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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
Rene J. Herrera
HOME ADDRESS:
26 San Sebastian Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Biology Department
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
TELEPHONE:
(305) 873-3686
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
renejustoherrera@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
Fordham University, N.Y.C.; Ph.D. (Biology/Genetics) June
1982
New York University, N.Y.C.; M.S. (Biology /Genetics) June,
1976
City College of CUNY, N.Y., N.Y.; B.S. (Biology/Genetics)
August, 1974
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: General Biology, Human Biology, Microbiology, Anatomy and
Physiology, General Genetics, Medical Genetics, Human Genetics, Biochemistry, Cytogenetics
Hematology, Clinical Chemistry.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: 1. Chromatin organization and function.
2. Structure of small nuclear RNA isiforms and middle repetitive
elements and their effect on gene regulation and development.
3. DNA fingerprinting in humans and strains of silk moth.
4. Molecular biology phylogeny of AIDS.
5. Human evolution, population genetics.
6. Legal forensic DNA fingerprinting.
7. Detection and treatment of autoimmune diseases.
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RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor, Colorado College, Colorado Spring, Colorado, USA.
Professor, University of Belgrade Medical School, Serbia.
Professor, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. 1986-2013.
Assistant Professor and Director of the "COMET" Minority Education Program,
Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester,
Massachusetts. 1985-1987.
Research Associate, Department of Anatomy, New York Medical College. Valhalla, New
York. 1984-1985.
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University. New York,
New York. 1982-1984.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Hostos Community College.
Bronx, New York. 1982-1985.
Coordinator, Medical Laboratory Technology Program, Division of Biological Sciences,
Hostos Community College. Bronx, New York. 1981-1982.
Adjunct Instructor, Division of Biological Sciences, Hostos Community College. Bronx, New
York. 1979-1991.
Teaching Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University. Bronx, New York.
1978-1982.
Graduate Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University. Bronx, New
York. 1977-1978.
Biochemist, Department of Anesthesiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center for Cancer
Research. New York, New York. 1976-1977.
Research Associate, Department of Biology, New York University. New York, New York.
1975-1976.
Research Assistant, Department of Human Nutrition, Columbia University. New York, New
York. 1973-1974.
Clinical Technologist Trainee, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center. New York, New York. 1972-1973.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
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Symposium Presentations:
Cellular Aging. Plenary Talk. First Technological and Aging Conference. Worcester,
Massachusetts. September 29, 1986.
Darwin, la Evolucion y el Evolucionismo. Plenary Talk. Instituto Jacques Maritain.
Miami, Florida. Fall 1987.
The Many Faces of Biotechnology. Plenary Talk. The 1988 Congress of Science
Teachers. Miami Beach, Florida. October 15, 1987.
Minorities: The Undergraduate Science Experience. Plenary Talk. National Advisory
Group to the National Science Foundation, Wingspread Conference Center.
Racine, Wisconsin. January 23, 1989.
DNA Probes in Biotechnology and Medicine. Plenary Talk. Florida Medical Technology
Joint Annual Convention. St. Petersburg, Florida. May 10-12, 1990.
Characterization of a Middle Repetitive Element and its Utilization as a Marker in DNA
Fingerprinting of Silk Moth Strains. Plenary Talk. First International Conference
on DNA Fingerprinting at the University of Berne. Berne, Switzerland. October
1, 1990.
Alu Insertion Polymorphisms in American Indian Populations. Plenary Talk. Second
International Conference on DNA Fingerprinting. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
October 1992.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions in Studies of Human Evolution. Plenary Talk. Sixteenth
International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. New Delhi,
India. 1994.
Studies of Mesoamerica Microevolution Using Human Specific Alu Polymorphisms.
Plenary Talk. Third International Conference on DNA Fingerprinting.
Hyderabad, India. 1994.
Polymorphic Alu Repetitive Elements as Molecular Markers for Human Identification
and Population Genetics. Plenary Talk. The Second Forensics Experts
Conference. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 1996.
Human Specific Polymorphic Alu Insertions Used as Markers for the Study of Genetic
Relationships of Indians Populations. Plenary Talk. Latin American Association
of Biological Anthropology. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1996.
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Symposium Presentations (Cont.):
Forensic Applications of Alu Insertions and STRs Markers. Plenary Talk. John Jay
College. New York, New York. 1996.
Studies of Indian populations using Human Specific (HS) Alu Polymorphic Insertions as
Genetic Marker. Plenary Talk. International Congress of Human Genetics. Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. 1996.
Recent Human Evolution According to Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary Talk.
International Council of Electrophoresis Societies. Seattle, Washington. 1997.
Polimorfismos de Insercion Alu y Heterogeidad Genetica. Plenary Talk. Primer Congreso
Iberico de Medicina Legal. Madeira, Portugal. 1997.
Phylogenetic Information From Genetic Distance Analyses. Plenary Talk. Cold Spring
Harbor Symposium on Human Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor, New York. 1997.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions and Population Genetic Heterogeneity. Plenary Talk. 17th
International ISFH Congress. Oslo, Norway. 1997.
The Use of Polymorphic Alu Insertions in Forensic Science. Plenary Talk. First
International Symposium of Human Identification. Santa Fe de Bogota,
Colombia. November 1997.
Distribution of DQA1, Polymarker and STR (CSF1PO, vWA, THO1, TPOX, D16S539,
D7S820, D13S317 and D5S818) Loci in East Bengal and Punjabi Populations.
Plenary Talk. Second European Symposium on Human Identifications.
Innsbruck, Australia. 1998.
Effects of Subpopulation Structure on Probability Calculations of DNA Profiles from
Forensic PCR Analysis. Plenary Talk. First Latin American Conference of
Forensics DNA Analyses. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 1999.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions and the Migration of Man to the New World. Plenary Talk.
First Latin American Conference of Forensics DNA Analyses. Buenos Aires,
Argentina. May 1999.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions: A New Methodological Alternative in Forensic Analyses,
Paternity Testing and Child Identification. Plenary Talk. Third Cambridge
Symposium of Forensic DNA Analyses. Tyrons Corner, Virginia. June 1999.
Recent Human Evolution According to Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary Talk. Ninth
Spanish Congress of Biological Anthropology. Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
September 1999.
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Symposium Presentations (Cont.):
Recent Human Evolution According to Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary Talk. Second
Congress of the Spanish Genetics Society. La Coruna, Spain. September 1999.
Alu Elements and the Human Genome. Plenary Talk. Georgia Genetics Symposium.
Athens, Georgia. 1999.
Phylogenetic Signals From Point Mutations and Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary
Talk. Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory meeting on Human Origins and Disease.
Cold Springs Harbor, New York. 2000.
Alu Insertion Polymorphisms Provide Information on Recent Human Evolution. Plenary
Talk. University of Miami Symposium Series. Miami, Florida. 2000.
Phylogenetic Relationships According To Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary Talk. 47th
Brazilian National Congress of Genetics. Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil. October
2001.
Developmental Expression of U1 And U2 Variants in the Silkmoth Bombyx mori.
Plenary Talk. 47th Brazilian National Congress of Genetics. Aguas de Lindoia,
Brazil. October 2001.
Genetic Studies of Ami Natives. Plenary Talk. 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific
Prehistory Association. Taipei, Taiwan. September 2002.
Small Nuclear RNA Variants in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. Plenary Talk.
First International Workshop of Lepidoptera Genomics. Tsukuba, Japan. October
2002.
Small Nuclear RNA Variant Expression During the Development Of The Silk Moth
Bombyx mori. Plenary Talk. 48th Brazilian National Congress of Genetics. Aguas
de Lindoia, Brazil. October 2002.
Recent Human Evolution According to Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and
Polymorphic Alu Insertions. Plenary Talk. 48th Brazilian National Congress of
Genetics. Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil. October 2002.
Developmental Expression of Small Nuclear RNA Isoforms in the Silk Moth Bombyx
mori. Plenary Talk. Lipidopteran Genome Project Meeting. Seoul, Korea.
December 2002.
From West Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Back: A Genetic Study Using Y
Chromosome Biallelic Markers. Human Origins and Disease. Cold Spring
Harbor, New York. 2002.
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Symposium Presentations (Cont.):
Isolation and Characterization of the U1 and U2 snRNA Variants Form the Larval Stage
Silk Stage of the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. 48th Brazilian National Congress of
Genetics. Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil. 2002.
From West Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Back: The Y-specific SNP Story. 48th
Brazilian National Congress of Genetics. Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil. 2002.
From West Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Back: The Y-specific SNP Story. Plenary
Talk. Human Haploid Genomes Meeting. Porto, Portugal. March 2003.
snRNA Variants’ Involvement in Differential Splicing. Plenary Talk. International
Symposium on the Insect Molecular Biology. Tokyo, Japan. October 2003.
snRNA Variants During Development. 3rd International Silk Conference. Vaudreuil
-Dorion, Quebec, Canada. 2003.
Polymorphic retroviruses insertions. Plenary Seminar. European Anthropological
Association, 14th Intl., Congress. September 2004
Spider silk production by silk moths. Plenary Seminar. Air Force Research Conference.
January 2005
Genetics studies of Ami Natives. Plenary Seminar. 14th Congress of the Indio-Pacific
Prehistory Association. Taipei, Taiwan. 2005
Spider silk production by silk moths. Plenary Seminar. Air Force Research Conference.
January 2006
On the Genetic Characteristics of the Austronesian Population. Plenary Seminar. 18th
Congress of the Indio-Pacific Prehistory Association. March 2006
Recent human evolution according to high resolution genetic markers. Plenary Seminar.
Comparative Immunology Symposium. April 2006
Out of Africa and Back. Plenary Seminar. Forensic Conference. Nova University.
January 2007
Spider silk production by silk moths. Plenary Seminar. Air Force Research Conference.
January 2007
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Invited Lectures:
Creation of a Bombyx mori Genomic Library and Isolation of U1 RNA Clones. The
Rockefeller University, Department of Cell Biology. New York, New York. Fall
1984.
Sequencing of a U1 RNA Gene from Silk Moth the Bombyx mori. New York Medical
College, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Valhalla, New York. Spring
1985.
Small Nuclear RNAs in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Department of Biology and Biotechnology. Worcester, Massachusetts. Fall
1985.
Small Nuclear RNAs in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori, Bm1 Repetitive Elements in the
Silk Moth Bombyx mori. Florida International University, Department of
Biological Sciences. Miami, Florida. Spring 1987.
RNA Splicing. Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences.
Miami, Florida. Fall 1987.
Small Nuclear RNAs in the Silk Moth, Bombyx mori. Tropical Research and Education
Center Series, IFAS. Homestead, Florida. Fall 1987.
Small Nuclear RNAs and the Bm-1 Family of Repetitive Elements in Bombyx mori.
Clark Atlanta University, Biology Department. Atlanta, Georgia. October 10,
1989.
An Incomplete Story of Bombyx mori and its Major Family of Middle Repetitive
Elements. Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences.
Miami, Florida. Fall 1989.
The Bm1 Family of Repetitive Elements in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. University of
Central Florida. Orlando, Florida. March 12, 1990.
Evolutionary Relationship Between U1 Genes and the Bm1 Family of Repetitive
Elements. The Rockefeller University, Department of Cell Biology. New York,
New York. May 15, 1990.
The Use of Alu Sequences as DNA Fingerprinting Markers in Human Populations. Life
Codes Corporation. Valhalla, New York. August 13, 1990.
Molecular Aspects of Gene Structure and Function. Florida International University,
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences. Miami, Florida. Fall 1990.
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Invited Lectures (Cont.):
Dimorphic Probes in DNA Fingerprinting. Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Centro
de Investigaciones Regionales. Yucatan, Mexico. February 25, 1991.
The Bm1 Middle Repetitive Element in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. Miami Children's
Hospital Conference. Miami, Florida. Fall 1992.
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction. Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami.
Miami, Florida. Fall 1992.
U1 RNA Isoforms in the Silk Moth Bombyx mori. University of Miami Medical Center.
Miami, Florida. February 8, 1993.
Biotechnology in the Future of a Democratic Cuba. National Association of Cuban
American Educators Conference. Miami, Florida. Fall 1993.
Genetic Markers in the Study of Human Evolution. MBRS Program Guest Lecture
Series. Barry University. Miami, Florida. 1995.
Alu Polymorphic Insertions as Genetic Markers for Medical and Evolutionary Studies.
Health Sciences Seminar Series. Florida International University. Miami, Florida.
1995.
On the Oriental Origin of Native American Populations. Distinguished Seminar Series of
IMBICE (Instituto Multidiciplinario de Biologia Celular). La Plata, Argentina.
1996.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions and the Oriental Origin of Native American Human
Populations. Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia. 1996.
Primary and Secondary Structure of Small Nuclear RNA Variants. New York University.
New York, New York. 1996.
U1 Small Nuclear RNA Variants and Spliceosomal Protein Isoforms in the Control of
Gene Expression. Fordham University. Bronx, New York. 1996.
On the Oriental Origin of Native American Populations. Institute of Medical Genetics.
Tomsk, Russia. 1996.
Polymorphic Alu Insertions in Basque Populations. Seminar Series at the Facultad de
Medicina y Odontologia. Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leida, Bizkaia. Bilbao,
Spain. 1996.
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Invited Lectures (Cont.):
Phylogenetic Relationships Among Worldwide and Native American Populations Using
Alu Repetitive Elements as Genetic Markers. The White Head Institute (MIT)
Seminar Series. Boston, Massachusetts. 1997.
To Clone or Not to Clone. Barry University. Miami, Florida. 1998.
The New Biology. Dade County Science Teachers Association. Miami, Florida. 1998.
Biogeography of Modern Human Populations. University of Oman, Oman. 1998.
Recent Human Evolution According to Polymorphic Alu Insertions. St. John University
Seminar Series. Jamaica, New York. 1998.
Small Nuclear RNAs and the Alu Family of Middle Repetitive Sequences. University of
Georgia. Athens, Georgia. 1998.
Recent Developments in Forensic DNA Analysis: Molecular Biology and Population
Genetics. Tanta University. Tanta, Egypt. 1998.
Alu Elements and the Human Genome. Georgia Genetics Symposium. Athens, Georgia.
1999.
Determination of a Common Genetic Variant of Luteinizing Hormone Using DNA
Hybridization and Immunoassays. IFCC WorldLab’99. Florence, Italy. 2000.
Alu Insertion Polymorphisms Provide Information on Recent Human Evolution.
University of Miami Symposium Series. Miami, Florida. 2000.
Small Nuclear RNAs in the Silk Gland of Bombyx mori. Dubai Federal Police, Forensic
Seminar Series. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. March 2002.
Recent Human Evolution, the Genetic Evidence. Dubai Federal Police, Forensic Seminar
Series. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. March 2002.
Small Nuclear RNA Isoforms in Bombyx mori. Bio-informatics Seminar Series.
Computer Science Department. Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
2003.
Recent Discoveries In World-Wide Human Migrations. Indian Academy of Science.
Lucknow, India. November, 2003.
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Invited Lectures (Cont.):
Y-Chromosome Haplogroups and Alu Polymorphic Insertions as Informative Markers for
Recent Human Evolution. Russian Academy of Science. Moscow, Russia.
December, 2003.
Phylogeny According to Forensic STR Technology. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Quantico, Virginia. January, 2004.
From Africa to the Arabia and back. Plenary Seminar. University of Greece. August
2004.
snRNA variants during development. Plenary Seminar. Colorado College. December
2004
Y-specific variants during development. Plenary Seminar. Russian Academy of Science.
November 2004
Recent human evolution according to high resolution genetic markers. Lecture,
University of Belgrade, July 2008
The peopling of the world. Lecture, National Forensic Center, University of Central
Florida, October 2012
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Miscellaneous Activities:
Associate Editor of Gene
Associate editor of Genetica.
Reviewer for NSF.
Reviewer for NIH.
Reviewer for the Journal of Heredity.
Reviewer for the Journal Genetica.
Reviewer for the Journal of Chromatography.
Reviewer for the Journal Biotechniques.
Reviewer for the High Tech Council Review Panel.
Reviewer for the 1989, 1990, 1991 Eastern Student Research Forum.
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Guest of over 50 television and radio programs.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Member of the National Advisory Group to Sigma Xi and the National Science Foundation, 1989
Member of the President's IQP Award Judging Committee (WPI), 1986
Presidential Scholarship (Fordham University), 1981-1982
Schering-Plough Foundation Fellowship (Fordham University), 1981-1982
Teaching Fellowship (Fordham University), 1978-1981
W. Alton Jones Fellowship to attend courses at the Cell Center, Lake Placid, New York, 19781980
Graduate Assistantship (Fordham University), 1977-1978
Robert Boone Stewart Memorial Trust Award (Fordham University), 1977-1978
Research Associate Fellowship (New York University), 1975-1976
National Institute of Health Fellowships (Albert Einstein Graduate School of Basic Medical
Sciences), 1974-1975
Member of Sigma Xi
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS:
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid (New York University)
Title: Alpha-amylase isozyme variation in species of the genus Xiphophorus (Pisces:
Poecilliidae): $500.00 (12/75-6/76).
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Energy Pre-Doctoral Contract Number T-296
Title: Spontaneous and induced frequencies of sister chromatid exchanges in several
mosquito cell lines: approx. $6,500.00 per year (7/11/80 - 7/11/82).
National Science Foundation
Title: Small Nuclear RNA Activity During Aging: $10,000.00 (11/1/86-4/31/88).
NIH - MBRS
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Title: Expression and Function of snRNA Isoforms During Development. Scientific
Merit Priority Score 147: $207,882 (1988-1991).
RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS (Cont.):
McKnight Faculty Development Fellowship
Release time funds for traveling to meetings and publication costs: $15,000 (1989-1990
academic year).
Minority Faculty Award
Title: Small Nuclear RNAs in Bombyx mori. Amounts Requested $550.00. Submitted
October 10, 1987; $300.00 Funded.
Faculty Enhancement Award
Title: Differential Expression of Small Nuclear RNAs in the Silk moth. Amount
Requested $850.00. Submitted October 10, 1987; $800 Funded.
Summer Research Appointment
Title: Bacteria-Detecting Biopolymers from Cells in Culture. Amount requested
$14,990.44. Submitted January 27, 1988; $6,450.00 Funded.
Computer Award
A Zenith 159-12 Personal Computer with dual floppy-disk drive, video monitor, and dotmatrix printer. 1989.
SEAGRANT
Title : DNA Fingerprinting for the Identification of Populations and Individuals of the
Commercial Sponge Hippidspongia lachne. $60,000.00 (1989-1990)
FASEB Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions Award
Funds to bring with all expenses paid and an honorarium Dr. Patricia Fail (Reproduction
Biologist).
NIGMS-MARC Award
To attend with two students the FASEB Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, April 2125, 1991. This award covers registration, travel, lodging and per diem for myself and two
students.
NIH Minority Biomedical Research Program
Title: Expression and Function of U1 RNA Isoforms During Development. $284,229.00
(1991-1995).
Institute of genetics, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia
Title: Amerindian DNA Fingerprinting Project: $14,500.00 (1995-2000).
NIH Minority Biomedical Research Program
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Title: Expression and Function of U1 RNA Isoforms During Development: $391,192.00
(Direct Costs; 1996-1999).
RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS (Cont.):
American Heart Association
Title: Stretch and Flow effects on Vascular Endothelial Cells: $350,000.00 (1997-2001)
In Collaboration with James Moore.
NIH Minority Biomedical Research Program
Title: Expression and Function of U1 RNA Isoforms During Development. Postdoctoral
salary: $70,000.00 (Direct Costs; 1997-1999).
NIH Minority Biomedical Research Program, SCORE Grant.
Title: Expression and Function of U1 RNA Isoforms During Development: $483,902
(Direct Costs; 2000-2004).
American Heart Association
Title: Stretch and Flow Effects on Vascular Endothelial Cells, $350,000.00 for
five years (1997-2001).
NIH
Title: Small nuclear RNA variants in developments: $450,000.00 (2004-2008)
Air Force
Title: Spider Silk in transgenic moth: $120,000.00 (2004-2007)
EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship (Recipient Mr. Jason Samoneli)
Title: Characterizing the role of FKBPs in splicing: implications for agricultural pest
control: Full tuition and $20,000/year stipend (2006-2010)
NIH
Title: Expression and Function of U1 RNA Isoforms During Development. Postdoctoral
salary: $1,000,000.00 (Direct Costs; 2008-2012).
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TRAINING GRANT AWARDS:
GTE Focus Program Grant
Title: "COMET"(Career Opportunities Merging Education and Technology). Grant for
Recruitment/Retention of Qualified Minority Students in Science, Engineering and Math
Disciplines: $30,000.00 (9/86 - 9/88).
Massachusetts Board of Regents for Higher Education Grant
Title: "COMET"(Career Opportunities Merging Education and Technology). Grant for
Recruitment/Retention of Qualified Minority Students in Science, Engineering and Math
Disciplines: $70,000.00 (9/86 - 9/87).
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TRAINING GRANT AWARDS (Cont.):
BRIN (Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network) (in collaboration with
Dr Montealegre and Ms. Edu Suarez, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto
Rico) Title: Environmental allergen source detection using mitochondrial DNA primers
and PCR technology. $20,000.00 (Direct Costs) (2002 – 2003).
Ponce School of Medicine Research Support (in collaboration with Dr. Montealegre
and Ms. Edu Suarez, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico) Title:
Sequencing of 12 S mitochondrial ribosomal DNA and the phylogeny of mites.
$12,000.00 (Direct Costs). (2002-2003).
Private Donation
Title: Colombian Indian DNA Fingerprinting Project $10,000.00 for 2002-2004.
THESES AND DISSERTATION:
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Ph.D. - Cytological, Cytogenetic, and Biochemical Studies on Several Cell Lines.
Dissertation and Thesis, Fordham University. Mentor: Dr. Asit B. Mukherjee.
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M.S. - Genetic Variation of an Alpha-Amylase in Four Species of Xiphophorus (Pisces:
Poecihidae). Thesis, New York University. Mentor: Dr. Richard Borowsky.
REFERENCES:
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Dr. Asit B. Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham
University. Bronx, New York 10458. Phone: (212) 579-2565. (Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor).
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Dr. Abraham W. Hsie, Professor, Dept. Of Preventive Medicine & Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, Texas 77550. Phone: (409) 761-1803
(Ph.D. Committee Member).
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Dr. Anthony R. Cashmore, Director, Plant Molecular Biology Division, University of
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6018. Phone (215) 898-9383.
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CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
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Herrera, R.J. and Mukherjee, A.B. (1979). A comparison of the electrophoretic patterns
of isozymes in several insect cell lines. J. Cell. Biol. 83: 452.
2.
Mukherjee, A.B. and Herrera, R.J. (1983). Clastogen-induced frequencies of sister
chromatid exchanges (SCES) in a cell line of the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. J. Cell.
Biol. 97: 474.
3.
Herrera, R.J., Adams, D.S., and Lizardi, P.M. (1986). Creation of a Bombyx mori
genomic library and isolation, sequencing and analysis of a genomic member of the Bm2
family of repetitive elements. Fed. Proc. 45: 1880.
4.
Mukherjee, A.B., Herrera, R.J., and Cheetham, J.M. (1986). Disproportional distribution
of sister chromatid exchanges (SCES) in chromosomes of Aedes albopictus cells in
culture. Fed. Proc. 45: 1952.
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Adams, D.S., Eickbush, T.H., Herrera, R.J., and Lizardi, P.M. (1986). A highly reiterated
family of transcribed, oligo (A)- terminated, interspersed DNA elements in the genome of
Bombyx mori. Fed. Proc. 45: 1880.
6.
Wang, J. and Herrera, R.J. (1986). Identification, restriction enzyme analysis and
sequencing of a genomic DNA fragment containing a U1 RNA gene from Bombyx mori.
J. Cell. Biol. 103: 183.
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Herrera, R.J., Mukherjee, A.B., and Cheetham, J.M. (1986). Distribution of sister
chromatid exchanges (SCES) "hot" and "cold" spots along the chromosomes of Aedes
albopiclus cells in culture. J. Cell. Biol. 103: 493.
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Wang J., Galleno, R.E., Olano, C.J., and Herrera R.J. (1988). Sequence comparison of
several U1 RNA pseudogenes from Bombyx mori. International Congress of Genetics.
Toronto, Canada.
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Wang J., Galleno, R.E., Olano, C.J., and Herrera R.J. (1988). U1 RNA genes from the
silk moth, Bombyx mori. The 1988 Albany Conference: RNA Catalysis, Splicing and
Evolution.
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Gao, G.P., Soto, J.L., Cantave, J.G., Vega, L.R., and Herrera, R.J. (1989). Analysis of
Bm1 middle repetitive element transcripts from Bombyx mori. Molecular Evolution
Conference, UCLA Symposia of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Soto, J.L., Gao, G.P., Cantave, J.G., Vega, L.R. and Herrera, R.J. (1989). Different
populations of Bm1 middle repetitive element transcripts are found in the nucleus and
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cytoplasm of Bombyx mori cells in culture. The First U.S.-Japan Symposium on
Biotechnology. St. Petersburg, Florida.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
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Jarosz, D., Weathers, P., Orlic, D., and Herrera, R.J. (1989). Biochemical and electron
microscopic characterization of viruses in the Aedes albopictus cell line C6/36. The First
U.S.-Japan Symposium on Biotechnology. St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Cantave, J.G., Gao, G.P., Soto, J.L., Vega, L.R., and Herrera, R.J. (1989). Size
determination and processing of nuclear and cytoplasmic transcripts from the Bm1 family
of moderately repetitive sequences. Genetics Society of America Conference. Atlanta,
Georgia.
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Vega, L.R., Gao, G.P., Soto, J.L., Cantave, J.G., and Herrera, R.J. (1989). RNA
processing kinetics as observed during pulse-chase experiments for the Bm1 transcripts.
MBRS-MARC Programs Meeting. Houston, Texas.
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Belony, P., Vega, L.R., Soto, J.L. and Herrera, R.J. (1990). Greater abundance of Bm1
transcripts in the cytoplasm, their RNA polymerase II dependency and 5’ controlling
elements contrast with other middle repetitive elements from families. American Society
for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
16.
Herrera, R.J. (1990). Characterization of a middle repetitive element and its utilization as
a marker in DNA fingerprinting of silk moth strains. First International Conference on
DNA fingerprinting. Berne, Switzerland.
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Gao, G.P., Vega, L., Belony, P., Soto, J.L., and Herrera, R.J. (1990). Evolution and
transcription of the Bm1 middle repetitive element family. Cold Spring Harbor
Symposium on RNA Processing. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
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Winkle, S.A., Sheardy, R.D., Kwok, Y., Vega L., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). DNA
structural peculiarities: carcinogen binding sites and B-Z junctions. The FASEB 75th
Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia.
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Gao, G.P., Vega, L. Belony, P., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). RNA polymerase II dependency
of Bm1 transcripts, their greater cytoplasmic abundance, and dramatic enrichment in poly
A+ RNA and polysomal RNA fractions argue for their potential function in translation.
The FASEB 75th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia.
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Vega, L.R., Amengual, J., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). Preliminary evidence shows a U1
snRNA pseudogene acts as master sequence for other pseudogenes. NIH-MBRS
Symposium. Washington D.C.
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Gonzalez, T., Novick G.E., Batzer, M.A., Deininger, P.L., and Herrera, R.J. (1991).
Studies on recent human evolution and migration patterns using Alu insertion and poly A
track polymorphisms. NIH-MBRS Symposium. Washington D.C.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
22.
Gao, G., Belony, P., Su, Q., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). In vivo expression of exogenous
Bm1 repetitive elements and its effects on transcriptional activity in BmN cells, a
Bombyx mori cell line. The FASEB 75th Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia.
23.
Vega, L., Elefant, F., Gao, J.P., Khu, K.B., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). Isolation and
sequence characterization of U1 RNA genes from the silk moth Bombyx mori. The Cold
Spring Harbor RNA Processing Meeting. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
24.
Gao, G., Vega, L., Belony, P., Su, Q., and Herrera, R.J. (1991). Possible involvement of
the Bm1 repetitive element transcripts in translation and/or mRNA stability. The Cold
Spring Harbor RNA Processing Meeting. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
25.
Faleiro, L.V., Herrera, R.J., and Tracey, M.L. (1991). Using simulation to teach
Mendelian genetics. Third International Consortium on Research in Science and
Mathematics Education. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
26.
Vega, L.R., Amengual, J., Belony, P., Gao, J.P., and Herrera, R.J. (1992). U1 snRNA
processed pseudogenes from Bombyx mori have identical 3'truncation site. RNA
Processing Meeting, Centennial Conferences. Keystone, Colorado.
27.
Perez-Borroto, S., Gonzalez, T., Novick, G.E., Batzer, M.A., Deininger, P.L., and
Herrera, R.J. (1992). Insertional analysis and sequencing of Alu repetitive elements.
Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in
Science. San Antonio, Texas.
28.
Novick, G.E., Garrison, J., Gonzalez, T., Novick, C.P., Batzer, M.A., Deininger, P.L.,
and Herrera, R. J. (1992). The use of human specific Alu insertions as DNA
fingerprinting markers. Third Annual Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute
Symposium. Miami, Florida.
29.
Steuerwald, N., Belony, P., Amengual, J., and Herrera, R.J. (1992). Quantitation of X and
Y bearing sperms in humans. Third Annual Miami Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Symposium. Miami, Florida.
30.
Steuerwald, N., Belony, P., Amengual, J., and Herrera, R.J. (1993). Quantitative PCR
using human X and Y sequences. The 1993 UCLA/UCI AIDS Symposium on “Gene
Therapy Approaches to Treatment of HIV-1 Infection”. Palm Springs, California.
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31.
Steuerwald N., Belony P., Amengual, J., and Herrera R.J. (1993). Quantitative PCR from
X and Y bearing human spermatozoa. Miami Children's Hospital. Miami, Florida.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
32.
Novick G.E., Garrison J., Novick C.C., Gonzalez, T., Batzer M.A., Deininger, P.L., and
Herrera R.J. (1993). The use of human specific Alu polymorphisms as DNA
fingerprinting markers. Miami Children's Hospital Symposium. Miami, Florida.
33.
Novick, G.E., Novick, C.C., Garrison J., Ramudo, A., Menendez, C.M., Batzer M.A.,
Deininger P.L., and Herrera R.J. (1993). Study of Amerindian evolution using human
specific Alu insertions. American Society for Cell Biology. Annual Meeting. New
Orleans, Louisiana.
34.
Defreitas, F. and Herrera R.J. (1993). Small nuclear RNA isolation from Bombyx mori.
American society for Cell Biology. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
35.
Amengual, J., Steurewald, N., Belony, P., and Herrera, R.J. (1993). Sex ratio
determination of human spermatozoa in semen by means of quantitative PCR. American
Society for Cell Biology. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
36.
Steuerwald, N., Lambert, H., Steinleitner, A.J., and Herrera R.J. (1993). Genetic
screening by multiplex PCR amplification of alphoid repeat sequences from single cells.
American Society for Cell Biology. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
37.
Novick, C.C., Novick, G.E., Resnick, L., and Herrera R.J. (1993). New approach for
quantitative PCR amplification of HIV-I DNA and RNA species. American Society for
Cell Biology. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
38.
Batzer, M.A., Alegria-Hartman, M., Kass, D.H., Novick, G.E., Ioannou, P.A., Herrera, R.
J., Stoneking, M., and Deininger, P.L. (1993). Alu repeats as markers for human
population genetics. American Association of Biochemistry Meeting and Molecular
Biology. Annual Meeting.
39.
Batzer, M.A., Alegria-Hartman, M., Bazan H., Kass, D.H., Novick, G.E., Ioannou, P.A.,
Boudreau, D.A., Scheer, W.D., Herrera, R.J., Stoneking, M., and Deininger, P.L. (1993).
Alu repeats as markers for human population genetics. American Society for Human
Genetics. Annual Meeting.
40.
Steuerwald, N., Lainbert, H., Steinleitner A.J., and Herrera R.J. (1993). Single cell PCR
as a model system for preimplantation diagnosis. Short paper for press release from the
American Society for Cell Biology.
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41.
Batzer, M.A., Alegria-Hartman, M., Kass, D.H., Aleman C., Novick, G.E., Herrera, R.J.,
Stoneking, M., and Deininger P.L. (1994). Alu repeats as markers for human population
genetics. In SINES, LINEs and Retrotransposable Elements: Functional Implications.
Promega meeting.
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42.
Batzer, M., Stoneking, M., Herrera, R.J., and Deininger P.L. (1994). Distribution of
recently inserted Alu repeats. European Society of Human Genetics. Twenty-sixth
Annual meeting.
43.
Batzer M.A., Stoneking M., Herrera R.J., and Deininger P.L. (1994). Alu Repeats: A
novel source of human genetic variation. English Speaking Working Group of the ISFH.
44.
Batzer, A., Stoneking, M., Herrera, R.J., and Deininger, L. (1994). Alu repeats as markers
for human population genetics. In New Dimensions in Genetic Analysis, ABI.
45.
Steuerwald, N., Lambert, H., Herrera, R.J., Lareau, M., and Steinleinter, A.J. (1994).
Multiplex PCR amplification in mouse as a model for preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
American Society for Cell Biology. Annual meeting. San Francisco, California.
46.
Novick, C.C., Martinez, K., Davis, J.M., Batzer, M. A., Deininger, P. L., and Herrera, R.
J. (1994). Polymorphic Alu insertions among Colombian Indians. Miami Children's
Hospital Symposium. Miami, Florida.
47.
Amengual, J., Steuerwald, N., and Herrera, R.J. (1994). Quantification of X- and Ybearing sperm by PCR before and after sex selection. Miami Children’s Hospital
Symposium. Miami, Florida.
48.
De Freitas, F., Perera, E., and Herrera, R.J. (1994). Isolation and characterization of
Bombyx mori U1 small nuclear RNA genes from cDNA library. Miami Children's
Hospital. Miami, Florida.
49.
Novick, G.E. and Herrera, R.L. (1995). El uso de inserciones polimorficas en el estudio
de poblaciones humanas. Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Criminalistica y
Criminologia. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
50.
Herrera, R.J. and Novick, G.E. (1995). Human population genetics according to Alu
polymorphic insertions. Sixteenth International Congress of the International Society for
Forensic Haemogenetics. Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
51.
Yunis, J.J., Suarez, A., Ossa, H., Herrera, R.J., and Yunis, E. (1996). Typing for Alu
insertions in paternity disputes in Colombia. European Congress of Human Genetics.
Toulouse, France.
52.
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53.
Novick, G.E., Antunez de Mayolo, P., Yunis, J., Yunis, E., and Herrera, R.J. (1996).
Polymorphic Alu insertions in eight Colombian Amerindian tribes. European Congress of
Human Genetics. Toulouse, France.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
54.
Antunez de Mayolo, P., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Novick, G.,
Thomas, E., Gallo, J., Papiha S.S., Hammer, M.F., Yunis, J., Yunis, E., Darnodaran, C.,
Karutha, S., Batzer, M.A., and Herrera R.J. (1996). Studies of Indian populations using
Human Specific (HS) Alu polymorphic insertions as genetic markers. International
Congress of Human Genetics. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
55.
Antunez de Mayolo, P., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo G., Novick, G.,
Thomas, E., Gallo, J., Papiha, S.S., Hammer, M.F., Yunis, J., Yunis, E., Darnodaran, C.,
Karutha, S., Batzer, M.A., and Herrera, R.J. (1996). Human specific (HS) polymorphic
Alu insertions used as markers for the study of genetic relationships of Indian
populations. Latin American Association of Biological Anthropology. Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
56.
Novick, G.E., Antunez de Mayolo, P., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo, A.,
Novick, C., Deininger, P.L., Stoneking, M., Batzer, M., and Herrera, R.J. (1996).
Polymorphic Alu repetitive elements as molecular markers for human identification and
population genetics. The Second Forensics Experts Conference. Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
57.
Thomas E., Gallo, J., Laber, T., Duncan, G., Al Khayat, A.Q., Tahir, M.A., Novick, G.E.,
and Herrera, R.J. (1996). Effect of subpopulation structures in forensic PCR analysis. The
Second Forensics Experts Conference. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
57.
Sierra-Montes J., Paz M., and Herrera R.J. (1996). U1 and U2 snRNA variants in Bombyx
mori. National Minority Research Symposium. Miami, Florida.
58.
Gallo, J.C., Thomas, E., Duncan, G., Novick, G.E., and Herrera, R.J. (1996). Effects of
subpopulation structures on probability calculations of DNA profiles from forensic PCR
analysis. National Minority Research Symposium. Miami, Florida.
59.
Sierra-Montes, J., Paz, M. and Herrera, R.J. (1996). Isolation and characterization of U1
and U2 snRNA variants in the silk moth Bombyx mori. Sixth International Congress for
Cell Biology and Thirty-sixth American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting. San
Francisco, California.
60.
Antunez de Mayolo, P., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Novick, G.,
Papiha, S.S., Hammer, M.F., Yunis, E., Damodaran, C., Batzer, M.A., and Herrera, R. J.
(1996). Phylogenetic relationships among world populations using Alu repetitive
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elements as genetic markers. Sixth International Congress for Cell Biology and Thirtysixth American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
61.
Gallo, J.C., Thomas, E., Duncan, G., Novick, G.E., and Herrera, R.J. (1996). Likelihood
calculations of DNA profiles from forensic PCR analysis. Sixth International Congress
for Cell Biology and Thirty-sixth American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting.
San Francisco, California.
62.
York D. and Herrera, R.J. (1997). Phylogenetic information from genetic distance
analyses. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium of Human Evolution. Cold Spring Harbor,
New York.
63.
Herrera R.J. (1997). Phylogenetic relationships among American Natives according to
polymorphic Alu insertions. First International Symposium on Human Identification.
Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia.
64.
Herrera, R.J. (1997). Likelihood calculations of DNA profiles from forensic PCR
analysis. First International Symposium of Human Identification. Santa Fe de Bogota,
Colombia.
65.
Sierra-Montes, J. and Herrera, R.J. (1997). Analysis of U1 and U2 snRNA genes of the
silkworm Bombyx mori. American Society for Human Genetics Meeting. Baltimore,
Maryland.
66.
Ittah A. and Herrera, R.J. (1997). Differential gene expression of spliceosomal proteins
and isoforms N, B and B’ in various tissues from Prader-Willi Syndrome and normal
individuals. American Society for Human Genetics Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.
67.
Herrera, R.J., Thomas E., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Papiha, S.S.
Hammer, M.F., Damodaran, C., Yunis, E., Batzer, M.A., and Novick, G. (1997). Recent
human evolution according to polymorphic Alu insertions. International Council of
Electrophoresis Societies. Seattle, Washington.
68.
Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo A., Novick G., Papiha, S.S., Hammer, M.
F., Yunis, E., Damodaran, C., York, D., Andino, L.M., Szmulewicz, M.N., Reategui, E.,
and Herrera, R.J. (1997). Phylogenetic relationships among world populations using Alu
repetitive elements as genetic markers. American Society for Human Genetics Meeting.
Baltimore, Maryland.
69.
Thomas E. and Herrera, R.J. (1997). Multiplex PCR of Alu insertions polymorphisms.
American Society for Human Genetics Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.
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70.
Martinez de Pancorbo, M., Lopez, M., Castro, A., Fernandez- Fernandez, I., Garcia Orad,
A., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo, P. and Herrera,
R.J. (1997). Polymorphic Alu insertions and population genetic heterogeneity.
Seventeenth International ISFH Congress. Oslo, Norway.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
71.
Martinez de Pancorbo, M., Lopez, M., Castro, A., Fernandez-Fernandez, I., Garcia-Orad,
A., Antunez de Mayolo G., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo, P., and Herrera,
R.J. (1997). Polimorfismos de insercion Alu y heterogeneidad genetica. Primer Congreso
Iberico de Medicina Legal. Maderia, Portugal.
72.
Tahir, M.A. and Herrera, R.J. (1998). Distribution of DQA1, Polymarker and STR
(CSF1PO, vWA, THO1, TPOX, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317 and D5S818) loci in East
Bengali and Punjabi populations. Second European Symposium on Human Identification.
Innsbruck, Austria.
73.
Sierra-Montes, J.M. and Herrera, R.J. (1998). U1 and U2 snRNA variants in Bombyx
mori. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
74.
Rodriguez, S., Kairo, A.K., Murza, B., Fragoso, M., and Herrera, R.J. (1998). Nuclear
Protein-U1 Small Nuclear RNA Interactions. Cold Spring Harbor, Dynamic Organization
of Nuclear Function Meeting. Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
75.
Rodriguez, S., Husseini, S., and Herrera, R.J. (1999). Differential interaction between U1
and U2 variants with snRNP and spliceosomal proteins. 39th American Society for Cell
Biology Meeting, Washington D.C.
76.
Fragoso, M.A., Sit, S., Walsh, P., Szmulewicz, M.N., Herrera, R.J., and Moore, J.E. Jr.
(1999). The effects of mechanical stress on the behavior of vascular endothelial cells. 39th
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, Washington D.C.
77.
Sierra-Montes, J.M., Freund, A., and Herrera, R.J. (1999). Late fifth instar larval stage
U1 and U2 snRNA isoforms from the silk gland of the Bombyx mori silkworm. 39th
American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, Washington D.C.
78.
Reategui, E.P., Andino, L.M., and Herrera, R.J. (1999). New polymorphic Alu insertions
support out of Africa hypothesis. 39th American Society for Cell Biology Meeting,
Washington D.C.
79.
Rowold, D.J. and Herrera, R.J. (1999). Inferring phylogenies from forensic STR data.
39th American Society for Cell Biology Meeting, Washington D.C.
80.
Rodriguez, S., Husseini, S., and Herrera, R.J., (2000). Differential interaction between U1
and U2 variants with snRNP and spliceosomal proteins. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
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81.
Freund, A.V., Sierra-Montes, J.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2000). Novel U12 snRNA isoforms
from the silk gland of the Bombyx Mori silk moth: evolution of the form of eukaryotic
regulation for the splicing of rare introns. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on
Human Origins and Disease, NY.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
82.
Mateus Pereira, L.H., Fernandez, I., Freitas, L.B., Batzer, M.A., Herrera, R.J., Bonatto,
S.L., and Salzano, F.M. (2000). Insertion polymorphism of long interspersed nuclear
elements (LINEs) and the genetic variability of Native American populations and other
related groups. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease,
NY.
83.
Sierra-Montes, J.M., Rowold, D.J., and Herrera, R.J. (2000). To splice or not to splice?
An evolutionary question concerning snRNAs and their applicability to phylogenetic
analyses. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
84.
Ruiz, L.M., Szmulewicz, M.N., Reategui, E.P., Hussini, S., and Herrera, R.J. (2000).
Worldwide human population genetic data indicates a variable ratio of SNP in the
multiple copies of the DAZ gene in the Y chromosome. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
85.
Rojas, D.P., Mateus Pereira, L.H., Swergold, G.D., Stoneking, M., Batzer, M., Bonatto,
S.L., Salzano, F.M., Hammer, M.F., and Herrera, R.J. (2000). Mitochondrial DNA,
polymorphic Alu and LINE insertions in 8000 year old samples from Native American
brain tissue. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease,
NY.
86.
Fragoso, M.A., Moreno, M., Sit, S., Walsh, P.W., Restrepo, S., Szmulewicz, M.N.,
Herrera, R.J., and Moore, J.E. Jr. (2000). The effects of mechanical stress on the
expression of endothelin-1 and prostacyclin in vascular endothelial cells. Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
87.
York, D.S., Blum, V., Low J., Rowold, D.J., Puzyrev, V., Saliukov, V., Odinokova, O.,
and Herrera, R.J. (2000). Phylogenetic signals from point mutations and polymorphic Alu
insertions. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
88.
Herrera, R.J. (2000). Determination of a Common Genetic Variant of Luteinzing
Hormone Using DNA Hybridization and Immunoassays. IFCC WorldLab’99. Florence,
Italy.
89.
Terreros, M.C., Rojas, D., Mateus-Pereira, L., Rodriguez, J., Popovich, N., Adrien, L.R.,
Ruiz, L.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2001). Alu insertions polymorphisms and human genetic
diversity: an analysis in African populations. 47th National Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
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90.
Terreros, M.C., Rojas, D., Mateus-Pereira, L., Rodriguez, J., Popovich, N., Adrien, L.R.,
Ruiz, L.M., and Herrera, R.J. Human evolution and Bantu migration: an analysis of Alu
insertion polymorphisms. American Journal of Human Genetics 2001 Annual Meeting,
Vol. 69; Num. 2
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
91.
Rojas, D., Mateus Pereira, L.H., Fernandez, I., Terreros, M.C., Socorro, A., Herrera, R.J.,
and Huffman, T. The relationship of apolipoprotein E and ACE with coronary heart
disease among southwest Hispanics, Africans Americans, and Caucasians. American
Journal of Human Genetics 2001 Annual Meeting, Vol. 69; Num. 2
92.
Rojas, D., Huffman, T., and Herrera, R.J. The relationship of ACE and lipids to coronary
heart disease among tri-ethnic college students. ABRCMS 2001 Annual Meeting.
93.
Mateus Pereira L.H., Fernandez I., Socorro A., Masleh M., Swergold G.D., Stoneking
M., Batzert M.A., Herrera R.J., Bonatto S.L., and Salzano F.M. (2001). LINEs and the
genetic variability of Native Americans and other related populations. 47th National
Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
94.
Mateus Pereira L.H., Fernandez I., Freitas L.B., Swergold G.D., Stoneking M, Batzert
M.A., Bonatto S.L., Salzano F.M., and Herrera R.J. Long Interspersed Elements (LINEs)
and the Genetic Variability of Native American populations and other related
Populations. American Journal of Human Genetics 2001 Annual Meeting, Vol. 69; Num.
2.
95.
Rowold D.J. and Herrera R.J. Inferring phylogenies from forensic STR data. (2001). 47th
National Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
96.
Smith P.A., Evdokimova V.N., and Herrera R.J. An approach to defining expression
ratios of the ANRPN/B/B’ members of the Sm family of spliceosomal proteins.
American Journal of Human Genetics 2001 Annual Meeting, Vol. 69; Num. 2.
97.
Smith P.A., Herrera R.J., and Evdokimova V.N. Expression profiles of the spliceosomal
proteins SmB, SmB’, and SmN. ABRCMS 2001 Annual Meeting
98.
Sierra Montes J.M., Freund A., and Herrera R.J. U1 and U2 snRNA isoforms from the
silkgland of the silkworm Bombyx mori. American Journal of Human Genetics 2001
Annual Meeting, Vol. 69; Num. 2
99.
Ruiz L.M., Szmulewicz M.N., and Herrera R.J. Variable ratios of SNPs in copies of the
DAZ gene in the Y chromosome. ABRCMS 2001 Annual Meeting
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100.
Socorro A., Herrera R.J., Mateus-Pereira L.H., Fernandez I., Masleh M., Swergold G.D.,
Stoneking M., Batzer M.A., Bonatto S.L., and Salzano F.M. Genetic variability of
Native Americans and related groups using LINEs. ABRCMS 2001 Annual Meeting
101.
Freund A.V., Sierra-Montes J.M., and Herrera R.J. (2001). Novel U12 snRNA isoforms
from the silkgland of the Bombyx mori silkmoth: evolution of another form of eukaryotic
regulation for the splicing of rare introns. 47th National Congress of Genetics, Brazil
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
102.
Sierra-Montes J.M., Rowold D.J., Herrera R.J. (2001). To splice or not to spice? An
evolutionary question concerning snRNAs and their applicability to phylogenetic
analyses. 47th National Congress of Genetics, Brazil
103.
Rodriguez S., Hussini S., and Herrera R.J. (2001). Differential interactions between U1
and U2 variants with snRNP and spliceosomal proteins. 47th National Congress of
Genetics, Brazil.
104.
Reategui E., Andino L., and Herrera R.J. (2001). New polymorphic Alu insertions
support out of Africa hypothesis. 47th National Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
105.
Szmulewicz M.N., Ruiz L.M., and Herrera R.J. (2001). Single nucleotide variant in
multiple copies of a DAZ sequence: a human Y chromosome quantitative polymorphism.
47th National Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
106.
Szmulewicz, M.N., Bertrand, R., and Herrera, R.J. The Ami natives of Formosa
according to six STR loci. Midwest College Consortium 2001 Meeting. Washington
University, St. Louis, MI.
107.
Socorro, A., Mateus-Pereira, L.H., Fernandez, I., Masleh, M., Vidal, D., Bonatto, S.L.,
Salzano, F.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2002). Inferring affinities among Native Americans and
Asiatic populations the combined use of polymorphic L1 and polymorphic Alu insertions.
Human Origins and Disease, NY.
108.
Terreros, M.C., Rojas, D., Mateus-Pereira, L., Luis, J.R., Reategui, E.P. Lowery, R., R.,
Rodriquez, M., Vidal, D., Vereka, L., Alfonso, W., and Herrera, R.J. (2002). Genetic
diversity in african populations according to PAIs. Human Origins and Disease, NY.
109.
Martinez, L., Sierra-Montes, J.M., Pereira-Simon, S., Reategui, E.P., and Herrera, R.J.
Superimposing polymorphism: the case of a point mutation within a polymorphic Alu
insertion. Cold Spring Laboratory Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
110.
Zhivotovsky, Lev A., Morar, B., Underhill, P.A., Gresham, D., Kivisild, T., Cinnioglu, C.
Herrera, R.J., Yong, K.K., Tournev, I., Feldman, M.W., and Kalaydjieva, L. (2002). On
the “evolutionary” mutation rate at Y chromosome STRs. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting
on Human Origins and Disease. NY.
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111.
Terreros, M.C., Rojas, D., and Herrera, R.J. (2002). Subpopulation structure among the
Mayans. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Human Origins and Disease, NY.
112.
Reategui, E.P., Luis, J.R., Prats-Lopez, T., and Herrera, R.J. (2002). snRNA U1 and U2
isoforms and RNA splicing. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Human Origins and Disease,
NY.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.):
113.
Socorro, A., Mateus-Pereira, L., Fernandez, I., masleh, M. Vidal, D., Bonatto, S.L.,
Salzano, F.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2002). Distribution and frequency of two new
polymorphic long interspersed elements (LINEs) in human populations. The 48th
Brazilian National Congress of Genetics, Brazil.
114.
Sierra-Montes, J.M., Pereira-Simon, S., Ayesh, K., and Herrera, R.J. (2003). U6 small
nuclear RNA variants in the silk moth Bombyx Mori. XIX International Congress of
Genetics, Australia.
115.
Mateus-Pereira, L., Socorro, A., Bonatto, S.L., Salzano, F.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2003).
Phylogenetic information in polymorphic L1 and Alu insertions from East Asians and
Native American populations. XIX International Congress of Genetics, Australia.
116.
Luis-Rodriguez, J., Rowold, D.J., Regueiro, M., Caeiro, B., and Herrera, R.J. (2003).
Geographical distribution of Y-SNP haplotypes in sub-Saharan Africa. XIX International
Congress of Genetics, Australia.
117.
Rojas D.P., Terreros, M.C., and Herrera R.J. (2003). Subpopulation structure among
Mayans. XIX International Congress of Genetics, Australia.
118.
Terreros, M.C., Rojas, D.P., Mateus-Pereira, L., Rodriguez L., and Herrera, R.J. (2003).
Genetic history of modern humans according to polymorphic Alu insertions. XIX
International Congress of Genetics, Australia.
119.
Lowery, R. and Herrera, R.J. (2004). Polymorphic retroviruses insertions. European
Anthropological Association, 14th Intl., Congress. September 2004
121.
Herrera, R.J. (2005). Genetic Studies of Ami Natives. 14th Congress of the Indio-Pacific
Prehistory Association. Taipei, Taiwan.
122.
Herrera, R.J. (2006). On the Genetic Characteristics of the Austronisian Population. 18th
Congress of the Indio-Pacific Prehistory Association, Congress. March 2006.
123.
Lacau, H., Bukhari, A., Gayden T., La Salvia J., Stojkovic O., and Herrera R.J. (2010).
Y-STR profiling in Afghanistan populations. June, 2010.
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Lorenzo, E., Herrera, R.J., Shenhan, L., Fischl M.A., and Hill M.D. (1996). The TAT
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Bailliet, G., Bravi, C.M., Catanesi, C.I., Martinez-Marignac, V.L., Vidal-Rioja, L.B.,
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Nilsson, C., Jian, M., Patterson,K., Iitia, A., Makela, M., Eastael, S., Herrera, R. J., and
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Bianchi, N.O., Cattiness, C.I., Bailed, G., Martinez- Marignac, V.L., Vidal-Rioja, L.B.,
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Szmulewicz, M.N., Andino, L.M., Reategui, E.P., Wooley- Baker, T., Disotell, T.R., and
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Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Thomas, E., Reategui, E.P., Brown,
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Steuerwald, N., Cohen, J., Herrera R.J., and Brenner, C.A., (1999). Analysis of Gene
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York, D.S., Blum, V., Low J., Rowold D.J., and Herrera, R.J. (1999). Comparison of
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Tahir , M.A., Herrera, R.J., Sudhir, S., Amar A.K., Kashyap, V.K., Duncan, G., Barna,
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Steuerwald, N., Cohen, J., Herrera, R.J., and Brenner, C.A. (2000). Quantification of
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Steuerwald, N., Cohen, J., Herrera, R.J., Sandalinas, M., and Brenner, C.A. (2001).
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48.
Lorenzo, E., Collins, T., Fisher, E., and Herrera R.J. (2001). New Tat sequences support
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49.
Tahir, M. A., Balamurugan, K., Tahir, U.A., Amjad, M., Owan, M., Chaudhary, O.R.,
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Martinez de Pancorbo, M., Lopez, M., Martinezz-Bouzas, C., Castro, A., FernandezFernandez, I., Antunez de Mayolo, G., Antunez de Mayolo, A., Antunez de Mayolo, P.,
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Szmulewicz, M.N., Ruiz, L.M., Reategui, E.P., Hussini, S., and Herrera, R.J. (2002).
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53.
Jiang, M., Lamminen, Pakarinen, P., Hellman, J. Manna, P., Herrera, R.J., and
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pathway and attenuation of the adenylate cyclase pathway by recombinant variant
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Sewerin, B., Cuza, F.J. Szmulewicz, M.N., Rowold, D.J., Bertrand, R.L., and Herrera
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Lamminen, T., Jiang, M., Manna, P.R., Pakarinen, P., Simonsen, H., Herrera, R.J. and
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Luis, J. R., Dios, S., Carril, J.R., Herrera, R.J. and Caeiro, B. (2002). New STR at the
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Tahir, M.A., Herrera, R. J., El-Gohary, M., Granoff, M., and Amjad, M. (2003). Allele
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Martinez, L., Almagro J.C., Coll, J.L., and Herrera, R.J. (2004). Sequence variability in
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Zhivotovsky, L.A., Underhill, P.A., Cinnioglu, C., Kayser, M., Morar, B., Kivisild, T.,
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Suarez-Martinez, E.B., Montealegre, F., Sierra-Montes, J. M., and Herrera, R.J. (2005)
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Martinez L., Reategui E.P., Fonseca L.R., Sierra-Montes J.M., Terreros M.C., PereiraSimon S., and Herrera R.J. (2005). Superimposing polymorphism: the case of a point
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Perez-Miranda, A.M., Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., Kalantar, A., Pena, J.A., Garcia-Obregon
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Perez-Miranda, A.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2005). Genetic data on 13 STR loci in Andalusia
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Shepard, E.M., Chow, R.A., Suafo'a, E., Addison, D., and Herrera, R.J. (2005).
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Perez-Miranda, A.M., Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., Pena, J.A., Pancorbo, M.M., and Herrera,
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Chow, R.A., Caeiro, J.L., Chen, S.J., Garcia-Betrand, R.L., and Herrera, R.J. (2005).
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Terreros, M.C., Martinez, L., and Herrera, R.J. (2005). Alu insertion polymorphisms and
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Shepard, E.M. and Herrera, R.J. (2006). Iranian STR variation at the fringes of
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Perez-Miranda, A.M., Alfonso-Sanchez M.A., Pena J.A., and Herrera, R.J. (2006). Qatari
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Alfonso-Sánchez, M.A., Martínez-Bouzas, C., Castro, A., Peña, J.A., FernándezFernández, I., Herrera,R.J., and de Pancorbo M.M. (2006). Sequence polymorphisms of
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Shepard, E.M. and Herrera, R.J. (2006). Genetic relationships among Near Eastern
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Herrera, R.J., Lowery, R.K., Luis, J.R., Alfonso, A., and McDonald, J.F. (2006). Ancient
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Agrawal, S., Khan, F., Pandey, A., Tripathi, M,. and Herrera, R.J. (2006). YAP, signature
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Smail, S.S., Ayesh, K., Sierra-Montes, J.M., and Herrera, R.J. (2006). U6 snRNA
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Reguiero, M., Cadenas, A.M., Gayden, T., Underhill, P.A., Cavalli-Sforza, L.L., and
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Perez-Miranda, A.M., Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., and Herrera, R.J. (2006). Microsatellite
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Herrera, R.J., Rojas, D.P., and Terreros, M.C. (2007). Polymorphic Alu insertions among
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Gayden, T., Cadenas, A.M., Regueiro, M., Singh, N.B., Zhivotovsky, L.A., Underhill,
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Cadenas, A.M., Regueiro, M., Gayden, T., Singh, N., Zhivotovsky, L.A., Underhill, P.A.,
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Rowold, D.J., Luis, J.R., Terreros, M.C., and Herrera, R.J. (2007). Mitochondrial DNA
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Martinez, L., Zhivotovsky L.A., Underhill P.A., Cavalli-Sforza, L.L., and Herrera, R.J.
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Somarelli, J.A. and Herrera, R.J. (2007). Evolution of the 12 kDa Fk506-binding protein
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Somarelli, J. A., Coll, J. L., Velandia, L., Martinez, L., and Herrera, R.J. (2007).
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Terreros, M.C., Rowold, D.J., Luis, J.R., Agrawal, S., and Herrera, R.J. (2007). North
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Smail, S.S. and Herrera, R.J. (2007). The U4 snRNA variants of Bombyx mori.
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Ibarra-Rivera, L., Mirabal, S., Regueiro, M.M., and Herrera, R.J., (2007). Delineating
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Regueiro, M.M., Mirabal, S., Lacau, H., Caeiro, J.L., Garcia-Bertrand, R.L., and Herrera,
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Journal of Human Genetics 53: 106-120.
103.
Cadenas, A.M., Zhivotovsky, L.A., Cavalli-Sforza, L.L., Underhill, P.A., and Herrera,
R.J. (2007). Y-chromosome diversity characterizes the Gulf of Oman. European Journal
of Human Genetics 16: 374-386.
104.
Alfonso-Sanchez, M., Perez-Miranda, A., and Herrera, R.J. (2007). Autosomal
microsatellites variability of the Arrernte Australian aboriginies. American Journal of
Human Biology 20: 91-99.
105.
Somareli, J.A., Lee, S.Y., Skolnick, J., and Herrera, R.J. (2007). Structure-based
classification of 45 FK506-binding proteins. Proteins, Struture, Function and
Bioinformatics, 72:197-208.
106.
Mesa, A., Somareli, J.A., and Herrera, R.J. (2008). Small nuclear RNA variants of three
Bombyx mori strains. Entomological Research 38: 61-68.
107.
Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., Cardoso, S., Martinez-Bouzas, C., Pena, J.A., Herrera R.J. and
Castro A., Fernandez-Fernandez I., and De Pancorbo, M.M. (2008). Mitochondrial DNA
haplogroup diversity in Basques: a reassessment based on HVI and HVII polymorphism.
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American Journal of Human Biology 20: 154-164.
108.
Mesa, A., Somarelli, J.A. and Herrera, R.J. (2008). Spliceosomal Immunophilins. FEBS
Letters. 9: 2345-2351.
109.
Gayden, T., Cadenas, A.M., Regueiro, M. and Herrera, R.J. (2008). Human Ychromosome haplotyping by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction. Electrophoresis
29: 2419-2423.
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110.
Martinez, L., Mirabal, S., Luis, J.R., and Herrera, R.J. (2008). Middle Eastern and
European mtDNA Lineages Characterize Populations from Eastern Crete. American
Journal of Physical Anthropology 137: 213-223.
111.
Simms, T.M., Garcia, C. , Mirabal, S. , McCartney, Q., and Herrera, R.J. (2008). The
Genetic Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Island of New Providence.
Forensic Science International Genetics 2: 213-223.
112.
Luis, J.R., Rowold, D.J., Regueiro, M., Caeiro, B. and Herrera, R.J. (2008). NRY
haplogroups distribution in sub-Saharan Africa and Bantu expansion. Forensic Science
International Genetics Supplement Series 1: 246-247.
113.
Zalloua, P.A., Xue, Y., Khalife, J., Makhoul, N., Debiane, L., Platt, D.E., Royyuru,
A.K., Herrera, R.J., Hernanz D.F., Blue-Smith, H.J., Wells, R.S., Comas, D.,
Bertranpetit, J., Tyler-Smith, C. and The Genographic Consortium. (2008). Ychromosomal diversity in Lebanon is structured by religious affiliation. American Journal
of Human Genetics. American Journal of Human Genetics 82: 873-882.
114.
Herrera, K.J., Somarelli, J.A., Lowery, R.K. and Herrera, R.J. (2009). To what extent did
Neanderthals and modern human interact? Biological Reviews 84: 245-257.
115.
Tripathi, M., Tripathi, P., Chauhan, U., Herrera, R. J. and Agrawal S. (2008) Alu
polymorphic insertions reveal genetic structure of North Indian populations. Human
Biology 80: 483-499.
116.
Tofanelli, S., Ferri, G., Caciagli, L., Onofri, V., Taglioli, L., Bulayev, O., Boschi, I., Alù,
M., Berti, A., Rapone, C., Beduschi, G, Luiselli, D., Cadenas, A. M., Awadelkarim, K.
D., Mariani-Costantini, R., Elwali, N. E., Verginelli, F., Pilli, E., Herrera, R. J., Gusmão,
L., Paoli, G. and Capella, C. (2009). J1-M267 Y lineage marks climate-driven prehistorical human displacements. European Journal of Human Genetics 17: 1520-1524.
116.
Castleman, V.H., Romio, L., Chodhari, R., Hirst, R.A., de Castro, S.C.P., Parker, K.A.,
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Ybot-Gonzalez, P., Emes, R.D., Wilson, S.W., Wallis, C., Johnson, C.A., Herrera, R.J.,
Rutman, A., Dixon, M., Shoemark, A., Bush, A., Hogg, C., Gardiner, R.M., Reisch, O.,
Greene, N.D., O’Callaghan, C., Purton, S., Chung, E.M.K., and Mitchison, H.M. (2009).
Mutations in radial spoke head protein genes RSPH9 and RSPH4A cause primary ciliary
dyskinesia with central microtubular pair abnormalities. American Journal of Human
Genetics 84: 197-209.
117.
Mirabal, S., Regueiro, M.M., Cadenas, A., Cavalli-Sforza, L., Underhill, P., Verbenko,
D.A., Limborska S.A., and Herrera R.J. (2009). Y-chromosome distribution within the
geo-linguistic landscape of northwestern Russia. European Journal of Human Genetics
17: 1260-1273.
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118.
Terreros, M.C., Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., Novick, G.E., Luis, J.R., Lacau, H., Lowery, R.
K. Regueiro, M., and Herrera, R.J. (2009). Insights on human evolution: an analysis of
ALU Insertion Polymorphisms. Journal of Human Genetics 54: 603-611.
119.
Gayden, T., Mirabal, S., Cadenas, A.M., Lacau, H., Simms, T., Morlate, D.,
Chennakrishnaiah, S. and Herrera, R.J. (2009) Genetic insights into the origins of TibetoBurman populations in the Himalayas. Journal of Human Genetics 54: 216-223.
120.
Somarelli, J.A., Mesa, A., Smail, S.S., Ares, A.L. and Herrera, R.J. (2009). U2 snRNA
variants are differentially incorporated into spliceosomes. Entomological Research 39:
135-145.
121.
Zhao, Z., Khan, F., Borker, M., Herrera, R.J., and Agrawal, S. (2009) Presence of three
different paternal lineages among North Indians: A study of 560 Y chromosomes. Annals
Human Biology 36 (1): 46-59.
122.
Mirabel, S., Underhill, P.A., and Herrera, R.J. (2009). Reply to B Malyarchuk and M
Derenko: a need for further investigation of Uralic and Siberian populations in the search
for haplogroup N1b's origins. European Journal of Human Genetics 17: 1541-1543.
123. Chiaroni, J., King, R.J., Myres, N., Henn, B.M., Ducourneau, A., Mitchell, M.J., Boetsch,
G., Sheikha, I., Lin, A.A., Nik-Ahd, M., Ahmad, J., Lattanzi, F., Herrera, R.J., Ibrahim,
M. E., Brody, A., Semino, O., Kivisild, T. and Underhill, P. A. (2010). The emergence
of Y chromosome haplogroup J1e among Arabic-speaking populations. European
Journal of Human Genetics 18: 348-353.
124. Underhill, P.A., Myres, N.M., Rootsi, S., Metspalu, M., Zhivotovsky, L., King, R., Lin,
A., Chow, C.T., Semino, O., Battaglia, V., Kutuev, I., Järve, M., Chaubey, G., Ayub, Q.,
Mohyuddin, A., Mehdi, S.Q., Sengupta, S., Rogaev, E.I., Khusnutdinova, E.K.,
Pchenichnov, A., Balanovsky, O., Balanovska, E., Jeran, N., Augustin, D.H., Baldovic,
M., Herrera, R.J., Thangaraj, K., Singh, V., Singh, L., Majumder, P., Rudan, P., Primorac,
D., Villems, R,. and Kivisild, T. (2010). Separating the post-Glacial coancestry of
European and Asian Y chromosomes within haplogroup R1a. European Journal of Human
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Genetics 18: 479-484.
125. Mirabel, S., Varlhenb, T., Gayden, T., Reguiro, M., Vujovic, S., Popovic, D., Duric, M.,
Stojkovic, O., and Herrera, R. J. (2010). Human Y-chromosome short tandem repeats: a
tale of acculturation and migrations as mechanisms for the diffusion of agriculture in the
Balkan Peninsula. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 380-390.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Cont.):
126.
Simms, T. M., Rodriguez, C. E., Rodriguez, R., and Herrera, R. J. (2010). The
genetic structure of populations from Haiti and Jamaica reflect divergent
demographic histories. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142: 49-66.
127.
Somarelli, J. A., Mesa, A., Roy, A., Zhang, Y., and Herrera, R. J. (2010). A threedimensional model of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle.
Entomological Research 40: 104-112.
128.
Somarelli, J. A., Mesa, A., Fuller, M. E., Torres, J. Q., Rodriguez, C. M., Ferrer, C.
M., and Herrera, R. J. (2010). Genome-based identification of spliceosomal proteins
in the silk moth Bombyx mori. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 75:
231-263.
129.
Regueiro, M. Stanojevic, A., Chennakrishnaiah, S., Rivera, L., Varljen, T.,
Alempijevic, D., Stojkovic, O., Simms, T., Gayden, T., and Herrera, R.J. (2011).
Divergent Patrilineal Signals in three Roma Populations. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 144: 80-91.
130.
Somarelli, J. A., Mesa, A., Rodriguez, R., Avellan, R., Martinez, L., Zhang, Y.,
Greidinger, E. L., and Herrera, R. J. (2011). Epitope mapping of the U1 small
nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Lupus 20: 274-289.
131.
Terreros, M.C., Rowold, D.J., Mirabal, S., and Herrera R.J. (2011). Mitochondrial
DNA stratification in Iran: important role for the Arabian Peninsula in the genetic
distribution within the Persian Plateau. Journal of Human Genetics 56: 235-246.
132.
Gayden, T., Chennakrishnaiah, S., La Salvia, J., Jimenez, S., Regueiro, M.,
Maloney, T., Ressad, P.J., Bukhari, A., Perez, A., Stojkovic, O., and Herrera, R. J.
(2011). Y-STR diversity in the Himalayas. International Journal of Legal Medicine
125: 367-375.
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133.
Morlote, D. M., Gayden, T., Arvind, P., Basu, A., and Herrera R. J. (2011). The
Soliga, an isolated tribe from southern India: genetic diversity and phylogenetic
affinities. Journal of Human Genetics 56: 258-269.
134.
Lacau, H., Bukhari, A., Gayden, T., Regueiro, M., La Salvia, J., Stojkovic, O., and
Herrera, R. J. (2011). Y-STR profiling in two Afghanistan populations. International
Journal of Legal Medicine 13: 103-108.
135.
Simms T.M., Barrett D.A., McCartney Q., and Herrera R. J. (2012). Divergent strata
in five Bahamian islands. Forensic Science International: Genetics 6: 81-90
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Cont.):
136.
Lowery, R. K., Herrera, K. J., Barrett, D.A., Rodriguez R., Hadden, L. R.,
Harutyunyan, A., Margaryan, A., Yepiskoposyan, L., and Herrera, R. J. (2012).
Regionalized autosomal STR profiles among Armenian groups suggest disparate
genetic influences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146: 171-178.
137.
Regueiro, M., Rivera, L., Damnjanovic T, Lukovic L, Milasin J, and Herrera, R. J.
(2012). High levels of Paleolithic Y-chromosome lineages characterize Serbia. Gene
498 (1): 59-67.
138.
Herrera, K. J., Lowery, R. K., Hadden, L.R.M., Calderon, S.M., Chiou, C.A.,
Yepiskoposyan L., Regueiro M., Underhill P.A., and Herrera, R.J. (2011) Neolithic
patrilineal signals indicate that the Armenian Plateau was repopulated by
agriculturalists. European Journal of Human Genetics 20: 313-320
139.
Simms, T. M., Martinez, E., Herrera, K. J., Wright, M. R., Perez, O., Puebla, D.,
Hernandez, M., Ramirez, E., McCartney, Q., and Herrera, R. J. (2011). Paternal
lineages signal distinct genetic contributions from British Loyalists and continental
Africans among different Bahamian islands. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 146: 594-608
140.
Gayden, T., Bukhari, A., Chennakrishnaiah, S., Stojkovic, O., and Herrera, R. J.
(2012). Y-chromosomal microsatellite diversity in three culturally defined regions of
historical Tibet. Forensic Science International: Genetics 6: 437-446
141.
Regueiro, M., Rivera, L., Chennakrishnaiah, S., Popovic, B., Andjus, S., Milasin, J.,
and Herrera, R.J. (2012). Ancestral Modal Y-STR Haplotype shared among Romani
and South Indian Populations. GENE 504: 296-302
142.
Mirabal, S., Haz, C., Gayden, T., Underhill, P., and Herrera, R. J. (2011). Tracing
the Austronesian Expansion: A Y-chromosomal connection between the Ami from
Taiwan and Polynesian populations. Gene 492: 339-348.
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143.
Myres, N. M., Rootsi, S., Lin A. A., Jarve, M., King R. J., Kutuev I., Cabrera V. M.,
Khusnutdinova E, K., Pshenichnov, A.,Yunusbayeb B., Balanovsky O., Balanovska
E., Rudan, P., Baldovic, M., Herrera, R. J., Chiaroni J., Cristofaro J., Villems R.,
Kivisild, T., Underhill, P. A. (2011). A major Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b
Holocene era effect in Central and Western Europe. European Journal of Human
genetics 19: 95-101.
144.
Simms, T.M., Wright, M.R., Perez O.A., Hernandez M., Ramirez E.C., Martinez E.,
and Herrera R.J. (2012). Y-chromosomal diversity in Haiti and Jamaica: Contrasting
levels of ser-biased gene flow. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 148:
618-631.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Cont.):
145.
Simms, T.M., Wright, M.R., Martinez E., Regueiro M., McCartney Q., Herrera R.J.
(2013). Y-STR diversity and sex-biased gene flow among Caribbean populations.
Gene 516: 82-92.
146.
Rootsi, Siiri., Myres, N.M., Lin, A.A., Jarve, M., King, R.J., Kutuev, I., Cabrera,
V.M., Khusnutdinova, E.K., Varendi, K., Sahakyan, H., Behar, D.M., Khusainova,
R., Balanovsky, O., Balanovska, E., Rudan, P., Yepiskoposyan, L., Bahmanimehr,
A., Farjadian, S., Kushniarevich, A., Herrera, R.J., Grugni, V., Battaglia, V., Nici,
C., Crobu, F., Karachanak, S., Kashani, B.H., Houshmand, M., Sanati, M.H.,
Toncheva, D., Lisa, A., Semino, O., Chiaroni, J., Cristofaro, J.D., Villems, R.,
Kivisild, T., and Underhill, P.A. (2012). Distinguishing the co-ancestries of
haplogroup G Y-chromosomes in the populations of Europe and the Caucasus.
European Journal of Human Genetics 20: 1275-1282.
147.
Lacau, H., Gayden, T., Regueiro, M., Chennakrishnaiah , S., Bukhari, A., Underhill
P.A., Garcia-Bertrand, R.L., and Herrera R.J. (2012). Afghanistan from a Ychromosome prospective . Eur. J. Human Genet. 20: 1063-1070.
148.
Regueiro, M., Alvarez J., Rowold, D., and Herrera, R.J. (2013). On the origins, rapid
expansion and genetic diversity of Native Americans from hunting gatherers to
agriculturalists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology150:333-348.
149.
Mirabal, S., Cadenas, A. M., Garcia-Bertrand, R. Herrera R. J. (2013). Ascertaining
the role of Taiwan as a source for the Austronesian expansion. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 150: 551-564.
150.
Lowery, R. K., Herrera, K. J., Uribe, G., Regueiro, M., and Herrera, R.J. (2013).
Sub-population structure evident in forensic Y-STR profiles from Armenian
geographical groups. Legal Medicine 15: 85-90.
151.
Salazar-Flores, F. Zuñiga-Chiquette, R. Rubi-Castellanos, J.L. Álvarez-Miranda, A.
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Zetina-Hérnandez, V.M. Martínez-Sevilla, F. González-Andrade, D. Corach, C.
Vullo, J.C. Álvarez, J.A. Lorente, P. Sánchez-Diz, R.J. Herrera, R.M. Cerda-Flores,
J.F. Muñoz-Valle, H. Rangel-Villalobos (2015). Admixture and genetic relationships
of Mexican Mestizos regarding Latin American and Caribbean populations based on
13 CODIS-STRs. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology 66: 2015, 44–
59.
152.
Gayden,T., Perez, A., Persad, P., Bukhari, A., Chennakrishnaiah S., Simms, T.,
Maloney, T., Rodriguez, K., and Herrera, R.J. (2015) The Himalayas: barrier and
conduit for gene flow. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. In Press.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Cont.):
153.
Fadhlaoui-Zid, K., Chennakrishnaiah, S., Zemni, R., Grinberg, S., and Herrera, R.J.
(2015). Y-STR variation in the Sousse population of Central- East Tunisia.
Electrophoresis. In Press.
154.
Calderon, S., Herrera, R. J. (2015). Phylogenetic and forensic studies of the
Southeast Florida Hispanic population using the next-generation forensic PowerPlex
Y23 STR marker system. Legal Medicine. In Press.
155.
Achilli, A., Ugo, A. Peregob, Hovirag Lancionia, Anna Olivieri, Francesca
Gandinib, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, Vincenza Battaglia, Viola Grugni, Norman
Angerhofer, Mary P. Rogers, Rene J. Herrera, Scott R. Woodward, Damian Labuda,
David Glenn Smith, Jerome S. Cybulski, Ornella Semino, Ripan S. Malhid, and
Antonio Torroni (2015). Reconciling migration models to the Americas with the
variation of North American native mitogenomes. Procedings of the National
Academy of Science, USA. In Press.
156.
Bertrand-Garcia, R., Simms, T.M., Cadenas, A. M. and Herrera, R. J. (2015).
United Arab Emirates: phylogenetic relationships and ancestral populations. Gene.
In Press.
157.
Chennakrishnaiah, S., Perez, D., Gayden, D., Rivera, L., Regueiro, M., and Herrera,
R.J. (2015). Analysis of Y-chromosome diversity in Lingayat and Vokkaliga
populations of Southern India. Gene. In Press.
158.
Lowery, R.K., Jimenez, E., Urive, G., Herrera, K.J.,Somarelli, J., and Herrera, R.J.
(2015). Introgression between Neanderthals and modern humans. Gene. In Press.
159.
Mesa A., Somarelli J.A., Wie, W., Rios, M., Martinez, L., Gieiginger, E.L., and
Herrera, R.J. (2015). High IgM reactivity for U1 snRNP subunits in SLE but not
MCID patients. Submitted to Lupus.
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160.
Cardoso, S., Valverde, L., Alfonso-Sanchez, M.A., Palencia, L., Elcoroaristizabal,
X., Algorta, J., Catarino, S., Progenika, Herrera, R.J., Pancorbo, M.M. (2015). The
Pre-Neolithic Genetic Substrate of Basques: Uncharted Mitochondrial Evidence in
the Franco-Cantabrian Region. Submitted to American Journal of Human Genetics.
161.
Aznar, J. M., Celorrio, D., Odriozola, A., Kohnemann, S., Bravo, M. L., Builes, J.
J., Pfeiffer H., Herrera R. J., Pancorbo, M.M. (2015). I-DNASE21 system:
development and SGWDAM validation of a new STR 21-plex reaction. Submitted to
Forensic Science International: Genetics.
162.
Regueiro, M., Alvarez J., Herrera, R.J. (2015). From Arabia to Iberia from a Y
chromosome persprctive. Submitted to European Journal of Human Genetics.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (Cont.):
163.
Mirabal S., Arce, V., and Herrera, R.J. (2015). Afghanistan: diversity of Asian and
Middle Eastern components. To be submitted to Human Heredity.
164.
Cadenas, M., Mirabal, S., Lacau, H., and Herrera, R. J. (2015). The legacy of the
Aborigines from Formosa: tracing the origins of the Austronesian expansion. To be
submitted to Human Heredity.
165.
Gayden, T., Underhill, P. A., Cavalli-Sforza, L. L., and Herrera, R.J. (2015). Ychromosome diversity among three populations from Tibet. To be submitted to
American Journal of Human Genetics.
166.
Gayden, T. and Herrera, R.J. (2015). Poly-A length polymorphism in YAP samples
around the world. To be submitted to Human Heredity.
167.
Regueiro, M., Terreros, M. C., Mirabal, S., and Herrera, R.J. (2015). Mongolian
STR variation: At the fringes of a transcontinental divide. To be submitted to
American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
168.
Bukhari, A., Calderon, S., David, B., Gayden, T., and Herrera, R.J. (2015). Ychromosomal variation in the Soliga tribe of Southern India. To be submitted to
GENE.
169.
Fadhlaoui-Zid, K., Chennakrishnaiah, S., Zemni, R., Grinberg, S., and Herrera, R.J.
(2015). Y-SNP variation in North Afrcan populations of Central- East Tunisia. To
be submitted to European Journal of Human Genetics.
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BOOK:
1. Herrera, R. J. Human Population Genetics and Evolution.
2. Herrera, R. J. Human DNA Fingerprinting.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
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Whitaker, S. A., Herrera, R.J. and Adams, D. S. (1987). Oncogenes: Their
differential expression during development and aging. Aging in a Technological
Society, Gari L. Caravaglia, Ed., Human Sciences Press, New York, N.Y. (a review).
GENERAL ARTICLES:
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Herrera, R. J., and Tracey, M. L. 1990. Genetic Engineering Successes. Nov./Dec.
Issue of Aboard.
POPULAR PRESS:
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Schuster, K. and Herrera, R. J. Herrera scans the world to build DNA library. SunSentinel, June 18th, 2001, front page and page 11A.
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Herrera, R. J. To clone or not to clone—that is not the only question. Spring 2002,
32-33.
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Swafford, A. and Herrera, R. J. Genetics India Jones Style. Discovery Online—
http://www.discoveryspanol.com/features/000814gene/gene.html, 2002.
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Herrera, R. J. The Pacific Diaspora. FIU Magazine, Fall 2003.
TAPES:
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Herrera, R.J. and V. Cristofalo. 1988. Biotechnology: Cellular Aging. From the
National Conference on Technology and Aging, 1986.
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COURSES TAUGHT:
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General Biology
General Genetics
Advanced Genetics
General Molecular Biology
Advanced Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Cell Culture
Microbiology
Chromosome Structure and Function
Molecular Biology of Sex
Determination
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Ethics and Techniques of DNA
Fingerprinting (Honor’s Course)
Advanced Topics in Genetics – DNA
Repetitive Elements
Human Genetics
Advance Human Genetics
Clinical Genetics
Anatomy and Physiology
Biochemistry
Clinical Chemistry
PARTICIPATION EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
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Approximately 20 national and international appearances in television programs.
Approximately 30 national and international appearances in radio programs.
Approximately 30 national and international articles written about our scientific group.
CONSULTANT WORK:
1. Work for the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation in evaluation of
scientific proposals. In the last 10 years approximately 600 proposals were evaluated and
scored.
2. Expert in forensic DNA fingerprinting issues. Approximately 100 cases and laboratory visits
during the past 15 years.
PARTICIPANT IN THE DIVERSITY ASPECT OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT:
Contributor to the Centre D’Eude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH)—Fondation Jean Dausset
International Repository of Human Cell Lines in Paris, France. Over one thousand permanent
cell lines from world-wide human populations have been collected and established.
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