Jeramia J. Ory, Ph.D.

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D., Biochemistry University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1992 B.S., Biochemistry University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

HONORS AND AWARDS

1998-2001 NIH Individual National Research Service Award (F32)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2006-present Assistant Professor of Biology, King's College. Characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
2004-2006 Biochemical Information Specialist, Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics – Protein Data Bank. Designed and implemented a high throughput computational strategy to standardize the chemical information content of the PDB ligand database using a combination of commercially available libraries and open source tools.
2002-2004 Research associate, Washington University in St. Louis. Characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Purification, characterization and crystallization of nucleotide sugar processing enzymes from the same organism.
1988-2002 Available on request

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

King's College

2008 Instructor and course developer, Systems Biology
2006-present Instructor and course director (2007), Genetics lecture and lab
2006-present Instructor, Biochemistry lecture and lab
2006-present Instructor, Modern Techniques in Biological Sciences
2006-present Instructor, Biological Research I
2006 Instructor, Junior Biology Seminar
2006 Instructor and course developer, Contemporary Biology (non-majors)
2006-present Instructor, Human Genetics (non-majors)

Lafayette College

2006 Adjunct instructor and course developer, From SNPs to Gene Chips: Introduction to Bioinformatics

Cedar Crest College

2005 Invited lecturer, Advanced Bioinformatics
2005 Invited lecturer, Teacher Leadership Institute

Washington University in St. Louis

2001-2003 Supervisor, Undergraduate research
2003 High school student tutor, Young Scientist Program
2002 Invited lecturer, Introduction to Molecular Biology

University of Minnesota

1994 Teaching Assistant, Protein Structure and Function
1993 Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry (Medical)

University of Nebraska

1990,1991 Teaching Assistant, Human Physiology

SERVICE

2003-2004 National meeting committee, National Postdoc Association
2003-2004 Implementation committee, Washington University Postdoctoral Policy
2003-2004 Steering committee, Washington University Postdoc Society
2002-2004 Steering committee, Young Scientist Program, Washington University
2002-2004 Web site administrator, Young Scientist Program, Washington University

MEMBERSHIPS

2006-present American Society for Microbiology
1997-present American Crystallographic Association