Curriculum Vitae
Daniel P Kiehart
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Rm. 4330 French Family Science Center
Box 90338919-613-8157, 919-613-8150, 919-613-8151 (office) 
(email)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship (Thomas D. Pollard, Advisor) Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1982
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (Shinya Inoue, Advisor), 1979
- Areas of Research
Biophysical approaches to cellular, molecular and developmental biology
- Areas of Interest
- morphogenesis
wound healing
motor protein structure and function
cytoskeleton
molecular structure
phylogeny of gene families
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
- Chair, Department of Biology, July 01, 2007 - present
- Professor, Department of Biology, July 2000 to present
- Duke University Medical Center
- Professor, Department of Cell Biology, July 2000 to present
- Duke Unversity Medical Center
- Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, 1992-2000
- Harvard University
- Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, 1988-92
- Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, 1984-88
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, 1982-84
- Professional Service
- Major Advisor
- Major Advisor for ca. 12 Biology Undergraduates, September, 2000 - present
- Chair, Developmental, Cell and Molecular Faculty Search Committee, August, 2004 - May, 2005
- PreMajor Advisor
- Provost's IGSP Review Committee, December, 2007 - January, 2008
- Speaker, MD-Ph.D. Program, November 01, 2007
Research in the Department of Biology - Speaker, CMB Program, October 02, 2007
Research in the Department of Biology - Structural Biology and Biophysics Admissions Committee, 2006 - 2007
- Provost's Molecular/Cellular Imaging Working Group, October, 2005 - December, 2005
- Provost's Science Across Scales Working Group, October, 2005 - December, 2005
- Chair, Chancellor's and Provost's Review Committee for R. Sanders Williams, Dean School of Medicine, May, 2005 - September, 2005
- Dept Officer
- Chair, July 01, 2007 - present
- Dept Committee
- Steering Committee, September, 2006 - present
- Committee Member, Infrastructure Steering Committee, 2003 to present
- Faculty Reader for honors student theses, 2000 - present
- Curriculum Committee, September, 2006 - June 30, 2007
- Promotion Review Committee, Biology, July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
- Cellular Systems Search Committee, October, 2006 - June, 2007
- Faculty Review Committee, Danieli Armaleo, December, 2006 - March, 2007
- Chair, Professors of the Practice and Lecturers Review Committee, December, 2006 - February, 2007
- Faculty Review Committee, Sonke Johnsen, June, 2006 - October, 2006
- Department of Mathematics, Math Biology Search Committee, December, 2005 - May, 2006
- Molecular Systems Search Committee, October, 2005 - May, 2006
- committee member, Strategic Planning Committee, January, 2004 - December, 2005
- Committee Member, 2003-2004 Faculty Search Committee, September, 2003 - May, 2004
- Chair, Seminar Committee, 2000-2001, 2001-2002
- Univ Committee
- Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty, September, 2006 - February, 2007
- Provost's Advisory Committee on the Provost's Lecture Series, July, 2005 - May, 2006
- Committee member, Provost's Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure, undefined, 2001 - June, 2005
- Department of Biology Representative, Graduate Program in Nanosciences, September, 2003 - May, 2004
- Chancellor's Search Committee, undefined, 2003 - May, 2004
Appointed by President Keohane to serve on the University Committee appointed to select the replacement for Chancellor Snyderman - Committee Member, Department of Biology Chair Search Committee, September, 2001 - May, 2002
- Papers Refereed
- Panel Member, Letter of Intent Selection Committee, Human Frontiers in Science, Strasbourg, France, 2004 - present
- Referee, Referee for Cell, Developmental Cell, Molecular Cell, Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science-USA, Mechanisms of Development,, 2000 - present
- External Review Committee, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, June 18, 2006 - June 20, 2006
- Univ Services
- Speaker, Office of Postdoctoral Services, October 31, 2007
Symposium on "Negotiating a Faculty Job Offer"
- Dept Services
- Co-Director (With Rick Fehon), Director since 2005, Model System Genomics, 2001 - present
- Committee Member, Promotion Committee for Rick Fehon, July, 2003 - December, 2003
- Editorial Boards
- Editor, Human Frontiers in Science Journal, July, 2006 - present
- Grant Panels
- Member, CSF Study Section, NIH, February, 2007 - present
- Panel member, NIH BRT (Training Grant Review Panel), July, 2001 - July, 2005
- Vice-chair, Human Frontiers in Science Program Grant Panel, 2003
- Member, Human Frontiers in Science Grant Review Panel, February, 2000 - February, 2003
- Service to the Community
- Committee member, Search for Cell Physiology Directors Subcommittee, Marine Biological Laboratory, Education Committee, 2000 to present (subcommittee 2003)
- Committee Member, American Society for Cell Biology, Public Policy Committee, 2000 to present
- Organizing Committee, Carolina Biophysical Symposium, September, 2007 - November, 2008
- Faculty Panel Discussant, RCR Workshop for Natural Sciences and Engineering, January 3, 2004
- Selected Recent Invited Talks
- Biophysics of Tissue Morphogenesis: Genetic, Molecular Genetic and Pharmacological Investigation of Drosophila Dorsal Closure, Department of Develomental and Molecular Biology, May 06, 2008
- Biophysical, Genetic and Pharmacological Analysis of Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure as a Model System, Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, April 22, 2008
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Morphogenesis, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 7th Annual Retreat and Symposium “Molecullar Motors in Cell Biology”. Andrew P. Somlyo Lecturer, November 12, 2007
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Cell Sheet Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure as a Model System, Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Research Retreat (sponsored by Department of Biology McGill University, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Universite de Montreal; and Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Universite de Montreal. June 11-13, Mont Gabriel, Ste-Adele, Canada., June 13, 2007
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of the Forces that Drive Morphogenesis, Blaffer Seminar Series, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, April 10, 2007
- Genetic Analysis of Cell Sheet Morphogenesis, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Technologicas (Ciemat), Madrid, Spain. International workshop on cellular and genomic studies of wound healing, February 22, 2007
- Force Generation by Myosins During Morphogenesis, 2006 Biophysical Discussions, Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA, October 22, 2006
- Interdisciplinary Research, Human Frontier Science Program Annual Meeting, Paris, France, July 03, 2006
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Morphogenesis, Carnegie Mellon University, April 12, 2006
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Morphogenesis, British Society of Cell Biology and British Society of Developmental Biology Annual Meeting, York, England, March 21, 2006
- Motors for Morphogenesis: Tales of Two Myosins, North Carolina State University, March 13, 2006
- Myosins Motor Morphogenesis to Close a Hole and Make a Hair, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, February 15, 2006
- Biophysical, Genetic and Cell Biological Analysis of Morphogenesis, Duke Department of Cell Biology Retreat, September 24, 2005
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Dorsal Closure Points to a Myosin Motor that Mediates Multiple, Redundant Forces for Morphogenesis, 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Motile & Contractile Systems, July 11, 2005 [htm]
- Human Frontier Science Program, June, 2005
- Imaging and Visualization of Morphogenesis In Vivo, Duke Frontiers 2005, May 10, 2005
- Cellular and Molecular Basis of Morphogenesis, Developmental Biology Group, May 06, 2005
- crinkled encodes an unconventional myosin, Mill Seminar Series, University of Iowa, May 05, 2005
- Imaging Drosophila Development, Workshop Speaker, American Association of Anatomists, San Diego, CA, April 02, 2005
- Morphogenesis: Biophysics and Genetics of Dorsal Closure, Symposium Speaker, 49th Annual Meeting Biophysical Society, Long Beach, CA, February 16, 2005
- Dan Kiehart, Cincinnati, 8 January 2005
- Tails of 3 Myosins: Diverse Biological Function Depends on Actin Based Motor Proteins, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 8 January 2005
- Morphogenesis: Biophysics and Genetics of Dorsal Closure, Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 6 January 2005
- Tails of 3 Myosins, Duke University Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, November 01, 2004
- Biophysical Studies on Dorsal Closure, Inoue Symposium, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA, July 08, 2004
- Morphogenesis: Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Dorsal Closure, Dept. Cell Biology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, May 20, 2004
- Tails of 3 Myosins: Contractility for Diverse Biological Functions, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, May 14, 2004
- Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Morphogenesis, Department of Biology, University of Tokyo, May 13, 2004
- Morphogenesis: Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Dorsal Closure, Developmental Biology Program, University of Cincinnati, May 5, 2004
- Morphogenesis: Biophysical and Genetic Analysis of Dorsal Closure, Developmental Biology Program, University of Cincinnati, May 05, 2004
- Morphogenesis: Biophysics and Genetics of Dorsal Closure, Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 12, 2004
- crinkled/myoVIIA Function in Drosophia morphogenesis and hearing, Annual American Society for Cell Biology Meetings, San Francisco, CA, 13 December 2003
- Musings on the Mechanisms of Morphogenesis: Modeling Movement and a Myosin Motor, Duke University Thursday Series, Duke University, 16 October 2003
- Modeling Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure, EMBO/FEBS Workshop on Frontiers in Cytoskeleton Research, Gosnau, Austria, 16 September 2003
- Duke University Nanosciences Symposium, Searle Center, Duke University, May 2003
- Modeling Morphogenesis: Laser Microsurgery, Mechanical Jump Experiments and Analysis of Mutants Reveal the Origin of Forces for Dorsal Closure, Keystone Meeting on the Dynamics of Cellular Organizqation, Taos, NM, 26 February 2003
- Modeling Morphogenesis, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 15 February 2003
- Modeling Morphogenesis, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 19 November 2002
- Dorsal Closure, 11th Annual Symposium on Egg to Organ Series, U of MN, St. Paul, MN, 29 September 2002
- Euresco Conference on Cellular and Molecular Basis of Regeneration, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 31 August 2002
- Santa Cruz Conference on Developmental Biology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 15 August 2002
- Cell Sheet Morphogenesis, Pollard 60th Birthday Reunion, Yale University, 29 June 2002
- Quantitative Modeling of Cell Sheet Morphogenesis, Department of Physics, Duke University (Joint with Glenn Edwards), 4 June 2002
- Morphogenesis in Drosophila Dorsal Closure, Department of Biology, New York University, 15 April 2002
- International Workshop on Cytoskeleton in Cell Motility, Division and Polarity, National Centre for Biological Science, Bangalore, India, 5 March 2002
- Biophysical, Genetic and Pharmacological Analysis of Morphogenesis: Dorsal Closure as a Model System, Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, April 22, 2008
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Josef D. Franke, (December, 1999 - May, 2005)
- Marc Champagne, (January, 1994 - November, 2004)
- Publications (listed separately)
Last modified: 2008/04/29
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