Scientist, Chemist

EIMEAR MULLEN

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Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

Ph: 513-***-****

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northern Kentucky University

Assistant Professor Aug 2007 – April 2011

• Initiated and currently directing a molecular biology research program involving multiple researchers with various different levels of experience

• Research involving interactions of nutrients, the cardiovascular system and cancer

• Instructor BIO 360 Advanced Cell Biology, BIO 202 Microbiology

• Course coordinator and instructor BIO 126 Nutrition

• Teaching introductory general biology for majors and non majors (BIO 120 and BIO 150)

• Member of multiple departmental and university committees

Baylor College of Medicine, Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Lab of Dr Austin Cooney. Post-doctoral research Associate, November 2005-May 2007

• Involved in research investigating pluripotency in embryonic stem cells. Techniques used included

• Culture and maintenance of human and mouse embryonic stem cells

• Hybridoma culture and antibody production

• Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (FACs)

• Cloning and library production (yeast, E. coli)

• Enzyme/Kinase assays

• Cloning of pluripotency genes and real time PCR

• Development of bioinformatics tools related to stem cell genetic database for BCM.

• Member Executive Committee of the BCM Postdoctoral Association

University of Notre Dame

Teaching Assistant, Aug 2000 – Nov 2005

Schering Plough, Rathdrum Co. Wicklow IrelandSummer Internship, Quality Assurance Analyst, May 1999 – Aug 19

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Biological Sciences

Ph.D, Cell and Molecular Biology, October 2005

Advisor: Dr. Neil F. Shay

Thesis Title: The Effects of Soy Isoflavones on Cellular Sterol Regulation

University College Dublin

B.Sc., Cell and Molecular Biology, May 2000

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2003- Present Member American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

2003-2005 Member Executive Committee Student Interest Section ASN

2007- Present Member Kentucky Academy of Sciences (KAS)

PUBLICATIONS

Eimear Mullen, Rachel M. Brown, Timothy F. Osborne, and Neil F. Shay

Soy Isoflavones Affect Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins (SREBPs) and SREBP-Regulated Genes in HepG2 Cells

J. Nutr. 2004 134: 2942-2947

Orsolya Mezei, Yilan Li, Eimear Mullen, Jennifer Ross-Viola, Neil Shay

Dietary isoflavone supplementation modulates lipid metabolism via PPAR[alpha] dependent and independent mechanisms

Physiol Genomics 2006 Jun 16;26(1):8-14.

Eimear M. Mullen, Peili Gu and Austin J. Cooney Nuclear receptors in regulation of mouse ES cell pluripotency and differentiation. PPAR Research 2007.

GRANTS AWARDED

Northern Kentucky University Faculty Project Grant June $6000 2008-May 2009

Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network. $12,000 May 2008-April 2009

National Institutes of Health AREA 1R15HL09643-01 $150,000 April 2009-March 2012

Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructre Network $150,000 April 2009 – March 2012

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