CURRICULUM
VITAE
IRIS
JANE TURKENKOPF
| Office: Villa | Home - 7 Meadow View Drive |
| Mount Saint Mary College | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12603 |
| 330 Powell Avenue |
(845) 462-7483 |
| Newburgh, NY 12550 | |
| (845) 569-3128 | |
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EDUCATION |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
| Ph.D. in Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY | American Society for Nutritional Sciences |
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M.Ph. in Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| .M.S. in Biology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY | New York Academy of Science |
| B.S. in Biology, Brooklyn, C.U.N.Y., Brooklyn, NY | North American Association for the Study of Obesity |
| Council on Undergraduate Research |
HONORS |
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New York State Regents College Scholarship |
| New York State Teaching Fellowship |
| Teaching Assistantship from Vassar College |
| Cum laude graduate of Brooklyn College |
| NSF Chataugua Short Course for College Teachers |
| NSF Science Faculty Professional Development Award |
| Graduate Research Assistantship - Columbia University |
| Finalist in American Institute of Nutrition Graduate Student Competition - Travel Award |
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS |
| 1991 - 94 Chairperson, Division of Natural Sciences, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1990 - Member of National Institutes of Health Special Study Section - "Genetic and Metabolic Aspects of Obesity" |
| 1989 -91 Coordinator of Biology and Medical Technology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1987 - Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1987 - 93 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
| 1985 - 87 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
| 1983 - 89 Chairperson, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1982 - 87 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1981 - 84 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
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1980 - 81 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University |
| 1979 - 81 Research Associate, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
| 1977 - 82 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1978 - 81 Graduate Student, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University |
| 1974 - 77 Instructor, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College |
| 1973 - 74 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
| 1971 - 72 Lecturer, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Vassar College |
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1970 - Part-time Instructor, Department of Biology, Dutchess Community College |
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1968 - 72 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Ann Gounaris, Vassar College |
| 1967 - 68 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Anita Zorzoli, Vassar College |
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1965 - 67 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Vassar College |
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1964 - 65 Part-time Research Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Clara Blake, Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y. |
PUBLICATIONS |
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1) Zorzoli, A., Turkenkopf, I.J., Mueller, V.L, Gluconeogenesis in developing rat kidney cortex. Biochemical Journal 111:181, 1969. |
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2) Gounaris, A.D., Turkenkopf, I.J., Buckwald, S., Young, A., Pyruvate Decarboxylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry,246:1302, 1971. |
| 3) Gounaris, A.D., Turkenkopf, I.J., Civerchia, L.L., Greenlie, J.,Pyruvate Decarboxylase III. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta,405:492, 1975. |
| 4) Turkenkopf, I.J., Olsen, J.L., Moray, L., Greenwood, M.R.C., and Johnson, P.R., Hepatic Lipogenesis in the Preobese Zucker Rat. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 164:530-533, 1980. |
| 5) Turkenkopf, I.J., The Role of the Liver and the Pancreas in the Development of Obesity in the Preobese Zucker Rat. Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia University, 1981. |
| 6) Turkenkopf, I.J., Johnson, P.R., Greenwood, M.R.C., Development of Pancreatic and Plasma Insulin in Prenatal and Suckling Zucker Rats. Am. J. of Physiology 242 (Endocrinol Metab. 5): E220-E225, 1982. |
| 7) Turkenkopf, I.J., Maggio, C.A., Greenwood, M.R.C., Effect of High Fat Weaning Diets Containing Either Medium-Chain Triglycerides or Long-Chain Triglycerides on the Development of Obesity in the Zucker Rat. J. Nutrition 112:1254-1263, 1982. |
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8) Greenwood, M.R.C., and Turkenkopf, I.J., Genetic and Metabolic Aspects. Contemporary Issues in Clinical Nutrition, Volume 4; Obesity, ed. by M.R.C. Greenwood, Churchill Livingstone, New York,1983. |
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9) Goldstein, A.L., Greenwood, M.R.C., Johnson, P.R., Palmer, J.E., Turkenkopf I.J., and Francendese, A., Adipoblasts from the Zucker(fafa) Rat. Int. J. Obesity, 9(1):55-60, 1985. |
| 10) Turkenkopf, I.J., Chow, G., East-Palmer, J., Greenwood, M.R.C., and Johnson, P.R., Regional and Genotypic Differences in Stromal-Vascular Cells from Obese and Lean Zucker Rats. Int. J. Obesity, 12(6):515-524, 1988. |
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11) Johnson, P.R., Rosen, B., Turkenkopf, I.J., Ree, H., Spiegelman, B., and M.R.C. Greenwood. Reduced Adipsin mRNA and Circulating Adipsin Protein are Modulated by Adrenal Steroids in Genetically Obese Zucker Rats. Am. J. Physiol., 259:R184-188, 1990. |
| 12) Turkenkopf, I.J., Kava, R.A., Feldweg, A, Horowitz, C., Greenwood, M.R.C., and P.R. Johnson. Zucker and Wistar Diabetic Fatty rats show different response to adrenalectomy. Am. J. Physiology, 261 (Reg. Integ. & Comp.30)R912-919, 1991. |
| 13) Fried, S.K., Turkenkopf, I.J., Goldberg, I.J., Doolittle, M.H., Kirchgessner, T.G., Schotz, M.C., Johnson, P.R. and M.R.C. Greenwood. Mechanisms of increased lipoprotein lipase in fat cells of obese Zucker rats. Am. J. Physiology, 261(Endocrinol. Metab.24):E653-E660, 1991. |
ABSTRACTS |
| 1) Turkenkopf, I.J., Olsen, J.L., Johnson, P.R., Hepatic Lipogenic Enzyme Activity in the Preobese Zucker Rat, Red. Proc. 38:547, 1979. |
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2) Turkenkopf, I.J., Maggio, C., Jenson, K., Greenwood, M.R.C. High Fat Diets Containing Medium-Chain Triglycerides Lower Lipoprotein Lipase Activity and Reduce Obesity in Young Zucker (fafa) Rats. Presented at Third International Congress on Obesity, Oct., 1980. |
| 3) Turkenkopf, I.J., Maggio, C., Greenwood, M.R.C., Medium-Chain Triglycerides Reduce Weight But Not Obesity in Young (fafa) Rats. Fed. Proc. 40:842, 1981. |
| 4) Turkenkopf, I.J., Johnson, P.R., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Plasma and Pancreatic Insulin in Fetal and Suckling Preobese and Lean Zucker Rats. Endocrinology 108, Supplement: 143, 1981. |
| 5) Turkenkopf, I.J., Chow, G., Goldstein, A.L., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Fatty (fa) Gene Effects in Utero in Zucker Rats. Fed. Proc. 41:459, 1982. |
| 6) Gapp, D.A., Turkenkopf, I.J., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Morphometric Analysis of Inlet Cell Populations in Zucker Fatty Rats. Diabetes, 1982. |
| 7) Turkenkopf, I.J., Chow, G., Palmer, J., Greenwood, M.R.C., and Johnson, P.R., Genotype and Site Differences in Adipoblasts From Zucker Rats in Primary Culture. Fed. Proc. 43:797, 1984. |
| 8) Kava, R., West, D. B., Lukasik, V., Turkenkopf, I.J., and Greenwood, M.R.C., A high Sucrose Diet Impairs Glucose Tolerance in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner in the Wistar Kyoto Fatty (WKY fafa) Rat. 5th International Congress on Obesity, Sept. 14-19, 1986. |
| 9) Holliday, M., East-Palmer, J. and Turkenkopf, I.J., Isolation of RNA from Tissue of Obese and lean Zucker Rats. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Minosymposium, Vassar College, Oct. 1, 1986. |
| 10) Brown, T.E., Lizotte, J., West, D., Kava, R., Turkenkopf, I.J., Stein, L., Brownell, K., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Repeated Dieting in Male Rats Fails to Suppress High Fat Induced Obesity. Fed. Proc., 1987. |
| 11) Turkenkopf, I.J., Sztalryd, C., East-Palmer, J., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Hypeplastic Potential of Epididymal Fat Pad Studied in Primary Culture. Int. J. Obesity, 11(4):459A, 1987. |
| 12) Turkenkopf, I.J., East-Palmer, J., Tacinelli, M., Holliday, M., Johnson, P.R., and Greenwood, M.R.C., Growth and Differentiation of Stromal-Vascular Cells from Obese and Lean Zucker Rats in Primary Culture Using Serum-free Medium. Int. J. Obesity, 13(3):409, 1989. |
| 13) Feldweg, A., Johnson, P., Turkenkopf, I., and Greenwood, M., Effect of Adrenalectomy on the Zucker Rat. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Minisymposium, Vassar College, Sept. 14, 1988. |
| 14) Francis, A., East-Palmer, J., Greenwood, M.R.C., and Turkenkopf, I.J., Growth and Differentiation of Adipose Precursors from Three Different Fat Depots of Sprague-Dawley Rats in Serum and Serum-free Media. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Minisymposium, Vassar College, Sept. 14, 1988. |
| 15) Kava, R., Horowitz, C., Feldweg, A., Turkenkopf, I., Johnson, P., and M.R.C. Greenwood. Short-term Effects of Adrenalectomy and Adiposity, Glycemia and Glucose Tolerance in Obese and Lean Zucker Rats. FASEB J. 3(3):A356, 1989. |
| 16) Turkenkopf, I., Feldweg, A., Kava, R., East-Palmer, J., Johnson, P., and M.R.C. Greenwood. Adrenectomy Decreases Adiposity and Alters Cellularity in a Depot and Strain Dependent Manner in Obese Wistar Fatty and Zucker Rats. NAASO Abstract, 1989. |
| 17) Kava, R., Horowitz, C., Wojnar, Z., Turkenkopf, I., Johnsoh, P.R and M.R.C. Greenwood, Adrenalectomy Alters Glucose Homeostasis in a Strain-dependent Manner in Zucker and Wistar Fatty Rats. NAASO Abstract, 1989. |
| 18) Ree, H.K., Turkenkopf, I., Tacinelli, M., Kava, R., Johnson, P.R. and M.R.C. Greenwood, Adrenalectomy Increases Level of Adiposin mRNA in Adipose Tissue of Obese Zucker Rats. NAASO Abstract, 1989. |
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19) Olszewski, L., Brown, J., Turkenkopf, I., and M.R.C. Greenwood. Lipolytic Rates of Lactating Versus Non-lactating Rats and the Effects of Adenosine Deaminase on Lipolysis. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Mini-symposium, Oct. 4, 1989. |
| 20) Fried, S.K., Turkenkopf, I., Goldberg, I.J., Doolittle, M.,BenZeer, O., Schotz, M.C., and M.R.C. Greenwood. Lipoprotein Lipase Synthesis and Degradation in Adipocytes from Lean and Obese Zucker Rats. FASEB J. 4(4):A917, 1990. |
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21) Turkenkopf, I., Kava, R., Ree, H., Johnson, P.R. and M.R.C. Greenwood. Levels of hepatic PEP-CK mRNA reflect strain differences between Wistar Diabetic Fatty and Zucker rats. Int. J.Obesity 14(Supp. 2): 41, 1990. |
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22) Susskind, K., Turkenkopf, I. and R. Kava. The effects of adrenalectomy on hepatic enzymes in Zucker and Wistar Diabetic Fatty rats. Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Mini-Symposium, Vassar College, Oct. 3, 1990. |
REVIEWS |
| 1) For BioScience - A book review of "Nutrition and Nutritional Disease: The Evolution of Concepts" by Karl Y. Guggenheim, 1982. |
| 2) Peer Reviewer for the International Journal of Obesity, 1986. |
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3) Peer Reviewer for Hormones and Metabolic Research, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 1989. |
| 4) Peer Reviewer for Journal of Nutrition, 1990. |
| 5) Peer Reviewer for Obesity Research, 1993. |
COLLEGE SERVICE |
| Chairperson of Science Facilities Committee, 2000- |
| Chairperson of Task Force on Traditional Undergraduate Programs, Long Range Plan 2000-2005 |
| Prepared and submitted NSF, CCLI/DUE/A&I proposal, 1999 |
| Chairperson of Committee on Committees, 1999-present; Member 1998-present |
| Member of Honors Advisory Board, 1997-present |
| Member of Library Committee, 1997-8 |
| Chairperson of Physical Therapy Advisory Committee, 1995-present |
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Chairperson of Analytical Studies Team, 1995-6; Member 1993-7 |
| Member of Middle States Steering Committee, 1995-7; 1985-6 |
| Member of Long Range Planning team, 1993-7; Subcommitte to revise LRP for 1995-2000. |
| Chairperson of Division of Natural Sciences 1991-94 |
| Chairperson of Promotion and Tenure Committee 1991-92; Member 1990-3 |
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Prepared and submitted NSF, Reserach Careers for Minority Scholars Grant, 1990 |
| Co-Coordinator of Women and Minorities in Science Day, 1989- |
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Coordinator of Biology and Medical Technology 1989-91 |
| Chairperson of Admissions Committee 1988-90; Member 1987-90 |
| Organized Spring 1986 meeting of Mid Hudson Area Biologists at MSMC. |
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Chairperson of Faculty Senate - 1984-85; Member 1982-6 |
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Chairperson of Task Force for the Improvement of Basic Skills, 1983-84 |
| Search Committee for Public Relations Director - 1983 |
| Science Division Ad Hoc Committee on Remediation - 1983 |
| Member of Science Division Sub-committee on Computer Literacy at MSMC |
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Participant in Admissions Office sponsored College Nights - 1982 |
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Member of Academic Standards Committee - 1981-82 |
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Advisor to Tri-Beta Honor Society - 1976-77, 1982-83, 1983-84 |
| Chairperson of Curriculum Committee - 1977-78; Member 1975-8 |
| Organized and Chaired Interdivisional Planning Committee for Cancer Seminar at Mount Saint Mary College - 1978 |
| Presentation to Board of Trustees' Academic Programs Committee on Future Programs at the College - 1976 |
| Prepared and submitted N.S.F. equipment grant - 1976 |
| Established chapter of Tri-Beta at College - 1974-75 |
| Chaired divisional sub-committee to investigate possibility of interdisciplinary Biochemistry major - Spring, 1976 |
RESEARCH FUNDING |
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Obesity CORE Center Feasibility Grant, Principle Investigator: The Use of Sodium Butryte and Serum-free Medium to Study the Recruitment and Differentiation of Adipocyte Precursors from Obese and Lean Zucker Rats in Primary Culture - Funded, 1987-88. |
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NICHD Grant, Investigator: Nutrition and Adipocyte Growth and Development (Renewal) - Funded, 1987-90. |