Scott C Dawson
Assistant Professor
scdawson@ucdavis.edu

Microbiology

Office
237 BRIGGS
530-752-3633


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Degrees:
2000 PhD University of California - Berkeley Molecular and Cell Biology
1989 BS University of Michigan Biology
Awards:
2007 National Academy Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
Department and Center Affiliations:
Microbiology
Professional Societies:
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Microbiology
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Microbiology  
Publications:
  • J. C. Hoeng*, S. C. Dawson*, S. A. House, M. S. Sagolla, J. K. Pham, J. J. Mancuso, J. Löwe, and W. Z. Cande (2008) High resolution crystal structure and in vivo function of a kinesin-2 homolog in Giardia intestinalis. Mol Biol Cell. 19(7):3124-37.
  • S.C. Dawson, M.S. Sagolla, J. J. Mancuso, D.J. Woessner, S.A. House, L. Fritz-Laylin, W.Z. Cande. (2007) Kinesin-13 has a critical role in interphase and mitotic microtubule dynamics in Giardia intestinalis. Eukaryotic Cell 6(12):2354-64.
  • Dawson, S.C., Sagolla, M., Cande, W.Z. (2007). The cenH3 histone variant defines centromeres in Giardia intestinalis. Chromosoma. 116 (2):175-84
  • Sagolla, M.S., Dawson, S.C., Mancuso, J.J., Cande, W.Z. (2006) Three dimensional analysis of mitosis and cytokinesis in Giardia intestinalis. J. Cell Science 119 (23): 4889-4900.
  • Dawson, S.C. and N.R. Pace. (2002) Novel kingdom-level eukaryotic diversity in anoxic environments Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 99 (12): 8324-8329.
Laboratory Personnel:
DawsonLab/231 Briggs Hall

Jonny Pham, Kari Hagen, Moises de la Torre, Susan House, Dave Woessner, Michael Cipriano, Marissa Hirst, Emily Grau, Matt Hirakawa, Jessica Morris, Andrew Bluhm, Pratik Jetwa, Brystal Forsythe, Derrick Martin, Adam Cohen

Teaching Interests:
Microbial diversity, Comparative genomics and phylogenetics
Courses:
MIC 105 Bacterial Diversity Winter
MIC 105L Bacterial Diversity Laboratory Winter