Ann M. Stevens
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
4020 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540)-231-9378 (phone); (540)-231-9307 (FAX); ams@vt.edu (E-mail)
Education and Professional Experience:
| 1997-present | Assistant
Professor, Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA |
| 1992-1996 |
Postdoctoral Research, Microbiology, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Advisor:
Dr. E. Peter Greenberg |
| 1987-1993 |
M.S. and Ph.D.,
Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Advisor: Dr. Abigail A. Salyers Thesis: A central regulatory
locus controls tetracycline regulated functions on
a Bacteroides tetracycline
resistant conjugal chromosomal element. |
| 1983-1987 |
B.S. with
Distinction, Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Advisor: Dr. John G. Holt |
Teaching Experience:
Physiology
of Microorganisms Instructor (BIOL 4984 and BIOL 5604), Virginia Tech, 1
semester
Cell and
Molecular Biology Instructor (BIOL 2104), Virginia Tech, 5 semesters
Pathogenic
Microbiology Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1 semester
General Microbiology
Laboratory Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1 semester
| 1999-2004 | NSF
CAREER Award Recipient |
| 1999-present | Ad Hoc Reviewer,
NSF Grants |
| 1997-present | Ad Hoc Reviewer, Molecular Microbiology |
| 1994-1996 | NIH Postdoctoral Trainee in Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa |
| 1994-present | Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Bacteriology |
| 1988-1991 | NIH Predoctoral Trainee in Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Illinois |
| 1990 | Monsanto Fellowship,
University of Illinois |
| 1989 | Excellent Instructor Ranking, University of Illinois |
| 1987-1988 | DeBoer Fellowship in Microbiology, University of Illinois |
| 1986 | Phi Kappa
Phi, Iowa State University |
| 1985 | Phi Beta Kappa,
Iowa State University |
| 1983-1987 | Dean's List, Iowa State University |
Memberships in Professional Societies:
American
Society for Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Association
of Women in Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech, Organization of Women
Faculty at Virginia Tech and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Publications:
Stevens, A. M., N. Fujita, A. Ishihama and
E. P. Greenberg. 1999. Involvement of the RNA polymerase a-subunit C-terminal domain
in LuxR-dependent activation of the Vibrio
fischeri luminescence genes. J.
Bacteriol. 181:4704-4707.
Stevens, A. M. and E. P. Greenberg. 1999.
Transcriptional activation by LuxR, pp. 231-242. In: Cell-Cell Communication in
Bacteria (G. M. Dunny and S. C. Winans, eds.), ASM Press Washington D.C.
Hanzelka,
B. L., A. M. Stevens, M. R. Parsek,
T. J. Crone, and E. P. Greenberg. 1997. Mutational analysis of the Vibrio fischeri LuxI polypeptide:
Critical regions of an autoinducer synthase. J. Bacteriol. 179:4882-4887.
Bassler, B.
L., E. P. Greenberg and A. M. Stevens.
1997. Cross-species induction of luminescence in the quorum sensing bacterium Vibrio harveyi. J. Bacteriol. 179:4043-4045.
Stevens, A. M. and E. P. Greenberg. 1997.
Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: Essential
elements for activation of the luminescence genes. J. Bacteriol. 179:557-562.
Salyers, A.
A., N. B. Shoemaker, A. M. Stevens,
and L.-Y. Li. 1995. Conjugative transposons: An unusual and diverse set of
integrated gene transfer elements. Microbiol. Rev. 59:579-590.
Salyers, A.
A., N. B. Shoemaker, and A. M. Stevens.
1995. Tetracycline regulation of conjugal transfer genes, p. 393-400. In:
Two-Component Signal Transduction (J. A. Hoch and T. J. Silhavy, eds.), ASM
Press Washington, D. C.
Stevens, A. M., K. M. Dolan, and E. P.
Greenberg. 1994. Synergistic binding of the Vibrio
fischeri LuxR transcriptional activator domain and RNA polymerase to the lux promoter region. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA 91:12619-12623.
Shoemaker,
N. B., G.-R. Wang, A. M. Stevens,
and A. A. Salyers. 1993. Excision, transfer and integration of NBU1, a mobilizable
site selective insertion element. J. Bacteriol. 175:6578-6587.
Stevens, A. M., N. B. Shoemaker, L.-Y. Li,
and A. A. Salyers. 1993. Tetracycline regulation of genes on Bacteroides conjugative transposons. J.
Bacteriol. 175:6134-6141.
Stevens, A. M., J. M. Sanders, N. B.
Shoemaker, and A. A. Salyers. 1992. Genes involved in production of plasmidlike
forms by a Bacteroides conjugal
chromosomal element share amino acid homology with two-component regulatory
systems. J. Bacteriol. 174:2935-2942.
Stevens, A. M., N. B. Shoemaker, and A. A.
Salyers. 1990. The region of a Bacteroides
conjugal chromosomal tetracycline resistance element which is responsible for
production of plasmidlike forms from unlinked chromosomal DNA might also be
involved in transfer of the element. J. Bacteriol. 172:4271-4279.
Medda, S.,
A. M. Stevens, and R. T. Swank. 1987.
Involvement of the esterase active site of egasyn in compartmentalization
of b-glucuronidase within the endoplasmic
reticulum. Cell 50:301-310.
Abstracts and Presentations at National and International
Meetings:
| 2000 | Wind River Conference on Procaryotic Biology, Estes Park, CO |
| American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1999 | Molecular
Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting, Madison, WI |
| 1998 | American Society
for Microbiology General Meeting, Atlanta, GA |
| 1996 | Ninth International Symposium
on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Wood
Hole, MA |
| 1996 | American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, New Orleans, LA |
| 1995 | Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Mechanism of Microbial
Adherence and Signalling, Newport,
RI |
| 1995 | Speaker, Bacterial Locomotion
and Signal Transduction Meeting, Austin, TX |
| 1993 | Maui Bioluminescence Symposium, Maui, HI |
| 1992 | Speaker, Fourth European Congress and Second International Symposium on Anaerobic Bacteria and Infections, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria |
| 1989, 1991 | Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages: Prokaryotic Genetic Regulation Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY |
| 1990 | Fallen Leaf Lake Conference
on Promiscuous Plasmids of Gram-positive and |
| 1988 | Speaker, Southeastern Microbial Physiology and Genetics Conference, Maggie Valley, NC |