Dr. Kevin Edwards
Associate Professor
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 125
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- About
- Education
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Current Courses
BSC 170.001 Genetics And Society
BSC 499.026 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 499.226 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term
BSC 290.012 Research In Biological Sciences
BSC 299.056 Independent Honor Study
BSC 499.026 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 499.126 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 290.012 Research In Biological Sciences
Research Interests & Areas
Drosophila molecular genetics; cell & developmental biology; biological microscopy.
Ph D Cell Biology
Duke University
Durham, NC
MS Molecular Biology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
BS Biology (Genetics)
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Grants and Contracts
MRI: Acquisition of a laser scanning confocal microscope within a core facility for research and training at Illinois State University
Kevin Andrew Edwards, Wolfgang Stein, Tom Hammond, Alysia Vrailas Mortimer, John Sedbrook, Andres Vidal-Gadea, Marjorie Jones.
National Science Foundation. October 1 2018 - September 30 2022
Genetic repair of muscular degeneration associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Andres Vidal-Gadea, Kevin Andrew Edwards.
NIH_R15. June 1 2016 - May 30 2019
Journal Article
Identification, characterization, and cellular localization of Leishmania major CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase
Justin DT Lange, Jeannette R Stoller, Kevin A Edwards, Jon A Friesen.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, (738), 150548, (2024), doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150548
A novel ruthenium-silver based antimicrobial potentiates aminoglycoside activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gracious Yoofi Donkor, Gregory M Anderson, Michael Stadler, Patrick Ofori Tawiah, Carl D Orellano, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Jan-Ulrik Dahl.
mSphere, 8 (5), e0019023, (2023), 10.1128/msphere.00190-23
Controlled expression of Drosophila homeobox loci using the Hostile takeover system
N Javeed, N Tardi, M Maher, S Singari, Kevin Andrew Edwards.
Developmental Dynamics, 244 (6), 808-825, (2015), 10.1002/dvdy.24279
Efficient Detection of Unpaired DNA Requires a Member of the Rad54-Like Family of Homologous Recombination Proteins
Dilini Samarajeewa, Pegan Sauls, Kevin Sharp, Zach Smith, Hua Xiao, Katie M Groskreutz, Tyler L Malone, Erin C Boone, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Patrick Shiu, Erik D Larson, Tom Hammond.
Genetics, 198, 895-904, (2014), 10.1534/genetics.114.168187
Inducible protein traps with dominant phenotypes for functional analysis of the Drosophila genome
S Singari, N Javeed, N Tardi, S Marada, J Carlson, S. Kirk, J Thorn, Kevin Andrew Edwards.
Genetics, 196, 91-105, (2014), 10.1534/genetics.113.157529
The zinc finger homeodomain-2 gene of Drosophila controls Notch targets and regulates apoptosis in the tarsal segments
A Guarner, C Manjon, Kevin Andrew Edwards, H. Steller, M Suzanne, E Sanchez-Herrero.
Developmental Biology, 385, 350-365, (2014), 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.10.011
Multiple roles of the gene zinc finger homeodomain-2 in the development of the Drosophila wing
Daniel Perea, Katie Molohon, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Fernando J. Díaz-Benjumea.
Mechanisms of Development, 130 (9-10), 467-481, (2013), 10.1016/j.mod.2013.06.002
Drosophila Pez acts in Hippo signaling to restrict intestinal stem cell proliferation
I Poernbacher, R Baumgartner, S Marada, Kevin Andrew Edwards, H Stocker.
Current Biology, 22 (5), 389-396, (2012)
Rapid phenotypic analysis of uncoated Drosophila samples with low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy
Nicholas Tardi, Martha Cook, Kevin Andrew Edwards.
Fly (Austin), 6 (3), 184-192, (2012), 10.4161/fly.20525
abd-A regulation by the iab-8 noncoding RNA
M. Gummalla, R. K. Maeda, J. J. Castro-Alvarez, H. Gyurkovics, S. Singari, Kevin Andrew Edwards, F. Karch, W. W. Bender.
PLoS Genetics, 8 (5), 7, (2012)
Histone H2A and H2B are monoubiquitinated at AID-targeted loci.
G. M. Borchert, N. W. Holton, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Laura Anne Vogel, Erik D Larson.
PLoS One, 5 (7), (2010)
Phagocytic B cells in a reptile
L. M. Zimmerman, Laura Anne Vogel, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Rachel Michelle Bowden.
Biology Letters, 6 (2), 270-3, (2010)
Phylogenetic characterization of Encephalitozoon romaleae (Microsporidia) from a grasshopper host: Relationship to Encephalitozoon spp. infecting humans.
S. Johny, T. M. Larson, L. F. Solter, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Douglas W Whitman.
Infection, Genetics & Evolution, 9 (2), 189-195, (2009)
Carbaporphyrin ketals as potential agents for a new photodynamic therapy treatment of leishmaniasis
Justin B Morgenthaler, Steven Peters, David Cedeno, Manuel H Constantino, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Erin M Kamowski, Jennifer C Passini, Brian E Butkus, Alexandra M Young, Timothy David Lash, Marjorie Jones.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 16, 7033-7038, (2008)
Carbaporphyrin ketals as potential agents for a new photodynamic therapy treatment of leishmaniasis.
J B Morgenthaler, Steven Peters, D L Cedeño, M H Constantino, Kevin Andrew Edwards, E M Kamowski, J C Passini, B E Butkus, A M Young, Timothy David Lash, Marjorie Jones.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 16 (14), 7033-8, (2008), 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.05.037
Identification and characterization of the nuclear isoform of Drosophila melanogaster CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase.
D M Tilley, C R Evans, T M Larson, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Jon Friesen.
Biochemistry, 47 (45), 11838-46, (2008), 10.1021/bi801161s
Polytene chromosomal maps of 11 Drosophila species: the order of genomic scaffolds inferred from genetic and physical maps
S W Schaeffer, A Bhutkar, B F McAllister, M Mustada, L M Matzkin, P M O'Grady, C Rhode, V L Valente, M Aguade, W W Anderson, Kevin Andrew Edwards, A C Garcia, J Goodman, J Hartigan, E Kataoka, R T Lapoint, E R Lozovsky, C A Machado, M A Noor, M Papaceit, L K Reed, S Richards, T T Rieger, S M Russo, H Sato, C Segarro, D R Smith, T F Smith, V Strelets, Y N Tobari, Y Tomimura, M Wasserman, T Watts, R Wilson, K Yoshida, T A Markow, W M Gelbart, T C Kaufman.
Genetics, 179, 1601-1655, (2008)
Presentations
Investigating the RNA molecules of meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD)
Dilini Samarajeewa, Nicholas Rhoades, Hua Xiao, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Patrick Shiu, Tom Hammond.
28th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, March 17, 2015
SAD-6: an SNF2-family protein involved in meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA
Dilini Samarajeewa, Nicholas Rhoades, Hua Xiao, Patrick Shiu, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Tom Hammond.
16th Annual DNA Repair Symposium, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, May 18, 2014
Efficient detection of unpaired DNA during meiosis requires a component of the homologous recombination machinery
Pegan A Sauls, Dilini Samarajeewa, Jay Pyle, Kevin Sharp, Zach Smith, Morgan McCall, Hua Xiao, Patrick Shiu, Kevin Andrew Edwards, Erik D Larson, Tom Hammond.
Neurospora conference 2014, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, March 7, 2014