Kenneth C. Burtis
Professor
kcburtis@ucdavis.edu

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Office
207 Life Sciences Addition
752-4460

Lab
752-5595


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Degrees:
1985 PhD Stanford University Biochemistry
1976 BS University of California, Davis Biochemistry
Research Interests:

DNA repair in Drosophila; specifically, the molecular basis of interstrand crosslink repair.


Awards:
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985-1988
Searle Scholar, 1990-1993
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Davis Genome Center, Center for Neuroscience
UC Davis Genome Center
UC Davis Center for Neuroscience
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professional Societies:
Genetics Society of America
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Publications:
  • Laurencon A, Orme CM, Peters HK, Boulton CL, Vladar EK, Langley SA, Bakis EP, Harris DT, Harris NJ, Wayson SM, Hawley RS, and Burtis KC. 2004. A large-scale screen for mutagen-sensitive Loci in Drosophila. Genetics 167:217-231.
  • Burtis KC, Hawley RS, Lipshitz HD. 2004. The 2003 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal; David S. Hogness. Genetics 164:1243-1245.
  • Burtis, K. C. 2002. Doublesex in the Middle. Science 297:1135-1136.
  • Adams MD et al. 2000. The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 287(5461):2185-2195
  • Sekelsky, J.J., Brodsky, M.H. and K.C. Burtis. 2000. DNA repair in Drosophila: Insights from the Drosophila Genome Sequence. J. Cell. Biol. 150:F31-F36.
  • Burtis KC and PV Harris. 1997. A possible functional role for a new class of eukaryotic DNA polymerases. Current Biology. 7:R743-R744
  • Harris PV, OM Mazina, EA Leonhardt, RB Case, JB Boyd, and KC Burtis. 1996. Molecular cloning of Drosophila mus308 , a gene involved in DNA cross-link repair with homology to prokaryotic DNA Polymerase I genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16:576
Laboratory Personnel:
3157 LSA

Kali Grabenauer (undergraduate), Shayna Carp (undergraduate); Kevin Dumas (undergraduate); (stockkeeper), Mel Green (professor emeritus)

Teaching Interests:
Genomics, genetics laboratory.
Courses:
MCB 182 Genomics Spring
MCB 160L Genetics Laboratory Fall