Amy Springer
Visiting Assistant Professor
aspringe@mtholyoke.edu
413-538-2805
Office: 120B Carr Lab

EDUCATION
A.B. Biochemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1987
A.M. and Ph.D., Princeton University 1993
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
California Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Science. 1993-1996
continued at:
University of Washington, Chemical Engineering. 1996-1997.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Structure and function of flagellar-associated genes in Trypanosome parasites.
2. Sensory functions of the Trypanosome flagellum.
3. Genomic and functional characterization of antigenic variation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
COURSES
Biology 160 Integrated Biology and Chemistry Fall
Biology 210 Genetics and Molecular Biology Fall
Biology 321 Careers in Biotechnology Spring
Biology 340 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics Spring
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kraemer SK, Kyes SA, Aggarwal G, Springer AL, Nelson SO, Christodoulou Z, Smith LM, Wang W, Levin E, Newbold CI, Myler PJ, Smith JD. 2006. Patterns of gene recombination shape var gene repertoires in Plasmodium falciparum: comparisons of geographically diverse isolates. Submitted.


Springer AL, Smith LM, Mackay DQ, Nelson SO, Smith JD. 2004. Functional interdependence of the DBLbeta domain and c2 region for binding of the Plasmodium falciparum variant antigen to ICAM-1. Mol Biochem Parasitol 137:55-64.


Springer AL, Gall AS, Hughes KA, Kaiser RJ, Li G, Lund KP. 2003. Salicylhydroxamic acid functionalized affinity membranes for specific immobilization of proteins and oligonucleotides. J Biomol Tech 14:183-90.


Springer AL, Morris CJ, Lidstrom ME. 1997. Molecular analysis of mxbD and mxbM, a putative sensor-regulator pair required for oxidation of methanol in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. Microbiology 143 ( Pt 5):1737-44.

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