MATTHEW S. GENTRY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY CENTER FOR STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 741 SOUTH LIMESTONE, BBSRB, B177 LEXINGTON, KY 40536-0509 CELL 859.967.3507 • OFFICE 859.323.8482 • E-MAIL [email protected]

EDUCATION 2003

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Ph.D., Department of Biology Thesis advisor: Dr. Richard L. Hallberg The population dynamics of protein phosphatase 2A subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1996

University of Evansville, Evansville, IN Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology

Advisor: Dr. Karen J. Ott

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016-present University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 2013-2016

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

2008-2013

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

2003-2008

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology Mentor: Dr. Jack E. Dixon

2003

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland Visiting Scholar, Department of Biochemistry

Advisor: Dr. Yves Barral

AWARDS AND HONORS 2015-2017 ASBMB PAAC Executive Committee 2014-2017 ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee (ASBMB PAAC) 2014-2019 The Journal of Biological Chemistry Editorial Board 2014 NIH IDeA Thomas Maciag Award for excellence in scientific discoveries and mentoring 2013-2018 NSF CAREER Award 2008-2016 Charles Wethington Research Excellence Award, UK College of Medicine 2007-2008 NINDS K99 Pathway to Independence Award 2008 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Travel Award 2006-2007 NICHD Post-Doctoral Training Grant; Training in Reproductive Sciences 2004-2006 NCI Post-Doctoral Training Grant; Biochemistry of Growth Regulation and Oncogenesis 2002 Journal of Cell Science Travel Abroad Research Grant 2002 Syracuse University Final Year Fellowship 1998-2001 President of Biology Graduate Student Organization 1997,1998 Student Representative for Biology Graduate Recruiting Committee 1996 Bristol-Myers Squibb Summer Research Fellowship CURRENT GRANTS Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS P01 PAR-14-183 Start and End Dates: 7.1.16-6.30.21 $9,185,500 (total costs) Project Title: Lafora Epilepsy: Basic Mechanisms to Therapies PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS R01-NS070899 Start and End Dates: 7.1.10-6.30.20 $1,730,550 (total costs) Project Title: Regulation, Signaling, and Dynamics of Glucan Phosphatases. PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: National Science Foundation CAREER Grant Start and End Dates: 3.1.13-2.30.18 $997,000 Project Title: Glucan phosphatases: a key to designer starches and plant energy storage PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: National Science Foundation EPSCoR Start and End Dates: 7.16.14-7.15.19 $45,000 to Gentry Project Title: Powering the Kentucky Bioeconomy for a Sustainable Future PI: Rodney Andrews Ph.D. Co-PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS R13 PAR-12-212 Start and End Dates: 1.1.16-12.30.16 Project Title: Lafora Disease Workshop PI: Carolyn A. Worby, Ph. D. Co-PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation KSEF-3600-RDE-019 Start and End Dates: 7.1.16-6.30.17 $30,000 Project Title: Utilizing glucan dikinases in biofuel production PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: COBRE/UK COM Planning grant Start and End Dates: 7.1.15-6.30.17 $50,000/year Project Title: Glucan metabolism as a drug target for Toxoplasma gondii. Co-PIs: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. and Anthony Sinai, Ph.D.

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COMPLETED GRANTS AT UK Granting Agency: IGNITE Research Collaborative grant Start and End Dates: 7.1.15-6.30.16 $25,000 Project Title: Developing aminoglycosides as anti-epilepsy therapeutics. Co-PIs: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. and Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Start and End Dates: 4.1.13-4.30.15 $59,000/year Project Title: Glucan phosphatases link neurodegeneration and plant energy metabolism. PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation KSEF-2971-RDE-017 Start and End Dates: 7.1.14-6.30.15 $30,000 Project Title: Harnessing Starch Using Thermophilic enzymes PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: Gebert Rüf Stiftung (Switzerland) 0 calendar months Start and End Dates: 5.25.11-5.24.14 US$100,000/year Project Title: A proteomics approach to identify novel mechanisms causing a fatal progressive epilepsy PI: Oliver Kötting, Ph.D. (ETH-Zürich, Switzerland) Co-PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. Granting Agency: Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation KSEF-10-RDE-014 Start and End Dates: 7.1.11-6.30.13 $80,000 Project Title: Harnessing Starch Metabolism in Algae as Biofuels PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: COBRE/Departmental Planning grant Start and End Dates: 7.1.12-6.30.13 $17,000 Project Title: Post-translational modifications regulating glucan metabolism. Co-PIs: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. and Craig W. Vander Kooi, Ph.D.

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Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS R00-NS061803-01 Start and End Dates: 9.15.08-6.30.12 $761,981

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Project Title: Novel model systems link floridean starch metabolism to Lafora disease. PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. Granting Agency: NIH/NCRR P20-RR0202171-05 6 calendar months Start and End Dates: 9.1.08-6.30.10 $120,000/year Project Title: The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in Lafora disease and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. PI: Louis B. Hersh, Ph.D. Co-PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS Supplement Collaborative Activities to Promote Translational Research Start and End Dates: 9.1.09-8.30.10 $50,000 Project Title: A glucan phosphatase assay as a diagnostic tool for Lafora disease. PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. COMPLETED GRANTS PRIOR TO UK Granting Agency: NIH/NINDS K99-NS061803 Start and End Dates: 7.1.07-9.10.08 $153,922 Project Title: Novel model systems link floridean starch metabolism to Lafora disease. PI: Matthew S. Gentry, Ph.D. PATENTS AND IP DISCLOSURES 1. Glucan Phosphatase Variants for Starch Phosphorylation. 2. Thermophilic enzymes to enhance starch degradation. 3. Thermophilic kinases to modulate starch properties and degradation.

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US patent no. 13/928,160 US provisional 61/825,440 UK IP disclosure #1968

PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles: *, corresponding author; #, equal contribution 1.

Matthew S. Gentry*, M. Kathryn Brewer, and Craig W. Vander Kooi*. 2016. Structural biology of glucan phosphatases from humans to plants. Current Opinions in Structural Biology. 40: 62-69.

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Shane Emanuelle, M. Kathryn Brewer, David A. Meekins, and Matthew S. Gentry. 2016. Unique carbohydrate binding platforms employed by the glucan phosphatases. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(14): 2765-78. -Highlighted on the cover

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David A. Meekins, Craig W. Vander Kooi, and Matthew S. Gentry. 2016. Structural Mechanisms of Plant Glucan Phosphatases in Starch Metabolism. FEBS Journal. 283(13): 2427-47.

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Casper Wilkens, Kyle D. Auger, Nolan T. Anderson, David A. Meekins, Madushi Raththagala, Maher Abou Hachem, Christina M. Payne, Matthew S. Gentry*, and Birte Svensson*. 2016. Plant α-glucan phosphatases SEX4 and LSF2 display different affinity for amylopectin and amylose. FEBS Letters. 590(1): 118-128.

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David A. Meekins, Madushi Raththagala, Kyle D. Auger, Benjamin D. Turner, Diana Santelia, Oliver Kotting, Matthew S. Gentry#, and Craig W. Vander Kooi#. 2015. Mechanistic Insights into Glucan Phosphatase Activity Against Polyglucan Substrates. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(38):23361-70.

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Madushi Raththagala, M. Kathryn Brewer, Matthew W. Parker, Amanda R. Sherwood, Brian K. Wong, Simon Hsu, Travis M. Bridges, Bradley C. Paasch, Lance M. Hellman, Satrio Husodo, David A. Meekins, Adam O. Taylor, Benjamin D. Turner, Kyle D. Auger, Vikas V. Dukhande, Srinivas Chakravarthy, Pascual Sanz, Virgil V. Woods Jr., Sheng Li, Craig W. Vander Kooi#, and Matthew S. Gentry#. 2015. Structural Mechanism of Laforin Function in Glycogen Dephosphorylation and Lafora Disease. Molecular Cell. 57(2):261-272. -Highlighted in a commentary: Sandy Field. Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights; Lafora Disease: A delicate solubility problem

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David A. Meekins, Madushi Raththagala, Satrio Husodo, Cory J. White, Hou-Fu Guo, Oliver Kotting, Craig W. Vander Kooi#, and Matthew S. Gentry#. 2014. Phospho-glucan bound structure of starch phosphatase Starch EXcess4 reveals the mechanism for C6 specificity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 111(20):7272-7.

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Eun Ryoung Jang, Ping Shi, Jamal Bryant, Jing Chen, Vikas Dukhande, Matthew S. Gentry, Hyeln Jang, Myoungkun Jeoung, and Emilia Galperin. 2014. HUWE1 is a molecular link controlling RAF-1 activity supported by the Shoc2 scaffold. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 34(19): 3579-3593.

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M. Kathryn Brewer, Satrio Husodo, Vikas V. Dukhande, Mary Beth Johnson, and Matthew S. Gentry#. 2014. Expression, purification, and characterization of soluble red rooster laforin as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli. BMC Biochemistry. 15:8.

10. David A. Meekins, Hou-Fu Guo, Satrio Husodo, Bradley C. Paasch, Travis M. Bridges, Diana Santelia, Oliver Kotting, Craig W. Vander Kooi#, and Matthew S. Gentry#. 2013. Structure of the Arabidopsis glucan phosphatase LIKE SEX FOUR2 reveals a unique mechanism for starch dephosphorylation. The Plant Cell. 25: 2302-2314. -Highlighted in an “In Brief”: NR Hoffman. The Plant Cell, 25: 1915 11. Amanda R. Sherwood, Mary B. Johnson, Antonio Delgado-Escueta, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2013. A bioassay for Lafora disease and laforin glucan phosphatase activity. Clinical Biochemistry. 46(18): 1869-76. 12. Pablo Sanchez-Martin, Madushi Raththagala, Travis M. Bridges, Satrio Husodo, Matthew S. Gentry, Pascual Sanz, and Carlos Roma-Mateo. 2013. Dimerization of the glucan phosphatase laforin requires the participation of cysteine 329. PLoS ONE. 8(7): e69523. 13. Amanda R. Sherwood, Bradley C. Paasch, Carolyn A. Worby, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2013. A malachite green based assay to assess glucan phosphatase activity. Analytical Biochemistry. 435(1): 54-56. 14. Anna A. DePaoli-Roach, Dyann M. Segvich, Catalina M. Meyer, Yasmeen Rahimi, Carolyn A. Worby, Matthew S. Gentry, and Peter J. Roach. 2012. Laforin and malin knockout mice have normal glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(7): 1604-1610. 15. Carlos Roma-Mateo, Pascual Sanz*, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2012. Deciphering the role of malin in the Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy. IUBMB Life. 64(10): 801-808. 16. Matthew S. Gentry*, Carlos Roma-Mateo, and Pascual Sanz*. 2012. Laforin, a protein with many faces: glucan phosphatase, adapter protein, et alii. The FEBS Journal. 280(2):525-37. 17. Diana Santelia, Oliver Kötting, David Seung, Mario Schubert, Matthias Thalmann, Sylvain Bischof, Dave A. Meekins, Andy Lutz, Nicola Patron, Matthew S. Gentry, Frédéric H.-T. Allain, and Samuel C. Zeeman. 2011. Inhibition of phosphoglucan phosphatase LSF2 (Like Sex Four 2) in Arabidopsis leads to modified starch with elevated C3-bound phosphate content. The Plant Cell. 23(11): 4096-4111. 18. Vikas V. Dukhande, Devin M. Rogers, Carlos Romá-Mateo, Jordi Donderis, Alberto Marina, Adam O. Taylor, Pascual Sanz*, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2011. Laforin, a dual specificity phosphatase involved in Lafora disease, is present mainly as monomeric form with full phosphatase activity. PLoS ONE. 6(8): e24040. 19. Carlos Romá-Mateo, Maria del Carmen Solaz-Fuster, José Vicente Gimeno-Alcañiz, Vikas V. Dukhande, Jordi Donderis, Alberto Marina, Carolyn A. Worby, Olga Criado, Antonius Koller, Santiago Rodriguez de Cordoba, Matthew S. Gentry*, and Pascual Sanz*. 2011. Laforin, a dual specificity phosphatase involved in Lafora disease, is phosphorylated at Ser25 by AMP-activated protein kinase. Biochemical Journal. 15; 439(2): 265-75. 20. Carlos Romá-Mateo, Daniel Moreno, Santiago Vernia, Teresa Rubio, Travis M. Bridges, Matthew S. Gentry#, and Pascual Sanz#. 2011. Lafora disease E3-ubiquitin ligase malin is related to TRIM32 at both the phylogenetic and functional level. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1): 225-235. 21. Craig W. Vander Kooi*, Adam O. Taylor, Rachel M. Pace, David A. Meekins, Hou-Fu Guo, Youngjun Kim, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2010. Structural basis for the glucan phosphatase activity of Starch Excess4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107(35): 15379-84. -Highlighted on the cover and in a commentary: Tagliabracci and Roach. 2010. PNAS. 107(35):15312-13. 22. Vikas V. Dukhande, Amanda R. Sherwood, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2010. Laforin-Molecule Page Review. Nature Molecule Pages. doi: 10.1038/mp.a000032.01 23. Melissa Z. Mui, Diana E. Roopchand, Matthew S. Gentry, Richard L. Hallberg, Jackie Vogel, and Philip E. Branton. 2010. Adenovirus protein E4orf4 induces premature APCCdc20 activation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a PP2A-dependent mechanism. Journal of Virology. 84(9): 4798-4809. 24. Simon Hsu, Youngjun Kim, Sheng Li, Eric S. Durrant, Rachel M. Pace, Virgil L. Woods, Jr., and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2009. Structural Insights into Glucan Phosphatase Dynamics Using Amide Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry. Biochemistry. 48:41, 9891-9902.

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25. Matthew S. Gentry*, Jack E. Dixon, and Carolyn A. Worby. 2009. Lafora disease: insights into neurodegeneration from plant metabolism. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 34(12):628-639. -Highlighted on the cover 26. Matthew S. Gentry* and Rachel M. Pace. 2009. Conservation of the glucan phosphatase laforin is linked to rates of molecular evolution and the glycogen metabolism of the organism. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9:138, 1-14. 27. Oliver Kötting, Diana Santelia, Christoph Edner, Simona Eicke, Tina Marthaler, Matthew S. Gentry, Sylviane Comparot-Moss, Jychian Chen, Alison M. Smith, Martin Steup, Gerhard Ritte, and Samuel C. Zeeman. 2009. STARCH-EXCESS4 is a Laforin-like Phosphoglucan Phosphatase Required for Starch Degradation Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell. 21: 334-346. (Selected by Faculty of 1000) papers prior to arriving at UK 28. Carolyn A. Worby#, Matthew S. Gentry#, and Jack E. Dixon. 2008. Malin decreases glycogen accumulation by promoting the degradation of protein targeting to glycogen (PTG). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283: 40694076. 29. Alan Cheng, Mei Zhang, Matthew S. Gentry, Carolyn A. Worby, Jack E. Dixon, and Alan R. Saltiel. 2007. A role for AGL ubiquitination in the glycogen storage disorders of Lafora and Cori disease. Genes and Development. 21: 2399-2409. 30. Matthew S. Gentry, Robert H. Dowen III, Carolyn A. Worby, Seema Mattoo, Joseph R. Ecker and Jack E. Dixon. 2007. The phosphatase laforin crosses evolutionary boundaries and links carbohydrate metabolism to neuronal disease. The Journal of Cell Biology. 178: 477-488. 31. Youngjun Kim, Matthew S. Gentry, Thurl E. Harris, Sandra E. Wiley, John C. Lawrence, Jr. and Jack E. Dixon. 2007. A phosphatase cascade that regulates nuclear membrane biogenesis is conserved from yeast to human. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 104 (16): 6596-6601. (Selected by Faculty of 1000) 32. Carolyn A. Worby, Matthew S. Gentry and Jack E. Dixon. 2006. Laforin: A dual specificity phosphatase that dephosphorylates complex carbohydrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281 (41): 30412-30418. (Selected by Faculty of 1000) 33. Matthew S. Gentry, Carolyn A. Worby and Jack E. Dixon. 2005. Insights into Lafora disease: malin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates and promotes the degradation of laforin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 102 (24): 8501-8506. (Selected by Faculty of 1000) 34. Matthew S. Gentry, Yikun Li, Huijun Wei, Farhana Syed, Sameer H. Patel, Richard L. Hallberg and David C. Pallas. 2005. A novel assay for protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) complexes in vivo reveals differential effects of covalent modifications on different Saccharomyces cerevisiae PP2A heterotrimers. Eukaryotic Cell. 4 (6): 10291040. 35. Jeroen Dobbelaere, Matthew S. Gentry, Richard L. Hallberg and Yves Barral. 2003. Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of septin dynamics during the cell cycle. Developmental Cell. 4: 345-357. 36. Matthew S. Gentry and Richard L. Hallberg. 2002. The localization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein phosphatase 2A subunits throughout the mitotic cell cycle. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13: 3477-3492. 37. Haifeng Yang, Wei Jiang, Matthew Gentry and Richard L. Hallberg. 2000. Loss of a protein phosphatase 2A regulator subunit (Cdc55p) elicits an improper regulation of Swe1p degradation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20 (21): 8143-8156. 1.

Invited Book Chapters – 1-3 were written, submitted, and accepted while at UK: Carlos Roma-Mateo, Madushi Raththagala, Matthew S. Gentry, and Pascual Sanz. 2016. Assessing the biological activity of the glucan phosphatase laforin. Methods in Molecular Biology. 1447: 107-119.

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Amanda R. Sherwood, Vikas V. Dukhande, and Matthew S. Gentry*. 2012. Function and action of the glucan phosphatase laforin. In Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer. 1003-10.

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Matthew S. Gentry*, Seema Mattoo, and Jack E. Dixon. 2010. Utilizing red algae to understand a neurodegenerative disease. In Red Algae in the Genomics Age. Springer. 149-170.

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Matthew S. Gentry, Richard L. Hallberg and David C. Pallas. 2006. An in vivo assay to quantify stable protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) heterotrimeric species. Methods in Molecular Biology. 365: 71-84.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS a. National/International Invited Oral Presentations 2016 Alpha-Amylase Family VI; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia 2016 Lafora disease Workshop; La Jolla, CA 2016 10th Annual Glycoscience Symposium/2016 Plant Polysaccharide Workshop; U. of Georgia; Athens, GA 2016 University of Cincinnati; Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology; Cincinnati, OH 2016 University of Arizona; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Tucson, AZ 2016 University of Louisville; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Louisville, KY 2015 Institute for Research in Biomedicine; Department of Moleular Medicine; Barcelona, Spain 2015 Cajal Institute-CSIC; Department of Neurobiology; Madrid, Spain 2015 Spanish Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting; Granada, Spain 2015 FASEB Conference on Protein Phosphatases; Turku, Finland 2015 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); Group of Plant Biochemistry; Zurich, Switzerland 2015 University of Debrecen; Department of Medical Cheimstry; Debrecen, Hungary 2015 CBM11 Carbohydrate Bioengineering; Espoo, Finland 2015 Keynote Structural Biology Symposium; University of Oklahoma; Norman Oklahoma 2014 Lafora disease Workshop; La Jolla, CA 2014 FASEB Conference on Protein Phosphatases; Nassau, Bahamas 2014 Keynote Maciag Award Speaker, National IDeA Meeting; Washington D.C. 2014 Society for Experimental Biology Meeting; Glucan Biology Symposium; Manchester England 2014 Michigan State University; Department of Chemistry; Lansing, MI 2014 Corn Utilization Technology Conference; Louisville, KY 2013 Iowa State University; Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology; Ames, IA 2013 Alpha-Amylase Family V; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia 2013 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); Group of Plant Biochemistry; Zurich, Switzerland 2013 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); Washington, D.C. 2012 Syracuse University; Department of Biology; Syracuse, NY 2012 University of Missouri-Kansas City; Division of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry; Kansas City, MO 2012 FASEB Conference on Protein Phosphatases; Snowmass, CO 2012 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); San Diego, CA Presented by my postdoc, Dr. V. Dukhande 2012 Wright State U., School of Medicine; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Dayton, OH 2011 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); Washington D.C. Presented by my graduate student, D. Meekins 2010 Oslo University Hospital; Department of Medical Genetics; Oslo, Norway 2010 Alpha-Amylase Family IV; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia 2010 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); Group of Plant Biochemistry; Zurich, Switzerland 2010 Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsies (PMEs) in the New Millennium; Venice, Italy 2009 Indiana U. School of Medicine; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Indianapolis, IN 2008 Society for Neurosciences (SfN); Washington D.C. 2008 University of Georgia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Athens, GA 2008 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); San Diego, CA presentations prior to arriving at UK 2008 ASBMB Graduate & Postdoctoral Professional Development Program; San Diego, CA 2007 Myoclonus Epilepsy Workshop; Sarlat, France 2007 2nd GSA Genetic Analysis: Model Organisms to Human Biology; San Diego, CA 2007 University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School; Department of Pharmacology; Dallas, TX 2007 SUNY-Upstate Medical University; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Syracuse, NY 2007 LSU-Health Science Center; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Shreveport, LA 2007 Rutgers University; Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience; Piscataway, NJ b. Local/Regional Presentations 2015 Eastern Kentucky University; Department of Biology; Richmond, KY 2014 Bellarmine University; Department of Biology; Louisville, KY 2014 Transylvania University; Department of Chemistry; Lexington, KY 2013 Berea College; Department of Biological Sciences; Berea, KY 2012 University of Kentucky, Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship Symposium, Lexington, KY 2012 Transylvania University; Department of Biology; Lexington, KY

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Kentucky State University; Department of Biology; Frankfort, KY Hanover College; Department of Biology; Hanover, IN University of Kentucky; Department of Biology; Lexington, KY Eastern Kentucky University; Department of Chemistry; Richmond, KY Western Kentucky University; Biology Department; Bowling Green, KY Northern Kentucky University; Department of Biological Sciences; Highland Heights, KY Georgetown College; Department of Biology; Georgetown, KY University of Kentucky; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Departmental Retreat University of Kentucky; Annual COBRE Symposium University of Kentucky; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Departmental Retreat University of Kentucky; Annual COBRE Symposium University of Kentucky; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry; Departmental Retreat presentations prior to arriving at UK University of California, San Diego; Department of Pharmacology; Pharmacology Rounds University of California, San Diego; Center for Molecular Medicine; CMM lunch series talks University of California, San Diego; Department of Pharmacology; Pharmacology Rounds University of California, San Diego; Department of Pharmacology; Pharmacology Rounds Syracuse University Faculty Recruits; Department of Biology Syracuse University/Syracuse Upstate Medical University Yeast Club

c. Poster Presentations 2015 Posters at the Capitol; Frankfort, KY 2014 Posters at the Capitol; Frankfort, KY 2013 Society for Neurosciences (SfN); San Diego, CA 2013 Constortium of Plant Biotechnology Research; Washinton, D.C. 2012 FASEB Conference on Protein Phosphatases; Snowmass, CO 2012 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels, & Bioproducts; San Diego, CA 2012 Kentucky Innovation & Enterpreneurship Conference (KIEC); Louisville, KY 2012 17th Annual EPSCoR Statewide Conference; Lexington, KY 2011 SE Regional Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Meeting; New Orleans, LA 2011 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); Washington D.C. 2011 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); Washington D.C. 2010 3rd National Institutional Development Award (IDeA) of Biomedical Research Excellence; Bethesda, MD 2009 Jasper’s Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies; Yosemite National Park, CA 2009 University of Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science Conference; Lexington, KY 2008 FASEB: Protein Phosphatases; Snowmass, CO posters prior to arriving at UK 2006 American Society of Cell Biology Meeting; San Diego, CA 2006 American Epilepsy Society; San Diego, CA 2006 Plant and Animal Genome XIV Conference; San Diego, CA 2006 Protein Phosphorylation and Cell Signaling; La Jolla, CA 2005 Keystone Symposia: Ubiquitin and Signaling; Taos, NM 2002 FASEB Protein Phosphatase Meeting; Snowmass, CO 2001 American Society of Cell Biology Meeting; Washington D.C 2000 Northeast Regional Yeast Meeting; Syracuse, NY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National/International Service (all performed at UK) 2016 Study Section Member; NSF Molecular & Cellular Biosciences; Molecular Biophysics 2016 ASBMB Sustainable Biomedical Research Enterprise Summit; Washington, D.C. 2016 Ad hoc Reviewer for French National Research Agency (ANR); Paris, France 2014-2019 The Journal of Biological Chemistry Editorial Board 2014-2017 ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee (ASBMB PAAC) 2014-2017 ASBMB PAAC Executive Committee 2015 Study Section Member; NSF Molecular & Cellular Biosciences; Molecular Biophysics 2015 Ad hoc Reviewer for French National Research Agency (ANR); Paris, France 2014 Ad hoc Reviewer for National Science Foundation-Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences 2014 Ad hoc Reviewer for French National Research Agency (ANR); Paris, France 2014 Chosen as lead PI to submit a $23m NINDS multi-PI, international Center Without Walls NIH grant 2013-present Study Section Member; American Heart Association-Basic Cell PC5 2013 Ad hoc Reviewer for National Science Foundation-Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

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2013 2012 2012 2012 2011-present 2011-2014 2010-2015 2010-2015 2010-2013 2010-2012 2009-2010

Ad hoc Reviewer for French National Research Agency (ANR); Paris, France Study Section Member; National Institutes of Health-NIMH ZMH1 ERB-L Study Section Member; Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program Grant Reviewer for French National Research Agency (ANR); Paris, France Advisory Board Member; Biologia Grant Reviewer for the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance; Andhra Pradesh, India Grant Reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Ottawa, CN Grant Reviewer for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation; Edmonton, Alberta Canada Grant Reviewer for the Global Research Network Program; Daejeon, South Korea Grant Reviewer for the Catalan Agency for Health Technology Research; Barcelona, Spain American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Jr Faculty Focus Group

Memberships 2009-present 2005-present 2005-present 2005-present 2002-present

American Chemical Society, Member Society for Neuroscience, Member American Society for Cell Biology American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member

Journal reviewer (post 2008 performed at UK) 2016 PNAS 2016 Biomacromolecules 2016 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2016 Plant Biotechnology 2016 Biochemistry 2016 Biochemical Journal 2016 PLoS ONE 2016 FEBS Journal 2015 Biomacromolecules 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2015 Analytical Chemistry 2015 Plant Biotechnology 2015 Molecular Neurolobiology 2015 Biochemistry 2015 Biochemical Journal 2015 PLoS ONE 2015 FEBS Journal 2014 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2014 FEBS Journal 2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE 2014 Frontiers of Neuroscience 2014 Planta 2014 Journal of Neurotherapeutics 2013 PNAS 2013 FEBS Journal 2013 Cell Metabolism 2013 Plant Physiology 2012 Cell Metabolism 2012 FEBS Journal 2012 Acta Neuropathologica 2012 Journal of Neuroscience 2012 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE 2011 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011 Human Molecular Genetics 2011 Biologia 2011 Journal of Neuroscience 2011 Annals of Neurology 2011 Acta Neuropathologica 2011 Brain 2011 Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE

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2011 Enzyme and Microbial Technology 2010 Cell Metabolism 2010 Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE 2010 The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2010 BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010 Biochemistry 2009 Human Molecular Genetics 2009 BioTechniques 2009 Biochemistry 2009 BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE 2008 Human Molecular Genetics 2008 BMC Biology 2008 Proteins 2007 The Journal of Biological Chemistry University Service (all performed at UK) 2016 College of Engineering 6 year Review Committee 2014-present UK, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Grant Review Advisory Committee 2013-present Planned, Organized, and Implemented the IBS BCH day 2011-present U. of Kentucky, Undegraduate Research Advisory Group 2010-present Planned, Organized, and Implemented IBS faculty to give talks to area colleges as a recruiting tool 2010-present UK, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Graduate Program Advisory Committee 2009-present U. of Kentucky, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Recruiting Committee 2008-present U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry IBS Recruiting Day Committee 2008-present U. of Kentucky, Integrated Biomedical Sciences, Prospective Student Interviews - 24 to date 2014 U. of Kentucky Vice President Research Support Grant Reviewer 2014 U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2014 Mentored a MBA Entrepreneurial team that won 3 competitions 2013 Organizer, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry IBS Recruiting Day Retreat 2013 Co-organizer, 2ndAnnual Bluegrass Molecular Biophysics Symposium 2013 Study Section Member Reviewing Summer Research Fellowships 2012 U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2010-2012 U. of Kentucky, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Lab Tours 2011-12 U. of Kentucky IBS Curriculum Evaluation Committee 2011 U. of Kentucky, Judge for UK College of Medicine Postdoctoral Poster Session 2010 U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2010 LCME Site Visit Junior Faculty Committee 2010 Committee to Develop an Online Instrument Sign-up 2010 Committee to Redesign the Department Website 2009 U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2009 U. of Kentucky, Judge for UK College of Medicine Postdoctoral Poster Session 2008 U. of Kentucky, Judge for UK College of Medicine Postdoctoral Poster Session 2008 U. of Kentucky, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Search Committee 2003 Syracuse University; Department of Biology; Faculty Search Committee 1998-2001 Syracuse University; President of Biology Graduate Student Organization 1997,1998 Syracuse University; Student Representative for Biology Graduate Recruiting Committee Student Dissertation Committees 2016-present Dissertation Committee Chair for Zoe Simmons 2016-present Dissertation Committee Chair for Bobby Murphy 2016-present Dissertation Committee member for Rachel Sieg 2015-present Dissertation Committee Chair for Corey Brizzee 2014-present Dissertation Committee Chair for Katy Brewer 2014-present Dissertation Committee for Payton Stevens 2014 Dissertation Committee Chair for Gloria Phuong Le – pursuing Pharmacy degree 2014-present Dissertation Committee member for Abhishek Kognole 2013-present Dissertation Committee member for Selina Li 2013-present Dissertation Committee member for Jon Chilcote 2013-2014 Dissertation Committee member for Emily Matuszak 2013-2014 Thesis Committee for Marcus Niemann - quality control scientist with Wild Turkey 2013-2014 Dissertation Committee member for Justin Surface 2011-present Dissertation Committee member for Farah El Najjar 2011-2015 Dissertation Committee Chair for Satrio Husodo – pursuing MS in computer science

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2011-2014 2011-2014 2011-2014 2010-2014 2009-2013 2009-2013 2009-2013

Dissertation Committee member for Matthew Parker – postdoc at Johns Hopkins Dissertation Committee member for Thom Platt – Pharmacy School Dissertation Committee member for Megan Phillips – postdoc at UTSW Dissertation Committee Chair for Dave Meekins - postdoc at Kansas State Dissertation Committee Chair for Amanda Sherwood - Associate Scientist, Intrexon Dissertation Committee member for Brent Hackett - postdoc at UPenn Dissertation Committee member for Tori Dunlap - Assistant Professor, Central Arkansas

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Performed at UK: 2015-2016 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry ABT101- Introductory to Biotechnology BCH604-Structural Biology IBS608-Protein Structure and Modeling 2014-2015 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry ABT101- Introductory to Biotechnology BCH604-Structural Biology IBS608-Protein Structure and Modeling 2013-2014 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry ABT101- Introductory to Biotechnology BCH604-Structural Biology IBS608-Protein Structure and Modeling 2012-2013 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry ABT201- Scientific Method in Biotechnology BCH604-Structural Biology 2011-2012 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry BCH604-Structural Biology 2010-2011 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry BIO425 Senior Seminar in Biology BCH604-Structural Biology 2009-2010 BCH401G-Fundamentals of Biochemistry 2008-2009 ABT201-Scientific Method in Biotechnology

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Fall 2014 Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Spring 2015

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Fall 2013 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Spring 2014

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Fall 2012 Fall 2012 Spring 2013

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Fall 2011 Spring 2012

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BCH618 Student Seminar Mentor: 2014 Satrio Husodo 2014 Meenakshi Banerjee 2013 Matt Parker 2012 Stacey Webb 2012 Meenakshi Banerjee 2011 Hou-Fu Guo 2009 Victoria Dunlap 2008 C. Everett Smith Prior to UK: Spring 01 Spring 98,99,00 Fall 97,98,99,00 Spring 97 Fall 96

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Biology 409 Microbiology Biology 465 Molecular Biology Lab Biology 231 Biology of Organisms Biology 123 Introduction to Biology II Biology 121 Introduction to Biology I

TRAINEES Graduate Students:

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1. Amanda Sherwood-2008-2013 -2011, awarded CTSA T32 training fellowship -2012, awarded CTSA T32 training fellowship -2012, Center for Clinical and Translational Research $5,000 SEED grant award -2014-present Associate Scientist at Intrexon 2. David Meekins-2009-2014 -2009-present, Research Incentive Award, University of Kentucky College of Medicine -2010-2011, Co-chair, Graduate Student Data Club, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry -2010, awarded an international travel award from the Journal of Cell Science to learn a technique in Zurich, Switzerland -2011, Honorable Mention on pre-doctoral NSF Fellowship Proposal (~15% of applicants received this distinction) -2011, selected to present a research talk ASBMB national meeting, Washington D.C. -2011, Student Representative, ASBMB Congressional Meeting with U.S. Representative Ben Chandler -2011 ASBMB travel award -2011, 1st place pre-doctoral talk at Departmental Retreat -2012, 2nd place pre-doctoral talk at Departmental Retreat -2012, awarded University of Kentucky travel award to attend Plant Biology Meeting, Austin, TX -2012, 1st prize-poster competition Danforth Plant Science Center 14th Annual Fall Symposium -2012, Chair, Graduate Student Data Club, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry -2013, UK Graduate School Max Steckler Award -2013/14 UK Dissertation Year Fellowship -2013/14 UK Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Robert Lester Award for most outstanding graduate student -2014-present Postodoctoral Fellow, Kansas State University 3. Satrio Husodo – 2010-2015 -2012 ASBMB travel award -2012 Max Steckler Fellowship -2014 ASBMB travel award -2014 2nd place UK Venture Challenge -2014 ASBMB travel award -2014 NSF EPSCoR Fellowship -2015-present, computer science graduate student 4. Hou-Fu Guo-rotation student 5.10-7.10 5. Rohan Kaushal - rotation student 5.10-7.10 6. Carolyn Crowdus - rotation student 10.10-12.10 7. Katherine Kaminski - rotation student 10.11-12.11 8. Eric Cook - rotation student 1.12-3.12 9. Justin Surface - rotation student 8.12.12-10.09.12 10. Marcus Niemann - rotation student 8.12.12-10.09.12 11. Katy Brewer - graduate student and 8.1.13-present -2013-present, Research Incentive Award, University of Kentucky College of Medicine -2015 Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship -2015 ASBMB Graduate Travel Award -2016 NIH F31 Graduate Student Fellowship 12. Gloria Phuong Le - rotation student 8.1.13-10.20.13 13. Eugene Hinderer - rotation student 10.1.14-12.15.14 14. Corey Brizzee – graduate student 1.1.15-present -2016 ASBMB Graduate Travel Award -2016-present NSF EPSCoR Graduate Student Fellowship 15. Bobby Murphy – graduate student 5.15.16-present 16. Zoe Simmons – graduate student 5.15.16-present Undergraduate Students: 1. James Engel 2.12.05-3.15.06 -upon graduation, he attended UC, San Diego graduate school and received a master’s degree -2012 began a Ph.D. program at UCLA 2. Melisa Low 4.5.06-1.15.07 - accepted a position at a biotech company in San Diego, CA 3. Eric Durrant 12.1.06-5.1.08 -co-author on a paper and accepted a lab tech position in San Diego -2010 begain a Ph.D. program at San Diego State University 4. Mary-Beth Johnson 1.11.09-5.1.10

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-2009 Appalachian & Minority Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (AMSTEMM) Majors Research Fellowship---$1,000 -2009 Experiences in Undergraduate Research and Kreative Activities (eUreKa!) Research Grant-$2,000 -2009 Summer Research Fellowship-AMSTEMM---$1,000 -Spring 09, Fall 09-Bio395 Honors -2009 poster presentation at Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity -2009 poster presentation at Kentucky Academy of Sciences -2010 AMSTEMM Research Fellowship---$1,000 -co-author on pending manuscript -currently attending medical school at University of Louisville 5. Devin Rogers 1.25.09-12.15.10 -Fall 09-Bio395 Honors -2009 poster presentation at Kentucky Academy of Sciences -2010 AMSTEMM Summer Research Fellowship---$3,000 -2010 AMSTEMM Fall Research Fellowship---$2,000 -co-author on a paper -currently attending medical school at Georgia Health Sciences University 6. Brittnay Wells ABT101 mentor 7. Tyler Whipkey ABT101 mentor 8. Richard Jones 6.1.10-8.6.10; NSF REU summer student -2010 poster presentation at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students 9. Travis Bridges 5.15.10-5.15.12 -co-author on a paper -2011 poster presentation, University of Kentucky Showcase of Scholars Symposium -2011 Experiences in Undergraduate Research and Kreative Activities (eUreKa!) Research Grant--$2,000 -2012 poster presentation, University of Kentucky Showcase of Scholars Symposium -co-author on two research papers -2013-present, attending medical school at Campbell University 10. Makeda Mesquitta 6.1.11-8.5.11; NSF REU summer student -2011 poster presentation, Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, U of Maryland, Baltimore County -2011 poster presentation, Sigma Xi Annual Meeting & International Research Conference, Raleigh, NC -2014 received MS degree from Mayo Clinic -2014 accepted into PhD program in pharmacology at University of Michigan 11. Katy Brewer 8.1.11-5.1.13 -2011 Experiences in Undergraduate Research and Kreative Activities (eUreKa!) Summer Research Grant-$2,000 -2012 poster presentation, University of Kentucky Showcase of Scholars Symposium -2012 Poster Presentation, 17th Annual KY EPSCoR Conference, Lexington, KY -2012 Poster Presentation, NIH Institutional Development Award (IDEA) National Meeting, Washington, D.C. -2012 $1,000 Young Investigator Travel Award, NIH IDEA National Meeting, Washington, D.C. -1st author on a BMC Biochemistry paper -assisted in training Corey White (visiting Mercer U. undergrad) in PCR/cloning, protein purification, and assays -independently trained Nazeer Shaikh (UK undergrad) in lab procedures, PCR, protein purification, & assays -2013 accepted to graduate school at The Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University, and UK -currently graduate student in Gentry lab at UK 12. Brad Paasch 12.1.11-5.15.12 -co-author on multiple manuscripts -2013-present, attending graduate school at Michigan State University 13. Corey J. White 6.1.12-8.21.12; NSF REU summer student -co-author on PNAS paper -recipient of Summer Research Supplement to Promote Diversity – NIH/NINDS -2013 Poster Presentation, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Nashville, TN -2014 currently attending graduate school at The Johns Hopkins University 14. David Patterson 6.1.12-8.31.12 -2014-present, attending medical school at University of Louisville 15. Nazeer Shaikh 8.12.12-present -2013 UK Summer Research Fellowship--$2,000 -co-author on pending manuscripts -selected as a 2014 Posters at the Capitol presenter -2015-present, attending medical school at Wright State 16. Brienna Meffert 3.1.13-5.1.15 17. Timothy Kocher 6.1.13-8.21.13; NSF REU summer student

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-graduated cum laude, Lycoming College with B.S. in Chemistry -attending Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 18. Kyle Auger 8.21.13-present -2014 UK Summer Research Fellowship--$2,000 -co-author on multiple manuscripts -2014 $1,000 Undergraduate Investigator Travel Award, American Chemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO -selected as a 2015 Posters at the Capitol presenter -2015 Thomas B. Nantz Memorial Scholarship -2015 Charles W. Hammond Scholarship -2015 NIH/NINDS Undergraduate Diversity Fellowship 19. Ben Turner 6.1.14-present; began as REU summer student -co-author on multiple manuscripts -NSF travel grant to attend ASBMB -2015 NIH/NINDS Undergraduate Diversity Fellowship 19. Veronica Torres Torres 6.1.15-8.5.15; REU summer student 20. Joseph Stuart 8.1.15-present -2016 UK Summer Research Fellowship--$2,000 21. Alberto Rondin 1.1.16-present -2016 UK Summer Research Fellowship--$2,000

Postdoctoral Researchers: 1. Vikas Dukhande 5.1.09-present -2012 selected to present a research talk at ASBMB national meeting, San Diego, CA -2012 ASBMB travel award -2012 ASPET best postdoctoral talk -2012-2014 American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship -2012 2nd place post-doctoral poster at Departmental Retreat -2013 2nd place post-doctoral poster at UK Research Day -2012-2015 postdoctoral member of the executive committee of the Neuropharmacology division of ASPET -2015-present, tenure-track faculty position at St. John’s University Department of Pharmacology 2. Madushi Raththagala 3.1.12-present -selected to attend RapData 2015 crystallography course at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource -travel award to attend RapiData 2015 3. Shane Emmannulle 8.1.15-present Technical Personnel: 1. Rachel Pace 9.18.08-9.1.09 -co-author on multiple manuscripts -2012 completed nursing degree at UK -accepted to medial school at University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and University of Colorado -2015-present, attending medical school at University of Pittsburgh 2. Adam Taylor 8.10.09-5.1.12 -co-author on multiple manuscripts 3. Brad Paasch 5.16.12-present -co-author on multiple manuscripts -2013-present, attending graduate school at Michigan State University 4. Becca Williams 8.15.13-10.15.13 -2014-present, attending graduate school at University of Kentucky Department of Biology 5. Raisa Tikhtman 8.1.14-present -accepted to medial school at University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and University of Cincinnati -2015-present, attending medical school at University of Cincinnati

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