Katherine Bates

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
Phone: 310-243-1090
Email: kbates@csudh.edu
Office Location: NSM A137
Laboratory Location: NSM 224

Research Interests:
I am interested in the genetics of oogenesis, using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. Specifically, I study the genes involved in controlling the morphogenesis of the dorsal appendages of the egg.

Highest degree obtained: Ph.D.

Discipline: Human Genetics

Institution/Year: University of Utah 2003

Thesis Title/Director: Antagonism of Drosophila Jun N-terminal Kinase Signaling / Dr. Anthea Letsou

Bachelor's Degree:

Discipline: Genetics, Microbiology

Institution/Year: Ohio Wesleyan University

Positions since highest degree earned:

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2006-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Whitman College
2006 Adjunct Lecturer, North Seattle Community College
2006 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Washington
2005 Future Faculty Fellows Apprenticeship Program (HHMI), UW
2000 Teaching Assistant, University of Utah

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Celeste Berg, Ph.D,. Advisor

Awards & Recognitions:

HONORS AND AWARDS
1999-2003 Human Genetics Student Advisory Committee, U of U
1997 Bowdall Award, OWU
1996-1997 Phi Sigma, chapter founder and president, OWU
1993-1997 Ohio Wesleyan University Trustee Scholarship, OWU

Publications:

Byars, C.L., Bates, K.L., Letsou, A., (1999). The dorsal-open group gene raw is required for restricted DJNK signaling during closure. Development 126, 4913-4923.

Presentations:

Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures
2006 A novel screen for dorsal appendage defects. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 47: 464A
2006 Antagonizing JNK signaling in Drosophila. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 47: 350A
2004 raw is a novel DJNK antagonist. Southwest Regional Developmental Biology Meeting
2003 Epidermal requirements for raw during closure. Society for Developmental Biology Meeting
2003 raw limits DJNK signaling during dorsal closure. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 44: 415A
2002 raw function in oogenesis. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 43: 416B
2001 Requirements for the raw gene in dorsal closure. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 42: 391A
2000 Raw function in dorsal closure. Annual Drosophila Research Conference 41: 684B
2000 How Flies Got a Raw Deal, Invited Lecture, Ohio Wesleyan University

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