Richard (Dick) Davis
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
RNA Bioscience Initiative
University of Colorado School of Medicine
E-mail: richard.davis@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 720-384-3644


Education 

Academic appointments

Other professional positions

Honors, special recognitions and awards

Bibliography
(see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/47297289/?sort=date&direction=descending)

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Selected Other Reviews or Commentaries

Book Chapters

Review and referee work 
Grant review committees and study sections 

Service as ad hoc reviewer for journals 
Developmental Cell, Molecular Cell, Current Biology, PLoS Genetics, Plos Pathogens, PNAS, Cell Reports, Journal of Biological Chemistry, RNA, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Genome Research, Genome Biology, Journal of Molecular Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, BMC Molecular Biology, BMC Genomics, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Trends in Genetics, Trends in Parasitology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, International Journal of Parasitology, Experimental Parasitology, and others

International Meeting Organizer
2016-2023, Parasitic Helminths: New Perspectives in Biology and Infection, Hydra, Greece

Selected Invited seminars and lectures (since ~2013)
National and International Invited Talks

Grants
Research Grant support 
NIH, NIAID, R01 AI114054, 08/20/2015 – 01/31/2021, “Chromatin Diminution in Nematodes”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R01-AI049558, 8/01/2006 – 05/31/2017, “Cap-interacting proteins in metazoan trans-splicing”, PI                             
NIH, NIAID, R21-AI098421, 2/3/12 – 1/31/14, “Chromatin diminution in Ascaris”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R03-AI080805, 2/6/09 – 1/31/12, “Structural analysis of helminth mRNA cap-binding proteins”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R21-AI078087, 6/2/08 – 5/31/11, “Small RNA discovery and analysis in Ascaris”, PI
Ellison Medical Foundation, ID-IA-0037, 8/1/02 – 7/31/06, “Development of Molecular Genetic Tools for Parasitic Helminths”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R01-AI049558 7/25/00 – 6/31/05, “In vivo analysis of SL addition in Ascaris embryos”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R15-AI043300, 7/01/98 – 6/31/01, “Ascaris mRNA processing: exon/intron definition and cap”, PI
NIH, NIAID, R15-AI039714, 7/01/95 – 6/31/98, "Trans-splicing and primary transcripts in Ascaris", PI
NIH, NIAID, R15-AI032709, 6/01/92 – 5/31/96, "Trans-splicing in parasitic flatworms”, PI

Training Grant Support
NIH, NIADDK, F32-AM007086, 2/1/83 – 1/31/86, “Study of the OPRTase-ODCase Complex and Gene(s)”, Post-doctoral Award 

Major Committee and Service Responsibilities
National
NIH, Pathogenic Eukaryotes Study Section (NIAID), Permanent Member, 2010 - 2014
NSF, Chatauqua Molecular Biology Short Courses, 1991 - 1994

International
Organizing Committee for the annual international meeting on Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminths, 2016-present
Marine Biological Laboratories Sponsored Summer Programs, Wood's Hole, MA,
Instructor, Molecular Biology Section, "Biology of Parasitism : Modern Approaches".
August 3-16, 1992
July 19-31, 1993
Lecturer, 2007

University of Colorado School of Medicine
Co-Director and Director of the RNA Bioscience Initiative (Transformation Award) – 2016 to 2020
Strategic Infrastructure for Research Committee, 2014 to 2017, Committee Chair, 2016-2017
Faculty Senate, 2008 - 2010

Departmental - Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Promotions Committee, 2013 to present
Faculty Grant Review Committee, 2011 to present
Faculty Mentor
·       Jay Hesselberth, 2010 to 2021
·       Aaron Johnson, 2012 to 2021
·       Olivia Rissland, 2016 to 2021
·       Matt Taliaferro, 2016 to 2021
Faculty Search Committees, 2009, 2010, 2014-2017
MSTP Admissions Committee, 2013 – 2015
School of Medicine, Graduate Core Course Revision, 2013 and 2008 - 2009
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Program
Admissions Committee, 2007 - 2010
Curriculum Committee, 2007 - 2010
Molecular Biology Program
Curriculum Committee, 2010 – 2013
Faculty Admission Committee – 2014 - 2017
Structural Biology Program
Faculty Membership and Recruitment Committee, 2012 to 2016

City University of New York Graduate Center
Bioinformatics Advisor, 2000- 2004 
Faculty Search Committees, 2000- 2004 
Curriculum Committee, 2000- 2004 

Fordham University
Biology Club Advisor and Faculty Sponsor, 1995 - 1999

San Francisco State University
Chair, Radiation Safety Committee, 1993 - 1995
Faculty Search Committees, 1990 - 1995
Cell and Molecular Biology Advisor, 1990 - 1995

UC SChool of Medicine Graduate Program Member and Participation

Teaching Record
University of Colorado School of Medicine

City University of New York (College of Staten Island) (2000-2004)

Fordham University (1995-1999)

San Francisco State University (1990-1994)

Local K-12 Educational Community Service

Research Teaching/Mentoring

Other Mentoring
Formal Post-Doctoral and K99 Committees

Formal Faculty Mentoring

Trainees (Primary)

Past/Current Trainees

Predoc or Postdoc

Training Period

Prior Academic        Degree/Year/Institute

Current Position
or
Source of Support

Past

 

 

 

 

Jianbin Wang

Postdoc,
Research
Professor

10/08 to 2/20

PhD, 2006, Zhejiang University, Watson Institute of Genome Sciences and Bejing Institute of Genomics, China

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Weizhi Liu

Postdoc

12/06 – 5/10

PhD, 2006, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, 
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professor
Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology
College of Marine Life Science
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China

Guofeng Cheng

Postdoc

12/04 – 3/07

PhD, 2004, Shanghai Research Center for Animal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Professor
Tongji University
China

Sabbi Lall

Postdoc

11/02 – 5/04

PhD, 1999, University of Oxford

Director of Scientific Planning
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Editor, Cell Reports (Cell Press)

Maxim Zagoskin

Postdoc

6/16 to 8/20

PhD, 2010. Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Associate, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Yubin Zhang

Postdoc

6/01 – 1/03

PhD, 1998, China Pharmaceutical University

Professor
China Pharmaceutical University

Yuanyuan Kang

Postdoc

9/13 to 11/17

PhD, 2013, University of Florida and Jilin University, China

Research Associate, Harvard Medical School

Shenghan Gao

Postdoc

9/16 to 10/17

PhD, 2016, Beijing Institute of Genomics

Research Associate, Beijing Institute of Genomics

Ashley Neff

Postdoc

9/13 to 12/15

PhD, 2013, Colorado State University

Maternity Leave/ Raising Children

Julianne Garrey

Postdoc

8/10 to 10/13

PhD, 2007, University of Oregon

Maternity Leave/Raising Children

Giovana Veronezi

Technician

7/17 – 8/20

M.S. University of Campinas, Brazil

Graduate School, University of Colorado, School of Medicine

Leah Cohen

Technician

9/01 – 9/04

M.S. University of New York at Albany

Research Associate, Chemistry, CUNY Staten Island

Cassandra Friedman

MS

1/-01 – 7/04

B.S. Biology, CUNY Staten Island

City University of New York
Lab support technician

Scott Hodgson

MS

9/93– 5/99

B.S. Biology – Chico State University

New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Forensics Criminalist IV

Christopher Botka

MS

9/92 – 6/96

 

Director of Research Computing and Chief Technology Officer, Harvard Medical School

Hardeep Singh

MS

9/91 - 1/94

 

Affymetrics (last known)

Cara Hardwick

MS

9/92 -5/95

 

Genentech (last known)

Nancy Robinson

MS

991 - 9/94

 

Geron (last known)