About Dr. Andrew K. Dingwall
Dr. Dingwall earned his BS and MS degrees in Microbiology from the University of Wyoming (1984) and his PhD in Molecular Genetics (1989) with Dr. Lucy Shapiro (member NAS) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Dingwall was the recipient of a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship and was an HHMI Research Fellow in the Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics and the Howard Hughes MedicaI Institute (HHMI) at Stanford University School of Medicine with Dr. Matthew Scott (member NAS). Dr. Scott was the recent President of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Dr. Dingwall joined the faculty of Syracuse University (New York) as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the SUNY Upstate Medical University (1997). During that time, he assumed co-directorship of the Biochemistry (BS) Program and was appointed to the Health Professions Advisory Program at Syracuse University. In 2004, Dr. Dingwall moved to the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center and Department of Pathology at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM). He is currently a Professor of Cancer Biology and member of the Cancer Gene Regulation Program, with academic appointments in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Dr. Dingwall is the Director of the SSOM MD/PhD Program and co-director of the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology (BMCB) Graduate Program.
Dr. Dingwall has published numerous peer-reviewed research papers in high-impact journals. Among these publications was the first biochemical description of the SWI/SNF ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex that today serves as a cornerstone of significant and expanding international research efforts to understand chromatin-based disease. Other research projects in the Dingwall lab have revealed important functions of the Drosophila MLR COMPASS-like nuclear receptor coactivator complex in regulating transcription enhancer functions during development. In support of these efforts, Dr. Dingwall has been awarded research grants from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and his lab has received funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Education and Outreach: Dr. Dingwall currently teaches in the Stritch School of Medicine, including the core and advanced Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics graduate courses, Molecular Oncogenesis, Special Topics--Chromatin epigenetics and stem cells, Advanced Comparative Genetics and in the medical school Molecular/Cell Biology and Genetics course for first year medical students.
Ongoing research projects include students at all levels of education, including doctoral and masters level graduate students, medical students (STAR summer research), undergraduates and high school students. As part of community outreach, we participate in the Department of Microbiology Undergraduate Summer Research Program and encourage applications from students who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups. We also have partnered with the Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore campus to provide training and research opportunities in bioinformatics and we have sponsored area high school students for volunteer research internships during the school year and over summer breaks.
Dr. Dingwall joined the faculty of Syracuse University (New York) as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the SUNY Upstate Medical University (1997). During that time, he assumed co-directorship of the Biochemistry (BS) Program and was appointed to the Health Professions Advisory Program at Syracuse University. In 2004, Dr. Dingwall moved to the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center and Department of Pathology at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM). He is currently a Professor of Cancer Biology and member of the Cancer Gene Regulation Program, with academic appointments in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. Dr. Dingwall is the Director of the SSOM MD/PhD Program and co-director of the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology (BMCB) Graduate Program.
Dr. Dingwall has published numerous peer-reviewed research papers in high-impact journals. Among these publications was the first biochemical description of the SWI/SNF ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex that today serves as a cornerstone of significant and expanding international research efforts to understand chromatin-based disease. Other research projects in the Dingwall lab have revealed important functions of the Drosophila MLR COMPASS-like nuclear receptor coactivator complex in regulating transcription enhancer functions during development. In support of these efforts, Dr. Dingwall has been awarded research grants from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the National Science Foundation, and his lab has received funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Education and Outreach: Dr. Dingwall currently teaches in the Stritch School of Medicine, including the core and advanced Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics graduate courses, Molecular Oncogenesis, Special Topics--Chromatin epigenetics and stem cells, Advanced Comparative Genetics and in the medical school Molecular/Cell Biology and Genetics course for first year medical students.
Ongoing research projects include students at all levels of education, including doctoral and masters level graduate students, medical students (STAR summer research), undergraduates and high school students. As part of community outreach, we participate in the Department of Microbiology Undergraduate Summer Research Program and encourage applications from students who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups. We also have partnered with the Loyola University Chicago Lakeshore campus to provide training and research opportunities in bioinformatics and we have sponsored area high school students for volunteer research internships during the school year and over summer breaks.
View a partial list of Dr. Dingwall's publications HERE
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University School of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics Stanford, California 1989-1996 Doctorate Ph.D. Molecular Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, New York 1985-1989 Graduate School M.S. Microbiology and Biochemistry University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 1982-1984 College B.S. Microbiology University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 1978-1982 |
Positions and Honors
Director, Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Vice Chair-Research Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Professor Departments of Cancer Biology, Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology Cancer Gene Regulation and Epigenetics Program Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Stritch School of Medicine Health Sciences Division Loyola University Chicago Maywood, IL Assoc. Prof. 2004 Professor 2016 Director, Loyola SSOM MD/PhD Program (2022) Associate Director, 2009-2022 Assistant Professor Departments of Biology and Chemistry Program in Biochemistry Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 1997-2003 Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY 1997-2003 Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow HHMI Research Fellow with Dr. Matthew P. Scott Howard Hughes Medical Institute Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics Stanford Univ. School of Medicine Stanford, CA 1991-1996 Postdoctoral Research Scholar with Dr. Lucy Shapiro Department of Developmental Biology Stanford Univ. School of Medicine Stanford, CA 1989-1991 Graduate Student with Dr. Lucy Shapiro Department of Molecular Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY and Department of Microbiology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, New York 1985-1989 Graduate student with Dr. P. Bear Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry University of Wyoming 1982-1984 |
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