April Harkins, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Assistant Professor

Schroeder Complex 265

(414) 288-3402
Contact via e-mail

Education
B.S.	Marquette University
Ph.D.	Medical University of South Carolina

Specialty/Board Certified: American Society of Clinical Pathologists

Professional Experience
02/1999-07/2000	MT, ASCP - Lab Corp., Englewood, CO
07/1998-01/1999	MT, ASCP - St. Joseph Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN
06/1996-08/1996	Lab Asst. - University of Chicago - Endocrinology Lab, Chicago, IL

                                                                               

                                                                                   

Teaching Experience

Microbiology and Immunology Supplemental Instructor, Center for Academic Excellence, Medical University of South Carolina, Fall 2003;  Teaching Techniques course, Spring 2004

Awards and Honors

              2001 MUSC Graduate Student Scholarship

Membership in Professional Societies

• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Scientists

Abstracts

Talks

• MUSC Student Research Day 2003 - Functional Interaction Between PLD1 and STE20 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
               
• MUSC Student Research Day 2002 - Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of Phospholipase D1 During Pheromone Response
  
• South Eastern Regional Yeast Meeting, Memphis, TN, 2004 - Characterizing PLD1 Activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

 

Poster Presentations

• South Eastern Regional Yeast Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN, 2002 - Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of Phospholipase D1 During Pheromone Response
  
• MUSC Student Research Day 2001 - Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of Phospholipase D1 During Pheromone Response