E-mail: darrell.killian@coloradocollege.edu Phone: (719) 389-7395 Fax: (719) 389-6940   Address:  The Colorado College Biology Department 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Education and Experience

2009-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The College of New Jersey

2008-2009 Visiting Professor, Biology Department, Colorado College

2004-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder

2004 Ph.D., Department of Biology, Developmental Genetics Program, New York University

1998-1999 Research Technician, The Rockefeller University/Howard Hughes Medical Institute

1998 BA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University

Research Interests

- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
- Sex determination
- Cell cycle regulation
- Regulation of programmed cell death
- Germline development

Courses

BY131 Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology
BY231 Genetics
BY100 Science and Ethics of Genetics
BY440 Special Topics in Biology: Stem Cell Biology
BY309/409 Research Problems in Biology

Publications

Killian DJ, Harvey E#, Johnson P#, Otori M, Mitani S, Xue D (2008). SKR-1, a homolog of Skp1 and a member of the SCF(SEL-10) complex, regulates sex-determination and LIN-12/Notch signaling in C. elegans.  Developmental Biology 322, 322-331.

Peden E, Killian DJ, Xue D (2008). Cell death specification in C. elegans.  Cell Cycle 7, 2479-2484.

Voutev R*, Killian DJ*, Ahn JH, Hubbard EJ (2006).  Alterations in ribosome biogenesis cause specific defects in C. elegans hermaphrodite gonadogenesis.  Developmental Biology 298, 45-58.

Killian DJ and Hubbard EJA (2005). Caenorhabditis elegans germline patterning requires coordinated development of the somatic gonadal sheath and the germline.  Developmental Biology 279, 322-335.

Maciejowski J#, Ahn J, Cipriani PG, Killian DJ, Chaudhary AL#, Lee, JI, Voutev R, Johnsen, RC, Baillie, DL, Gunsalus KC, Fitch DHA, Hubbard EJA (2005). Autosomal genes of autosomal/X-linked duplicated gene pairs and germline proliferation in C. elegans.  Genetics 169, 1997-2011.

Killian DJ and Hubbard EJA (2004).  C. elegans pro-1 is required for soma/germline interactions that influence proliferation and differentiation in the germ line.  Development 131, 1267-1278.

Pepper A S-R, Lo T-W, Killian DJ, Hall DH, Hubbard EJA (2003). The establishment of Caenorhabditis elegans germline pattern is controlled by overlapping proximal and distal somatic gonad signals. Developmental Biology 259, 336-350.

Pepper A S-R, Killian DJ, Hubbard EJA (2003). Genetic Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans glp-1 Mutants Suggests Receptor Interaction or Competition. Genetics 163, 115-132.

Schaeffer V, Killian D, Desplan C, Wimmer E (2000). High bicoid levels render the terminal system dispensable for Drosophila head development. Development 127, 3993-3999.

Mollereau B, Wernet M, Beaufils P, Killian D, Pichaud F, Kuhnlein R, Desplan C (2000). A green fluorescent protein enhancer trap screen in Drosophila photoreceptor cells.  Mechanisms of Development 93, 151-160.

# Mentored undergraduate students, * Equal contribution

Personal Interests

- Mountain biking
- Road biking
- Hiking
- Snowboarding
- Soccer