James Johnson, Ph. D.

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James Johnson, Ph.D.

Presentation College

1500 N Main St Office phone: (605) 229-8360

Aberdeen, SD 57401

Office phone: (605) 229-8360

E-mail: jimmy.johnson@presentation.edu

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BIOGRAPHICAL

Date/Place of Birth Aberdeen, SD

Citizenship USA

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D.  -   Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology with Dr. David O. Lambeth     _                      (12/18/98), University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences,         _                      Grand Forks, ND

Dissertation Title - The Beta Subunit Determines the Nucleotide Specificity      of  ATP-Specific and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Vertebrates

1991 B.S.  -   Chemistry, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2007-Present            Department Chair, Department of Arts and Sciences, Presentation College         _                                   Aberdeen, SD

2005-Present            Associate Professor of Chemistry, Presentation College Aberdeen, SD

2003-2005                 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northern State University, _                                Aberdeen, SD

2002-2003                Chemistry Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Northern State University, _                                   Aberdeen, SD

2000-2001                 Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Dr. David Bernlohr, Department of _                                   Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. _                                    Paul, MN

1999-2000                 Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Dr. David O. Lambeth, Department of   _                                Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of _                                   Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

1998-1999                 Post-Doctoral Research Associate with Dr. David Bernlohr, Department of _                                Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. _                                   Paul, MN

1998-1998                 Research Specialist (Pre Post-Doctoral Research Associate) with Dr. David _                                   Bernlohr, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics, _                                   University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

1997 Member of the selection committee responsible for hiring an instructor for the Biochemistry 303 course (Clinical Chemistry), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005-Present             Presentation College – Courses taught include: CH114 General Chemistry _                                 (lecture & lab) as a traditional and internet course, CH124 Principles of        _                                    General, Organic, and Biochemistry (lecture & lab), CH 134 Introduction to _                                    Organic/Biochemistry (lecture & lab) as a traditional an internet course,      _                                 CH303/ Organic Chemistry (lecture & lab), and CH 314 Biochemistry (lecture _                                    and lab) Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD

2002-2005                 Northern State University, Chemistry Department. Courses taught include _                                Chemistry  Survey for non-science majors and General Chemistry 112/114 _                                Lecture and Laboratory for Science majors and non-Science majors;         _                                   Department of Chemistry, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD

2003 & 2004             Chemistry instructor for the Upward Bound Summer Program,                    _                                 Department of Chemistry, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD

1995-1998                 Graduate Teaching Assistant for the laboratory course Biochemistry 303, _                                   Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota _                                School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

1996                         Instructor for the Circle of Life studies, Department of Biochemistry and   _                               Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health _                               Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

1991-1992                Graduate Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry, and Introductory to Organic _                                Chemistry/Biochemistry laboratory courses Department of Chemistry & _                                    Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

SCIENTIFIC HONORS

2004 Northern State University OIS Summer Research Stipend

1999 NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow (award funded, but declined).

1997 Awarded first place in the Roger Denison competition for graduates at the 1997 annual meeting   of the North Dakota Academy of Science. This award was based on a written and oral presentation     of my research.

SERVICE

2007 - Present

College Development Committee (CDC) / Institutional Review Board / Learning Paradigm Committee /  Assessment & Evaluation Committee (ad hoc) – Chair / Member of the Aberdeen Business Civic Leadership Group on Child Care and Early Education / Member of the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) / Member of Numerous Selection Committees (hiring faculty)

2006 to 2007

Promotion and Tenure Committee – Chair / College Development Committee (CDC) / Institutional Review Board / Learning Paradigm Committee / Assessment & Evaluation Committee (ad hoc) – Chair / Member of the Aberdeen Business Civic Leadership Group on Child Care and Early Education / Member of the PTA (Parent Teacher Association) / Member of Numerous Selection Committees (hiring faculty)

2005 to 2006

Member of the Tenure & Promotion Committee / Helped judge the 23rd Annual Northern South Dakota Science and  Mathematics Fair (March 2006)

2004 to 2005

Member of the Athletic Committee / Co-Chair, Economic Resource Margin of Excellence Committee / Supervisor judge at the 22nd Annual Northern South Dakota Science and Mathematics Fair (March 2005)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Full-Length Publications

1. RaeJean Hermansen, Mark A. Sierra, James Johnson, Michael Friez, and Barry Milavetz. 1996. Identification of Simian Virus 40 promoter DNA Sequences Capable of Conferring Restriction Endonuclease Hypersensitivity. J. Virol. 70:3416-3422

2. James D. Johnson, Wallace M. Muhonen, and David O. Lambeth. 1998. Characterization of   ATP-and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Pigeon: The Enzymes Incorporate the Same Alpha-Subunit. J. Biol. Chem. 273:27573-27579

3. James D. Johnson, James G. Mehus, Kristen Tews, Barry Milavetz, and David O. Lambeth. 1998. Genetic Evidence for the Expression of ATP- and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Multicellular Eukaryotes. J. Biol. Chem. 273:27580-27586

4. Bernlohr, D.A., Jenkins, A.E., Hertzel, A.V., Frohnert, B.I., Coe, N.R., Witthuhn, B.A., Smith, A.J., Johnson, J.D., and Matarese, V.A. 2000. Lipid Second Messengers and the Role of Intracellular Lipid-Binding Proteins, Adipocyte Biology and Hormone Signaling (Ntambi, J.M. Ed) ISO Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 31-39

Abstracts

1. James D. Johnson and David O. Lambeth. (1997) Characterization of ATP- and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Pigeon Tissue. FASEB J. 11, A953

2. James D. Johnson and David O. Lambeth. (1997) Characterization of ATP- and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Pigeon Tissue. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Sciences.

3. James D. Johnson and David O. Lambeth. (1997) Nucleotide Specificity of ATP- and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Pigeon is Determined by the Beta-Subunit. Abstracts of the  Joint Dakota EPSCoR Conference.

4. James D. Johnson and David O. Lambeth (1998) ATP- and GTP-Specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetases Occur Widely in Vertebrates. Proceedings of the North Dakota EPSCoR Conference  on Protein:Protein Interactions.

5. Kristin Tews, James Mehus, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Milavetz, and David Lambeth. (2000) Identification and Characterization of the Promoters of ATP and GTP Specific Beta Subunits and   Alpha Subunits of Succinyl-CoA Synthetases in Mouse. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Sciences.

6. Kristen Tews, Steve Adkins, Barry I. Milavetz, Dean Frohlich, James D. Johnson, David O. Lambeth, (2001) Widespread Occurrence of an ATP-specific Succinyl-CoA Synthetase in Animals, FASEB J. 15, A869 (Abs # 684.5).

GenBank SEQUENCES ENTRIES

1) [NM_019879] Mus musculus succinate-CoA ligase, GDP-forming, alpha subunit (Suclg1), mRNA gi|9845298|ref|NM_019879.1|[9845298]

2) [AF144101] Mus musculus succinyl-CoA synthetase (Sucla1) mRNA, complete cds gi|9483735|gb|AF144101.2|AF144101[9483735]

3) [AF104921] Homo sapiens succinyl-CoA synthetase alpha subunit (SUCLA1) mRNA, complete  cds gi|9409793|gb|AF104921.2|AF104921[9409793]

4) [AF241238] Homo sapiens NME7 (NME7) gene, exon 1 gi|8308036|gb|AF241238.1|AF241238[8308036]

5) [AF241153] Danio rerio nucleoside diphosphate kinase NDPK-Z6 mRNA, complete cds gi|8308034|gb|AF241153.1|AF241153[8308034]

6) [AF241152] Drosophila melanogaster type 6 nucleoside diphosphate kinase (nmdyn-D6) gene, promoter and complete cds gi|7595828|gb|AF241152.1|AF241152[7595828]

7) [AF241151] Drosophila melanogaster type 6 nucleoside diphosphate kinase (nmdyn-D6) mRNA, complete cds gi|7595824|gb|AF241151.1|AF241151[7595824]

8) [AF202055] Danio rerio nucleoside diphosphate kinase Z7 (NDPK-Z7) mRNA, complete cds gi|6644116|gb|AF202055.1|AF202055[6644116]

9) [AF202050] Drosophila melanogaster nmdyn-D7 (nmdyn-D7) mRNA, complete cds gi|6644106|gb|AF202050.1|AF202050[6644106]

10) [AF202049] Rattus norvegicus NM23-R7 (Nm23-R7) mRNA, complete cds gi|6644104|gb|AF202049.1|AF202049[6644104]

11) [AF202048] Mus musculus NM23-M7 (Nm23-M7) mRNA, complete cds gi|6644102|gb|AF202048.1|AF202048[6644102]

12) [AF035394] Columba livia GTP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase alpha subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|4104378|gb|AF035394.1|AF035394[4104378]

13) [AF035393] Columba livia ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase alpha subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|4104376|gb|AF035393.1|AF035393[4104376]

14) [AF043541] Columba livia GTP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|3821928|gb|AF043541.1|AF043541[3821928]

15) [AF043540] Columba livia ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|3821926|gb|AF043540.1|AF043540[3821926]

16) [AF061966] Sus scrofa ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|3808236|gb|AF061966.1|AF061966[3808236]

17) [AF058956] Mus musculus GTP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (Scs) mRNA, partial cds gi|3766202|gb|AF058956.1|AF058956[3766202]

18) [AF058955] Mus musculus ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (Scs) mRNA, partial cds gi|3766200|gb|AF058955.1|AF058955[3766200]

19) [AF058954] Homo sapiens GTP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|3766198|gb|AF058954.1|AF058954[3766198]

20) [AF058953] Homo sapiens ATP-specific succinyl-CoA synthetase beta subunit (SCS) mRNA, partial cds gi|3766196|gb|AF058953.1|AF058953[3766196]