Kathryn Radke
Professor
klradke@ucdavis.edu


Office
1219 Meyer Hall
752-9025



 
Degrees:
1976 PhD University of California, Davis Genetics
1971 BS Tufts University Biology
Awards:
Damon Runyon Fellow in Cancer Research
Research fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
Senior Fellow, California Division of the American Cancer Society
Junior Faculty Research Award, American Cancer Society
Department and Center Affiliations:
UCD Cancer Center
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Microbiology  
Publications:
  • Fulton, BE, Jr., M Portella and K Radke. 2006. Dissemination of bovine leukemia virus-infected cells from a newly infected sheep lymph node. Journal of Virology 80:7873-7884.
  • Novakovic, S, ET Sawai and K Radke. 2004. Di-leucine and YXXL motifs in the cytoplasmic tail of the bovine leukemia virus transmembrane envelope protein affect protein expression on the cell surface. Journal of Virology 78: 8301-8311.
  • Johnston ER, Albritton LM and K Radke. 2002. Envelope proteins containing single amino acid substitutions support a structural model of the receptor-binding domain of bovine leukemia virus surface protein. Journal of Virology. 76:10861-10872
  • Johnston ER and K Radke. 2000. The SU and TM envelope protein subunits of bovine leukemia virus are linked by disulfide bonds, both in cells and in virions. Journal of Virology. 74:2930-2935
Teaching Interests:
Genetic changes leading to development of cancer in humans and animal models. Regulation of cell proliferation. An interdisciplinary understanding of HIV and AIDS: how a biological agent acts on and influences the structure of contemporary society.
Courses:
MCB 257 Cellular proliferation and cancer genes Fall
MCB 295 Literature in molecular and cellular biology Winter,Spring
SAS 15 AIDS and Society Spring
Personal Interests:
Women in science.