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
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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
- Overexpression of Calvin cycle enzyme fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a detrimental effect on growth 2016
- Volvox: simple steps to developmental complexity? 2010
- Genomic analysis of organismal complexity in the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri. 2010
- New insights into the roles of molecular chaperones in Chlamydomonas and Volvox. 2010
Presentations
- Functional analysis of regA paralogs rlsA-rlsD 2017
Grants and Contracts
- A System for the Large‐scale Production of Membrane Proteins 2022