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Office of University Provost
Executive Director, Clinical Partnerships
Administrative, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 7805
School of Life Sciences
Executive Director, Clinical Partnerships; Faculty Group Leader of Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics faculty group
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 7805
Biography: 

Alan Rawls is an associate professor of genomics, evolution and bioinformatics in the School of Life Sciences and executive director of clinical partnerships in the Office of the University Provost.

His current research projects 1) examine the role of the protein Numb in regulating the switch between proliferation and differentiation of myogenic progenitor cells; 2) investigate the role of Mohawk, a novel homeodomain transcription factor, in the regulation of inflammation and myogenic progenitor cells proliferation and differentiation during skeletal muscle regeneration; 3) examine the signaling pathways leading to the de novo regeneration of skeletal muscle using the green anole as a model system; and 4) examine the genes responsible for early necrotic events in Muscular Dystrophy using C. elegans as a model.

Prior to joining ASU in 1997, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at UT. Southwestern Medical Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center. 

Education: 
  • Ph.D. Cell and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University 1993
  • B.S. Microbiology and Immunology (honors), University of Western Ontario 1986
Research Interests: 

Developmental Genetics, Skeletal Muscle Development and Repair

Muscle development and repair of postnatal skeletal muscle is dependent on the activation and differentiation of myogenic progenitor cells that display stem cell-like properties. This is a potentially exploitable cell population for developing cell therapy approaches for muscle loss associated with degenerative diseases, trauma, and aging. A growing body of evidence has revealed a complex role for the innate immune response in efficient muscle repair through clearance of necrotic fibers and promotion of myogenic cell proliferation and differentiation.  This is dependent on pro- and anti-inflammatory macrophage produced cytokines and chemokines.  Further, chronic inflammation associated with persistent necrosis of dystronopathies leads to the production of fibrosis and reduced muscle contractility.  Before any cell therapy can be incorporated into clinical practice it will be necessary to characterize the genetic and biochemical basis for the regulation of muscle cell self-renewal and differentiation and the contribution of the inflammation response. This represents an important step for enhancing the self-renewal of engrafted cells, and thus their regenerative potential as therapies for myopathies.

Current Projects:

1) Examine the role of the protein Numb in regulating the switch between proliferation and differentiation of myogenic progenitor cells.

2) Investigate the role of Mohawk, a novel homeodomain transcription factor, in the regulation of inflammation and myogenic progenitor cells proliferation and differentiation during skeletal muscle regeneration.

3) Examine the signaling pathways leading to the de novo regeneration of skeletal muscle using the green anole as a model system.

4) Examine the genes responsible for early necrotic events in Muscular Dystrophy using C. elegans as a model.

Publications: 

 

  • Wolter JM, Le HH, Linse A, Godlove VA, Nguyen TD, Kotagama K, Lynch A, Rawls A, Mangone M. Evolutionary patterns of metazoan microRNAs reveal targeting principles in the let-7 and miR-10 families. Genome Research (2017).
  • George RM, Hahn KL, Rawls A, Viger RS, Wilson-Rawls J. Notch signaling represses GATA4-induced expression of genes involved in steroid biosynthesis. Reproduction (2015).
  • Hutchins ED, Markov GJ, Eckalbar WL, George RM, King JM, Tokuyama MA, Geiger LA, Emmert N, Ammar MJ, Allen AN, Siniard AL, Corneveaux JJ, Fisher RE, Wade J, DeNardo DF, Rawls JA, Huentelman MJ, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Transcriptomic analysis of tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis reveals activation of conserved vertebrate developmental and repair mechanisms. PLoS One (2014).
  • George RM, Biressi S, Beres BJ, Rogers E, Mulia AK, Allen RE, Rawls A, Rando TA, Wilson-Rawls J. Numb-deficient satellite cells have regeneration and proliferation defects. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2013).
  • Rowton M, Ramos P, Anderson DM, Rhee JM, Cunliffe HE, Rawls A. Regulation of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition by PARAXIS during somitogenesis. Developmental Dynamics (2013).
  • Simola DF, Wissler L, Donahue G, Waterhouse RM, Helmkampf M, Roux J, Nygaard S, Glastad KM, Hagen DE, Viljakainen L, Reese JT, Hunt BG, Graur D, Elhaik E, Kriventseva EV, Wen J, Parker BJ, Cash E, Privman E, Childers CP, Muñoz-Torres MC, Boomsma JJ, Bornberg-Bauer E, Currie CR, Elsik CG, Suen G, Goodisman MA, Keller L, Liebig J, Rawls A, Reinberg D, Smith CD, Smith CR, Tsutsui N, Wurm Y, Zdobnov EM, Berger SL, Gadau J. Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality. Genome Research (2013).
  • Anderson DM, George R, Noyes MB, Rowton M, Liu W, Jiang R, Wolfe SA, Wilson-Rawls J, Rawls A. Characterization of the DNA-Binding Properties of the Mohawk (Mkx) Homeobox Transcription Factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2012).
  • Eckalbar, W., Fisher, R.E., Rawls, A., and Kusumi,. Scoliosis and segmentation defects of the vertebrae. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Developmental Biology (2012).
  • Eckalbar, W.L., Lasku, E., Infante, C.R., Elsey, R.M., Markov, G.J., Allen, A.N., Corneveaux, J.J., Losos, J.B., DeNardo, D.F., Huentelman, M.F., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A., Kusumi, K. Somitogenesis in the anole lizard and alligator reveals evolutionary convergence and divergence in the amniote segmentation clock. Developmental Biology (2012).
  • Fisher RE, LA. Geiger, LK Stroik, ED Hutchins, RM George, DF DeNardo, K Kusumi, JA Rawls, J Wilson-Rawls. A histological comparison of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. Anatomical Records (2012).
  • Fisher RE, Smith HF, Kusumi K, Tassone EE, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J. Mutations in the notch pathway alter the patterning of multifidus. Anatomical Records (2012).
  • Fisher, R.E., Smith, H.F., Kusumi, K., Tassone, E.E., Rawls, A., and Wilson-Rawls, J. Mutations in the Notch pathway alter the patterning of Multifidus. Anatomical Records (2012).
  • Ritzman, TB, LK Stroik, E Julik, ED Hutchins, E Lasku, DF DeNardo, J Wilson-Rawls, JA Rawls, K Kusumi. The gross anatomy of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole. Anatomical Records (2012).
  • Eckalbar, W., Fisher, R.E., Rawls, A., and Kusumi, K. Scoliosis and segmentation defects of the vertebrae. (2012).
  • Beres BJ, George R, Lougher EJ, Barton M, Verrelli BC, McGlade CJ, Rawls JA, Wilson-Rawls J. Numb regulates Notch1, but not Notch3, during myogenesis. Mech Dev (2011).
  • Burnett, L.A., Anderson, D.A., Rawls, A., Bieber, A.L., and Chandler, D. Mouse Sperm Exhibit Chemotaxis to Allurin, a Truncated Member of the Cysteine-Rich Secretory Protein Family. Dev Biol (2011).
  • Skinner MK, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J, Roalson EH. Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene family phylogenetics and nomenclature. Differentiation (2010).
  • Anderson, D.M., Beres, B.J., Wilson-Rawls, J., and Rawls, A. The Homeobox gene Mohawk Represses transcription by recruiting the SIN3A/HDAC Co-Repressor Complex. Developmental Dynamics (2009).
  • Hahn, K., Beres, B., Rowton, M., Skinner, M., Chang, Y., and Rawls, A., Wilson-Rawls, J. A deficiency of Lunatic fringe is associated with defects of the rete testis. Reproduction (2009).
  • Rawls, A. and Fisher, R.E. Development and Functional Anatomy of the Spine. The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis (2009).
  • Y. Takahashi, A. Takagi, S. Hiraoka, H. Koseki, J. Kanno, Jeffery Rawls, Y. Saga. Transcription factors Mesp2 and Paraxis have critical roles in axial musculoskeletal formation. Developmental Dynamics (2007).
  • D Anderson, J Arredondo, K Hahn, G Valente, J Martin, J Wilson-Rawls, Jeffery Rawls. Mohawk is a Novel Homeobox Gene Expressed in the Developing Mouse Embryo. Developmental Dynamics (2006).
  • C Linker, C Lesbros, J Gros, L Burrus, Jeffery Rawls, C Marcelle. Beta-Catenin-dependent Wnt signalling controls the epithelial organisation of somites through the activation of paraxis. Development (2005).
  • M Nakaya, K Biris, T Tsukiyama, S Jaime, A Rawls, T Yamaguchi. Wnt3a Links Left-Right Determination with Segmentation and Anterior-Posterior Axis Elongation. Development (2005).
  • C Fischer, J Johnson, B Stillwell, Z Cerovac, J Wilson-Rawls, Jeffery Rawls. ATF4 Is Required for the Differentiation of the Lamina Propria Layer of the Vas Deferens. Biology of Reproduction (2004).
  • J Wilson-Rawls, J Rhee, Jeffery Rawls. Paraxis is a bHLH protein that positively regulates transcription through binding to specific E-box elements. J. Biol Chem (2004).
  • X Xiang, L Burnett, Jeffery Rawls, A Bieber, D Chandler. The sperm chemoattractant "allurin" is expressed and secreted from the Xenopus oviduct in a hormone-regulated manner. Dev Biol (2004).
  • Rawls, Jeffery Alan (Author) ,Rhee, J (Author) . Development of Muscle and Somites. In: Inborn Errors of Development: The Molecular Basis of Clinical Disorders of MorphogenesisGenetic Basis forInborn errors in Development (2004).
  • C Fischer, J Johnson, B Stillwell, Z Cerovac, J Wilson-Rawls, Jeffery Rawls. ATF4 Is Required for the Differentiation of the Lamina Propria Layer of the Vas Deferens. Biology of Reproduction (2003).
  • J Rhee, Y Takahashi, Y Saga, J Wilson-Rawls, Jeffery Rawls. The protocadherin papc is required for epithelialization along the segmental border during mouse somitogenesis. Developmental Biology (2003).
  • Rawls, Jeffery Alan, Wilson-Rawls, J, Rawls, W A. Science in a Post-Modern World. (2003).
  • . . The Eighth Day: The Transgenic Art of Eduardo Kac (2003).
  • . . Review of: GENOMIC REGULATORY SYSTEMS: DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION (2002).
  • J Johnson, R McGaughey, Jeffery Rawls, J Wilson-Rawls. Notch pathway genes are expressed in developing mammalian ovarian follicles. Mech Dev (2001).
  • J Johnson, S Parsons, D Brown, E Olson, Jeffery Rawls. The Anterior/ Posterior Polarity of Somites is Disrupted in Paraxis-Deficient Mice. Dev Biol (2001).
  • J Olson, X Xiang, T Ziegert, A Kittelson, Jeffery Rawls, A Bieber, D Chandler. Allurin, a 21 kD sperm chemoattractant from Xenopus egg jelly, is related to mammalian sperm binding proteins of the CRISP family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2001).
  • Jeffery Rawls, J Wilson-Rawls, R McGaughey. Genes, signaling, and the regulation of mammalian oocyte maturation. Front Biosci (2001).
  • Jeffery Rawls, N Wilson-Rawls, E Olson. Genetic Regulation of Somite Formation. Curr Top Dev Biol (2000).
Research Activity: 
Spring 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 351Developmental Biology
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MED 494Special Topics
HON 494Special Topics
BIO 494Special Topics
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 493Honors Thesis
MED 494Special Topics
HON 494Special Topics
BIO 494Special Topics
ABS 494Special Topics
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 352Lab in Vertebrate Dev Anatomy
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 352Lab in Vertebrate Dev Anatomy
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 352Lab in Vertebrate Dev Anatomy
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 352Lab in Vertebrate Dev Anatomy
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Presentations: 
  • Hutchins ED, Markov GJ, Eckalbar WL, George RM, Geiger L, King J, Tokuyama M, DeNardo DF, Fisher RE, Rawls JA, Huentelman MJ, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. RNA-Seq Analysis of the Regenerating Tail in the Green Anole Lizard. Plant and Animal Genome XXII Conference (Jan 2014).
  • Alan Rawls, Erik Rogers, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls. Integration of Inflammation and Muscle Differentiation during Muscle Repair. Colleges@ASU at Lake Havasu City, Departmental Seminar (Oct 2013).
  • Rajani M. George, Stefano Biressi, Brian J. Beres, Erik Rogers, Amanda K. Mulia, Ronald E. Allenc, Alan Rawls, Thomas A. Rando, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls. Numb-deficient satellite cells have regeneration and proliferation defects. Minisymposium: The Biology of Muscle Growth and Repair (Sep 2013).
  • Rogers, E., Anderson, D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S., Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. , 2013. Mkx is a critical regulator of inflammation initiation in response to acute muscle injury. Muscular Dystrophy Association Scientific Conference Washington DC (Apr 2013).
  • Alan Rawls, Eric Rogers, and Jeanne Wilson-Rawls. Integration of Inflammation and Muscle Differentiation During Muscle Repair. Health Program "Works In Progress", Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale (Apr 2013).
  • Rajani George, Lauren Geiger, Jesse King, Kenro Kusumi, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls, Alan Rawls,. Anolis carolinensis molecular and cellular aspects of tail regeneration. Anole Workshop (Mar 2013).
  • Rogers, E., Anderson, D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S., Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator of Inflammation in Response to Muscle Damage. New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle (Jul 2012).
  • Rogers, E., Anderson, D., Ramos, P., Outlaw, S., Cunnliffe, H., Jiang, R., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. Mohawk is a Regulator of Inflammation in Response to Muscle Damage. Society for Muscle Biology:Development, Function and Repair of the Muscle Cell (Jul 2012).
  • Eckalbar W.L., Elsey R., Lasku E., Allen A., Corneveaux J., DeNardo D., Wilson-Rawls J., Huentelman M., Rawls A., and Kusumi K. Evolution of development in the amniotes: New insights from genomic studies of somitogenesis in the lizard and alligator. Society for Developmental Biology, 71st Annual Meeting, Montreal (Jul 2012).
  • Hutchins E.D., George R., Markov G., Walter E.L., Geiger L., DeNardo D., Fisher R., Rawls A., Huentelman M., Wilson-Rawls J., and Kusumi K. Coordinated programs of cell growth and transcriptional regulation in lizard tail regeneration. Society for Developmental Biology, 71st Annual Meeting, Montreal (Jul 2012).
  • Hutchins ED, Stapley J, Eckalbar WL, Kulathinal RJ, Hsieh ST, DeNardo DF, Fisher RE, Wilson-Rawls J, Rawls A, Huentelman MJ, Bermingham E, Kusumi K. Comparative analysis of genomic sequence and myogenic pathways regulating muscle mass in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis, and the Panamanian slender anole, A. apletophallus. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2012 (Jan 2012).
  • George R, Hutchins ED, Eckalbar WL, Kusumi K, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J. Isolation of Anolis carolinensis satellite cells and examination of the differentiation potential. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2012 (Jan 2012).
  • Eckalbar WL, Lasku E, Infante C, DeNardo DF, Losos J, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Major shifts in the evolution of somitogenesis: a fourth type of segmentation clock in reptiles compared with mammals/birds, anurans, and teleosts. Society for Developmental Biology 70th Annual Meeting (Jul 2011).
  • Wilson-Rawls, J., R. George, E. Rogers, R.E. Allen and A. Rawls. The role of Numb in satellite cell mediated repair. EMBO Conference: The Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Regulating Skeletal Muscle, Development and (May 2011).
  • Eckalbar WL, Infante C, DeNardo D, Losos J, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Different ways to build a backbone: Notch regulation of somitogenesis in the lizard Anolis carolinensis is highly divergent from birds and mammals. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (Jan 2011).
  • Glenn J. Markov, Rajani George, Nataliya Emmert, Michael Ammar, Walter L. Eckalbar, Juli Wade, Dale DeNardo, Alan Rawls, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls, Kenro Kusumi. Developmental gene activation in tail regeneration in the lizard, Anolis carolinesis. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development (Aug 2010).
  • Rajani George, Brian J Beres, Erik Rogers, Jeramy Bullis, Alan Rawls, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls. Numb plays a critical role in satellite cell mediated muscle repair. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development (Aug 2010).
  • Walter L Eckalbar, Carlos Infante, Nataliya Emmert, Jonathan Losos, Alan Rawls, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls, Kenro Kusumi. Identification of a divergent notch pathway delta ligand in the segmentation clock of the reptile, Anolis carolinensis. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development (Aug 2010).
  • Megan Rowton, Pilar Ramos, Douglas Anderson, Heather Cunliffe, Alan Rawls. The regulation of somite epithelialization by paraxis. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development (Aug 2010).
  • Douglas Anderson, Alan Rawls. Mohawk-mediated repression of Sox6 is necessary for the expression of slow myosin heavy chain (Myh7) in differentiated satellite cells. Society for Devel Biol, 69th Annual Meeting Jointly with the Japanese Society of Development (Aug 2010).
  • Markov G, Emmert N, Wilson-Rawls J, Wade J, DeNardo D, Rawls A, Kusumi K. Genetic and Developmental Analysis of Tail Regeneration in Anolis carolinensis. Anolis Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Oct 2009).
  • Anderson, D.M. and Rawls, A. Mohawk and Iroquois family homeobox genes contain an evolutionarily related thirteen amino acid repression domain. 68th Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2009).
  • Rawls, A, Wilson-Rawls, J, and Anderson, D.M. The homeobox transcription factor Mohawk recognizes a conserved cis-regulatory element in its own promoter and is capable of homodimerization. 68th Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2009).
  • Wilson-Rawls, J., Beres, B.J., Lougher, E.J., Barton, M., Verrelli, B. C., McGlade, J, and Rawls, A. Numb differentially regulates the function of Notch1 and Notch3. 68th Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2009).
  • Smith, H.F., Kusumi, K., Rawls, A., Wilson-Rawls, J., and Fisher, R.E. Paraspinal muscular defects in Lfng & Dll3 mutant mice. Experimental Biology (Apr 2009).
  • Verrelli BC, Tassone ET, Anderson DM, Stone AC, and Rawls A. Using comparative primate population genetics in understanding infectious disease resistance. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology (AAPA) (Mar 2009).
  • Anderson, Douglass, Rawls, Jeffery. The Homeobox Gene Mohawk: A novel transcription repressor expressed in muscle, tendon, cartilage, testes, and kidney progenitors. TGen 2007 Scientific Retreat (Apr 2007).
  • Anderson, D, Rawls, Jeffery. The Homeobox Gene Mohawk: A Novel Transcription Represssor Expressed in Muscle, Tendon, Cartilage, Testes, and Kidney Progenitors. AHSC Frontiers in Biomedical Research, University of Arizona (Dec 2006).
  • Beres, B, McGlade, J, Rawls, Jeffery, Wilson-Rawls, J. Numb isoforms differentially regulate Notch1, Notch2, and Notch3. Frontiers in Myogenesis, Society for Muscle Biology (May 2006).
  • Anderson, D, Bowen, M, Wilson-Rawls, J, Rawls, Jeffery. Mohawk is a novel homeobox gene expressed in the developing mouse embryo. Frontiers in Myogenesis, Society for Muscle Biology (May 2006).
  • Rawls, Jeffery. Postcards from a Perfect World. Muscling Through the Years. University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center (Oct 2005).
  • Rawls, Jeffery. The mouse somite forms a polarized epithelia with filopodia and lamellipodia. Segmentation Meeting 2005 (Jul 2005).
  • Arredondo, J, Douglas, A, Rawls, Jeffery. Characterization of a Novel Transcription Factor in the Early Mouse Embryo. 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium, UBEP 2005 (Mar 2005).
  • Greenbank, A, Fischer, C, Rawls, Jeffery, Wilson-Rawls, J. ATF4 Expression in the Myometrium of the Uterus. 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium, UBEP 2005 (Mar 2005).
  • Howard, S, Hahn, K, Beres, B, Rawls, Jeffery, Wilson-Rawls, J. Lunatic Fringe Mice Have a Testis Defect. 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium, UBEP 2005 (Mar 2005).
  • Xiang, S, Burnett, L, Sugiyama, H, Monterth, K, Olson, J, Miao, A, Rawls, Jeffery, Bieber, A, Chandler, D. Allurin: the life history of a vertebrate sperm chemoattractant from X. Laevis. 4th International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Egg and Embryo Coats (Nov 2004).
  • Anderson, D, Rawls, Jeffery. Early Pattern Differences in Anterior Myotome Morphogenesis May Reveal an Early Determination to Specific Adult Musculature. Society for Developmental Biology, Gulf Coast and Southwest Regional Meeting (Oct 2004).
  • Rawls, Jeffery. RhoA Regulation of Mouse Somite Morphology. Society for Developmental Biology, Gulf Coast and Southwest Regional Meeting (Oct 2004).
  • Rhee, J, Anderson, D, Rawls, Jeffery. Polarized Somite Epithelia Forms Filopodia and Lamellipodia along its Basal Surface. Society for Developmental Biology, Gulf Coast and Southwest Regional Meeting (Oct 2004).
  • Anderson, D, Rawls, Jeffery. The Somite Forms a Polarized Epithelia with Filopodia and Lamellipodia along its Basal Surface. Keystone Symposium on Signaling in Vertebrate Organogenesis (Feb 2004).
  • Kittelson, A, Rawls, Jeffery, Chandler, D, Bieber, A. Allurin, a Xenopus sperm chemoattractant: sequence confirmation and immunovisualization. 61st Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2002).
  • Rhee, J, Jaime, S, Rawls, Jeffery. The protocadherin, papc is involved in the organization of epithelium at the segmental border during vertebrate somitogenesis. 61st Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2002).
  • Sugiyama, H, Rawls, Jeffery, Bieber, A, Chandler, D. Expression and purification of recombinant Alurin, a 21-kDa sperm chemoattractant protein form Xenopus laevis egg jelly. 61st Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2002).
  • Xiang, X, Rawls, Jeffery, Chandler, D. Allurin, a 21-kDa sperm chemoattractant from Xenopus egg jelly, is expressed in a hormone-dependent manner in the pars recta region of the Xenopus. 61st Annual Society for Developmental Biology Meeting (Jul 2002).
  • Rawls, Jeffery, Rhee, J, Johnson, J, Wilson-Rawls, J. The Role of Paraxis in Regulating Cell Migration During Somitogenesis. International Society of Developmental Biology Segmentation Meeting (Jul 2001).
  • Xiang, X, Olson, J, Johnson, J, Rawls, Jeffery, Bieber, A, Chandler, D. Isolation of allurin, a 21 kDa sperm chemoattractant from Xenopus egg jelly, is related to mammalian sperm-binding proteins of the CRISP family. Society of Developmental Biology 60th Annual Meeting (Jul 2001).
  • Rhee, J, Takahashi, Y, Gossler, A, Saga, Y, Rawls, Jeffery. Is a Secondary Oscillator Regulating the Dynamic Expression of mpapc During Somitogenesis. West Coast Regional Developmental Biology Meeting (May 2001).
  • Johnson, J, Espinoza, T, McGaughey, R, Rawls, Jeffery, Wilson-Rawls, J. Jagged Gene Expression is Altered in GDF-9- and motheaten Mice. West Coast Regional Developmental Biology Meeting (May 2001).
  • Kotlarczyk, K, Frost, N, Rhee, J, Rawls, Jeffery, Wilson-Rawls, J, McGaughey, R. Regulation of mouse oocyte maturation by protein kinase A: expression and enzyme activity. American Society of Cell Biology, 40th Annual Meeting (Dec 2000).
  • Johnson, J, Rawls, Jeffery, McGaughey, R, Wilson-Rawls, J. The Notch Signaling Pathway Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Granulosa Cells During Mammalian Folliculogenesis. Gordon Conference on Mammalian Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis (Jul 2000).
  • Rhee, J, Johnson, J, Parson, S, Brown, D, Olson, E, Rawls, Jeffery. Somites from Paraxis Deficient Mice Fail to Maintain their Anterior/Posterior Polarity. The Molecular Biology of Muscle Development and Disease (May 2000).
  • Rawls, Jeffery. Analysis of Somite formation in Wnt3avt/vt embryos. Molecular Biology of Muscle Development and Regeneration
  • Rawls, Jeffery. Rho signaling mediates mouse somite epitheli. Gordon Conference on Cell Adhesion
  • Rawls, Jeffery. Rostrocaudal differences in primary myotome formation in the mouse. Molecular Biology of Muscle Development and Regeneration
  • Rawls, Jeffery. The sperm chemoattractant "Allurin" is expressed and secreted from the Xenopus oviduct in a hormone-. American Society of Cell Biology, 43th Annual Meeting
Service: 
  • District Medical Group Board of Directors, Executive Board Member (2014 - Present)
  • Pandemic Committee, Faculty Representative (2013 - 2015)
  • Executive Committee of SoLS, Member (2013 - Present)
  • GEB Faculty Leader, Leader (2013 - Present)
  • GEB Faculty Leader, Leader (2013 - Present)
  • Developmental Biology, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2012 - Present)
  • MGE@MSA Student Research Conference, Poster Judge (2010)
  • MGE@MSA Student Research Conference, Poster Judge (2010)
  • MGE@MSA Student Research Conference, Poster Judge (2010 )
  • AT Stills University Community Council, Member (2010 - Present)
  • District Medical Group Board of Directors, Board Member (2010 - Present)
  • District Medical Group Board of Directors, Excutive Board Member (2014 - Present)
  • Office of Clinical Partnerships, Associate Vice Provost (2009 - Present)
  • Basic Medical Sciences Department, Co-Head (2009 - 2010)
  • Developmental Biology, Reviewer (2005 - Present)
  • Developmental Dynamics, Ad hoc Reviewer (2005 - Present)
  • School of Life Sciences, Faculty Leader of Genomics, Evolution, and Bioinformatics (2004 - Present)
  • School of Life Sciences, Faculty Leader of Genomics, Evolution, and Bioinformatics (2011 - 2012)
  • School of Life Sciences/Biodesign Institute Genomics Faculty Search Committee, Chair (2010 - 2011)
  • Association of American Indian Physicians - Pre-Award Workshop, Participant (2010 - 2010)
  • Search committee - Director of the Department of Animal Care and Technology, Member (2007 - 2008)
  • More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance, Student Research Conference Judge (2007 - 2007)
  • Medical School Admissions, Member (2006 - 2007)
  • National Science Foundation, Integrative Animal Biology Program, Ad hoc reviewer (2005 - 2006)
  • American Heart Association - Signaling 2 Study Section, Grant Panel Review (2004 - 2006)
  • Search Committee - Associate Directors of RTI and Facilities for the School of Life Sciences, Member (2006 - 2006)
  • Search Committee - Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Life Sciences, Member (2006 - 2006)
  • School of Life Sciences -Neuroscience Faculty Search Committee, Chair, and committee member (2005 - 2006)
  • Mechanisms of Development, Reviewer (2003 - 2004)
  • National Science Foundation, Integrative Animal Biology, Reviewer (2003 - 2004)
  • Animal Users Advisory Committee, Chair, and committee member (2004)
  • Development, Reviewer (2004)
  • Developmental Biology, Reviewer (2004)
  • School of Life Sciences - Mammalian Functional Genomics Search Committee, Committee member (2004)
  • Adhoc Committee to establish Policies and Procedures for the Graduate Programs in the, Committee member (2003)
  • Biology Undergraduate Programs Committee, Committee member (2003)
  • Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics Search Committee, Committee member (2003)
  • Hormones and Behavior, Reviewer (2003)
  • Molecular Genetics Search Committee for SoLS, Committee member (2003)
  • Molecular Interactions/Bioimaging Search Committee, Committee member (2003)
  • School of Life Sciences Graduate Studies, Committee member (2003)
  • Teratology, Reviewer (2003)
Expertise Areas: 
Molecular Basis of Health
Gene Regulation
Embryology
Muscles
Evolution and Developmental Biology
Developmental Biology