Research Interests

My research interests focus on scientific teaching and improving undergraduate biology education. My interests in improving undergraduate experience focus on (1) increasing student support through implementation and pedagogical development of undergraduate peer mentors to support student learning, and (2) strengthening student scientific communication skills in alignment with Vision and Change. Having a biochemistry and general chemistry education background, I am also focused on integrated biology and chemistry for freshmen, and designing and measuring the effectiveness of activities and labs that are centered around the interdisciplinary of biology and chemistry.

Laboratory Science: My earlier research interests were focused on how viral infection altered the kinetic rates of metabolic pathways of the host cell.
 

Selected Publications

• DeVito, S., McDuell, A., McCollom, A., & Sykes, J. (2024). Implementing a Podcast Project to Introduce Introductory STEM Students to Science Communication. Journal of College Science Teaching, 53(4), 390–395. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2024.2366101
• DeVito SR. 2021. Targeting misconceptions in the central dogma by examining viral infection. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2021.31
• DeVito, SR, Ortiz-Riañ o E, Martí nez-Sobrido L, Munger J. Cytomegalovirus-mediated activation of pyrimidine biosynthesis drives UDP-sugar synthesis to support viral protein glycosylation. PNAS. 2014 Dec 16;111(50):18019-18024. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415864111
• Ortiz-Riañ o E, Ngo N, Devito SR, Eggink D, Munger J, Shaw ML, de la Torre JC, Martí nez-Sobrido. 2013. Inhibition of Arenavirus by A3, a pyrimidine biosynthesis inhibitor. J. Virol. 2014, Jan; 88(2): 878-8 89. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02275-13
• Guo S, Olm-Shipman A, Walters A, Urciuoli WR, Devito SR, Nadtochiy SM, Wojtovich AP, Brookes PS. 2012. A cell-based phenotypic assay to identify cardioprotective agents. Circ Res. 110(7): 948-957. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.263715