Professor Beth De Stasio

De Stasio, Elizabeth A., H. Ulrich Göringer, William E. Tapprich, and Albert E. Dahlberg (1988) Probing ribosome function through mutagenesis of ribosomal RNA IN: NATO: ASI Series Genetics of Translation, (M.F. Tuite, M. Bolotin-Fukuhara & M. Picard, eds.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 17-41.

De Stasio, E.A., D. Moazed, H.F. Noller, and A.E. Dahlberg (1989) Aminoglycoside resistant mutations in E. coli 16S ribosomal RNA disrupt interactions between antibiotic and RNA. EMBO J. 8(4):1213-1216.

De Stasio, E.A. and A.E. Dahlberg (1990) Effects of mutagenesis of a conserved base-paired site near the decoding region of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA. J. Mol. Biol. 212:127-133.

Tapprich, W.E., H.U. Göringer, E.A. De Stasio, and A.E. Dahlberg (1990) "Site-directed mutagenesis of E. coli ribosomal RNA" IN: Ribosomes and Protein Synthesis: A Practical Approach, (G. Spedding, ed.) IRL Press, Oxford, pp. 253-271.

Tapprich, W.E., H.U. Göringer, E.A. De Stasio, C. Prescott, and A.E. Dahlberg (1990) "Studies of ribosome function by mutagenesis of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA" IN: The Ribosome: Structure, Function, and Evolution,( W.E. Hill, A.E. Dahlberg, R.A. Garrett, P.B. Moore, D. Schlessinger & J.R. Warner, eds.) ASM Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 236-242.

Frattali, A.L., M. Flynn, E.A. De Stasio, and A.E. Dahlberg (1990) Effects of mutagenesis of C912 in the streptomycin binding region of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1050:27-33.

O'Connor, M., E.A. De Stasio, and A.E. Dahlberg (1991) Interaction between 16S ribosomal RNA and ribosomal protein S12: Differential effects of paromomycin and streptomycin. Biochimie. 73:1493-1500.

De Stasio, E.A., C. Lephoto*, L. Azuma*, C. Holst*, D. Stanislaus* and J. Uttam* Characterization of revertants of unc-93(e1500) in C. elegans induced by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Genetics 147:597-608.

De Stasio, E.A. & S. Dorman* (2001) Optimization of ENU mutagenesis of C. elegans. Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagensis . 495:81-8.

De Stasio, E.A. (2002) “Cloning” IN: Robinson, Richard, ed., Genetics New York: Macmillan Reference USA pages 161-165.

Lissemore, J.L., L.L. Lackner, G. Fedoriw & E.A. De Stasio (2004) Isolation of C. elegans genomic DNA and detection of deletions in the unc-93 gene using PCR. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. Submitted.

Walsh, L,* E. Shaker*, E. De Stasio   (2007) Using restriction mapping to teach basic skills in the molecular biology lab. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education 35(3):199-205.

Tennessen*, J.M., M.S. Damerow*, J.R. Giudicessi*, P.E. McEachern*, B. Glover*, P.R. Stevens*, H.R. Horvitz & E.A. De Stasio* (in prep) Control of Male Mating Behavior Affected by Mutations in the SUP-9 Potassium Channel in C. elegans . To be submitted to Genetics

Walsh, L.,* E. Shaker*, and E. De Stasio (2007) Using restriction mapping to teach basic skills in the molecular biology lab. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 35(3):199-205.

De Stasio, E.A., M. Ansfield, P. Cohen, T. Spurgin, G. Mihaila*, and N. Syverson* (2008) Building students’ intellectual autonomy: The Lawrence philosophy of education and examples from across the curriculum. Proceedings of the Conference on Tutorial Education. http://www.lawrence.edu/conference/tutorials/papers.shtml

Goodson-Gregg, N.* and E.A. De Stasio (2009) Reinventing the Ames Test as an Quantitative Lab that Connects Classical and Molecular Genetic Concepts. Genetics 181:23-31.

De Stasio, E.A., M. Ansfield, P. Cohen, and T. Spurgin (2009) Curricular responses to ‘electronically tethered’ students: Individualized learning across the curriculum. Liberal Education, In press, Fall 2009 issue.

Weinlander, K.* D. Hall, and E.A. De Stasio RFLP Analysis and Allelic Discrimination with Real Time PCR using the Human Lactase Persistence Trait: A Pair of Molecular Genetic Investigations. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. Submitted.

Tennessen, J.M*, M.S. Damerow*, P.R. Stevens*, D.J. Berg*, J. Bragg*, P.E. McEachern*, B. Glover*, J. R. Giudicessi*, and E.A. De Stasio Muscles of the C. elegans Male are more Sensitive to Potassium Channel Function: sup-9 Channel Mutations Affect Male Mating Ability. Manuscript in Preparation.

Invited Publication

E. De Stasio (~2004) Genetic Research has not yet tackled big identity questions. The Appleton Post Crescent.

De Stasio, Elizabeth and Albert E. Dahlberg (1988) Mutagenesis of a base-paired site in E. coli 16S ribosomal RNA confers aminoglycoside resistance and affects bacterial growth. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Ribosome Synthesis.

De Stasio, E.A. and P. Anderson (1991) Suppressors of dominant myosin heavy chain mutations. Eighth International C. elegans meeting. University of Wisconsin.

Pulak, R. E. De Stasio and P. Anderson (1991) "Synthetic dominance": dominant mutations dependent on a smg mutant background. Worm Breeder's Gazette 11(5):91.

De Stasio, E., R. Mollgaard and P. Anderson (1992) Suppressor of dominant myosin heavy chain mutations. Midwest C. elegans meeting. Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

Stanislaus, D.* and E.A. De Stasio (1993) Utility of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) as a mutagen in C. elegans. Ninth International C. elegans meeting. University of Wisconsin.

De Stasio, E.A., P. Anderson, E. Mollgaard, H. Dawes* & J. Workman* (1993) Extragenic suppressors of dominant myosin heavy chain mutations in C. elegans. Gordon Research Conference on Muscle Contractile Proteins. Holderness School, New Hampshire.

Weidenfeld, T.* and E.A. De Stasio (1994) Muscle Assembly: A focus on myosin heads. Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 124th Annual Conference. Waukesha, WI.

Alberico, C. and E.A. De Stasio (1994) The role of myosin heads in muscle assembly. Midwest C. elegans Meeting. Indiana University.

E. De Stasio, D. Stanislaus*, and C. Lephoto* (1994) Mutagenesis of C. elegans using N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. Worm Breeders Gazette 13(4):28.

D. Stanislaus*, C. Lephoto*, K. Buchacz*, J. Uttam* and E.A. De Stasio (1995) N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea as a mutagen for Caenorhabditis elegans. Abstracts of research funded by NIH AREA program.

D. Ransom*, S. Sharp*, C. Alberico and E.A. De Stasio (1995) Disruptive myosin heads. 10th International Worm Meeting. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

J. Uttam*, C. Alberico and E.A. De Stasio (1995) ENU mutagenesis. 10th International Worm Meeting. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

J. Uttam*, C. Lephoto* and E.A. De Stasio (1995) Sequencing N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutated C. elegans DNA. Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences 125th Annual Conference, Edgewood College, Madison, WI.

D. Ransom* and E.A. De Stasio (1995) Defining regions of the myosin head that are essential for sarcomere assembly. Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences 125th Annual Conference, Edgewood College, Madison, WI.

C. Holst*, L. Azuma* and J. Uttam* (1996) Determining the mutagenic spectrum of ENU in C. elegans. Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences 126th Annual Conference, Stevens Point, WI.

C. Lephoto*, D. Stanislaus* (1996) Investigating the versatility of ENU as a mutagen in C. elegans. Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences 126th Annual Conference, Stevens Point, WI.

E. De Stasio, C. Lephoto*, L. Azuma*, C. Holst*, D. Stanislaus*, J. Uttam* (1997) ENU mutagenesis - a new tool for worm research. 11th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

C. Lephoto* & E. De Stasio (1997) ENU mutagenesis reveals novel suppressor alleles of unc-93(e1500) in C. elegans. 11th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

C. Holst* & E. De Stasio (1997) Characterization of ENU-induced mutations in the unc-93 gene of C. elegans. 11th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

E. De Stasio, D. Ransom*, A. Peregrine, A. Bier* (1997) Are myosin heads disruptive to muscle assembly? A study in C. elegans. A Myosin Family Reunion. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

E. De Stasio (1999) C. elegans in introductory biology projects. 12th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

A. Dude*, J. Donohue*, J. Tennessen* and E. De Stasio (1999) A novel suppressor of unc-93(e1500)-induced paralysis in C. elegans. 12th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

A. Kirmizis*, S. Olson*, A. Peregrine and E. De Stasio (1999) Mutant myosin expression in transgenic lines of Caenorhabditis elegans. 12th International C. elegans meeting. Madison, WI.

J. Tennessen*, C. Lephoto*, J. Donohue* and E. De Stasio (2000) A new class of sup-9 mutations. Midwest Worm Meeting. University of Minnesota.

J. Tennessen*, I. Perez de la Cruz, E. De Stasio (2001) Novel alleles of sup-9, which encode a putative K+ channel, reveal defects in male mating. 13th International C. elegans meeting. UCLA, CA.

De Stasio, E.A. (2003) “Using C. elegans in a molecular biology laboratory course.” Presented at the 14th International C. elegans Conference, UCLA, June 2003.

J. Giudescessi* and E. A. De Stasio (2004) Tissue-specific expression of a potassium channel in C. elegans .   Pew Conference for Undergraduate Research, U. of Chicago.

J. L. Lissemore, L. L. Lackner, G. D. Fedoriw, E. A. De Stasio (2005) Isolation of C. elegans genomic DNA and detection of deletions in the unc-93 gene using PCR. 15 th International C. elegans meeting.   UCLA, CA.

J. Giudescessi* and E. A. De Stasio ( 2005) Investigation of the tissue-specific role of the SUP-9 potassium ion channel in Caenorhabditis elegans male mating. 15th International C. elegans meeting.   UCLA, CA.

P. McEachern* and E.A. De Stasio (2005) Characterization of a male mating defect in C. elegans.   Pew Midstates Science & Mathematics Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium.   Washington Univ. St. Louis.

C. Meyer* and E.A. De Stasio (2005) Effect of kairomone on protein expression in Daphnia pulex . Pew Midstates Science & Mathematics Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium.   Washington Univ. St. Louis.

P. McEachern*, A.J. Ow* and E.A. De Stasio (2006) Mutations of the sup-9/unc-93 potassium channel affect male mating behavior.   C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

D. Berg* and E. A. De Stasio (2006) Role of a potassium channel in mating behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans . Pew Midstates Science & Mathematics Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

D. Berg* and E. A. De Stasio (2007) Role of a potassium channel in mating behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans . 16 th International C. elegans meeting. UCLA, CA.

M. Damerow* and E. A. De Stasio (2007) Expression of the SUP-9 Potassium Channel in Male C. elegans. 16 th International C. elegans meeting. UCLA, CA.

N. Goodson-Gregg* and E. A. De Stasio (2008) Updating the Ames Test Teaching Lab to Connect Classical and Molecular Genetic Concepts. Midstates Consortium For Math and Science 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium. University of Chicago.

Elizabeth A. De Stasio (2009) An update on the utility of ENU mutagenesis in C. elegans. 2nd Nordic C. elegans Conference. Helsinki, Finland.

B. Piasecki, J. Burghoorn, P. Phirke, E. A. De Stasio and Peter Swoboda (2009) Ciliogenesis in the developing C. elegans embryo. 17th International C. elegans meeting. UCLA, CA.