Todd M. Lowe, Ph.D.

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Experience

2001-present Assistant Professor

Dept. of Biomolecular Engineering,

University of California, Santa Cruz

1999-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow

Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University

1994 Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry

Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1992-93 Computer Specialist, Basic Research Branch

National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, MD

1991 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept.

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

1990, 1991 Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Dept.

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

1991 Laboratory Research Assistant, Dept. of Pathology

Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1990 Research Assistant, Computer Science Dept.

Williams College, Williamstown, MA

1989 Laboratory Research Assistant, Dept. of Surgery

Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Education

1999 Ph.D. Molecular Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Advisor: Sean R. Eddy

Thesis: “Combining New Computational and Traditional Experimental Methods to

Identify tRNA and snoRNA Gene Families” [HTML] [PDF]

1992 B.A. Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Professional Awards

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Molecular Biology, 2003-2005

Invited Conference Talks

• “Comparative Analysis of Five New Pyrobaculum and related Genomes”, International Society for Extremophiles Conference, Brest, France, September 2006
• “Detecting Genes and Operon Structure via Global Analyses”, Gordon Research Conference (Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology), Oxford, UK, August 2005
• “Microarray Analyses of Hyperthermophilic Archaea”, International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, San Francisco, July 2005
• “Screening for Novel Non-coding RNAs with Comparative Genomics and Arrays”, Keystone Symposium on Diverse Roles of RNA in Gene Regulation, Breckenridge, January 2005
  
• “Delving into Mammalian Genomes for Non-coding RNAs”, Scandinavian Bioinformatics 2004 Conference, Linkoping, Sweden, June 2004

• “Hunting for Non-coding RNAs Using Probabilistic Models”, Open Day Research Symposium, The Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics, Uppsala, Sweden, June 2004

• “RNA Genefinding”, Workshop on RNA Bioinformatics, Benasque, Spain, August 2003

• “A Computational Screen for Pseudouridine Guide snoRNAs”, Gordon Research Conference on RNA Editing, Ventura, January 2003

• “Archaeal Functional Genomics: Integrating Sequence and Expression Analysis”, Microbial Genomes Conference, Lake Arrowhead, September 2002

Other Invited Talks

· “Exploring Extremophile Biology with DNA Microarrays”, Monterey Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, November 2003

· “The Hunt for Non-coding RNAs”, Dept. of Biostatistics, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, May 2003

· “Decoding Archaeal Genomes: Using Computational Analysis and DNA Microarrays to Understand Life in the Extreme”, Depts. Of Biology and Computer Science, Williams College, Williamstown, March 2003

Teaching – Newly Created Courses

• BME / BIOL 210: Application and Analysis of DNA Microarrays (Winters 2002, 2003 & 2004, Spring 2007)
• BME 110: Computational Biology Tools (Winter 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007)
• BME 88A Freshman Seminar: Surfing Your Genome (Winter 2003)

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