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CURRICULUM VITAE
WALTON MALCOLM BYRNES |
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING |
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1994-1996 |
Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York |
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1994 |
Ph.D. in
Biochemistry, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge |
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1981 |
B.S. in Chemistry,
Xavier
University of Louisiana, New Orleans |
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EXPERIENCE |
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2008-Present |
Associate Professor, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Howard
University, Washington, D.C. Member of the Graduate Faculty since 2002. |
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2001-2008 |
Assistant Professor, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard University College of Medicine |
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1999-2001 |
Research Scientist,
Biochemical Science
Division, Chemical Sciences and Technology Laboratory, National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD |
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1996-1999 |
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry Department,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
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1994-1996 |
Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of
Prof.
Robert E. Oswald, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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1988-1994 |
Doctoral Candidate in the laboratory of
Prof.
Simon H. Chang, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge |
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Dissertation Title: The Structural
Basis for Kinetic and Allosteric Differences between Two Bacterial
Phosphofructokinases (PFKs) |
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1981-1988 |
Chemistry and Physics Teacher at Gonzaga
High School in Washington, D.C. (1986-1988); Chemistry Instructor at
St. John’s College
in Belize City, Belize, Central America (1984-1986); Teaching Assistant for the general
chemistry lecture and biochemistry laboratory courses at the University
of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, IL (1982-1984); Analytical and organic chemistry
Laboratory Instructor at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans
(1981-1982) |
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HONORS AND AWARDS
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2004, 2006 |
Howard University Faculty Merit Award |
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2001-2003 |
Howard University New Faculty Research
Award |
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1995 |
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
(individual NRSA) |
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1994 |
Robert S. and Louise P. Allen Award, given
annually to the outstanding Biochemistry graduate student at Louisiana
State University |
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1981 |
graduated summa cum laude (GPA 4.0/4.0)
with distinction in English from Xavier University |
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
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Sigma Xi,
Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM), American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
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