CURRICULUM VITAE
David L. Thurlow
EDUCATION
BowdoinCollege, Brunswick, ME, B.A., 1971, Biology
University of Maine, Orono, ME, M.S., 1974, Limnology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Ph.D., 1981, Biochemistry
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Strasbourg, France, 1981-82
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts, 1982-83.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, 1983-85
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Clark University, 1985-1991
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Clark University, 1991-present
Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, 1991-2009
Chair, Premedical and Predental Advisory Committee, 2002-present
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, Executive
Committee (2005-Present)
DIRECTED RESEARCH - GRADUATE STUDENTS
Research Director
ChemistryPeter Spacciapoli, Ph.D. (1989)
Lisa Hegg, Ph.D. (1991)
Denise Karaoglu, Ph.D. (1991)
Zengji Li , Ph.D. (1994)
Eugene Davidov, Ph.D. (1997)
Kenya Prince, Ph. D (2000)
Katya Nekaeva, Ph. D (2000)
Nan Yang, Ph.D. (2007)
Boris Klebanov, MA (2004)
Jinal Patel, MA (2004)
Yun Cao, Ph.D. (2011)
Jamie Towle, Ph.D. (2012)
BiologyKimberly Gillis, Ph.D. (1993)
Mark Sharkey, Ph.D. (1993)
Don Winans (1992-1994)
Steve Poyak (1993-1994)
Nondumiso Lingani, M.A. (1996)
Cristen Pantano (1995-1996)
Kristen Millar M.A. (1998)
Jeremiah Jones (current)
Muhoro, Lincoln, M.A. (2010)
Lisa Crislip, M.A. (2013)
Mary Abdalla, M.A. (2013)
Graduate Student Committees
ChemistryKarsten Holm, Ph.D. (1986)
Jeanne Buccigros, Ph.D. (1987)
Larry Rosenthal, Ph.D. (1987)
Coleen Young, Ph.D. (1987)
Domingo Rivera, Ph.D. (1991)
You Guofeng, Ph.D. (1991)
Chuanyou Zhang Ph.D. (1993)
Zuwen He Ph.D. (1993)
Hongyan Xu Ph.D. (1994)
Huanchen Li Ph.D. (1995)
Robert Richardson Ph. D. (1998)
Sandra Revett Ph.D. (1997)
Andrew Masiewkiewicz M.A. (1998)
Chunyan Qiu M.A. (1999)
Timothy Joyce, Ph.D. (2001)
Kelly Elkins Ph. D. (2003)
Andrew Suen Ph.D (2004)
Karlo Lopez,Ph.D. (2007)
Xi (Clara) Chen,Ph.D. (2010)
Jinyan Zhao, Ph.D. (2006)
Andrew Driscoll, Ph.D. (2005)
Sam Tang, Ph.D. (2006)
Ming Feng Ph.D. (2006)
Kai Peng, Ph.D. (current)
Di Deng, M.A. (2011)
BiologyKimberly Gillis, M.A. (1989)
Marlene Juedes, Ph.D. (1989)
Xing Cheng, M.A. (1989)
Cynthia Saravia, M.A. (1989)
Hongchin He, M.A. (1989)
Joan Beth Gow Ph.D. (1994)
Mark Skiba, Ph.D. (1990)
Shabnam Lainwala, Ph.D. (1995)
Xiaojun Xie, Ph.D. (1995)
Spiros Angelopoulos M.A. (1995)
Nancy King, Ph.D. (1998)
Nicole Mercier, M.A. (1999)
Rishi Mankidi, Ph.D. (2003)
Nicholas Guerin, M.A. (2002)
Madhavi Agarwal, Ph.D. (2004)
Sarah Deroko, M.A. (2004)
Lori Richards, M.A. (2004)
Mark Joubert,M.A. (2006)
Sam Licciardo, M.A. (2006)
Katherine Brown, M.A. (2007)
Stephen Burrows, Ph.D. (2013)
Kandasamy, Sureshkumar, Ph.D.(2013)
Minoli Perera, M.A. (2013)
ExternalChristine Donahue (UMass Med.), Ph.D. (1999)
DIRECTED RESEARCH - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Directed readings:Bill Rallis, Tracy Rosenstein, Paulena Bailey, Fred LaRivere, Melissa Katra,
Orlee Rait, Srijan Ranjitkar, Suzana Carr
Directed research:Lori Doviken, Juleo Mulero,
Maybelle Kou, Pat Schneglesberg,
Vincent Criscio, Eugene Jensen, Lou Genovese, Mitch Spindel, Ken Fratarcangeli, Lori Ottinger, Lisa Iacone, Paul Zaharakis, Meredith Selby, Fred LaRiviere, Steven Poyak, David Goon, Dennis Rassias, Nondumiso Lingani, Priya Vishnupad, Joe Cocozzella, Shameema Islam, Cristen Pantano, Brant Wyn, Heather Glatt, Jim Jaworski,
Tom Ingle, Mike Giewat, Aimee LaLumiere, Mike Klotsman, Kristen Millar, Sam Reich, Olga Khabinskaya,
Tatiana Litvin, Gina Pulido, David Bernstein, Marko Delic, Srijan Ranjitkar,
Viengsai Vonchampa, Vladimir Voynov, Todd Noce, James Gorman, Alex Holman,
Branka Stancevic, Megan Albert, Kuan Ju Lai,
Boris Klebanov, Lored Asllani, Jinal Patel, Zu Shen,
Amanda Schroder, Chrissy Dranginis
Honors research:Lori Doviken (Chem)
Julio Mulero (Biochem)
Maybelle Kou (Biochem)
Pat Schegelsberg (Biochem)
Fred LaRiviere (Biochem)
David Goon (Biochem)
Shameema Islam (Biochem)
Joe Cocozzella (Biochem)
Mike Klotsman (Biochem)
Tatiana Litvin (Biochem)
Marko Delic (Biochem)
Gina Pulido (Biochem)
Samuel Reich (Biochem)
Vladimir Voynov (Biochem)
Nyawira Gikunju (Biochem)
Megan Albert (Biochem)
Lored Asllani (Biochem)
Branka Stancevic (Biochem)
Jinal Patel (Biology)
Zu Shen (Biochem)
Abhijit Srungavarapu (Biochem)
Jenni Adams (Biochem)
Summer research:Paul Maylott, Tamara Parvizi, Wendy Lekouses, Lori Doviken, Maybelle Kou,
Deborah Shilowski, Fred LaRiviere,
Steven Poyak, David Goon, Dennis Rassias, Priya Vishnupad, Sandra Silva- Arietta, Joe Cocozzella, Shemeema Islam,
Mike Klotsman, Tim Joyce, Mike Giewat,
Tatiana Litvin, Lucas Markgren, James Gorman, Diana Gikunju, Megan Albert,
Kuan Ju Lai, Lored Asllani, Jinal Patel
Internships:Helen Kotanides, Michelle Tworig, Tamara Parvizi, Brian Genna, Theresa Sergel, Sheriff Lawendy, Dennis Rassias,
Marcel Roy (Honors), Viengsai Vongchampa, Marta Parzych, Jessica Patalano, Andrea Brogan, James Gorman,
Christine Wittish (Honors), Jenni Pacheco (Honors),
Bradford Stanley, Nathan Agrin (Honors),
Craig Stone (Honors), Michal Hirsch,
Bradford Stanley (Honors), Matthew Evans (Honors),
Joseph Dionne, Michaela Martin, Sanjay Ranjit, Lacey
Archambault, Juliana Demelfi, Kim LeBlanc, Adam
McPherson, Katie Brown, Peter Abdalla, Cheri Roubil,
Lincoln Muhoro, Adiba Hassan, Annette Nelkenbaum,
Shyamal Asher (Honors), Laura Andersh, Madeleine Henefield, Chatura Jayakody, Dushani Palliyaguru, Jenni Adams, Abhijit Srungavarapu, Kristin Murrone, Di Deng, Melanie Rasmus, Sarah Schneider
GRANTS
National Institutes of Health(09/01/86-11/30/88)$70,626.
"Production of RNAs that correspond to domains of 23S RNA."
National Institutes of Health(05/01/91-04/30/94)$106,891
"Synthetic substrates for nucleotidyltransferase."
National Institutes of Health (05/01/94-04/30/97)$110,325
"Site-directed mutants of nucleotidyltransferase."
National Institutes of Health (07/01/98-06/30/02) $110,325
"Conserved regions of nucleotidyltransferases."
National Science Foundation(1990)$72,964.
(Departmental instrumentation proposal prepared together with Dr. S. Licht)
"Mobile data acquisition chemistry workstations."
National Science Foundation (06/01/92-05/30/95)$81,000
(Curriculum development proposal prepared together with Dr. S. Licht)
"Research! A freshman experience in the excitement of chemistry."
National Science Foundation (10/1/96-9/30/98)($39,842)
(ILI proposal prepared together with D. Nelson and D. Mierke)
"Equipment for Research-Oriented First-Year Seminar and Upper Level Courses"
Pfizer Central Research (6/1/93 - 7/31/93) $5,000
1993 Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Fellowship (for Fred LaRiviere).
Pfizer Central Research (6/1/01-7/31/01)$5000
2001 Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Fellowship (for Megan Albert)
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation (4/1/07-7/31/08)$35,000
“Community College Prehealth Advising: Manuals and Best Practices”
PUBLICATIONS - David L. Thurlow
(*denotes undergraduate students under DLT's supervision)
(#denotes graduate students under DLT's supervision)
1. Thurlow, D. L. and Zimmermann, R. A. (1978) Conservation of
ribosomal protein binding sites in prokaryotic 16S RNAs. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 75, 2859-2863.
2. Zimmermann, R. A., Thurlow, D. L., *Finn, R. S., Marsh, T. L. and
Ferrett, L. K. (1980) Conservation of specific protein-RNA
interactions in ribosome evolution. In Genetics and Evolution of
RNA polymerase, tRNA and Ribosomes, Osawa, S., Ozeki, H., Uchida, H. and Yura, T., eds. (University of Tokyo Press), pp. 569-584.
3. Zimmermann, R. A., Thurlow, D. L., Marsh, T. L., Ferrett, L. K. and
*Feldman, S. (1981) Conservation of ribosomal protein binding sites: a criterion for functional relatedness among ribosomal RNAs. In Molecular Bases of Genetic Processes, Belyaev, D. K., ed. (Mir Publishers, Moscow), pp. 60-82.
4. Gourse, R. L., Thurlow, D. L., Gerbi, S. A. and Zimmermann, R. A.
(1981) Specific binding of a prokaryotic ribosomal protein to a
eukaryotic ribosomal RNA: Implications for evolution and
autoregulation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78, 2722-2726.
5. Prince, J. B., Taylor, B. H., Thurlow, D. L., Offengand, J. and
Zimmermann, R. A. (1982) Covalent crosslinking of tRNAVal to 16S RNA at the ribosomal P site: Identification of crosslinked residues. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 79, 5450-5454.
6. Thurlow, D. L., Ehresmann, C. and Ehresmann, B. (1983) Nucleotides in 16S rRNA
that are required in unmodified form for features recognized by ribosomal protein S8. Nucleic Acids Res. 11, 6787-6802.
7. Thurlow, D. L., Mason, T. L. and Zimmermann, R. A. (1984) 5S RNA-like structures
in large ribosomal subunit RNAs of fungal
mitochondria. FEBS Letts. 173, 277-282.
8. Gregory, R. J., Zeller, M. L., Thurlow, D. L., Gourse, R. L., Stark,
M. J. R., Dahlberg, A. E. and Zimmermann, R. A. (1984) Interaction of ribosomal
proteins S6, S8, S15 and S18 with the central domain of 16S ribosomal RNA from Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 178, 287-302.
9. Stark, M. J. R., Gregory, R. J., Gourse, R. L., Thurlow, D. L.,
Zwieb, C., Zimmmermann, R. A. and Dahlberg, A. E. (1984) Effects of site-
directed mutations in the central domain of 16S ribosomal RNA upon ribosomal protein binding, RNA processing and 30S subunit assembly. J. Mol. Biol. 178, 303-322.
10. Zueva, V.S., Mankin, A.S., Bogdanov, A.A., Thurlow, D.L. and
Zimmermann, R.A. (1985) Occurrence and location of 7-methylguanine residues in small-subunit ribosomal RNAs from eubacteria, archaebacteria and eukaryotes. FEBS Lett. 188, 233-238.
11. Gregory, R.J., *Cahill, P.B.F., Thurlow, D.L. and Zimmermann, R.A.
(1988) The interaction of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S8 with its
binding sites in ribosomal RNA and messenger RNA. J. Mol. Biol. 204, 295-307.
12.#Spacciapoli, P., *Doviken, L., *Mulero, J. and Thurlow, D.L.
(1989) Recognition of tRNA by the enzyme ATP,CTP:tRNA
nucleotidyltransferase: interference by nucleotides modified with diethylpyrocarbonate or hydrazine. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 3799-3805
13. Ree, H.K., Cao, K., Thurlow, D.L. and Zimmermann, R.K. (1989) The
structure and organization of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene from the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum. Can. J. Microbiol. 35, 124-133.
14.#Hegg, L.A. and Thurlow, D.L. (1990) Residual tRNA secondary structure in "denaturing" 8M urea/TBE polyacrylamide gels: effects on electrophoretic mobility and dependency on prior chemical modification of the tRNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 2993-3000.
15.#Spacciapoli, P. and Thurlow, D.L. (1990) Purines in tRNAs required for recognition by ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from rabbit liver. J. Molecular Recognition 3, 108-114.
16.#Hegg, L.A., *Kou, M. and Thurlow, D.L. (1990) Recognition of the tRNA-like
structure in Tobacco Mosaic Viral RNA by ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferases from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 17441-17445.
17.#Hegg, L.A. and Thurlow, D.L. (1990) Cytidines in tRNAs that are required intact by
nucleotidyltransferases from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 5975- 5979.
18. Thurlow, D.L., *Shilowski, D. and Marsh, T.L. (1991) Nucleotides in precursor tRNAs that are required intact for catalysis by RNase P RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res. 19, 885-891.
19. #Karaoglu, D. and Thurlow, D.L. (1991) A chemical interference study on the
interaction of ribosomal protein L11 from Escherichia coli with RNA molecules containing its binding site from 23S rRNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 19, 5293-5300.
20. Licht, S. and Thurlow, D.L. (1995) An experimental curriculum for introductory
chemistry "Research!, a freshman experience in the excitement of chemistry," J. Chem. Ed. 72, 43-44.
21. #Li, Z., #Gillis, K.A., #Hegg, L.A., Zhang, J. and Thurlow, D.L. (1996) Effects of
nucleotide substitutions within the T-loop of precursor tRNAs on interaction with ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferases from Escherichia coli and yeast. Biochem J. 314, 49-53.
22. Thurlow, D.L., *Pulido, G.M. and *Millar, K.J. (1997) Unidentified open reading
frames in the genome of Methanococcus jannaschii are similar in sequence to an archaebacterial gene for tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 44, 686-689.
23. #Li, Z., #Sun, Y., and Thurlow, D.L. (1997) RNA minihelices as model substrates for
ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Biochem. J., 327, 847-851.
24. *Pulido GM, #Prince KA, Thurlow, DL (1999) Expression and purification of His-
tagged ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from the archaebacterium Methanococcus jannaschii. Nucleic Acids Symposium 41,128-130.
25. Reichert, A.S., Thurlow, D.L. and Mörl, M. (2001) A eubacterial origin for the
human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase? Biol. Chem., 382, 1431-1438.
26. Seth M, Thurlow DL, Hou YM. (2002) Poly(C) synthesis by Class I and Class II
CCA-adding enzymes. Biochemistry 41, 4521-4532.
27. Bujnicki JM,Albert MA, Nelson DJ, Thurlow DL (2003) Fold recognition, homology
modeling, docking simulations, kinetics analysis and mutagenesis of
ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from Methanococcus jannaschii. Proteins:
Structure, Function and Genetics, 52(3):349-59.
28. Thurlow, D.L. (2008) Pilot study to begin to identify how to keep community college students in the pipeline to medicine. The Advisor 28 (3): 24-28.
29. Thurlow, D.L. (2009) Pilot study to begin to identify how to keep community college students in the pipeline to medicine: a detailed description. The Advisor 29 (1): 33-41.
30. Thurlow, D.L. (2009) Applicants to US allopathic medical schools who take courses at community colleges: how do they fare? The Advisor, 29 (2): 46-53.
31. Begley, G.S., DeMasi, J., De Souza-Hart, J., Reichard-Brown, J., and Thurlow, D. L. (2010) Medical competency and premedical curricular dialogues in Atlanta. The Advisor, 30(3): 5-13.
32. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) Moving forward on premedical education: undergraduate prerequisite courses and competency-based curricula. The Advisor 31(2): 11-18.
33. de la Torre, D., Ritter, H., Thurlow, D.L., and Voce, K. (2012) Challenges faced by community college pre-health students and their advisors. The Advisor 32(2): 24-31.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED (1985-Present)
1. Structure, Function and Genetics of Ribosomes, April, 1985. Port Aransas, TX.
2. New Perspectives on the Molecular Biology of RNA, May, 1986. Stony Brook, NY.
3. Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, November, 1987, Rochester, NY.
4. Ribosome Synthesis, September, 1988. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
5. ASM Conference on Ribosomes, August, 1989. East Glacier Park, MT.
6. RNA Processing Meeting, May 15-19, 1991, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
7. 15th International tRNA Workshop, May 30-June 4, Cap d'Agde, France,1993.
8. 11th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, VassarCollege, Poukeepsie, NY March 30, 1996
9. 12th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, VassarCollege, Poukeepsie, NY. April 12, 1997.
10. 13th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI. April 23, 1998.
11. 14th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI. May 1, 1999.
12. Symposium on RNA Biology: III. RNA, Tool and target. Research Triangle Park, NC. Oct. 15-17, 1999.
13. RNA 2000: the fifth annual meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. May 30-June 4, 2000.
14. RNA 2001: the sixth annual meeting of the RNA Society. Banff, Alberta. May 29-June 3, 2001.
2002: NEAAHP (Baltimore, MD)
2003: NEAAHP (Philadelphia, PA)
2004: NAAHP (Washington, DC)
2005: NEAAHP (Pittsburg, PA)
2006: NEAAHP (Portland, ME)
2006: New England Board of Higher Education Science Network Excellence Through Diversity Program, MIT, Nov. 18, 2006, Boston, MA
2006: “Converging, Connecting, and Creating,” American Dental Education Association, Dec. 7-10, 2006, Baltimore, MD
2007: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 12, 2007
2007: NEAAHP (Boston, MA)
2008: NEAAHP Executive Committee (Philadelphia, PA)
2008: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 10, 2008
2009: NAAHP (Chicago, IL)
2010: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 15, 2010
2010: NEAAHP (New Brunswick, NJ)
2010: NAAHP (Atlanta, GA)
2011: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 7, 2011
2011: NEAAHP (Newport, RI)
2012: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 13, 2012
2012: New England Transfer association, April 17, 2012
2012: NAAHP (Baltimore, MD)
2013: Boston area LAN meeting, NEAAHP, Jan. 11, 2013
2013: NEAAHP (Atlantic City, NJ)
PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS (1985-Present)
1. Spacciapoli, P., *Doviken, L., *Mulero, J. and Thurlow, D.L. (1987)
Structural features of tRNA molecules required for recognition by
ATP,CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Program and Abstracts, 17th Northeast Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY.
2. *Lekouses, W., *Genovese, L., *Schnegelsberg, P., Karaoglu, D. and
Thurlow, D.L. (1988) Isolation of in vitro transcripts corresponding to the binding site for protein L11 and to domain V of 23S rRNA. Abstracts, Ribosome Synthesis Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
3. Karaoglu, D. and Thurlow, D.L. (1989) Complex formation between ribosomal proteins and domain V of 23S rRNA from Escherichia coli. Abstracts, ASM Conference on Ribosomes, East Glacier Park, MT.
4. *Ottinger, L. and Thurlow, D. L. (1991) Structural analog to the top of a tRNA molecule serves as substrate for the enzyme ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Abstracts, RNA Processing Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
5. Hegg, L., Gillis, K. and Thurlow, D. (1991) Processing mutant tRNA precursors by RNase P RNAs. Abstracts, RNA Processing Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (Presented by L. Hegg).
6. Gillis, K., Hegg, L. and Thurlow, D. (1992) "Interaction of ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase with variant precursor tRNAGlu molecules", Abstracts, RNA Processing Meeting, Keystone, CO (Presented by K. Gillis).
7. Gillis, K., Hegg, L., Li, Z., *LaRiviere, F. and Thurlow, D.L. (1993) "Interaction of synthetic model substrates, mutnat precursor tRNAs, and tholated precursor tRNAs with ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Abstracts, 15th International tRNA Workshop, Cap d'Agde, France.
8. LaRiviere*, F. and Thurlow, D. (1994) Sulfur atoms in phosphorothioates near the 3'end of precursor tRNAGlu molecules inhibit interaction with ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. Abstracts, RNA Processing Meeting of the RNA Society, Madison, WI.
9. Thurlow, D.L. (1995) Processing mutant precursor tRNAs. 10th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, VassarCollege, Poukeepsie, NY. April 8, 1995.
10. Nekhaeva, E. and Thurlow, D.L. (1996) Generating mutant forms of nucleotidyltransferase from yeast. 11th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, VassarCollege, Poukeepsie, NY. March 30, 1996.
11. Thurlow, D.L. (1997) Eubacterial, Archaebacterial, and Eukaryotic tRNA nucleotidyltransferases. 12th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, VassarCollege, Poukeepsie, NY. April 12, 1997.
12. Reich* S, Cocozzela* J, Thurlow, DL (1997) Construction of M1 containing self-cleaving RNA for use in chemical interference assays. FASEB J 11, abstract 3223.
13. Litvin* T, Thurlow DL, Mierke, DM (1997) Molecular modeling of interaction between tRNA and ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. FASEB J 11, abstract 604.
14. Thurlow, D.L. (1998) Molecular modeling of tRNAs and cloning tRNA nucleotidyltransferases. 13th Northeast Regional Conference on Ribosomes, BrownUniversity, Providence, RI. April 23, 1998.
15. Voynov* V, Reich* S, Thurlow D (1998) Do fusion constructs of M1 RNA and mutant p-tRNA self-cleave? FASEB J. 12, abstract S15.
16. Pulido* GM, Prince KA, Thurlow, DL (1999) Expression and purification of His-tagged ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from the archaebacterium Methanococcus jannaschii. Symposium on RNA Biology: III. RNA, Tool and target. Research Triangle Park, NC. Oct. 15-17.
17. Thurlow, DL (2000) Kinetic and nucleotide binding properties of ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from Methanococcus jannaschii and a topological model for CCA-adding enzymes. RNA 2000: the fifth annual meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. May 30-June 4, 2000.
18. Thurlow DL, Albert* M, Nelson DJ, and Bujnicki JM (2001) Nucleotide binding properties and a three dimensional model for ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from M. jannaschii. RNA 2001: the sixth annual meeting of the RNA Society. Banff, Canada. May 29-June 3, 2001.
19. Reichert AS, Schurer H, Thurlow DL and Morl M (2001) Identification and characterization of the human tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. RNA 2001: the sixth annual meeting of the RNA Society. Banff, Canada. May 29-June 3, 2001.
20. Albert* M, Nelson DJ, Bujnicki JM and Thurlow DL (2002) Model of a CCA-adding enzyme used to analyze binding of ATP and CTP, and to design a deletion that retains partial activity. RNA 2002: the seventh annual meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. May 28-June 2, 2002.
21. Yang N, Mohan A, Levinger L, and Thurlow DL (2002) Cloning, expression, and substrate recognition by Drosophila melanogaster ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. RNA 2002: the seventh annual meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. May 28-June 2, 2002
22. Thurlow, DL (2006) Data Management. Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. Portland, ME. April 6-9, 2006.
23. Thurlow, DL, Rogoff, M-L (2007) Professionalism. Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. Boston, MA. April 19-22, 2007.
24. Thurlow, DL, Parrish, S (2007) Criminal Background Checks. Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. Boston, MA. April 19-22, 2007.
25. Thurlow, DL (2007) “Is participation in undergraduate scientific research a predictor of success in applying to medical schools?” Research Showcase, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Abbott Laboratories, Worcester, MA.
26. Thurlow, DL (2008) “ClarkUniversity’s Medical Careers Advising Program.” Colleges of Worcester Consortium Biomedical, Biotechnology, and Health Professions Network, UMassMedicalSchool, Worcester, MA.
27. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (presenter), Medical Competencies. Local Area Network meeting,
Northeastern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NEAAHP). Jan.
7, 2011.
28. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (presenter), Philosophy of Science Education and Competency
Based Curricula. NEAAHP annual conference, Newport RI, March 31-April 3, 2011.
29. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (organizer, moderator). SFFP, MR5, and Innovation Lab Updates: Adrift at Sea or Headed to Port? NEAAHP annual conference, Newport RI,
March 31-April 3, 2011.
30. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (organizer, moderator). Best Practices in Navigating Centralized Application Services: Top FAQs. NEAAHP annual conference, Newport RI, March 31-April 3, 2011.
31. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (presenter) Transferring credit: AP and CC. Discover Your Future in Biotechnology, Biomedical Research and the Health Professions: An all-day conference for high school and college students and their parents - Organized by the Biotechnology, Biomedical and the Health Professions Task Force of the Chief Academic Officers Committee of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (BBHP showcase), Worcester MA, March 5, 2011.
32. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (organizer and moderator) Allied Health Programs. Discover Your Future in Biotechnology, Biomedical Research and the Health Professions: BBHP showcase, Worcester MA, March 5, 2011.
33. Thurlow, D.L. (2011) (organizer and moderator) Animal Care, Vet Tech, Lab Animal Management, and Vet Science. BBHP showcase, Worcester MA, March 5, 2011.