2135 Microbiology Bldg

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

Phone H: (410) 624 6839

Phone W: (301) 405 1758

E-mail: sugarpucker@hotmail.com

 

Jennifer Lynn Baxter

Undergraduate Education

¨       1996 - 2000

University of Pittsburgh                                Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, 2000

Graduate Education

¨                               2002 - Present                                               

University of Maryland                               College Park, Maryland

Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics,             Virology Program

Advisor: Jonathan D. Dinman, Ph.D

¨                               2000 - 2001

University of Medicine and Dentistry   

of New Jersey/Rutgers University           Piscataway, New Jersey                                       

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Advisor: Jonathan D. Dinman, Ph.D

 

Awards and Honors

¨                               2002

NIH Virology Graduate Trainee Fellowship

¨                               1996 - 2000

University of Pittsburgh                           Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1996-2000

 Golden Key National Honor Society, 1999-2000

 βββ Biological Honor Society, 1999-2000

 Dean’s List, 1996-2000

 Summa Cum Laude, 2000

 

Publications

¨                               Arturas Meskauskas, Jennifer L. Baxter, Edward A. Carr, Jason Yasenchak, Jennifer E. G. Gallagher, Susan J. Baserga, and Jonathan D. Dinman. Delayed rRNA processing results in significant ribosome biogenesis and functional defects
Mol. Cell. Biol. 2003; 23: 1602-1613. 

¨                               Plant, E.P., Muldoon Jacobs, K.L., Harger, J.W., Meskauskas, A., Jacobs, J.L., Baxter, J.L., Petrov, A.N., Dinman, J.D. The 9-Å solution: How mRNA pseudoknots promote efficient programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting. RNA 2003; 9: 68-174.


 

Posters

¨                               “A delay in rRNA processing results in significant ribosome structural and functional defects.”  Jennifer L. Baxter and Jonathan D. Dinman.  American Society for Virology 22nd Annual Meeting, University of California, Davis. Davis, CA. July12-16, 2003. 

¨                               “A delay in rRNA processing results in significant ribosome structural and functional defects.”  Jennifer L. Baxter and Jonathan D. Dinman.  Nucleic Acids Gordon Research Conference.  Salve Regina University, Salve Regina, RI. June1-6, 2003.

¨                               “A delay in rRNA processing results in significant ribosome structural and functional defects.”  Jennifer L. Baxter and Jonathan D. Dinman.  Translational Control.  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. September 10-15, 2002.