X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=don.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=resume%2Fcurriculum_vitae.mdwn;h=e71f21584178527d945e511348b4736cd25604b4;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=5e1f47a06e05aea04f15a6145dd711af71d1d169;hpb=afd187e65eb57bfc98ab3adb6ec35b319b6d6e75 diff --git a/resume/curriculum_vitae.mdwn b/resume/curriculum_vitae.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e71f215 --- /dev/null +++ b/resume/curriculum_vitae.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +[[!meta title="Curriculum Vitæ"]] +Curriculum Vitæ +=============== + +[Don Armstrong](http://www.donarmstrong.com/) + + + +Education +---------- +* Doctor of Philosophy + * 2001-2008 *Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology*. + [University of California at Riverside](http://www.ucr.edu). + Dissertation: The Role of membrane Composition in the Activity of + Membrane-Associated Signal Transduction Proteins. +* Bachelor of Science + * 1997-2001 [Biology](http://bio.ucr.edu). + [University of California at Riverside](http://www.ucr.edu). + +Postdoctoral Experience +------------------------- + +### University of Southern California ### + +* 2013--Present. Postdoctoral researcher under Chaim O. Jacob. + Identifying genes and causal alleles associated with Systemic Lupus + Erythematosus using genome-wide association, next-generation + sequencing, computational and biochemical approaches. +* 2009--2010. Postdoctoral researcher under Florence M. Hofman. + Identifying signaling pathways which are responsible for the + functional alteration of endothelial cells in glioblastoma + multiforme and arteriovenous malformations. + +### University of California at Riverside ### +* 2010--2012. Postdoctoral researcher under Raphael Zidovetzki. + Identifying genes which are associated with Systemic Lupus + Erythematosus using prior information and targeted trio-based + studies. + +Teaching +-------- +### Teaching Assistant ### +* 2004--2007. University of California at Riverside. First and second + quarter introduction to biology for majors (BIO 5A and 5B). + Introduction to Genetics (BIO 102), Human Embryology (CBNS 169). + +Work in Industry +---------------- +### Non-Profit ### +* 2004--Present. [Debian Project](http://www.debian.org), Developer; + Technical Committee Member (2010--Present) + +### Employment Experience ### +* 2002-2003. *Socratech* in Rochester, NY. Bioinformatics researcher: + developed new microarray analysis methods for a start-up + biotechnology company working on developing treatments for + Alzheimer's disease + +Publications +------------ +### In Preparation ### +1. *Don L. Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Chaim O Jacob. Novel + lupus associated genes discovered in GWAS; two signals explain all + HLA SNPs in European Americans. /In preparation/. + +## Refereed Publications ## +1. Chaim O Jacob, Miriam Eisenstein, Mary C Dinauer, Wenyu Ming, + Qiang Liu, Sutha John, Francesco P Quismorio, Andreas Reiff, Barry + L Myones, Kenneth M Kaufman, Deborah McCurdy, John B Harley, Earl + Silverman, Robert P Kimberly, Timothy J Vyse, Patrick M Gaffney, + Kathy L Moser, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Linda Wagner-Weiner, Carl D + Langefeld, *Don L Armstrong*, and Raphael Zidovetzki. + Lupus-associated causal mutation in neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 + (NCF2) brings unique insights to the structure and function of + NADPH oxidase. /Proc Natl Acad Sci USA/, 109(2):59--67, Jan 2012. +2. *Don L Armstrong*, Omer Markovitch, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Doron + Lancet. Replication of simulated prebiotic amphiphile vesicles + controlled by experimental lipid physicochemical properties. /Phys + Biol/, 8(6):066001, Dec 2011. + +3. Christopher J Stapleton, *Don L Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki, + Charles Y Liu, Steven L Giannotta, and Florence M Hofman. + Thrombospondin-1 modulates the angiogenic phenotype of human + cerebral arteriovenous malformation endothelial cells. + /Neurosurgery/, 68(5):1342--53, May 2011. + +4. *D L Armstrong*, A Reiff, B L Myones, F P Quismorio, M + Klein-Gitelman, D McCurdy, L Wagner-Weiner, E Silverman, J O + Ojwang, K M Kaufman, J A Kelly, J T Merrill, J B Harley, S-C Bae, T + J Vyse, G S Gilkeson, P M Gaffney, K L Moser, C Putterman, J C + Edberg, E E Brown, J Ziegler, C D Langefeld, R Zidovetzki, and C O + Jacob. Identification of new SLE-associated genes with a two-step + Bayesian study design. /Genes Immun/, 10(5):446--56, Jul 2009. + +5. Chaim O Jacob, Jiankun Zhu, *Don L Armstrong*, /et al./ + Identification of IRAK1 as a risk gene with critical role in the + pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. /Proc Natl Acad Sci + USA/, 106(15):6256--61, Apr 2009. + +6. Bahram Namjou, Andrea L Sestak, *Don L Armstrong*, Raphael + Zidovetzki, /et al./ High-density genotyping of STAT4 reveals + multiple haplotypic associations with systemic lupus erythematosus + in different racial groups. /Arthritis Rheum/, 60(4):1085--95, Apr 2009. + +7. *Don Armstrong* and Raphael Zidovetzki. Amplification of + diacylglycerol activation of protein kinase c by cholesterol. + /Biophys J/, 94(12):4700--10, Jun 2008. + +8. *Don L Armstrong*, Chaim O Jacob, and Raphael Zidovetzki. + Function2gene: a gene selection tool to increase the power of + genetic association studies by utilizing public databases and + expert knowledge. *BMC Bioinformatics*, 9:311, 2008. + +9. Chaim O Jacob, Andreas Reiff, *Don L Armstrong*, Barry L Myones, + Earl Silverman, Marisa Klein-Gitelman, Deborah McCurdy, Linda + Wagner-Weiner, James J Nocton, Aaron Solomon, and Raphael + Zidovetzki. Identification of novel susceptibility genes in + childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus using a uniquely + designed candidate gene pathway platform. /Arthritis Rheum/, + 56(12):4164--73, Dec 2007. + +10. Raphael Zidovetzki, Burkhard Rost, /Don L Armstrong/, and Israel + Pecht. Transmembrane domains in the functions of fc receptors. + /Biophys Chem/, 100(1-3):555--75, 2003. + +11. *Don L Armstrong*, Dan B Borchardt, and Raphael Zidovetzki. + Synergistic perturbation of phosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin + bilayers by diacylglycerol and cholesterol. /Biochem Biophys Res + Commun/, 296(4):806--12, Aug 2002. + +12. Zhenhua Wu, Huang Guo, Nienwen Chow, Jan Sallstrom, Robert D Bell, Rashid + Deane, Andrew I Brooks, Suhasini Kanagala, Anna Rubio, Abhay Sagare, Dong + Liu, Fang Li, *Don Armstrong*, Thomas Gasiewicz, Raphael Zidovetzki, Xiaomei + Song, Florence Hofman, and Berislav V Zlokovic. Role of the meox2 homeobox gene in neurovascular dysfunction in + alzheimer disease. /Nat Med/, 11(9):959--65, Sep 2005. + +13. Rashid Deane, Shi Du Yan, Ram Kumar Submamaryan, Barbara LaRue, + Suzana Jovanovic, Elizabeth Hogg, Deborah Welch, Lawrence Manness, + Chang Lin, Jin Yu, Hong Zhu, Jorge Ghiso, Blas Frangione, Alan + Stern, Ann Marie Schmidt, \textbf{Don L Armstrong}, Bernd Arnold, + Birgit Liliensiek, Peter Nawroth, Florence Hofman, Mark Kindy, + David Stern, and Berislav Zlokovic. Rage mediates amyloid-beta + peptide transport across the blood-brain barrier and accumulation + in brain. /Nat Med/, 9(7):907--13, Jul 2003. + +Selected Presentations +---------------------- +### Conference Presentations ### +* 2007-06-07. FOCIS 2007. Uniquely designed candidate gene + identification platform discovers novel genes in childhood-onset + SLE. + +Projects +-------- +[Current projects|projects] + +References +---------- +Please e-mail for references +