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Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences
 

Lee Rickords

Lee Rickords, PhD
 Associate Professor


Utah State University
ADVS Department
4815 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-4815

phone (435)797-2195
fax (435)797-3959
email lrickords at cc.usu.edu

 

  
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
CURRENT POSITION
  • Associate Professor of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences (Molecular Embryology/Genetics), January 1, 2004 - Present.
    Teaching Responsibilities: a) Animal Molecular Biology (5280/6280).
                                           b) Molecular Reproduction & Development (6210/7210).


  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, February 1, 2004 - Present.


  • Member of the Graduate Faculty, May, 1995 - Present, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
PREVIOUS POSITION
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry (Molecular Genetics), Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, July 1, 2002 - February 1, 2004. Tenure awarded July 1, 2002.
    • Teaching Responsibilities: a)Medical Biochemistry - nucleic acids/molecular genetics.
                                             b) Techniques in Molecular Biology (graduate course).
                                             c) Medical Genetics (graduate course - molecular genetics emphasis).
                                             d) Embryology (graduate course – pre- and peri-implantation section).
                                             e) Molecular and Cellular Biology (replication, transcription, translation).

    • Research Interests: a) Nuclear reprogramming of stem cells and adult somatic cells.
                                    b) Gene regulation and protein transduction in early embryonic and mammalian stem cells.
                                    c) Gene screening and gene targeting.


  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry (Molecular Genetics), Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, October 1, 1997-June 30, 2002.


  • Director of Molecular Preimplantation Genetics, October 5, 1992-September, 1997. H.A. Chapman Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Children's Medical Center, Tulsa, OK. Responsible for developing and implementing testing procedures and performing research leading to the diagnosis of genetic diseases in genomic DNA and preimplantation stage embryos. Objectives included the diagnosis, analysis and sequencing of genes in the study of genetic diseases and early developmental anomalies. Research also involved studying gene regulation of nuclear transferred nuclei and developing/modifying fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) procedures for single-cell analysis.


  • Postdoctoral Fellow, January 1, 1991-September 30, 1992; Department of Animal Sciences (Molecular and Reproductive Cell Biology), University of Missouri-Columbia.