E-mail: teresa.holzen@coloradocollege.edu Phone: (719) 389-6127 Fax: (719) 389-6940   Address: The Colorado College Biology Department 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Education and Training

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Ph.D. Genetics, 2005. University of Chicago

B.S. Biology, 1997. Indiana University, Bloomington

Course Information

BY231 Genetics
BY131 Introduction to Molecular & Cellular Biology
BY440 Genetic Screens

Research Interests

- Genetic control of the initiation of DNA replication in budding yeast S. cerevisiae
- Roles of the DNA checkpoint protein Rad53/Chk2 in DNA replication and in chromatin conformation
- Yeast genetics

Select Publications

Holzen TM and Sclafani RA  2010  Genetic interaction of RAD53 protein kinase with histones is important for DNA replication. Cell Cycle 9: 4735-4747.

Sclafani RA, and Holzen TM  2007  Cell cycle regulation of DNA replication.  Annual Review of Genetics 41: 237-280.

Holzen TM, Shah PP, Olivares HA, and Bishop DK  2006  Tid1/Rdh54 promotes dissociation of Dmc1 from nonrecombinogenic sites on meiotic chromatin.  Genes and Development 20: 2593-2604

Personal Interests

Running, hiking, reading, cooking, and food