Susan E. Arruda
Associate Professor of Biology
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, 1998-2004
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1994-1998
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Biology major, Biochemistry concentration
COURSES TAUGHT
- BI102: General Biology II
- BI211: Genetics
- BI212: Cellular Biology
- BI329: Biology of Cancer
- CH321: Biochemistry (laboratory)
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS
- Genetics and molecular biology
- Cell signaling
- Protein biochemistry
- Drosophila melanogaster
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Memberships
- Genetics Society of America
- American Society for Cell Biology
- Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NEAAHP); 2008-2015
Conferences Attended
- New Hampshire Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE) Annual Meeting; 2011-2017
- Bioinformatics Workshop (Dartmouth Medical School); 2017
Grants Received
- New Hampshire Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE) Pilot Grant; 2010 - 2015
- New Hampshire Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE) Research Training Funds; 2015 - present
Service
- Faculty Affairs Committee; 2014 - present
- Biology Department Coordinator; 2013 - present
- Health Sciences Advisory Committee; 2017 - present
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2012-Present: Member of Sigma Zeta, National Science and Mathematics Honor Society
- 2002: Ryan Fellow, Dartmouth College
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications
Brendan A. Gavin, Susan E. Arruda, Patrick J. Dolph. (2007). The Role of Carcinine in Signaling at the Drosophila Photoreceptor Synapse. PLoS Genetics 3, 2358-2367.
Susan E. Arruda and Patrick J. Dolph. (2003). Cloning of the pawn locus from Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 310, 169-173.
Abstract: Arruda, S.E. and P.J. Dolph. (2001). An allele of pawn disrupts phototransduction in Drosophila. Bellen, Taylor, 2001:119. www.fruitfly.org
Presentations
New Hampshire Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE)
Annual Meeting Poster Presentations; 2011-2015
NCRR National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE)
Biennial Meeting, Washington, DC; Featured Poster Presentation; 2012
