Curriculum Vitae

December 2001  Ph.D. Biology, University of California San Diego
1995-2001 Graduate Student Researcher, University of California San Diego
1994  B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, Texas A&M University

Publications

Flury, I., R. Garza, A. Shearer, J. Rosen, S. Cronin, and R.Y. Hampton. 2005. INSIG: a broadly conserved transmembrane chaperone for sterol-sensing domain proteins. EMBO J. 24:3917-3926.

Cronin, S.R.  2002 I’ll simply die without my calcium: Ca²⁺ signaling and surviving cellular stress. Mol. Interventions 2:284-285

Cronin, S.R., R. Rao, and R.Y. Hampton. 2002. Cod1p/Spf1p is a P-type ATPase involved in calcium homeostasis and ER function. J Cell Biol. 157:1017-28.

Cronin, S.R., A. Khoury, D.K. Ferry, and R.Y. Hampton. 2000. Regulation of HMG-CoA reductase degradation requires the P-type ATPase Cod1p/Spf1p. J Cell Biol. 148:915-24.

Gardner, R.G., G.M. Swarbrick, N.W. Bays, S.R. Cronin, S. Wilhovsky, L. Seelig, C. Kim, and R.Y. Hampton. 2000. Endoplasmic reticulum degradation requires lumen to cytosol signaling. Transmembrane control of Hrd1p by Hrd3p. J Cell Biol. 151:69-82.

Cronin, S., and R. Hampton. 1999a. A genetics friendly GFP assay. Trends in Cell Biology. 9:36.

Cronin, S.R., and R.Y. Hampton. 1999b. Measuring Protein Degradation with Green Fluorescent Protein. In Methods in Enzymology, Green Fluorescent Protein. Vol. 302. P.M. Conn, editor. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California, USA; London, England, UK. 58-73.

Gardner, R., S. Cronin, B. Leader, J. Rine, and  R. Hampton. 1998. Sequence determinants for regulated degradation of yeast 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, an integral endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein. Mol Biol Cell. 9:2611-26.

Kasschau, K.D., S. Cronin, and J.C. Carrington. 1997. Genome amplification and long-distance movement functions associated with the central domain of tobacco etch potyvirus helper component- proteinase. Virology. 228:251-62.

Schaad, M.C., R. Haldeman-Cahill, S. Cronin, and J.C. Carrington. 1996. Analysis of the VPg-proteinase (NIa) encoded by tobacco etch potyvirus: effects of mutations on subcellular transport, proteolytic processing, and genome amplification. J Virol. 70:7039-48.

Cronin, S., J. Verchot, R. Haldeman-Cahill, M.C. Schaad, and J.C. Carrington. 1995. Long-distance movement factor: a transport function of the potyvirus helper component proteinase. Plant Cell. 7:549-59.

 Teaching

Assistant Professor at Ave Maria University
General Biology for non-majors (BIOL 201, BIOL 202)
Microbiology (BIOL 401)
Molecular Biology (BIOL 305)
Critical Analysis I (BIOL 213)
Critical Analysis II (BIOL 413)
Genetics (BIOL 303)
Special Topics: Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cholesterol (BIOL 415)
Directed research (BIOL 497)

Instructor at St. Olaf College
Genetics lecture and laboratory
Microbiology lecture and laboratory

Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Nevada Reno
Genetics (BIOL 313)
Cell Biology (BIOL 315)
Cell Biology and Genetics Lab (BIOL 395)

Salk Mobile Science Lab

Volunteer teaching of basic biology labs at middle school in San Diego and surrounding areas

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