`1983, Department of Molecular Biology, Tufts University, Boston, Ma.
`1983, Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Mn.
`1983, Department of Microbiology, University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, Oregon.
`1983, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco.
`1983, Department of Molecular Parasitology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
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`2014-2017 School of Medicine CCTR Endowment Fund Review Board
`2012-pres Provost’s Global Advisory Group
`2012-pres VCU Global Health Initiative
`2007-pres Postdoctoral Scholar Advisory Group
`2004-2005 University Grievance Committee
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`Search Committee, Development Officer, VCU Life Sciences
`2003-pres VCU Proteomics Task Force
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`Search Committee, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, VCU Life Sciences
`2002
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`Search Committee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
`2001-2008 Director, Summit on Systems Biology
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`2001-2004 VCU Bioterrorism Task Force
`2001-2003 Bioinformatics Curriculum Development Committee
`2001-2003 Ward-Cronkite Television, VCU Life Sciences
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`2001-2004 VCU Governors School in Life Sciences
`2000-pres Executive Advisory Board, VCU Life Sciences
`1999-2000 VCU Bioinformatics Task Force
`1999-2000 VCU Task Force on BioChips
`1999-2000 VCU Internet 2 Committee
`1999-2000 MCV-VCU Promotion and Tenure Committee
`1992-1998 Founder and Director, Molecular Biology & Genetics Program.
`1986-pres. Founder and Director, Nucleic Acids Synthesis and Analysis Core Facility.
`1989-1992 Co-director, Molecular Genetics Section of Massey Cancer Research Center.
`1989-1995 Organizer, Distinguished Lectureship Series in Molecular Biology and Genetics.
`1991-1994 Executive Committee Member, Institutional ACS Grant Awards.
`1991-1992 Basic Health Sciences Futures/Issues Committee.
`1986-1987 Medical School Admissions Committee.
`1995-
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`1991-1992 Chair, Equipment Acquisition and Facilities Committee.
`1992-1993 Member, Biochem & Mol. Biophys. Molecular Geneticist search committee.
`1991-1995 Member, Equipment Acquisition and Facilities Committee.
`1991-1993 Member, Committee on Committees.
`1990-1992 Judge, Forbes Day Graduate Student Research Competition
`1989-1992 Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee.
`1988-1989 Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee.
`1986-1988 Member, Graduate Program Committee.
`1986-1987 Member, Seminar Committee.
`1987-1988 Member, Departmental Affairs Committee.
`1986-1987 Member, Microbiology & Immunology Search Committee for Molecular Geneticist.
`1985-1986 Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee.
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`10.2 Professional - panels, boards, councils
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`2016-pres Editorial Board, Nature Family Journal; Infectious Diseases
`2010-pres External Advisory Board BEI/ATCC
`2001-2008 Chair, Steering Committee, Summit for Systems Biology
`2005-2009 PSM Advisory Committee of the Council on Graduate Schools
`2004
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`2004
` NIH Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Program Project Review, March, 2004
`2003
` NSF Quantitative Systems Biology Study Panel, June, 2003
`2003
` NIH Microbial Genome Sequencing Centers Study Panel, April 2003
`2002
` NIH BRP Reviews, March 2003
`2002
`Special Study Section, Exploratory/Developmental Grants: Technology Applications to
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`2002-2003 ASM Committee, Response to " Scientific Boundaries for Peer Review"
`2001-2003 Nucleic Acids Research Group, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
`2000-2003 USDA-CREES, External Grant Review
`2000-2002 VCU Life Sciences Initiative Task Force
`2000-2002 NIH Special Emphasis Panel, Microbial Genome Analysis
`2000-pres NIH Study Section, Genome Analysis (ad hoc)
`1999-2003 Virginia Bioinformatics Task Force, VCU Liaison
`1999.
`NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel, Evolution of Infectious Disease
`1999-pres NIH Study Section, Shared Instrumentation Grants
`1998-2000 Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
`1997-2007 University of Virginia, External Board Member of Training Program in
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`1995-1998 Chair, Nucleic Acids Committee, Assoc. of Biomol. Res. Facilities
`1993-1998 Founding Member, Nucleic Acids Committee, Assoc. of Biomol. Res. Facilities
`1989-1993 Founding Member, Nucleic Acids Sub-Committee, Assoc. of Biomol. Res. Facilities
`1995-pres. NIH Study Sections, Reviewer Reserve.
`1994-1995 NIH Study Section, Immunology, Virology and Parasitology. [Study section dissolved
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`1991-1994 NIH Study Section, Biological Sciences III.
`1992
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`1986-1997. NIH Study Section. Trop. Medicine and Parasitology. Ad hoc reviews.
`1989-1997 NIH Study Section. Bacteriology and Mycology. Ad hoc reviews.
`1992
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`1985-pres. NSF Genetics Grant Reviews. Ad hoc service.
`1989-pres. Veteran's Administration Grant Reviews. Ad hoc service.
`1991
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`Basic Sciences Research Foundation of Israel. Ad hoc grant reviews.
`1985-pres. Ad hoc journal reviews:
`Gene
`Nucleic Acids Research
`Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
`European Journal of Clinical Microbiology
`Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
`Experimental Parasitology
`Journal of Protozoology/Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
`American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
`Experimental Parasitology
`Molecular and Cellular Biology
`BioTechniques
`BMC Genomics
`American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
`Journal of Clinical Vaccinology
`Nature
`PLOS One
`Scientific Reports
`European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
`Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
`New England Journal of Medicine
`Trends in Microbiology
`Trends in Parasitology
`AIMS Microbiology
`Science Technology
`Microbiology
`Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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`11.1a Graduate students trained (degree and year).
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`Cathy McCarthy-Burke, M.S. 1987. Thesis entitled "Small RNAs bearing sequence homology
`to the primary transcript of the mRNA spliced leader in T. equiperdum and T. cruzi(cid:31).
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`Alison Shakarian, Ph.D. 1993. Dissertation entitled "Molecular and Structural Characterization
`of the SL-genes and transcripts in Trypanosoma cruzi(cid:31).
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`Lin Hua, Ph.D. Ph.D. 1994. Dissertation entitled "Characterization of Group I self-splicing
`introns in the rRNA genes of Pneumocystis carinii(cid:31).
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`Timothy S