Julie K. Olson
Gary R Skuse, PhD
Professor of Biological Sciences
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    Rochester, New York, USA
    Phone: (585) 475-6725
    E-mail: grssbi@rit.edu

Education

Year

Course

Institute

1979

B.A. Biology

University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

1981

Embryology Course

Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

1984

Ph.D. Biology

Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

 

Biography

Gary Skuse is Professor of Biological Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Rochester and Ph.D. in Developmental Genetics from Syracuse University. He followed that with postdoctoral training in Molecular Virology at Harvard Medical School and spent more than a decade on the faculty of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. While at the University of Rochester, Dr. Skuse studied the genetics of a common disease which predisposes affected individuals to tumors of the central and peripheral nervous systems. At RIT he was responsible for designing, implementing and fostering the success of their BS and MS programs in Bioinformatics. He has co-authored several US and European patents, written and edited professional books, published numerous scientific articles and has served as the Chief Information Officer and founding partner of a scientific information and services provider. He also provides consulting services to a number of local, national and international clients in the areas of human genetics, biotechnology, forensic DNA analysis, information management and communications as the Principal Consultant at Biocom Services, LLC.

Research Interest

  • Pathogenetics of human cancers
  • Systems biology of human disease
  • Mining of clinical data for diagnostic and prognostic relationships among biomarkers
  • Interdisciplinary education
  • Applications of natural language processing to exploring the scientific and medical literature

 

Scientific Activities:

June 1984-October 1986

Damon Runyon Walter-Winchell Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biological Chemistry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

November 1986-June 1998

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

November 1986-December 1990

Instructor in Medicine and Genetics
Division of Genetics and Department of Medicine

July 1990-February 1994

Assistant Director of Genetic Testing Laboratory
Division of Genetics

January 1991-June 1991

Scientist
Division of Genetics and Department of Medicine

July 1991-June 1998

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Genetics, Oncology and
Radiation Oncology

September 1988-September 1999

SUNY Empire State College
Rochester New, York

September 1988-August 1994 and January 1999-September 1999

Adjunct Lecturer in Science, Math and Technology

September 1994-December 1998

Tutor in Science, Math and Technology

January 1998-June 2000

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Monroe Community College
Rochester, New York

September 1997-Present

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

September 1997-June2000

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

July 2000-June 2003

Visiting Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Bioinformatics

July 2003-August 2008

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Bioinformatics

September 2008-August 2009

Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Bioinformatics

September 2009-present

Professor of Biological Sciences
Interim Head, School of Biological and Medical Sciences

September 2009-July 2011

Interim Head, School of Biological and Medical Sciences

August 2011-June 2013

Associate Head, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

August 2014-December 2014

Sabbatical leave: The Impact of Scientific Consultation on the
Indigent Defense System. Office of the Monroe County (NY) Public Defender

Grants and Awards Received
  • Grant in Aid of Research from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society entitled: Differences in the messenger RNA species which code for the enzyme glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in larval and adult Drosophila melanogaster. July 1982- June 1983. Total project cost: $2,000.
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund entitled: Structure and function of the genes encoding enzymes involved in mRNA metabolism in vaccinia. June 1984-November 1986. Total project cost: $54,000
  • Institutional Research Grant from the American Cancer Society through the University of Rochester Cancer Center entitled: Tumor suppressor genes in Neurofibromatosis. July 1988-June 1989. Total project cost: $7,000.
  • Research Grant from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation entitled: Molecular Genetics of Hereditary Predisposition to Cancer. January 1989- December 1990. Total project cost: $75,000.
  • FIRST Award from the National Institutes of Health entitled: Molecular Pathogenesis of Tumors in Neurofibromatosis. July 1991-June 1997. Total project cost: $560,000
  • Biomedical Research Support Grant entitled: Genetic linkage of a von Hippel Lindau disease variant. January 1992-December 1992. Total project cost: $5,000
  • Research Grant from Cancer Action, Inc. entitled: Molecular characterization of a neurofibromatosis tumor cell line. July 1, 1992-June 30, 1993. Total project cost: $9,000.
  • Research Grant from the Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Neurooncology Research Group entitled: Investigation of NF1 mRNA editing in CNS tumors. April 1996-March 1997. Total project cost: $5,000.
  • Research Grant from the Charlotte Geyer Foundation entitled: Molecular Pathogenesis of Tumors in Neurofibromatosis Type I. July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997. Total project cost: $100,000.
  • Research Grant from The Council for Tobacco Research entitled: Factors Involved in Human RNA Editing. January 1, 1997-December 31, 1999. Total project cost: $250,000.
  • Research Grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled: Molecular pathogenesis of Tumors in Neurofibromatosis. May 1997-April 2000. Total project cost:$700,000.
  • Grant to develop a Professional Master’s Degree program in Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. April 1, 2001-December 31, 2003. Total project cost: $150,000.
  • Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant from the National Science Foundation entitled: Bioinformatics Computing: An Exportable Curriculum.
  • January 2002-January 2004. Total project cost: $74,842 plus supplements of $31,227 and $36,754 to present Bioinformatics Workshops during the summers of 2002 and 2003.
  • Shared University Research (SUR) grant from IBM to establish the IBM Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics at RIT. Approximate value $217,000.
  • NUE: Development and Dissemination of a Sophomore Course in Nano-Science, Engineering and Technology grant from the National Science Foundation. Total project cost: $99,876. July 1, 2004-June 30, 2006.
  • Grant entitled Addressing the Need for a Curriculum Standard in Bioinformatics from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Total project cost: $43,900. August 1, 2004 – December 31, 2005.
  • New York State Excelsior Scholars Programs for Grade Seven Mathematics and Science Students. Total project cost: $160,860. May 1, 2008 – October 31, 2008.
  • Exploring Computer Science in the Liberal Arts from the National Science Foundation. Total project cost: $49,989. June 15, 2015 – June 14, 2016.
Ad Hoc Reviews

Funding Agencies

  • Funding National Institutes of Health (Ad Hoc Technical Review Group).
  • Agencies: National Institutes of Health (Special Emphasis Panel).
  • National Institutes of Health (Interdisciplinary Molecular Science & Training, Panel Member, Panel Chair and Associate Chair).
  • National Science Foundation (ATE, CCLI, RCN, Science Master’s programs, S-STEM, IUSE and IUSE Computer Science).
  • National Science Foundation Ideas Lab Mentor (1 of 4 invited).
  • National Science Foundation Computing Education Innovation Workshop (sole invited moderator).
  • Neurofibromatosis, Inc.
  • US Army Medical Research and Development Command (NF Evaluation Panel member, 1993 program).
  • US Army Medical Research and Development Command (Site Visit Team Chairman, 1993 program).
  • US Army Medical Research and Development Command (NF Evaluation Panel Chairman, 1993 program).
  • US Army Medical Research and Development Command (NF Peer Review Panel member, 1997, 1998 and 1999 programs).
  • National Science Foundation (Advanced Technology in Education program).
  • Lytmos Group, Inc. (Lee’s Summit, MO).
Professional Memberships
  • Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).
  • Special Interest Group for Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Bimetrical Informatics (SIGBio).
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Community Projects
  • Science Action at Northside Elementary School in Fairport, New York.
    Charter member of planning and implementation team.
  • Science in Action presentations at Northside Elementary School in Fairport, New York. Annual presenter.
  • Science Exploration Days at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.
    Annual participant (lectures and exhibits) since 1995.
  • “Bring Your Child to Work Day” at Wyeth-Lederle in Rochester, New York.
    Design and implement annual program in 1997 and 1998 (as consultant).
  • Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Biotechnology Education and Training at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • Member of the External Advisory Board for the Bioinformatics program at Canisius College.
    Served as “expert” in Bioinformatics education for the Bio-IT World online “Ask the Expert” column.
  • Member of the Science and Technology Advisory Council for the Academic Center for Integrated Biological, Chemical and Technological Sciences at Niagara University.
  • Member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Vaccinex, Incorporated.
  • Member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, University of Rochester.
  • Member of the Core Working Group for the Caroline Werner Gannett Project at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • Member of the Community Education Advisory Board, Center for Bioscience Education and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • Member of the Workforce Development Advisory Board, Center for Bioscience.
    Education and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • Founding member and former Chair, Institutional Biosafety Committee at Rochester Institute of Technology.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Rochester Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (2011).
  • Vice President, Rochester Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (2012-2015).
  • Member of the Volunteer Examiner Team, Rochester Amateur Radio Association (2010-present).
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, 5D Innovations, West Henrietta, NY.
  • Member of the Project Lead the Way/Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
  • (PLTW/STEM) Advisory Board, McQuaid Jesuit, Rochester, NY.
  • External Ph.D. thesis reviewer for Swati Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, Development of SCF-Based Fusion Proteins for C-Kit Targeted Therapy and Diagnostic Applicatons. February 2016.
US and European Patents Written (for Sci Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rochester, NY)
  • Assays and methods based on microcompetition with a foreign polynucleotide
  • Assays for drug discovery based on microcompetition with a foreign polynucleotide
  • Diagnosis methods based on microcompetition for a limiting gabp complex
  • Drug discovery assays based on microcompetition for a limiting gabp complex
  • Treatment methods based on microcompetition for a limiting gabp complex
  • Inhibition of microcompetition with a foreign polynucleotide as treatment of chronic disease
  • Methods for chronic disease diagnosis based on microcompetition with a foreign polynucleotide
  • Microcompetiton and human disease

Notary Public: State of New York, Qualified in Monroe County

Publications

  1. Sullivan, D.T., Donovan, F.A. and Skuse, G. (1983). Developmental regulation of glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase synthesis in Drosophila. Biochem. Genet. 21, 49-62.
  2. Skuse, G.R. and Sullivan, D.T. (1985). Developmentally regulated alternate modes of expression of the Gpdh locus of Drosophila. EMBO J. 4, 2275-2280.
  3. Rowley, P.T. and Skuse, G.R. (1987). Oncogene expression in myelopoiesis. Int. J. Cell Cloning 5, 255-266.
  4. Blennerhassett, G.T., Furth, M.E., Anderson, A., Burns, J.P., Chaganti, R.S.K., Blick, M., Talpaz, M., Dev, V.G., Chan, L.C., Wiedemann, L.M., Greaves, M.F., Hagemeijer, A. van der Plas, D., Skuse, G., Wang, N. and Stam, K. (1988). Clinical evaluation of a DNA probe assay for the Philadelphia (ph1) translocation in chronic myelogenous leukemia. Leukemia 2, 648-657.
  5. Skuse, G.R. and Rowley, P.T. (1989) Tumor suppressor genes and inherited predisposition to malignancy. Seminars in Oncology 16, 128-137.
  6. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. (1989) Molecular genetic analysis of tumors in von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis: Loss of heterozygosity for chromosome 17. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer 1, 36-41.
  7. Wang, N., Cedrone, E., Skuse, G.R., Insel, R. and Dry, J. (1990) Two identical active X chromosomes in human mammary carcinoma cells. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 46, 271-280.
  8. Wang, N., Cedrone, E., Skuse, G.R., Schwartz, C. and Derylak, S. (1990) Transposition of the oncogene ets1 in t(11;19) translocation in acute leukemia. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 50, 199-205.
  9. Skuse, G.R. and Rowley, P.T. (1991) "Tumor Suppressor Genes and Human Neoplasia" in Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Selected Tumors (T.P. Pretlow and T.G. Pretlow eds.) Acacemic Press, Orlando, FL, pp 1-23.
  10. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. (1991) The neurofibroma in von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis has a unicellular origin. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 49, 600-607.
  11. Ludlow, J.W.. and Skuse G.R. (1994) "Tumor Suppressors: Involvement in Human Diseases, Viral Protein Interactions, and Growth Regulation". The R.G. Landes Company, Georgetown, TX. (ISBN 1570591059)
  12. Ludlow, J.W. and Skuse, G.R. (1995) Viral oncoprotein binding to pRB, p130, and p300. Virus Research, 35, 113-121.
  13. Skuse, G.R. and Ludlow, J.W. (1995) The role of tumor suppressor genes in disease and their potential for gene therapy. The Lancet 345, 902-906.
  14. Metheny, L. J., Cappione, A.J. and Skuse, G.R. (1995) Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of neurofibromatosis type I. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 54, 753-760.
  15. Skuse, G.R., Cappione, A.J., Sowden, M., Metheny, L.J. and Smith, H.C. (1996) The Neurofibromatosis type I messenger RNA undergoes base-modification RNA editing. Nucl. Acids Res. 24, 478-486.
  16. Metheny, L.J. and Skuse, G.R. (1996) NF1 mRNA isoform expression in PC12 cells: Modulation by extrinsic factors. Exp. Cell Res. 228, 44-49.
  17. Cappione, A.J., French, B.L. and Skuse, G.R. (1997) A potential role for NF1 mRNA editing in the pathogenesis of NF1 tumors. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 60, 305-312.
  18. Skuse, G.R. and Cappione, A.J. (1997) RNA processing and clinical variability in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Hum. Mol. Genet. 6, 1707-1712.
  19. Skuse, G.R. (1998) Identification of an insertion and accompanying deletion in exon 31 of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene. Hum. Mutn. Supplement 1, S50-S52.
  20. Metheny, L.J. and Skuse, G.R. Protein synthesis inhibitors lead to increased levels of murine type I and type III NF1 mRNA isoforms. (in preparation).
  21. Cappione, A.J. and Skuse, G.R. NF1 mRNA editing by the apoB catalytic component 1: evidence for the role of gene-specific auxiliary proteins (submitted for publication).
  22. Haake, A.R. and Skuse, G.R. (2002) Formulating Bioinformatics Curricula. Conf. for Info. Technol. Curriculum.
  23. Polansky, H. (2003) Microcompetition with foreign DNA and the origin of chronic disease. (Skuse, G.R. ed.) Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease, Rochester, NY. (ISBN 0974046302)
  24. Burhans, D. T., Campbell, A.E.R. and Skuse, G.R. (2003) Exploring the role of knowledge representation and reasoning in biomedical text understanding. Working notes of the SIGIR '03 Workshop on Text Analysis and Search for Bioinformatics, Toronto.
  25. Burhans, D.T. and Skuse, G.R. The role of computer science in undergraduate bioinformatics education. Working notes of the 2004 SIGCSE symposium, Norfolk, VA, March 2004.
  26. Lyshevski, S.E., Andersen, J.D., Boedo, S., Fuller, L., Raffaelle, R., Savakis A. and Skuse, G.R. “New Nano-Science, Engineering and Technology course at the Rochester Institute of Technology,” Proc. ASEE Conf. Engineering on the Edge: Engineering in the New Century, Binghamton, NY, pp. section E.5.1-E.5.6, 2005.
  27. Lyshevski, S.E., Andersen, J.D., Boedo, S., Fuller, S., Raffaelle, R., Savakis, A. and Skuse, G.R. (2006) Multidisciplinary undergraduate nano-science, engineering and technology course. Proc. IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Cincinnati, OH, 399-402.
  28. Lopatto, D., Alvarez, C., Barnard, D., Chandrasekaran, C., Chung, H.-M., Du, C, Eckdahl, T., Goodman, A.L., Hauser, C, Jones, C.J., Kopp, O.R., Kuleck, G.A., McNeil, G., Morris, R., Myka, J.L., Nagengast, A., Overvoorde, P.J., Poet, J.L., Reed, K., Regisford, G., Revie, D., Rosenwald, A., Saville, K., Shaw, M., Skuse, G.R., Smith, C., Smith, M., Spratt, M., Stamm, J., Thompson, J.S., Wilson, B.A., Witkowski, C., Youngblom, J., Leung, W., Shaffer, C., Buhler, J., Mardis, E. and Elgin, S.C.R. (2008) Genomics education partnership. Science 322, 684-685.
  29. Skuse, G.R. and Du, C. Bioinformatics Tools for Plant Genomics (Editorial) (2008) Int. J. Plant Genomics, Article ID 910474, 2 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/910474.
  30. Shaffer, C.D., Alvarez, C., Bailey, C., Barnard, D, Bhalla, S., Chandrasekaran, C., Chandrasekaran, V, Chung, H.-M., Dorer, D.R., Du, C., Eckdahl, T.T., Poet, J.L., Frohlich, D., Goodman, A.L., Gosser, Y., Hauser, C., Hoopes, L.L.M, Johnson, D., Jones, C.J., Kaehler, M, Kokan, N., Kopp, O.R., Kuleck, G.A., McNeil, G, Moss, R., Myka, J.L., Nagengast, A., Morris, R., Overvoorde, P.J., Shoop, E., Parrish, S., Reed, K., Regisford, E.G., Revie, D.,
  31. Rosenwald, A.G., Saville, K., Schroeder, S., Shaw, M, Skuse, G., Smith, C., Smith, M., Spana, E., Spratt, M., Stamm, J., Thompson, J.S., Wawersik, M., Wilson, B.A., Youngblom, J., Leung, W., Buhler, J., Mardis, E.R., Lopatto, D., Elgin, S.C.R. (2010) The Genomics Education Partnership: Successful Integration of Research into Laboratory Classes at a Diverse Group of Undergraduate Institutions. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 9, 55-69.
  32. Skuse, G.R. and Lamkin-Kennard, K. A. (2013) Reverse engineering life: physical and chemical mimetics for controlled stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes. In Organ Regeneration: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1001), pp 99-114 (J. Basu and J.W. Ludlow eds.). Humana Press. NY, NY.
  33. Christopher D. Shaffer, Consuelo Jackeline Alvarez, April E. Bednarski, David Dunbar, Anya L. Goodman, Catherine Reinke, Anne G. Rosenwald, Michael J. Wolyniak, Cheryl Bailey, Daron Barnard, Christopher Bazinet, Dale Beach, James E. J. Bedard, Satish Bhalla, John Braverman, Martin Burg, Vidya Chandrasekaran, Hui-Min Chung, Kari Clase, Randall DeJong, Justin R. DiAngelo, Chunguang (Charles) Du, Todd T. Eckdahl, Heather Eisler, Julia Emerson, Amy Frary, Donald Frohlich, Yuying Gosser, Shubha Govind, Adam Haberman, Amy T. Hark, Charles Hauser, Arlene Hoogewerf, Laura L.M. Hoopes, Carina E. Howell, Diana Johnson, Christopher J. Jones, Lisa Kadlec, Marian Kaehler, S.Catherine Silver Key, Adam Kleinschmit, Nighat Kokan, Olga Kopp, Gary Kuleck, Judith Leatherman, Jane Lopilato, Christy MacKinnon, Juan Carlos Martinez-Cruzado, Gerard McNeil, Stephanie Mel, Hemlata Mistry, Alexis Nagengast, Paul Overvoorde, Don Paetkau, Susan Parrish, Celeste Peterson, Mary Preuss, Laura K. Reed, Dennis Revie, Srebrenka Robic, Jennifer Roecklein-Canfield, Michael R. Rubin, Kenneth Saville, Stephanie Schroeder, Karim Sharif, Mary Shaw, Gary Skuse, Christopher D. Smith, Mary A. Smith, Sheryl T. Smith, Eric Spana, Mary Spratt, Aparna Sreenivasan, Joyce Stamm, Paul Szauter, Jeffrey S. Thompson, Matthew Wawersik, James Youngblom, Leming Zhou, Elaine R. Mardis, Jeremy Buhler, Wilson Leung, David Edward Lopatto, Sarah C.R. Elgin (2014) A course-based research experience: How benefits chage with increased investment in instructional time. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 13, 111-130.
  34. Newman, D.L., Skuse, Gary R., Carter, D., Pough, F.H. and Wright, L.K. (2013) Lessons learned from the first year implementation of a two-track, reformed introductory biology course. Proceedings of the 2013 NABT Biology Education Resarch Symposium.
  35. Lopatto D, Hauser C, Jones CJ, Paetkau D, Chandrasekaran V, Dunbar D, MacKinnon C, Stamm J, Alvarez C, Barnard D, Bedard JE, Bednarski AE, Bhalla S, Braverman JM, Burg M, Chung HM, DeJong RJ, DiAngelo JR, Du C, Eckdahl TT, Emerson J, Frary A, Frohlich D, Goodman AL, Gosser Y, Govind S, Haberman A, Hark AT, Hoogewerf A, Johnson D, Kadlec L, Kaehler M, Key SC, Kokan NP, Kopp OR, Kuleck GA, Lopilato J, Martinez-Cruzado JC, McNeil G, Mel S, Nagengast A, Overvoorde PJ, Parrish S, Preuss ML, Reed LD, Regisford EG, Revie D, Robic S, Roecklien-Canfield JA, Rosenwald AG, Rubin MR, Saville K, Schroeder S, Sharif KA, Shaw M, Skuse G, Smith CD, Smith M, Smith ST, Spana EP, Spratt M, Sreenivasan A, Thompson JS, Wawersik M, Wolyniak MJ, Youngblom J, Zhou L, Buhler J, Mardis E, Leung W, Shaffer CD, Threlfall J, Elgin SC. (2014) A Central Support System Can Facilitate Implementation and Sustainability of a Classroom-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Genomics. CBE Life Sci Educ. 1, 711-723. doi: 10.1187/cbe.13-10-0200.
  36. Skuse, G.R. and Berger, A.M. (2015) Justice as Fairness: Forensic Implications of DNA and Privacy. The Champion, XXXIX, April.
  37. Skuse, G.R. and Ferran, M.C. eds. (2015) Methods in Molecular Biology (vol 1299): Cardiomyocytes Methods and Protocols, Humana Press, NY, NY.
  38. Skuse, G.R., Walzer, Daniel A., Tomasek, K., Baldwin, D. and Bailey, M. (in press) Computer science and the liberal arts: Hidden synergies and boundless opportunities. Chapter in book entitled New Directions for Computing Educaton: Embedding Computing Across Disciplines.
  39. Ferran, M.C. and Skuse, G.R. eds. (in press) Methods in Molecular Biology (vol 1581): Recombinant Virus Vaccines, Humana Press, NY, NY.
Book Reviews, Letters, and Editorials:
  1. Skuse, G.R. (1990) Technical Comment in Science 250, 1749 1990.
  2. Skuse, G.R. (1991) "Principally Genetics" a book review of Principles of Medical Genetics by T.D. Gelehrter and F.S. Collins. Genetic Anal.: Techn. and Appl. 8, 111-112.
  3. Skuse, G.R. (1996) The search for prognostic indicators of cancer recurrence. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 34 509-510.
  4. Skuse, G.R. (1998) book review of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in Childhood by K. North. J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 57, 170.
  5. Skuse, G.R. (2000) book review of Neurofibromatosis : Phenotype, Natural History, and Pathogenesis by J.M Friedman, D.H. Gutmann, M. MacCollin and V. M. Riccardi (third edition). J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 59, 749.
  6. Abstracts Published:
  7. Rowley, P.T., Kosciolek, B.A. and Skuse, G.R. The neurofibromatosis-1 gene may encode a tumor suppressor. UCLA Symposium, Steamboat Springs, CO, February 1990, J. Cell. Biochem. 14C 1990.
  8. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Skuse, G.R. Identification of an insertion in exon four of the von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis gene, a putative tumor suppressor gene. UCLA Symposium, Keystone, CO, January 1992, J. Cell. Biochem. 16B, 1992.
  9. Skuse, G.R. and Woolf, P.D. Identification and analysis of a von Hippel Lindau disease variant. Clinical Research, 41, 392a, 1993.
Abstracts Presented
  1. Leary, J.F., Rowley, P.T., Skuse, G.R., Giuliano, R., LaBella, S. and Farley, B. Induced hematopoietic differentiation and commitment in multipotent K562 erythroleukemia cells by multi-color immunofluorescence detection of oncogene products and differentiation antigens. XII International Meeting of the Society for Analytical Cytology, Cambridge, England. August 1987.
  2. Leary, J.F., Skuse, G.R., Farley, B., Giuliano, R., LaBella, S. and Rowley, P.T. Analysis of induced differentiation of K562 multipotent human leukemic cells by multicolor immunofluorescent flow cytometric detection of differentiation antigens and oncogene products. American Society of Hematology. October 1987.
  3. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. DNA analysis of tumors in neurofibromatosis. National Neurofibromatosis Foundation Symposium, New York, New York. May 1988.
  4. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. Loss of heterozygosity in neurofibrosarcomas in neurofibromatosis. Fourth Annual Conference on Oncogenes. Fredrick, MD. July 1988.
  5. Weber, S.C., Leary, J.F., Skuse, G.R., Gumina, C.F., Farley, B.A., Lalik, P., Gumina, R., LaBella, S. and Rowley, P.T. Anti-sense myc oligonucleotide reduces clonogenicity, cycling, and myeloid differentiation antigen content of HL60 cells. Third Conference on Differentiation Therapy, Sardinia. September 1988.
  6. Rowley, P.T., Skuse, G.R. and Kosciolek, B.A. Loss of heterozygosity for chromosome 17 in neurofibrosarcoma in neurofibromatosis. American Society of Human Genetics. October 1988.
  7. Wang, N., Cedrone, E., Skuse, G.R., Bennett, J.M., Frantz, C.N. and Rowe, J.M. A comparative study for the molecular and cytogenetic detection of the Ph1 translocation. American Society of Human Genetics. October 1988.
  8. Wang, N., Cedrone, E., Skuse, G.R. and Schwartz, C. and Derylak, S. Transposition of the oncogene ets1 in t(11;19) translocation occurring in acute leukemia. American Society of Hematology. June 1989.
  9. Wang, N., Skuse, G.R., Insel, R. and Cedrone, E. The abnormal X chromosome composition and state of activity in human mammary tumor cells. American Society of Human Genetics. November 1989.
  10. Weber, S.C., Lalik, P.H., Farley, B.S., Skuse, G.R. and Rowley, P.T. Clonogenic response of HL60 cells to granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor requires expression of the fes proto-oncogene. American Society of Hematology 1989.
  11. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. Neurofibromas in neurofibromatosis-1 have a unicellular origin. First meeting on The Molecular Basis of Human Cancer, Fredrick, MD, June 1990.
  12. Weber, S.C., Lalik, P.H., Farley, B.A., Skuse, G.R., Turner, D.H. and Rowley, P.T. Antisense to the fes proto-oncogene message blocks the proliferative signal of GM-CSF in HL60 cells. 2nd International Conference on Negative Regulators of Hematopoiesis, Providence, RI, August 1990.
  13. Wang, N., Dry, J., Cedrone, E., Skuse, G.R., Metlay, L. and Bonfiglio, T. Mapping of chromosome 3p deletions specifically to the D3S3 locus in renal cell carcinoma. American Society of Human Genetics, October 1990.
  14. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. Loss of heterozygosity in malignancies in von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis: The allele remaining in the tumor is derived from the affected parent. American Society of Human Genetics, October 1990.
  15. Skuse, G.R., Kosciolek, B.A. and Rowley, P.T. Molecular genetics of tumor formation in von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis. International Congress of Human Genetics, October 1991.
  16. Metheny, L.J. and Skuse, G.R. Characterization of a novel NF1 tumor cell line, NFRL91. Meeting of the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation International Consortium on Gene Cloning and Gene Function for NF1 and NF2, April 1993.
  17. Cappione, A.J., Metheny, L.J. and Skuse, G.R. Evidence for editing of the neurofibromatosis type 1 transcript. 1994 Albany Conference: RNA editing, an evolving mechanism of gene regulation, October 1994.
  18. Skuse, G.R., Sowden, M., Smith, H.C. and Cappione, A.J. Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) mRNA edits by a mooring sequence dependent apoB-like mechanism. 1995 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory RNA Processing Meeting.
  19. Metheny, L.J. and Skuse, G.R. Modulation of NF1 alternative transcript expression by extrinsic factors. The NNFF International Consortium for Molecular Biology of NF1 and NF2, July 1995.
  20. Cappione, A.J. and Skuse, G.R. NF1 mRNA editing. IBC's Conference on Tumor Suppressors and Oncogenes, July 1997.
  21. Skuse, G.R. RNA Processing in Neurofibromatosis Type I (NF1). NIH Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression Symposium, October 1997.
  22. Burhans, D.T., Skuse, G.R. and Campbell, A.E.R. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning with Biomedical Text. Poster presentation at the Frontiers In Bioinformatics conference, Buffalo, NY, June 2003.
  23. Burhans, D.T., Skuse, G.R. and Campbell, A.E. R. Knowledge representation and reasoning for bioinformatics. 6th Annual TIGR Conference on Computational Genomics, Boston, MA October 2003.
  24. Johnson, A. and Skuse, G.R. Identifying associations among neurological diseases using bioinformatics tools. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, San Francisco, CA, October 2006.
  25. Johnson, A. and Skuse, G.R. Environmental effects on the rate of change in DNA sequences of complex organisms. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Austin, TX, November 2007.
  26. Skuse, G.R., Osier, M.V., Marchetti, C. and Dadgar, S. Estimating genomic diversity of the cleavage site peptides among H5HA avian influenza ameiliorates the synthesis of influenza vaccine. International Society of Computational Biology/European Conference on Computational Biology, Stockholm, Sweden. June 2009.
  27. Skuse, G.R. and Walzer, D.A. Exploring Computer Science in the Liberal Arts, poster for annual meeting of the Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Memphis, TN, March 2016.

 

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