Elvin Brown Term Professor, Dept. of Chemistry

University of Alaska Anchorage EDUCATION2002-2010

1973-1976

University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AKPh.D./Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA B.S./ Genetics

BIOMEDICAL EXPERIENCE

1999-2001

1995-1998

1990-1991

1988-1989

1985-1988

Medical Technologist, MT(ASCP), VA Medical Center, Anchorage, AK

Medical Technologist, MT(ASCP), American Red Cross, Portland, OR

Research Assistant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Research Assistant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Research Scientist, Prototek, Inc., Dublin, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE2010-present

Term Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage

BIOLOGY 102 Introductory Biology (six semesters and two summer terms) BIOLOGY 102 DISTANCE Introductory Biology (three summer sessions)BIOLOGY 111L Human Anatomy and Physiology (two semesters)BIOLOGY 115 Fundamentals of Biology I Laboratory (ten semesters)BIOLOGY 204L Microbiology Laboratory (two semesters) CHEMISTRY 055 Contemporary Chemistry (two semesters)CHEMISTRY 104 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (six

semesters and a summer term)CHEMISTRY 104 DISTANCE Organic and Biochemistry (three semesters)CHEMISTRY 105L General Chemistry Laboratory (one semester)CHEMISTRY A441 Principles of Biochemistry (guest lectures)

COMMUNITY SERVICE2012 A series of lectures on Genetics for Opportunities for Lifelong Education

Elvin Brown, Ph.D.907 786 1345eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSSmith, R.E. and Brown, E.E. (1998). The significance of hypersialylation of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (CD26) in the inhibition of its activity by Tat and other cationic peptides.

Aids Research and Human Retroviruses 14:851-868.Brown, E.E., Malakar, S., and Krebs, J.E. (2007). How many remodelers does it take to make a brain? Diverse and cooperative roles of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling

complexes in development. Biochemistry and Cell Biology 85:444-462.

PATENTSmith, R.E. and Brown, E.E. (1989). Method for the colorimetric determination of DPP-IV

activity using cinnamaldehyde. Application for U.S. Patent awarded 1989.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTSBrown, E.E. and J.E. Krebs (2004). SWI2/SNF2 homologs in Xenopus. Biochemistry and Cell

Biology 82:517.

Brown, E.E., J.J. Henry, and J.E. Krebs (2009). Developmental roles of the histone fold protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus. Biochemistry and Cell Biology 87:821.

MEETINGS ATTENDED AND PRESENTATIONS 2009

2008

2007

Western Region COBRE-INBRE Scientific Conference, September, 2009, Bozeman, MT. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Role of the Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”

Keystone Symposium on Stem Cell Niche Interactions, April, 2009, Whistler, B.C.

New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, March, 2009, Santa Fe, NM. Presented a poster titled “The Role of the Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”

West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, December, 2008, Asilomar, CA. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Role of the Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”

NIH National Institutional Development Award Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence, August 2008, Washington, D.C. Presented poster titled “The CHRAC Complex in Xenopus Neural and Axial Development.”

University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference, May 2008, Anchorage, AK. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”

Graduate Studies and Research Symposium, March, 2008, Anchorage, AK. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Roles of the Chromatin Remodeler Imitation Switch in Xenopus Development.”

Elvin Brown, Ph.D.907 786 1345eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu

2007

2006

2005

2003

NCBI and Genbank Molecular Biology Resources. May 2007, Fairbanks, AK.

University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference, April 2007. Presented poster titled “The ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler CHD4 in Xenopus Development.”

Arctic Science Conference, October 2006, Fairbanks, AK.

University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference, May 2006. Anchorage, AK.

University of Alaska Biomedical Research Conference, May 2005, Fairbanks. AK. Speaker, presented talk titled “SWI2/SNF2 Homologs in Xenopus.” I received an award for Best Podium Presentation.

West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, December 2003, Asilomar CA. Speaker, presented talk titled “SWI2/SNF2 homologs in Xenopus.”

AWARDS AND GRANTS 2004-2010 NIH/NEI EY016029-02 Krebs (PI) 12/01/2004-11/30/2010

ISWI remodeling complexes in eye development

2009 INBRE grant and Graduate Association Grant to attend the Keystone Symposium on Stem Cell Niche Interactions, $1750, 4/2009

2009 INBRE grant to attend the New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, $1500, 3/2009

2008 INBRE grant to attend the West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, $1500, 12/2008

2008 INBRE grant to attend the NIH National Institutional Development Award Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence, $828, 8/2008

2008 Graduate Student Association Grant, $730, January 2008

2007 INBRE grant to attend NCBI workshop, $500, 5/2007

2007 INBRE grant to attend UBRC conference, $370, 4/2007

2006-2007 UAF Graduate School Thesis Completion Fellowship, $12,100, 9/06-4/07

2004-2005 INBRE graduate fellowship, $22,000/year, 6/2004-5/2005 SWI2/SNF2-related Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Vertebrate Development.

2002-2004 BRIN graduate fellowships, $17,000/year, 6/2002-5/2004 Expression and Function of the SWI2/SNF2 Paralogs, BRG1 and BRM

Elvin Brown, Ph.D.907 786 1345eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu