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Kenro Kusumi
- Kenro.Kusumi@asu.edu
- (480) 965-9215
- Life Sciences E-wing, Room 219, 427 E Tyler Mall PO Box 874501 Tempe
Associate Dean of Strategic Partnerships
Administrative, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4501
Biography:
Kenro Kusumi is director and professor of the School of Life Sciences and associate dean of strategic partnerships in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He received his BA from Harvard College in Biochemical Sciences and his PhD in Biology from MIT. He carried out postdoctoral training as a Hitchings-Elion Fellow of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund at the National Institute for Medical Research in London. Kusumi was previously faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he served as director of pediatric orthopaedic research. At ASU, he has served in a number of roles including as associate dean of graduate programs, research and digital initiatives in The College. Kusumi helped to launch the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix in 2006, where he continues on the faculty in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, and is adjunct faculty at the Translational Genomics Research Institute.
As director, Kusumi is responsible for over 6,100 undergraduate majors, including over 2,500 online students, 326 graduate students, 130 faculty, and 100 staff and academic professionals. The School of Life Sciences serves as a hub for the university’s biomedical and environmental initiatives and studies of their social impact and is a leader in the development of online programs and use of adaptive learning to promote student success. Kusumi is committed to developing equitable and inclusive programs for students, and he is working to create a more inclusive academic environment, including serving as mentor and faculty advisor in university LGBTQ organizations.
Kusumi’s research uses the power of genome biology to help conserve and study the functional adaptations of reptiles. Among the reptiles, more than half of the living turtle species are threatened with extinction, and Kusumi has sequenced the genome of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as a tool for conservation efforts. The anole lizards have been described as the “Darwin’s finches” of reptiles, and Kusumi has led the first genome-scale analysis of accelerated evolution associated with their functional adaptations. His group has also uncovered sets of genes that are critical in the ability of anole lizards to adapt and regenerate parts of their bodies.
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Education:
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Hitchins-Elion Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council, London, UK 1998-2000
- Ph.D. Dept. of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997
- B.A. Harvard College, Harvard University 1988
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Research Interests:
Kusumi’s research at ASU uses the power of genome biology to help conserve and study the functional adaptations of reptiles. Among the reptiles, more than half of the living turtle species are threatened with extinction, and Kusumi has sequenced the genome of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Sonoran desert tortoise (G. morafkai) as resources for conservation efforts. The anole lizards have been described as the “Darwin’s finches” of reptiles, and Kusumi’s group has led the first genome-scale analysis of accelerated evolution associated with their functional adaptations. His group has also uncovered sets of genes that are critical in the ability of anole lizards to adapt and regenerate parts of their bodies. They are using genomic approaches to study the evolution of wildlife on the Baja California peninsula.
Research Group:
Publications:
- Djordjevic D, Kusumi K, Ho JWK. XGSA: a statistical method for cross-species gene set analysis. Bioinformatics. 2016 32(17): i620-i628. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btw428
- Hutchins ED, Eckalbar WL, Wolter JM, Mangone M, Kusumi K. Differential expression of conserved and novel microRNAs during tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis. BMC Genomics. 2016 17:339 https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2640-3
- Tollis M, DeNardo DF, Cornelius JA, Dolby GA, Edwards T, Henen BT, Karl AE, Murphy RW, Kusumi K. The Agassiz’s desert tortoise genome provides a resource for the conservation of a threatened species. PLOS ONE. 2017 12(5): e0177708 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177708
- 3. Rupp SM, Webster TH, Olney KC, Hutchins ED, Kusumi K, Wilson Sayres MA. Evolution of Dosage Compensation in Anolis carolinensis, a Reptile with XX/XY Chromosomal Sex Determination. Genome Biol Evol. 2017 Jan 1;9(1):231-240 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw263
- Tollis M, Hutchins ED, Stapley J, Rupp SM, Eckalbar WL, Maayan I, Lasku E, Infante C, Dennis SR, Robertson JA, May C, Crusoe MR, Bermingham E, DeNardo DF, Hsieh ST, Huentelman MJ, Kulathinal R, McMillan O, Menke DB, Pratt SC, Rawls A, Sanjur O, Wilson-Rawls J, Wilson Sayres MA, Fisher RE, Kusumi K. Comparative genomics reveals accelerated evolution in conserved pathways during the diversification of anole lizards. Genome Biol Evol. 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy013/4817506
- Palade J, Djordjevic D, Hutchins ED, George R, Cornelius JA, Rawls A, Ho JWK, Kusumi K, Wilson-Rawls J. Identification of satellite cells from anole lizard skeletal muscle and demonstration of increased musculoskeletal potential. Dev Biol. 2018 433:344-356. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.08.037
- Xu C, Hutchins ED, Tokuyama MA, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Transcriptional analysis of scar-free wound healing during early stages of tail regeneration in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. J Immunol Regen Med. March 2020 7(2020):100025. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regen.2019.100025
- Dolby GA, Morales M, Webster TH, DeNardo DF, Wilson MA, Kusumi K. Discovery of a New TLR Gene and Gene Expansion Event through Improved Desert Tortoise Genome Assembly with Chromosome-Scale Scaffolds. Genome Biol Evol. 2020 Feb 1;12(2):3917-3925. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa016.
Research Activity:
- Wilson, Melissa; Dolby, Greer; DeNardo, Dale; Kusumi, Kenro. Characterizing G. morafkai through genomic analyses of hybrids and speciation.ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF GAME & FISH HERITAGE FOUNDATION (1/1/17-12/31/19)
- Dolby, Greer; DeNardo, Dale; Wilson, Melissa; Kusumi, Kenro. Determining the geographical and physiological range limits of Gopherus agassizii. DESERT TORTOISE COUNCIL (1/1/18-2/14/20).
- Dolby, Greer; Kusumi, Kenro. Collaborative Research: Testing Evolutionary Psuedocongruence Along the Baja California Peninsula Through Integration of Geologic and Genomic Data. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (10/1/19-9/30/22).
| Spring 2021 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 543 | Molecular Genetics & Genomics |
| BDE 792 | Research |
| BDE 799 | Dissertation |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| LIA 194 | Special Topics |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BDE 792 | Research |
| Spring 2020 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 543 | Molecular Genetics & Genomics |
| BDE 792 | Research |
| BDE 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2019 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| LIA 194 | Special Topics |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| Spring 2019 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BDE 792 | Research |
| BDE 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| LIA 194 | Special Topics |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| Spring 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 543 | Molecular Genetics & Genomics |
| Fall 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| LIA 194 | Special Topics |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| MCB 591 | Seminar |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 543 | Molecular Genetics & Genomics |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NEU 591 | Seminar |
| MCB 591 | Seminar |
Presentations:
- Cornelius J, Metpally R, Courtright A, Bestman J, Huang L-C, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Kusumi K, Cline H. Genome reannotation of Xenopus laevis based on adult, tadpole, and embryonic deep transcriptomes and expressed sequences. 15th International Xenopus Conference (Aug 2014).
- Hutchins ED, Tokuyama M, Fisher RE, Rawls JA, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Activation of musculoskeletal development and repair mechanisms in the regenerating lizard tail. American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting (Apr 2014).
- 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. Transcriptomic analysis of the regenerating lizard tail shows activation of multiple developmental and repair mechanisms shared with mammals. Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Annual Meeting (Feb 2014).
- Hutchins ED, Eckalbar WL, Tollis M, Fisher RE, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Anole lizard genomes: A window into amniote regeneration and understanding the genetic etiology of human musculoskeletal disorders. Plant and Animal Genome XXII Conference (Jan 2014).
- 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).
- Tollis M, Hutchins ED, Eckalbar WL, Crusoe MR, May CM, Stapley J, Kulik E, Huentelman MJ, Fisher RE, Kusumi K. Mining the most species-rich amniote genus: De novo sequencing of three anole lizards for comparative genomic analysis. Plant and Animal Genome XXII Conference (Jan 2014).
- Kusumi K. Regeneration. Aging and Regeneration Symposium, Biological Design Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Arizona Stat (Feb 2013).
- Maayan I, Ritzman TB, Hutchins ED, Stapley J, Lasku E, Eckalbar WL, Wilson-Rawls J, Huentelman MJ, Bermingham E, Hsieh ST, Fisher RE, Kusumi K. Comparative appendicular osteology & evolutionary genetics of Panamanian anoles with divergent locomotor strategies. Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2013 (Jan 2013).
- Kusumi K. Session IV: Collaborative Studies. First Meeting of the Idiopathic Scoliosis Genetics Interest Group (Oct 2012).
- Eckalbar WL, Elsey RM, Lasku E, Allen AN, Corneveaux JJ, DeNardo DF, Wilson-Rawls J, Huentelman MJ, Rawls A, 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 (Jul 2012).
- Hutchins ED, George RM, Markov GJ, Eckalbar WL, Geiger L, DeNardo DF, Fisher RE, Rawls JA, Huentelman MJ, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Coordinated programs of cell growth and transcriptional regulation in lizard tail regeneration. Society for Developmental Biology 71st Annual Meeting (Jul 2012).
- Kusumi K. Evolution of Axial Development and Regeneration: Genomic Insights from Anole Lizards. Department of Biology Seminar, Queens College, City University of New York (Feb 2012).
- Kusumi K. Anole lizards–an emerging model for genomic, developmental, and regeneration studies. Department of Animal Care and Technologies seminar, Arizona State University (Jan 2012).
- Kusumi K. Anolis genome and transcriptome efforts. Anolis Gene Nomenclature Committee Open Discussion Forum at the Society for Integrative and Comparat (Jan 2012).
- Hsieh ST, Fisher RE, Kusumi K. The effect of tail autotomy on locomotor stability in the green anole lizard. 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).
- 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).
- Kusumi K. Evolution of Axial Development and Regeneration: Insights from the Lizard Anolis carolinensis. Stowers Institute for Medical Research Seminar Series (Sep 2011).
- Kusumi K. Evolution of Axial Development and Regeneration: Genomic Insights from the Lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Department of Biology Seminar, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Jul 2011).
- Eckalbar WL, Lasku E, Infante C, DeNardo DF, Losos JB, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J, Kusumi K. Major shifts in the evolution of somitogenesis: The reptile Anolis carolinensis represents a fourth type of segmentation clock among vertebrates. Society for Developmental Biology 70th Annual Meeting (Jul 2011).
- Kusumi K. An adventure in lizard diversity: The adaptive evolution of development and regeneration in anole lizards. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Seminar (Jun 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).
- Kusumi K, DeNardo DF, Fisher RE, Wilson-Rawls J. Adaptive evolution of Panamanian anole lizards /La evolución adaptiva de las lagartijas panameñas. Smithsonian Tropics Research Institute/ANAM Presentation (Dec 2010).
- Kusumi K. Genomic analysis of tail regeneration and development in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Genome@ASU seminar series (Sep 2010).
- Kusumi K. Developmental Clocks Regulating Axial Segmentation in Vertebrate Evolution. Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems Dynamical Discussion, ASU (Dec 2009).
- Turnpenny PD, Offiah A, Giampietro P, Alman B, Cornier A, Kusumi K, Dunwoodie S, Wade A, Pouquié O. Rationalising abnormal vertebral phenotypes: A new classification system for congenital scoliosis and segmentation disorders of the spine. European Human Genetics Conference, European Society for Human Genetics, Vienna, Austria, May 23-26, (May 2009).
- Turnpenny PD, Offiah A, Giampietro P, Alman B, Cornier A, Kusumi K, Dunwoodie S, Wade A, Pouquié O. Rationalising abnormal vertebral phenotypes: A new classification system for congenital scoliosis and segmentation disorders of the spine. European Human Genetics Conference, European Society for Human Genetics (May 2009).
- Turnpenny PD, Offiah A, Giampietro P, Alman B, Cornier A, Kusumi K, Dunwoodie S, Wade A, Pouquié O. A new classification system for segmentation defects of the vertebrae, and pilot validation study. British Scoliosis Society Annual General Meeting (Apr 2009).
- Smith HF, Kusumi K, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J, Fisher R. Paraspinal muscular defects in Lfng segmentation mutant mice. American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology (Apr 2009).
- Turnpenny PD, Offiah A, Giampietro P, Alman B, Cornier A, Kusumi K, Dunwoodie S, Wade A, Pouquié O. A new classification system for segmentation defects of the vertebrae, and pilot validation study. British Scoliosis Society Annual General Meeting, Leicester, UK, April 23-24, 2009 (Apr 2009).
- Kusumi K. Development and Regeneration of the Axial Musculoskeletal System. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar, Uni (Apr 2009).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Development and Repair of the Axial Musculoskeletal System. Seminar, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ (Jan 2009).
- Kusumi K. Development and Repair of the Axial Musculoskeletal System. Seminar Series, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ (Jan 2009).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Patterning of the Axial Skeleton in Early Development. Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering, Gordon Research Conferences, July 27-August 1, 2008, Pro (Jul 2008).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Genetics of Scoliosis: Regulating Rhythms in Early Spinal Development. Human Medical Genetics Seminar Series, Univ of Colorado at Denver and Medical Center (Apr 2008).
- Kusumi, Kenro. The Genetics of Congenital Scoliosis: Oscillations in Genetic Pathways Regulate Patterning of the Spine. Basic Medical Sciences Seminar, UA College of Medicine-Phoenix in partnership with ASU (Mar 2008).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Straightening out the Curves: Understanding the Genetic Basis of Idiopathic and Congenital Scoliosis. 2008 American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting, March 16, 2008, 8-10am, Phoenix Convention (Mar 2008).
- Kusumi, Kenro. The Genetics of Congenital Scoliosis: Molecular Oscillators and Patterning of the Spine. Seminar, Department of Neurology, Barrows Neurological Institute (Dec 2007).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Wiley-Liss Symposium on Molecular Clocks in Embryonic Development. 47th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society (Jun 2007).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Functional genomic analysis of molecular oscillators in somitogenesis. Somitogenesis: From Models to Therapeutics, Satellite Symposium to the First Pan-American Congress i (Jun 2007).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Building a backbone: Molecular oscillators and vertebral birth defects. Seminar, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (Apr 2007).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Notch signaling in vertebral segmentation. Developmental Biology in Orthopaedics Research Symposium, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (Oct 2006).
- Ryan M, Kusumi K, Spinner N, Underkoffler L, Nelson A, Segalov M, Russo P, Loomes K. Marked Bile Duct Proliferation in Mice Heterozygous for Jag1 and Fringe Alleles. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Annual Meeting (Oct 2006).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Formation of the axial skeleton and notch pathway regulation of the somite clock. Seminar, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Mar 2006).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Identification of genes with oscillatory expression in somitogenesis using synchronized human stem cell and mouse myoblast models. Segmentation Meeting 2005 (Jul 2005).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Dll3-Notch1 double mutant mice are a model for congenital scoliosis and craniofacial disorders. American Society of Human Genetics 53rd Annual Meeting (Nov 2003).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Congenital vertebral malformations and notch pathway patterning in mouse and human. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University and Center for Inherited Disease Res (Mar 2003).
- Kusumi, Kenro. Genetic analysis of cervical vertebral malformations in Klippel-Feil syndrome. Cervical Spine Research Society 13th Annual Meeting (Dec 2002).
Service:
- School of Life Sciences Director Search Committee, Member (2014 - Present)
- 2014/2015 Academic Year Out to Innovate Scholarships for LGBT STEM Students, National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Graduate Deans Advisory Group, Member (2013 - Present)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs (2013 - Present)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs (2013 - Present)
- Committee on Academic Affairs and Grievance, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Ex Officio Member (2013 - Present)
- Committee on Academic Affairs and Grievance, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Ex Officio Member (2013 - Present)
- Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Ex Officio Member (2013 - Present)
- Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Ex Officio Member (2013 - Present)
- Journal of North American Herpetology, Editorial Board (2013 - Present)
- Journal of North American Herpetology, Editorial Board (2013 - Present)
- International Consortium for Scoliosis Genetics, Member (2012 - Present)
- Animal Users Advisory Committee, Chair (2011 - Present)
- Frontiers in Neurogenomics, Review Editor (2011 - Present)
- OUT and UP Scholarship Committee, Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation, Committee Member (2011 - Present)
- Genomics Faculty Search Committee, School of Life Sciences, Member (2010 - Present)
- Genomics Faculty Search Committee, School of Life Sciences, Member (2010 - Present)
- Human Mutation, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Nature Communications, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Science Signaling, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Genome@ASU Monthly Seminar Series, Seminar Organizer (2010 - Present)
- Genome@ASU Seminar/Class Series, Seminar Organizer (2010 - Present)
- Case Reports in Medicine, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Developmental Biology, Editorial Board Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- American Journal of Medical Genetics, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - Present)
- Anolis Gene Nomenclature Committee, Chair (2010 - Present)
- Anolis Gene Nomenclature Committee, Chair (2010 - Present)
- Anolis Gene Nomenclature Committee, Chair (2010 - Present)
- Anolis Gene Nomenclature Committee, Chair (2010 - Present)
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Member (2010 - Present)
- ASU Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Scientific Retreat, Meeting Organizer (2009 - Present)
- Herbert J. Louis Endowment Advisory Board, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Member (2009 - Present)
- Annual DNA Day Essay Contest, American Society for Human Genetics, Judge (2009 - Present)
- Annual DNA Day Essay Contest, American Society for Human Genetics, Judge (2009 - Present)
- Annual DNA Day Essay Contest, American Society for Human Genetics, Judge (2009 - Present)
- Annual DNA Day Essay Contest, American Society for Human Genetics, Judge (2009 - Present)
- International Consortium for Vertebral Anomalies and Scoliosis, Secretary & Steering Committee (2009 - Present)
- International Consortium for Vertebral Anomalies and Scoliosis, Secretary & Steering Committee (2009 - Present)
- International Consortium for Vertebral Anomalies and Scoliosis, Secretary & Steering Committee (2009 - Present)
- International Consortium for Vertebral Anomalies and Scoliosis, Secretary & Steering Committee (2009 - Present)
- Journal of Experimental Biology Part B: Molecular & Developmental Evolution, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2009 - Present)
- Education Policy Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2008 - Present)
- Human Molecular Genetics, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2008 - Present)
- Molecular Biology and Evolution, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2008 - Present)
- School of Life Sciences Graduate Committee, Member (2008 - Present)
- School of Life Sciences Graduate Committee, Member (2008 - Present)
- School of Life Sciences Graduate Committee, Member (2008 - Present)
- School of Life Sciences Graduate Committee, Member (2008 - Present)
- Admissions Committee, Molecular & Cellular Biology Graduate Group, Co-Chair (2007 - Present)
- Phoenix Biomedical Campus User Group, Research Laboratories Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Developmental Biology (Journal), Editorial Board Member (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Graduate Faculty (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Graduate Faculty (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Executive Committee, Chair/Director (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Executive Committee, Chair/Director (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Executive Committee, Co-Chair (2007 - Present)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Graduate College, Director (2007 - Present)
- Web Site Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2007 - Present)
- Admissions Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2007 - Present)
- Environmental Health & Safety Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2006 - Present)
- Faculty Search Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2006 - Present)
- Personnel Committee (SoLS Genomics, Evolutionary Biology and Bioinformatics Faculty Group), Member (2006 - Present)
- American Society of Human Genetics, Member (2001 - Present)
- American Society of Human Genetics, Member (2001 - Present)
- American Society of Human Genetics, Member (2001 - Present)
- American Society of Human Genetics, Member (2001 - Present)
- Society for Developmental Biology (US), Member (2001 - Present)
- Society for Developmental Biology (US), Member (2001 - Present)
- Society for Developmental Biology (US), Member (2001 - Present)
- Society for Developmental Biology (US), Member (2001 - Present)
- Regeneration, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - 2014)
- Human Molecular Genetics, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - 2014)
- National Science Foundation, Integrative Organismal Systems, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - 2014)
- Science, Ad hoc reviewer (2014 - 2014)
- Comparative Genomics Faculty Search Committee, School of Life Sciences and Biodesign Institute, Chair (2013 - 2014)
- Graduate Programs Office, School of Life Sciences, Interim Associate Director of Graduate Programs (2012 - 2012)
- University Technology Office Advisory Panel for the School of Life Sciences faculty, Member (2012 - 2012)
- Animal Users Advisory Committee, Chair (2011 - 2012)
- Genome@ASU Seminar/Class Series, Seminar Co-Organizer (2010 - 2012)
- School of Life Sciences Graduate Committee, Member (2008 - 2012)
- Human Molecular Genetics, Ad hoc reviewer (2012 - 2012)
- Genomics Faculty Search Committee, School of Life Sciences, Member (2010 - 2012)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Graduate College, Director (2007 - 2012)
- Journal of Cytology and Histology, Ad hoc reviewer (2012 - 2012)
- Mechanisms of Development, Ad hoc reviewer (2012 - 2012)
- Mammalian Genome, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2011 - 2011)
- Human Genetics, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2011 - 2011)
- Human Molecular Genetics, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2010 - 2010)
- National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review, Standing Member Development-2 Study Section (2006 - 2010)
- Physiological Genomics (Journal), Ad Hoc Reviewer (2008 - 2008)
- Curriculum Committee (College of Medicine-Phoenix), Member (2006 - 2008)
- ASU-Mayo Clinic Arizona Seed Grant review panel, Reviewer (2008 - 2008)
- Animal Users Advisory Committee, Member (2007 - 2008)
- Genesis, The Journal of Genetics and Development, Ad Hoc Reviewer (2007 - 2007)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council), Ad Hoc Reviewer (2007 - 2007)
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences Web Site Committee, Chair (2006 - 2007)
- Developmental Dynamics (Journal), Ad Hoc Reviewer (2007 - 2007)
- Somitogeneis: From Models to Therapeutics Meeting 2007, Co-organizer (2007 - 2007)
- Developmental Biology, Ad hoc reviewer (2000 - 2007)
- Bioinformatics Core Facility advisor board, Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Member (2005 - 2006)
- Delaware Valley Mouse Club, University of Pennsylvania chapter co-organizer (2002 - 2006)
- Genomics & Computational Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Member (2002 - 2006)
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Musculoskeletal Center Seminar organizer (2002 - 2006)
- University of Pennsylvania & The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Notch Pathway Seminar organizer (2002 - 2006)
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, Developmental Biology Section, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Member (2001 - 2006)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Member (2001 - 2006)
- Seminar Series of the Division of Human Genetics and the Genes, Genomes and Pediatric Disease Research Affinity Group, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Co-organizer (2001 - 2006)
- Laboratory Animal Facility Planning Committee, Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Member (2004 - 2005)
- Proposal Preparation, Submission and Award Management Task Force, Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Member (2004 - 2005)
- IEEE Transactions in Nanobioscience, Ad hoc reviewer (2005)
- Workshop on Congenital Scoliosis, Co-Organizer (2005 - 2005)
- Segmentation Meeting 2005, Co-Organizer (2005 - 2005)
- Clinical Genetics, Ad hoc reviewer (2005)
- Neuron, Ad hoc reviewer (2003)
- Developmental Dynamics, Ad hoc reviewer (2002)
- Session 41: Molecular Basis of Mendelian Inheritance II, 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Co-Moderator (2002 - 2002)
- Development, Ad hoc reviewer (2000 - 2000)
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