Degrees: 1985 - PhD - Stanford University - Biochemistry 1976 - BS - University of California, Davis - Biochemistry Awards: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985-1988 Searle Scholar, 1990-1993 Department and Center Affiliations: Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Davis Genome Center, Center for Neuroscience Professional Societies: Genetics Society of America Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties: Genetics Publications: Laurencon A, Orme CM, Peters HK, Boulton CL, Vladar EK, Langley SA, Bakis EP, Harris DT, Harris NJ, Wayson SM, Hawley RS, and Burtis KC. 2004. A large-scale screen for mutagen-sensitive Loci in Drosophila. Genetics 167:217-231. Burtis KC, Hawley RS, Lipshitz HD. 2004. The 2003 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal; David S. Hogness. Genetics 164:1243-1245. Burtis, K. C. 2002. Doublesex in the Middle. Science 297:1135-1136. Adams MD et al. 2000. The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 287(5461):2185-2195 Sekelsky, J.J., Brodsky, M.H. and K.C. Burtis. 2000. DNA repair in Drosophila: Insights from the Drosophila Genome Sequence. J. Cell. Biol. 150:F31-F36. Burtis KC and PV Harris. 1997. A possible functional role for a new class of eukaryotic DNA polymerases. Current Biology. 7:R743-R744 Harris PV, OM Mazina, EA Leonhardt, RB Case, JB Boyd, and KC Burtis. 1996. Molecular cloning of Drosophila mus308 , a gene involved in DNA cross-link repair with homology to prokaryotic DNA Polymerase I genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16:576 Research Interests: DNA repair in Drosophila; specifically, the molecular basis of interstrand crosslink repair. Laboratory Personnel: 3157 LSA - Michael Carter (research associate), Sundance Fairchild-Manning (undergraduate), Vinh Ngo (undergraduate), Victoria Chew (stockkeeper), Mel Green (professor emeritus) Teaching Interests:Genomics, genetics laboratory. Courses Taught: MCB 182 Genomics - Term(s): Spring MCB 160L Genetics Laboratory - Term(s): Fall |
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