Faculty Guide

Title

Lecturer in Biology

Biology

Expertise

Molecular biology, genetics, and protein biochemistry are my general areas of expertise. My biological research has focused on DNA damage response systems in yeast.

I have taught students from high school through graduate level in general biology, molecular biology, genetics, and cancer biology.

Courses Taught

BIOL	14a	Genetics and Genomics
BIOL	101a	Molecular Biotechnology
BIOL	172b	Growth Control and Cancer
BISC	9b	Biology of Cancer

Scholarship

Kim YI, Levchenko I, Fraczkowska K, Woodruff RV, Sauer RT, Baker TA. "Molecular determinants of complex formation between Clp/Hsp100 ATPases and the ClpP peptidase.." Nat Struct Biol 8. 3 (2013): :230-3.

Kosarek JN, Woodruff RV, Rivera-Begeman A, Guo C, D'Souza S, Koonin EV, Walker GC, Friedberg EC.. "Comparative analysis of in vivo interactions between Rev1 protein and other Y-family DNA polymerases in animals and yeasts.." DNA Repair (Amst) 7. 3 (2013): 439-51.

Waters LS, Minesinger BK, Wiltrout ME, D'Souza S, Woodruff RV, Walker GC.. "Eukaryotic translesion polymerases and their roles and regulation in DNA damage tolerance.." Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 73. 1 (2013): 134-54.

Woodruff RV, Bomar MG, D'Souza S, Zhou P, Walker GC.. "The unusual UBZ domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae polymerase η.." DNA Repair (Amst) 9. 11 (2013): 1130-41.

Zhong X, Malhotra R, Woodruff R, Guidotti G.. "Mammalian plasma membrane ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1, CD39, is not active intracellularly. The N-glycosylation state of CD39 correlates with surface activity and localization.." J Biol Chem 276. 44 (2013): 41518-25.