PETER J. BRYANT: Curriculum vitae, June 2003
Date of Birth March 2, 1944
Citizenship British; Permanent Resident of U.S.
Home Address 426 Vista Parada, Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone (949) 640-9459 (home) (949)
824-4714 (office)
Spouse Toni Boettger Bryant
Children Katherine Emily Bryant, Sarah Grace Bryant
Education
1964: B.Sc. (Special) in
Zoology, 1st Class Honors. Kings College, London, England.
1965: M.Sc. in
Biochemistry. University College, London, England.
1967: D.Phil. in
Genetics. University of Sussex, Falmer, Sussex, England.
Postdoctoral Research Experience
1967 - 1970: Postdoctoral research fellow with Dr. Howard A. Schneiderman, Developmental Biology Center, Case Western Reserve University, and at Developmental Biology Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, California.
University Appointments
1970 - 1971: Lecturer,
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI
1971 - 1974: Assistant
Professor, Dept of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI
1974 - 1977: Associate
Professor, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI
1977 - present: Professor, Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI. Step VIII.
Special Appointments (last
10 years)
1979 - present: Director,
Developmental Biology Center, UCI
1985 - 1995: Editor-in-Chief,
Developmental Biology.
1996 - present: Co-Director,
Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability, UCI
Honors and Awards
May 1998: J. W. Jenkinson
Memorial Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, U.K.
May 2001: Golden Medal of G. J.
Mendel, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Undergraduate Courses Taught
(last 10 years)
1990: Conservation
Biology 150
1991, continuing annually: Biological
Conservation 65
1998 - 1999: Biodiversity and Conservation (Campuswide Honors: H90)
Continuing: Undergraduate
Research in Developmental Biology 199
Outreach Teaching
2000 -2001: UCI-Santa Ana Teachers Institute “Natural History of Orange County, California”
2002: UCI Summer Science Institute
Other Mentorship
Graduate Courses Taught -
(last 10 years)
Graduate
Core in Developmental Biology 231 (participant)
Developmental
Genetics 210 (participant)
Off-Campus Committee Service
(last 10 years)
1992: Member, External
Review Committee, Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of Minnesota
1992, 1995, 1997: Member, NCRR
- BRS Special Study Section (Shared Instrumentation), NIH
1997: Member, Science
Advisory Committee, Upper Newport bay Ecological Reserve
2002: Member, External
Review Committee for an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
2003: Member, External
Review Committee for an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
Campus Committee Service (last
10 years)
1991 - 1995: Advisory
Committee on the Center for the Health Sciences
1991 - present: Open Space Reserve Committee (1991 - 1993, Chair)
1992 - 1996: Academic
Senate Committee on Privilege and Tenure
1992 - 1966: Academic
Senate Committee on Emeritae/i
1993 - 1996: UCI
University Club Board of Directors
1993: Education
Abroad Selection Committee
1995 - 1996: Academic
Senate Committee on Land Use and Environment (Chair)
1995-present: Advisory
Committee for Undeclared/Undecided students
1997-present: UCI Cancer
Center Strategic Planning Committee
School Committee Service
(last 10 years)
2000 – present: Faculty Computing Committee (Chair)
Departmental Committee
Service (last 10 years)
Graduate student review and examination committees
Developmental and Cell Biology search committees
Faculty review committees
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Targets of Opportunity Search Committee
Reviewer for the Following
Scientific Journals:
Biochimica et Biophysica
Acta
Bioessays
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Cell
Cell Differentiation
Comp. Biochem. Physiol.
Development
Developmental Biology
Developmental Genetics
EMBO Journal
Eur. J. Entomol.
Experimental Gerontology
Genes and Development
Genetics
Genomics
Int. J. Insect Morph.
Embryol.
Invertebrate Reproduction
and Development
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Genetics
Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of Neuroscience
Mechanisms of Development
Molec. Cell. Biol.
Nature
Proc. National Academy of
Sciences, USA.
Science
Trends in Genetics
Whalewatcher (J. Am.
Cetacean Society)
Wilhelm Roux’s Archives
Reviewer for the Following
Granting Agencies:
International Human Frontier Science Program
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
The Wellcome Trust
Training Record
1. Graduate students (total completed training: 23)
Name Date Present Position
John L.
Haynie 1971-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
State
University College, Geneseo, New York
Susan Germeraad 1971-1976 Associate Researcher, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Anthony
James 1973-1979 Associate Professor,
Dept.
of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,
University
of California, Irvine, CA
Victoria
K. Shaw 1972-1976 M.D.
C.
Lynne Littlefield 1976-1978 Director of Education
Pensacola
Zoo
Pensacola,
Florida
Eugene
Levinson 1979-1981 Postdoctoral Researcher,
Dept.
of Tumor Immunology
Dana
Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Massachusetts
Christine
Kaznowski 1979-1982 Not known
Brooke
Kirby 1979-1982 Optometrist
Julia
Cole 1981-1982 Self-employed artist
David
O’Brochta 1979-1984 Center for Agricultural Biotech
University
of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Mary
Stevens 1979-1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory
Jorge
Cladera 1982-1984 Research Scientist, Departamento de
Genetica
INTA, Castelar, Argentina
Timothy
Sliter 1980-1985 Assistant Professor,
Southern
Methodist College, Dallas, TX
Danny
Sponaugle 1981-1986 Teacher, Laguna Hills High School,
Laguna
Hills, California
Victoria
Jursnich 1985-1989 Deceased
Jo
Wen Wu 1984-1990 Department Coordinator, Department of
Biology,
Fullerton
College, Fullerton, California
Kellie
Watson 1987-1993 Manager, Feinstein-Kean Partners, Inc.,
Communications
for the Health-Care Industry
Cambridge,
Mass
Patricia
Onofrechuk 1987-1993 Left the program
Michael
Buratovich 1988-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Spring
Arbor University, Michigan
Peter
Harvie 1991-1997 Instructor, Department of Biology,
Fullerton
College, Fullerton, California
Colleen
Hough 1992-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow,
Gerontology
Research Center
National
Institutes of Aging,
NIH
Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD
Spiros
Dimitratos 1993-1999 Biotechnology Company Inscent
Kevin
Hoover 1995-2000 Medical School
Anna
Radovic 1997-present
Tannin
Fuja 2000-present
Postdoctoral students (total
completed training: 28)
Paul
Adler 1975-1977 Professor, Department of Biology
University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Christoph
Reinhardt 1975-1978 Research Fellow,
Schwerzenbach
Toxicology Institute
Schwerzenbach,
Switzerland
Siegward
Strub 1976-1978 Sandoz AG,
Stab
Forschung & Entwicklung Pharma
4002
Basel, Switzerland
Jack
Girton 1978-1980 Assistant Professor,
Zoology
and Genetics Department
Iowa
State University, Ames, IO
Presley
Martin 1978-1980 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA
Moti
Nissani 1978-1980 Weekend College Program, Wayne State
University
Detroit,
Michigan
Jan
Ryerse 1979-1980 Associate Professor, Department of
Pathology
St.
Louis Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri
Janos
Szabad 1980-1981 Director, Department of Biology,
Szent-Gyorgyi
Medical University,
Szeged,
Hungary
Felix
Epper 1980-1982 Strategic Planner, Pharmamarketing,
Sandoz
Ltd., Nurnberg, Germany
Danny
Brower 1981-1984 Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology
University
of Arizona, Tucson
William Hanratty 1979-1984 Deceased
Michel Piovant 1982-1984 Charge de Recherche, CNRS, Marseilles, France
Alfred
Handler 1979-1985 Research
Geneticist, USDA-ARS,
Gainesville,
Florida
Lewis
Held 1977-1986 Associate Professor, Biology Department,
Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
John
Alegre 1983-1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology
University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rosalie
Langelan 1985-1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology
University
of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Elizabeth
Frayne 1987-1990 Instructor, Biology Department,
University
of La Verne, La Verne, California
Robin
Justice 1990-1994 Assistant Professor of Biology,
Keck
Science Center, Claremont McKenna College
Claremont,
California
Tibor
Török 1994-1996 Research Scientist, Biological Research
Center
Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
David
Peel 1991-1996 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of
Medicine,
University
of California, Irvine
Michael Boedigheimer 1994-1997 Research Scientist, Amgen Inc.
Dean
Stathakis 1995-1998 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of
Medicine,
University
of California, Irvine
Tatsuhiro
Shibata 1995-1998 Postdoctoral Researcher, Pathology Division,
National
Cancer Center Research, Tokyo, Japan
Harald
Biessmann 1986-1998 Research Biologist,
Department
of Biological Chemistry,
University
of California, Irvine
Marika
Walter 1986-1998 Assistant Research Biologist
Department
of Biological Chemistry,
University
of California, Irvine
Daniel
Woods 1983-1999 Chief Scientific Officer
Inscent
Inc., Irvine, CA
Olivier Saget 1998-1999 Training in Clinical trials
Natalia Slepko 1998-2000 Postdoctoral Researcher
Microbiology
and Molecular Genetics, UCI
Jyoti Bhojwani 2001-2002
Cecilia De Lorenzo 1998-present
Michal Zurovec 1999-present
Previous Grant Support (last
five years)
1992-1997: Program Director, National Institutes of Health Program Project: “Molecular Basis of Developmental Cell Interactions”. Annual direct costs: Total: $433,266; Component Project: $115,907.
1995-1997: Principal
Investigator, National Institutes of Health (National Action Plan on Breast
Cancer): “Tumor suppressor genes identified from a model system”. Annual direct
costs: $41,317.
1997-2001 Participant, Human
Frontier Science Program: “Role of the DM Kinase Family in the Control of Cell
Proliferation and Morphogenesis” (K. Kaibuchi, P.I.). Annual direct costs for
component project: $56,805.
1997-2000 Principal
Investigator, National Institutes of Health: “Control of local growth by the expanded gene in Drosophila”. Annual
direct costs: $89,512.
1998-2000: Principal
Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, “Chitinase-related Growth
Factors in Drosophila”. Annual direct
costs: $66,490.
1999-2000: U.C. BioSTAR / Anagene Corp.: “Use of the Drosophila Model System to Test and Validate mRNA Fingerprinting Method”. Annual direct costs: $17,250.
1995-2001: Program Director,
National Institutes of Health Program Project: “Membrane-associated Guanylate
Kinase Homologs”. Annual direct costs: Total: $904,996; Component Project:
$154,272.
2000-2001: U.C.I. Cancer Center
Seed Grant: “Dlg as a target of HPV E6 oncoprotein in cervical cancer”. Annual Direct Costs: $15,000.
Current Grant Support
2001–present: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation IBN-0091348, “Adenosine Deaminase-related Growth Factors”. Annual direct costs: $132,523. International Supplement, Annual direct costs: $14,000.
2001-present: Principal Investigator,
National Institutes of Health R01 CA91043:
“Molecular Genetics of Drosophila MAGUKs”. Annual direct costs: $166,000
Additional Recent Grant Support to Laboratory
1995-1999: Harald Biessmann, Principal
Investigator, National Institutes of Health Grant, “The telomeres of the
Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae”.
Annual direct costs: ~$116,948
1997-1998: Harald
Biessmann, Principal Investigator, World Health Organization grant, “Germ Line
Transformation of Anopheles gambiae”. Annual direct costs: $23,000
1997-1998: Tatsuhiro
Shibata, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Uehara Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Tokyo,
Japan. Annual direct costs: ~$22,000.
1997-1998: Olivier Saget,
Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Annual
direct costs: ~$22,000.
Participation in Training
Grants (last five years)
1979-present Program Director,
National Institutes of Health Training Grant HD-07029, “Developmental
Mechanisms Underlying Congenital Defects”. Annual direct costs: $133,102.
1990-present Training Committee,
National Institutes of Health Training Grant CA-09054, “Training Program in
Carcinogenesis”
1990-present Primary Mentor,
National Institutes of Health Training Grant NS-07351, “Developmental
Mechanisms of Nervous System Formation”
1996-1998 Program Director, National Science Foundation Undergraduate Curriculum and Course Development, “Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability”. Annual direct costs: $51,141
Invited Lectures (last
5 years)
(a) Research on Drosophila
tumor suppressor genes and neuroendocrine system
Jan. 1997: Department of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine
May 1997: Environmental
Toxicology Program, University of California, Riverside
May 1997: Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Sep. 1997: Program in
Molecular Biology, University of Southern California
Jul. 1998: International
Conference on Drosophila Tumor Suppressor Genes and their Human Homologues in
Development and Malignant transformation. Seeheim-Jugenheim, Darmstadt, Germany
Aug. 1998: NMHCC
Bio/Technology “Cell Lines” Conference, San Diego, CA
Sep. 1998: British Society for
Cell Biology: Epithelial Cell Biology. Oxford University, U.K.
Nov. 1998: CONNECT Corporate
Partnership Program, University of California, San Diego
Nov. 1999: Division for Cell
Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tubingen, Germany
Nov. 1999: Boehringer
Ingelheim Fonds Titisee Conference “Growth Control in Cells, Organs, and
Animals” Titisee, Germany
Nov. 1999: Department of
Biological Chemistry, UCI
Jan. 2000: Exelixis
Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco
Feb. 2000: Division of Signal
Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
Feb. 2000: Symposium on
Oncogenesis, Institute for Viral Research, Kyoto University, Japan
Apr. 2000: Novartis Foundation
Symposium “The cell cycle and development” London, U.K.
Apr. 2000: UCI Systems Biology
Symposium
May 2000: Institute of
Molecular Biology, University of Oregon
Oct. 2000: Tumor Biology
Program, Stanford University Medical Center
Apr. 2001: British Societies
for Cell and Developmental Biology: Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis. University
of Sussex, U.K.
Apr. 2001: Institute of
Entomology, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, České Budejovice,
Czech Republic.
May 2001: Dept. of Physiology,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Jul. 2001: Keynote Speaker, Gordon Conference on Metamorphosis, Connecticut College.
Sep. 2002: British Genetics Society: Morphogenesis,
Growth and Death in the Fly. University
College, London
Oct. 2002: Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
(b) Insects / Butterflies / Conservation
Jan. 1997: South Coast Audubon
Society
Oct. 1997: Department of Fish
and Game Volunteer Group, Upper Newport Bay
May 1998: Chapter Natural
History Day, Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Nov. 1998: Upper Newport Bay
Naturalists
Dec. 1998: California Native
Plant Society, Orange County Chapter
July 1999: Department of Fish
and Game Volunteer Group, Upper Newport Bay
Sep. 1999: North American
Butterfly Association
July 2000: Orange County
Natural History Association
May 2001: Department of
Biology, San Diego State University
March 2003: Entomological
Association of Southern California
May 2003: Upper Newport Bay
Naturalists
(c) Use of the World-Wide
Web in Environmental Education
Mar. 1997: UC Irvine Social
Sciences World-Wide Web Seminars
Jan. 1998: International
Symposium on the Management and Technology of Energy and Environment. Long
Beach, CA
Apr. 2000: UCI/Santa Ana
Teacher’s Institute
Conference
Organization (last 10 years)
1992: Southern
California Drosophila Research
Conference (2).
1993: Southern
California Drosophila Research
Conference (2).
1993: Annual Drosophila
Research Conference (session chair).
1994: American Society
for Cell Biology Special Interest Subgroup Meeting, Membrane-associated
guanylate kinase homologs, San Francisco
1994: Southern
California Drosophila Research
Conference.
1995: Southern California
Drosophila Research Conference (2).
1995: Program Project
meeting on Membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs, ASCB meeting,
Washington, D.C.
1996: Keystone Meeting
on Cell Junctions, Lake Tahoe, California (Co-organizer and Session Chair)
1996: Program Project
meeting on Membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs, ASCB meeting, San
Francisco
1996: Southern
California Drosophila Research
Conference (2)
1997: Program Project
meeting on Membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs, ASCB meeting,
Washington, D.C.
1997: Southern
California Drosophila Research
Conference
1998: Program Project
meeting on Membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs, ASCB meeting, San
Francisco
1999: Program Project
meeting on Membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs, Boston
1999: International
Working Conference on Building University Electronic Educational Environments,
International Federation for Information Processing (local organizing
committee)
1999: American Society
for Cell Biology Special Interest Subgroup Meeting, MAGUKs and PDZs,
Washington, D.C.