Reba Farver


Advanced Concentration

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Mentor

Joanna R. Long, Ph.D.

Department

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Enrolled 

August 2006

Lab Room

LG-129

Lab Phone

294-0138

E-mail

farver@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Chemistry, University of South Alabama
Dissertation Research
Structural and Functional Studies of the N-terminus of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein B
Publications

Antharam VC, Farver RS, Kuznetsova A, Sippel KH, Mills FD, Elliott DW, Sternin E, Long JR.  Interactions of the C-terminus of lung surfactant protein B with lipid bilayers are modulated by acyl chain saturation.  Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Nov;1778(11):2544-54.

Antharam VC, Elliott DW, Mills FD, Farver RS, Sternin E, Long JR.  Penetration depth of surfactant peptide KL4 into membranes is determined by fatty acid saturation.  Biophys J. 2009 May 20;96(10):4085-98.

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

R. Suzanne Farver, Vijay C. Antharam, Douglas W. Elliott, Frank D. Mills, and Joanna R. Long Lipid Dynamics and Phase Transitions in DPPC:POPG and POPC:POPG Vesicles Containing SP-B(1-25).  50th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), Pacific Grove, CA March 2009.

R. Suzanne Farver, Vijay C. Antharam, Douglas W. Elliott, Frank D. Mills, and Joanna R. LongLipid Polymorphisms in DPPC:POPG and POPC:POPG Vesicles with the Addition of SP-B(1-25).  37th Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC), Tallahassee, FL, October 2008.

R. Suzanne Farver, Vijay C. Antharam, Douglas W. Elliott, Frank D. Mills, and Joanna R. Long2H and 31P ssNMR Studies of the Interactions of the N-Terminus of Lung Surfactant Protein B with Lipids.  The Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME), Orlando, FL May 2008.

R. Suzanne Farver, Vijay C. Antharam, Douglas W. Elliott, Frank D. Mills, and Joanna R. Long The Effects of Pulmonary Surfactant Peptides on Lipid Properties.  49th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference (ENC), Pacific Grove, CA March 2008.

R. Suzanne Farver, Vijay C. Antharam, Douglas W. Elliott, Frank D. Mills, and Joanna R. Long.  2H and 31P ssNMR Studies of the Effects of the N-Terminal Segment of Pulmonary Lung Surfactant Protein B on Lipid Dynamics.  36th Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC), Tuscaloosa, AL, November 2007.

Honors & Awards
UF Medical Guild Research Incentive Award, 2008

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