B.A., Hunter College (CUNY) (Biological Sciences), 1993
Ph.D., Cornell University (Genetics), 2001
Our Faculty
Barbara Studamire
Profile
Barbara Studamire is an assistant professor of biology and teaches courses at the undergraduate level in microbiology and general biology, and has taught courses at the graduate level in cell biology, molecular biology, journal club, and virology.
Education
Selected Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Books and Publications
Aiyer, S., G.V.T. Swapna, N. Malani, J.M. Aramini, W.M. Schneider, M.R. Plumb, R.C. Larue, M. Ghanem, B. Studamire, M. Kvaratskhelia, F.D. Bushman, G.T. Montelione and M.J. Roth. "Altering Murine Leukemia Virus Integration Through Disruption of the Integrase and BET Protein Family Interaction." Nucleic Acids Res. 42:5917-5928.
Samarrai, W., D.X. Liu, A.-M. White, B. Studamire, J. Edelstein, A. Srivastava, R.L. Widom and R. Rudner. "Differential Responses of Bacillus subtilis rRNA Promoters to Nutritional Stress." Journal of Bacteriology 193: 723-33.
Studamire, B. and S.P. Goff. "Interactions of Host Proteins With the Murine Leukemia Virus Integrase." Viruses 2: 1110-45. doi:10.3390/v2051110 (review).
Studamire, B. and S.P. Goff. "Host Proteins Interacting With the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Integrase: Multiple Transcriptional Regulators and Chromatin Binding Factors." Retrovirology 5: 48.
Sugawara, N., T. Goldfarb, B. Studamire, E. Alani and JE Haber. "Heteroduplex Rejection During Single-strand Annealing Requires Sgs1 helicase and Mismatch Repair Proteins Msh2 and Msh6 but Not Pms1." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 101: 9315-20.
Kijas, AW, B. Studamire and E. Alani. "Msh2 Separation of Function Mutations Confer Defects in the Initiation Steps of Mismatch Repair." Journal of Molecular Biology 33: 123-38.
Studamire, B., G. Price, N. Sugawara, J. Haber and E. Alani. "Separation-of-function Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae MSH2 That Confer Mismatch Repair Defects but Do Not Affect Nonhomologous-tail Removal During Recombination." Molecular and Cellular Biology 19: 7558-67.
Studamire, B., T. Quach and E. Alani. "Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2p and Msh6p ATPase Activities Are Both Required During Mismatch Repair." Molecular and Cellular Biology 18: 7590-01.
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Dr. Studamire was granted a fellowship leave
PSC-CUNY Award, City University of New York. "The role of cofactors in MoMLV infection and in the nuclear localization of Integrase."
PSC-CUNY Award TRADB-45-351, for "The Role of Cofactors in MoMLV Infection and in the Nuclear Llocalization of Integrase.".
PSC-CUNY Award, for "Elucidating the Role of Host Factors in Retroviral Infection and Integration".
NIGMS Pilot Research Award, for "The Influence of Host Factors on Retroviral Integration Into Chromatin Templates." 2009-12.
PSC-CUNY Award, for "Host Factors Interacting With the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Integrase."
New Faculty Award, Brooklyn College
Research Activities
Dr. Studamire participated in a course at the Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, 'Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structure' (STAMPS)
Participated in the Digital Boot Camp workshop conducted by the CUNY Digital Research Fellows Program, Graduate Center Digital Research Institute (GCDI)
Poster presentation by two undergraduate students, Brooklyn College Science Poster Day
MCD and biochemistry rotation seminar series talks, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
Two posters presented by undergraduate and graduate students, Brooklyn College Science Fair
Two posters presented by undergraduate and graduate students, Brooklyn College Science Retreat
Molecular Biology Laboratory Group Meetings, Brooklyn College
Molecular Biology Laboratory Group Meetings, Brooklyn College
Molecular Biology Laboratory Group Meetings, Brooklyn College
Molecular Biology Laboratory Group Meetings, Brooklyn College
Molecular Biology Laboratory Group Meetings, Brooklyn College
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Retroviruses meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratories, NY. Poster: Intracellular localization of Moloney murine leukemia virus Integrase and Brd2. Wudzinska, A., E. Callejo, and B. Studamire
Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College (CUNY).
Professional Leadership
Ph.D. committee member
Chair, Biology Department Space Committee, Brooklyn College
Member, Faculty Council
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
Member, Faculty Council
Chair, Biology Department Space Committee
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
Ph.D. committee member
Member, Faculty Council
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
Ph.D. committee member
M.A. thesis committee chair and advisor, two students
Member of COACHE Facilities Working Group
Member, Faculty Council
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
M.A. program thesis adviser, two students
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department.
PhD student second level examination committee
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee
Member, Ingersoll Hall Extension Renovation Committee
Member, Master of Arts program Advisory Committee, Biology Department
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee
Member, Master of Arts Program Advisory Committee, Biology Department.
Member, Prokaryotic New Faculty Search Committee
Graduate Deputy Chair, Brooklyn College representative to the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Biology
Dr. Studamire worked on revisions to the undergraduate general biology course (BIOL 1001/1002)
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee
Member, Prokaryotic New Faculty Search Committee
Thesis adviser, M.A. program
Graduate Deputy Chair, Brooklyn College representative to the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Biology
Helped to revise the undergraduate general biology course (BIOL 1001/1002).
Member, Biochemistry Ph.D. Program Admissions Committee
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee.
Member, Brooklyn College Retreat Planning Committee.
Alternate member, Faculty Council
Graduate Deputy Chair, Brooklyn College representative to the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Biology.
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee
Member, Brooklyn College Retreat Planning Committee.
Alternate member, Faculty Council.
Graduate Deputy Chair, Brooklyn College representative to the CUNY Ph.D. Program in Biology.
Member, Biology Department Research and Administrative Space Allocation and Redesign Committee.
Community Activities
Mentor and advisor, undergraduate research students
Undergraduate Poster evaluation, Biology Department, Brooklyn College
Mentor and advisor, undergraduate research students
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Mentor and advisor, undergraduate research students
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Graduate student rotation supervisor, MCD program, City University of New York
Liaison between the Cornell University Molecular Biology graduate program and the Brooklyn College MARC program office. This is an ongoing effort to recruit students from the Brooklyn College Biology Department for Ph.D. programs and summer research programs at Cornell University.
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Undergraduate Poster evaluation, Biology Department, Brooklyn College
Ad-Hoc manuscript reviewer
Liaison between the Cornell University Molecular Biology graduate program and the Brooklyn College MARC program office. This is an ongoing effort to recruit students from the Brooklyn College Biology Department for Ph.D. programs and summer research programs at Cornell University.
Program in Biochemistry, CUNY GC, First Level exam preparation and scoring
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Liaison between the Cornell University Molecular Biology graduate program and the Brooklyn College MARC program office. This is an ongoing effort to recruit students from the Brooklyn College Biology Department for PhD programs and summer research programs at Cornell University.
Member, Second-level Examination Committee Member, PhD Program, Hunter College (CUNY), one student
Liaison between the Cornell University Molecular Biology graduate program and the Brooklyn College MARC program office. This is an ongoing effort to recruit students from the Brooklyn College Biology Department for Ph.D. programs and summer research programs at Cornell University.
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science conference (SACNAS), Seattle, WA
Liaison between the Cornell University Molecular Biology graduate program and the Brooklyn College MARC program office. This is part of an effort to recruit more students to Ph.D. programs in the Brooklyn College Biology Department.
Program in Biology, MCD subprogram, First Level exam question preparation and scoring
Member, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for three students.
Member, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for three students.
Other Professional Activities
Ad-Hoc proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation
Housing award, STAMPS course, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA
Doctoral Thesis Committee Chair, one student
M.A. program thesis adviser, three students
Leadership Alliance Faculty Retreat. Chicago, IL.
M.A. program thesis adviser, two students
Member, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for one student
Chair, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for two students
Thesis adviser, M.A. program
"Viruses and Oncogenes: A Symposium to Celebrate Stephen Goff's Continuing Legacy." Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories.
Chair, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for two students.
Chair, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for two students.
Chair, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for two students
Member, Doctoral Thesis Committee, for three students.