brad stith

Current Position
      Professor, University of Colorado at Denver, CO.

Degrees/Institutions
      B.S. The Ohio State University; Ph.D. Washington State University

Research Interests
      lipid signaling during meiotic cell division, fertilization in Xenopus laevis

Grant Funding 
       NSF, University of Colorado-Denver, 2 private pharmaceutical companies

Recent Publications

• Morrison, T. , L. Waggoner,L. Whitworth-Langley*, and B. J. Stith. Nongenomic action of progesterone: activation of Xenopus oocytephospholipase C through a plasmamembrane-associated tyrosine kinase. Endocrinology, 141: 2145-2152, 2000

• Stith, B.J., J. Hall*, P. Ayes*, L.Waggoner, J. Moore, W. Shaw.Quantification of major classes of Xenopus phospholipids. Journal of LipidResearch 41: 1448-1454, 2000.

• Stith,B.J., K. Woronoff, and N.Wiernsperger. Stimulation of theintracellular portion of the human insulin receptor by the antidiabeticdrug metformin. Biochemical Pharmacology 55:533-536, 1998.

Teaching Interests
     General Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology and Cell Signaling (a senior-Ms level capstone course). I am especially interested in the use of web sites and animation in biology courses.

Activities Related to Undergraduate Research

• Presented at last national meeting of CUR

• advisor to grant writing program at Juniata College and panel member for outside review of the Biology Department at the University for the Sciences at Philadelphia

• I participated in the undergraduate research program at the FASEB meeting and at the national meetings of the National Association of Biology Teachers

• I maintain a lab that has involves 2-5 undergraduates and 1-2 Master's students.