April 2007*__*
*_Curriculum Vitae_*
*Claudia S. Copeland*
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USDA Agricultural Research Service
/Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology///
1700 SW 23^rd Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608
352) 374-5835 (phone), 352) 374-5804 (fax)
[email protected]
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*_Education_*
*Ph.D.* Molecular and Cellular Biology, Tulane University, 2005
*B.A. *Psychology (experimental) and Music (double major), University
of California at San Diego, 1993**
*_Research Experience_*
*Biocontrol and Molecular Entomology: */USDA, ARS, Center for Medical,
Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL. / PI: Dr. John
Sivinski Genetic characterization of parthenogenetic parasitoid wasps
using high fidelity PCR and general molecular techniques
*Molecular Helminthology:/ /*/Tulane University, New Orleans, LA./ PI:
Dr. Paul Brindley. Discovery and characterization of /Schistosoma
mansoni/ retrotransposons using a BAC library, Southern blot, enhanced
chemiluminescence and 32P radiolabeling for hybridization/probing, PCR,
RT-PCR, cloning using ligase and topoisomerase, HeLa cell culture,
luciferase/expression vector based detection of promotor activity, and
bioinformatics
*Molecular Helminthology: */Humboldt University, Institute for
Molecular Parasitology, Berlin, Germany. / PI: Dr. Bernd Kalinna.
Discovery and characterization of /Schistosoma mansoni/ retrotransposons
using a BAC library, Southern blot, enhanced chemiluminescence for
probing, PCR, RT-PCR, Cos-7 cell culture, and bioinformatics
*Medical Entomology: / /*/Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. / PI: Dr.
Dawn Wesson. Field collection and lab testing for organophosphate
pesticide resistance in New Orleans mosquitoes, assisting in the
development of a PCR assay to differentiate between different species of
the mosquito parasite /Ascogregarina /
*Molecular Toxicology: */Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. / PI: Dr.
Chuck Miller. Use of a yeast model system (with a human Aryl
Hydrocarbon Receptor/Beta Galactosidase reporter plasmid) to investigate
AHR activation by various chemical compounds, comparison with TCDD
(dioxin) and other known AHR agonists
*Cognitive Psychology: */University of California at Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA./ PI: Dr. Art Shimamura. Assistance in memory, visual
perception, and other cognitive experiments, lab database management
*Developmental Psycholinguistics: */San Diego State Foundation, San
Diego, CA./ PI: Dr. Donna Thal. Assistance in developmental
psycholinguistics experiments, including transcription of pre-linguistic
and early linguistic recorded sounds of young children into the
International Phonetic Alphabet, coding, videotaping, and analysis of
results
*Cognitive Science/Neuroscience: */University of California at San
Diego, San Diego, CA./ PI: Dr. Frank Haist. Assistance in memory and
language ERP (Event Related Potentials) experiments; PI: Dr. Allen
Osman. Assistance with motor ERP (Event Related Potentials) experiments
*_Publications_*__
*1.* *Copeland CS, *Brindley PJ, Heyers O, Michael SF, Johnston DA,
Williams DL, Ivens AC, Kalinna BH._ _/Boudicca/, a retrovirus-like long
terminal repeat retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke
/Schistosoma mansoni/. */Journal of Virology/* 2003 Jun;77(11):6153-66.
*2. Copeland CS*, Heyers O, Kalinna BH, Bachmair A, Stadler PF,
Hofacker IL, Brindley PJ. Structural and evolutionary analysis of the
transcribed sequence of /Boudicca/, a /Schistosoma mansoni/
retrotransposon. */Gene/*/ /2004;329:103-114.
*3.* Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Heyers O, Mann VH, Schulmeister AS,
*Copeland CS*, Loukas A, Brindley PJ. Genomic organization of the
/Schistosoma mansoni/ aspartic protease gene, a platyhelminth orthologue
of mammalian lysosomal cathepsin D. */Gene /*2004 Aug;338(1):99-109.*__*
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*4.* Laha T, Loukas A, Smyth DJ, *Copeland CS*, Brindley PJ. The
/fugitive/ LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke,
/Schistosoma mansoni. *International Journal for Parasitology */2004;
34: 1365-1375*__*
*5.* Brindley PJ, *Copeland CS*, Kalinna BH. Schistosome
Retrotransposons. /In / _Schistosomiasis_. World Class Parasites series,
v10, p13-26. 2005. Secor WE, Colley DG (Eds.) Springer, New York, NY,
ISBN: 0-387-23277-X*//*
*6. Copeland CS*, Mann VH, Morales ME, Kalinna BH, Brindley PJ. The
/Sinbad/ retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke,
/Schistosoma mansoni/, and the distribution of related /Pao/-like
elements. */BMC Evolutionary Biology/* 2005 Feb 23, *5*(1):20 *//*
*7. Copeland CS*, Laha T, Brindley PJ. Schistosome Long Terminal
Repeat Retrotransposons. /In/ _Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan
Parasites_. Brindley PJ (Ed.) Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience, July
2005; ISBN: 1-58706-093-0
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p. 315-323
*8.* Morales ME, Ocampo C, Cadena H, *Copeland CS*, Termini M, Wesson
D. Differential identification of /Ascogregarina/ species (Apicomplexa:
Lecudinidae) in /Aedes aegypti/ and /Aedes albopictus/ (Diptera:
Culicidae) by the polymerase chain reaction. */Journal of Parasitology
/*2005; 91: 1352-1356.
*9. Copeland CS*, Lewis FA, Brindley PJ. Identification of the
/Boudicca/ and /Sinbad/ retrotransposons in the genome of the human
blood fluke /Schistosoma haematobium. *Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo
Cruz* /2006; 101(5): 565-571.
*10. Copeland CS*, Mann VH, Brindley PJ. Both sense and antisense
strands of the LTR of the /Schistosoma mansoni/ /Pao/-like
retrotransposon /Sinbad/ drive luciferase expression. */Molecular
Genetics and Genomics/*/ /2007; 277(2): 161-170 //
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*11. *Laha T, *Copeland CS*, Brindley PJ. Non-Long Terminal Repeat
Retrotransposons Colonizing Schistosome Genomes. /Chapter in/ _Mobile
Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites_. Brindley, PJ, (Ed.) Eurekah
Press/Landesbioscience/, in press///
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*_Honors and Awards_*
*Tulane Graduate School Dissertation Year Fellowship*, competitive one
year stipend award to be used for dissertation project completion and
writing
*Tulane Travel Grant*, to fund travel to the ASTMH 53^rd Annual Meeting
(see below)
*DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst) Short Term Research
Grant*, a 6 month stipend and travel grant to conduct research at the
Humboldt University Institute for Molecular Parasitology in Berlin, Germany
*Jack R. Aron Scholarship*, a one year graduate scholarship for the
study of environmental health at the Tulane School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine
*Magna Cum Laude* graduation from the University of California, San Diego
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*_Research Presentations_*__
*Keystone Symposium C1: Transposition.* Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2003.
Poster presentation: "/Boudicca/, a retrovirus-like LTR retrotransposon
from the genome of the human blood fluke /Schistosoma mansoni/"
*American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 53rd Annual
Meeting.* Miami, Florida, 2004. Oral presentation for the section on
molecular parasitology: "The LTR retrotransposons /Boudicca/ and /Sinbad
/and the /Schistosoma mansoni/ genome"
*American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 54th Annual Meeting.
*Washington, DC, 2005. Poster presentation: �Host genome distribution
and promotor activities of the /Schistosoma mansoni /LTR
retrotransposons, /Boudicca/ and /Sinbad/�
*Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting. *Jupiter, Florida,
2006. Poster presentation: �Cytochrome C Oxidase sequence data
distinguish a thelytokous subpopulation of /Odontosema anastrephae/ from
a morphologically identical arrenotokous subpopulation�
*Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.* Indianapolis,
Indiana, 2006. Poster presentation: �Evidence for the presence of
/Wolbachia/ in /Melittobia digitata/, a highly female-biased
hymenopteran parasitoid�
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*_Teaching _*
*Teaching Assistant, Tulane University *(New Orleans, LA) general
biology, histology, medical helminthology
*Teaching Assistant, Laney College *(Oakland, CA) general biology
*Biology and VR Tutor, Ivy West Educational Services *(Oakland and
Berkeley, CA) SAT exam tutoring: Biology and Verbal
Reasoning sections
*Substitute Teacher, Oakland Public Schools *(Oakland, CA) short and
long term temporary public school teaching: biology, chemistry, and
other subjects
*Private Tutor *(San Diego, CA) elementary students: reading, writing,
and math
*Piano Teacher *(San Diego, CA) private piano lessons
*_Editing _*
*Freelance Scientific Editing *of dissertations and other writing,
especially for non-native English speakers
*Peer Review* and /ad hoc/ peer review of research manuscripts submitted
to entomology and parasitology journals
*Copyediting* for /Meena/, a bilingual literary journal from New
Orleans, Louisiana and Alexandria, Egypt
*_Professional Memberships_*
*American Association for the Advancement of Science*
*American Medical Writers Association*
*Florida Entomological Society*
