Curriculum Vitæ
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-[Don Armstrong](http://www.donarmstrong.com/)
-<don@donarmstrong.com>
-<http://www.donarmstrong.com>
+* [Don Armstrong](http://www.donarmstrong.com/)
+* <don@donarmstrong.com>
+* <http://www.donarmstrong.com>
Education
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* Doctor of Philosophy
- * 2001-2008 *Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology*.
+ * 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.
Technical Committee Member (2010--Present)
### Employment Experience ###
-* 2002-2003. *Socratech* in Rochester, NY. Bioinformatics researcher:
+* 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
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-### In Preparation ###
-1. *Don L. Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Chaim O Jacob. Novel
+## Refereed Publications ##
+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/.
+ HLA SNPs in European Americans. /Genes Immun/, In press.
-## Refereed Publications ##
-1. Chaim O Jacob, Miriam Eisenstein, Mary C Dinauer, Wenyu Ming,
+2. 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.
+ 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
+3. **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,
+4. 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
+5. **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
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. 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. 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
+8. **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.
+9. **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.
+ expert knowledge. **BMC Bioinformatics**, 9:311, 2008.
-9. Chaim O Jacob, Andreas Reiff, *Don L Armstrong*, Barry L Myones,
+10. 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
designed candidate gene pathway platform. /Arthritis Rheum/,
56(12):4164--73, Dec 2007.
-10. Raphael Zidovetzki, Burkhard Rost, /Don L Armstrong/, and Israel
+11. 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.
+12. **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
+13. 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
+ 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,
+14. 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,
+ Stern, Ann Marie Schmidt, **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.
+ 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
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identification platform discovers novel genes in childhood-onset
SLE.
-Projects
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-[Current projects|projects]
-
References
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-Please e-mail for references
+Please e-mail <don@donarmstrong.com> for references