Abbreviated Curriculum Vita

Vicki Cameron

Education

B.A. 1969: Sociology, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Ph.D. 1986: Molecular Biology, MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder

Membership in Professional Societies

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Genetics Society of American
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
American Society for Microbiology
Council on Undergraduate Research

Employment

2003                Dana Professor of Natural Sciences/Mathematics
1985-Present    Assistant, Associate and Full Professor, Biology Department, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1980-1985        Graduate Student, MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1972-1980        Research Chemist, lab of Dr. O.C. Uhlenbeck, Biochem. Dept. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1971-1972        Research Assistant, lab of Dr. B. Larson, Dairy Biochem. Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1969-1971        Research Assistant, lab of Dr. P.S. Sypherd, California College of Medicine, Microbiology Dept., University
                            of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA.

Funded Grants

2003-2007     NSF-RUI. Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions on the Production, Localization, Processing, Stability, and
                        Function of Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Yeast.
1998-2003     NSF-RUI. Genetics Analysis of the Function of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunits Encoded on Mitochondrial
                         DNA in yeast.
1994-1998     NSF-RUI. Structure and Function of Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase.
1993            Keck Foundation: Instrumentation for Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
1991            NSF-ILI. Improvement and Enhancement of Laboratory Experimentation in General Genetics.
1991-1993     NSF-RUI. Analysis of Revertants of a Yeast Mitochonrial Promoter Mutant.
1987-1989     Research Corporation. Analysis of Sequences Controlling mRNA Production for a Mitochondrially
                         Encoded Protein in Yeast.
1986-1987     Research Corporation. Analysis of Sequences Controlling mRNA production for a Mitochondrially
                         Encoded Protein in Yeast
1986            NSF-CSIP. Development of a New Laboratory Course in Recombinant DNA Techniques.

Publications

Cameron, Vicki (in press, Genetics). "Teaching Advanced Genetics Without Lectures"

Machingo, Quentin, Mazourek, Michael, and Cameron, Vicki (2001). "Second-Site, Intragenic Alterations in the Gene Encoding Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase from Yeast Can Suppress Two Different Missense Mutations." Current Genetics, 39: 297-304. PDFfile of the manuscript. The original publication is available on LINK http://link.springer.de with the following DOI: 10.1007/s002940100214.

Mazourek, M., Torello, A.T., and Cameron, V. (1999) Analysis of Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Amino Acid Substitutions in the CuA Binding Region of Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase. Current Genetics: 36: 249-255.

Torello, A.T., Overholtzer, M.H., Cameron, V., Bonnefoy, N. and Fox, T.D. (1997). Deletion of the Leader Peptide of the Mitochondrially Encoded Precursor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit II. Genetics, 145: 903-910.

Overholtzer, M.H., Yakowec, P.S. and Cameron, V. (1996). The Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions in the Conserved Aromatic Region of Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem., 271: 7719-7724.

Poyton, R.O., Sevarino, K.A., McKee, E.E., Dhul, D.J.M., Cameron, V. and Goehring, B. (1996). Export of Proteins from the Mitochondria. in Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology, Vol. 19: Protein Targeting to Mitochondria. ed. Bittar, E.E. JAI Press, Greenwich CN.

Wilson, T.M. and Cameron, V. (1994). Replacement of a Conserved Glycine Residue in Subunit II of Cytochrome c Oxidase Interferes with Protein Function. Current Genetics, 25: 233-238.

Cameron, V., Fox, T.D., and Poyton, R.O. (1989). Isolation and Characterization of a Yeast Strain Carrying a Mutation in the Mitochondrial Promoter for COX2. J. Biol. Chem., 264: 13391-13394.

McEwen, J., Cameron, V., and Poyton, R.O. (1985). Rapid Method for Isolation and Screening of Cytochrome Oxidase Deficient Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Bact., 161: 831-835.

Carey, J., Cameron, V., Krug, M., deHaseth, P., and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1984). Failure of Translation Repression in the Phage f2 op3 Mutant is not Due to an Altered Coat-protein-RNA Interaction. J. Biol. Chem., 259: 20-22.

Carey, J., Cameron, V., deHaseth, P. and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1983). Sequence Specific Interaction of R17 Coat Protein and its Ribonucleic Acid Binding Site. Biochemistry, 22: 2601-2610.

Cameron, V., Soltis, D., and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1978). Polynucleotide Kinase from a T4 Mutant Which Lacks the 3' Phosphatase Activity. Nuc. Acids Res., 5: 825-833.

Cameron, V. and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1977). 3'-Phosphatase Activity in T4 Polynucleotide Kinase. Biochemistry, 16: 5120-5126.

Uhlenbeck, O.C. and Cameron, V. (1977). Equimolar Addition of Oligoribonucleotides with T4 RNA Ligase. Nuc. Acids Res., 4: 85-89.

Cameron, V. and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1973). Removal of Y-37 from tRNAphe-yeast Alters Oligomer Binding to Two Loops. BBRC, 50: 635-640.

(Authors in bold are Ithaca College Undergraduates)

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