Christopher Presloid
Education
B.S. – Pennsylvania State University, Berks
Ph.D. – University of Delaware
Teaching
BISC217 – Introductory Biology I Laboratory – Integrated with Chemistry
BISC218 – Introductory Biology II Laboratory – Integrated with Chemistry
Research Interests/Biography
Dr. Christopher J. Presloid is a member of the teaching team that concentrates on the integrated introductory biology and chemistry course sequence for college of arts and sciences, and life science majors. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, with a focus on Molecular Biology from Penn State University, Berks campus. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences with a focus on Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Delaware.
Dr. Presloid’s research interests focus on protein recognition and degradation including but not limited to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. With the ISLL team he is focussed on developing active learning opportunities with students, and has an interest in improving scientific communication.
Selected Publications
- Christopher J Presloid, Jialiu Jiang, Patrick C Beardslee, Thomas Swayne, Robert T Sauer, Karl R Schmitz. ClpS Directs Degradation of N-Degron Substrates With Primary Destabilizing Residues in Myclolicibacterium smegmatis. Molecular Microbiology 2024, 123 (1), 16–30.
- Patrick C Beardslee, Gaury Dhamdhere, Jialiu Jiang, Emmanuel C Ogbonna, Christopher J Presloid, Monika Prorok, Priyanka Bheemreddy, Christian D Sullivan, Jennifer C Vorn, Karl R Schmitz. Clp Proteases. 2021. Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry III, Vol: 3, Page: 292-306.
- Shannon L Nowotarski, Robert P Feehan, Christopher Presloid, Lisa M Shant. Knockout of Raptor destabilizes ornithine decarboxylase mRNA and decreases binding of HuR to the ODC transcript in cells exposed to ultraviolet-B irradiation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Nov 10;505(4):1022-1026.
