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William Kraus, PhD
Endowed Title: Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Reproductive Biology Sciences
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-2388
Office Fax: 214-648-0383
Biography
W. Lee Kraus, PhD, is the Director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences. He is also Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Kraus also holds the Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Reproductive Biology Sciences.
Dr. Kraus did his graduate research on the regulation of steroid hormone receptor activity in the laboratory of Dr. Benita S. Katzenellenbogen at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and received his PhD in 1994.
He did his postdoctoral research on the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation with chromatin in the laboratory of Dr. Jim Kadonaga at the University of California, San Diego. During his postdoctoral work, Dr. Kraus was supported by fellowships from the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society, California Division.
Prior to joining the faculty at UT Southwestern, Dr. Kraus was a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University in Ithaca. He also held a joint appointment in the Department of Pharmacology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City.
Dr. Kraus has been supported by a Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences/Reproductive Biology from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, as well as grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the Endocrine Society, and the National Science Foundation.
Education
| Graduate School | University of Illinois Urbana Campus, Physiology (1994) |
| Graduate School | University of Illinois Urbana Campus, Physiology (1991) |
| Undergraduate | Cornell University (1989) |
Research Interests
Publications
Hah N, Danko CG, Core L, Waterfall JJ, Siepel A, Lis JT, Kraus WL, Cell, 2011 May; 145 (4):622-34
Krishnakumar R, Kraus WL, Molecular cell, 2010 Sep; 39 (5):736-49
Krishnakumar R, Kraus WL, Molecular cell, 2010 Jul; 39 (1):8-24
Gamble MJ, Frizzell KM, Yang C, Krishnakumar R, Kraus WL, Genes & development, 2010 Jan; 24 (1):21-32
Krishnakumar R., Gamble M. J., Frizzell K. M., Berrocal J. G., Kininis M., and Kraus W. L. , Science , 2008; (319):819-821
Acevedo M. L., Lee K. C., Stender J. D., Katzenellenbogen B. S., Kraus W. L. , Molecular Cell , 2004; (13):725-738
Kim M. Y., Mauro S. A., Gevry N., Lis J. T., Kraus W. L. , Cell , 2004; (119):803-814
Fogarty EA, Matulis CK, Kraus WL, Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2012 Jan; 348 (1):331-8
Zhang X, Gamble MJ, Stadler S, Cherrington BD, Causey CP, Thompson PR, Roberson MS, Kraus WL, Coonrod SA, PLoS genetics, 2011 Jun; 7 (6):e1002112
Heldring N, Isaacs GD, Diehl AG, Sun M, Cheung E, Ranish JA, Kraus WL, Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.), 2011 Apr; 25 (4):564-74
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