CURRICULUM VITAE
Academic Positions
| Assistant Professor | July 2006 - Present |
| Central Michigan University | |
| Departments of Biology and Chemistry | |
| Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | June 2002 - July 2006 |
| Harvard Medical School | |
| Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | |
| Advisor: R. John Collier, Ph.D. | |
| Boston, MA 02115 | |
| Ph.D. Graduate Student | September 1996 - May 2002 |
| The University of Michigan | |
| Department of Biological Chemistry | |
| Advisor: Jack E. Dixon, Ph.D. | |
| Dissertation: Analysis of the Yersinia protein kinase and its role in bacterial pathogenesis | |
| Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
Honors and Awards
| CMU Athletics Faculty Appreciation Award |
2007
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| Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant |
1999-2001
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Professional Affiliations
| Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |
2006 - Present
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| Council on Undergraduate Research |
2007 - Present
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| American Society of Microbiology |
2007 - Present
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| American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
2007 - Present
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| ATCC SDO ASN-0001 Standards Development Workgroup |
2008 - 2009
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| ATCC SDO Consensus Standards Partnership |
2009 - Present
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Presentations
| Andrea Celmer, Samantha Johnston, Nicholas Paik, and Stephen J. Juris. Structure/Function analysis of the Actin Crosslinking Domain of MARTX from Vibrio cholerae using the model organism Saccharmoyces cerevisiae. The American Society of Microbiology 110th General Meeting. San Diego, California. |
2010
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| Western Michigan University, Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series "Studies on Bacterial Toxin Translocation and Action" |
2009
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| CMU, College of Science and Technology Brown Bag Seminar Series (co-presented with Dr. Michelle Steinhilb) "Directing Undergraduate Research: Ideas for Promoting Productivity and Learning" |
2008
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| CMU, Department of Chemistry "Insights into Anthrax Toxin Action: Structure/Function Studies of Translocation" |
2006
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| Stephen J. Juris, Roman A. Melnyk, and R. John Collier. Unraveling the mechanism of anthrax toxin translocation: traversing the membrane one by one. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. |
2005
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| Stephen J. Juris (Invited Speaker), Su Chiang, Ruth-Anne Pimental, and R. John Collier. Identification of small molecule inhibitors of anthrax toxin translocation. Regional Centers for Defense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research, Second Annual Meeting. Galveston, Texas. |
2005
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| Stephen J. Juris (Invited Speaker), Amy E. Rudolph, Don Huddler, Kim Orth, and Jack E. Dixon. A distinctive role for the Yersinia protein kinase: actin binding, kinase activation, and cytoskeleton disruption. Protein Phosphorylation and Molecular Recognition, Experimental Biology 2001 (ASBMB). Orlando, Florida. |
2001
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| Stephen J. Juris, Amy E. Rudolph, Kim Orth, and Jack E. Dixon. Identification of a cytosolic activator of the Yersinia outer protein (Yop) effector YpkA. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting in Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. |
1999
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