JUDITH A. CEBRA-THOMAS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Department of Biology

Millersville University

P O Box 1002

Millersville, PA 17551-0302

Work: 717-872-3425

e-mail: Judy.Cebra-Thomas@millersville.edu

http://sites.millersville.edu//jcebrathomas/cebra_thomas/DB_lab/DB_lab.html

http://www.millersville.edu/biology/faculty/j_cebra-thomas.php

EDUCATION

1979-1986 Ph.D. Biology and Biomedical Sciences

Washington University

St. Louis, MO

1975-1979 B.A. Biology

The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2006 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Millersville University

Courses taught:

Developmental Biology

Senior Seminar in Biology (“Stem Cells & Human Cloning”, and “Immunity to Infectious Diseases”)

Foundations of Biology Lecture & Laboratory

Cell Biology Laboratory

Honors Seminar: Advanced Principles in Cell Biology

General Biology Lecture & Laboratory

Freshman Honors Seminar in Biology

Freshman Seminar for Biology Majors

Fall 2003 - 2006 Visiting Assistant Professor and Research Associate

Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

Courses taught:

Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology

Developmental Biology

Developmental Genetics Honors Seminar (“Stem Cells & Human

Cloning”)

2001- 2003 Lecturer, Departments of Biology and Dermatology,

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Courses taught:

Developmental Biology

Immunology

1997 –2001 Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

Courses taught:

Developmental Biology

Physiology & Development of Plants & Animals

Jan-July 1997 Research Associate

Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1995-1996 Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

1994- 1995 Lecturer

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Director, Senior Project Lab

1989- 1994 Research Staff Member

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1986-1989 Postdoctoral Fellow Supervisor: Lee M. Silver, Ph.D.,

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1979-1986 Graduate Research Assistant Advisor: Joseph M. Davie, M.D., Ph.D.,

Department of Microbiology and Immunology,

Washington University, St. Louis, MO

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member, Society for Developmental Biology

Member, Sigma Xi

Member, American Association of Anatomists

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS (National & State level)

2010-2011 PASSHE Faculty Profession Development Council award

Summer 2009 Society for Developmental Biology Teaching Faculty Travel award

2008-2012 National Science Foundation, RUI award

2007-2008 PASSHE Faculty Profession Development Council award

Summer 2006 Society for Developmental Biology Teaching Faculty Travel award

Summer 2005 Society for Developmental Biology Teaching Faculty Travel award

1986-1989 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

1979-1982 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Publications

(* denotes undergraduate co-author and ** denotes MU graduate student co-author)

1. Clevinger, B., Thomas, J., Davie, J., Schilling, J., Bond,M., and Hood, L. (1981). Anti-dextran antibodies: sequences and idiotypes, in Immunoglobulin Idiotypes , Janeway, C., Sercarz, E., and Wigzell, H. (Eds.). Academic Press, New York, pp.159-168.

2. Fyfe, G., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Mustain, E., Davie, J.M., Alley, C.D., and Nahm, M.H. (1987). Subpopulations of B lymphocytes in germinal centers. J. Immunol. 139: 2187-2194.

3. Monafo, W.J., Greenspan, N.S., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., and Davie, J.M. (1987). Modulation of the murine immune response to streptococcal group A carbohydrate by inmmunization with monoclonal anti-idiotypes. J.Immunol. 139: 2702-2707.

4. Cebra, J.J., Cebra, E.R., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., George, A., Lebman, D.A., London, S.D., Rubin, D.H., and Schweitzer, P.A. (1988). Specific and nonspecific perturbations of B- and T-cell subsets in Peyer's patches. Monogr. Allergy 24: 173-180.

5. Cebra, J.J., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Cuff, C.F., George, A., Kost, S.I., London, S.D., and Rubin, D.H. (1988). Reoviruses as probes of the gut mucosal T cell population, in Immunology and Immunopathology of the Alimentary Canal, Immunol Invest. 1989. Proceedings of the 11th International Convocation on Immunology. Buffalo, New York, 13-16 June 1988.

6. Schimenti, J., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Decker, C.L., Islam*, S.D., Pilder, S.H., and Silver, L.M. (1988). A candidate gene family for the mouse t complex responder (Tcr) locus responsible for haploid effects on sperm function. Cell 55: 71-78.

7. Brown*, J., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Bleil, J.D., Wassarman, P.M., and Silver, L.M. (1989). A premature acrosome reaction is programmed by mouse t haplotypes during sperm differentiation and could play a role in transmission ratio distortion. Development 106: 769-773.

8. London, S.D., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Rubin, D.H., and Cebra, J.J. (1990). CD8 lymphocyte subpopulations in Peyer's patches induced by reovirus serotype 1 infection. J. Immunol., 144: 3187-3194.

9. Cebra-Thomas, J.A., and Silver, L.M. (1991). Genetic aspects of sperm differentiation and function in the mouse. Elements of Mammalian Fertilization, Vol.1, Wassarman, P. M. (editor), CRC Press, New York, pp. 29-56.

10. Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Snyder, L., Decker, C.L., Pilder, S.H., and Silver, L.M. (1991) Allele- and haploid-specific product generated by alternative splicing from a mouse t complex responder locus candidate. Nature 349: 239-241.

11. Weinstein, P.W., Schweitzer, P. A., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., and Cebra, J.J. (1991) Molecular genetic features reflecting the preference for isotype switching to IgA expression by Peyer's patch germinal center cells. Int. Immunol. 3: 1253-1263.

12. Platt, F.M., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Baum, C.M., Davie, J.M., and McKearn, J.P. (1992) Monoclonal antibodies specific for novel murine cell surface markers define subpopulations of germinal center cells. Cell. Immunol. 143: 449-466.

13. Pilder, S.H., Decker, C.L., Islam*, S.D., Buck, C., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., and Silver, L.M. (1992) Concerted evolution of the mouse Tcp-10 gene family: implications for the functional basis of t haplotype transmission ratio distortion. Genomics 12: 35-41.

14. Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Tsai, J.-Y., Pilder, S.M., Copeland, N., Jenkins, N., and Silver, L.M. (1992) Localization of the Mas proto-oncogene to a densely marked region of mouse chromosome 17 associated with genomic imprinting. Genomics 13: 444-446.

15. Islam*, S., Pilder, S.H., Decker, C.L., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., and Silver, L.M. (1993). The human homolog of a candidate mouse t complex responder gene: conserved motifs and evolution with punctuated equilibria. Human Mol. Gen. 2:2075-2079.

16. Bollag, R. J., Siegfried, Z., Cebra-Thomas, J. A., Davidson*, E. M., and Silver, L M. (1994) An ancient family of embryonically expressed mouse genes with a shared T locus motif. Nature Genetics 7:383-389.

17. Chapman, D.L., Garvey, N., Hancock*, S., Alexiou, M., Agulnik, S., Gibson-Brown, J.J., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Bollag, R.J., Silver, L.M., and Papaioannou, V.E. (1996) T-box family gene expression during inductive interactions in early mouse development. Developmental Dynamics, 206: 379-390.

18. Cebra-Thomas J.A., Brommer*, J., Gardner*, R., Lam*, G.K., Sheipe*, H.A., and Gilbert, S.F. (2003) T-box gene products are required for mesenchymal induction of epithelial branching in the embryonic mouse lung, Developmental Dynamics 226: 82-90.

19. Andl,T., Ahn, K., Kairo, A., Chu, E.Y., Wine-Lee, L., Reddy, S.T., Croft, N.J., Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Metzger, D., Chambon, P., Lyons, K.M., Mishina, Y., Seykora, J.T., Crenshaw III., E.B. and Millar, S.E. (2004) Epithelial Bmpr1a regulates differentiation and proliferation in postnatal hair follicles and is essential for tooth development. Development 131: 2257-2268.

20. Cebra-Thomas, J., Tan*, F., Sistla*, S., Estes, E., Bender*, G., Kim*, C., Riccio*, P., and Gilbert, S.F. (2005) How the turtle forms its shell: a paracrine hypothesis of carapace formation. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol Dev Evol) 304B: 558-569.

21. Cebra-Thomas, J.A., Betters*, E., Yin, M., Plafkin*, C., McDow*, K. and Gilbert, S.F. (2007) A late-emerging population of trunk neural crest cells forms the plastron in the turtle Trachemys scripta. Evolution & Development 9: 267-277.

22. Gilbert, S.F., Bender*, G., Betters*, E., Yin, M., and Cebra-Thomas, J.A. (2007) The contribution of neural crest cells to the nuchal bone and plastron of the turtle shell. Integrative & Comparative Biology 47: 401-408.

23. Gilbert, S.F., Cebra-Thomas, J., and Burke, A.C. (2008) “How the turtle gets its shell”, in Wyneken, J., Godfrey, M.H., and Bels, V. (editors). Biology of Turtles, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

24. Koshiba-Takeuchi, K., Mori, A.D., Kaynak, B.L., Cebra-Thomas, J., Sukonnik, T., Georges, R.O., Latham, S., Beck, L., Henkelman, R.M., Black, B.L., Olson, E.N., Wade, J., Takeuchi, J.K., Nemer, M., Gilbert, S.F., and Bruneau, B.G. (2009) Reptilian heart development and the molecular basis of cardiac chamber evolution. Nature 461: 95-98.

Manuscript submitted

Cebra-Thomas, J., Terrell*, A., Shah**, S., Gyi*, L., Yin, M., Hu*, Y., Gallagher*, J. Betters*, E. and Gilbert, S. F., A second wave of trunk neural crest cell migration in turtles generates an ectomesenchymal dermis in the plastron, submitted to Developmental Dynamics, in revision.

Recent presentations at professional meetings

(* denotes undergraduate co-author and ** denotes MU graduate student co-author)

Cebra-Thomas, J., S. Shah**, G. Mangat*, T. Doles*, A. Terrell*, J. McCarthy*, M. Yin, and S. F. Gilbert (2011) Trunk Neural Crest Cells Form an Ectomesenchymal Dermis in the Turtle Plastron, presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Chicago, IL, July 21-24, 2011.

Mangat*, G., J. McCarthy*, S. Shah**, S. Gilbert, and J.A. Cebra-Thomas (2011) Providing an Explanation for an Evolutionary Novelty: the Development of the Turtle Plastron, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Meeting for the Society for Developmental Biology, Philadelphia, PA, June 3-5, 2011. (co-author)

Cebra-Thomas, J., A. Terrell*, S. Shah**, G. Mangat*, J. McCarthy*, E. Betters*, and S. F. Gilbert (2011) Trunk Neural Crest Cells Form an Ectomesenchymal Dermis in the Turtle Plastron, presented at Experimental Biology 2011, Washington, DC, April 9-13, 2011.

Cebra-Thomas, J., A. Terrell*, M. Yin, S. Shah**, E. Betters*, T. Doles and S. F. Gilbert, Late Emerging Trunk Neural Crest Cells Form the Turtle Plastron, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, UT, January 3-7, 2011 (co-author).

Moustakas, J.E., J.A. Cebra-Thomas, A. Kallonen, K. Lewis*, K. Hämäläinen, J. Jernvall, and S.F. Gilbert, How The Turtle Got Its Spots, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, UT, January 3-7, 2011 (co-author).

Cebra-Thomas, J., J. Robinson*, M. Yin, J. McCarthy*, S. Shah** and S.F. Gilbert (2010) Characterization of Late Emerging Trunk Neural Crest Cells in the Turtle Trachemys scripta, presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Albuquerque, NM, August 5-9, 2010.

Cebra-Thomas, J., S. Shah**, J. Robinson*, M. Yin, J. McCarthy* and S.F. Gilbert (2010) Role of Late Emerging Trunk Neural Crest Cells in the Formation of the Turtle Plastron, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Meeting for the Society for Developmental Biology, Baltimore, MD, June 4-5, 2010.

Cebra-Thomas, J., A. Terrell*, L. Gyi*, J. Robinson*, M. Yin and S. F. Gilbert (2009) Late Emerging Trunk Neural Crest Cells in the Turtle Trachemys scripta, presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, San Francisco, CA, July 23-27, 2009.

Terrell*, A., L. Gyi*, S. F. Gilbert and J. Cebra-Thomas (2009) Late Emerging Trunk Neural Crest Cells in the Turtle Trachemys scripta, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Meeting for the Society for Developmental Biology, College Park, MD, May 15-16, 2009.

Cebra-Thomas, J., Y. Hu*, J. Vogelsong*, M. Yin, L. Gyi*, A. Terrell*, and S. F. Gilbert (2008) Late emerging trunk neural crest cells in the turtle Trachemys scripta revealed by DiI injection and neural tube organ culture, presented at the Society for Developmental Biology 67th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA July 26-30, 2008.

Cebra-Thomas, J.A., E. Betters*, M. Yin, C. Plafkin*, K. McDow*, and S.F. Gilbert (2007) Evidence that a late-emerging population of trunk neural crest cells forms the plastron in the turtle Trachymus scripta, presented at the First Pan American Conference in Developmental Biology, Cancun, Mexico, June 16-20, 2007. (co-author)

Cebra-Thomas, J.A., E. Betters*, M. Yin, and S.F. Gilbert (2007) The contribution of neural crest cells to the turtle shell, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Princeton, NJ, March 30-31, 2007.

Gilbert, S.F., G. Bender*, M. Yin, J.A. Cebra-Thomas (2007) Trunk neural crest cells contribute to plastron and nuchal bones in turtles, presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ, January 3-7, 2007.

Cebra-Thomas, J.A., (2006) Normal Skeletal Development, presented at the annual meeting of the Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell, NJ, October 5-6, 2006.

Gilbert, S.F., J.A. Cebra-Thomas, E. Betters*, G. Bender*, M. Yin (2006) The contribution of neural crest cells to the turtle shell, presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, June 17-21, 2006.

Lewis*, K.K., J.A. Cebra-Thomas, S.F. Gilbert (2006) The expression of signaling molecules in the developing scute of the turtle Trachemys scripta, presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, June 17-21, 2006.

Lewis*, K.K., J.A. Cebra-Thomas, S.F. Gilbert (2006) The expression of signaling molecules in the developing scute of the turtle Trachemys scripta, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Orlando, FL, January 4-8, 2006. (co-author)

Cebra-Thomas, J.A., P.N. Riccio*, J.C. Simonet*, S.F. Gilbert (2005) The role of FGF signalling in the formation of the turtle carapace, presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, San Francisco, CA, July 27-August 1, 2005.

Cebra-Thomas, J., F. Tan*, C. Kim*, and S. Gilbert (2004) The role of paracrine factors in the production of the turtle carapace: a hypothesis, presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 23-28, 2004.

Cebra-Thomas, J.A., F.E. Tan*, and S.F. Gilbert, (2004) How the turtle gets its shell: a provisional outline, presented in the Symposium on Morphological Innovations at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, January 4-9, 2004.

Invited lectures

“Using your head: bones of the turtle shell form like those of the skull”, Half-Baked Ideas seminar series, Millersville University, November 28, 2006.

“How the turtle got its shell”, Department of Biology Colloquium Series, Millersville University, September 6, 2006.

Millersville University exhibitions

Cebra-Thomas, Judith, Opportunities for Discovery, an Exhibit of Scholarly and Creative Works, March 26, 2008

Cebra-Thomas, Judith, Scholarly Passions, an Exhibit of Scholarly and Creative Works, April 18, 2007

Major Committee Assignments at Millersville University

University Honors College Committee, Member

• Fall 2011 – present

Academic Policies Committee, Member

· 2008-09, Fall 2010 – present

Student Grant Committee, SCMA representative

· Fall 2008 – present

Educator of the Year Committee, SCMA representative

· Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

Proposal Review Team for Millersville PASSHE grant proposals

· January 2008, December 2008, and December 2010

Soar to Greatness Capital Campaign Video, Participant

· Summer 2010

Graduation Reader

· December 2007 and May 2008

Major School of Math & Science Committee Assignments

Women in Math and Science Conference Program Committee, Member

· Spring 2010 – present

Health Professionals Advisory Committee, Member

· Fall 2010 – present

Major Biology Department Committee Assignments

Biology Department Five-Year Program Review Committee, Member

· November 2007 – June 2008

Course Offerings Taskforce, Member

· Summer 2010 – present

Committee to Renew/Review Graduate Studies in Biology, Member

· Spring 2010 – present

Biology Department Library Liaison

· Fall 2008 – present

Biology Department Full-Time Temporary Faculty Search Committee, Member

· Summer 2007

Biology Department Part-Time Temporary Faculty Search Committee, Member

· Summer 2009