Prof. Kevin F. Sullivan

Career History
1978 B.A. (Pharmacology), University of California, Santa Barbara CA
1983, Ph.D. ( Biochemistry), University of California, Santa Barbara,CA
1983-1986, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.    (Laboratory of Dr. Don W. Cleveland)
1986-1989, Assistant Member, Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.
1989-1991, Assistant Member, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA.
1991- 1997, Assistant Member, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.
1997- 2006, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.
2006 - present, Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Research Interests

Key Recent Publications
Zeitlin, S.G., Shelby, R.D. and Sullivan, K.F. (2001). CENP-A is phosphorylated by Aurora B kinase and plays an unexpected role in completion of cytokinesis. J. Cell Biol. 155, 1147-1158.

Cleveland DW, Mao Y, Sullivan KF.   (2003) Centromeres and kinetochores: from epigenetics to mitotic checkpoint signaling. Cell 112, 407-421. [Review]

Kelling J, Sullivan K , Wilson L, Jordan MA. (2003 ) Suppression of centromere dynamics by Taxol in living osteosarcoma cells. Cancer Res. 63, 2794-2801.

Full publication list

Positions available
PhD and postdoc positions are available. Please contact Prof. Kevin F. Sullivan for details.

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