Tammi's CV
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Education

2002 Ph.D. in Biochemistry

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Advisor: Dr. Robert A. Bambara

Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Base Excision Repair

Elmer Stotz Graduate Fellowship in Biochemistry

2000 M.S. in Biochemistry

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

1994 B.A. in Biology, Concentration in Physiology and Anatomy

Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY

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Professional Experience

2002-Present     Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park

Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.

Investigation of siRNA directed inhibition of telomerase activity in breast cancer cell lines as a

potential anti-tumor therapy

1997-2002     Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.

Thesis work involves the biochemical functional analysis of the mammalian long-patch base

excision repair mechanism

1995-1997     Technical Associate II, University of Rochester Department of Biology, Rochester,NY.

1994-1995     Research Associate, Syracuse University Department of Biology, Syracuse, NY.

Analyzed the role of histone acetylation in activation of gene-expression

Mapped acetylation sites in histone proteins in vitro and in vivo

Developed site-specific antibodies against post-translationally modified (phosphorylated,

acetylated) histones

Supervised Protein Core Facility

Trained new graduate students and technical staff

1994,1993     Summer Research Internship, Bristol Myers-Squibb Corporation, Syracuse, NY

Biochemistry and Drug Development Division.

Optimized scale-up conditions for Three Enzyme Process utilized in manufacturing

Cephalosporin antibiotics

Purified novel phosphatase for use in production of Etoposide anti-cancer agent

1993-1994     Undergraduate Research, Cornell University, Department of Psychology, Ithaca, NY.

Laboratory of Dr. Elliot Blass

Analyzed effects of maternal cocaine addiction upon pain tolerance in neo-natal rat pups

 

Publications

Ranalli, T.A., Tom, S., and Bambara, R.A. (2002) APE1 Coordinates FEN1 and DNA Ligase I

Activity in Base Excision Repair. J. Biol. Chem. 277(44), 41715-41724.

Ranalli, T.A., DeMott, M.S., and Bambara, R.A. (2002) Mechanism underlying replication

protein A stimulation of DNA Ligase I J. Biol. Chem. 277(3), 1719-1727.

Tom, S., Ranalli, T.A., Podust, V.N., and Bambara, R.A. (2001) Regulatory Roles of p21 and

Apurinic/Apyridimic Endonuclease 1 in Base Excision Repair. J. Biol. Chem. 276(52), 

48781-48789.

Bornarth, C. J.*, Ranalli, T.A.*, Henricksen, L. A., Wahl, A. F. and Bambara, R. A. (1999)

Effect of Flap Modifications on FEN1 Cleavage. Biochemistry 40, 13347-13354.

*co-first authorship

Howe, L., Ranalli, T. A., Allis, C. D., and Ausio, J. (1998) Transcriptionally active xenopus

laevis somatic 5 S ribosomal RNA genes are packaged with hyperacetylated histone H4, whereas

transcriptionally silent oocyte genes are not. J. Biol. Chem. 273(33), 20693-20696.

(communication)

Hendzel, M. J., Wei, Y., Mancini, M. A., Van Hooser, A., Ranalli, T., Brinkley, B. R., Bazett-

Jones, D. P., and Allis, C. D. (1997) Mitosis-specific phosphorylation of histone H3 initiates

primarily within pericentromeric heterochromatin during G2 and spreads in an ordered fashion

coincident with mitotic chromosome condensation. Chromosoma 106(6), 348-360.

Kuo, M. H., Brownell, J. E., Sobel, R. E., Ranalli, T. A., Cook, R. G., Edmondson, D. G., Roth,

S. Y., and Allis, C. D. (1996) Transcription-linked acetylation by Gcn5p of histones H3 and H4 at

specific lysines. Nature 383(6597), 269-272.

Brownell, J. E., Zhou, J., Ranalli, T., Kobayashi, R., Edmondson, D. G., Roth, S. Y., and Allis,

C. D. (1996) Tetrahymena histone acetyltransferase A: a homolog to yeast Gcn5p linking histone

acetylation to gene activation. Cell 84(6), 843-851.

Technical Skills

High Pressure/Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Fast Performance Liquid

Chromatography (FPLC), Cell Culture, Protein expression and purification (bacterial, yeast, and

mammalian), Immunocytochemistry, Antibody Development/Analysis, Western Analysis, Northern

Analysis, Rnase Protection Assays, PCR, Various biochemical assays (including acetyltransferase,

kinase, and ChIP), SDS-PAGE, EMSA, TAU-gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, siRNA, FACS analysis