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William Garrard, PhD
Integrative Biology
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-1924
Office Fax: 214-648-1915
Biography
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
BIRTHDATE:
09/16/42
EDUCATION:
University of Washington, Seattle B.S. 1966 Microbiology
University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. 1971 Microbiology
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
1971-1974 Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena(James Bonner, Mentor)
1974-1978 Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Biochemistry, The University of Texas
1984 UT Southwestern
1996- present Professor of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Cell Biology
Sigma Xi
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Apoptosis
Chromosome Structure
Control of Gene Expression
Molecular Immunology
DNA Methylation
Developmental Molecular Biology
Chromosome Replication
Chromosome Condensation and Segregation at Mitosis
Organization of DNA Sequences
Recombinant DNA and Immunological Techniques
Yeast Molecular Genetics
Functional Genomics
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Symposium organizer, American Association for Cancer Research (1992)
Chairman, Gordon Conference on "Nuclear Proteins, Chromatin Structure, and Gene Regulation" (1988)
GSA International Travel Award (1988)
ASBC International Travel Award (1985)
Basil O’Connor Fellow of the National Foundation - March of Dimes, 9/75 to 8/77
ASBC International Travel Award (1976)
NSF International Travel Award (1975)
Roche Research International Travel Fellowship (1974)
Fellow of the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research, 1/72 to 1/74
USPHS predoctoral fellow, 8/68 to 7/71
NSF undergraduate fellow, summer 1965, 1966
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Molecular and Cellular Biology 1/95-12/06
Nucleic Acids Research, 1/86 to 12/91
BOOKS EDITED:
Structure-Function Relationships in Chromatin. Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 17, 1999.
CONSULTANT DUTIES:
NIH Small Business Innovation Research Program (Panel Member, 2001-present)
US Army Ovarian Cancer Program (Panel Member and Vice-Chair, 2000)
External Review Committee of the Life Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Chairman, 1995-2000)
NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute RFA/PGA Panel Member (2000, 2001)
US Army Breast Cancer Program (Panel Member 1995, 1997, 1998)
Product Development Consultant, Genta Incorporated, San Diego, CA (1995)
Product Development Consultant, Pfizer, Croton, CT (1992)
External Advisory Committee of the Life Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Chairman, 1989-1994)
ACS/Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis Panel (1988-1992; Chairman, 1991-1992)
NSF/Cell Biology Program Panel (Member, 1984-1987)
NIH/Biomedical Science Fellowship Study Section (Member, 1981- 1983)
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute - Rosalie B. Hite Fellowship Committee (Member, 1981-1983)
Product Development Consultant, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Richmond, California (1980-1992)
NIH Molecular Cytology Study Section (Ad Hoc reviewer and site visitor)
NSF/Molecular Genetics Panel (Ad Hoc member)
NIH/Genetics Study Section (site visitor)
NIH/Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Study Section (site visitor)
NIH/NHLBI (site visitor)
NIH/NIEHS (site visitor)
NIH/NCI Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology (internal review site visitor)
NIH/NIDDKD (site visitor)
NIH/NCI (program project cluster reviewer)
Education
| Graduate School | University of California-Irvine (1971) |
| Undergraduate | University of Washington (1966) |
Research Interests
Publications
Liu, Z., Widlak, P., Zou, Y., Xiao, F., Oh, M., Li, S., Chang, M Y., Shay, J.W., and Garrard, W.T. , Immunity , Spring 2006; (24):405-415
Liu, Z., and Garrard, W.T. , 2005 , Winter 2005; (94):1078-1087
Brekke, K. M., and Garrard, W.T. , Immunogenetics , Winter 2004; (56):490-505
Liu, X., Li, P., Widlak, P., Zou, H., Luo, X., Garrard, W.T. and Wang, X. , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , Summer 1998; (95):8461-8466
Cockerill, P.N., and Garrard, W.T. , Cell , Spring 1986; (44):273-282
Widlak, P. and Garrard, W.T. , Cell. Mol. Life Sciences , Winter 2009; (66):263-274
Xiang, Y., and Garrard, W. T. , J. Immunol , Spring 2008; (180):6725-6732
Xiao, F., Widlak, P., and Garrard, W. T. , Nucleic Acids Research , Summer 2007; (35):1-7
Liu, Z., Widlak, P., Zou, Y., Xiao, F., Oh, M., Li, S., Chang, M. Y., Shay, J. W., and Garrard, W. T. , Immunity , Spring 2006; (24):405-415
Liu, Z., and Garrard, W. T. , Molecular and Cellular Biology , Winter 2005; (25):3220-3231
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Honors/Awards
Symposium organizer (1992)
In change of running an International meeting on chromatin (1988)
Grant to study birth defect mechanisms (1975)
Post doctoral fellowship (1972)