Assistant University

Curriculum Vitae

Tracy L. Callender, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215

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EDUCATION

August 2010 Doctorate of Philosophy in Molecular and Cellular Biology,

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794

January 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences,

Hunter College of the City University of New York, NY 10021

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

August 2010 – Present Postdoctoral Research Associate

Stony Brook University, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Using molecular biology approaches to investigate the role of meiotic

proteins in recombination.

August 2004 – August 2010 Research Assistant

Stony Brook University, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Used genetic, molecular and biochemical approaches to investigate the

roles of the meiosis-specific kinase Mek1 and the meiotic cohesin

complex, Rec8, in meiotic sister chromatid repair.

October 2003 – July 2004 Research Technician

City College of the City University of New York, School of Biomedical

Education

Investigated the roles of nuclear RNA binding proteins and RNA

associated protein complexes in metabolism and nucleocytoplasmic

transport of RNA.

July 2001 – May 2003 Research Assistant

Hunter College of the City University of New York, Department of

Biological Sciences

Used genetic approaches to study the biogenesis of fungal cell walls and

their role in disease.

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Tracy L. Callender, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215

abhgsh@r.postjobfree.com

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 2011 Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow

Laboratory Techniques in Cancer Biology, Stony Brook University

Assists with course development of Cancer Biology laboratory class of

36 upper level undergraduate students.

Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant

Cell Biology, Stony Brook University

Audited lectures, graded examinations and provided tutoring for a class

of 300 undergraduate students.

Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant

Biochemistry Laboratory, Stony Brook University

Independently conducted short lectures and instructed extensive

laboratory sessions for senior level undergraduate biology students.

Developed quizzes and graded lab reports for a class of 20 students.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

July 2009 Yeast Cell Biology Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Cold

Spring Harbor, NY

(Poster presentation)

June 2008 Gordon Research Conference, Meiosis, Colby Sawyer College, New

London, NH

(Poster presentation)

July 2006 Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting, Princeton University,

Princeton, NJ

(Poster presentation)

FELLOWSHIPS

March 2011 Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship

August 2008 – May 2009 W. Burghardt Turner Dissertation Fellowship

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June 2001 – January 2003 Minority Biomedical Research Support Fellowship

Tracy L. Callender, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215

abhgsh@r.postjobfree.com

RESEARCH TECHNICAL SKILLS

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

PCR and primer design, transformation (bacteria and yeast), gel electrophoresis (agarose and

polyacrylamide), immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, western blotting, southern

blotting, DNA two-dimensional electrophoresis, restriction enzyme analysis, DNA isolation, extraction

and purification, cloning, light microscopy, cell culture.

Genetics

Gene knockouts and mutations via PCR and mutagenesis assays, Gene complementation assays, tetrad

dissections and analysis.

PUBLICATIONS

Callender T. L., and N. M. Hollingsworth, 2010 Mek1 suppression of meiotic double-strand break

repair is specific to sister chromatids, chromosome autonomous and independent of Rec8 cohesin

complexes. Genetics 185: 771-782.

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