CURRICULUM VITAE · 2018-09-04 · CURRICULUM VITAE Rebecca D. Parr, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biology Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3003

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Rebecca D. Parr, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

Stephen F. Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3003

Office: (936)-468-2267

Fax: (936)-468-2056

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.rdparr.com/

EDUCATION:

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

Veterinary Microbiology Ph.D. 1992

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

Veterinary Microbiology M.S. 1987

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

B.S. Medical Technology 1972

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

2013-present Assistant Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Biology,

Nacogdoches, TX

2010-2013 Director of the Master of Science in Biotechnology Program, Arkansas State

University, Department of Biological Sciences, Jonesboro, AR

2006-2010 Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of

Pathobiology, College Station, TX

2004-2006 Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M University, Department of


2001-2004 Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University, Department of


2000-2001 Instructor, Blinn College, Department of Natural Science, Bryan, TX

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.rdparr.com/

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1998-2000 Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University, Department of

Biochemistry & Biophysics, College Station, TX

1996-1998 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, Texas Agricultural

Experiment Station, Department of Entomology

1994-1996 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Medical Microbiology and

Immunology, Texas A&M University Medical Health Science Center, College

Station, TX

1992-1994 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,

University of Texas Medical Health Science Center, Houston, TX

CLINICAL SPECIALTY/BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Board Certified Medical Technologist, MT, ASCP

NIH Guidelines and the Oversight of Recombinant DNA Research Training August 24, 2007

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

As a medical technologist, I taught medical technology interns microbiology and parasitology. I

taught the students how to culture and identify pathogens from human specimens in a clinical

lab.

I taught many graduate and undergraduate students in the laboratories (see above).

Also, I have taught the scheduled classes listed below at Texas A&M (TAMU), Arkansas State

University (ASU) and Stephen F Austin State University (SFASU) and attended teaching

workshops and video conferences as outlined below.

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Teaching Assignments at SFASU

Undergraduate/graduate

Course

No.

Lectures/Labs

Contributed Semester

Contact

Hours

No. of

Students

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Fall’13 6 94

Medical Terminology BIO 220 Lectures Fall’13 3 25

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Spring’14 3 94

Immunology BIO 410

BIO 527 Lectures/lab Spring’14 10 10

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Summer’14 3 12

Independent Study BIO 275 Research

Independent Study BIO 475 Research

Virology BIO 420

BIO 528 Lectures/lab Fall ‘14 10 10

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Fall’14 3 96


Nucleic Acid and Proteins BTC 555 Lectures/lab Spring ‘15 10 2

Pre-Nursing Microbiology BIO 308 Lecture Spring ‘15 3 106

Essentials in Biology BIO 121 Lecture Spring ‘15 3 32

Graduate independent study BIO 575 Research Spring ‘15 3 1

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Summer I ‘15 3 17

Independent Study BIO 475 Research SummerII ‘15 3 1

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO 308 Lecture Fall ‘15 6 80


Advanced Graduate Studies BIO575 Research Fall’15 9(3credit) 1

Independent Study BIO 475 Research Fall’15 9(3credit) 1

PreNursing Microbiology (2 sections) BIO308 Lectures Spring ‘16 6 48/48

Advanced Graduate Studies BTC576 Research Spring’16 9(3credit) 1

Thesis Research BTC 589 Research Spring’16 9(3credit) 1

Independent Study BIO 475 Research Spring’16 24(8credit) 3

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (1 sections) BIO308 Lecture Summer ‘16 3credit 12

Thesis Research BTC589 Research Summer I ’16 9(3credit) 1

Thesis Writing BTC590 Research Summer I ’16 9(3credit) 1

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Teaching Assignments at ASU

Graduate Course No. Lectures/Labs

Contributed

Semester Contact

Hours

No. of

Students

Introduction to

Biotechnology

BIO 6103

Lecture/Lab Fall’10 1

8

Biosafety &

Ethics in

Research

BIO 6033

Lectures

Fall’10

Summer 2012

3 8

Genetic

Engineering

BIO 6023

Lectures Spring ’11 & ‘12 3 6/4

Radiation Safety

BIO 5611

Lectures Spring 2011 1 5

Laboratory

Techniques I BIO 6144 Lecture/Lab Summer ’11 Fall ‘12 4 6/9

Laboratory

Techniques II BIO 6145 Lecture/Lab Summer ’11 Spring‘12 4 2/9

Intro Biotech &

Res Design BIO 6143 Lecture Fall ’11 & ‘12 3 4/6

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2

sections) BIO308 Lecture Spring ‘17 6 48/43

Medical Terminology BIO 220 Lectures Spring ‘17 3 18

Pre-Nursing Microbiology (2

sections) BIO308 Lecture Fall ‘17 6 48/27

Virology

BIO 420

BIO 528 Lectures/lab Fall ‘17 10 7

Independent Study BIO 475 Research Fall ‘17 12(4credit) 2

Advanced Graduate Studies BTC575 Research Fall ‘17 9(3credit) 1

Thesis Research BIO589 Research Fall ‘17 9(3credit) 1

Thesis Research BTC589 Research Spring’18 (3credit) 2

Thesis Writing BTC590 Research Spring’18 9(3credit) 1

Pre-Nursing Microbiology BIO308 Lecture Spring’18

3credit 89

Medical Terminology BIO220 Lecture

Spring’18 3credit 12

Pre-Nursing Microbiology BIO308 Lecture Summer I ’18

3credit 11

Prin of Cell & Molecular Biology BIO 130 Lecture Fall ‘18

3credit 36

Pre-Nursing Microbiology BIO308 Lecture Fall ‘18

3credit 2 sections

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RESEARCH/SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:

Research

Sponsor Title (PI/Co-PI)

Total grant

amount Funding Period

USDA Cooperative

State Research,

Education, and

Extension Service

(CREES)

Differentially Regulated Tissue-

Specific Genes between Virulent

and

Avirulent Bovine Rotavirus

Infections.

Funded $25,000.

2007-2009

NIH National

Research Fund for

Tick-Borne

Diseases.

Co-PI

Babesia microti: in vitro culture and

molecular interaction between

parasite

and host receptors at invasion

Funded $60,000

2007-2009

USDA Cooperative

State Research,

Education, and

Extension Service

(CREES)

A Study of Interspecies

Reassortants of

Bovine Rotavirus Proteins, VP6 and

NSP4: Affinity and Binding in

Viral

Funded

$29,600.

2005-2007

Teaching Assignments at TAMU

Undergraduate Course No. Lectures/Labs

Contributed

Semester Contact

Hours

No. of

Students

Physiological

Chemistry TAMU

for

Biomed Sciences

guest lecturer

Fall ‘07

2

25

Graduate Course No. Lectures/Labs

Contributed

Semester Contact

Hours

No. of

Students

Viral

Pathogenesis guest lecturer Fall’05 2 8

Viral Immunology guest lecturer Fall’07 2 6

Biotechnology BIOT 601 Lecture/Lab Fall’09 8 9

Biotechnology BIOT 602 Lecture/Lab Spring’10 8 7

Viral

Pathogenesis Guest lecturer Spring ‘10 4 6

Graduate

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Morphogenesis.

Provost and Vice

President for

Academic Affairs,

SFASU

Purification and amplification of

rotavirus in an African green

monkey kidney cell line

Funded

$1,000

November 2013

Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation

Investigation of Novel Therapeutic

Agents for Rotavirus Infections in

Children

Not Funded

$102,607.00

September 2014

Research Pilot

Study, Office of

Research &

Sponsored Projects,

SFASU

Evaluation of stilbenoids and

potential inhibitors of rotavirus

infections

Funded

$3,000

Spring 2014

Faculty research

engagement grant,

STEM research and

learning center

SFASU

Evaluation of potential stilbenoids

as a therapeutic agent for rotavirus

infections

Funded

$7,800

Summer 2014

Research Grant

Development -

Office of Research

& Sponsored

Projects, SFASU

Evaluation of stilbenoids as

potential inhibitors of rotavirus

infections

Funded

$5,000

Summer 2014

Research

Development

Program - Office of

Research &

Sponsored Projects,

SFASU

qNano System for the rapid and

accurate evaluation of particles size

and size distribution of

nanoparticles samples in a fluid.

Investigator(s): Rebecca D Parr,

Sarah Canterberry, Dennis Gravatt,

Kevin Langford, Josephine Taylor,

Beatrice Clack

Funded

$34,200

November 2014

Research Support

mini-grant, Office

of Research &

Sponsored Projects,

SFASU

Characterization of the proteome of

rotavirus infected human intestinal

cell line

Funded

$1,500

Spring 2015

Higher Education

Funds

Request for a high voltage power

supply to teach advanced protein

techniques to both undergraduates

and graduate students.

Funded

$2,096

Spring 2015

Research Support

mini-grant, ORSP,

SFASU

Characterization of the proteome of

rotavirus infected human intestinal

cell line

Funded

$1,500

Spring 2016

Howard Hughes

Medical Institute

Inclusive Excellence Grant 2017

Preproposal

December 2015

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$1 million for

5years NIH R15

(1R15AI130991-01) Therapeutic Potential and Mechanism of

Action of Arachidin-3 on Rotavirus

Infections

$300,000 Pending- assigned

to the ZRG1 IDM

S (81) Study

Section of the

Infectious Disease

and Microbiology

Integrated Review

Group (IRG) for

review on Nov. 7,

2016. Submitted

June, 2016 Travel Grant, ORSP,

SFASU

Discovering the Mechanism of Action

of Stilbenoids on Rotavirus Infected

Cells. Invited speaker to Lima, Peru for

the Annual Meeting of the American

Council for Medicinally Active Plants.

Also presented a poster, A Time

Course Analysis of the Effects of

Stilbenoids on the Ultrastructure and

Viral Populations of Rotavirus-infected

Cells.

$750.00 June 29-July1,

2016

RS(research support),

ORSP, SFASU

Faculty-Student Collaborative

Research Program

Funded $21,000 Fall 2016-Spring

2017


ORSP, SFASU


Research Program


2018


ORSP, SFASU


Research Program


2018

SFA College of

Sciences and

Mathematics

Summer Undergraduate Research

Experience (SURE)

Funded $3,300 Summer II 2018

STUDENTS AND RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Graduate Students

Names

Degree Institution Advisor/

Committee

Member

Dates

Kiran Mir M.S. TAMU, VTPB Committee

member

2003-2006

Cecelia Williams Ph.D. TAMU, VTPB Committee

member

2004-2008

Mukesh Mahashwari M.S. TAMU, Biotechnology Committee

member

2008-2009

Megan Schroeder Ph.D. TAMU, VTPB Substitute

at defense

Fall 2009

Joan Scaparra M.S. TAMU, Biotechnology Committee

member

2009-2010

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1. Stormey Wisdom and Rebecca D Parr. Enteric Viruses Modulating Lipid Metabolism.

Special Issue "Emerging Enteric Viruses in Humans and Animals" Adv. In Virol In preparation due

by Sept. 28, 2018.

Sheng-Mei Yeh M.S. TAMU, Biotechnology Committee

member

2009-2010

Swapnali Halder Ph.D. MBS, ASU Committee

member

2011-2015

Jose Tovar Ph.D. MBS, ASU Committee

member

2011-2013

Mukund Bhandari M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2013-2015

Sri Harsha Kondaveeti M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2013-2015

Dustin Therrien M.S. Biology

SFASU

Committee

member 2013-2015

Avleen Kaur Vishram M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2014-2016

Stephanie Aills M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2014-2016

Adeyemi S Adelaja M.S. Agriculture

SFASU

Committee

member 2015

Lorraine Ketzler M.S. Arthur Temple College of

Forestry&Agriculture

SFASU

Committee

member 2015-2015

Dallas A Lee M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2015-2015

Alex Nelson M.S. Biology (non-thesis) SFASU Committee

member 2015-2017

Hannah N Lockwood M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Advisor Spring 2015-Summer

2016

Caleb Witcher M.S. Biology

SFASU

Advisor 2015- 2017

Travis Moore M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2015- 2016

Sepideh

Mohammadhosseinpour

M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2015-2018

Rebekah Napier-

Jameson

M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Advisor 2016- 2018

Stormey B. Wisdom M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Advisor 2017- present

Femi B. Alakija M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Committee

member 2017- present

Ginny Nguyen M.S. Chemistry Committee

member 2017- present

Jeannette Oladji M.S. Biotechnology

SFASU

Advisor 2018- present

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2. Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Caleb M Witcher, Josephine Taylor, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar and

Rebecca D Parr. Effects of Synthetic and Natural Arachidin 3 on Rotavirus-Infected Human

Intestinal Cell Line. Austin Journal of Virology and Retro virology In preparation.

3. Caleb M Witcher, Hannah N Lockwood, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Macie N Mattila, Essence

B Strange, Josephine Taylor, Beatrice Clack, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Judith M Ball

and Rebecca D Parr. Arachidin-1 and Arachidin-3 Regulate Cellular Structure of Rotavirus-

infected MA104 Cells. Submitted. American Council for Medicinally Active Plants

(ACMAP).

4. Caleb M Witcher, Hannah N Lockwood, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Macie N Mattila, Essence

B Strange, Josephine Taylor, Beatrice Clack, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Judith M Ball

and Rebecca D Parr. Arachidin-1 and Arachidin-3 Affect Rotavirus Replication and Alter

the Ultrastructure of the Clonally Derived Human Intestinal Cell Line, HT29.f8. Submitted

Archives of Virology.

5. Ball, J.M., Medina-Bolivar, F., Defrates, K., Hambleton, E., Hulburt, M. E., Fang, L., Yang,

T., Nopo-Olazabal, L., Atwill, R. L., Ghai, P. and Parr, R. D. Investigation of stilbenoids as

potential therapeutic agents for rotavirus gastroenteritis Adv. In Virol. 2015. Volume 2015,

Article ID 293524, 10 pages, doi:10.1155/2015/293524.

6. Ball JM, Schroeder ME, Williams CV, Schroeder F, Parr RD. Mutational analysis of the

rotavirus NSP4 enterotoxic domain that binds to caveolin-1. Virol J. 2013 Nov 13; 10:336.

doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-336. PMID:24220211.

7. Gibbons, TF, Storey, SM, Williams, CV, McIntosh, A, Mitchel, DM, Parr, RD, Schroeder,

ME, Schroeder, F and Ball, JM. Rotavirus NSP4: Cell type-dependent transport kinetics to

the exofacial plasma membrane and release from intact infected cells. Virol. J. 2011. June 6;

8:278. PMID: 21645398.

8. Storey, S.M., Gallegos, A.M., Atshaves, B.P., McIntosh, A.L., Martin, G.G., Parr, R.D.,

Landrock, K.K., Kier, A.B., Ball, J.M., and Schroeder, F. Selective Cholesterol Dynamics

between Lipoproteins and Caveolae/Lipid Rafts. Biochem. 2007 Dec 4; 46(48):13891-906.

Epub 2007 Nov 9. PMID: 17990854.

9. Schroeder F, Atshaves BP, McIntosh AL, Gallegos AM, Storey SM, Parr RD, Jefferson JR,

Ball JM, Kier AB. 2007. Sterol Carrier Protein-2: New roles in regulating lipid rafts and

signaling. Title: Sterol Carrier Protein-2: New roles in regulating lipid rafts and signaling.

BBA Section: BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. Special Issue: Lipid

Transporters. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1771 (2007) 700-718.

10. Mir, K.D., Parr, R.D., Schroeder, F. and Ball, J.M. Rotavirus NSP4 Interacts with Both the

Amino- and Carboxyl- Termini of Caveolin-1. Virus Res. 126; 106-115. PMID: 17379346,

2007. Co-first authorship.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24220211

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24220211

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11. Parr, R.D. Martin, G. Hostetler, H.A., Schroeder, M.E. Mir, K.D. Kier, A.B. Ball, J.M.,

Schroeder, F. A New N-terminal Recognition Domain in Caveolin-1 Interacts with Sterol

Carrier Protein-2 (SCP-2). Biochem. 46(28) pp 8301 - 8314; PMID: 17580960, 2007.

12. Storey SM, Gibbons TF, Williams CV, Parr RD, Schroeder F, Ball, JM. Full-Length,

Glycosylated NSP4 is Localized to Plasma Membrane Caveolae by a Novel Raft Isolation

Technique. J. Virol.91; 5472-5483. doi:10.1128/JVI.01862-06, 2007

13. Parr, RD, Storey, SM, Mitchell, DM, McIntosh, AL, Zhou, M, Mir, KD, and Ball, JM. The

Rotavirus Enterotoxin, NSP4, directly interacts with the caveolae structural protein, caveolin-

1. J.Virol. 80:2842-2854, 2006.

14. Ball, JM, Mitchel, DM, Gibbons, TF, Parr, RD. Rotavirus NSP4: a multifunctional viral

enterotoxin. Virol Immunol. 2005; 18(1):27-40. Review PMID: 15802952.

15. Zhou, M., Parr, R.D., Petrescu, A.D., Payne, H.R., Atshaves, B.P., Kier, A.B., Ball, J.M.,

and Schroeder, F. Sterol Carrier Proteins Directly Interacts with Caveolin-1 in Vitro and in

Vivo. Biochem. 43:7288-7306, 2004.

16. Brooks, J.E, Rainer, A.C., Parr, R.L., Woolcock, P., Hoerr, F. and Collisson, E.W.

Comparisons of envelope through 5B sequences of infectious bronchitis coronaviruses

indicates recombination occurs in the envelope and membrane genes, V. Res., 100(2):191-

198, 2004.

17. Carvin, C.D., Parr, R.D., Kladde, M.P. Site-selective in vivo targeting of cytosine-5 DNA

methylation by zinc-finger proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. Nov 15; 31 (22):6493-501. PMID:

14602907, 2003.

18. Parr, R.D., Ball, J.M. New donor vector for generation of histidine-tagged fusion proteins

using the Gateway Cloning System. Plasmid. Mar; 49 (2):179-83. PMID: 12726771, 2003.

19. Braunagel, S.C., Parr, R., Belyavski, M., and Summers, M.D. Autographa californica

nuclear polyhedrosis virus infection results in Sf9 cell Cycle arrest at G2/M phase. Virol.

244:195-211, 1998. Co-first authorship.

20. Wang, Li, Parr, R.L., Ding, D.J., and Collisson, E.W. A Highly Conserved Epitope on the

Spike Protein of Infectious Bronchitis Virus. Arch. Virol. 140:1-13, 1995.

21. Parr, R.L., Fung, L.S., Reneker, J., Myers-Mason, N., Leibowitz, J.L., and Levy, G. The

Association of Mouse fibrinogen-like Protein (MUSFIBLP) with Murine Hepatitis virus

Induced Prothrombinase Activity. J. Virol. 69:5033-5038, 1995.

22. Pope, M., Rotstein, O., Cole, E., Sinclair, S., Parr, R., Cruz, B., Fingerote, R., Chung, S.,

Gorczynski, R., Fung, L., Leibowitz, J., Rao, Y.S., and Levy, G. Pattern of Disease after

Murine Hepatitis virus Strain 3 infection Correlates with macrophage Activation and not

Viral Replication. J. Virol. 69(9):5252-5260, 1995.

23. Oleszak, E., Kuzmak, J., Hogue, B., Parr, R., Collisson, E.W., Rodkey, L.S., and Leibowitz,

J. Molecular Mimicry Between Fc Receptor and S Peplomer Protein of Mouse Hepatitis

Virus, Bovine corona Virus, and Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus. Hybridoma 14:1-8,

1995.

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24. Parr, R. and Collisson, E. Epitopes on the Spike Protein of a Nephropathogenic Strain of

Infectious Bronchitis Virus. Arch. Virol. 133:369-383, 1993.

25. Sneed, L., Butcher, G., Parr, R., Wang, L., and Collisson, E. Comparison of the Structural

Proteins of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus as Determined by Western Blot analysis. Viral

Immunol. 2:221-227, 1989.

26. McMurray, D.M., Mintzer, C.L., Bartow, R.A., and Parr, R.L. Dietary Protein Deficiency

and Mycobacterium bovis BCG Affect Interleukin-2 activity in Experimental Pulmonary

Tuberculosis. Infection and Immunity. 57(9):2606-2611, 1989.

Refereed Proceedings/Monographs:

Stormey B Wisdom , Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Luanna L Saade, Hannah Lockwood, Beatrice

Clack, Judith M Ball, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Rebecca D Parr. Rotavirus Infections Treated

with Arachidin 3 Modulate Lipid Metabolism. Poster Presentation, ASV, July 15, 2018

University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Caleb M Witcher, Stormey B Wisdom, Essence B Strange, Doran S

Triggs, Luanna L Saade, Josephine Taylor, Judith M Ball, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar and

Rebecca D Parr. A Comparison of a Natural and Synthetic Stilbenoid, Arachidin-3, on a

Rotavirus Infected Human Intestinal Cell Line. Poster Presentation, ASBMB, April 21-26, 201.

San Diego. CA.

Caleb M. Witcher, Hannah N. Lockwood, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Macie N. Mattila, Essence

B. Strange, Josephine Taylor, Beatrice Clack, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, Judith M. Ball

and Rebecca D. Parr. A Time Course Analyses of the Effects of Arachidin 1 and Arachidin 3

on a Rotavirus-Infected Human Intestinal Cell Line. Poster Presentation. ASBMB annual

meeting April 22-26, 2017. Chicago, IL.

Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Caleb M. Witcher, Macie N. Mattila, Essence B Strange, Josephine

Taylor, Fabricio Medina Bolivar, Rebecca D. Parr. Cellular and Antiviral Effects of Two Highly

Purified Stilbenoids on Rotavirus-Infected MA104 Cells. Poster Presentation, ASM Microbe

2017, June 1-5, 2017. New Orleans, LA.

Rebekah Napier-Jameson and Rebecca D. Parr. Comparison of Effects of Synthetic and Natural

Arachidin-3 on Rotavirus Particles and a Human Intestinal Cell Line. Oral Presentation.

Graduate Research Conference, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. April 20,

2017, 2017.

Caleb M Witcher, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Hannah N Lockwood, Essence Strange, Macie

Mattila, Josephine I. Taylor, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, and Rebecca D Parr. A Time Course

Study of the Effects of Arachidin 1 and 3 on the Host Ultrastructure and Viral Populations of

Rotavirus-infected Cells. Poster Presentation. SFA Women in STEM Poster Session April 4,

2017, Symposium on Arts & Research (SOAR), Stephen F Austin State University,

Nacogdoches, TX. April 15, 2017, 2017.

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Macie N. Mattila, Caleb M. Witcher, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Hannah N. Lockwood, Josephine

Taylor, Beatrice A. Clack, Judith M. Ball, Fabricio Medina Bolivar, Rebecca D. Parr. The

Addition of Arachidin 1 or Arachidin 3 to Human Rotavirus-infected Cells Inhibits Viral

Replication and Alters the Apoptotic Cell Death Pathway. Poster Presentation. Undergraduate

Research Conference, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. April 18, 2017.

Essence Strange, Hannah N. Lockwood, Caleb M. Witcher, Rebekah Napier-Jameson,

Josephine Taylor, Beatrice A. Clack, Judith M. Ball, Fabricio Medina Bolivar, Rebecca D.

Parr. It’s a matter of life and death: Deregulation of cell death pathways with two small

molecules in rotavirus infected cells. Poster Presentation. Undergraduate Research

Conference, Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. April 18, 2017.

Witcher, Caleb M, Lockwood, Hannah N, Taylor, Josephine I., Clack, Beatrice A., Medina-

Bolivar, Fabricio and Rebecca D Parr. A Time Course Analysis of the Effects of Stilbenoids

on the Ultrastructure and Viral Populations of Rotavirus-infected Cells Poster Presentation at

American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP), Lima, Peru, June 29- July 1, 2016.

Lockwood, Hannah N, Witcher, Caleb M, Slay, Ravaen, Taylor, Josephine I, Clack, Beatrice A,

Ball, Judith M, Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio and Rebecca D Parr. Discovering the Mechanism of

Action of Stilbenoids on Rotavirus Infected Cells. Oral Presentation at American Council for

Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP), Lima, Peru, June 29- July 1, 2016.

Witcher, Caleb M, Lockwood, Hannah N, Mattila, Macie, Havner, Ron, Taylor, Josephine,

Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio, Ball, Judith M and Rebecca D Parr. Quantification of Rotavirus

Particles in HT29.f8 cells treated with Arachidin 3. Poster presentation at ASM Microbe 2016,

Boston, MA, June 16-20, 2016.

Hannah N Lockwood, Caleb M Witcher, Ron Havner, Josephine Taylor, Beatrice Clack, Fabricio

Medina-Bolivar, Judith M Ball and Rebecca D Parr. Regulation of the Transcriptome of

Rotavirus-Infected HT29.f8 cells by Arachidin-3. Poster presentation at ASM Microbe 2016,

Boston, MA, June 16-20, 2016.

Witcher, Caleb M, Lockwood, Hannah N, Mattila, Macie, Havner, Ron, Taylor, Josephine,

Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio and Rebecca D Parr. The Effects of Small Molecule Natural Products

on the Ultrastructure and Viral Populations of Rotavirus-Infected Cells. Poster presentation at

the Stephen F. Austin State University, Graduate Research Conference, Nacogdoches, Texas.

May 4, 2016.

Lockwood, Hannah N, Strange, Essence, Witcher, Caleb M, Havner, Ron, Taylor, Josephine,

Clack, Beatrice A., Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio, Ball, Judith M and Rebecca D Parr. Targeting

cell death with small molecules: playing with life and death to treat viral infections. Oral

presentation at the Stephen F. Austin State University, Graduate Research Conference,

Nacogdoches, Texas. May 4, 2016.

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Rebecca D Parr. A New Antiviral Therapeutic Strategy for the Prevention of Rotavirus

Infections. Oral Presentation at the 5th World Congress on Virology. Atlanta, GA. December

7-9, 2015.

Canterbury, S., Parr, R, Therrien, D. Effects of polybrene and puromycin on Equine Infectious

Anemia Virus replication. ADSA and ASAS Joint Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 13, 2015.

Slay, Ravaen, Clack, Beatrice, Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio and Rebecca D Parr. A Two-

Dimensional gel proteomic analyses of a rotavirus-infected human intestinal cell line treated with

a stilbenoid compound. American Society for Virology Meeting, Western University in London

ON, Canada July 11-15, 2015.

Megan Hurlburt, Hannah Lockwood, Ron Havner, Lingling Fang, Tianhong Yang, Fabricio

Medina-Bolivar, and Rebecca D Parr. Antiviral effects of selected stilbenoids isolated from

peanut hairy root cultures. Poster presentation at the Annual meeting of the American Council

for Medicinally Active Plants, Washington State University, Spokane June 9-12, 2015.

Katelyn D Defrates, Rebecca Walker, Ron Havner, and Rebecca D Parr. Poster presentation

Optimization of Fluorescent Detection of Rotavirus Protein NSP4 and Cellular Receptors in two

cell lines Cells at Bright Ideas Conference April 29, 2015 Stephen F Austin State University.

Hurlburt, M., Defrates, K., Hambleton, E., and Parr, R.D. Inhibition of Rotavirus Infections

using a Natural Product from Peanuts. Bright Ideas Conference. Poster presentation.

Nacogdoches,TX. May 11, 2014.

Canterbury, S., Parr, R, Therrien, D. Effects of polybrene and puromycin on Equine Infectious

Anemia Virus replication. Texas Genetics Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 27,

2015.

Slay, R., Defrates, K.D., and Parr, R.D. Optimization of Fluorescent Immunoblots for the

Detection of Viral Proteins. 118th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Sciences (TAS) at

the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX. Poster presentation. March 7, 2015.

Parr, R.D., Ball, J.M., Nopo-Olazabal, L., Atwill, R.L., Ghai, P., Medina-Bolivar, F. Inhibition

of rotavirus infections in a human intestinal cell line by specialized metabolites of peanut hairy

root cultures. Rotavirus NSP4 interacts with the cytoplasmic domains of caveolin-1. 31st Amer

SocVirol. Annual Mtg., Madison, WI 2012.

Parr, R.D., Ellis, A.E., and J.M. Ball. NSP4 is Present at the Plasma Membrane and on the Cell

Surface of MDCK Cells Early in a Rotavirus Infection. ASCB 48th annual meeting. San

Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2008.

Parr, R.D., Mir, K.D., and J.M.Ball. Rotavirus NSP4 interacts with the cytoplasmic domains of

caveolin-1. 26th Amer SocVirol. Annual Mtg., Covallis,Oregon 2007.

Parr, R.D and J. Ball. Evaluation of the Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Faces of Rotavirus NSP4

C-Terminal Residues for Protein:Protein Interaction(s) with Caveolin-1.25thAmer Soc Virol.

Annual Mtg. Madison, WI 2006.

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Parr, R.D and J.Ball. The hydrophobic face of rotavirus NSP4 extended amphipathic helix

interacts with caveolin-1. 23rd Amer Soc Virol. Annual Mtg. Montreal, Canada, 2004.

Parr, R.D and J.Ball. The extended amphipathic helix of NSP4 interacts with caveolin-1. 22nd

Amer Soc Virol. Annual Mtg. Davis, CA, 2003.

Parr, R.D. and J.Ball. The hydrophobic face of rotavirus NSP4 extended amphipathic helix

interacts with caveolin-1. ASM Texas Branch. College Station, TX, 2003.

Ball, J and Parr, R.D. The C-terminus of the rotavirus enterotoxin, NSP4 interacts with caveolin-

1. 21nd Amer Soc Virol. Annual Mtg. Kentucky, 2002.

Rebecca D. Parr and Judith M. Ball. The Rotavirus Enterotoxin, NSP4, Interacts with Caveolin-

1. Southeastern Regional Virology, Atlanta, GA, 2001

Rebecca L. Parr, Michael P. Kladde. Target gene detection by chimeric DNA

methyltransferases. Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology 2000. University of Washington,

Seattle, WA, USA, 2000.

Braunagel, S.C., Parr, R. Belyavski, M., and Summers, M.D. Amer Soc. Virol. Annual Mtg.

Vancouver, Canada. 1998.

Wang, L., Parr, R., and Collisson, E. A Highly Conserved Epitope on the S1 Protein of Infectious

Bronchitis Virus. Amer Soc Virol. Annual Mtg. University of California, Davis, CA, 1993.

Parr, R. and Collisson, E. A Comparison of Two Strains of IBV with Different Pathotypes. Amer

Soc Virol. Annual Mtg. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1992.

Parr, R. and Collisson, E. Functional Epitopes of the Spike Protein of a Nephropathogenic Strain

of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus. UTMHSC-Houston. Dept.of Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine, 1992

Parr, R. and Collisson, E. Immunodominant epitopes on the Spike Protein of a

Nephropathogenic Strain of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus. Amer Soc Virol. Annual Mtg.

Fort Collins, CO., 1991.

Parr, R. and Collisson, E. Functional Epitopes of the Cell Attachment Protein of Avian

Infectious Bronchitis Virus. Baylor School of Medicine. Fourth Ann. TAMU-Baylor Joint

Research Symp. Houston, TX, 1991.

Chapters:

Schroeder, F., Atshaves, B.P., McIntosh, A.L., Gallegos, A.M., Storey, S.M., Parr, R.D.,

Jefferson, J.R., Ball, J.M., Kier, A.B. 2007. Sterol Carrier Protein-2: New roles in regulating lipid

rafts and signaling. Title: Sterol Carrier Protein-2: New roles in regulating lipid rafts and

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signaling. BBA Section: BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. Special Issue: Lipid

Transporters. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1771 (2007) 700-718.

Ball, J.M., Parr, R.D., and Schutt, C.E. Chap 18: Analyses of Rotavirus NSP4 Genetic Groups,

Structure and Function. In: Segmented Double-Stranded RNA Viruses Structure and Molecular

Biology. J.T. Patton, ed. pp.307-332, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK.

Professional Organizations and Service:

1992-present American Society for Virology (ASV)

1972-present MT A.S.C.P.

2013-present Member of the Graduate Faculty at SFASU

2015-present Texas Academy of Sciences (TAS)

2013-present American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP)

1996-present American Society of Microbiologists (ASM)

1996-present American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2010-2013 National Professional Science Masters Association (NPSMA)

2000-2010 Member of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University

2005-2010 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

2008-2010 American Chemical Society

2008-2010 American Society for Cell Biology

2018-present American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

SFASU:

Non-Credit Instructions

PreNursing Microbiology Review list of important concepts to learn for the tests. BIO 308

Summer 2018

PreNursing Microbiology Reviews, Both sections of BIO 308 Spring 2017 were invited to

participate each week, Academic (January – April 2017). I offered prepared and

presented a Discussion Box in D2L with the most missed homework questions, and I

offered a one hour review in Chat Box in D2L a few days after posting the Discussion

Box.

PreNursing Microbiology Reviews, 12 participants, Academic. (July 11, 2016 - August 1,

2016). I offered 3 one hour reviews of the chapters that we covered in BIO 308 in

Summer II 2016 semester.

Teaching-related Professional Development

ASV 2018. Educational Workshop: A Learner-Centered Course Design to Enhance

Significant Learning. July 15, 2018. University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

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ASM Microbe 2017. Workshop: Three speakers: Innovative teaching, curriculum & course

design. .POMO4 June 1-5, 2017. New Orleans, LA.

D2L Instructions for development of a weighted grading scheme for the two BIO 308 sections

in the Spring 2017. Approximately 10 hours of individual instruction over several days

with Andra F. Floyd, Distance Education Support Specialist, Center for Teaching &

Learning.

Webinar, "Implementation Consultant for Connect". (August 22, 2016).

Troy Krueger answered questions about the Connect system for BIO 308 and guided my

pairing the online learning program to D2l.

Center for Teaching and Learning - Workshop or Workshop Series, "10 techniques to make

your class more active", CTL. (August 16, 2016).

how to make your class more of a participatory class

Center for Teaching and Learning - Workshop or Workshop Series, "Boosting Student

Engagement via Social Media", CTL. (August 16, 2016).

discussion and intro to different social media venues and how to use them in the class

Center for Teaching and Learning - Workshop or Workshop Series, "Ten Tips for Creating a

Student-Friendly Syllabus", CTL. (August 16, 2016).

part of a syllabus and fonts and structure of syllabus

Webinar, "Implementation Consultant for Connect", McGraw Hill Education. (July 15,

2016).

Tom Lyons guided me through the initial set up of Connect for my students in

Microbiology BIO 308 Fall 2016

Webinar, "Microbiology/Connect Webinar", McGraw Hill Education. (March 4, 2016).

One hour session with Dr. Farah Bennani where she explains in detail how she is using

the Cowan 4th Edition Microbiology with Connect in her Microbiology course

Workshop, "Faculty Advisor Workshops for the SSC Campus", EAB. (March 1, 2016).

Seth Moucka from EAB provided a workshop specifically designed for faculty users of the

system. Specifically focused on faculty advising. Use as a refresher course or perhaps to

learn a new feature of the platform.

Workshop, "Transformative Teaching: A Virtual Event", McGraw Hill Education.

(February 26, 2016). Four one hour sessions from leading academics and students to hear

how digital tools are transforming teaching and learning experiences across the country.

Seminar, "Alternative Dispute Resolution and Why it's useful", Stephen F Austin State

University, STEM Innovation. (February 22, 2016). Our guest speaker for this lecture is

Harry Hernandez, Director with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). His lecture is

titled “Technology Disputes Happen – What is Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and

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why is ADR useful?” Mr. Hernandez is responsible for over $3.2B in total claims

generating revenues for the AAA in excess of $4.5 MM spread across approximately 1800

cases annually. Prior to his employment with the AAA, Harry worked in the entertainment

industry with AMF Bowling for 11 years.

Directed Student Learning

Summer 2018 directed one undergraduate student, Kassandra Infante, with her SURE (Summer

Undergraduate Student Experience) project with a poster presentation.

Directed 5 M.S. graduate students and 12 graduate students with their research projects at

SFASU.

"BAT COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO SILVICULTURAL DISTURBANCES IN

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS MANAGED FOR WILDLIFE IN THE

MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL VALLEY" (In-Process), (May 2015 - Present).

Dissertation Defense Committee Member: Lorraine Ketzler, Master of Wildlife

Forestry, Forest Wildlife Management, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and

Agriculture.

"Synaptic plasticity impairment by A in Alzheimer’s disease and restoration by nicotine" (In-

Process), (November 2011 - Present).

Dissertation Defense Committee Member: Swapnali Halder, Ph.D candidate, Biology.

Comment: This is at Arkansas State University for the examination for the advancement

to candidacy in the Molecular Biosciences Program Doctor of Philosophy degree.

"Evaluation of Absorbezz® P in Broiler Rations: Effects on Performance, Yield, and Ammonia

Concentrations" (Completed), (August 7, 2015).

Master's Thesis Committee Member: Adeyemi Adelaja, Master of Science, Agriculture.

"Literature search on RNA extraction and PCR amplification from mosquitos" (Completed),

(August 28, 2014 - December 1, 2014). Directed Individual/Independent Study: Kristin

Tollett, BS, Biology.

"Biofilms, growth and bacterial identification", (August 28, 2014 - December 1, 2014).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Natalie McQuiston, BSN, Pre-Nursing.

"Preparation and Performing Microarray Analyses", (January 2016 - May 2016).

Directed Individual/Independent Study: Essence Strange, BSN, Biology. Comment:

The student project is to learn to process rotavirus infected and unifected cell lysates

with/without arachidins and perform microarray analyses

"Laboratory Experiments using rotavirus infected cell lines", (January 2016 - May 2016).

Directed Individual/Independent Study: Jesus Salinas, BSN, Biology.

Comment: The student project is to process cell lysates of uninfected and infect

HT29.f8 cells with/without rotavirus with/without stilbenoids. This includes protein

quantified and performing 2 dimensional gel analyses to determine the effects of the

arachidins during a rotavirus infection.

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Directed Individual/Independent Study: Macie Mattila, BS, Biology.

Comment: The student project is to infect HT29.f8 cells with/without rotavirus

with/without stilbenoids. The cell lysates will be processed and quantified and used to

perform slot blot analyses


Directed Individual/Independent Study: Macie Mattila, BS, Biology. Comment: The

student project is to infect HT29.f8 cells with/without rotavirus with/without

stilbenoids. The cell lysates will be processed and quantified and used to perform slot

blot analyses.

"Cloning, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization of Human Prolyl Endopeptidase"

(Proposal), (February 23, 2016).

Master's Thesis Committee Member: Travis Moore, Master of Science, Biotechnology.

Comment: Proposal defense

"Viral particle evaluation using the qNanodrop" (In-Process), (August 2015 - December 2015).

Directed Individual/Independent Study: Caleb Witcher, Master of Science, Biology.

Comment: BIO 575. The student project is to define the parameters needed to quantify

rotavirus particles using the qNanopore system.

"Laboratory Experiments using rotavirus infected cell lines" (Completed), (August 2015 -

December 2015). Directed Individual/Independent Study: Macie Mattila, BS, Biology.

Comment: BIO 475. The student will develop molecular biological skill sets to analyze

the expression of cellular and viral RNA and proteins

"Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic Infectious diseases with human pathologies" (Completed),

(August 2015 - December 2015). Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Konner McLaughlin,

BSN, Biology. Comment: The student looked at the literature on one microorganism

from these infectious diseases for humans and wrote a brief review with references

"Terminology for Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Chemistry" (Completed), (August 2015 -

December 2015). Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Tori Green, BSN, Biology.Comment:

The project was to list and define and reference common medical terminology in the

fields of biotechnology, molecular biology and chemistry

Academic Advising

1 undergraduate student and 2 graduate students advised, approximately 10 hours spent for the

year. (2017-18).

8 undergraduate students advised, 2 graduate students advised, approximately 25 hours spent

for the year. (2016-2017).


for the year. (2015-2016).

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for the year. (2014-2015).

Other Faculty Development Activities Contributions

Rebecca D Parr. Antiviral Effects of Peanut Arachidins on Rotavirus Infections. Invited

seminar speaker. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, April 5, 2017.

Rebecca D Parr. A Crucial Role in Switching Between Death and Survival Signaling: The

Effects of Two Small Molecules on Rotavirus-infected Cells. Invited seminar speaker. Texas

A&M Commerce, Commerce, TX, March 3, 2017.

Teaching Innovation - Other, "Women in STEM Conference," Stephen F Austin State

University, Nacogdoches, TX. (September 26, 2015).Working with other faculty and

members of the community to develop plans on how to mentor young women in the

STEM discipline

Department Service

Student Professional References. approximately 20 hours. (January 1, 2014 - Present).

Written referrals for undergraduates to get into professional schools. Composed

referrals for 8 undergraduate students to gain entrance into nursing school (4) and dental

hygiene school and 2 for dental school and 2 references for veterinary medical school.

Animal Welfare Committee, Member. approximately 10 hours spent for the year. (November

2013 - Present). To make sure the department is in compliance with all animal welfare

issues as outlined by IACUC. To assure the IACUC regulations for animal research are

followed. No animal welfare issues were reported or discussed

Department of Biology Honors Banquet, Honoring the Biology Students and their families.

approximately 3 hours spent for the year. (April 22, 2016).

A reception and dinner was held for the Biology students recieving scholarships and

their families

The faculty attended, received the students and their families, and watch the students get

recognized for their scholarship awards

This was a very nice evening to show the students and their parents that we applaud the

students’ accomplishments and assure them that we are here for the SFASU students.

Biology Chair Search Committee, Member. approximately 50 hours spent for the year. (May

2, 2014 - November 2014). The committee is charged with initiating the search for a

Head of the Department of Biology. We make the initial contacts with candidates and

give our recommendations to Dr. Childs. The committee was charged with posting the

position for Department Head of Biology, reviewing the candidates, selecting

candidates for phone interviews, performing the interviews, and selecting the candidates

to invite to campus. We will make recommendations to Dr. Childs who is the best

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candidate. We posted the position, met with HR to get trained in the appropriate ways to

conduct the search, and scripted questions for phone interviews of candidates.

Performed two phone interviews. Interviewed when candidates were here and made

suggestions to the dean of our recommendations.

College Service Girl Scout STEM Day, Presentor. approximately 6 hours spent for the year. (April 1, 2018).

We presented the girl scouts with a lecture and movies about the microscopy discovery

session.

Girl Scout STEM Day, Presentor. approximately 6 hours spent for the year. (April 1, 2017).

We presented the girl scouts with a lecture and movies about the microscopy discovery

session.

Biosafety Committee, Member. approximately 10 hours spent for the year. (November 2013 -

Present). To determine if the laboratories are adhering to the guidlelines for safety as

outlined by the CDC. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.

Manual outlines the safety guidelines no biosafety issues were reported to the

committee

Freshman and New Student Convocation 2015, Mentor. approximately 4 hours spent for the

year. (September 10, 2015). Set up displays of different experiments and microscopy for

the student to observe what is available here in biology at SFASU. I welcomed the

students and explained the type of experiments and the equipment that we have here in

biology. We met with many students who may do research projects in biology in the

future

Girl Scout STEM Day, Presentor. approximately 6 hours spent for the year. (March 28,

2015). We presented the girl scouts with a lecture and movies about the different parts

of our cells. Then we helped the students create cookie cells and DNA ladders made out

of candy. I was in charge of the activities and my graduate student, Hannah Lockwood,

was my helper. The students had a great time and loved eating the cookies and candy,

and they learned about the parts of a human cell.

STEM Day, participant for Biology. approximately 12 hours spent for the year. (February 27,

2015). My laboratory was set up with four working stations to display and allow the

students to participate in molecular biology experiments with the guidance of

undergraduate and graduate students. I planned and set up the experimental stations

with the undergraduate and graduate students. I introduced the students to the

experimental stations and explained what they were going to do. The teachers that

accompanied the students came back and told us how much the students enjoyed the

experience.

STEM laboratory tour, participant for Biology. approximately 10 hours spent for the year.

(September 17, 2014). Directed and set up laboratory experiments for the high school

students to participate and observe. Both graduate and undergraduate students helped

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with the presentation and activities. After preparing the laboratory experiments, I

described what the students would be doing and observing and making conclusions.

The students were excited to participate and talk to the undergraduate and graduate

students that helped them.

University Service

IBC Chair IBC Committee, Member and Chair Approximately 40 hours spent for the

year. (November 24, 2014 - Present). Reviews registrations for recombinant or synthetic

nucleic acid molecules, pathogens, potential infectious agents, biological toxins, and

human clinical trials that involve the use of these materials as mandated by the National

Institutes of Health and/or Stephen F Austin State University Institutions Policies. The

IBC assists theSFASU community in maintaining a safe work environment that is

compliant with federal, state and community regulations. Our goal is to serve as a

technical knowledgebase and training resource for biological safety issues on campus.

Starting the process of formalizing the committee and duties. Submitting committee

CVs and form to obtain the Institutional Biosafety Committee Registration Management

System (IBC-RMS) submission for Stephen F. Austin State University to the NBIH

submission office. Setting the three meetings and agendas for the committee for each

Spring and Fall semesters. Co-ordnating the IBC with the Office of Research and

Graduate Studies. Reevaluating the forms that describe research activity and safety

levels for research at SFASU.

External Reviewer for the Undergraduate Biomedical Science Program in the Department

of Life Sciences BIMS tracks in pre-health, clinical sciences, and forensics at Texas

A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). March 29-31, 2017 site visit. The final

report was finished April 10, 2017. Dr. Clay Clark (University of Texas at Arlington)

and I met with TAMUCC Compliance manager, Head of the Department, Dean, Faculty

and Staff of the Biomedical Science Department, and the Assistant Provost. We asked

questions and listened to their visions for the department. We observed and reported

their strengths and weaknesses and made recommendations for improvement of the

academic unit and the program.

Showcase Saturday, participant for Biology. Approximately 3 hours spent for the year.

(March 24, 2018). Welcomed and greeted students and their families. We answered

their questions about SFASU and the biology department. We handed out small items

with the school logos and the name of the biology department. We explained about the

costs and the possible programs that are available to help students. We interacted with

many students and their families.


(February 18, 2017). Welcomed and greeted students and their families. We answered



costs and the possible programs that are available to help students. We interacted with


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Women in STEM, participant. Approximately 4 hour spent for the year. (April 4, 2017).

A luncheon to start the dialogue of faculty and community to start thinking about how to

reach out to women in the STEM discipline. Our laboratory participated in presenting a

poster, Caleb M Witcher, Rebekah Napier-Jameson, Hannah N Lockwood, Essence

Strange, Macie Mattila, Josephine I. Taylor, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, and Rebecca D

Parr. “A Time Course Study of the Effects of Arachidin 1 and 3 on the Host

Ultrastructure and Viral Populations of Rotavirus-infected Cells.” Poster Presentation.

SFA Women in STEM Poster Session April 5, 2017,

AXcel Mentoring Program, Mentor. Approximately 20 hours spent for the year. (August 30,

2016 - Present). Peer mentoring with 2 first generation students to assist them in any

way that we can and develop a relationship with the students.

Meet a least 2 x a semester, attend a least one faculty-mentees social event in the fall

and guide them to university resources, encourage mentees to participate in campus

activities, develop a friendly relationship, and be a reference for the mentees.

Help the students be successful in their career and personal development here at

SFASU. Two new students for August 27, 2018.

Infectious diseases and recombinant DNA Committee, Member. Approximately 24 hours

spent for the year. (April 11, 2016 - Present). I will assist in writing policies for the use

of infectious diseases in research on campus if there are any and reviewing policies that

are being drafted. Define and compose the policies and procedures of the use of

recombinant DNA and/or Infectious agents on campus. We are in the organization

stage, and are starting to find out what is being used on campus to determine what

policies we should work on first.

Grievance Panel, Member. Approximately 12 hours spent for the year. (July 18, 2015 -

Present). To serve as a pool from which members of a Hearing Committee may be

drawn in case of an appeal as described in Tenure Policy E-50A. Members may also

serve on a Review Board to consider discrimination or sexual harassment complaints

under Policy E-46: Discrimination Complaints/Sexual Harassment. Two or three year

term.


(March 28, 2015). Welcomed and greeted students and their families. We answered



costs and the possible programs that are available to help students.We interacted with


Women in STEM, participant. Approximately 1 hour spent for the year. (March 15, 2015).A

luncheon to start the dialogue of faculty and community to start thinking about how to

reach out to women in the STEM discipline. To listen and get ideas for STEM grants.

The luncheon brought in money for women in STEM scholarships and new ideas were

shared

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Parents' Day, Member. Approximately 2 hours spent for the year. (September 19, 2015).

The standard array of PR flyers about our various programs will be given out.

We will answer questions about the various programs in the department and lead the

people to the right departmental representatives to answer their questions.

We saw many parents and families.

Strategic Planning meeting, participant. Approximately 3 hours spent for the year. (October

17, 2014). Discussed questions that related to the strategic planning of the direction that

SFASU could take to be the best school in it's tier group. Discussion of presented

questions. Listened to everyone present. Group identified infrastructure as a major

problem and the struggles to keep a quality education program.

Professional Activities Conference Attendance, 27th Annual Keck Research Conference Innovations in

Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, BioScience Research Collaborative, Houston, TX.

(October 27, 2017). A day conference with talks and two poster sessions by experts in

the field of Quantitative Synthetic Biology. I accompanied one graduate student and

two undergraduate students from SFASU.

UTSA College of Sciences Research Conference. October 6, 2017. I accompanied two

graduate students and two undergraduate students to the conference and I was a research

poster judge.

Workshop, "The qNano system training program," IZON.com. (December 13, 2014 -

December 16, 2014). Participating in the training program. There are 2 parts in all

IZON's training programme - practical and online quiz assessment. Complete both the

practical and online assessment for Level-1 training (beginner level).

Level-2 training modules (basic level) and complete the Level-2 online quiz and

participated in the the onsite training for one and a half days. Also, I went through the

video tutorials before proceeding to the practical assessment.

Conference Attendance, "24th Annual Keck Research Conference," Gulf Coast

Consortia for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX. (November 7, 2014).

A day conference with talks and two poster sessions by experts in the field of

Quantitative Synthetic Biology

Workshop, "How to Write an Excellent Assessment Report," Student Learning and

Institutional Assessment, Nacogdoches, TX. (September 15, 2014).

How to Write an Excellent Assessment Report

Professional Service / Community Service Journal of General Virology. JGV-D-17-00324 was reviewed for scientific merit and clarity

of presentation of the data. June 2017.

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Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology David Publishing Company, Libertyville, Illinois,

Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 8 hours spent for the year. (June 2017). I reviewed

the manuscript numbered JPP2017051702.

ChemMedChem/ ChemPubSoc Europe, NA, NA, Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 10

hours spent for the year. (August 26, 2016 - September 13, 2016).

Manuscript number: cmdc.201600440

MS Type: Full Paper. Review for scientific merit and quality of experimental design.

Virus Genes, NA, NA, Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 10 hours spent for the year.

(August 22, 2016 - September 9, 2016). Manuscript Number: VIRU-D-16-00284 was

reviewed for scientific merit and clarity of presentation of the data.

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology David Publishing Company, Libertyville, Illinois,

Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 8 hours spent for the year. (November 17, 2015 -

November 30, 2015). I reviewed the manuscript numbered JPP2015111502, entitled

"Nosocomial infections a permanent challenge ". I was an invited reviewer because of

my expertise and knowledge of the field and my previous contribution to the research

related to the manuscript's topic area.

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, London, none, Reviewer. Pro Bono,

approximately 4 hours spent for the year. (October 1, 2015 - October 15, 2015). To

review the manuscript to assess if it meets the standards set by the journal for

acceptance and publication.

British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, Wilmington, Delaware, Reviewer. Pro

Bono, approximately 8 hours spent for the year. (September 1, 2015 - September 19,

2015). To review a manuscript that was submitted for peer review.

Virology Journal, London, none, Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 8 hours spent for the

year. (August 26, 2015 - September 9, 2015). To review a manuscript that was

submitted to this journal for peer review.

Austin Virology and Retro Virology, Austin Publishing Group, Monroe Township, New

Jersey, Reviewer. Pro Bono, approximately 10 hours spent for the year. (May 11, 2015 -

June 1, 2015). To review a manuscript that has been submitted for peer review

Austin Virology and Retro Virology, Austin Publishing Group, Secaucus, New Jersey,

Editor. Pro Bono, approximately 216 hours spent for the year. (July 2, 2014 - Present).

Member of the editorial board of the new science journal Austin Virology and Retro

Virology. I will submit manuscripts for consideration and peer reviewed articles.

I accepted the offer to be a member of the editorial board.

External Connections and Partnerships Collaborator, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas, Dr. Judith M Ball, Associate

Professor and Head (2016-present). Department of Biological and Environmental

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Sciences, Texas A&M-Commerce. Office: (903) 468-8153, Email:

[email protected] Judith M Ball has shared her rotavirus strains and cell lines.

We intend to collaborate in vivo mouse experiments that will be a part of my NIH R15

AREA grant proposal.

Collaborator, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Dr. Fabricio Medina-

Bolivar Professor of Metabolic Engineering, Office: (870) 972-2638, Email:

[email protected] . Website: http://www.clt.astate.edu/fmedinabolivar/ . We

are collaborating on the arachidin projects and on the in vitro experiments that will be a

part of the NIH R15 AREA grant proposal.

Ph.D. committee member, Arkansas State University, Joneboro, Arkansas, Dr. Amy R.

Pearce, Professor of Psychology,Dept. of Psychology & Counseling ED 310, P.O. Box

1560, State University, AR 72467. (March 4, 2015). Committee member for PhD in

Molecular Biosciences Program. Guided parts of her research and participated in her

dissertation defense.

Collaborator, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Dr. Judith M Ball, Associate

Professor, Department: Veterinary Medicine – Pathobiology, College: Veterinary

Medicine, Office: (979) 845-7910, Email: [email protected] Website:

http://vetmed.tamu.edu/directory/directorydetail?UserID=1967 . (September 2014-

2016). Dr. Ball has shared her rotavirus strains and cell lines. We intend to collaborate

on in vivo experiments in mice that will be a part of my NIH R15 AREA grant proposal.

Professional Certifications Abreviated CPM training, STEM Research and Learning Center. (February 19, 2014 -

Present). I was trained on the appropriate and legal aspects of teaching and presenting

research on viruses to high school students on STEM Day.

Property Management-Equipment Manager/Designee Refresher Training Course,

Property Management, SFASU. (January 28, 2014 - January 29, 2015). Training Couse

to learn about the SFASU and state mandates for the management of property and

equipment at SFASU.

Security Awareness, SFASU. (October 2, 2013 - October 1, 2014). training with testing

for procedures and policies of SFASU for security issues

Provisional patent app (MC file: ARKSU-17968) “Therapeutic applications of prenylated

stilbenoids against rotavirus infections” The invention is a host-oriented antiviral

treatment for rotavirus infections that restores the hosts' ability to reduce the disease

burden. Purified prenylated stilbenoids were tested in antiviral assays. These experiments

showed significant differences of the production of infectious virus particles and Non-

Structural Protein 4 (NSP4) at 24 hours post infection and 20 µM concentrations of two

of the four tested stilbenoids, arachadin-l and arachadin-3.



http://www.clt.astate.edu/fmedinabolivar/


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Miscellaneous Invited speaker to Pre-Nursing Microbiology classes (2). Dr. Jesse Parr from College

Station, TX presented a seminar titled "A Pediatrician’s Journey with Vaccines" in the

Kennedy Auditorium on March 21 at 1-2:15pm and 3-4:15pm. Dr. Parr is a

pediatrician, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine at TAMU Health

Science Center, and a Senior Medical Team Physician at TAMU (March 21, 2018).

Invited speaker to Pre-Nursing Microbiology classes (2). Dr. Jesse Parr from College

Station, TX presented a seminar titled "A Pediatrician’s Journey with Vaccines" in the

Kennedy Auditorium on March 21 at 1-2:15pm and 3-4:15pm. Dr. Parr is a

pediatrician, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine at TAMU Health

Science Center, and a Senior Medical Team Physician at TAMU (March 21, 2016).

Invited Speaker to the department. Dr. Julian Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of

Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology TAMU Health Science Center in C. S.

presented a talk "Beyond Sequence-RNA Secondary Structures and Their Role in

Coronavirus Replication. He spent one hour with Graduate students and one hour with

undergraduate students. (November 6, 2015).

Grant support Luncheon Meeting. To help grant and administrative staff keep current with

SFA, sponsor and government grant guidelines and regulations.sponsored by ORSP

(October 6, 2015).

Invited Speaker for Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, “Rotavirus Research Projects

at SFASU.” October 18, 2013 SFASU, Nacogdoches, TX.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

ASU:

Honor’s Undergraduate Student Committee 2011-present

Department of Biological Science Assessment Committee 2011-present

Presentation at the Girls of Promise Conference 2011

Participated in the NSF Day Workshop, L.R., AR 2011

PSM in Biotechnology recruiting talks at the following: Arkansas State University,

Arkansas Tech University, Henderson State University, University of the Ozarks, Central

Baptist College, Ouachita Baptist University,

Rhodes College Fall 2011

Judge at the Valley View Science Fair (6th grade) 2010, 2011

Called and directed the PSM in Biotechnology at ASU Advisory Board Meeting

September 25, 2012

Presentation of research to Civitans in Jonesboro, AR 2012

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

TAMU:

NIH Guidelines and the Oversight of Recombinant DNA Research August 24, 2007

Adobe Photoshop CS1-Basics April 9, 2008

Adobe Photoshop CS3-Retouching and Effects May21, 2008

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Writing course: Spring 2008

Laboratory Hazard Communication and Safety: May 19, 2008

Research Experiences for undergraduates (REU) Workshop: June 2, 2008

Robert A. Welch Foundation 52nd Conference on Chemical Research: Biological

Macromolecules: from structure to function. Houston, TX October 27-28, 2008

Genome Access Course. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, N.Y. November 18-19, 2008.

Laboratory Biosafety Level 2 Training October 7, 2009

Use of Recombinant DNA in Research & Navigating the NIH Guidelines for PI’s October

7, 2009

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