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NIH - Funded Training in Cell Signaling & Lung Pathobiology
 
 
Ryan Joseph Viator, M.S.
Phone: 251-460-7489
rjv302@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

 

EDUCATION

Institution/Location  Degree Year Conferred  Study
University of South Alabama Ph.D. In Progress Lung Biology
Mobile, AL      
       
University of South Alabama M.S. 2005  Microbiology
Mobile, AL      
       
University of Louisiana at       B.S. 1999   Microbiology  
Lafayette, Lafayette, LA      
       

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-Present Graduate Student, Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, AL
2003-2005 Graduate Student, Department of Biology, University of SouthAlabama, Mobile, AL
2001-2003 Microbiologist, Alpharma, USHP, Baltimore, MD
2000-2001 Microbiology Technician, Johnson & Johnson, MSPC, McIntosh, AL
1998-1997 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology,  
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004 Biology 101 Guest Lecturer of Mitosis and Meiosis, Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2004-2005 Biology 101 Laboratory Instructor, Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2008 

BEAR Program Lecture on “How cells are studied”, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL                                                                                                         

PRESENTATIONS
2005 “Primer-directed enzymatic amplification of DNA with a thermostable DNA polymerase”, Journal Club, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 
2006 Escherichia coli glutamate- and arginine-dependent acid           resistance systems increase internal pH and reverse transmembrane potential”, Journal Club, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2007  “Mechanisms underlying the chronic pioglitazone treatment-         
induced improvements in the impaired endothelium-dependent
 relaxation seen in aortas from diabetic rats”, Research In Progress, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2008 “Delayed autoregulation of glucose transport in vascular               endothelial cells”, Research In Progress, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

                                                        

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / MEMBERSHIPS
2003-Present American Society for Microbiology
2005-Present Basic Medical Sciences Student Organization
2007-Present American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

              

HONORS AND AWARDS
1994-1995 Louisiana Honors Scholarship
1996-1999  Edith Fanny Winn Educational Trust
2005 Corporate Activities Student Travel Grant Award Recipient, Atlanta, GA
2007 1st Place in the Graduate Student Presentation Competition, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
 
SERVICE
2006-2007 Basic Medical Sciences Student Organization Student
Representative for the Center for Lung Biology
2007-2008  Graduate Student Representative of the Graduate Admissions
Committee, University of South Alabama Basic Medical Sciences
Graduate Program, Mobile, AL
 
RESEARCH SUPPORT
2006-2009 Training Grant Appointment through the Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL  (# 5T32HL076125-05)
 
PUBLICATIONS
  1. McGee, D. J., Kumar, S., Viator, R. J., Bolland, J. R., Spadafora, D., Testerman, T. L., Kelly, D. J., Pannell, L. K., and Windle, H. J.   2006.  Helicobacter pylori thioredoxin is an arginase chaperone and guardian against oxidative and nitrosative stresses.  J Biol Chem.  281(6):  3290-6.
  2. McGee, D. J., Zabaleta, J., Viator, R. J., Testerman, T. L., Ochoa, A. C., and Mendz, G. L.  2004.  Purification and characterization of Helicobacter pylori arginase, RocF:  unique features among the arginase superfamily.  Eur J Biochem.  271(10):  1952-62.
  3. Viator, Ryan J.,  Richard F. Rest, Ellen Hildebrandt, and David J. McGee. 2008.  Characterization of Bacillus anthracis arginase: effect of pH, temperature and cell viability on metal preference. BMC Biochemistry 9:15.
ABSTRACTS
  1. Ryan J. Viator, Margaret E. Benny, Victor G. Solodusko, and Brian W. Fouty. 2008.  Hypoxia upregulates GLUT-1 expression in rat pulmonary endothelial cells even in hyperglycemia.  Abstract, Experimental Biology 2008, San Diego, CA.
  2. Viator, R., L. K. Pannell, and D. J. McGee.  2005.  Manganese-Dependent
    Differential Protein Expression in Bacillus anthracis. Abstract, 105th ASM
    General Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  3. Viator, Ryan J., Georgle L. Mendz, Richard F. Rest, and David J. McGee.  2004. Characterization of the Helicobacter pylori and Bacillus anthracis Arginases. Abstract, 104th ASM General Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
 
Last Update: Aug 12, 2007