Julie A. Anderson
Assistant Professor
354 Phillips Hall
Teaching:
Essentials of Cell Biology and Genetics (BIOL 111), Molecular Genetics (BIOL 409)
Education and Professional Experience:
- Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
- Research Associate, Cell Division Cycle and Apoptosis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
- Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- B.A., Biology, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Memberships and Awards:
- Genetics Society of America
- American Society of Cell Biology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Ralph E. Powe 1999 Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
- 1999 TCU Mortar Board "Preferred Professor"
Research interests:
Cell division cycle in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), effects of DNA damage on cell division and signal transduction pathways involved in programmed cell death.
Recent published abstracts:
- Texas Genetics Society, San Antonio, TX, 2001. S.C. Zuber, M. DeLario, P.S. Hartman and J.A. Anderson. "Further characterization of the Bub1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Caenorhabditis elegans."
- Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, Seattle, WA, 2000. S.C. Zuber, M. DeLario, P.S. Hartman and J.A. Anderson. "Cloning and characterization of a spindle checkpoint gene from C. elegans."
- American Society for Cell Biology, Washington DC, 1999. M. DeLario and J.A. Anderson. "Cloning of a spindle checkpoint gene from C. elegans."
- International Congress on Developmental Biology, Snowbird, UT, 1997. J.C. Sible, J.A. Anderson, A.L. Lewellyn, and J.L. Maller. "Continuous protein synthesis is required in Xenopus to block apoptosis and initiate the transition from maternal to zygotic control of development."
- Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD, 1996. R.L. Nakamura, J.A. Anderson and R.F. Gaber. "Identification and analysis of KAT1 potassium channel pore mutants using a yeast expression system."
Recent Publications:
- Zuber, S.C., Belmont, P., Anderson, J.A. and Hartman, P.S. (manuscript in preparation). Oxidative stress and aging in Caenorhabitis elegans.
- Sible, J.C., Anderson, J.A., Lewellyn, A.L., and Maller, J.L. (1997) Zygotic transcription is required to block a maternal program of apoptosis in Xenopus embryos. Dev. Biol. 189, 335-346.
- Anderson, J.A., Lewellyn, A.L., and Maller, J.L. (1997). Ionizing radiation induces apoptosis and elevates cyclin A1-Cdk2 activity before but not after the midblastula transition in Xenopus. Mol. Biol. Cell 8, 1195-1206.
- Nakamura, R.L., Anderson, J.A., and Gaber, R.F. (1997). Determination of key structural requirements of a K+ channel pore. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 1011-1018.