CURRICULUM VITAE DATE: September 10, 2013 NAME: Leonard Mindich PRESENT TITLE: Professor HOME ADDRESS: 180 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10024 OFFICE ADDRESS: Public Health Research Institute Center 225 Warren Street Room W450B Newark, NJ 07103 TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS: 973-854-3420 CITIZENSHIP: USA EDUCATION: A. Cornell University Ithaca, New York BS. Microbiology 1957 B. Rockefeller University, New York, NY Ph.D. Biology 1962 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: None MILITARY: None ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Public Health Research Institute Department Microbiology Assistant Member 1962 – 1970 Associate Member 1970 – 1979 Member 1979 to present New York University School of Medicine Research Professor 1979 to 2003 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Professor 2007 to present Page 1 of 12 mindicle@njms.rutgers.edu HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: Not Applicable OTHER EMPLOYMENT OR MAJOR VISITNG APPOINTMENTS: Not Applicable) PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Applicable LICENSURE: Not Applicable DRUG LICENSURE: Not Applicable CERTIFICATION: Not Applicable MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Society for Virology Councilor 2005 to 2007 HONORS AND AWARDS: NIH Career Development Award 1972 to 1977 Bill Joklik Lecturer ASV 1997 BOARDS OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES POSITIONS: Secretary Board of Directors PHRI SERVICE ON NATIONAL GRANT REVIEW PANELS, STUDY SECTIONS, COMMITTEES: Member Microbial Chemistry Study Section of NIH 1972 to 1976 SERVICE ON MAJOR COMMITTEES: Editorial Boards: Virology many years to 2010 Journal of Virology many years to 2005 Journal of Bacteriology 2005 to 2011 Ad hoc reviewer to several journals eg PNAS, J. Mol. Biol., J. Bact., MGG, SERVICE ON GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEES: None SERVICE ON HOSPITAL COMMITTEES: None SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY: None Page 2 of 12 SPONSORSHIP OF CANDIDATES FOR POSTGRADUATE DEGREE: None SPONSORSHIP OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS: None TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES: a. Lectures NYU School of Medicine Genetics Genetics of RNA viruses Biannually for many years UMDNJ Courses AMG Virology A. Research Training Postdoctoral Fellows Name Shiroh Onodera Hailun Tang Greg Casini Paul Gottlieb Rosie Abelson Dobromir Slavov Iris Nemhauser Dates (approximate) of Training 1992 to 2007 1988 to 1990 1995 1988 to 1994 1978 to 1980 1997 to 1999 1990 to 1992 Predoctoral Students Name Marion Johnson Timothy McGraw Jaqueline Sinclair Natalie Klein Fabiana DiSanzo Dates (approximate) of Training 1991 to 1995 1983 to 1987 1973 to 1976 1973 to 1976 2006 to present CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES: None GRANT SUPPORT: GM31709-38 P.I. Assembly and recombination of dsRNA bacteriophage phi8. Mechanism of heterologous and homologous recombination and polymerase fidelity in the cystoviridae. Previous titles involved membrane assembly. Terminated GM34352-23 P.I. Packaging of the segmented genome of bacteriophage phi6. Mechanism of genomic packaging in the cystoviridae. Direct costs: $280,337. Estimated total cost $436,204 for first year. Awarded 6/21/05. Terminated 7/1/09 PUBLICATIONS: Page 3 of 12 1. Mindich, L. and Hotchkiss, R.D. The fractionation of pneumococcal genetic transforming activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 80:73-92. (1964). 2. Mindich,L. and Hotchkiss, R.D. Chromatographic fractionation of bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 80:93-109. (1964). 3. Mindich, L. Bacteriocins of Diplococcus penumoniae. I. Antagonistic relationships and genetic transformations. Journal of Bacteriology 92:10901098. (1966). 4. Mindich, L. Pathway for oxidative dissimilation of glycerol in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology 96:565-566. (1968). 5. Mindich, L. Membrane synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. I. Isolation and properties of strains bearing mutations in glycerol metabolism. Journal of Molecular Biology. 49:415-432. (1970). 6. Mindich, L. Membrane synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. II. Integration of membrane proteins in the absence of lipid synthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology 49:433-439. (1970). 7. Mindich, L. Induction of Staphylococcus aureus lactose permease in the absence of glycerolipd synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 68:420-424. (1971). 8. Willecke, K. and Mindich, L. Induction of citrate transport in Bacillus subtilis during the absence of phospholipid synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology 106:514-518. (1971). 9. Mindich, L. Control of fatty acid synthesis in bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology 110:96-102. (1972). 10. Mindich, L. and Dales, S. Membrane synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. III. The morphological localization of the sites of membrane synthesis. Journal of Cell Biology. 55:32-41. (1972). 11. Hirota, Y., Gefter, M. and Mindich, L. A mutant of Escherichia coli defective in DNA polymerase II activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 69:3238-3242. (1972). 12. Gefter, M.L., Kornberg, T., Molineux, I.J., Khorana, H.G., Mindich, L. and Hirota, Y. Studies on DNA polymerases II and III of Escherichia coli. In: DNA Synthesis in Vitro, (R. D. Wells and R. B. Inman, eds.) University Park Press, Baltimore, Md., p. 71-82. (1973). Page 4 of 12 13. Sinclair, J.F., Tzagoloff, A., Levine, D. and Mindich, L. Proteins of bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 16:685-695. (1975). 14. Mindich, L., Cohen, J. and Weisburd, M. Isolation of nonsense suppressor mutants in Pseudomonas. Journal of Bacteriology 126:177-182. (1976). 15. Sinclair, J.F., Cohen, J. and Mindich, L. Isolation of suppressible nonsense mutants of bacteriophage 6. Virology 75:198-208. (1976). 16. Sinclair, J.F. and Mindich, L. RNA synthesis during infection with bacteriophage 6. Virology 75:209-217. (1976). 17. Mindich, L., Sinclair, J.F. and Cohen, J. Morphogenesis of bacteriophage 6: Particles formed by nonsense mutants. Virology 75:224-231. (1976). 18. Klein, N.C. and Mindich, L. Isolation and characterization of a glycerol auxotroph of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata: Effect of lipid synthesis on the synthesis of photosynthetic pigments. Journal of Bacteriology 128:337-346. (1976). 19. Davidoff-Abelson, R. and Mindich, L. A mutation that increases the activity of nonsense suppressors in Escherichia coli. Molecular and General Genetics. 159:161-168. (1978). 20. Mindich,L., Lehman, J., and Sinclair, J.F. (1979). Biogenesis of 6, a bacteriophage that contains lipid. In: Microbiology-1979 (D. Schlessinger, ed.), American Society Microbiology, Washington, D.C., pp. 38-41. (1979). 21. Mindich, L. and Lehman, J. Cell wall lysin as a component of the bacteriophage 6 virion. Journal of Virology 30:489-496. (1979). 22. Mindich, L., Lehman, J. and Huang, R. Temperature-dependent compositional changes in the envelope of 6. Virology 97:171-176. (1979). 23. Day, L.A. and Mindich, L. The molecular weight of bacteriophage 6 and its nucleocapsid. Virology 103:376-385. (1980). 24. Mindich, L. and Davidoff-Abelson, R. The characterization of a 120 S particle formed during 6 infection. Virology 103:386-391. (1980). 25. Bamford, D.H. and Mindich, L. Electron microscopy of cells infected with nonsense mutants of bacteriophage 6. Virology 107:222-228. (1980). Page 5 of 12 26. Mindich, L., Bamford, D., McGraw, T. and Mackenzie, G. Assembly of bacteriophage PRD1: Particle formation with wild-type and mutant viruses. Journal of Virology 44:1021-1030. (1982). 27. Bamford, D.H. and Mindich, L. . Structure of the lipid-containing bacteriophage PRD1: Disruption of wild-type and nonsense mutant phage particles with guanidine hydrochloride. Journal of Virology 44:1031-1038. (1982). 28. Mindich, L. and Lehman, J. Characterization of 6 mutants that are temperature sensitive in the morphogenetic protein P12. Virology 127:438445. (1983). 29. Stitt, B.L. and Mindich, L. Morphogenesis of bacteriophage 6: a presumptive viral membrane precursor. Virology 127:446-458. (1983). 30. McGraw, T., Yang, H.-L., and Mindich, L. Establishment of a physical and genetic map for bacteriophage PRD1. Molecular and General Genetics 190:237-244. (1983). 31. Bamford, D., McGraw, T., Mackenzie, G. and Mindich, L. Identification of a protein bound to the termini of bacteriophage PRD1 DNA. Journal of Virology 47:311-316. (1983). 32. Bamford, D.H. and Mindich, L. Characterization of the DNA-protein complex at the termini of the bacteriophage PRD1 genome. Journal of Virology 50:309-315. (1984). 33. Mindich, L., Mackenzie, G., Strassman, J., McGraw, T., Metzger, S., Romantschuk, M. and Bamford D. cDNA cloning of portions of the bacteriophage 6 genome. Journal of Bacteriology 162:992-999. (1985). 34. McGraw, T., Mindich, L. and Frangione, B. Nucleotide sequence of the small double-stranded RNA segment of bacteriophage 6: Novel mechanism of natural translational control. Journal of Virology 58:142-151. (1986). 35. Gottlieb, P., Metzger, S., Romantschuk, M., Carton, J., Strassman, J., Bamford, D.H., Kalkkinen, N. and Mindich, L. Nucleotide sequence of the middle dsRNA segment of bacteriophage 6: Placement of the genes of four membrane-associated proteins. Virology 163:183-190. (1988). 36. Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Bamford, D.H. and Mindich, L. Production of a polyhedral particle in Escherichia coli from a cDNA copy of the large genomic segment of bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 62 :181-187. (1988). Page 6 of 12 37. Mindich, L., Nemhauser, I., Gottlieb, P., Romantschuk, M., Carton, J., Frucht, S., Strassman, J., Bamford, D.H. and Kalkkinen, N. Nucleotide sequence of the large double-stranded RNA segment of bacteriophage 6: Genes specifying the viral replicase and transcriptase Journal of Virology 62: 1180-1185. (1988). 38. Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Qiao, X., Frucht, A., and Mindich, L. In vitro replication, packaging and transcription of the segmented double-stranded RNA genome of bacteriophage 6: Studies with procapsids assembled from plasmid encoded proteins. Journal of Bacteriology 172:5774-5782. (1990). 39. Olkkonen, V.M., Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Qiao, X., Bamford, D.H., and Mindich, L. In vitro assembly of infectious nucleocapsids of bacteriophage 6: Formation of a recombinant double-stranded RNA virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 87:9173-9177. (1990). 40. Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Frucht, A., Qiao, X., and Mindich, L. In vitro packaging of the bacteriophage 6 ssRNA genomic precursors. Virology 181:589-594. (1991). 41. Onodera, S., Olkkonen, V.M., Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Qiao, X., Bamford, D.H., and Mindich, L. Construction of a transducing virus from doublestranded RNA bacteriophage 6: Establishment of carrier states in host cells. Journal of Virology 66:190-196. (1992). 42. Mindich, L., Qiao, X., Onodera, S., Gottlieb, P., and Strassman, J. Heterologous recombination in the double-stranded RNA bacteriophage 6 Journal of Virology 66:2605-2610. (1992). 43. Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Qiao, X., Frilander, M., Frucht, A., and Mindich, L. In vitro packaging and replication of individual genomic segments of bacteriophage 6 RNA. Journal of Virology 66:2611-2616. (1992). 44. Frilander, M., Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Bamford, D.H., and Mindich, L. Dependence of minus strand synthesis upon complete genomic packaging in the double-stranded RNA bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 66:50135017. (1992). 45. Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., and Mindich, L. (1992). Protein P4 of the bacteriophage 6 procapsid has a nucleoside triphosphate-binding site with associated nucleoside phosphohydrolase activity. Journal of Virology 66:6220-6222. (1992). 46. Kenney, J. M., Hantula, J., Fuller, S. D. , Mindich, L., Ojala, P. M., and Bamford, D. H. (1992). Bacteriophage 6 envelope elucidated by chemical Page 7 of 12 cross-linking, immunodetection, and cryoelectron microscopy. Virology 190:635-644. (1992). 47. Onodera, S., Qiao, X., Gottlieb, P., Strassman, J., Frilander, M., and Mindich, L. RNA structure and heterologous recombination in the dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 67: 4914-4922, (1993). 48. Gottlieb, P., Qiao, X., Strassman, J., Frilander, M. and Mindich, L. Identification of the Packaging Regions Within the Genomic RNA Segments of Bacteriophage 6. Virology. 200: 42-47. (1994). 49. Johnson, M. D. and Mindich, L. Isolation and Characterization of Nonsense Mutants in Gene 10 of Bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 68: 23312338. (1994). 50. Mindich, L., Qiao, X., Onodera, S., Gottlieb, P. and Frilander, M. RNA structural requirements for stability and minus strand synthesis in the dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Virology 202: 258-263. (1994). 51. Johnson, M. D. and Mindich, L. Plasmid directed assembly of the lipidcontaining membrane of bacteriophage 6. Journal of Bacteriology 176: 4124-4132. (1994). 52. Casini, G., Qiao, X. and Mindich, L. Reconstitution of active replicase in procapsids of the segmented dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Virology 204: 251253. (1994). 53. Qiao, X., Casini, G., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. In vitro packaging of individual genomic segments of bacteriophage 6 RNA: serial dependence relationships. Journal of Virology 69: 2926-2931. (1995). 54. Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. Interference of bacteriophage 6 genomic RNA packaging by hairpin structures. Journal of Virology 69: 5502-5505. (1995) 55. Onodera, S., Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. Acquisition of a fourth genomic segment in bacteriophage 6: a bacteriophage with a genome of three segments of dsRNA. Virology 212: 204-212. (1995) 56. Mindich, L., Qiao, X. and Qiao, J. Packaging of multiple copies of smallsized genomic segments by bacteriophage 6. Virology 212: 213-217. (1995) 57. Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. An in vitro system for the investigation of heterologous RNA recombination. Virology 227: 103-110. (1997) Page 8 of 12 58. Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. Stoichiometric packaging of the three genomic segments of dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 94: 4074-4079. (1997) 59. Onodera, S., Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. Directed changes in the number of genomic segments of dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 95:3920-3924. (1998) 60. Paatero, A. O., Mindich, L. and Bamford, D. H. Mutational analysis of the role of the NTPase P4 in the assembly of the RNA polymerase complex of bacteriophage 6. Journal of Virology 72: 10058-10065. (1998) 61. Onodera, S., Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. Isolation of a mutant that changes genomic packaging specificity in 6. Virology 252: 438-442. (1998) 62. Mindich, L., Qiao, X and Qiao, J., Onodera, S., Romantschuk, M. and Hoogstraten, D. (1999) Isolation of additional bacteriophages with genomes of segmented double-stranded RNA. Journal of Bacteriology 181:4505-4508. (1999) 63. de Haas, F., Paatero, A. O., Mindich, L., Bamford, D. H. and Fuller, S. D. (1999) A symmetry mismatch at the site of RNA packaging in the polymerase complex of dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Journal of Molecular Biology 294: 357-372 (1999) 64. Hoogstraten, D., Qiao, X., Sun, Y., Hu, A., Onodera, S. and Mindich, L. Initial characterization of 8, a bacteriophage containing three dsRNA genomic segments and distantly related to 6. Virology 272: 218-224. (2000) 65. Qiao, X, Qiao, J., Onodera, S. and Mindich, L. Characterization of 13, a bacteriophage containing three dsRNA genomic segments and distantly related to 6. Virology 275: 218-224. (2000) 66. Onodera, S., Sun, Y. and Mindich, L. Reverse genetics and recombination in 8, a dsRNA bacteriophage. Virology 286: 113-118. (2001). 67. Sun, Y., Qiao, X., Qiao, J., Onodera, S. and Mindich, L. Unique properties of the inner core of bacteriophage 8, a virus with a segmented dsRNA genome. Virology 308: 354-361. (2003). 68. Qiao, J., Qiao, X., Sun, Y. and Mindich, L. (2003) Isolation and analysis of mutants with altered packaging specificity in the dsRNA bacteriophage 6 Journal of Bacteriology 185: 4572-4577. Page 9 of 12 69. Qiao, X., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. (2003) Analysis of the specific binding involved in genomic packaging of the dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Journal of Bacteriology 185: 6409-6414. 70. Sun, Y., Qiao, X. and Mindich, L. Construction of carrier state viruses with partial genomes of the segmented dsRNA bacteriophages. Virology 319: 274-279. (2004) 71. Mindich, L. (2004) Packaging, Replication and Recombination of the Segmented Genomes of Bacteriophage 6 and its Relatives. In: Virus Research: Viral molecular machines: replication systems within the inner cores of dsRNA viruses. D.H.Bamford and L. Mindich eds. 101: 83-92. (2004) 72. Qiao, J., Qiao, X. and Mindich, L. In vivo studies of genomic packaging in the dsRNA bacteriophage Phi8. BMC Microbiology 5:10. (2005) 73. Mindich, L. Phages with segmented double-stranded RNA genomes. In: The Bacteriophages (R. Calendar, ed.), Oxford University Press, pp.197-207. (2006) 74. Mindich, L. Genomic RNA packaging and replication in the Cystoviridae. In: Segmented Double-stranded RNA Viruses. Structure and Molecular Biology. (J.T. Patton Ed.) Caister Academic Press, pp. 351-369. (2008) 75. Sen, A., Heymann, J. B., Cheng, N., Qiao, J., Mindich, L., and Steven, A. C. Initial location of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the bacteriophage phi 6 procapsid determined by cryo-electron microscopy.Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283: (18). (2008). 76. Qiao, X., Sun, Y., Qiao. J. and Mindich, L. The role of host protein YajQ in the temporal control of transcription in bacteriophage 6. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA.105: 15956-15960. (2008). 77. Qiao, X., Sun, Y., Qiao. J. and Mindich, L. Temporal control of message stability in the life cycle of dsRNA bacteriophage 8. Journal of Virology. 83: 633-639. (2009). 78. Qiao, X., Sun, Y., Qiao, J., DiSanzo, F. and Mindich, L. Characterization of segments. BMC Microbiology 10: 55 PMID: 20170499. (2010). 79. Qiao, X., Sun, Y., Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. (2010) The interaction of a host Page 10 of 12 protein with core complexes of bacteriophage 6 to control transcription. Journal of Virolology. 84: 4821-4825 PMID: 20164238. (2010). 80. Qiao, J., Qiao, X., Sun, Y. and Mindich, L. The role of host protein GrxC ction Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 107:6000-4 PMID: 20231437. (2010). 81. Nemecek, D., Heymann, J.B., Qiao, J., Mindich, L. and Steven, A.C. Cryoelectron tomography of bacteriophage 6 procapsids shows random occupancy of the binding sites for RNA polymerase and packaging NTPase. Journal of Structural Biology. 171: 389-396. (2010). 82. Nemecek, D., Cheng,N., Qiao, J., Mindich, L., Steven, A.C., Heymann, J.B. Stepwise Expansion of the Bacteriophage 6 Procapsid: Possible Packaging Intermediates. Journal of Molecular Biology 414: 260-271 PMID: 22019738. (2011). 83. Mindich L. (2012) Packaging in dsRNA viruses. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 726: 601-8 PMID: 22297532. (2012). 84. Nemecek, D., Qiao, J., Mindich, L., Steven, A.C., Heymann, J.B. (2012). Packaging Accessory Protein P7 and Polymerase P2 Have Mutually Occluding Binding Sites Inside the Bacteriophage 6 Procapsid J. Virol. 86: 11616-11624 PMID:22896624 85. Nemecek, D., Boura, E., Wu, W., Cheng, N., Plevka, P., Qiao J., Mindich, L., Heymann, J.B., Hurley, J.H, and Steven, A.C. (2013) Subunit Folds and Maturation Dynamics of a dsRNA Virus Capsid. Structure. 21: 1374-1383 PMID: 23891288 86. Qiao, J. and Mindich, L. (2013) The template specificity of bacteriophage 6 RNA polymerse. J. Virol. 87: 10190-10194 PMID: 23864621 Chapters 1. Mindich, L. Synthesis and Assembly of Bacterial Membranes. In: Bacterial Membranes and Walls, (L. Leive, ed.) Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 1-36. (1973). 2. Mindich, L. Studies on Bacterial Membrane Biogenesis Using Glycerol Auxotrophs. In: Membrane Biogenesis: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts and Bacteria (A. Tzagoloff, ed.), Plenum Pub., New York, pp. 429-452. (1975). Page 11 of 12 3. Mindich, LBacteriophages that contain lipid. In: Comprehensive Virology (H. FraenkelConrat, ed.), Plenum Pub., New York, pp. 271-335. (1978). 4. Mindich, L. and Bamford, D.H. Lipid-containing bacteriophages. In: The Bacteriophages, vol. 2. (R. Calendar, ed.), Plenum Publishing Corp., New York, pp. 475-520. (1988). 5. Mindich, L. Bacteriophage 6: A unique virus having a lipid-containing membrane and a genome composed of three dsRNA segments. In: Advances in Virus Research, vol. 35. (K. Maramorosch, F.A. Murphy, and A.J. Shatkin, eds.), Academic Press, New York, pp. 137176. (1988). 6. Mindich, L. Heterologous recombination in the segmented dsRNA genome of bacteriophage 6. Seminars in Virology 6: 75-83. (1995) 7. Mindich, L. Heterologous recombination in the segmented dsRNA genome of bacteriophage 6. Seminars in Virology 7: 389-397. (1996) 8. Mindich, L. Reverse Genetics of the dsRNA Bacteriophage 6. Adv. in Virus Research 53: 341-353. (1999) 9. Mindich, L. Packaging, replication and recombination of the segmented genomes of bacteriophage 6 and its relatives. Virus Research 101: 83-92. (2004) 10. Mindich, L. Phages with segmented double-stranded RNA genomes. In: The Bacteriophages (R. Calendar, ed.) Plenum Pub, New York. (2006) 11. Mindich, L. Genomic RNA packaging and replication in the Cystoviridae. In: Segmented Double-Stranded RNA Viruses: Structure and Molecular Biology (J. Patton Ed.) Caister Press. (2008) Reviews 1. Mindich, L) The precise packaging of the three genomic segments of dsRNA bacteriophage 6. Microbiol. and Mol. Biol. Revs.63: 149-160. . (1999) A. Patents Held None PRESENTIONS: A. Scientific B. Professional (Clinical): None Page 12 of 12