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David W. Staple

EDUCATION

Post-Doctoral (Molecular Biology), University of California-Santa Cruz, 2006-present

Ph.D. (Biochemistry), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-2006

Thesis: “Structural investigation of the HIV-1 frameshift inducing element”

B.S. cum laude (Biochemistry), Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, 1996-2000

PUBLICATIONS

Staple, D. W., Venditti, V., Elson-Schwab, L., Tor, Y., Butcher, S. E.  Guanidino neomycin B recognition of and HIV-1 RNA helix.  ChemBioChem  4, 93-102 (2008)

Marcheschi, R.J., Staple, D.W., Butcher, S.E.  Programmed ribosomal frameshifting in SIV is induced by a highly structured RNA stem-loop. J Mol Biol 373, 652-63 (2007)

Staple, D. W. & Butcher S. E.  Pseudoknots: RNA structures with diverse functions.  PLoS 3, 956-9 (2005)

Staple, D. W. & Butcher S. E.  Solution structure and thermodynamic investigation of the HIV-1 frameshift inducing element.  J Mol Biol 349, 1011-23 (2005)

Staple, D. W. & Butcher, S. E. Solution structure of the HIV-1 frameshift inducing stem-loop RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 31, 4326-31 (2003).

PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

Tenth Annual Meeting of the RNA Society      Banff, Canada, 2005

International Conference on Magnetic Resonance of Biological Systems                            Hyderabad, India, 2005

Ninth Annual Meeting of the RNA Society         Madison, WI, 2004

Keystone Symposium “Frontiers in Structural Biology”                             Snowbird, UT, 2004

Eighth Annual Meeting of the RNA Society     Vienna, Austria, 2003

Seventh Annual Meeting of the RNA Society         Madison, WI, 2002

AWARDS

Department of Biochemistry Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (2005)

International Conference on Magnetic Resonance of Biological Systems Travel Scholarship (2005)

Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2004)

Graduate Student Council Vilas Travel Fellowship (2004)

Biochemistry Departmental Travel Award (2003, 2004, 2005)

Department of Biochemistry Teaching Fellowship Award (2002, 2003)

Lucian F. Hunt Award (2000)

Mortar Board National Honor Society (2000)

Golden Key National Honor Society (1999)

Alchemist Organic Chemistry Award (1998)

TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Co-Instructor, Biochemical Techniques           UW-Madison, 2003, 2004

Invited Lecturer, Biochemical Techniques         UW-Madison, 2002

Teaching Assistant, Biochemical Methods           UW-Madison, 2002, 2003

Student Faculty Liaison Committee, Treasurer           UW-Madison, 2002-2005

Mentor, Undergraduate Research Assistants (2)UW-Madison, 2001-2004

Ways of Knowing Biology, Graduate Shadowing Mentor                               UW-Madison, 2003