RUBIN, ROBERT W., PHD

EDUCATION
B.S. (Biology) 1967, Cornell College
M.S. (Zoology) 1969, University of Michigan
Ph.D. (Cell Biology) 1971, Michigan State University
Postdoctoral Fellow (Cell/Mol./Devel. Biology) 1973, University of Colorado

EMPLOYMENT

1996 - Present President and CEO, Senior Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1988 - 1996 Vice Provost for Research, University of Miami
1984 - 1996 Deputy Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Miami School of Medicine
1984 - 1996 Director, South Campus Research Park
1983 - Present Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami School of Medicine
1979 - 1983 Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Miami School of Medicine
1975 - 1979 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Miami School of Medicine
1973 - 1975 Assistant Professor, Biology, New College, Sarasota, FL
1971 - 1973 Research Associate, Laboratory of K.R. Porter, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1971 Research Associate, AEC Plant Research Center, under Dr. Philip Filner (post-doctoral training)
1970 - 1971 NIH Traineeship in Developmental Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
1969 - 1970 Graduate Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1967 - 1969 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1967 Sloan Foundation Grant-In-Aid for training in Tropical Ecology, Oaxaca, Mexico
1966 NSF Research Training Fellowship, Parasitology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1965 NSF Grant-In-Aid, Field Ecology, A.C.M. Field Station


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society of Directors of Research Parks
Appointed Member of National Scientific Review Panels (Cell Biology)
National Science Foundation
Reviewer for Journal of Cell Biology, Science, P.N.A.S., B.B.A., Journal of
     Biological Chemistry, 1973-Present
Member of D.O.D. lung biology study section (2002) and member study section
     on Florida Tobacco Settlement Foundation (FAMRI, 2004)



 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Leonardi, C. L. and R. W. Rubin. An Improved Myosin Affinity Technique for the Rapid Extraction of Actin and Associated Proteins from Cell Homogenates. Anal. Biochem. 118: 58-64, 1981.

     

  2. Suchard, S. J., J. J. Corcoran, B. C. Pressman and R. W. Rubin: Evidence for Secretory Granule Membrane Recycling in Cultured Adrenal Chromaffin Cell. Cell. Biol. Int. Rep. 5(10): 953-962, 1981.

     

  3. Corcoran, J. J., F. A. Lattanzio, Jr., R. W. Rubin and B. C. Pressman: Subcellular Fractions of the Adrenal Medulla. Comparison by Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 707(2): 226-235, 1982.

     

  4. Hinkley, R. E., D. R. Webster and R. W. Rubin: Further Studies on Dividing Sea Urchin Eggs Exposed to the Volatile Anesthetic Halothane. Exp. Cell Res. 141: 491-497, 1982.

     

  5. Kozlovskis, P. L., A. J. Claflin, M. A. Fletcher, E. C. McKinney and R. W. Rubin: Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis of Membrane Proteins from the R3327 Prostate Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res. 42: 2748-2756, 1982.

     

  6. Leonardi, C. L., R. H. Warren and R.W. Rubin: Lack of Tropomyosin Correlates with the Absence of Stress Fibers in Transformed Rat Kidney Cells. Biochim. Biophysica Acta 720: 154-162, 1982.

     

  7. Rubin, R. W., M. Quillen, J. J. Corcoran, R. Ganapathi and A. Krishan: Tubulin as a Major Cell Surface Protein in Human Lymphoid Cells of Leukemic Origin. Cancer Res. 42: 1384-1389, 1982.

     

  8. Rubin, R. W., S. Suchard and I. N. Ozores: Less Membrane-Associated Actin in Transformed Versus Normal Rat Kidney Cells. Cell. Biol. Int. Rep. 6(2): 177-187, 1982.

     

  9. Suchard, S. J., F. A. Lattanzio, Jr., R. W. Rubin and B. C. Pressman: Stimulation of Catecholamine Secretion from Cultured Chromaffin Cells by an Ionophore-Mediated Rise in Intracellular Sodium. J. Cell Biol. 94: 531-539, 1982.

     

  10. Bourguignon, L. Y., R. W. Rubin and A. Krishan: Cell Cycle Dependent Receptor Capping in Mouse Leukemic Cells. Cell Biol. Int. Rep. 7(2): 109-119, 1983.

     

  11. Carraway, C. A., G. Jung, J. R. Craik, R. W. Rubin and K. L. Carraway: Identification of a Cytoskeleton-Associated Glycoprotein from Isolated Microvilli of a Mammary Ascites Tumor. Exp. Cell Res. 143(2): 303-308, 1983.

     

  12. Rubin, R. W. and C. L. Leonardi: Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Membrane Proteins. Methods Enzymol. 96: 184-192, 1983.

     

  13. Rubin, R. W. and N. C. Penneys: Subpicogram Analysis of Sweat Proteins Using Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. Anal. Biochem. 131: 520-524, 1983.

     

  14. Cooksey, B., K. E. Cooksey, C. A. Miller, J. H. Paul, R. W. Rubin and D. R. Webster: The Attachment of Microfouling Diatoms. In Marine Biodeterioration: An Interdisciplinary Study (J. D. Coslow and R. C. Tipper, eds.), pp. 167-171, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1984.

     

  15. Kozlovskis, P. L., J. D. Silver, R. W. Rubin, S. S. Wong, M. S. Gaide, A. L. Bassett, J. S. Cameron and R. J. Myerberg: Regional Variations in Myosin Heavy Chain Concentration After Healing of Experimental Myocardial Infarction in Cats. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 16(6): 559-566, 1984.

     

  16. Penneys, N. S., J. Haft and R. Rubin: Electrophoretic Patterns of Proteins in Cystic Fibrosis Sweat. J. Invest. Dermatol. 83: 238-239, 1984.

     

  17. Rubin, R. W., A. K. Lyubkin and B. C. Pressman: Comparison of the Protein Content of Three Different Bovine Secretory Granule Membrane Types: A Search for Exocytosis-Specific Shared Proteins. J. Cell Biol. 99(1 Pt. 1): 356-360, 1984.

     

  18. Quillen, M., C. Castello, A. Krishan and R. W. Rubin: Cell Surface Tubulin in Leukemic Cells: Molecular Structure, Surface Binding, Turnover, Cell Cycle Expression, and Origin. J. Cell Biol. 101(6): 2345-2354, 1985.

     

  19. Lampidis, T. J., K. W. Trevorrow and R. W. Rubin: Effects of Colchicine on Cardiac Cell Function Indicate Possible Role for Membrane Surface Tubulin. Exp. Cell Res. 164: 463-470, 1986.

     

  20. Lampidis, T. J., D. Kolonias, N. Savaraj and R. W. Rubin: Cardiostimulatory and Antiarrhythmic Activity of Tubulin-Binding Agents. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89: 1256-1260, 1992.
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