Scott E. Erdman . Associate Professor Eucaryotic cellular organization and differentiation; functional genomics in fungal systems seerdman@syr.edu Office: 344 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-3748 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., University of of California-Davis, 1994 • Postdoc, Yale University, 1994-1997 (American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow) • Postdoc, Yale University, 1997-1998 (Leslie H. Warner Yale Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellow) Courses: • BIO 327: Genetics and Cell Biology II • BIO 462/662 Molecular Genetics • BIO 788: Seminar in Cell Biology Interdisciplinary Programs: • Graduate Faculty, SUNY Upstate Medical Univ., Dept. of Cell & Develop. Biology •Faculty member, SU SB3 Program

RESEARCH

Erdman Lab at Syracuse University: http://biology.syr.edu/erdmanresearch.html

Funding:
• National Institute of Health/NIDCR: Functions, traffic and targeting of fungal adhesins.
• National Science Foundation (NSF): Cell polarity processes in yeast requiring a novel paxillin-like protein.
• National Science Foundation (NSF): The Genetic Basis for Speciation and Plant Substrate Specificity in Cactus-specific Yeasts (Co-PI with W.T. Starmer).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

D. Chirinos*, K. He, V. Aberdeen, W.T. Starmer and S.E. Erdman. (in preparation) Loci Affecting Cellular Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Triterpene Glycosides, Natural Products of the Cactus Species Agria.

N. Mackin, T. Sousou* and S.E. Erdman (2004) A Paxillin-like Protein that Functions in Yeast Cell Polarity. Molecular Biology of the Cell 15: 1904-1917.

G. Huang, M. Zhang and S.E. Erdman (2003) Posttranslational Modifications and Cell Surface Localization of the Adhesin Aga1p. Eukaryotic Cell 2: 1099-1114.

E. Muller, N. Mackin, S.E. Erdman and K. Cunningham. (2003) Fig1p Facilitates Ca++ Influx System and Cell Fusion During Mating of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biological Chemistry 278: 38461-38469.

M. Zhang, D. Bennett*, and S.E. Erdman (2002) Maintenance of mating cell integrity requires the adhesin Fig2p Eucaryotic Cell 1:811-822.

S.E. Erdman and M. Snyder (2001) A filamentous growth response mediated by the yeast mating pathway. Genetics 159:919-928. [Click here for Quicktime Movie].

S.E. Erdman, L. Lin, M. Malczynski and M. Snyder (1998) Pheromone-Regulated genes required for yeast mating differentiation. J. Cell Biology 140:461-483..

* indicates Syracuse University undergraduate student