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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## Refereed Publications ##
-1. *Don L. Armstrong*, Raphael Zidovetzki, and Chaim O Jacob. Novel
+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. /Genes Immun/, In press.
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.
-3. *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.
-4. 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.
-5. *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.
-6. Chaim O Jacob, Jiankun Zhu, *Don L Armstrong*, /et al./
+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.
-7. Bahram Namjou, Andrea L Sestak, *Don L Armstrong*, Raphael
+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.
-8. *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.
-9. *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.
-10. 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
Pecht. Transmembrane domains in the functions of fc receptors.
/Biophys Chem/, 100(1-3):555--75, 2003.
-12. *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.
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.
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.