User:Pattle Pun
ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: PATTLE P. T. PUN
BIRTH DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 1946
BIRTH PLACE: HONG KONG
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A.; Hong Kong permanent resident
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN (WIFE: GWEN Y. Q. CHIU)
MAILING ADDRESS: DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY WHEATON COLLEGE WHEATON, IL 60187 U.S.A.
PHONE: 630-752-5303
Fax: 630-752-5996
Email: Pattle.P.Pun@wheaton.edu
HOME ADDRESS: 0N727 PETER ROAD WHEATON, IL 60187 U.S.A. PHONE: 630-668-0348
EDUCATION: INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE (if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY San Diego State University B.S. 1969 Chemistry State University of New York at Buffalo M.A. 1972 Biology State University of New York at Buffalo Ph.D. 1974 Biology Wheaton College M.A. 1985 Theology
A. Positions and Honors.
Positions and Employment
1969-1970 Research Assistant, Dept. of Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo 1969-1972 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biology, State University of New York at Buffalo 1972-1973 Research Assistant, Thesis research on bacterial sporulation 1974-1976 Resident Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 1980-1981 Visiting Microbiologist, University of Illinois at the Medical Center, Chicago, IL 1984-1985 Visiting Scientist, American Critical Care Inc., American Hospital Supplies Co., McGaw Park, IL 1973-1988 Assistant and Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 1988-present Professor, Dept. of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 1985-1989 Collaborative Research, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1985-1987 Visiting Microbiologist, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 1990-1991 Visiting Pew Scientist, Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1991-1992 Visiting Instructor, Microbiology, Division of Natural Sciences, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL 1986-1998 Visiting Instructor, Bacteriology, Dept. of Biology, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL 2001 Visiting Microbiologist, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, IL 2005-present Collaborator,” Validation of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma", with the laboratory of Dr. David Sugarbaker, head, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1969-present Member of American Society for Microbiology 2001-present Member, International Society for Complexity, Information and Design 1988-present Fellow, American Scientific Affiliation 1973-1974 Coordinating editor, Ambassadors magazine, USA/Far East 1974-present Supervisor, Independent Student Biological Research Projects, Wheaton College 1975-1993, 2002-2006 Member, Health Professions Committee, Wheaton College 1980-1995 Chairman, Honors Committee, Biology Dept., Wheaton College 1984-1990 Chairman, Research and Internship Committee, Biology Dept. Wheaton College 1987-1988 President, Board of Directors, Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society 1987-2006 Secretary of the Board, Christian Communication Inc., USA
Honors
1968 National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Award Holder, San Diego University. 1979 $12,000 awarded by the Research Corporation 1982 $15,700 awarded by Research Corporation 1987 Interviewed by the Daily Journal on reflections on the Supreme Court Decision on the teaching of Creation/Evolution in Public Schools 1985 $5,988 awarded by the National Science Foundation, Northern Illinois University 1986 $6,476 awarded by the National Science Foundation, Northern Illinois University 1987 $7,052 awarded by the National Science Foundation, Northern Illinois University 1988 $7,814 awarded by the National Science Foundation, Northern Illinois University 1990 $4,500 and travel support by the Pew Trust Fund and $1,500 and housing allowance from Wheaton College Science Division Summer Student Laboratory Internship fund 1992 $15,000 awarded by the National Science Foundation under the Research Opportunity Award (ROA) Program, University of Illinois 1993-1994 Renewal of ROA for 1993 and 1994, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Summers, 1993, 1994 B. Selected peer-reviewed publications or presentations (in chronological order).
1. Murray D, Pun PP, Strauss N. Template specificity changes of DNA-dependent RNA-polymerase in Bacillus subtilis during sporulation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication 1974; 60(1):295-301. 2. Pun PP, Murray C, Strauss N. Characterization of a Rifampin-resistant Conditional Asporogenous Mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. American Society of Microbiology 1975; 123(1):346-353. 3. Pun PP, Jacobson D, Babich R. Ultrastructural Studies of the Effects of Hymenolepis diminuta, Parasite Tapeworm in the Intestine of Rat. Abstract, 69th Annual Convention of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 1976;69(2):239. 4. Matshushita T, Jaroslow B, Pun PP. Molecular Genetics and Environmental Mutagens: A Study of Mutagenesis in Mouse Myeloma Cells. Division of Biological and Medical Research, Annual Report 1975 Argonne National Laboratory. U. S. Energy Research and Development. Administration 1976; 229-230. 5. Pun PP, A Critical Evaluation of the Theory of Evolution. Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 1977; 29(2):84-91. 6. Pun P, Pennington P, Maibenco D. Correlation of the synthesis of highly phosphorylated nucleotides with RNA synthesis and amino acid regulation of sporulation in a conditionally asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Abstract I (129), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology 1980; 10. 7. Sugarbaker PH, Sugarbaker SP, Pun PP. Characterization of in vivo suppression of syngenic tumor by allogenic effector cells. Journal of Surgical Oncology 1980; 15:297-308. 8. Pun PP, Pennington DW. Stimulation of sporulation by ppApp in a conditionally asporogenous rifampin resistant mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Experientia 1981; 37:470-2. 9. Pun PP, Ginn SM, Flint EM. Adenosine 3'-5'bis-diphosphate (ppApp) stimulated RNA synthesis in a rifampicin resistant conditional asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Abstract I(4), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology 1981;87 10. Pun PP, Ginn SM, Flint EM. Regulation of ppApp synthesis during sporulation of a conditionally asporogenous rifampicin mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Experientia 1982; 38:663-664. 11. Pun PP, A Theology of Progressive Creationism. Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 1987; 39(1):9-19. 12. Parsek MR, Ye R, Pun PP, Chakrabarty AM. Critical nucleotides in the Interaction of a LysR-type Regulator with Its Target Promoter Sequence: catBC promoter Activation by CatR. Journal of Biological Chemistry 1994; 269(15):11279-84. 13. Pun PP, Towards an Ethics of the Human Genome Project. Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation (Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith) 1998; 164-175. 14. Pottorf B, Snyder S, Pun PP, Bueno R, Gordon GJ. Validation of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma. 2005 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB) 2005; Abstract 298.4. 15. Pun PP, Schuldt S, Pun B. The Three Domains of Life: A Challlenge to the concept of the Universal Cellular Ancestor? Progress in Complexity, Information and Design, Vol. 4.2, November, 2005: http://www.iscid.org/pcid/2005/4/2/pun_three_domains.php 16. O’Rourke C, Gordon GJ, and Pun P. Application of a Genomics-Based Diagnostic Test for Human Diseases. 2006 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB) 2006. 17. Gaines N, Wilke R, Pun P, and Gordon, G. Applicability of cDNA and Oligonucleotide Microarray to a Diagnostic Test of Human Disease using Gene Expression Ratios. 2007 meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biologists (FASEB) 2007; Abstract 706.21. 18. Pun, Pattle P. 2007. Integration and Confrontation of Contemporary Worldviews: Evolution and Intelligent Design. Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, (June) 59(2): 102-109. 19. “Application of the Gene-Ratio Method in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of a Variety of Human Diseases”, Nathan Gaines(1,) Christine O’Rourke(1), Pattle Pun(1), Gavin Gordon(2), (1)Biology Department, Wheaton College, Kenilworth Street, Wheaton, IL (60187), (2) Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA (02115) Journal of Biology, Biological Systems and Bioinformatics, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2009, p. 1 – 8.