Dr. Stephen M Miller

Professor · Tenured

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

He/Him/His/Himself

About

B.S., 1984, Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoc, Washington University

Research interests

Molecular genetic analysis of mechanisms of cellular differentiation and how they evolve using Volvox and related green algae as a model system; metabolic engineering of Chlamydomonas and other algae as platforms for generating biofuels and other biotechnology products.

Teaching interests

Introductory Biology, Genetics, RNAi, CRISPR, Gene Expression

Education

  • Ph D, Biology — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1991)
    The role of NAD-liked glutamate dehydrogenase in the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • BS, Chemistry — Case Western Reserve University (1984)

Publications

  • Current advances in molecular, biochemical, and computational modeling analysis of microalgal triacylglycerol biosynthesis. 2016 Biotechnology advances · 34 (5) · pp. 1046-63 S K Lenka, N Carbonaro, R Park, Stephen M Miller, Ian F Thorpe, Y Li
  • Overexpression of Calvin cycle enzyme fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a detrimental effect on growth 2016 Algal Research · 14 · pp. 116-126 · Accepted Wipawee Dejtisakdi, Stephen M Miller
  • Volvox: simple steps to developmental complexity? 2010 Current opinion in plant biology · 13 (6) · pp. 646-53 I Nishii, Stephen M Miller
  • Genomic analysis of organismal complexity in the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri. 2010 Science (New York, N.Y.) · 329 (5988) · pp. 223-6 S E Prochnik, J Umen, A M Nedelcu, A Hallmann, Stephen M Miller, I Nishii, P Ferris, A Kuo, T Mitros, L K Fritz-Laylin, U Hellsten, J Chapman, O Simakov, S A Rensing, A Terry, J Pangilinan, V Kapitonov, J Jurka, A Salamov, H Shapiro, J Schmutz, J Grimwood, E Lindquist, S Lucas, I V Grigoriev, R Schmitt, D Kirk, D S Rokhsar
  • New insights into the roles of molecular chaperones in Chlamydomonas and Volvox. 2010 International review of cell and molecular biology · 285 · pp. 75-113 A Nordhues, Stephen M Miller, T Mühlhaus, M Schroda

Presentations

  • Functional analysis of regA paralogs rlsA-rlsD 2017 Fourth International Volvox Conference · American Genetic Association · Oral Presentation

Grants and Contracts

  • A System for the Large‐scale Production of Membrane Proteins 2022 NIH · SubContract · In-Progress