Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics

Curriculum vitae

Thomas A. Pressley, Ph.D.

Last Revised March 24, 2011

CONTACT INFORMATION

Thomas A. Pressley, Ph.D.

Dept. of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

3601 4th Street

Lubbock, Texas 79430

(806) 743-4056

FAX: (806) 743-1512

E-mail: Thomas.Pressley@ttuhsc.edu

EDUCATION
- The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. 1973-1977
- Medical University of South Carolina, Ph.D. 1977-1981
  - Mentor: James S. Graves, Ph.D.
- Columbia University, Postdoctoral Training, 1982-1984
  - Mentor: Isidore S. Edelman, M.D.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Senior Staff Associate, Columbia University, 1984-1985
- Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, 1985-1987
- Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1987-1995
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), University of Texas, 1988-1995
- Associate Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1995-2001
- Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2001-present
- Interim Dean, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2010

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Physiological Society
  - Host, Workshop for High School Life Science Teachers and Students, 2001-2002
  - Member, Education Committee, 2002-2005
    - Organizer, Physiology for High School Teachers & Students Workshop, 2004
  - Mentor, NIDDK Minority Travel Fellowship, 2004
  - Chair, Education Committee, 2007-present
- American Society for Cell Biology
- BiosciEdNet
  - Advisory Board, 2006-present
- Society of General Physiologists

HONORS AND AWARDS
- National Honor Society, 1972
- Maryland General State Scholarship, 1973-1977
- Individual National Research Service Award, NIDDK, 1982-1984
- Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes, 1989-1991
- Research Career Development Award, NHLBI, 1989-1994
- Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas Medical School, 1990, 1992
- Dean's Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1994
- Certificate of Appreciation, Office of Research Training, Univ. of Texas Medical School, 1995
- Wellcome Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 1998-1999
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech Univ. HSC, 1999
- Teacher of the Year, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech Univ. HSC, 2002
- Professeur invité, Université de Poitiers, France, 2002

EDITORIAL POSITIONS
- Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 1999-2010
- Editor-in-Chief, Cellular and Molecular Biology (Paris), 2002-2004
- Editorial Board, Cellular and Molecular Biology (Paris), 2002
- Co-editor, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1997-2001
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, AfCS-Nature Signaling Gateway, 2004
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Advances in Physiology Education, 2010
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2005
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Physiology, 1988-2010
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biochemical Journal, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biochemical Pharmacology, 1993, 1999
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biochemistry, 1993, 1997-2002, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1997, 2000, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, BioTechniques, 1999
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Brain Research, 2001
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Pharmacology, 2011
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2004
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Circulation, 1998, 2001, 2003
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Clinical Science, 1993
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2008
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Endocrinology, 1986, 2000
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Experimental Cell Research, 1993, 1995
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, FEBS Letters, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Genomics, 1995
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Hypertension, 1994, 2001
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Investigative Ophthalomology & Visual Science, 2006
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2004, 2005
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physiology, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2009-2011
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1996-1998
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1997-1998, 2004, 2005
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Immunological Methods, 1992, 2009
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Membrane Biology, 1989-1992, 1998, 2002
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Vascular Medicine and Biology, 1992
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Kidney International, 1997, 1999
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Life Sciences, 1996, 2001
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2001, 2004, 2005
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2000, 2007
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular Interventions, 2003
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, News in Physiological Sciences, 1995
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Neurochemistry International, 1996
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Neuropharmacology, 2005
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physiological Genomics, 2003
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physiology, 2008
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Protein Science, 1997
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, The FASEB Journal, 2008
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1993
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2006, 2008

SERVICE ON GRANT REVIEW PANELS, STUDY SECTIONS, COMMITTEES
- External Reviewer, Physiological Processes Program, NSF, 1991
- External Reviewer, East Asia and Pacific Program, NSF, 1993
- External Reviewer, Integrative Animal Biology, NSF, 1994
- Member, Ad Hoc Physiology Study Section M1, NIH, March 1994
- Special Reviewer, Physiology Study Section, NIH, June 1994
- External Reviewer, Molecular Cytology Study Section, NIH, January 1995
- Special Reviewer, Physiology Study Section, NIH, February 1996
- External Reviewer, The Arthritis and Rheumatism Council, Great Britain, May 1996
- Temporary Member, Physiology Study Section, NIH, June 1996
- Member, Review Group A, American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate, April 1997
- External Reviewer, Natural Environmental Research Council, Great Britain, August, 1997
- Temporary Member, Physiology Study Section, NIH, October 1997
- External Reviewer, The New York Academy of Sciences, Science and Technology Meetings, July 1998
- External Reviewer, Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study Section, NIH, October 1998
- External Reviewer, Molecular Biochemistry, NSF, 1999
- External Reviewer, Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study Section, NIH, June 1999
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Murdock College Research Program for Life Sciences, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, 1999
- Temporary Member, Alcohol and Toxicology Subcommittee I Study Section, NIH, February 2001
- Temporary Member, Physiological Chemistry Study Section, NIH, November 2001
- External Reviewer, Molecular Biochemistry, NSF, 2002-2003
- Member, Peer Review Committee 5A, Western Review Consortium, American Heart Association, 2002-2003
- Temporary Member, Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section, NIH, February 2004
- Vice-chair, Peer Review Committee 5A, Western Review Consortium, American Heart Association, 2004-2005
- External Reviewer, Medical Research Council, Great Britain, March, 2006
- Chair, Peer Review Committee 5A, Western Review Consortium, American Heart Association, 2006-2007
- External Reviewer, Cellular Systems, NSF, 2004-2007
- External Reviewer, Israeli Science Foundation, March 2007
- Member, Research Allocations and Advisory Committee, Texas Affiliate, American Heart Association, 2005-2007
- Member, Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section, NIH, 2004-2008
- Temporary Member, Special Interest Panel, NIH, 2008, 2009
- External Reviewer, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 2008-2010
- External Reviewer, Diabetes Research and Training Center, Washington University, 2010

SERVICE ON UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC COMMITTEES
- Member, Faculty-Student Relations Committee, Univ. of Texas Medical School, 1988-1991
- Recruiter, College Relations Program, Human Resources and Employee Relations, Univ. of Texas--Houston Health Science Center, 1991
- Member, Radiation Safety Committee, Univ. of Texas--Houston Health Science Center, 1992-1995
- Reviewer, Biomedical Research Support Committee, Univ. of Texas Medical School, 1992-1995
- Member, Federal Clean Air Act Schools Working Group, Univ. of Texas--Houston Health Science Center, 1993
- Medical Student Candidate Interviewer, Univ. of Texas Medical School, 1988-1994
- Member, Curriculum Committee, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1992-1994
- Graduate Student Candidate Interviewer, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1995
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Faculty Research Committee, TTUHSC, 1996
- Judge, Graduate Student Association Research Day, TTUHSC, 1998
- Member, Core Course Committee (Ad Hoc), TTUHSC GSBS, 1998
- Member, Admissions Committee, TTUHSC School of Medicine, 1996-1999, 2003-2008, 2010
- Member, Graduate Council, TTUHSC GSBS, 2000-2003
- Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, TTUHSC, 2002-2005
- Co-director, Summer Accelerated Biomedical Research, TTUHSC, 2003-2006
- Member, Student Affairs Committee, TTUHSC School of Medicine, 2001-2007
  - Chair, 2005-2006
- Chair, First-year Curriculum Oversight Committee, TTUHSC GSBS, 2006-2007
- Member, Dean's Taskforce on Communications in Education, TTUHSC School of Medicine, 2006-2007
- Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, TTUHSC School of Medicine, 2005-2008
- Chair, Biotechnology Program Review Committee, TTUHSC GSBS, 2009-2010
- Member, Radiation Safety Committee, TTUHSC, 2008-present
- Member, Student Promotions and Professional Conduct Committee, TTUHSC School of Medicine, 2009-present

SERVICE ON GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
- Member, Examining Committee, Theodore Wong, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1987
- Member, Advisory Committee, Jose Ortega, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1990-1992
- Chair, Examining Committee, Jose Ortega, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1992
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Gregory Smith, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1990-1992
- Member, Doctoral Supervisory Committee, Gregory Smith, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1992-1993
- Member, Advisory Committee, Zhen Yan, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1991-1993
- Member, Supervisory Committee, Zhen Yan, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1993-1995
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, J. Gary Meszaros, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1992-1993
- Member, Doctoral Examining Committee, J. Gary Meszaros, Univ. of Texas GSBS, 1993
- External Reviewer, Robert Sargeant, Univ. of Toronto, 1995
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Somchit Eiam-Ong, TTUHSC, 1997-1998
- Chair, Masters Thesis Advisory Committee, Anthony LeGrow, TTUHSC, 1997-1998
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Jose Rojas, TTUHSC, 1997-2000
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Malini Mansharamani, TTUHSC, 1998-2001
- Graduate Dean's Representative, Dissertation Committee, Daniel B. Kainer, TTUHSC, 1999
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Ayman Hamouda, TTUHSC, 2005-2007
- Chair, Masters Advisory Committee, Todd Ward, TTUHSC, 2005-2008
- Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Jimmy Fraigne, TTUHSC, 2008-2010

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
- Judge, Science Engineering Fair of Houston, 1988-1989
- Treasurer, Knollwood Village Civic Club, 1989-1991
- President, Knollwood Village Civic Club, 1992
- Board of Directors, Knollwood Village Civic Club, 1993
- Board of Directors, Soaring Club of Houston, 1992, 1995
- Vice-president, Soaring Club of Houston, 1993
- President, Soaring Club of Houston, 1994
- Representative for Johns Hopkins Univ., Lamar High School College Night, 1994
- Admissions Interviewer, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1995, 1999
- Performer, Longfellow Elementary PTA Talent Show, 1995
- Judge, Longfellow Elementary Science Fair, 1995
- Den Leader, Cub Scout Pack 525, 1995-1999
- Judge, Murfee Elementary Science Fair, 1996
- Vice-president, Caprock Soaring Club, 1996
- President, Caprock Soaring Club, 1997-2000
- Contest Manager, Region 10 Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Littlefield, TX, 1998-1999
- Contest Manager, Standard Class National Soaring Championship, Soaring Society of America, Littlefield, TX, 2000
- Contest Manager, Region 10 Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Lubbock, TX, 2001
- Judge, South Plains Regional Science & Engineering Fair, 2003
- Judge, Exxon Mobil Texas State Science & Engineering Fair, 2003
- Board of Directors, National Soaring Foundation, 1999-2004
- Scorekeeper, Region 7 Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Albert Lea, MN, 2005
- Scorekeeper, Region 9 Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Parowan, UT, 2004, 2007
- Scorekeeper, Sport Class National Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Parowan, UT, 2005, 2010
- Scorekeeper, Standard and Open Class National Soaring Championships, Soaring Society of America, Hobbs, NM, 2010
- Scorekeeper, 1-26 Association Championships, 1-26 Association, 2002-2010
- State Governor, Soaring Society of America, 2001-present
- State Soaring Recordkeeper, Soaring Society of America, 2003-present
- Treasurer, Caprock Soaring Club, 2005-present
- Vice-president, Llano Estacado Soaring Society, 2006-2008
- Certified Flight Instructor (Glider), Federal Aviation Administration, 2006-present

SPONSORSHIP OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND VISITING SCIENTISTS
- Vana L. Smith, Ph.D., 1989
- Nabila M. Shanbaky, Ph.D., 1991-1994
- Charlotte H. Clarke, Ph.D., 1995
- Susan A. Petrosian, Ph.D., 1995-1997
- José-Luis Redondo, Ph.D., 1997
- Karen Nazaryan, Ph.D., 2000, 2002
- Sandrine Pierre, Ph.D., 2000-2003
- Marie-Josée Duran, Ph.D., 2001-2006
- Raymond E. Willis, Ph.D., 2007-2010

SPONSORSHIP OF SUMMER STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATE, AND MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- Hung Q. Ngo, 1988
- Ajay Handa, 1989
- John Wallace, 1990-1991
- Grace Wong, 1990
- Roshini M. Kandyil, 1991
- Shabnam Sepehri-Azar, 1991
- Lisa A. Joson, 1992-1993
- Frances Carmina Chevez, 1994
- Cassandra Fallaw, 1994
- Renee Kragenbrink, 1994
- Farah Juma, 1995
- Ravi Radhakrishnan, 1995
- Laura Sanchez, 1995
- Dawn C. Fielding, 1998
- Holland Patterson, 1999
- Sue Diggs, APS Frontiers in Physiology Awardee, 2000
- Emilie Mercier, 2001
- Matthieu Chosseler, 2002
- Francois Laharrague (combined project with Dr. James Carr), 2002
- Alexandra Bouschet, 2003
- Mathilde Odeyer (combined project with Dr. James Carr), 2003
- Lauren Parish, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow, 2003-2005
- Alexandre David, 2006
- Zachary Pallister, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow, 2006-2008
- Joelle Kamdoum, 2007
- Josh Carlton, 2007-2008
- Blessing Mesunda, 2008
- Prince Yalley, 2008
- Pauline Desjoyeaux, 2009

GRADUATE STUDENT ROTATIONS
- David W. Mercer, M.D., 1994
- Lida Anestidou, 1995
- Tony LeGrow, 1996
  - Masters Thesis 1998, "Effects of Thyrotropin on Na,K-ATPase in Rat Thyroid"
- Andrew Lovering, 1999
- Defong Luo, 1999
- Zie Pan, 2002
- Anton Smirnov, 2003
- Todd Ward, 2005
- Yelena Dunina, 2005
- Ryan Downey, 2007

PAST TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Teaching Assistant, College of Charleston, Introductory Chemistry Laboratory, 1977-1979
- Teaching Assistant, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Medical Biochemistry, 1979
- Lecturer and Course Director, The Citadel, Charleston, Undergraduate Biochemistry, 1980
- Lecturer, Univ. of Texas GSBS, Introductory Cell Biology, 1991-1994
- Lecturer, Univ. of Texas Medical School, Mammalian Physiology Course, 1988-1995
- Seminar Speaker, Univ. of Texas Medical School, Gastrointestinal Physiology Conferences, 1993-1994
- Seminar Speaker, Univ. of Texas Medical School, Nephrology Conferences, 1995
- Lecturer, 1st-year Medical Physiology course, 1997-2005
  - Membrane Receptors, Second Messengers, and Signal Transduction Pathways, 1996
  - The Internal Environment, 2000-2003
  - Section Head, Endocrine Physiology
    - Overview of Fuel Metabolism, 2-hours
    - Temperature Regulation, 2-hours
- Lecturer, USMLE Review, 1996
  - Gastrointestinal Physiology, 2-hours
  - Endocrinology, 2-hours
- Lecturer, 1st-year Pharmacy Physiology course, 1997-1998
  - General Endocrine Principles, 1-hour
  - Endocrine Pancreas, 1-hour
  - Regulation of Metabolism, 1-hour
  - Adrenals, 2-hours
  - Growth, 1-hour
  - Thyroid, 1-hour
- Lecturer, Human Physiology, 1999-2002
  - Protein Activity, 1-hour
  - General Endocrine Principles, 1-hour
  - Regulation of Metabolism, 1-hour
  - Adrenals and Thyroid, 1-hour
- Lecturer, Cell Function and Regulation, 1997-2002
  - Receptors for Lipophilic Hormones, 2-hours
  - Molecular Biology of Steroid/thyroid Hormone Receptors, 2-hours
  - Regulation of Gene Activity by Lipophilic Hormones, 2-hours
- Lecturer, Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology, 2001
  - Membrane Structure and Function, 1-hour
  - P-type ATPases, 1-hour
- Course Director, General Physiology, 2005
  - Homeostasis and Biomembranes, 2-hours
  - Active Transport, 2-hours
  - Osmotic Pressure and Cell Volume, 2-hours
  - Hemodynamics and Capillary Fluid Balance, 2-hours
- Lecturer, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2000-2003
  - Na-K Pump and Other P-type ATPases, 3-hours
  - Secondary Active Transport Systems, 3-hours
- Lecturer, Cell Signaling, 2000-2004
  - Nuclear Receptors: Ligand Binding and Biochemistry, 2-hours
  - Nuclear Receptors: Molecular Biology of Steroid Receptors, 2-hours
  - Nuclear Receptors: Regulation of Gene Expression, 2-hours
- Departmental Graduate Advisor, 2000-2004, 2006-2007
- Course Director, Laboratory Methods in Physiology (PHY 5350), 2002-2007
- Block Team Leader/Course Director, "Structure and Function of Major Organ Systems," 2006-2007
  - General Principles of Endocrinology, 1-hour
  - Metabolism: The Pancreatic Islets, 3-hours
  - Metabolism: The Adrenal Medulla, 1-hour
  - The Adrenal Cortex, 2-hours
CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Cardiovascular Section Head, "Structure and Function of Major Organ Systems," 1st-year medical course
  - Introduction to the Cardiovascular System, 1-hour
  - Autonomic Nervous System, Web-based Presentation
  - Blood Components, 1-hour
  - Hemodynamics, 2-hours
  - Capillaries and Lymphatics, 2-hours
  - Regional Blood Flow, 2-hours
  - Cardiac Cycle, 2-hours
  - Cardiac Output and Venous Return, 1-hour
  - Regulation of Blood Pressure, 2-hours
  - ECG Simulations, 1-hour
  - Low Cardiac Output, 2-hours
  - Cardiac Pathophysiology, 2-hours
- Cardiovascular Section Head, "Human Physiology, " 1st-year graduate course
  - Overview/Hemodynamics, 1-hour
  - Vascular/Capillary Balance, 1-hour
  - Regional Blood Flow, 1-hour
  - Cardiac Cycle, 1-hour
  - Cardiac Output/Control, 1-hour
- Lecturer, General Biochemistry
  - Lipids and Membranes, 2-hours
  - Channels and Pumps, 2-hours

INVITED EDUCATION SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
- Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, Pre-Entry Program, "Thyroid Thermogenesis," August 8, 1991.
- Prairie View A&M Univ., Undergraduate Research Course, "Molecular Biology of Membranes," March 27, 1995.
- Texas Tech Univ. HSC at El Paso, Health Careers Preparation Program, September 5-6, 1997.
- Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cell Biology, "Ion Channels," October 19, 1998.
- Wartburg College, Biochemistry I, "Na,K-ATPase," October 21, 1998.
- Univ. of Northern Iowa, Biochemistry I, "Na⁺-dependent Cotransport Systems," October 21, 1998.
- Univ. of Northern Iowa, Human Physiology, "Na,K-ATPase Laboratory Exercise," October 22, 1998.
- Univ. of Northern Iowa, Prokaryotic Molecular Biology, "Polymerase Chain Reaction," October 23, 1998.
- West Texas A&M, "Graduate and Medical School: What's it like?" March 3, 1999.
- Eastern New Mexico University, "Graduate and Medical School: What's it like?" April 16, 1999.
- South Plains College, "Applying to Medical and Graduate School," October 5, 1999.
- Soaring Society of America Convention 2000, "Handheld GPS Receivers and Their Use as Flight Recorders," March 18, 2000.
- 1-26 Association, "Handheld GPS Receivers for Use in Flight Verification," July 22, 2000.
- Soaring Society of America Convention 2001, "Getting the Most from Your Handheld GPS Receiver," February 8, 2001.
- Université de Poitiers, "Career Choices for Students of Biology and Informatics," November 7, 2001.
- Université de Poitiers, "Les Stages aux Etats-Unis et au Canada," October 16, 2002.
- TTUHSC Student Research Day, "Applying to Medical and Graduate School," March 28, 2003.
- Rotary Club of Lubbock, "Sailplane Racing on the South Plains of Texas," July 22, 2003.
- Little Big Horn College, Explorations in Biomedicine Retreat, September 19-21, 2003.
- Texas Tech University, McNair Scholars Graduate School Workshop, March 11, 2004.
- Boy Scout Troop 406, "Sailplane Racing on the South Plains of Texas," May 3, 2004.
- Columbia University, "Memorial for Isidore Edelman," March 7, 2005.
- Women's Club of Lubbock, "The Art of Soaring," September 21, 2005.
- World Congress of Cellular and Molecular Biology, "Memorial for Julius Allen," October 10, 2005.
- Lubbock Chapter 19, Experimental Aircraft Association, "The Art of Soaring," July 11, 2006.
- The Airlie Center, American Physiological Society 2006 Science Teaching Forum, July 23-30, 2006.
- Rotary Club of Lubbock, "The Art of Soaring, " October 30, 2006.
- Intl. Union of Physiol. Sci. Education Workshop, " Education Resources of the American Physiological Society,", August 3, 2009 (co-presenter with Dr. Marsha Matyas).
- Physiology of Membrane Ion Transport, Montevideo, "Na,K-pump: Structure, Mechanism, Diversity, and Regulation," September 24, 2009.
- Physiology of Membrane Ion Transport, Montevideo, "Enzymatic Activity of Na/K- and Ca-ATPase Activity Laboratory," September 24-25, 2009.
- TTUHSC School of Medicine Winter Teaching Institute, "Voice-over PowerPoints," February 9-10, 2010 (co-presenter with Dr. Lorenz Lutherer).
- Council of Academic Societies, "Faculty Forum," March 5, 2010 (panel member).
- Lubbock Chapter 19, Experimental Aircraft Association, "Performance Soaring," April 13, 2010 (co-presenter with Dr. Michael Graves).
- Nebraska Physiological Society, "Teaching and Learning Physiology with the "iPhone" Generation," September 11, 2010.

INVITED RESEARCH SEMINARS
- Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, "Potassium Regulation of Na,K-ATPase mRNAs," September 26, 1988.
- Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, "Potassium Regulation of Na,K-ATPase mRNAs," October 4, 1988.
- Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, "The Isoforms of the Na,K pump: A Molecular Approach to Function," September 18, 1989.
- Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, "Regulation and Structure of the Isoforms of the Na,K-ATPase," November 30, 1990.
- Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, Dept. of Surgery, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Sodium/Potassium Pump," January 15, 1992.
- Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-pump," September 9, 1992.
- Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine, "Conserved Structure-function Relationships in the Na⁺/K⁺ pump," February 5, 1993.
- Univ. of Houston, Dept. of Pharmacology, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-pump," February 23, 1993.
- Univ. of Michigan/VA Medical Center, Dept. of Neurology, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-pump," December 7, 1993.
- Medical College of Ohio, Dept. of Pharmacology, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-pump," December 8, 1993.
- Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-pump," March 11, 1994.
- Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, Dept. of Internal Medicine, "Na,K-pump: Regulation and Structure," August 1, 1994.
- Univ. of Nevada School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of Na,K-ATPase," November 17, 1994.
- Southern Salt, Water, and Kidney Club, Annual Meeting, "Ion-translocating ATPase Regulation at the mRNA Level," December 2, 1994.
- Univ. of S. California, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, "Regulation and Structural Studies of Na,K-ATPase, the Sodium Pump," December 15, 1994.
- Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, "Structure-function Studies of the Na,K-ATPase Catalytic Subunit," March 1, 1995.
- Hospital for Sick Children, Div. of Cell Biology, "Regulatory and Structural Studies of the Na,K-ATPase," August 3, 1995.
- Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, "Structure-function Relations in Na,K-pump," November 8, 1995.
- Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, "Subunit Diversity in the Na,K-pump," August 5, 1997.
- Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, "Structure-function Studies of Na,K-ATPase," August 28, 1998.
- University of Northern Iowa, Dept. of Biology, Wellcome Visiting Lecturer, "The Na,K-pump: Regulation and Diversity in the Maintenance of Cellular Homeostasis," October 20, 1998.
- East Tennessee State University, Dept. of Physiology, "Regulation of the Na,K-pump," February 25, 1999.
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, "Isoform Diversity in the Na,K-pump," September 27, 1999.
- Université de Poitiers, "Subunit Diversity in the Na,K-pump," November 6, 2001.
- Yerevan State University, Armenia, "Physiological Significance of Na,K-ATPase Heterogeneity," October 2, 2002.
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Lausanne, Switzerland, "Heterogeneity in the Na,K-ATPase: Physiological Significance of Subunit Isoforms," November 22, 2002.
- Texas Tech University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, "Enzyme Heterogeneity: Lessons from the Na,K-ATPase," October 8, 2003.
- University of Kansas Medical Center, Dept. of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, "Structural and Regulatory Diversity in the Na,K-ATPase," April 24, 2006.
- University of Louisville, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, "Protein Heterogeneity and Regulatory Diversity: Why Do We Need So Many Ion Pumps?," April 27, 2006.
- University of Louisville, Na,K-ATPase Club, "Antibodies as Probes of Na,K-pump Structure," April 28, 2006.
- Medical University of Ohio, Dept. of Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Structural and Regulatory Diversity in the Na,K-ATPase," May 3, 2006.
- George Washington University, Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology, "Isoform Diversity in the Na,K-pump" November 12, 2007.
- Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, “Isoform Diversity in the Na,K-pump,” September 28, 2009.
- United States Air Force Academy, Department of Biological Sciences, “Na,K-pump: Diversity and Regulation of a Critical Membrane Protein Complex,” April 8, 2010.
- Research Conference on the Interactions of Cardiac Sterioids and the Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase, Jerusalem, “Phylogeny and the Na⁺,K⁺-pump: Implications for Structure-Function Relationships,” February 28, 2011.

GRANT SUPPORT
- Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research 129760, Role of Amino Acid Catabolism in Na⁺ Transport Across Perfused Blue Crab Gills, 6/1/81-10/31/81, $425 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH F32 AM06985, T3 Stimulation of Sodium Potassium ATPase in Cultured Cells. 7/1/82-6/31/84, $29,000 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH and State of Texas, Biomedical Research Support Grant, Stimulation of the Na,K-pump by Low External K⁺ in Cultured Cells. 10/1/87-3/31/88, $8,900 (Principal Investigator)
- March of Dimes 5-749, Immunological Characterization of Na,K-pump Isoforms during Development, 9/1/89-6/30/92, $70,000 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH R29 HL39846, Molecular Basis of Cardiac Glycoside Affinity, 4/1/88-3/31/94, $276,119 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH K01 HL02305, Analysis of Cardiac Glycoside Affinity in Cultured Cells, 4/1/89-3/31/94, $253,200 (Principal Investigator)
- March of Dimes 1-FY92-0461, Immunological Characterization of Na,K-pump Isoforms during Development, 7/1/92-9/30/94, $100,000 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH R01 DK30603, Mechanism of Renal Acid-Base Homeostasis, 7/1/94-6/30/99, $934,449 (Co-investigator; Thomas D. DuBose, Jr., Principal Investigator)
- NIH P50 GM38529, Surgery Trauma Research Center, Pathogenesis of Multiple Organ Failure, 7/1/93-6/30/98, $225,425 (Principal Investigator, Molecular Biology Core; Frank G. Moody, Program Director)
- American Heart Association Texas Affiliate 98G-385, Isoform Diversity in the Na,K-pump, 7/1/98-6/30/00, $113,394 (Principal Investigator)
- NIH R01 RR10799, Physiological Significance of Na,K-pump Isoforms, 9/01/2005-8/30/09, $1,000,000 (Principal Investigator)

CURRENT PROJECTS
- Structure-function relations in Na,K-ATPase isoforms.
- Ionic homeostasis in cultured prostate epithelial cells.

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