Dr. Barbara Wilson Associate Professor Department of Biology P.O. Box 18540 Jackson, Mississippi 39217 Phone: (601) 973-3474

Professional Experience:
2002-Present Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
1997-2002 Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
1995-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Experimental Oncology, Memphis, Tennessee
1990-1995 Graduate Research Assistant University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Columbia, Missouri; with Dr. John F.Cannon
1988-1990 Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Columbia, Missouri; with Drs. Charlotte Parker and Hammond Riggs
June-Aug 1988 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (UMC)- Premedical Science Enrichment Program; with Dr. Edith P.Mitchell, Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Minority Affairs
1987-1988 Research Assistant (RCMI Biomedical Component) Tennessee State University Nashville, TN.; with Dr. Abi O. Adibi
1986-1987 Research Assistant (Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (MBRS)) Tennessee State University Nashville, TN.; with Dr. James A. Adams
May-Aug 1985 Research Fellow Brooks Air Force Base (AFB) School of Aerospace Medicine, University Energy San Antonio, TX.;with Dr. Boake Plessy
May-Aug 1983 The Procter & Gamble Company Miami Valley Laboratories Summer Intern Cincinnati, OH.; with Dr. Maurie E. Loomans
June-Aug 1981 Summer Enrichment Program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pre-medical/Pre dental Consortium University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson, MS.; with Dr. Billy R. Ballard
1978-1979 Student Aid Waterways Experiment Station
Corps of Engineers Vicksburg, MS; with Dr. E. Link

Fellowships and Awards
1995-1997 Minority Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. 1992-1995 National Cancer Institute Predoctoral Fellowship Award, Grant Number:DHHS 1F31 CA6035501
1988-1992 Robert Wood Johnson-Gus T. Ridgel Fellowship Award, University of MissouriColumbia, Columbia, MO.
1993 Minority Scientist Travel Award to participate in the National of Institute Health AIDS Postdoctoral Fellows Meeting held with the Keystone Symposium on "Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis," and "Pathogenesis in infants and Children".
1993 Invited poster presentation of "Suppressor of Activated RAS2 Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference on Genetic Control of Cell Growth ,Galveston, Texas.
1991 Molecular Bioloy Poster Award,University of Missouri-Columbia, 2nd Annual Research Day; 6th Place Winner
1985 Outstanding Service Award from the Clinical Sciences Division of Biophysics and Aerospace Medicine Brooks AFB
1980-83 Dean's List Scholar
1983 CUM LAUDE
1982 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
1982 Alpha Mu Gamma National Foreign Language Honor Society

Professional Societies :
Associate Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 1993-present Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) Kappa Chi Omega

Publications:
1. Herring, C.O., J.A. Adams, B.A. Wilson, and S. Pollard, Jr. (1988). Dose-response studies using ethylene dibromide (EDB) in Hydra oligactis. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 40: 35-40.
2. Gruidl, M., J. Cater, B. Wilson, S. Gharib, and K. B. Bennett (1992). An extremely abundant ovarian mRNA from the parasitic nematode Ascaris lumbricoides var. suum has multiple repeat motifs. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 56:177-180.
3. Wilson, B.A., M. Khalil, F. Taminoi, and J. F. Cannon (1993). New activated RAS2 mutations identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Oncogene 8: 3441-3445.
4. Wood, D.R., P. Poullet, B.A. Wilson, M. Khalil, K. Tanaka, J.F. Cannon, and F. Tamanoi (1994). Biochemical characterization of yeast RAS2 mutants reveals a new region of ras protein involved in the interaction with GTPase-activating proteins. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 269: 5322-5327.

Abstracts:

1. Wilson, B.A., and J. A. Adams 1987. The Effects of Ethylene Dibromide on Hydra oligactis: Parent and Offspring Toxicity Study. (NIH) Beta kappa Chi-Brookhaven Conferences, Dallas, Texas, April 1987.
2. Lee, D.R., T. Jones, B. Wilson, M.K. Zubairu 1989. Molecular Analysis of the H-2DW16 Region Class I Genes of the Wild-Derived Mouse Strain B10.GAA37. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 73rd Annual Meeting, March 19-23, 1989.
3. Wilson, B.A. K. Kasemusuksakul, M. Kahlil, and J. Cannon 1991. Dominant Activated RAS2
Mutations Define IRA/GAP Interaction Sites. Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting. San Francisco, California, May 23-28, 1991.
4. Dalley, B., B. A. Wilson, and J. Cannon 1993. Suppressors of activated RAS2 mutations inS. cerevisiae. American Association For Cancer Research: Genetic Control of Cell Growth.