VITAE
Bradley J. Stith abpqh9@r.postjobfree.com
University of Colorado Denver for FED EXP/UPS:
Biology Department (campus box 171) University of Colorado at Denver
PO Box 173364 Biology 171
Denver, CO 80217 1201 Fifth St
Denver, CO 80204)
Tele: 303-***-****
FAX: 303-***-****
EDUCATION
Institution Date Degree Major
Denison University 1970-1971
Ohio State University 1971-1974 B.S. Zoology
Washington State University
1976-1982 Ph.D. Zoophysiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-present Professor, Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Denver.
1994-2001 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Colorado at
Denver.
1987-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Colorado at
Denver
1982-1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1982-1986 Instructor, University of Colorado at Denver Continuing Education
Program
1976-1982 Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, Washington State University
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1979 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Stanford University (Hopkins
Marine Station).
1978-1981 Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, Washington State University
1974 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Ohio State University
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (from 1991, most authors are students)
2008 Douglas W. Petcoff, William L. Holland, Bradley J. Stith. Lipid levels in
sperm, eggs, and during fertilization in Xenopus laevis. Journal of Lipid Research 49:2365-
2378.
2008 Bradley J. Stith. Metformin action on the insulin receptor, other tyrosine
kinases and phosphatases. In Metformin: Mechanistic Insights towards New Applications. Editors:
Gilles Mithieux and Nicolas Wiernsperger. Pgs 59-80. Transworld Research Network publishers,
Kerala, India.
2006 Ken-ichi Sato*, Yasuo Fukami, and Bradley J. Stith.* Signal transduction
pathways leading to Ca2+ release in vertebrate fertilization: lessons from Xenopus eggs.
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 17: 285-92. *corresponding authors.
2004 Bradley J. Stith. Use of animation in teaching cell biology. Cell Biology
Education 3:8-15, 2004.
2004 William Holland, Thomas Morrison, Ying Chang, Nicolas Wiernsperger,
and Bradley J. Stith. Metformin (Glucophage) inhibits tyrosine phosphatase activity to stimulate
the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase. Biochemical Pharmacology 67:2081-2091.
2003 William L. Holland, Erin C. Stauter, and Bradley J. Stith. Quantification
of phosphatidic acid and lysophosphatidic acid by HPLC with evaporative light scattering
detection. Journal of Lipid Research 44:854-858.
2002 Ayala Luria*, Vaida Vegelyte-Avery*, Brad Stith, Nelly M. Tsvetkova*,
Willem F. Wolkers*, John H. Crowe*, Fern Tablin1, and Richard Nuccitelli.*2 From the
*Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
1Department. Of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of California, Davis, and the Department of Biology, University of Colorado-
Denver, Denver, CO 80217. Discrete Microdomains in the Plasma Membrane of Xenopus laevis
eggs. Biochemistry. 41:131**-*****.
2000 Thomas Morrison, Leslie Waggoner, Laura Whitworth-Langley, and
Bradley J. Stith. Nongenomic action of progesterone: activation of Xenopus oocyte
phospholipase C through a plasma membrane-associated tyrosine kinase. Endocrinology, 141:
2145-2152.
2000 Stith, Bradley J. Use of a web site to enhance a Biology lecture course.
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Technological Horizons in Education, 27:20-28.
2000 Stith, Bradley J., Jennifer Hall, Patrick Ayes, Leslie Waggoner, James
Moore, Walt Shaw. Quantification of major classes of Xenopus phospholipids. Journal of Lipid
Research 41: 1448-1454.
1998 Stith, Bradley J., Keith Woronoff, and Nicolas Wiernsperger. Stimulation
of the intracellular portion of the human insulin receptor by the antidiabetic drug metformin.
Biochemical Pharmacology 55:533-536.
1997 Stith, Bradley J., Keith Woronoff, Ronald Espinoza, and Tanya Smart. Sn-
1,2-diacylglycerol and choline increase after fertilization in Xenopus laevis. Molecular Biology
of the Cell 8:755-765.
1996 Stith, Bradley J., Marc L. Goalstone, Ronald Espinoza, Cori Mossel,
Dawn Roberts, and Nicolas Wiernsperger. The antidiabetic drug metformin elevates receptor
tyrosine kinase activity and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass in Xenopus oocytes. Endocrinology
137:2990-2999.
1994 Stith, Bradley J., Ronald Espinoza, Dawn Roberts and Tanya Smart.
Sperm increase egg inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass in Xenopus eggs preinjected with calcium
chelators or heparin. Developmental Biology 165:206-215.
1993 Stith, Bradley J., Marc Goalstone, Sally Silva and Chris Jaynes. Inositol
1,4,5-trisphosphate mass changes from fertilization through first cleavage in Xenopus laevis.
Molecular Biology of the Cell 4:435-443.
1992 Stith, Bradley J., Marc L. Goalstone and Allen J. Kirkwood. Protein
kinase C initially inhibits the induction of meiotic cell division. Cell Signaling 4:393-403.
1992 Stith, Bradley J., Chris Jaynes, Marc L. Goalstone and Sally Silva. Insulin
and progesterone increase 32P04-labeling of phospholipids and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass
in Xenopus oocytes. Cell Calcium 13:341-352.
1991 Stith, Bradley J., Allen J. Kirkwood, and Erica Wohnlich. Insulin-like
growth factor 1, insulin and progesterone induce early and late increases in Xenopus oocyte sn-
1,2-diacylglycerol levels before meiotic cell division. Journal of Cellular Physiology 149:252-
259.
1989 Stith, Bradley J. and William R. Proctor. Microinjection of inositol 1,2-
(cyclic)-4,5-trisphosphate, inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate,and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate into
intact Xenopus oocytes can induce membrane currents independent of extracellular calcium.
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 40:321-330.
1987 Stith, Bradley J. and James L. Maller. Induction of meiotic maturation in
Xenopus oocytes by 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Experimental Cell Research
169:514-523.
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1986 Maller, James L., Linda Pike, Gary Freidenburg, Renzo Cordera, Bradley
J. Stith, Edwin Krebs and Jeffrey Olefsky. The phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 is
increased following microinjection of insulin receptor-kinase into Xenopus oocytes. Nature(L)
20:459-461.
1986 Maller, J.L., D. Stefonovic, E. Erikson, and B.J. Stith. Regulation of
ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation by protein-tyrosine kinases. In Current Communications in
Molecular Biology: Translational Control. Ed. by M.B. Mathews, published by Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory.
1985 Stith, Bradley J. and James L. Maller. Increased intracellular pH is not
necessary for ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation or meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes.
Developmental Biology 107:460-469.
1984 Stith, Bradley J. Biochemical examination of Rana pipiens epithelial
mucus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 155:89-96.
1984 Stith, Bradley J. Effects of an external charged layer on transepithelial ion
movement. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 155:97-101.
1984 Stith, Bradley J. and James L. Maller. The effect of insulin on
intracellular pH and ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation in oocytes of Xenopus laevis.
Developmental Biology 102:79-89.
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION OR UNDER REVIEW
In Review: Douglas Petcoff, William Holland, Todd Bergren,Ying Chang and
Bradley J. Stith. Phosphatidic acid may play a central role in fertilization.
In Preparation: Stith, B.J. Phosphatidic Acid Induces Fertilization Events.
In Preparation: Stith, B.J., Ciapa, B. Hydrolysis of Inositol trisphosphate in Xenopus
eggs is accelerated by elevated calcium.
In Preparation: Petcoff, D., Stith, B. Nongenomic action of progesterone in a Xenopus
preparation: progesterone releases calcium from a plasma membrane-cortex preparation.
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED MEETING PROCEEDINGS (from 1990, most authors
were students)
2008 Ryan Bates, B. J. Stith. Tyrosine Phosphorylation Changes during
Xenopus Sperm Acrosome Reaction and Fertilization. American Society for Cell Biology, San
Franciso, CA. Page 402 at http://www.ascb.org/files/am08/abstracts/regular.pdf
B. J. Stith,1 J. Juergens,1 J. Snyder,1 R. Bates,1 J. Ash,1 D. Petcoff,2 E.
2007
Cook,2 A. Barkans,2 M. Lintz2; 1Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 2Biology,
Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO. Phosphatidic Acid (PA) Activates Xenopus Src and
Phospholipase C Whereas PIP Strip Fat Blots Show Src Binds PA. Mol. Biol. Cell 18 (suppl),
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abstract # 2053 (CD-ROM).
http://www.abstractonline.com/viewer/viewAbstractPrintFriendly.asp?CKey={A6187F58-6F35-
445E-9E82-3AE5F71FD625}&SKey={17A57D52-11D8-4405-A7D4-
A9481015E90C}&MKey={66B05B0E-3C08-4BB1-869F-
AAF586698022}&AKey={088FBDBF-3C4D-4212-865B-3612F7DD115B}
2006 K.-I. Sato, M. Kurokawa, K. Sakakibara, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan, Y.
Ueda, Z. Ou, T. Iwasaki, B. J. Stith, R. A. Fissore, Y. Fukami. Signal Transduction pathways
leading to Ca2+ release and egg activation in vertebrate fertilization: lessons from Xenopus and
mammalian eggs. Lipid Rafts and Cell Function, Keystone Symposium, March 23-28, 2006.
B. J. Stith,1 J. Juergens,1 J. Stafford,1 J. Snyder,1 M. Wood,2 D. Petcoff2;
2006
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Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 2Biology, Metropolitan State College,
Denver, CO. Release of Calcium by Phosphatidic Acid in Xenopus Oocytes and Eggs. Mol.
Biol. Cell 17 (suppl), abstract # 1188 (CD-ROM).
http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/viewAbstractPrintFriendly.asp?CKey={92BD1EF9
-138F-44AB-B95C-E33D392E1D82}&SKey={77D20C9B-1B37-4276-AE0D-
BA690A7080A9}&MKey={0C1CA8A7-4052-4C63-8057-
193FDAECCB64}&AKey={088FBDBF-3C4D-4212-865B-3612F7DD115B}
B. J. Stith,1 J. Stafford,1 Y. Chang,1 T. Kane,2 R. Bates,2 A. Nickle,2 D.
2005
Petcoff ; Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 2Biology, Metropolitan State
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College, Denver, CO. The Role of Phosphatidic Acid in Regulation of Intracellular Calcium
during Fertilization in Xenopus. Mol. Biol. Cell 16(suppl), abstract#515 (CD-Rom).
http://www.abstractsonline.com/viewer/viewAbstract.asp?CKey={76BDCA05-3D4E-4F99-
91E9-3873C8B31CD2}&MKey={A017DB07-275B-4A9D-833F-
DB2760E62BDA}&AKey={088FBDBF-3C4D-4212-865B-
3612F7DD115B}&SKey={7A0EB81C-EABB-4A87-94C6-3F6C8BDB9A37}
S. Pelech,1,2 G. Cheung,2 H. Paddon,2 X. Shi,2 B. Stith,3 H. Zhang1;
2004
1:Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2:The Brain Research Centre,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 3: Biology, University of Colorado,
Denver, CO. Kinetworks Analysis of the Phosphoproteome during Frog Oocyte Maturation.
Molecular Biology of the Cell 15: 26a.
2003 Tseng, N., Chang, Y., Silverstein, T., Szczesny, C., Stith, BJ.
Phosphatidic acid increases IP3 and Induces Calcium-Dependent Events in Xenopus eggs.
Molecular Biology of the Cell 14: 387a.
2003 Stith, B.J. Lipid signaling in fertilization: role of phosphatidic acid. The
FASEB Journal 17:123.6
2002 Holland, W., Stith, BJ. Insulin stimulates meiotic cell division and
phospholipase D activity in Xenopus oocytes. Molecular Biology of the Cell 13:12a.
2001 Holland, W., Stith, BJ. Funding Primarily Undergraduate Research in
Cell Signaling, FASEB Journal 15, A405.
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2000 Petcoff, D., Holland, W., Stith, B.J.. Phosphatidic acid may play a central
role in fertilization. Molecular Biology of the Cell 11:406a.
2000 Holland, W., Medina, P., Petcoff, D., Savi, K., Stith, B.J. Fertilization and
lipid signaling in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 222:242.
1999 Stith, B.J., Lupe, C., Holland, W., Swise, L. Lipid changes at fertilization
in Xenopus laevis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 10:359a.
1999. Petcoff, D., Medina, P., Savi, K., Morrison, T., Bergren, T., Batbayar, K.,
Stith, B.J. Detection of phospholipase D in Xenopus oocytes. Molecular Biology of the Cell
10:335a.
1998 Waggoner, L., T. Morrison, B. Stith. Regulation of Xenopus
Phospholipase C. Molecular Biology of the Cell 9:119a.
1997 Waggoner, L., Morrison, T., Stith, B. Sphingomyelinase is activated at
fertilization. Molecular Biology of the Cell 8:107a.
1997 Morrison, T. Waggoner, L., Stith, B. Phospholipids from Xenopus eggs,
sperm and zygotes. Molecular Biology of the Cell 8:107a.
1996 Woronoff, K., Whitworth, L., Espinoza, R., Stith, B.J.. Insulin and
progesterone stimulate phospholipase D in Xenopus oocytes. Molecular Biology of the Cell 7:9a.
1995 Mossel, C.A., Woronoff, K., Espinoza, R., Stith, B.J. Activation by
hormone and metformin of IGF-1 receptor in a cortical-membrane preparation from Xenopus
oocytes. Mol. Biol. Cell 6:11a.
1994 Stith, B.J. Protein kinase C initially inhibits then stimulates the induction
of cell division. J. Cell. Biochem. 18D:92. Keystone Symposium, Protein Kinase C.
1994 Smart, T., R. Espinoza, K. Woronoff, D. Roberts, B.J. Stith. Progesterone
or insulin increase IP3 release in cortical preparations, PKC translocation in whole Xenopus
oocytes and maturation is inhibited by buffering intracellular calcium. Mol. Biol. Cell 5:94a.
1994 Roberts, D., C.A. Ferdensi, T. Smart, R. Espinoza, B.J. Stith. PI turnover
after fertilization. Mol. Biol. Cell 5:462a.
1993 R. Espinoza, D. Roberts, T. Smart, B.J. Stith. Sperm addition increases
inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass in eggs preinjected with calcium buffers. Mol. Biol. Cell
4:140a.
1993 B.J. Stith. Changes in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and sn 1,2-
diacylglycerol during meiosis, mitosis and fertilization in Xenopus laevis. J. Cell. Biochem.
17A:289. Keystone Symposium, Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation in signal transduction.
1992 Stith, B., M. Goalstone, C. Jaynes, S. Silva. Insulin and Progesterone
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increase P-labeling of phospholipids, and DAG and IP3 mass during induction of meiosis in
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Xenopus oocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 16B:180. Keystone Symposium, Positive and Negative
Growth Control.
1992 Goalstone, M., and B.J. Stith. Microinjection of Ras p21 into Xenopus
oocytes induced an immediate decrease in sn-1,2-diacylglycerol and a late increase in both DAG
and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass. Mol. Biol. Cell 3:18a.
1992 Silva, S., M. Goalstone, C. Jaynes, W. Dickerson, and B.J. Stith. Multiple
changers in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and sn-1,2-diacylglycerol mass occur from fertilization
through first cleavage in Xenopus laevis. Mol. Biol. Cell 3:24a.
1991 Silva, S., M.L. Goalstone, C. Jaynes and B.J. Stith. Insulin and
progesterone increase 32P-labeling of phospholipids and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass in
Xenopus oocytes. J. Cell Biol. 115:46a. American Society for Cell Biology, Boston, MA.
1990 Tienda, Y., A. Kirkwood, J. McLemore and B.J. Stith. Addition of
phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C inhibits insulin-, insulin-like growth factor 1-, and
progesterone-induced meiotic cell division in Xenopus oocytes. J. Cell Biol. 111:365a. American
Society for Cell Biology, San Diego, C.A.
1990 Stith, B.J. and E. Wohnlich. Insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1, and
progesterone increase DAG levels at 15 min and immediately before meiotic cell division in
Xenopus oocytes. J. Cell Biol. 111:365a.
1989 Stith, B.J. 1,2-Diacylglycerol Increases at Meiotic Cell Division. Biology
of Cellular Transducing Signals 9:385. Biology of Cellular Transducing Signals, George
Washington University, Washington, D.C..
1988 Stith, B.J., Proctor, W.R. Comparison of Inositol Phosphate Action in an
Intact Cell. J. Cell. Biochem. 12E:112. UCLA Symposium on Cellular Activation and Signal
Initiation, Keystone, CO.
1987 Stith, B., J., Proctor, W. R. The affects of inositol phosphate derivatives on
membrane depolarization in the Xenopus oocyte. Soc. Neuro. Abst. 13:107. Society for
Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.
1986 Stith, B. and Maller, J. Effects of tumor-promoting phorbol ester on
meiotic cell division in Xenopus oocytes. J. Cell Biochem. 10C:207. UCLA Symposium on
Growth Factors, Tumor Promoters, and Cancer Genes; Steamboat Springs, CO.
1985 Stith, B. and Maller, J. Evidence polyphosphoinositide turnover is
involved in Xenopus oocyte maturation. J. Cell Biol. 101:490a. American Society for Cell
Biology, New Orleans, LA.
1984 Stith, B. and Maller, J. The effect of priming Xenopus laevis females with
pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin on subsequent progesterone-induced oocyte maturation in
vitro. J. Cell Biol. 99:52a. American Society for Cell Biology, Kansas City, KA
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1983 Stith, B. and Maller, J. The effect of insulin and progesterone on
intracellular pH and ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation in oocytes of Xenopus laevis. J. Cell
Biol. 97:21a. American Society for Cell Biology; San Antonio, TX.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Web publications and presentations from national meetings
(http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~bstith/; most updated on regular basis):
Adjusting to a PUI after a research institute or medical center
Use of web animation and video in teaching
Use of the popular movie "Lorenzo's Oil" in teaching Cell Biology
Use of WebCT for a web site for a lecture course
Funding Sources for Undergraduate Research
How To: Grant Writing
How To: Use of NSF s FASTLANE submission process
Web animation and video in teaching
1999 Stith, BJ. Proposal Advice, published in the Research Advocate,
Office of Sponsored Programs. Vol. 17, 12, June 1999.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Research
General Biology
General Cell Biology
Advanced Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Cell Signaling
Cell Biology laboratory
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND SEMINARS
2008 Invited Plenary Speaker. Educational Aspects and Development of
Research programs in nonPhD institutions. Clarion University (PA). October.
2008 Invited Plenary Speaker. Development of Undergraduate-based Research
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Programs. Northern Michigan University. February.
2007 Invited Speaker, University of Colorado Denver, Cancer Center at
Anschutz Medical Center. Phosphatidic Acid (PA) Activation of Src and PLC : Lipid
Regulation of a Tyrosine Kinase. November.
2007 Lipomics Workshop at Experimental Biology 2007. Washington, D.C.
Overview of protocols developed by LIPID MAPS Consortium for Lipidomic analysis. Poster
Presentation: HPLC and Evaporative Light Scattering Detection for LIPOMICS During
Fertilization. April.
2007 Invited Speaker, National Science Foundation, Cell Biology group; April.
Phosphatidic Acid May be a New Ca++ Regulator during Fertilization.
2006, 2008 Program Organizer: Grant Writing Workshop, with Ami Ahern-Rindell,
University of Portland, and Sally O Connor, National Science Foundation. National Conference,
council on Undergraduate Research, DePauw University, June.
2005 Invited Plenary Speaker, Faculty Forum on Undergraduate Education at
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. Topic: The Use of Undergraduate
Research in Teaching.
2004 Invited speaker, University of South Florida Medical School, Dept. of
Biochemistry, Mechanism of anti-diabetic drug metformin, November.
2004 Invited speaker, MBRS SCORE program, Colorado State University-
Pueblo, Lipid analysis: mechanism of fertilization. November.
2003 Program Organizer and Speaker, Role of Phosphatidic acid in
Fertilization, Amphibian Fertilization meeting, American Society for Cell Biology, San
Francisco, CA. December.
2002 Invited speaker: Membrane fusion at fertilization by phosphatidic acid;
American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco, CA. December.
2002 Phospholipase C Activation by progesterone; FASEB Summer conference
on Phospholipases, Tucson AZ, June.
2002 Invited speaker, national meeting of Council on Undergraduate Research,
"Obtaining funding at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions. Research Poster: Lipid Signaling
in fertilization. National meeting of the Council on Undergraduate Research, Connecticut
College, CT.
2002 Poster presentation at Regulation of Cellular Responses by Lipid
Mediators, Keystone conference, Taos, NM. February.
2001 Invited speaker, Phospholipase D and PA regulation of Phospholipase
C. FASEB summer conference on phospholipase D, Tucson, AZ.
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2001 Invited Speaker, "Undergraduate Research," FASEB meeting, American
Association of Anatomists, Orlando FL, March.
2001 Invited Speaker, "Lipid Signaling in Development." Biology Department,
University of South Florida, Tampa FL, February.
2000 Platform talk ; "Use of a web sites, animation and video in college
teaching." At the annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, Orlando FL,
October.
2000 Four presentations at the national meeting for Council on Undergraduate
Research at College of Wooster, Wooster OH (1) Adapting to a PUI after a Medical School
PostDoctorate; a workshop I set up with Dr. E. Levy of UCD chemistry, and Dr. M. Coussons-
Read of psychology, (2) Biology grant writing workshop with Mary Jane Saunders of the NSF
and M. Brodl, (3) Use of technology in teaching; a workshop I set up with Malcolm Campbell of
Davidson, and (4) Students and Undergraduate Research (setting up a student research club);
June 21-24.
2000 Presentation on "Teaching with Flash Web Animation and Digitalized
Video" at the Teaching with Technology Conference at the University of Colorado- Colorado
Springs; July 14.
2000 Keystone Conference on Lipid Signaling; Feb. 5-10; Lipid signaling
during Fertilization.
2000 Invited speaker, Department of Cell Biology, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, spring, 2000. PI turnover in meiotic cell division and fertilization.
2000 Talk to Biology graduate students; "How to handle the difficult student."
August.
2000 Invited talk on "Bioinfomatics and biological structure" to Dr. Greenberg's
graduate class in mathematics (Math 4/5779). August 28.
2000 Invited speaker, Retreat for Department of Pharmacology, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center, Copper Mountain, CO. October 6.
1999 Invited speaker (by Dr. E. Nuhfer), Teaching with Technology
Conference, School of Mines, July 13-15, 1999. Use of a Web Site and WebCT to Enhance a
Biology Course.
1999 Stith, B.J., Presentation at FASEB Summer Conference on Protein
Kinases and Phosphorylation. July 24-29.
1998 Invited speaker (developed presentation and part of panel discussion),
Ambiguity and Uncertainty in the 21st Century, March 27, sponsored by Chancellor's Scholars
and Leaders and IBM.
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1998 Invited speaker at the "International Conference on Xenopus and
Amphibian fertilization;" Sardinia, Italy, September. Talk: "Lipid Signaling in Xenopus
Fertilization." Meeting sponsored by the University of Milan, Italy.
1998 Invited presenter at the University of Colorado Reagents meeting (Jan.
22). Presentation on research involving undergraduates.
1998 Invited speaker at University of Lyon, "The action of metformin." Sept.
1998 Invited speaker and panel member at the Chancellor's Scholars and
Leaders meeting on setting up a science "Discovery Room" (Research connections display;
interactive learning). December 3.
1997 Attended Gordon Conference on "Fertilization and Activation of
Development," August, Holderness School, New Hampshire. I gave a poster/paper on the role of
phospholipids in fertilization.
1996 "Mechanism of induction of cell division by IGF-1." Fifth International
Insulin and IGF Symposium, Univ. of Florida, March 3-5.
1996 Keystone Conference on "Lipid Signaling," March, Taos, New Mexico. I
gave a poster/paper on the role of protein kinase C in the induction of meiotic cell division.
1996 International Xenopus Conference, August, Estes Park, CO. I gave a
poster/paper on the role of phosphatidylinositol turnover in the induction of meiotic cell division
and in fertilization.
1996 Brandt Gillum, Melanie Overley and I put together a poster presentation
for the first UROP/OSCAR poster session held during the fall of 1996. My students and I have
presented at every UROP poster session since their inception.
1996-1998 Presentation for new Biology graduate student orientation meeting.
1996-1998 Presentation for incoming faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver
Faculty Orientation (at request of Dr. F. Baca).
1995 "Phospholipid second messengers after fertilization of Xenopus eggs."
Gordon Research Conference, Plymouth, NH. July 30-August 4.
1995 "Mechanism of Induction of Meiosis in Xenopus oocytes by IGF-1."
International Symposium on IGF-1 action on Ovarian Cells, Montpellier, France, Sept. 15-16.
1995 "Progesterone and elevated calcium stimulate tyrosine kinase in a
membrane-cortical preparation from Xenopus oocytes." Special "Hot" poster session, American
Society for Cell Biology, Washington, D.C., Dec. 9-13.
1992 Invited speaker at American Society for Cell Biology; "Involvement of
Undergraduate students in the Research Lab"
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1987 Stith, B., Maller, J. Involvement of protein kinase C but not inositol
phosphates in meiotic cell division. FASEB Summer Conference on Intracellular
Calcium, Bellows Falls, VT.
1985 Stith, B., Maller, J. Intracellular pH does not regulate cell division.
International Society of Differentiation; Heidelberg, Germany.
1980 Stith, B.J. Intracellular pH increases during maturation of Patiria miniata.
Northwest Society for Developmental Biology; Friday Harbor, WA.
RECOGNITIONS, HONORS, ETC.
2008, 2006, 2004, 1994-1998 Panel Member, Signal Transduction grant proposal review
panel, National Science Foundation
2008 Faculty Award for Outstanding Student Mentoring, Research and Creative
Activities Symposium. April 11, 2008.
2007 Excellence in Service Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
2005-Present Invited author and reviewer of questions for the Biochemistry, Cell and
Molecular Biology and Biology Subject tests of the Graduate Record Exam.
2006 Invited author, clicker questions for chapters 1-5 of the textbook World
of the Cell. Benjamin-Cummings Publishing.
2005-Present Invited collaborator in the Virtual Cell Project at
http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/ (use of computer animation in higher education;
collaborator on a National Science Foundation CCLI grant submitted January 2006, contributor
to an article on the project for NSF s Discoveries magazine at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/).
2005-Present Associate Member, University of Colorado Cancer Center
2004- Present Reviewer of textbooks, Benjamin Cummings (scientific publisher)
2005 Outside Reviewer, Biology Department of Juniata College, Huntingdon,
PA.
2004 Outside Reviewer, Master s program for Applied Natural Sciences,
Colorado State University at Pueblo, CO.
2004 Outside Reviewer, Biology Department, Appalachian State University,
Boone, NC.
2004 Chair of outside review committee for the Biology Department at
Colorado State University at Pueblo, January.
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2001-Present Invited facilitator, Council on Undergraduate Institute on Proposal Writing
Institute, various locations around USA. July of each year.
2001 Grant reviewer, National Science Foundation, Course, Curriculum and
Laboratory Improvement Program. July.
2000 Chair of outside review committee for the Biology Department at the
University for the Sciences at Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 28-29.
2000 My web site paper of adrenoleukodystrophy is recognized as one of the
the "best layman" summaries of the disease. In 2002, the Myelin Foundation linked it s web site
to mine.
1999-2005 Invited associate editor for Biology of Reproduction, March.
1999 National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research in Undergraduate
Institutions Grant Review panel member.
1999 National Science Foundation, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory
Improvement Grant review panel member.
1998 Invited reviewer by Dr. W. Becker; "World of the Cell" textbook (the
most popular college-level Cell Biology text used in the United States).
1997 Dr. J. Sando (Professor, Pharmacology, University of Virginia Medical
School) spent the fall semester in my lab. She came to learn about extraction of phospholipids,
their separation by HPLC and detection by an evaporative light scattering detector. As she could
have gone to other labs yet chose mine, this was a compliment to our work.
1996 Dr. B. Ciapa (Univ. of Nice, France) came to my lab during the summer.
She collaborated on a series of experiments that examined the breakdown of IP3. As she could
have gone to other labs around the world, yet she chose my lab, this was a compliment to our
work.
1986-1987 American Heart Association Fellowship,
1985-1986 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Traineeship,
1981 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Fellowship,
1981 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Traineeship,
1974 Cum Laude degree, Ohio State University
1970-1971 Scholarship, Denison University, Granville, OH
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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American Society for Cell Biology
National Association of Biology Teachers
Council on Undergraduate Research
Society for Developmental Biology
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
OTHER INDICATORS OF SCHOLARSHIP
Research Support
2008 Combined Theoretical and Experimental Search for the Acting
Mechanism of the Commonly-Used Antidiabetic Drug Metformin and Derivatives. National
Institutes of Health, R 15 AREA. coPI: Hai Lin (Chemistry). Submitted October 2008.
Requested: $225,467. Pending.
2007-2010 MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoflow Hybrid Triple Quadrupole/Linear Trap
Mass Spectrometer System for Three Diverse Institutions. $469,227. National Science
Foundation. Co-PI: Karen Jonscher.
2006- 2009 AREA program grant; Role of Phosphatidic Acid in the Sperm Acrosome
Reaction. $214,500. National Institutes of Health.
2006 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, with students Jeffery Taylor
Juergens, Karina Bogdasarova, and Brandon Mauracher ($3000).
2005 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, with students Dan Crona
and Afsaneh Manshadi ($2000). Master s Student Grant with Jason Stafford ($1750).
2001-2004 National Science Foundation grant; Lipid Signaling in Fertilization;
Developmental Mechanisms and Signal Transduction; $350,000.
2004 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grants, $1100 and $1000,
University of Colorado at Denver. One with undergraduate Thomas Arthur, one with Yaser
Namvargolian.
2002 Research support from Lyonnaise industrielle pharmaceutique (LIPHA)
on the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic drug metformin, $40,000 from 1992-1998; in
1999: $14,500; in 2000: $14,000; 2002, $18,000.
2002 Co-PI on $2 million IGERT grant application to the NSF to support
bioinformatics program (multinstitutional program). Not funded.
2001 Faculty grant, mechanism of metformin, University of Colorado-Denver,
$5,000.
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2000 Awarded travel support to present a talk on teaching with technology,
National Association of Biology Teachers, October. Support from Dr. E. Nuhfer.
2000 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant (with Erinn Stauter;
$1150).
1999 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant (with William
Holland)
1998 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program grant ($2000; funding for
support for 3 students and supplies).
1998 Awarded travel support to attend a conference on teaching with computers
(Educom, Oct. 1998). Support from Drs. E. Nuhfer and C. Pletsch.
1997, 2000 Obtained internal funding for page and publication charges ($668; $500)
from the Office of Sponsored Programs (Dr. F. Baca).
1997-2000 National Science Foundation Grant, Role of Phospholipase D in
fertilization, $280,000.
1996-1997 National Science Foundation Grant, Role of Phospholipase D in
fertilization, $93,000.
1994-1999 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program grants, University of
Colorado-Denver, sponsor of student grants totaling $8,150.
1990-1999 Summer Supplement for the National Science Foundation grant, for
student stipend and research supplies, totaling $75,000
1993-1996 National Science Foundation Grant, Induction of cell division by protein
kinase C, $362,356,
1990-1993 National Science Foundation Grant, Mechanism of action of the ras p21
protein. $221,088.
1989 Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Colorado-Denver
$4,500.
1987 Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Colorado-Denver,
$4,500.
Other activities
2008 Moderator and Sponsor, with Dr. Mary Reyland, for Cancer Center talk by
Richard Kolesnick, MD; Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry,
Sloan-Kettering Institute at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Anschutz Medical
Center; Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 Outside reviewer for HHMI Interdisciplinary/Collaborative
Research Fellowships, Canisius College
2005 Due to two student nominations, selected for inclusion in "Who's Who
Among America's Teachers, 2005."
2005 Attended The Undergraduate Experience summary of student surveys
presented by Dr. Richard Light (Harvard). Sept. 23, 2005.
2003-Present With support from a community grant to Dr. L. Edwards, I conducted lab
demonstrations on fertilization with groups of 3 to 8 local science teachers.
2003-1999 Through support of an NSF E2020 grant, each summer about 3 high
school teachers worked in my research lab.
2001 With funding from UCD Office of Teaching Enhancement, attend course
on developing animations for teaching (Macromedia Flash software). Compuskills, Dec. 10, 18.
2001 Attended "Brain Based Learning" teaching seminar; given at UCD by Dr.
Robert Leamnson (Univ. of Mass-Dartmouth), Feb. 16.
2001 Invited reviewer of Dr. W. Becker's World of the Cell textbook. Feb.
1999-2000 Developed two new courses: Developmental Biology and Advanced Cell
Biology (while continuing to teach General Cell Biology and Cell Signaling)
1999 Among the first Web-enhanced lecture course in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences: Developmental Biology. I used WebCT to develop this web site for the
course; the software allows posting of student grades, email, bulletin boards, direct use of web,
illustrations and videos. In 2000, I used Blackboard software to develop web site for Advanced
Cell Biology 4054-5054 (a new course), and subsequently switched to Blackboard.
1999 Participant; Delphi study on use of technology in teaching.
1999 Participant, Focus group, UCB, Online learning and Research, Net
Library, Sept.
1998 I attended workshops on teaching with world wide web and the use of
Powerpoint in classrooms (Oct. 22, 1998; and Oct. 27, 1998). I then incorporated use of these
techniques in Cell Biology.
1998 Attended program on Teaching and Technology teleconference; Feb. 10.
This material was used to develop Cell Biology and Developmental Biology.
1998 Attended program on "Becoming an OSCAR Winning Teacher" by Tony
Grasha; Feb. 19. Sponsored by Dr. Ed Nuhfer.
1998 Attended program on "Mentoring Students To Higher-Level Thinking" by
Dr. M. Pavelich, School of Mines. Material applied to Cell Biology course.
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1998 Attended National Conference for the Council on Undergraduate
Research, Occidental College, Los Angeles, July. Support for travel from the Chancellor's Office
and Office of Sponsored Programs.
1998 Due to student nomination, selected for inclusion in "Who's Who Among
America's Teachers, 1998."
1998 My web site and summary of online instruction has been used by Dr. M.
Karpen, Dr. Jensen, Trinity University, by Dr. W. Mech Dean of the honors program at Florida
Atlantic University, by the Council on Undergraduate Research, by Dr. W. Wasserman at
Loyola, and by Dr. E. Ferroni, Benedictine University.
1997 Developed my web site for both teaching and research (a web site that has
had over 6000 hits by year 2000). The web site includes illustrations, course information, papers
published, videos and animation of biological processes. It has been used by many other
professors at other institutions (who teach similar courses, or perform similar research) and
acknowledged by (and linked to) web sites for "Xenopus one" (a web site used by researchers),
the Society for Developmental Biology, and The Myelin Foundation.
1997 Attended program on Enhancing and Evaluating Teaching Performance; a
video conference with Peter Seldin (Nov. 14). Sponsored by Ed Nuhfer.
1997 Attended program on "Becoming an OSCAR Winning Teacher" video
conference on Friday, Oct. 31. Sponsored by Ed Nuhfer.
1997 Worked with Carl Pletsch on use of animations in classroom; obtained
$2900 Laptop computer for department teaching.
1997 I introduced the use of CD-ROMs and animation in the teaching of
subjects poorly shown by static illustrations (DNA replication, transcription and translation) in
lectures of General Biology, and later, Cell Biology 3611.
1992 Attended National Association of Biology Teachers meeting and
participated in discussions on teaching General Biology.
1993 Attended "Council on Undergraduate Research Dialog;" a meeting with
the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and other funding agencies to
discuss research at predominately non-Ph.D.-granting institutions.
1990-Present Attend annual Symposium on Teaching Cell Biology at the American
Society for Cell Biology meeting.
1990-Present. Attend yearly Symposia on Improvement of Teaching skills at the
University of Colorado at Denver. In 2000, I suggested the theme of the meeting and helped
organize it.
1990 Attended Workshop on Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
Program at the National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC. Report to Office of Sponsored
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Programs on research support for smaller institutions.
1978, 1979 Developmental Biology Course, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford
University (1978 student; 1979 selected to be a Teaching Assistant in the course).
SERVICE
Department of Biology
2008-2009 Chair, Search Committee, Developmental Biology position.
2007-2008 Chair, Search Committee, Biological Sciences Educator position
2003-2004 Chair, Search Committee, Molecular Biologist position.
2001 Chair, Search Committee, Physiology position
1999 Search Committee member, Lab Coordinator.
1999 to 2004 Department secretary for faculty meetings
1999 to present Mentoring Committees for junior faculty
1998 Search Committee member, Physiology position
1998 I summarized and circulated to Biology department faculty a summary of
a discussion held at the American Society for Cell Biology on teaching Biology and the future of
Biology departments.
1998 I conducted two surveys in Cell Biology 3611 concerning issues in
teaching and in computer skills. The surveys have been distributed to faculty and others involved
in teaching with technology.
1994 Tenure Track Job Search Committee, Plant Physiologist
1992 Search Committee Member, Biology lab coordinator
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2002 to 2007 Member, Oversight committee, Certificate Program in Computational
Biology.
1989-1995 Member of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Council.
2000 Animal Quarters space committee
2000 Math Core Curriculum committee
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University
1988-Present Member and, in 1991, Chair of Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee.
2008 Member, Vice Chancellor s Advisory Committee for Retention, Tenure
and Promotion.
2005-2008 Chair, Undergraduate Research (Grant) Opportunity Program Committee
2005-2007 Member, Committee for the Research and Creative Activities Day
2005 Member, Experiential Learning Committee
2005 Member, Undergraduate Research/Science Planning Committee
2004 Member, UCD-UCHSC merger team
1999-2002 Faculty Assembly Academic Personnel Committee
1999-2001 Academic Standards Committee
2000-2002 Educational Planning and Policy Committee
2000-2002 Goldwater Scholarship Committee
1999 Panel member, Successful Strategies for Winning Grants, workshop
sponsored by Vice Chancellor and Office of Sponsored Research Feb. 18.
1999 Committee member, University of Colorado-Denver Teaching committee;
initiated idea for theme of annual teaching seminar (held Feb, 2000).
1998 Member, Peer Advisory Board, Informed Citizen's Quarterly (publication
of Chancellor's Scholars and Leaders Program)
1988 Report to Office of Research Administration on undergraduate research
and funding based on attendance at the National Council on Undergraduate Research Conference
at Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
1998 Invited member of the "Informed Citizen's Quarterly" (journal of the
Chancellor's Scholars and Leaders); meeting on Dec. 1, 1998.
Local
2008 Presentation to Scouts at Salem United Church of Christ (Denver),
showing videos taken through microscopes (e.g., white blood cells crawling from a blood vessel
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to a cut in the skin). Scoutmaster Jim Reagan said that the ~20 kids and about 25 adults paid
more attention than when Hawk Quest came! (September 19)
2004, 2005 Team leader, Destination Imagination, Eastridge Elementary and Prairie
Middle School
1999-2006 My research lab hosted High School Biology teachers through the NSF
E2020 program or through a local Boetcher Foundation grant.
2003-2006 Consultant to local Rose Foundation grant for enhancing high school
teacher skills
1999 Committee member, hiring of Teacher, Rocky Mountain School of
Expeditionary Learning (public school supported by 4 districts). May.
1997 Advised Steve Hall of Jefferson County Magnet School on Cell Biology
Federal
2008, 2006, 2004, 1994-1998 Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Signal Transduction
and Regulation Grant Review Panel.
2001, 1999 Panel Member, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement grant
review panel. National Science Foundation. July.
1999 Panel Member, Collaborative Research in Undergraduate Institutions grant
review panel. National Science Foundation. Two meetings in Washington D.C. in spring.
Industry
1992-2004 Consultant on mechanism of action of anti-diabetic drug metformin to
manufacturer Lyonnaise industrielle pharmaceutique (LIPHA).
1999-Present Collaborator with Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc. (Alabaster, AL) on new lipid
analysis methodology.
Professional Associations
2001-Present Invited facilitator, Council on Undergraduate Institute on Proposal Writing
Institute, various locations around USA. July of each year.
2005 Local Arrangements Committee, Council on Undergraduate Research
Proposal Writing Institute, Colorado State University-Pueblo, July.
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2003-2005 Chair, Council on Undergraduate Research Finance Committee.
1996 to Present Annual meetings of the Council on Undergraduate Research: governing
body, grant writing presentation organizer, and research poster presentation. June.
2002-present Reviewer, abstracts for Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on
the Hill; Washington DC, January.
1998-present Biology Councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research
1998-2005 Member, Council on Undergraduate Research Finance Committee.
1998 Service to "Council on Undergraduate Research": paper on online
teaching.
1997-present Nominated by Dr. Randall Tagg (Physics) to position of Biology
Councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (elected early, 1998).
1997 Service to Council on Undergraduate Research: paper on content of
departmental web sites.
1992 Local Arrangements committee for the national meeting of the American
Society for Cell Biology.
1988-1997 Outside reviewer for United States-Israeli Binational Science Foundation.
1987-Present Reviewer for various journals (e.g., Development, Diabetologia
Developmental Biology, Biochemical Pharmacology,, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Life
Sciences Education/Cell Biology Education, etc.) and granting agencies (National Science
Foundation, Israeli Bi-national Grant program, Murdock Trust, Veteran's Medical Association).
Past Associate Editor of "Biology of Reproduction and Cell Biology Education/Life Sciences
Education.
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