CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIN ELIZABETH MCCLELLAND
PERSONAL DATA: Email: Erin.McClelland@m.cc.utah.edu
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To teach and conduct research at an academic institution.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Utah July, 2003
Advanced Course in Immunology July, 2002
American Association of Immunologists, Stanford University
Graduate Course at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Summer 1992
Station: Ecophysiology and Molecular Biology of Marine Macrophytes
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Aquatic Biology June, 1992
University of California, Santa Barbara
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
University of Utah Thesis Work 1998-2003
Thesis research on the evolution of MHC diversity by testing the following pathogen-mediated hypotheses: MHC-heterozygote advantage and MHC-pathogen adaptation.
Dr. Wayne Potts, Primary Investigator
University of Utah Rotation Spring 1998
Tested four m -conotoxins from four different Cone snail species for binding to a rat sodium gated ion channel using electrophysiology techniques.
Dr. Baldomero (Toto) Olivera
University of Utah Rotation Fall 1997
Isolated a potential mutant from a RecF mutant screen in a RecBC deficient LT2 strain of Salmonella Typhimurium.
Dr. John Roth
CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIN ELIZABETH MCCLELLAND
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Mercator Genetics, Inc. 1994-1997
Helped clone the Hereditary Hemochromatosis Gene (July 1996). Was involved in sequencing, genotyping and mutation analysis of HH patients and controls.
David Ruddy, Supervisor
Final Project in Stanford Graduate Course: 1992
Used DNA Fingerprinting to study genetic recombination in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera.
Stanford Hopkins Marine Station - Dr. Smith and Dr. Alberte
Undergraduate Senior Honors Project: 1991-1992
Identification, isolation and attempted sequencing of the ornithine transcarbamylase gene in C. congregatus.
University of California, Santa Barbara - Dr. Ian Ross
Undergraduate Independent Research: 1990
Created a viable mutant of the fungus Coprinus congregatus.
University of California, Santa Barbara - Dr. Ian Ross
PRESENTATIONS:
American Society of Microbiology May 19-23, 2002
Presented poster on "The Murine Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Affects Resistance to Cryptococcus neoformans".
American Association of Immunologists Meeting April 20-24, 2002
Presented poster on "Infection-Dependent Heterosis in MHC-congenic F1 mice is not due to MHC: can we trust congenic animals?"
International Congress of Immunology July 22-27, 2001
Presented poster and research talk on "MHC Heterozygote Advantage During Coinfection by and Theiler’s Virus".
Invited Speaker Research Seminar November, 2000
University of California, Santa Barbara
American Association of Immunologists Meeting May 12-16, 2000
Presented poster on "MHC Heterozygote Advantage During Coinfection by and Theiler’s Virus".
CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIN ELIZABETH MCCLELLAND
HONORS:
Recipient of a Genetics Training Grant 2000-2003
University of Utah
$2,500 Scholarship for graduate course 1992
Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station
President's Undergraduate Fellowship Recipient 1991 & 1992
University of California, Santa Barbara
PUBLICATIONS:
MHC-Heterozygote Superiority During Coinfection. McClelland, Penn and Potts. (Infection and Immunity, v71(4):2079-2086, 2003)
MHC-Dependent Susceptibility to Cryptococcus neoformans in mice. McClelland, Granger and Potts. (submitted to Infection and Immunity, 2003)
Infection-Dependent Heterosis in MHC-congenic F1 mice is not due to MHC: can we trust congenic animals? McClelland, Damjanovich, Gardner, Groesbeck, Ma, Nibley, Richardson, Riehl, Wilkinson, Morrison, Bernhardt, and Potts. (submitted to Journal of Immunology, 2003)
A Haplotype and Linkage Disequilibrium Analysis of the Hereditary Hemochromatosis Gene Region. Thomas, Fullan, Loeb, McClelland, Bacon and Wolff. (Human Genetics, v102:517-525, 1998)
HLA Class II Haplotype and Sequence Analysis Support a Role for DQ in Narcolepsy. Ellis, Hetisimer, Ruddy, Hansen, Kronmal, McClelland, Quintana, Drayna, Aldrich and Mignot. (Immunogenetics, v46:410-417, 1997)
A 1.1 Megabase Transcript Map of the Hereditary Hemochromatosis Locus. Ruddy, Lee, Kronmal, Mintier, Quintana, Domingo, Meyer, Basava, McClelland, Fullan, Mapa, Moore, Thomas, Loeb, Harmon, Tsuchihashi, Wolff, Schatzman and Feder (Genome Research, v7:441-456, 1997)
A Novel MHC Class I-like Gene is Mutated in Patients with Hereditary Haemochromatosis. Feder, Gnirke, Thomas, Tsuchihashi, Ruddy, Basava, Dormishian, Domingo, Ellis, Fullan, Hinton, Jones, Kimmel, Kronmal, Lauer, Lee, Loeb, Mapa, McClelland, Meyer, Mintier, Moeller, Moore, Morikang, Prass, Quintana, Starnes, Schatzman, Brunke, Drayna, Risch, Bacon and Wolff (Nature Genetics, v13:399-409, 1996)