 Dr. Wittung-Stafshede was granted the National Fresenius Award by Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Chemistry Honor Society (2003).
Work Address
Biochemistry & Cell Biology Department, MS-140
Rice University, Houston 77251, Texas
Phone: 713-348-4076
Fax: 713-348-5154
E-mail: pernilla@rice.edu
Educational Record
1988-92
Combined B.S. and M. Sc. Chemical
Engineering, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Master-Thesis advisor: Prof. Andrew Miller, Imperial College, London.
1993-96
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden Thesis Title: Intelligent nucleic acid interactions with peptide nucleic acids and in recombination proteins
1997-98
Post-doctoral fellow California Institute of Technology, Beckman Institute, Pasadena, CA
Topic: Electron-transfer triggered folding of redox proteins
Professional Appointments
1993-1996
Research and Teaching Assistant, Physical Chemistry, Chalmers, with Dr. Bengt Norden
1997-1998
Swedish Technical Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, CalTech, with Dr. Harry B. Gray
1999-
Assistant Professor Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2002-2003
Associate Professor with Tenure Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004-
Associate Professor with Tenure Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX
Associate Professor with Tenure Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX
Biophysical characterization of protein-folding reactions with emphasis on cofactor-binding proteins and proteins that require oligomeric assembly
Honors and Awards
1991 & 1992
Stipend from the Adelbertska Foundation
1993
John Ericson Medal: Awarded the most excellent Chalmers graduate
1994
Lennander's Award
1994 & 1995
Stipends from the Gunvor & Josef Aner Foundation
1997-1998
Technical Research Council, Sweden: Post-Doctoral Fellowship
1998
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
2000
Newcomb College Mortar Board Teaching Award
2000
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2001-
Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry Department, Tulane University
2001
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
2001
Albert Wallin’s Science Award from the Gothenburg Royal Academy of Science and Art
2002
Selected as one of “40 best under 40” in Gambit Weekly Magazine, New Orleans, LA
2003
The National Fresenius Award, by Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Chemistry Honor Society
Research Support
1999-2002
Louisiana Board of Regents LEQSF(1999-02)-RD-A-39 Metalloprotein folding
1999-2000
Co-PI (with V John, M Herman, K Papadopoulos, S Landry), NSF Major Research Instrumentation Grant for NMR upgrade; CTS-9977269
1999
Tulane LAS Centers for Scholars New Orleans Protein Folding Inter Group
2000-2001
ACS-PRF Starter G Grant Folding and assembly of oligomeric protein
2000
Newcomb Foundation Individual Grant, Tulane Summer-student salary
2000
Cancer Association for Greater New Orleans (CAGNO) Delivery of genetic drugs
2000-2003
NSF Grant MCB-0075902 Role of cofactors in protein folding
2000-2006
NIH R01GM59663 Role of cofactors in beta-sheet protein folding
2001
Co-PI (with W Wimley, S Landry, J Nolan, T Bishop) Louisiana Board of Regents
Enhancement Fund, Instrumentation
2001-2002
Co-PI (with W Wimley, S Landry, J Nolan, T Bishop) Tulane Wall Fund
2004-2010
Texas Welch Foundation Research Grant Folding and assembly of proteins
2006-2008
US Army Medical Branch Concept Award, Novel Breast Cancer Drugs based on Cupredoxins
2007-2008
Hamill Innovation Award (with Dr. Janet Braam)
Committee and Other Services
1998
Co-organizer, Nobel Workshop: Gene-Targeted Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden
1999-2003
Co-Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Tulane University
1999
Scientific Advisor, Natural Science Research Council, Sweden (Chemistry Section)
1999-
Member: ACS, AAAS, Biophys. Society, Protein Society, Society for Biol. Inorg. Chem.
1999
Founder, New Orleans Protein Folding InterGroup (NOProFIG)
1999-2003
Member: Tulane Cancer Center and Center for Bioenvironmental Research
2000
Application Review Committee SPRITE (Summer Pipeline Research Initiative: The Tulane Experience)
2000-2001
Committee member, Center for Scholars of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tulane University
2000-2003
Member, Chemistry Department Graduate Affairs Committee
2000-2003
Member, Search Committee Clair B. Luce Professorship
2000
Design and preparation of new Graduate Chemistry Brochure
2001
Design and preparation of new Graduate Chemistry Poster
2001
Scientific-Program Organizer, Nobel Jubilee Symposium, Dec 4-6, Stockholm, Sweden
2002-2003
Member of Search Committee for Assoc. Senior Vice President for Research position, Tulane
2002-2003
Member of Committee for Newcomb College, Tulane
2003-2004
Board Member, US Friends of Chalmers University of Technology Inc.
2004-
President, US Friends of Chalmers University of Technology Inc.
2004-
Member, The W.M. Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology, Houston, TX
2004-
Member, The Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Rice University
2005-2007
Member of Editorial Board, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2005-
Member of Graduate Student Admission Committee, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice
2006-
Member, Fellowship and Awards Committee, Rice University
2006-
Chair, NSF Advance, Climate/Retention Committee
Graduated Ph.D. students &
postdocs supervised
Kathryn Luke (PhD 2007, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University), Corey Wilson (PhD 2005, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice; co-advisor), David Apiyo (Postdoc 2005-2006), B.K. Muralidhara (Post-doctoral fellow, 2002-2004), Jesse Guidry (laboratory technician, 1999-2003), Catherine Higgins (2004 PhD, Chemistry, Tulane), Kathryn Jones (2003 PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Tulane), David Apiyo (2003 PhD, Chemistry, Tulane), Irina Pozdnyakova (Post-doctoral fellow, 2002-2003), Irina Pozdnyakova (2002 PhD, Chemistry, Tulane), Johan Kajanus (1994 M.Sc,, Chalmers, Sweden), Malin Ardhammar (1996 M.Sc., Chalmers, Sweden)
Teaching Experience
Sweden: Class-lecturing and laboratory instructor in Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Biophysical Chemistry (graduate and undergraduate level).
Tulane: Special Topics Graduate Course: Protein Folding (Chem-714); Tulane Science Scholars Program (teaching exceptional high-school students, lectures and lab); Introduction to Biochemistry Undergrad/Grad level (Chem-383/683); General Chemistry Freshman level; class size 150-200 students (Chem-107 and Chem-108); Physical Chemistry-II, Advanced Undergrad level (Chem-312); Special Topics Graduate Course: Biomolecule Structure and Function (Chem-714).
Rice: Molecular Biophysics, Undergrad/Grad level, Design of new course outline and material, Introduction of computer-aided distance learning (Bios-481/551); Molecular Interactions, Grad level (Bios 583).
Patents
2001 US Patent 6,228,982 B1 “Double-stranded peptide nucleic acid”
Inventors: B. Norden, P. Wittung, M. Egholm, P. Nielsen, R. Berg.
Reviewer
Regular reviewer for ACS journals, Protein Science, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, J. Mol. Biol, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. FEBS Lett.
Publications
Publications are listed on a separate page.
Total number published (as of Aug 2007): 120 research papers and 7 popular articles.
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