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Department of Biology
Laura Livingston Mays Hoopes
Halstead-Bent Professor of Biology
Contact Information
R. C. Seaver Biology Building, Room 21
175 W Sixth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
909-607-7438
laura.hoopes@pomona.edu
Personal Webpage
Education
Ph.D. Yale University, Biology
A. B. Goucher College, Biological Sciences
Professional Experience
Professor of Biology, Pomona College
Vice President and Dean of the College, Pomona College
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Biology, Occidental College
Chair of Biology and Co-Chair of Biochemistry, Occidental College
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado School of Medicine
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Courses
Biology 40: Introductory Genetics
Biology 169: Genetic Regulation in Eukaryotes
Biology 147: Biochemistry: Metabolomics & Regulation
Research Interests
Laura Hoopes’ lab studies the process of replicative aging in yeast. This process involves genomic instability and alteration of gene regulation, and the lab group is using 2D gels, microarray analysis, and real time PCR methods to detect the events, as well as genetic manipulations to try to prevent the aging process.
Selected Publications
Campbell, A.M., M.L.S. Ledbetter, L.L.M. Hoopes, T.T. Eckdahl, L.J. Heyer, A. Rosenwald, E. Fowlks, S. Tonidandel, B. Bucholtz, and G. Gottfried. 2007. Genome Consortium for Active Teaching: Meeting the Goals of BIO2010. Cell Biol. Educ. 6: 109-118. [Abstract | full text | pdf]
Wise, A.*, J. Hardin, and L. Hoopes. 2006. Yeast through the ages: A statistical analysis of genetic changes in yeast aging. Chance 19(3): 39-44 (Cover article). [pdf]
Campbell, A.M., T.T. Eckdahl, E. Fowlks, L.J. Heyer, L.L.M. Hoopes, M.L. Ledbetter, and A.G. Rosenwald. 2006. Collaborative programs: Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT). Science 311: 1103-1104. [abstract]
Hardin, J., L. Hoopes, and R. Murphy*. 2006. Analyzing DNA microarrays with undergraduate Statisticians. ICOTS 7 (2006) 3E (Multivariate Statistics): 1-5 (refereed, published online). [pdf]
Bradford, W.D.*, L. Cahoon, S.R. Freel*, L.L.M. Hoopes, and T.T. Eckdahl. 2005. Assessment of the reliability and convenience of an inexpensive gel electrophoresis-based PCR Method for quantifying mRNA Levels. Cell Biol. Educ. 4: 157-168. [abstract | full text | pdf]
Weitao, T., M. Budd, L.L.M. Hoopes, and J.L. Campbell. 2003. DNA2 helicase/nuclease causes replicative fork stalling and double-strand breaks in the ribosomal DNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 22513-22522. [abstract | full text | pdf]
Versini, G, I. Comet, M. Wu, L. Hoopes, E. Schwob, and P. Pasero. 2003. The yeast Sgs1 helicase is differentially regulated for genomic and ribosomal DNA replication. EMBO J. 22: 1939-1949. [abstract | full text | pdf]
*Undergraduate co-author