Research Assistant Professor
HSB - Room K-Wing
357705
alanherr@u.washington.edu
Biosketch
Mechanisms of DNA replication fidelity and genetic instability
RNA silencing and epigenetic inheritance
EDUCATION
1992 B.S. magna cum laude, Biology (minor in Chemistry), Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
2000 Ph.D. Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
2000-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom (Advisor: Dr. David C. Baulcombe)
2005-2008 Senior Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
HONORS AND AWARDS
1988-1992 National Merit Scholar
1988-1992 Pacific Lutheran University President’s Scholar
1995-1996 NIH Biotechnology Training Grant
1996-1999 NIH Genetics Training Grant
2000-2003 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Hitchings-Elion Fellowship
2000 Human Frontiers Science Program Fellowship (declined)
2000 European Molecular Biology Organization long-term fellowship (declined)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992-1993 Research Technologist I, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
1994-2000 Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah
2000-2003 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Hitchings-Elion Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
2004-2005 Senior Gatsby Fellow, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
2005-2008 Senior Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington