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Dr Valerie Bowrin
Lecturer and Section Leader in Biochemistry
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Department of Life Sciences. |
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The University of the West Indies |
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St. Augustine. Trinidad & Tobago. |
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Telephone:
1(868)
662-2002 Ext.2079 |
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Fax: 1(868) 663-5241 |
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E-Mail:
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Valerie.Bowrin@sta.uwi.edu |
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Location: Room 218, Natural Sciences Building, Old
Wing |
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Educational Background:
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Postdoctoral Fellowship,
Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennysylvania, 1994-1997.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship,
University of Medicine and Dentistry, Piscataway, New
Jersey, 1990-1993
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PhD (Biochemistry)
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; 1989
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BSc U.W.I., Cavehill,
Bardados; 1980
Areas of Expertise/Research
Interests:
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Biochemistry/Molecular
Biology:
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Pigeon pea flower
abscission.
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Development of a
monounsaturated coconut oil.
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Member, Caribbean
Association
of Scientists.
Courses Taught:
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Biochemistry
– First Examiner & Course Coordinator
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Metabolism
– First Examiner & Course Coordinator
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Biomolecules
and Energy Metabolism – First Examiner
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Advanced
General Biochemistry – First Examiner
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Applied
Biochemistry – First Examiner & Course Coordinator
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Selected
Topics – First Examiner
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Clinical
Biochemistry – First Examiner & Course Coordinator
Prospective
Research Projects:
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Characterization of the
cellular proteins and their patterns of expression in
the abscission zone of pigeon pea flowers.
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Studying the regulation
and control of abscission in pigeon pea flowers.
Recent Publications:
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Bowrin, Valerie,
Renee
Brissette and Masayori Inouye (1992). Two
transcriptionally active OmpR mutants that do not
require phosphorylation by EnvZ in an Escherichia
coli cell-free system. J. Bacteriol. 174:
6685-6687.
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Bowrin, Valerie,
renee
Brissette, Kang La Tsung and Masayori Inouye (1994).
a
subunit of RNA polymerase specifically inhibits
expression of the porin genes ompF and ompC
in vivo and in vitro in Escherichia coli.
FEMS LETTS, 115: 1-6.
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Dallas, Peter, I. W.
Cheney, D. Liao, V. Bowrin, W. Byam, S. Pacchione,
R. Kobayashi, P. Yaciuk and E. Moran (1998). p300/CREB
Binding Protein-Related Protein p270 Is a Component of
Mammalian SWI/SNF Complexes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18:
3596-3603.
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Dallas, Peter, S.
Pacchione, D. Wilsker, V. Bowrin, R. Kobayashi
and E. Moran (2000). The Human SWI/SNF Complex Protein
p270 Is an ARID Family Member with Non-Sequence-Specific
DNA Binding Activity. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20:
3137-3146.
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