JUDITH LEE VAN HOUTEN

C u r r i c ul u m Vi t a e Home Address

372 Johnnie Brook Road Richmond, Vermont 05477

Home Telephone

(802) 434-4006

Business Address

Department of Biology University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405

Business Telephone

(802) 656-2922 or 656-0452 FAX (802) 656-2914 [email protected]

Citizenship

U.S.A.

Degrees

Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara, December 11, 1976 B.S. awarded summa cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, June 1972

Dissertation Title

Chemokinesis in Paramecium: a genetic approach

Dissertation Advisors

Eduardo Orias and Ching Kung

Postdoctoral Research

Electrophysiology of Paramecium chemoreception

Postdoctoral Advisor

David Quastel, University of British Columbia 1/77 through 12/78

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Zoology, University of Iowa, 1/79 through 8/80

Assistant Professor

Department of Zoology, University of Vermont 9/80 through 6/86

Associate Professor

Department of Zoology, University of Vermont 7/86 through 6/92; Associate Chair, Department of Zoology, University of Vermont, 7/90 through 6/91

Full Professor

Department of Biology, University of Vermont, 7/92 to present; Department Chair, 1995-2005

Present Positions

University Distinguished Professor, George H. Perkins Professor of Zoology, University of Vermont; Vermont State EPSCoR Director, 7/2005-present; PI of NSF EPSCoR RII Grant 2005-present; Director Vermont Genetics Network, 2004-present

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HONORS: Chair, Department of Biology, UVM 1995-2006 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, UVM, 1996-2000 Graduation summa cum laude from Pacific Lutheran University. Secretary, Vermont Chapter Society for Neuroscience, 1982-1984. (elected position). President, Vermont Chapter Society for Neuroscience, 1984-86, 1991-92.(elected position). Membership Chairman, Assoc. Chemoreception Sciences 1988-90 (elected position). Appointment as Visiting Professor, U.S.C., September 1987-June 1988. Director, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, July 1988-June 1994. ROW Career Advancement Award, 1988. Director, UVM Cell and Molecular Biology Program, 1988-1994. Claude Pepper Award, NIH merit award, 1990-1997. Section Editor, Annual Review of Physiology vol. 54, 1992. Assoc. Director, VT-EPSCoR, Sept. 1990-2005. NSF Panel, 1990-1991. NIH Study Section, 1990-1997. University Scholar, 1991 Nominated to Board of Editors, Chemical Senses 9/92. Program Chair for 1994 XVI AChemS meeting (elected position). Executive Chair, AChemS, 1995-6 (elected position). Chair, CMS Study Section, NIH, 1995-1997. ICOT Representative for AChemS, 1997-present. Section Editor, NeuroReport, 1998 – present Manheimer Award for Career Achievements in the Chemical Senses, 1996. *George H. Perkins Professor, 1997-present. Elected as one of two American organizers of the FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology meeting in 2005; asked to organize a symposium at FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology 2009 Elected to the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board, July 2005 – 2007; Elected to the Board of the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition 2008-2012; elected to the Foundation Board 2014-2016. CMBK Study Section member, October 2005 – 2009 Panel member of EPSCoR 2020 and 2030 Workshops that mapped out the future of NSF EPSCoR *Jackie M. Gribbons Leadership Award from the Women in Higher Education (October 2006) *Vermont EPSCoR/IDeA State Director, 2005-present *Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, December 2006 Elected as the Interim President of the IDeA PI Organizing Committee that will form the IDeA PI Association 2008; Elected President-elect of the IDeA PI Association (NAIPI) 2009; served as President 2010-2011 Elected Vice Chair of the Project Directors Executive Committee for the NSF EPSCoR Project Directors 2007-08; Served as Chair 2008-09; Elected Vice-Vice Chair of Project Directors Executive Committee for the NSF EPSCoR Project Directors (second term in this position) 2010; Chair in 2012. Elected to the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering, September 2008 *University Distinguished Professor, life time appointment, May 2009 *Elected as a AAAS Fellow March 2010 *Elected to Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences October 2010 Invited to serve on FASEB NIH Issues Committee NIH College of CSR Reviewers, 2010 - 2012 *PI of largest grant to a single PI in UVM history ($16.5M, VGN 2005-2010; remained the largest grant at time of its $161.1 first renewal (2010-2015); latest renewal at $17.8M *PI of VT EPSCoR Track-1 award at $20M (2011-2016) that surpasses VGN awards; renewal pending NEBHE Merit award accepted on behalf of VT EPSCoR, March 2, 2012 *President’s Distinguished Citizenship and Service Award, University of Vermont, 2014, Inaugural Recipient * Active Award or Current Service

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PREPARATION & INTERESTS: Genetics: general, procaryotic, eucaryotic, molecular Chemoreception: general, unicellular Behavior: microbial Molecular Genetics: ciliate, receptors Electrophysiology: general, ciliate Membrane Function: general, receptors, membrane rafts Second Messengers: Ca2+, cAMP, IP3 Cilia structure and function Science Education Reform PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: European Chemoreception Research Organization Association for Chemoreception Sciences Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society of North America American Association for the Advancement of Science Society of Protozoologists Society for Neuroscience American Society for Cell Biology Genetics Society of America Vermont Cancer Center American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Society of Microbiologists Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Vermont Association of Biomedical Research Facilities GRANTS: National Institutes of Health Individual Post-doctoral Fellowship, awarded June 1976 for January 1977-December 1978. Program Project Grant, Individual Investigator National Institutes of Health, (J. Kollros, Principal Investigator, University of Iowa), awarded July 1979 (left at University of Iowa when I moved to University of Vermont, August 1980). National Institutes of Health: Grant #26232, 3year award beginning October 1979 (second year #29045 transferred to the University of Vermont); renewal award 7/1/836/30/86. Vt-EPSCoR (NSF), 3 year award beginning Oct. 15, 1986, Grant # EPSCoR-2. National Science Foundation: 3 year award, beginning December 1, 1981 #12176; renewed 3 year award beginning Aug. 15, 1986-89, BNS 8607253; Renewed 1989-90, BNS #8909557. National Science Foundation: REU Award summer 1990 for two undergraduates, BNS 8909557 supplement. National Science Foundation: ROW Career Advancement Award; 1988-89. BNS 8708218. Whitehall Foundation, 2 year award, July 1986-June 1988; 2 year award Aug. 1989-91. National Science Foundation, Equipment grant, August 1991, Motion Analysis System, J. Herbers, T. Otter Co-PIs. * Active Award or Current Service

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National Science Foundation, Equipment grant, Feb. 1996, Acquisition of a Confocal Laser Scanning System for Imaging Living, Voltage Clamped Cells. RL Parsons, MT Nelson (PI’s) J. Van Houten and three other Co-PI’s. $265,265. National Institutes of Health: Grant #DC-01819, Mar. 1992-Feb. 1996; renewed Mar. 1996-1999, Chemosensory Signal Transduction in Paramecium. National Academy of Sciences, Exchange visitor award, Sept. 1993-Dec.1993. National Institutes of Health, D. Taatjes PI, High Sensitivity Confocal Microscope, $145,000 direct, April 1994. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, award for HELiX Program, $1.2 M 1998-2003. Vermont EPSCoR RII Infrastructure Award, April 1, 2003- March 31, 2007. PI from 2005 Vermont Genetics Network, BRIN Award from NCRR, Sept. 30, 2001-May 31, 2004. PI National Institutes of Health: Grant #ROI-DC-00721, Claude Pepper Award, August 1990-April 2007. National Institutes of Health, GPI anchored proteins in Paramecium chemosensory response: Grant GM58899, March l 2001-February 2008. National Institutes of Health, Calcium ATPases in Mouse Chemosensory Cells, PI, April 2004-April 2008, R21 DC 00643 award NSF Conference Award, ISOT Symposia, Feb. 2008-Jan. 2009. PI NSF Conference Award, Water Dynamics Workshop, Oct. 2008-Sept. 2009, PI Vermont EPSCoR RII Infrastructure Award, $7.8M, August 15, 2007-Aug. 1, 2011, PI NSF Track-2 RII North East Cyberinfrastructure Consortium, September 2009 –August 2012; $6M ($1.2M to Vermont). Lead PI of 5 state consortium grant. Vermont Genetics Network, INBRE Award from NCRR, $16.5M, June 1, 2005 – June 30, 2010 (largest grant to a PI in the history of UVM); renewed $16.1M July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2015. PI; $2.2M in stimulus supplements to this grant 2009-2011; PI: $17.8M 20152021. Vermont EPSCoR RII Infrastructure Award $20M, 2011-2016, PI. Renewal pending. Vermont EPSCoR RII Inter-Campus and Intra-Campus Connectivity award, 2011- 2014. $1M, PI. AChemS Symposium grant, Co-PI with Barry Ache, second 5 year renewal of this grant from NIH NIDCD 2014-2019; 2014 third 5 year renewal of this award. NSF Track-2 RII award North East Water Resources Network (NEWRnet); September 2013- August 2016; $6M total; $2M to Vermont;

INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS:

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Patent Fund Research Grant from the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, October 1975. Research award for junior faculty, from National Institutes of Health, at the University of Iowa, awarded January 1979. University of Vermont Institutional Awards for Research, December 1980, May 1983, May 1986, January 1989, November 1995. University of Vermont awards for UV-visible spectrophotometer, April 1, 1982; for HPLC, April 1, 1987. Instructional Development Grants from the University of Vermont to develop bacterial transformation laboratories for Bio 205, Advanced Genetics Laboratory, 12/82; Award to develop yeast transformation laboratory for Bio 205, 1/87; Award to develop Neurobiology course, 6/93; First Year Experience for Potential Science Majors Exploring Biology, Bio 1B, 2B; Enhancing the First Year Experience with Molecular Biology Training in Biology 1 and 2. Vermont Regional Cancer Center Awards: Aug. 1, 1985-July 31, 1986 (to JVH); May 1987-1989 (to T. Tritton, B. Mossman, S. Rittenhouse and J. Van Houten). TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Teaching Assistant or Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 6 quarters, September 1973 to December 1976. Lecturing duties, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, Winter 1976. Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, January 1979 to September 1980. Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, University of Vermont, September 1980 to present. Courses taught at UCSB and Univ. of Iowa include: General Genetics A (prokaryotic), General Genetics B (eucaryotic), Genetics Laboratory, Eucaryotic Molecular Genetics, Genetics of Sensory Transduction. Courses taught at the University of Vermont: General Genetics (procaryotic and eucaryotic general genetics), Genetics of Cell Cycle Regulation, Neurogenetics/ Behavior Seminar, Advanced Genetics Laboratory, Molecular Developmental Genetics, Biochemistry of Taste and Olfaction Seminar, Genetics and Evolution of Hemoglobin, Cell Biology (graduate level), Signal Transduction and Cell Cycle, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology Lab, Self-Design Genetics Lab, Genetics and Privacy. INVITED PRESENTATIONS: Bi-annual Ciliate Genetics Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1974. University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1979 (also Chairperson of Membrane and Behavioral Genetics Session). Regional Ciliate Biology and Genetics Conference, Invited keynote speaker, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, April 1980.

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Invited speaker, Association for the Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Florida, May 48, 1980. Department of Biology, Smith College, April 1981. Department of Pharmacology, UVM, April 1981. Department of Medical Microbiology, UVM, March 1981. Chapter for Society for Neuroscience, UVM, March 1981. Department of Biology, McGill University, November 16, 1981. Department of Biological Sciences, UCSB, February 4, 1982. Department of Biology, SUNY, Bronx, NY, May 5, 1982. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UVM, June, 1982. Department of Biology, Middlebury College, November, 1982. Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia PA, Oct 4, 1983. Department of Pathology, UVM, Dec. 15, 1983. Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, February 1984. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, February 6, 1984. Association for Chemoreception Sciences, April 1984, Sarasota, Florida. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Ciliate Molecular Genetics, May 1984. SUNY New Paltz, March 21, 1985. Organizer of symposium on Genetics and Chemoreception for AChemS, April 1985. Boston U. Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA, May 15, 1985. Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Session chairman and poster presentation. Feb. 1986. University of Rhode Island, Feb. 1986. Symposium speaker, Soc. Protozool. - ASLO joint meeting, U.R.I., June 1986. Keynote Speaker ISOT, Snowmass, Colorado, July 1986. Roche Institute for Molecular Biology, Dec. 1986. State University of N. Y. at Buffalo, February, 1987. McGill University, MacDonald College, April 1987. Pfeffer Festschrift, Tübingen, Germany, June 1987 (invited but did not present). USC, Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 1987. * Active Award or Current Service

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UC Riverside, Dec. 1987. Monell Chemical Senses Center, Phila., PA, Dec. 1987. University of California, Santa Barbara, May 1988. AChemS annual meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1988 talk and 2 posters. LUMCON, invited speaker, Baton Rouge, FL, August 1988. AChemS Annual meeting, 2 posters and symposium talk, April 1, 1989. Univ. Mass Amherst, Dept. Entomology, May 1989. Evolution of the First Nervous Systems, Invited speaker, Scotland, July 2-6, 1989. Int'l. Symposium on Taste and Olfaction, Invited speaker, Oslo, Norway, July 1989. (unable to attend). Wake Forest University, Oct. 1989. Gordon Conference, Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Ventura, CA Jan. 1990 (invited poster). C.V. Whitney Lab., St. Augustine, FL, Feb. 15, 1990. Symposium speaker, Soc. for General Microbiology, York, England, Dec. 1990. Northwestern University, Dept. Neurobiology and Physiology, Feb. 4, 1991. Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, Feb. 8, 1991. AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1991. IV Molecular Biology of Ciliates, Asilomar, CA, June 1991. Wesleyan University, Howard Hughes Prog, June 1991. Gordon Conference, Jan. 1992. AChemS, Annual Meeting, Calcium in Chemoreception Symposium talk, April 1992. International Meeting of Neuroethologists, Montreal, August 14, 1992, symposium speaker. Discussant, CIBA meeting, Molecular Biology of Taste and Smell Transduction, London, February 1993. Johnson State College, March 1993. ISOT, Sapporo Japan, July 1993, Symposium speaker. Soc. Protozoology, Cleveland, June 27, 1994, Symposium speaker.

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NSF Workshop, Invited Participant and Speaker, Evolution of Information Processors, January 1995. Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds International Conference, Invited Speaker, Germany, March 1995. Gordon Conference, Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, January 21, 1996. University of British Columbia, Keynote Speaker at Graduate Symposium. Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, March 5, 1996. Gordon Conference, Taste and Smell, August, 1996. International Protozoology Conference, July 1997, Sydney. International Glutamate Symposium, October 1998, Bergamo, Italy. Symposium Speaker, 3rd European Congress on Protistology, July 1999 Helsingor, Denmark ASM Meeting, May 2000, Symposium speaker ACLU Symposium on Genetics and Privacy, April 2001. ICOP Meeting, Salzburg, Austria, July 2001, invited symposium speaker. Paramecium Meeting, Honolulu, HI, March 2001 (symposium chair, one talk). FASEB Meeting, Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2001. University of Iowa, Dept. of Biology, May 2002 University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, Workshop talk, June 2002 U. Mass. Medical Center, Sept. 2002. Tufts University, March 19, 2003 (rescheduled) FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology symposium presentation, July 2003 Invited University of Florida Taste and Smell Center, Jan. 2004 Gordon conference symposium speaker, Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, 2004 ACS symposium to honor John M. Clark, August 23, 2004 Saint Michael’s College, April 2005 FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology meeting, Il Ciocco Italy, August 2005 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Ventura California, Gordon Conference, Jan. 2006 NESCENT participant, June 2007, Evolution of Chemoreception

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Gradient Sensing and Directed Migration Gordon Conference, Jan. 2007 Biology of Cilia and Flagella FASEB Conference, August 2007. Japanese Soc. for Protozoology, Plenary speaker, Nov. 2007 University of Vermont, Department of Biochemistry, March 2008 Invited to organize session for FASEB 2009, Ciliate Molecular Biology Invited to organize a Panel on Genetic Privacy for the Teagle Project of Vermont Phi Beta Kappa, including panelists William Sorrell (Vermont State Attorney General) and John Tracy (Senator Leahy’s Vermont Representative) Presented a talk at the July 2008 ISOT meeting, San Francisco, CA GDRE meeting in Potzberg, Germany, Oct. 5-4, 2008, invited speaker Presented talk and Chaired Slide Session at Soc. for Neuroscience, November 2008 FASEB meeting Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2009; talk; three additional talks and three posters by lab members GDRE meeting, Krakow Poland, December 2009 GDRE meeting, Roscoff France, May 2011 Chair session and present in Signal Transduction and Signaling in FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, Crete, July 2011 University of Cincinnati, Department of Biology, Jan. 9, 2012 New England Board of Higher Education, panelist, April 2, 2012 Invited speaker at TWD meeting, June 2013 Chicago Invited Speaker at the FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology meeting, July 2013. Invited speaker, INBRE meeting, October 2013, Bethesda Invited speaker, ICOP Vancouver, BC August 2013 Invention to Venture panel leader on SBIR/STTR applications; April 2014, Burlington, VT NERIC meeting, September 2015, session chair July 2016, TAGC meeting in Orlando, FL, chair session of the Ciliate meeting, also one of the organizers of the Ciliate meeting of TAGC. Feb. 2016, Department of Biology

OTHER PRESENTATIONS: 13th International Congress of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, August 1973. University of California, Genetics Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA, January 1976. * Active Award or Current Service

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Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms; Santa Barbara, CA, December 1975 (January 1978; January 1980 poster sessions). American Society of Cell Biologists, November 14, 1980 Cincinnati, Ohio, poster entitled "Paramecium chemoreception: mutants defective in chemokinesis to folate". Association of Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Florida; April 1981. Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, February 2, 1982 (poster) American Society for Cell Biology, poster, entitled, "Chemoattraction to Folic Acid and cAMP in P. tetraurelia", November 30- December 4, 1982, Baltimore. Association of Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Florida, April 1983, poster entitled "A Mutant Defective in Chemoresponse to and Binding of Folic Acid". Society for Neuroscience, Boston, MA. November 10, 1983, poster entitled "Evidence for Membrane Potential Control of Chemoreception in Paramecium". Society for Neuroscience, Anaheim, CA. October 1984, poster entitled "Electrophysiological Studies of Paramecium Chemoreception". American Chemical Society, Honolulu, HI, December 1984, two posters entitled "Effects of S-adenosyl-L-methionine on Chemoreception" and "Sensitivity of Paramecium to Quinazolines and Amethopterin". American Society Cell Biologists, November 1985 (poster "In Search of the Folate Chemoreceptor"). Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November 1986. AChemS, annual meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1987. Second International Ciliate Molecular Genetics meeting, Berkeley, CA. August 1987. Gordon Conference on Ciliate Molecular Genetics, August 1989. ASCB Annual Meeting, Houston, TX November 1989 (poster). Soc. for Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO, November 1990 (poster). AChemS, annual meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1991. Soc. for Neuroscience, New Orleans, November 1991 (poster). Soc. for Neuroscience, Anaheim, Oct. 1992 (poster). AChemS, annual meeting, April 1993 (poster). Soc. for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C. October 1993 (poster). Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, February 1994 ECRO, Blois, France, July 1994 (poster). AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 13-17, 1994 (two posters) * Active Award or Current Service

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Soc. for Neuroscience, Miami, FL, November 1994 (poster). Soc. for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 1995 (poster). AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1995 (two posters). AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1996 (three posters). Soc. for Neuroscience, Wash., D.C. November 1996 (one poster). ISOT, San Diego, July 1997 (two posters). Soc. for Neuroscience, New Orleans, October 1997 (two posters). AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1998 (two posters, one talk). Soc. for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, Nov. 1998, (one poster). AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 1999 (two posters). Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL, 1999 (two poster). AChemS Annual meeting, Sarasota, FL, April 2000 (three posters). Society for Neuroscience, November 2000 (one poster). AChemS, April 2001 (one talk, one poster). Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2001 (one poster). AChemS, April 2002, one talk, one poster Society for Neuroscience, Orlando FL, Nov. 2002 (two posters) AChemS, April 2003, four posters, one talk FASEB, July 2003, one poster, one talk Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Jan. 2004, talk AChemS 26th annual meeting, April 2004, 4 posters, 1 talk, organized 1 symposium SFN San Diego, CA October 2004, poster presentation AChemS 27th annual meeting, April 2005, 2 posters SFN, Washington, DC, November 2005, 2 poster presentations AChemS 28th annual meeting, April 2006, 2 posters AChemS 29th annual meeting, April 2007, 2 posters FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2007 2 posters, 1 talk FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella, August 2007, 1 talk, 1 poster ASCB annual meeting, December 2007 2 posters * Active Award or Current Service

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ISOT 2008 one poster AChemS April 2009, poster presentation AChems April 2010; poster presenter Keystone meeting on cilia, Feb. 2010, presenting poster Soc. for Neuroscience, November 2010, presenting poster AChemS, St. Pete Beach, FL, April 2011, one poster Society for Neuroscience, November 2011, one poster AChemS, Huntington Beach, CA, April 2012, one poster NECC March 16, 2012, presentations FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2013 2 posters FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June 2013 4 posters AChemS Huntington Beach, CA April 2013, one poster Keystone meeting on Cilia,Development and Human Disease, March 2014, Tahoe City, CA Poster presentation Cilia, European Meeting, November 2014, Paris, Poster Presentation ASCB, December 2014, Philadelphia, Poster Presentation ISOT meeting, Seville, Spain, September 2015, talk ASCB December 2015, San Diego, Poster Presentation SERVICE (elected positions): College Curriculum Committee - 10/82-6/85; 9/86-10/88. Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee 9/83-1/84. Cell Biology Program Steering Committee 9/84-8/87. Director, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, 7/88-6/94. Vermont Chapter Soc. for Neuroscience, Secretary 9/82-6/84; President 9/84-6/86; 9/9192. Nominating Committee, Soc. of Protozoologists 9/85-9/86. Membership Chair, Assoc. for Chemoreception Sciences, 4/88-4/90. Faculty Standards Committee, 10/88-7/92. (Chair 1990-92). President's Commission on Critical Choices, 11/91-1993. Executive Committee, Soc. of Protozoologists S90-1995. Program Chair, AChemS XVI, 1993-4. * Active Award or Current Service

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President-Elect, AChemS, 1994-5. President, AChemS, 1995-6. Secretary/Treasurer, VT Chapter Society for Neuroscience, July 2001 - 2004. Nominations Committee, Soc. for Protozoology, 2006-7 EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board, 2005-2007 EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition Board, 2008-present National Association of IDeA PIs (NAIPI): Interim President of the IDeA PI Organizing Committee that formed the IDeA PI Association 2008; Elected President-elect of NAIPI 2009; served as President 2010-2011; continuing as past president on the executive committee. Vice Chair of the Project Directors Executive Committee for the NSF EPSCoR Project Directors 2007-08; Served as Chair 2008-09; Vice-Vice Chair of Project Directors Executive Committee for the NSF EPSCoR Project Directors (second term in this position) 2010; Chair in 2012-13 Vermont Technology Council, ex-Officio member, 2005 – present CMB Membership Committee, 2006-2015, Chair 2008- 2015 DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES: Chairperson or Co-Chairperson, Department Seminar Committee. 1982-1986; 1991-1995 Department Academic Committee 9/84-6/85. Department Advisory Council Academic years 1980-81, 1985-86. Chairperson, Committee to Review Cell Biology 301, 1983-84. Search Committee for Chairperson, Department of Microbiology 7/85-6/86. Search Committee for faculty position, Department of Zoology, 9/85-6/86. Premedical and Pre-dental advising committee, 9/84-6/87. Graduate Recruitment, 9/80-present, Chairperson 9/86-7/87. UCRS Biological Sciences Study Section, 9/83-6/85; responsible for evaluating grant proposals for internal funding and recommending University Scholars. Chairperson, Biological Sciences Study Section, 9/85-6/86. Search Committee, Chairperson, Department of Psychology, 12/86-5/87. Review of Chairperson, Department of Botany, 12/86-6/87. Committee on Emerging Technologies, 1/87-8/87.

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Department Committee on Graduate Affairs, 4/87-present. (Chair 2006-present) Review of Chairperson, Department of Zoology, 10/88-5/89. Howard Hughes Proposal Committee Fall 1988. Howard Hughes Undergraduate Program Steering Committee, 1989-1995. Committee to review Dean of School of Natural Resources, Winter, 1989-90. Search Committee, Molecular Endocrinologist, Department of Zoology, 10/89-6/90. UCRS Biological Sciences Study Section, 9/89-9/90. Member, University Task Force on Graduate Education, 2/91 - 5/91. Chair of Search Committee, Chair of Political Science, 9/90-6/91 Chair of Search Committee, Molecular Biologist, Department of Zoology, 11/90 - 6/91. Taskforce on Biotechnology S91-97 . Associate Chair of Dept 7/90 - 6/91. Search Committee, Molecular Geneticist for Dept. of Botany, Sept. 1992-1993. Senate Ad hoc Committee on Planning, Chair Fall 1992-1993. President's Committee on Critical Choices, Academic Programs Subcommittee, Sp. 92-Sum. 93. Search Committee, Dean of College of Medicine 5/93-7/93. Chair, Search Committee for Asst. Prof. in Signal Transduction. Zoology Dept., 9/935/95. Interim Chair, Biology/Zoology Department 1994-5. Chair, Biology Department 1995-2006 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 1996-2000 Arts and Sciences, Salary Subcommittee, 1994-1995. University Committee on GTF Allocation, 1994. University Animal Care Facility Committee, 1994-2005.

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Cell and Molecular Biology, Development Committee College of Engineering, Advisory Committee 1995-1996. President’s “Washington” Committee, 1995-present Committee to evaluate Dissertation Fellow applications, 1996. Director, HELiX Program, 1995-2009

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Confocal Microscope Steering Committee, 1994-2000. Scientific Committee for “International School on Biophysics,” Italy. Director DEVELOP Program, 9/98-2/99

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Internal Board of Advisors - Neuroscience COBRE grant, January 2001-present. *Internal Board of Advisors – VIID COBRE grant, July 2016- present Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Psychology, September 2001. Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Geology, Sept – Nov. 2002 UCTE Leadership Committee, August 2002 - 2003 Search Committee, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Fall 2002- 3, Vice Chair. Search committee, Dean College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont, 20042005.

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Advisory Committee, McNair grant, April 2004 – 2011

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Board of Advisors, University Transportation Center, 2006- 2010

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Board of Advisors, Continuing Education Program, UVM, 2007-2009 VACC Director Search Committee member, 2007-08 Search Committee, Neurobiologist Department of Biology, 2010-2012 Search Committee for President of UVM, elected member, 2011-12 UVM President’s Advisory Committee October 2012- 2015 Breazzano Endowed Chair Selection Committee, 2012 Chair, CAS Strategic Planning subcommittee on Faculty Success, 2013-14 Bishop Noyes Endowed Chair Selection Committee, 2014 Brown Green and Gold Endowed Professorship selection committee, February 2014 President’s Distinguished Citizenship and Service Award selection committee, Feb-March 2015. University Scholars Selection Committee, March 2015 Nominated Bryan Ballif for Dean’s Lecturer, 2014 (he was selected) Nominated Ralph Budd for University Distinguished Professor, March 2015, pending CAS Faculty Success Strategic Planning Committee; chair 2014-2015

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Program Committee, AChemS VII meeting, April 1985. NIH, AREA Study Section, July 1986. Awards Committee, AChemS, July 1986; Chair of Committee, 7/86-5/87. Reviewer, VRCC and VT-ACS. Board of reviewers, J. Protozoology., 

Editorial Board, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 1992-2002, 2014-present. Editorial Board, Chemical Senses. 1994-1998. Section Editor for NeuroReport, 1998-2000

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Reviewer for various journals (including Biochemistry, PNAS, Science, J. Comp. Physiol. A, J. Cell Biol., BBA) and adhoc reviewer for NSF, Alzheimer’s Assocation, and NIH Conti Centers. NSF Sensory Systems Panel, 7/90-7/91. NIH CMS Study Section, ad hoc Oct. 1990, Feb. 1991, appointment from July, 1991-June 1996; chair from July 1996-1998. Soc. for Protozoology, Education Committee, 1993-1998.

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VT Division, A.C.S. - Chair, Committee on Research, or Development Committee 19962002.

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AChemS representative to ICOT, 1998-2000. AChemS Advisory Committee, February 2000. Work Group on Graduate Education 2/00- 02 AChemS Management Group, spring 2003 Elected to organize the FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology meeting, August 2005, in Il Ciocco Italy; co-organizers Ted Clark and Cristina Miceli NSF EPSCoR 2020 Review Panel, June 2006 CMBK NIH Study Section member, 2005- 2009 Search Committee, NIH CSR Director, 2011-2012 NSF EPSCoR 2030 review panel, very high honor to be invited to this national review of NSF EPSCoR FASEB NIH Issues Subcommittee, representative for Genetics Society of America, 2012present SBIR meeting summer 2014, NIGMS

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Chapters: Valentine, M.S., Yano, J., and Van Houten, J.L. 2016. Paramecium ciliary proteome. Invited review for Methods in Molecular Biology, under review. Valentine, M.S., and Van Houten, J.L. 2016 Methods for Studying Basal Body Organization and Structure using Paramecium tetraurelia. In Methods in Molecular Biology under review. Valentine, M.S. and Van Houten, J.L. Methods for studying ciliary-mediated chemoresponse in Paramecium. In: Cilia: methods and protocols. 2016 Springer, In press Van Houten, Judith L., Microbial Chemical Sensing, Chapter 21, Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation, 3rd edition, R.L. Doty ed. 2014 Bell, W.E. and J.L. Van Houten (2008) Chemical Sense: Protozoa. In: Larry R. Squire, Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Academic Press, Oxford, 2008, pp. 813818 . Updated in 2015 Van Houten, J. L., Valentine, M, and Yano, J. (2010) Behavioral Genetics of Paramecium. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Ross Crozier, ed.,pp. 677-682, Oxford: Academic Press. Updated in 2015 Renaud, F., de Ondarza, J., Luporini, P. Marino, M.J. and Van Houten J. (2004) Cell signaling in prokaryotes and lower metazoan. In: Signal transduction mechanisms in protozoa. Ian Fairweather, Ed., Kluwer, Academic Publishers. Chapter 3. Van Houten, J.L. 2000. Chemoreception in Microorganisms. In “Neurobiology of Taste and Smell.” Silver, Restrepo, Finger eds., Wiley, NY. Pg 11-40. Van Houten, J. 1993. Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium. In Signal Transduction: Prokaryotic and Simple Eukaryotic Systems. J. Kurjan and B. Taylor, eds, Academic Press. pp. 309-328. Van Houten, J. and R. R. Preston. 1988. Chemokinesis of Paramecium in: Paramecium, H. D. Görtz, ed., Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. pp. 282-300. Van Houten, J. and R. R. Preston. 1987. Chemoreception: Paramecium as a Receptor Cell, in Advances in Experimental medicine and biology, Y. Ehrlich, R. Lenox, E. Kornecki and W. O. Berry, eds., Plenum Press, NY, pp. 375-384. Van Houten, J. and R. Preston. 1987. Chemoreception in Unicellular Organisms, in: Neurobiology of Taste and Smell. (W. Silver, T. Finger eds.) J. Wiley, pp. 11-38. Van Houten, J., Hauser, D.C.R., and M. Levandowsky. 1981. Chemosensory Behavior in Protozoa. In: Biochemistry and Physiology of Protozoa, V. 4, M. Levandowsky and S. H. Hutner, eds. Academic Press, New York. pp. 67-124. Van Houten, J. 1980. Chemoreception in Paramecium: the role of membrane potential. In: Olfaction and Taste VII, H. van der Starre, ed., IRL Press, London. pp. 53-56.

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Chang, S. Y., Van Houten, J., Robles. L.J., Lui, S., and C. Kung. 1974. An extensive behavioral and genetic analysis of Pawn mutants of Paramecium aurelia. Genet. Res. Camb. 23:165-173. Kung, C., Chang, S.Y., Satow, Y., Van Houten, J., and H. Hansma. 1975. Genetic dissection of behavior in Paramecium. Science 188:898-904. Van Houten, J., Hansma, H., and C. Kung. 1975. Two quantitative assays for chemotaxis in Paramecium. J. Comp. Physiol. A 104:211-223. Van Houten, J., Chang, S., and C. Kung. 1977. Genetic analysis of Paranoiac mutants of Paramecium. Genetics 86:113-120. Van Houten, J. 1977. A mutant of Paramecium defective in chemotaxis. Science 198:746-749. Van Houten, J. 1978. Two mechanisms of chemotaxis in Paramecium. J. Comp. Physiol. A 127:167-174. Van Houten, J. 1979. Membrane potential changes during chemokinesis in Paramecium. Science 204:1100-1103. Van Houten, J. and J. Van Houten. 1982. Computer analysis of Paramecium chemokinesis behavior. J. Theor. Biol. 98: 453-468. DiNallo, M., Wohlford, M., and J. Van Houten. 1982. Mutants of Paramecium defective in chemoreception of folate. Genetics 102: 149-158. Van Houten, J., Martel, E., and T. Kasch. 1982. Kinetic analysis of chemokinesis in Paramecium. J. Protozoology 29: 226-230. Schulz, S., Denaro, M., and J. Van Houten. 1984. Relationship of folate binding and uptake to chemoreception in Paramecium, J. Comp. Physiol. 155: 113-119. Van Houten, J., Smith, R., Wymer, J., Palmer, B., and M. Denaro. 1985. Fluorescein conjugated folate as an indicator of specific folate binding to Paramecium, J. Protozool. 32: 613-616. Hendley, E. D., Wessel, D., and J. Van Houten. 1986. In breeding of Wistar-Kyoto rat strain with hyperactivity but without hypertension, Behav. Neuro. Biol. 45: 1-16. Preston, R. R. and J. Van Houten. 1987. Chemoreception in Paramecium: Acetate- and folate-induced membrane hyperpolarization. J. Comp. Physiol. 160: 525-536. Preston, R. R. and J. Van Houten. 1987. Localization of Chemoreceptive Properties of the Surface of Paramecium. J. Comp. Physiol. 160: 537-541. Smith, R., Preston, R., Schulz, S., and J. Van Houten. 1987. Correlation of cyclic Adenosine monophosphate binding and chemoresponse in Paramecium. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 928: 171-178. Van Houten, J. and R. R. Preston. 1987. Eucaryotic Unicells: How Useful in Studying Chemo-reception? in: From Reception to Perception. J. Atema, ed. N.Y. Academy of Sciences. pp. 16-23.

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Van Houten, J. 1988. Chemoreception Mechanisms: Toward the molecular level. J. Protozool, 35 241-243. Sasner, J. M. and J. Van Houten. 1989. Evidence for a Paramecium folate chemoreceptor, Chem. Sen. 14 587-595. Wright, M. and J. Van Houten. 1990. Characterization of a putative Ca2+-transporting Ca2+-ATPase in the pellicles of Paramecium, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1029 241-251. Van Houten, J. 1990. Chemosensory Transduction in Unicellular Eukaryotes, in: Evolution of the first nervous systems, P. Anderson, ed. pp. 343-371. Van Houten, J. 1990. Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium. In: Biology of the Chemotactic Response, J. Armitage and J.M. Lackie, eds, Cambridge University Press, pp. 297-321. Van Houten, J., Cote, B., Zhang, J., Baez, J., and M.L. Gagnon. 1991. Studies of the Cyclic AMP Chemoreceptor of Paramecium, J. Membrane Biol. 119 15-24. Van Houten, J. 1991. Signal transduction in chemoreception. In: Modern Cell Biology, J. Spudich, ed. pp. 65-135. Van Houten, J. 1992. Chemoresponse in Microorganisms. Ann. Rev. Physiol. 54:63963. Wright, M., Frantz, M., and Van Houten, J. 1992. Lithium fluxes in Paramecium and their relationship to chemoresponse. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1107: 223-230. Wright, M., Elwess, N. and Van Houten, J. 1993. Calcium Transport and Chemoresponse in Paramecium. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 163: 288-296. Van Houten, J. 1994. Chemoreception in Microorganisms: Trends for Neuroscience? Trends in Neurosci. 17:62-71. Clark, J.M., Edman, S.J., Nagy, S.R., Canhoto, A., Hecht, F., and Van Houten, J.L. 1995. Action of DDT and Pyrethroids on Calcium Channels in Paramecium tetraurelia. Molecular actions of insecticides. (J.M. Clark, ed.) pp 173-190. Van Houten, J. and K. Guthrie. 1995. Gene expression in neuronal activity. Chem. Senses 19: 149-150. Schlichtherle, M., Roos, D., and J.L. Van Houten. 1996. Cloning and molecular analysis of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene in P. tetraurelia. Molec. and Gen. Genetics 250:665-673. Yano, J., D. Fraga, R. Hinrichsen and Van Houten, J.L. 1996. Effects of calmodulin antisense oligonucleotides on chemoresponse in Paramecium. Chem. Senses 21:5558. Elwess, N.L., and J.L. Van Houten. 1997. Cloning and molecular analysis of the plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase gene in P. tetraurelia. J. Euk. Microbiol. 44: 250-257. Yang, W.Q., Braun, C., Plattner, H., Purvee, J., and J.L. Van Houten. 1997. Cyclic nucleotides in glutamate chemosensory signal transduction of Paramecium. J. Cell Science 110:2567-2572.

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Davis, D., Fiekers, J., and J.L. Van Houten. 1998. Intracellular pH and chemoresponse to NH4 + Paramecium. Cell Motil. and the Cytoskeleton. 40: 107-118. Bell, W.E., W. Karstens, Y. Sun, and J.L. Van Houten. 1998. Biotin chemoresponse in Paramecium. J. Comp. Physiol. A. 183: 361-366. Fraga, D., Yano, J., Reed, M., Chuang, R., Bell, W.E., Van Houten, J.L. and Hinrichsen, R. 1998. Introducing Antisense Oligonucleotides into Paramecium via electroporation. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 582-588 Van Houten, J.L. 1998. Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium. Eur. J. Protistol. 34: 301-307. Symington, S., Zhang, A., Karstens, W., Van Houten, J.L., and Clark, J.M. 1999. Characterization of pyrethroid action on ciliary calcium channels in Paramecium tetraurelia. Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 65: 181-193. Van Houten, J.L., Yang, W.Q. and Bergeron, A. 2000. Glutamate chemosensory signal transduction in Paramecium. J. Nutrition 130: 946S-949S. Paquette, C.A., V. Rakochy, A. Bush, and J.L. Van Houten. 2001. GPI anchored proteins in Paramecium tetraurelia: Possible role in chemoresponse. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 2899-2910 Dessen, P., Zagulski, M., Gromadka, R., Plattner, H., Kissmehl, R., Meyer, B., Betermier, M., Schultz, J., Linder, J.U., Pearlman, R.E., Kung, C., Forney, J., Satir, B., Van Houten, J., Keller, A-M., Froissard, M., Sperling, L., Cohen, J. 2001. Paramecium genome survey: a pilot project. Trends in Genetics 17 306-308. de Ondarza, J., Symington, S.B., Van Houten, J.L. and Clark, J. M. (2003) G-Protein Modulators Alter the Swimming Behavior and Calcium Influx of Paramecium tetraurelia J. Euk. Microbiol.50: 349-355. Yano, J., Rakochy, V. and Van Houten, J.L. (2003) Studies of GPI anchored proteins in chemosensory signaling using antisense manipulation of the Paramecium PIG-A gene expression Euk. Cell 2: 1211-1219. Weeraratne, S.D., M. Valentine, M. Cusick, R. Delay and J.L. Van Houten (2006) The plasma membrane calcium pumps of mouse olfactory neurons. Chem. Senses advanced pub.on line July 19, 2006, and 31: 725-730. Bell, W.E., Preston, R.R., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J. (2007) Genetic Dissection of Chemosensory Conductances in Paramecium. J. Exp. Biol. 210: 357-365. Valentine, M., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L. (2008) Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium. Jpn. Journal of Protozoology. 41: 1 - 8. Ponissery Saidu, S.; S.D. Weeraratne; M. Valentine; R. Delay; Judith L. Van Houten Chemical Senses 2009; Role of Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPases in Calcium Clearance from Olfactory Sensory Neurons doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjp008 John F. O’Toole, Yangjian Liu, Erica E. Davis, Christopher J. Westlake, Massimo Attanasio,Edgar A. Otto, Dominik Seelow, Gudrun Nurnberg, Christian Becker, Matti Nuutinen, Mikko Kärppä, Jaakko Ignatius, Johanna Uusimaa, Salla Pakanen, Elisa Jaakkola, Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, Henry Fehrenbach, Roger Wiggins, Meera * Active Award or Current Service

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Goyal,Weibin Zhou, Matthias T.F. Wolf, Eric Wise, Juliana Helou, Susan J. Allen, Carlos A. Murga-Zamalloa, Shazia Ashraf, Moumita Chaki, Saskia Heeringa, Gil Chernin, Bethan E. Hoskins, Hassan Chaib, Joseph Gleeson, Takehiro Kusakabe, Takako Suzuki, R. Elwyn Isaac, Lynne Quarmby, Bryan Tennant, Hisashi Fujioka, Hannu Tuominen, Ilmo Hassinen, Hellevi Lohi, Judith L. van Houten, Agnes Rotig, John A. Sayer, Boris Rolinski, Peter Freisinger, Martina Herzer, Florence Madignier,Sethu M. Madhavan, Holger Prokisch, Peter Nurnberg, Peter Jackson, Hemant Khanna, Nicholas Katsanis, and Friedhelm Hildebrandt. Individuals with mutations in XPNPEP3, which encodes a mitochondrial protein,develop a nephronophthisis-like nephropathy J. Clinical Invest. (2010). doi:10.1172/JCI40076. Müller; A., Christine Klöppel; Megan Smith-Valentine;Judith Van Houten; Martin Simon. (2012) Selective and programmed cleavage of GPI-anchored proteins from the surface membrane by phospholipase C. BBA 1818: 117-124. Valentine, M.S., Rajendran, A., Yano, J., Weeraratne, S.D., Beisson, J., Cohen, J., Koll, F. and Van Houten, J. (2012) Paramecium BBS genes are key to presence of channels in cilia. Cilia 1:16 (top five most accessed articles in this journal since March 2013) Yano, J., Valentine, M., Ballif, B., Saha, M. and Van Houten, J.L. (2013) Proteomic Analysis of the Cilia Membrane of Paramecium tetraurelia. Journal of Proteomics, 78: 113-122. Picariello, T., Valentine, M.S., Yano, J. ,Van Houten, J.L. (2014) Reduction of Meckelin Leads to Loss of Cilia, Basal Body Row Misalignment, and Distorted Cell Surface Organization. Cilia www.ciliajournal.com/content/3/12 Cilia 2014, 3:2 Kleene, S.J and Van Houten, J.L. Electrical Signaling in Motile and Primary Cilia, BioScience 2014 64 (12): 1092-1102 doi: 10.1093/biosci/biu181 Yano, J., Valentine, M.S., and Van Houten, J.L..Novel insights into the development and function of ciliausing the advantages of the Paramecium cell and its many cilia. Cells 4: 297-314 (2015) doi:10.3390/cells4030297

ABSTRACTS: Van Houten, J., Chang, S.Y., and C. Kung. 1973. Isolating new types of behavioral mutants in Paramecium aurelia. Genetics 74 S: 283a. Van Houten, J., DiNallo, M., and M. Wohlford. 1980. Genetic dissection of "chemotaxis" behavior in Paramecium. In: Olfaction and Taste VII, H. Van der Starre, ed., IRL Press, London. p. 77. DiNallo, M., Wohlford, M., Xypolyta-Bulloch, A., and J. Van Houten. 1980. Paramecium chemoreception: mutants defective in chemokinesis to folate. J. Cell Biol. 87A:196. Schulz, S., Denaro, M. and J. Van Houten. 1982. Chemoattraction to folic acid and cAMP in Paramecium tetraurelia. J. Cell Biol. 95 249a. Van Houten, J., Schulz, S., and M. Denaro. 1983. Characterization and location of folate binding sites involved in Paramecium chemoreception. J. Cell Biol. 97 469a. Schulz, S., Denaro, M., and J. Van Houten. 1983. Evidence for membrane potential control of chemoreception in Paramecium tetraurelia. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 9: 1023.

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Van Houten, J., Preston, R., and S. Schulz. 1984. Electrophysiological Studies of Chemoreception in Paramecium. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 10: 861. Van Houten, J., Wymer, J., Cushman, M., and R. Preston. 1984. Effects of S-adenosylmethionine on chemoreception in P. tetraurelia. J. Cell Biol. 99: 242. Schulz, S., Sasner, J.M., and J. Van Houten. 1985. In search of the folate chemoreceptor. J. Cell Biol. 101: 302a. Schulz, S., Preston, R., and J. Van Houten. 1985. Characterization of putative Paramecium chemoreceptors. Chemical Senses 10: 466. Van Houten, J. and R. Preston. 1985. Effect of amiloride on Paramecium chemoreception. Chemical Senses 10: 466. Sasner, J. M., Schulz, S., and J. L. Van Houten. 1986. Anti-ligand antibody as a probe for a chemoreceptor in Paramecium. J. Cell Biol. 103: 2129. Van Houten, J. L., Preston, R.R., Schulz, S., Sasner, J.M., and R. Smith. 1986. Chemoreceptors of Paramecium. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 12: 1352. Van Houten, J., Preston, R.R., Gagnon, M., and M. Wright. 1987. Cyclic AMP and Chemoreception in Paramecium. Chem. Senses 12: 704. Sasner, J. M. and J. L. Van Houten. 1987. Use of covalently crosslinked ligand and antiligand antibody to identify chemoreceptors in Paramecium. Chem. Senses 12: 693694. Van Houten, J. L., Zhang, J., Cote, B., Baez, J., and J. M. Sasner. 1987. Cyclic AMP Chemoreceptor of Paramecium. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 13: 1404. Wright, M. and J. L. Van Houten. 1987. Calcium and Chemoreception in Paramecium. J. Cell Biol. 104: 277a. Schulz, S., Sasner, J.M., and J. Van Houten. 1987. Progress on the identification of Paramecium in: From Reception to Perception. J. Atema, ed., NY Academy of Science, pp. 593-594. Wright, M. and J. Van Houten. 1988. Effects of lithium on chemoresponse and ion regulation in Paramecium. Chem. Senses 13: 748. Baez, J., Zhang, J., Cote, B., and J. Van Houten. 1988. The putative cAMP chemoreceptor of Paramecium. Chem. Senses 13: 672. Sasner, J. M., Isaksen, J., and J. Van Houten. 1988. Immunological and genetic approach to the folate chemoreceptor of Paramecium. Chem. Senses 13. 732. Van Houten, J., Baez, J., Cote, B., and J. Zhang. 1988. Progress on the cyclic monophosphate receptor of Paramecium. Soc. Neurosci Abst. 14: 1167. Sasner, M. J., Isaksen, J. K., and J. L. Van Houten. 1988. Folate chemoreceptor mutant: analysis of surface membrane proteins in Paramecium. Soc. Neurosci Abst. 14: 1167. Baez, J., Cote, B., Zhang, J., and J. L. Van Houten. 1988. Cyclic AMP Chemoreceptor of Paramecium. J. Cell Biol. 107: 70a.

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Schlichtherle, I. M., Cote, B., Zhang, J., and J. L. Van Houten. 1989. The Cyclic AMP Chemoreceptor of Paramecium. Chem. Sen. 14:743. Wright, M. V. and J. L. Van Houten. 1989. Calcium ATPase as part of the transduction pathway in Paramecium chemoreception. Chem. Sen. 14:762. Van Houten, J., Cote, B., Schlichtherle, I.M., and J. Zhang. 1989. The cAMP chemoreceptor of Paramecium tetraurelia, J. Cell Biol. 109 19a. Wright, M. and J.L. Van Houten. 1990. Characterization of a Paramecium Ca2+ ATPase: putative transduction component. Chem. Sen. 15 :655. Van Houten, J.L., Wright, M.V., and N. Elwess 1990. Characterization of a Ca pump from Paramecium: putative component of chemosensory transduction. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 16 878. Van Houten, J.L., Frantz, M., and M.V. Wright. 1991. LiCl and mutants used to distinguish classes of chemical stimuli of Paramecium. Chem. Senses. 16:594. Van Houten, J.L., Elwess, N., and M.V. Wright. 1991. Indirect Evidence for Calmodulin Regulated Calcium Pump in Chemoreception. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 17:120. Elwess, N. and J.L. Van Houten. 1992. Calcium pumping and Paramecium chemoresponse: cloning the pump gene and using thapsigargin to distinguish plasma membrane and internal pumps. Chem. Senses. 17:617-618. Elwess, N., Mawe, G., and J.L. Van Houten. 1992. Cloning the plasma membrane calcium pump gene in Paramecium, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18:845. Schlichtherle, I.M. and J.L. Van Houten. 1992. Cloning of the bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase - thymidylate synthase gene of the ciliated protozoan Paramecium tetraurelia. Molec. Biol. Cell 3:80a. Van Houten, J.L. and W.Q. Yang. 1992. IMP as stimulus in Paramecium chemoreception. Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr. 17:845. Yang, W.Q. and J.L. Van Houten. 1993. IMP and glutamate as stimuli in Paramecium chemoreception. Chemical Senses 18:653. Yang, W.Q. and J.L. Van Houten. 1993. Paramecium chemoreception of IMP and Glutamate. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 19:1429. Ahmed, S.M. and J.L. Van Houten. 1993. Immunocytochemical detection of the cyclic AMP Receptor using monoclonal antibody 7CZ. Molec. Biol. Cell 4: 456a. Davis, D. and J.L. Van Houten. 1994. Intracellular pH during chemoreception in Paramecium. Chemical Senses. 19:458. Yano, J., Hecht, F. and Van Houten, J.L. (1994) Use of antisense oligonucleotides to downregulate calmodulin regulated events in chemoresponse. Chem. Senses 19: 475476. Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J. And J.P. Stabila. 1995. Role of Calcium ATPase in Paramecium chemoresponse. Soc. Neurosc. Abstr. 21: 133.

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Yano, J., J.P. Stabila, J.L. Van Houten. 1996. Colocalization of cAMP chemoreceptor and Ca-ATPase in Paramecium. Chemical Senses 21: 690. Van Houten, J.L., W.E. Bell, J. Yano. 1996. Reduction of Calmodulin mRNA Correlate with inhibition of chemoresponse by antisense oligonucleoticles. Chemical Senses 21: 683. Bell, W.E., W. Karstens, J.L. Van Houten. 1996. Biotin-induced chemokinesis in Paramecium. Chemical Senses 21: 578. Van Houten, J.L., Paquette, C., and Bush, A. 1996. GPI Anchored Proteins in Paramecium chemoresponse. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 122: 1825. Paquette, C.A., Bush, A., Van Houten J.L. 1996. GPI Anchored Proteins and Chemoresponse in Paramecium. Molec. Biol. Cell Abstr.269a. Paquette, C.A., Bush, A., and Van Houten, J.L. 1997. GPI anchored receptors in Paramecium. Chem. Senses. 22:766. Yano, J., Rakochy, V., Stabila, J. and Van Houten, J.L. 1997a. Calcium pump in chemoresponse: role of the calmodulin binding domain. Chem. Senses 22:829. Yano, J., Bell, W.E. and Van Houten, J.L. 1997b. Role for calmodulin and the plasma membrane calcium pump in glutamate chemoresponse. Chem. Senses 22:828-829. Bell, W.E. and Van Houten, J.L. 1997. Chemoresponse to Biotin in Paramecium. Chemical Senses 22:645. Paquette, C.A., Bush, A., and Van Houten, J.L. 1997. GPI anchored folate receptors in Paramecium. Regional Cancer Research Symposium. March 1997. Van Houten, J.L. 1997. Chemosensory Transduction in Paramecium. ICOP meeting, Sydney, Australia July 1997, invited symposium talk; abstracts to be published. Van Houten, J.L., Bell, W.E. and Yano, J. 1997. Transformation with plasmids that express anti-sense calmodulin RNA selectively inhibit Paramecium chemoresponse. Soc. for Neuroscience Abstracts 23:1038. Yano, J., Rakochy, V. and Van Houten, J.L. 1997. Plasmids expressing the calmodulin binding domain of the plasma membrane calcium pump cause reduced chemoresponse to glutamate in Paramecium. Soc. for Neuroscience Abstracts 23:1038. Bell, W.E. and Van Houten, J.L. 1998. Role of biotin-binding in Paramecium chemoresponse. Chem. Senses. 23: 602-603. Yano, J., Rakochy, V. and Van Houten, J.L. 1998. Calmodulin Binding Domain of the Calcium Pump: Role in chemoresponse in Paramecium. Chem. Senses. 23: 603. Preston, R.R., Bell, W.E. and Van Houten, J.L. 1998. Genetic Dissection of the Chemoresponse Hyperpolarization in Paramecium. Chem. Senses. 23: 577. Bell, W.E., Mawe, G., and Van Houten, J.L. 1998. Glutathione chemoresponse in Paramecium. Soc. for Neuroscience Abstracts. 24: 2100. Van Houten, J.L., Bell, W.E., and Preston, R.R. 1998. Genetic dissection of the attraction chemoresponse hyperpolarization in Paramecium. Soc. for Neuroscience Abstracts. 24: 2100.

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Van Houten, J.L. and Bergeron, A. 1998. Glutamate chemsensory transduction in Paramecium. Abstracts of the International Symposium on Glutamate. Bergeron, A. and Van Houten, J.L. 1999. Glutamate Chemoreception in Paramecium. Chemical Senses. 24: 585-586. Bell, W.E., Preston, R.R., Yano, J., Fiekers, J.F., and Van Houten, J.L. 1999. Genetic Dissection of biotin and acetate induced membrane currents in Paramecium chemoresponse. Chemical Senses. 24: 570. Van Houten, J.L., J. Yano, V. Rakochy, and J.D. Herlihy. 1999. GPI anchored proteins in Paramecium’s response to folate. Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr. 25: 127. Murakami, L.G., J. Yano, R.R. Preston, and J.L. Van Houten. 1999. Antisense approach to GPI anchored chemoreceptors in Paramecium. Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr. 25: 127. Van Houten, J.L., J. Yano, A. Bergeron, Y. Sun, and V. Rakochy. 1999. Glutamate Chemoresponse in Paramecium: Role of PKA and GPI-anchored proteins. Molec. Biol. Cell. Abst.10: 197a. Bergeron, A.L., Van Houten, J.L., 2000. Biochemical and molecular evidence for a Paramecium glutamate receptor. Chem. Senses 25:634. Yano, J., Garner, K., Herlihy, J.D., Rakochy, V., White, W.N., Van Houten, J.L. (2000) GPI anchored proteins in the chemoresponse of Paramecium to folate. Chem. Senses (omitted from publication of proceedings by mistake of journal, but in abstracts at meeting) Van Houten, J.L., J. Yano, R. Rakochy and L. Gannon-Murakami (2000) Chemoreception in Paramecium: involvement of the calcium pump. Chem. Senses (omitted from publication of proceedings by mistake of journal, but in abstracts at meeting) Gannon-Murakami, L., Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J., Rakochy, V. and Preston, R.R. (2000) Regulation of the PCMA in chemoresponse in Paramecium. Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr 26: 1207. Yano, J., Hruska, M., Garner, K., Rakochy, V., Tweten, R., and Van Houten, J.L. (2001) GPI anchored proteins in the chemoresponse of Paramecium to folate. Chem. Senses 26: 1061 Van Houten, J., Yano, J., Rakochy, V., Gannon-Murakami, L., and Preston, R.R. (2001). Chemoresponse in Paramecium: involvement of the calcium pump. Chem. Senses 26: 1125. Van Houten, J.L. (2001) Chemosensory signaling in Paramecium. J: Eur. Protistol. In press. Gannon-Murakami, L.J., Yano, J., Rakochy, V. and Van Houten, J.L. (2001) Plasma membrane calcium pumps isoforms in chemosensory transduction; localization in lipid rafts or cytoskeleton? Soc. for Neurosci. Abstr. 27: 161. Gannon-Murakami, L., J. Yano, V. Rakochy, M. Valentine, M. Zhukovskaya, R.R. Preston, and J. Van Houten. (2002) Calcium pump isoforms in chemoresponse. Chemical Senses 27: A69 pg. 667.

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Yano, J., V. Rakochy, R. R. Preston, L. Gannon-Murakami, and J. Van Houten. (2002) Calcium pumps, lipid rafts and GPI anchored proteins in chemoresponse. Chemical Senses 27: A96. Yano, J. V, Rakochy, R.R. Preston, and J.L. Van Houten. (2002) GPI anchored proteins and lipid rafts in chemoresponse. Soc. for Neuroscience 28: 335.1. Gannon-Murakami, L., J. Yano, M. Valentine, M. Zhukovskaya, G. Mawe, R.R. Preston and J. L. Van Houten. (2002) Regulation of calcium pumps in chemoresponse. Soc. for Neuroscience 28: 335.2. Bell, W.E., Green and Van Houten, J. (2003) Chem. Senses 28: A47. Cuisck, M., J. Van Houten, and R. Delay. (2003) Characterization of the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPases in mouse olfactory and vno epithelia. Chem. Senses 28: A52. Yano, J., Valentine, M., Chandran, S., Weeraratne, S. Kasper, S. Pan, Y., Preston, R.R. and Van Houten J.L. (2003) GPI anchored proteins and lipid rafts in chemosensory signal transduction. Chem. Senses 28: A74. Yano, J., Weeraratne, S., Chandran, S., and Van Houten, J.L. (2003) Organization of GPI ancored proteins and lipid rafts in a chemosensory cell. Society for Neurosci. Abstract on line. Cusick, M., Van Houten, J.L., and Delay, R. (2003) Localization and function of calcium pumps (PMCAs) in olfactory and vomeronasal receptor neurons. Society for Neurosci. Abstract on line. Gannon-Murakami, L., Yano, J., Valentinve, M., Preston, R.R., Zhukovskaya, M., Van Houten J.L. (2003). Disruption of PMCAs leads to disruption of chemoresponse. Society for Neurosci. Abstract on line. Weeraratne, S., Valentine, M., Yano, J. and Van Houten J.L. (2004) GPI Ahcnored Receptors in Chemosensory Transduction. Chem. Senses 29: abstract on line. Chandran, S., Ray, K., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L. (2004) Lipid Rafts in Chemosensory Transduction. Chem. Senses 29: abstract on line. Van Houten, J.L., Weeraratne, S., Chandran, S., Ray, K., and Yano, J. (2004) Organization of Chemosensory Signaling Components in Lipid Rafts. Chem. Senses 29: abstract on line. Yano, J., Zhukovskaya, M., Preston, R.R., Pany, Y., Keiser, M., and Van Houten, J.L. (2004) Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps Functioning in Chemical Sensing. Chem. Senses 29: abstract on line. Cusick, M., Van Houten, J.L., Delay, R. and Chandran, S. (2004) Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps in the Mouse Olfactory and VNO Receptor Cells. Chem. Senses 29: abstract on line. Van Houten, J., S. Weeraratne, S. Chandran, J. Yano (2004) Organization of Chemosensory Signaling Components in Lipid Rafts, Society for Neuroscience Abstract on line

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Megan Valentine, Shyamal Weeraratne, Andrew Schannen, Rona Delay, and Judith Van Houten (2005) Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps of Mouse Olfactory Neurons, AChemS, Chem. Senses 30: abstract on line Koela Ray, Yunfeng Pan, Suchismita Chandran, Christopher Johnstone, Junji Yano, and Judith Van Houten (2005) Lipid Rafts Organize Chemosensory Signaling in Paramecium AChemS Chem. Senses 30: abstract on line Yunfeng Pan, Junji Yano, Judith Van Houten (2005) The Organization of Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps in Paramecium: Implications for Signal Transduction AChemS Chem. Senses 30: abstract on line. Ray, K., Pan, Y., Yano, J., and J. Van Houten (2005) Lipid Rafts Organize Chemosensory Signaling in Paramecium. Society for Neuroscience Abstract on line. Valentine, M., S. Weeraratne, R. Delay and J. Van Houten (2005) Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps of Mouse Olfactory Neurons, Society for Neuroscience Abstract on line. Ray, K., Pan, Y., Yano, J., and J. Van Houten (2005) Lipid Rafts Organize Chemosensory Signaling in Paramecium. Society for Neuroscience Abstract on line (unlike Gordon conferences, FASEB publishes the abstracts in the meeting book) Ray, K., Pan, Y., Yano, J., Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. and Van Houten, J. (2005) Do lipid rafts organize chemosensory transduction in Paramecium tetraurelia? FASEB meeting Ciliate Molecular Genetics. Pan, Y., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L. (2006) Lipid rafts organize chemosensory signal transduction molecules in the chemoattraction of Paramecium. Chem. Senses 31, AChemS abstract on line Weeraratne, S.D., Samsudeen Poinissery-Saidu, Megan Valentine, Rona Delay, and Judith Van Houten (2006) Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps’ Role in Calcium Removal in Mouse Olfactory Neurons. Chem. Senses 31: AChemS Chem. Senses Vol. 31, abstract on line Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J., Weeraratne, S., Valentine, M., Pan, Y. and Ray, K. (2006) Paramecium tetraurelia chemosensory signal transduction: molecular approaches. Paramecium Genome International Meeting, May 2006 (abstract in meeting book). Valentine, M., Van Houten, J., and Weeraratne, S.D. (2006) Cyclic AMP receptors and chemoresponse in Paramecium tetraurelia. Paramecium Genome International Meeting, May 2006 (abstract in meeting book). Ponissery-Saidu, S., S. D. Weeraratne, Megan Valentine, Rona Delay, and Judith Van Houten (2006) Calcium Clearance by Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps of Mouse Olfactory Neurons Soc. for Neuroscience Nov 2006. Ghatak, A., S.D. Weeraratne, S. P. Saidu, E. R. Delay, W. Falls, R. Delay and J. L. Van Houten (2007) Mouse Olfactory Sensory Neurons: Effects of Calcium Plasma Membrane Pump-2 on Calcium Clearance and Odor Detection for AChemS Chemical Senses on line 2007 Jacobs, C., S.D. Weeraratne, J. Yano, J.L. Van Houten (2007) NMDA-receptor-like protein in Paramecium Chemoresponse to Glutamate AChemS Chemical Senses Vol. 32 and on line

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Pan, Y., S.D. Weeraratne, J. Yano and J.L. Van Houten (2007) Folate Chemoreceptor and Lipid Rafts in Paramecium Chemoresponse AChemS Chemical Senses Vol. 32 and on line 2007 Yano J., B. A. Ballif, M. Saha, and J. L. Van Houten. (2007) Proteomic analysis of the ciliary membrane of Paramecium tetrauleria. Ciliate Molecular Biology FASEB summer research conferences, Tucson, Arizona Jacobs C., S. D. Weerartne, J. Yano, M. Valentine, and J. L. Van Houten. (2007) Paramecium tetraurelia chemoresponses for folate and glutamate. Ciliate Molecular Biology in FASEB summer research conferences, Tucson, Arizona Jacobs, C., Weeraratne, S.D., Yano, J., Valentine, M., Panetl, H. and Van Houten, J.L. (2007) Paramecium tetraurelia Chemoreceptors for Folate and Glutamate, FASEB Vermont (also similar poster ASCB December 2007) Valentine, M., Anbazhagan Rajendran, Bell, W., Koll, F., Cohen, J., and Van Houten, J. L. (2007) Use of RNAi to Cause Defects in Paramecium Cilia, FASEB Vermont Saidu, S. P., S.D.Weeraratne, M.S.Valentine, R.J.Delay and J.L.Van Houten. (2007) Role of Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPases in Mouse Olfactory Neurons ASCB meeting Dec. 2007 Valentine, M., Bell, B.E., Koll, F. and Cohen, J. (2007) Ciliary Defects in Paramecium: What our ciliated friends can teach us about some human diseases? (2007) FASEB Tucson July 2007 Van Houten, JL, S.Ponissery Saidu, Atreyi Ghatak, M.S.Valentine, W. Falls, E. Delay, R.J.Delay (2008) Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase 2 Knock Out Shows Slower Calcium Clearance from Olfactory Sensory Neurons and Deficits in Olfactory Driven Behavior. ISOT July 2008 Ponissery Saidu, S., Weeraratne, S.D., Valentine, M., Delay, R. and Van Houten, J.L. (2008) Calcium clearance from olfactory sensory neurons - The significance of PMCAs ISOT July 2008 Rajendran, A., Valentine, M., Bell, W., Beisson, J., Yano, J., Cohen, J., Van Houten, J.L. and Koll, F. (2008) Orthologs of Human BBS Genes are Involved in Channel Function in Motile Cilia of Paramecium tetraurelia. GDRE meeting, Oct. 2008, Potzberg, Germany Valentine, M., Yano, J., and Van Houten, J. (2008) paramecium polycystin-2 and its involvement in the magnesium channel function. GDRE meeting Oct. 2008, Potzberg Germany Van Houten , J.L., Ponissery Saidu, S., Ghatak, A., Valentine, M.S., Weeraratne, S.D., Falls, W., Delay, E. and Delay R. (2008) Plasma membrane calcium ATPAse 2 knock out shows slower calcium clearance from olfactory sensory neurons and deficits in olfactory driven behavior. Soc.for Neurosci. Abstract 117.1 on web. Ponissery Saidu, S., M.S.Valentine, R.J.Delay and J.L.Van Houten. (2009) Role of Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPases in Mouse Olfactory Neurons. AChemS April 2009 Valentine, M., Yano, J., & Van Houten, J. “Paramecium Polycystin-2 and its Involvement in the Magnesium Channel Function” FASEB Vermont 2009

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Van Houten, J.L., Jacobs, C., Weeraratne, S.D., Bell, W.E., Yano, J., and Valentine, M. Paramecium tetraurelia Chemoresonses to Four Attractants, FASEB Vermont 2009 Valentine, M., Koll, F., Yano, J., Cohen, J. & Van Houten, J. “Paramecium, MKS3 and Parasomal sacs” FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, Vermont July 2009 Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Bell, W., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J. L. Channelopathy aspect of the ciliopathy Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is revealed in a ciliate model, Paramecium. Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference FASEB July 19 – 24, 2009. Svinkina, T. Valentine, M. Yano, J. Van Houten, J.L. Amino acid signaling and mTOR pathway in Paramecium tetraurelia. FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2009 Junji Yano, Bryan A. Ballif, Anbazhagan Rajendran, Megan Valentine, Saha Madhurima, and Judith L. Van Houten. Proteomic analysis of ciliary membrane proteins in Paramecium tetraurelia. Ciliate Molecular Biology, FASEB, Vermont, 2009. Majumder. S., Yano. J., Van Houten. J.Characterization of pawn A protein in Paramecium, FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, Saxton River, VT, USA., 2009. Valentine, M., Koll, F., Yano, J., Cohen, J., and Van Houten, J. L. Paramecium tetraurelia as a model organism for the study of Meckelin (MKS3). Paramecium Genomics Meeting, Krakow, Poland 2009. Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J. , Yano, J. and Van Houten, J. L., Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Proteins Play are Critical for Proper Ciliary Channel Localization and Function Paramecium Genomics Meeting, Krakow, Poland 2009 Valentine, Megan, Anbazhagan Rajendran, Wade Bell, Janine Beisson, Junji Yano, Jean Cohen, France Koll and Judith Van Houten Paramecium Sheds light on Ciliary Proteins that are Key to Cilia Maintenance and Channel Function in Motile Cilia. Keystone February 2010 Rajendran, A., Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. D., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J. L. Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs in Paramecium Affect Expression of Ion Channels in the Ciliary Membrane. FASEB Biology of Cilia and Flagella, July 2010 Van HoutenJ.L.. A. Rajendran, M. Valentine, SD Weearatne, J. Beisson, F. Koll, J. Cohen, J Yano.. Bardet-biedl syndrome (BBS) orthologs in Paramecium affect expression of ion channels in the ciliary membrane. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, November 2010 Yano, Junji, Anbazhagan Rajendran, Megan Valentine, and Judith. L. Van Houten Rab GTPases Regulate the Formation or Maintenance of Cilia in Paramecium tetraurelia. FASEB summer research conference Vermont, 2010 Rajendran, A., M. S. Valentine, S.D. Weeraratne, J. Beisson, J. Yano, J. Cohen, F. Koll and J.L. Van Houten, BBS Genes are Key to Channel Function in Cilia, AChemS April 2011 Valentine, M., Yano, J., & Van Houten, J. Paramecium Polycystin-2 and its Involvement in Magnesium Conductance, GDRE Roscoff France, May 2011

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Van Houten, J. L., Yano, J., Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. D., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J., Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs Affect Expression of K Channels but not Ca channels in the Ciliary Membrane, GDRE Roscoff France, May 2011 Yano, Junji, Sukanya Majumder, Judith Van Houten, PawnA and Other Proteins Required for Cilia-specific Voltage Gated Calcium Channels to Localize in the Cilia, GDRE Roscoff France, May 2011 Van Houten, J. L., Yano, J., Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. D., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J., Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs in Paramecium Affect Expression of Ion Channels in the Ciliary Membrane, FASEB Kidney Biology, Saxtons River VT June 2011 Yano, Junji, Sukanya Majumder, Judith Van Houten, PawnA Required for Cilia-specific Voltage Gated Calcium Channels to Localize in the Cilia, FASEB Kidney Biology, Saxtons River VT June 2011 Van Houten, J. L., Yano, J., Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. D., Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J. Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs Affect Expression of K Channels but not Ca channels in the Ciliary Membrane, FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, Crete July 2011 Yano, Junji, Sukanya Majumder, Judith Van Houten The Cilia-specific Voltage Gated Calcium Channels of Paramecium, FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, Crete July 2011 Van Houten, J. L., Yano, J., Anbazhagan Rajendran, Valentine, M., Weeraratne, S. D2, Beisson, J., Koll, F., Cohen, J., Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs Affect Expression of K Channels but not Ca channels in the Ciliary Membrane, Society for Neuroscience November 2011 Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J., Valentine, M.S., Ballif, B. and Saha, M. Proteomic analysis of the Ciliary Membrane of Paramecium, AChemS, California, April 2012. Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J., Valentine, M.S., Ballif, B. and Saha, M. Proteomic analysis of Ciliary Membrane Proteins, Soc. for Neuroscience, New Orleans, October 2012 Picariello, T., Valentine, M.S., Yano, Y. and Van Houten, J.L. Meckelin functions in basal body orientation and cortical unit organization in Paramecium tetraurelia., American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, December 2012 Van Houten, J.L., Romanovich, M., Jacobs, C., and Yano, J. The L-glutamate chemoreceptor of Paramecium, an ortholog of NMDA-like receptor, is located in the soma and ciliary membranes, AChemS, California, April 2013 Picariello, T., Valentine, M., Yano, J., and Van Houten, J. Meckelin (MKS3) functions in the guided movement and orientation of basal bodies preceding their duplication in Paramecium tetraurelia, FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June 2013 Niagara NY Yano, J., Lam, Y.W, and Van Houten, J.L. The plasma membrane calcium ATPase interacts with the voltage gated calcium channel to regulate intraciliary calcium in Paramecium tetraurelia. FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June 2013 Niagara, NY Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J., Lodh, S., Valentine, M.S. Trafficking of Ion Channels and Other Membrane Proteins into the Paramecium Cilium. FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June * Active Award or Current Service

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2013, Niagara NY Valentine, M.S., Yano, J., Van Houten, J.L. New Partners for Polycystin-2 in the Cell Membrane and the Cilia. FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June 2013, Niagara, NY Van Houten, J. L.., Valentine, M. S., Yano, J. , Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) Orthologs in Paramecium Affect Expression of Ion Channels in the Ciliary Membrane, FASEB Cilia and Flagella, June 2013 Valentine, M.S., Yano, J., Van Houten, J.L. Polycystin-2 in the Cell Membrane and the Cilia. FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2013, Steamboat Springs, CO Van Houten, J.L. Traffic of Membrane Proteins into the Paramecium Cilium. FASEB Ciliate Molecular Biology, July 2013, Steamboat Springs, CO Van Houten, J.L., Yano, J. and Valentine, M.S. Paramecium Expression of Ion Channels in the Ciliary Membrane, ICOP August Vancouver, 2013 Picariello, T.A., Valentine, M.S., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L. Meckelin guides orientation of basal bodies along the striated rootlet, Keystone meeting Cilia, March 2014 Picariello, T.A., Valentine, M.S., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L., Meckelin guides basal body orientation movement through interactions with the striated rootlet, ASCB December 2014 Philadelphia, PA Picariello, T.A., Valentine, M.S., Nabi, A., Yano, J. and Van Houten, J.L. , Meckelin guides orientation of basal bodies along the striated rootlet, International Cilia Meeting, Paris, November 2014 Van Houten, J.L., Nabi, A., Picariello, T.A., Valentine, M.S., Yano, J. Meckelin guides basal body movement through interactions with the striated rootlet FASEB July 2015 – withdrawn because I could not attend Van Houten, J.L., Nabi, A., Picariello, T.A., Valentine, M.S., Yano, J Meckelin guides Paramecium basal body movement through interactions with the kinetodesmal fiber, ISOP meeting Seville, Spain 2015 Van Houten, J.L., Nabi, A., Valentine, M.S., Picariello, T.A, Yano, J. ASCB 2015 New Role for Meckelin: Maintaining basal body rows in Paramecium through interactions with or among the striated rootlets Undergraduate Students My standard CV does not reflect the number of undergraduate students who have worked with me on re search projects. Jake Gockley graduated in May 2009, Victoria Whitehill graduated with honors in 2005, Melissa Donovan graduated with honors in 2005, Cassandra Jacobs (graduated with her BS in 2006 and who continued on for her AMP in the lab graduating in 2007), Haddon Pantel graduated with honors in 2007. Ashley Kurtz and Kristen Garner were research undergraduate students in our laboratory before going on for the AMP and MS degrees in our lab, graduating in 2000 and 2002 respectively. Heather Czapla and Mallory Romanovich were undergraduate research students, who continued as AMP students in 2011-2012. Rebecca Gillette and Hannah Supplee were undergraduate apprentices in the laboratory (S- F 2012). Katie McDonnell and Marissa Menard are research students in S 2013; Carlie Wilson Honors student F2013-S2015, Anastasia Kochnowicz, Laura Hoyt (dept. Honors co-advisor).

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Recent Graduate Students: Laura Gannon-Murakami (PhD graduated) Charles Yufeng Pan (MS graduated) Suchismita Chandran (MS graduated) S. Dilhan Weeraratne (PhD graduated) S. Ponissery-Saidu (PhD graduated) Anbazhagan Rajendran (PhD graduated) Megan Valentine (PhD student graduated) A. Ghatak (MS graduated) Tyler Picariello (PhD graduated 2014) Heather Czapla (AMP graduated) Mallory Romanovitch (AMP graduated)

Koela Ray (MS graduated) Ashley Kurtz (MS graduated) Russell Wells (AMP graduated) Cassandra Jacobs (AMP graduated) Megan Valentine (MS graduated) Sukanya Majumder Lodh (PhD graduated) T. Svinkina (MS graduated) Ashikan Nabi (PhD current)

I continue to collaborate with Dr. Wade Bell who was a PhD student in my laboratory. Postdoctoral Associates Jose De Ondarza at SUNY Plattsburgh, and Robin Preston (formerly at Drexel University), Syeda Ahmed, Megan Valentine Research Assistant Professor Junji Yano

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