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Name :

Douglas K. Bishop, Ph.D.

 

 

 Department of Primary Appointment:

Radiation and Cellular Oncology

 

 Secondary appointments:

Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Committee on Genetics

Committee on Cancer Biology

 

Proposed rank:

PROFESSOR

 

 Proposed track:

RESEARCH SCHOLAR (TENURE)

DEPARTMENT: What is the candidate's field or specialization ?

Primary interest: Meiotic Recombination

Secondary interest: Regulation of recombinational repair of DNA damage.

 LAY SUMMARY:  

Dr. Bishop made several discoveries. First, he discovered Dmc1, one of two proteins that promote meiotic recombination in a wide range of eukaryotes including yeast, mice, plants, and humans. Second, as an assistant professor at U of C. he developed the first light microscopy method for examining the assembly of multiprotein recombination complexes in cells. Third, he used light microscopy to identify several proteins that control the assembly of recombination complexes in meiotic and mitotic cells. Work on assembly factors was extended from yeast to vertebrate cells.  Fourth, as an associate professor Dr. Bishop provided critical evidence that a mechanism of recombination known as synthesis dependent strand annealing occurs during meiosis. Fifth, Dr. Bishop provided important data supporting the hypothesis that the recombinase Dmc1 functions in a manner similar to that of its recombinase relatives, rather than functioning by a novel mechanism as had been suggested by others.  Sixth, Dr. Bishop showed that a key accessory factor for recombination expends energy to disassemble non-functional recombination complexes.  Seventh, Dr. Bishop showed that overexpression of recombinase can suppress the DNA repair defects caused by loss of breast tumor suppressor gene BRCA1.   Dr. Bishop is active in teaching, with more than 30 lecture hours per year. He is course director for two graduate courses in genetics, including a course entitled Genetic Analysis of Model Organisms taken by around 40 first-year graduate students in several Ph.D. programs.  Dr. Bishop also has a long-term commitment to teach introductory genetics in the college.  Dr. Bishop has served in a variety of administrative capacities in BSD and in the larger Biology community.  Most notably, Dr. Bishop is chairman of the Committee on Genetics. He also served as chairman of the Gordon Conference on Meiosis, indicating that he is an international leader in this field. 

 CURRICULUM VITAE

Extramural Service

 

1993-1996                      Leukemia Research Foundation, Scientific Advisory Board,

                                             grant review

1994-1997, 2003        National Science Foundation, ad hoc grant review

1995-1996                      United States Department of Agriculture, ad hoc grant review

1998, 2002,2005         National Institute of General Medical Sciences, ad hoc study section member Genetics, Biochemistry, MBC2, MGA, MGC Study sections.

2005    National Cancer Institute Intramural Review Group (Laboratory of Biochemistry)

2006-present  National Institute of General Medical Sciences MGC Study section, permanent member

1998-present                  Associate Editor:  Genes to Cells

2003-4                       American Society for Microbiology, Chairman Division X (Eukaryotic Microbiology).

2002                            Gordon Research Conferences, co-Vice Chair for Conference on Meiosis

2004                                  Gordon Research Conferences, co-Chair for Conference on Meiosis

1993-present            Peer reviewer for the following journals: Cancer Research, Cell, Chromasoma, The EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, Gene, Genes and Development, Genetics, Journal of Cell Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Nature, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, The Plant Cell, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, Science, Oncogene, J. Biol. Chem.,  PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics,  Cancer Research, Genes to Cells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of Cell Biology.

PRESENTATIONS

Only two types of presentations are listed: External 50-minute invited seminars at academic institutions and 15-40 minute invited platform presentations at international meetings (¥).

 

1993    ¥Genetics Society of America, Yeast Meeting, Seattle,WA

                              ÒCytological detection of RecA homologues in meiosisÓ

                             

1994    University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London Ontario, CANADA

                              ÒCytological detection of meiotic recombinationÓ 

               ¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

                              ÒDetection of RecA homologues Rad51 and Dmc1 by immunostainingÓ

               University of Wisconsin, Department of Genetics, Madison, WI

                              ÒCytological detection of recombination complexes.Ó

               Loyola Medical School, Department of Molecular Biology, Maywood, IL

                              ÒRecombination complexes and checkpoint control in meiosis.Ó

                               

1995    Osaka University, Department of Biology, Toyonaka, JAPAN

                              ÒMeiotic recombination and reductional chromosome segregationÓ

               ¥FEBS Lecture Course: Genetics, Biochemistry and Ultrastructure of Meiosis

                              Obertraun, AUSTRIA

                              ÒMeiotic recombination complexes and regulation of meiotic divisionÓ

               University of Indiana, Department of Biology, Bloomington, IN

                              ÒMeiotic recombination complexes and regulation of meiotic divisionÓ 

                               

1996    ¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire

                              ÒRegulation of recombination partner choiceÓ

               ¥EMBO Workshop: Mechanisms and Consequences of Genetic Recombination,

                              Seillac, FRANCE

                              ÒActivation of a DMC1-independent pathway for resolution of Meiotic DSBsÓ

               ¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Yeast Chromosomes, Snowmass, CO

                              ÒRegulation of meiotic recombinationÓ

                               

1997    Yale University Medical School, Department of Genetics, New Haven, CT

                              ÒRegulation of meiotic recombinationÓ

               University of Arizona, Department of Biology, Tucson, AZ

                              ÒRegulation of meiotic recombinationÓ

               ¥DNA Replication, Recombination, and Repair Symposium, Nagoya, JAPAN 

                              ÒCytological investigation of meiotic recombinationÓ

                               

1998    ¥Genetics Society of America Symposium on DNA Repair: Bacteria to Humans, Airlie                                              House, Warrenton, VA

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexes and checkpoint control during meiosis.

               ¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London,  NH

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexesÓ

               ¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Yeast Chromosomes, Snowmass, CO

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexesÓ

               ¥University of Texas, Center for Molecular Medicine, San Antonio, TX

                              ÒAssembly of meiotic recombination complexesÓ 

               ¥Wayne State,  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, MI

                              ÒAssembly of meiotic recombination complexesÓ

1999    University of Oregon, Department of Molecular Biology

                              ÒAssembly and regulation of meiotic recombination complexesÓ

Cornell University, Department of Genetics, Ithaca, NY

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexesÓ

               ¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Recombination and Genome rearrangement,                                              Snowmass, CO (Session Chair)

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexesÓ

 

2000       Brown University, Providence, RI

               ÒAssembly of homologous recombination complexes        

 ¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London,  NH

                              ÒAssembly of recombination complexesÓ

¥EMBO Workshop: Mechanisms and Consequences of Genetic Recombination,

                              Seillac, FRANCE(Session Chair)

                              ÒYeast Dmc1 promotes strand annealing and D-loop formation in vitroÓ

¥National Academy of Science Colloquium ÒLinks between recombination and replication: Vital roles of recombinationÓ   Irvine, CA.

ÒAssembly of RecA-like recombinases: Distinct roles for mediator proteins in mitosis and meiosis

 

2001       ¥Society for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting. Canterbury, UNITED KINGDOM

ÒStructural features of recombination complexes in S. cerevisiaeÓ 

¥Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico

ÒRegulation of assembly of recombinational repair complexesÓ

University of Wisconsin, Department of Genetics, Madison, WI

                              ÒCoordination of meiotic recombinationÓ

Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY

               ÒCoordination of meiotic recombinationÓ

                

2002    ¥Keystone Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Recombination, Snowbird, CO

 ÒThe Role of Dmc1 and Tid1 in Homologous Strand Invasion and Crossover InterferenceÓ

¥EMBO Workshop: Mechanisms and Consequences of Genetic Recombination,

                              Seillac, FRANCE  ÒCoordination of DNA Ends during Meiotic RecombinationÓ

¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis (vice Chairman), Colby-Sawyer College, New London,  NH

                              ÒCoordination of DNA Ends during Meiotic RecombinationÓ

¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Yeast Chromosomes, Snowmass, CO (Session Chair)

                              ÒRole of DNA Damage Checkpoint Genes in Regulating Meiotic RecombinationÓ

¥Federation of Asian Organizations for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Annual Meeting. TAIWAN

                              ÒRole of Dmc1 and Tid1 in Strand Invasion and Crossover ControlÓ

               ¥Banbury Conference on Recombination (Discussion Leader). Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

                              ÒMeiotic RecombinationÓ

              

2003 ¥Gordon Conference on Radiation Oncology, Ventura, CA

                              ÒPeptide inhibition of XRCC3Ó

¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Recombination and Genome Rearrangement,                                          Snowmass, CO

                              ÒGenetic Analysis of BRCA1 function in DT40 CellsÓ

¥EMBO Workshop: Meiosis, Obertraun, AUSTRIA

             ÒSpecialized functions of Rad51 and Dmc1Ó

 

2004 ¥EMBO Workshop: Mechanisms and Consequences of Genetic Recombination,

                              Seillac, FRANCE

                              ÒTid1 promotes dissociation of Dmc1 from non-specific sites on chromatinÓ

¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London,  NH

               (Meeting Co-Chairman)

ÒIntroductory OverviewÓ

              

2005    Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academica Sinica Nankang, TAIWAN

ÒRegulation of Recombinase Assembly during DNA repair and meiosisÓ

Hsin Chu Univeristy Hsin Chu, TAIWAN

ÒRegulation of Recombinase Assembly during DNA repair and meiosisÓ

¥FASEB Summer Research Conference on Recombination and Genome rearrangement,                                              Snowmass, CO

                              ÒSuppression of BRCA1 mutants by overexpression of RAD51Ó

               University of Iowa, Department of Genetics, Iowa City, IowaÓ

                              ÒRegulation of Recombinase Assembly during DNA repair and meiosisÓ

¥American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA (Session Chair)

                              ÒTid1 promotes dissociation of Dmc1 from non-specific sites on chromatinÓ

¥EMBO Workshop: Meiosis, El Escorial, SPAIN (Session Chair)

ÒTid1 promotes dissociation of Dmc1 from non-specific sites on chromatinÓ

Department of Radiation Oncology Washington U. Med. School, St. Louis, MO. ÒRecombinase Dynamics in Breast Cancer and MeiosisÓ

 

2006    U. of California,  Davis, CA

ÒDynamics of Meiotic RecombinaseÓ

¥Gordon Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London,  NH

             ÒEvidence for Synthesis-Dependent Strand AnnealingÓ

 

2007    U. of Indiana,  Bloomington Indiana.

               ÒRecombinase Dynamics in Cancer and MeiosisÓ