Todd W. Harris, Ph.D. - Curriculum vitae
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Personal Information
DOB 4.19.1970
Minneapolis, MN
US Citizen
Work Address
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1 Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA
harris@cshl.org
fx: 516-367-8384
ph: 516-367-6904
Professional Experience
4/2004-Present Project Manager, Senior Bioinformatics Developer III Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Advisor: Dr. Lincoln Stein.
Bioinformatics, user-interface development, data analysis and visualization
2/2001-4/2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Advisor: Dr. Lincoln Stein.
Bioinformatics, functional and comparative genomics
7/1993-12/2000 Graduate Student, University of Utah. Advisor: Dr Erik Jorgensen.
Genetic analysis of synaptic vesicle trafficking
1991-1992 Colorado College. Advisor: Dr Ken Andrews.
Thermophilic microbes of Yellowstone National Park
Education
1993-2000 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Department of Biology. PhD 12/2000
1988-1992 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bachelor of Arts 5/1992, Biology
Publications
WormBase 2007.
Rogers A, Antoshechkin I, Bieri T, Blasiar D, Bastiani C, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen WJ, Davis P, Fernandes J, Fiedler TJ, Han M, Harris TW, Kishore R, Lee R, McKay S, Müller HM, Nakamura C, Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Schindelman G, Schwarz EM, Spooner W, Tuli MA, Auken KV, Wang D, Wang X, Williams G, Yook K, Durbin R, Stein LD, Spieth J, Sternberg PW.
2008. Nucleic Acids Research:doi:10.1093/nar/gkm975.
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WormBase: new content and better access
Bieri T, Blaisir D, Ozersky P, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen N, Chen W, Davis P, Fiedler TJ, Girard L, Han M, Harris TW, Kishore R, Lee R, McKay S, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Petcherski A, Rangarajan A, Rogers A, Schindelman G, Schwarz EM, Spooner W, Tuli MA, Van Auken K, Wang D, Wang X, Williams G, Durbin R, Stein LD, Sternberg PW, Spieth J.
2007. Nucleic Acids Research:doi:10.1093/nar/gkl818.
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WormBook: the online review of Caenorhabditis elegans biology
Girard L, Fiedler TJ, Harris TW, Carvalho F, Antoshechkin I, Han M, Sternberg PW, Stein LD, Chalfie M.
2007. Nucleic Acids Research:doi:10.1093/nar/gkl894.
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Comparative genomics in C. elegans, C. briggsae and other Caenorhabditis species
Coghlan A, Stajich JE, and Harris TW.
2006. In: C. elegans: Methods And Applications. Ed. Kevin Strange. Humana Press.
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WormBase: methods for data mining and comparative genomics
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2006. In: C. elegans: Methods And Applications. Ed. Kevin Strange. Humana Press.
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WormBase: better software richer content
Schwarz EM, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Bieri T, Blasiar D, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen N, Chen WJ, Davis P, Fiedler TJ, Girard L, Harris TW, Kenny E, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Rogers A, Spooner W, Tuli MA, Van Auken K, Wang D, Durbin R, Spieth J, Stein LD and Sternberg PW.
2006. Nucleic Acids Research 34:D475-D478.
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WormBase: a Comprehensive Data Resource for Caenorhabditis Biology and Genomics
Chen N, Harris TW, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C, Bieri T , Blasiar D, Bradnam K, Canaran P, Chan J, Chen C, Chen WJ, Davis P , Kenny E, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Muller HM, Nakamura C, Pai S , Ozersky P, Petcherski A, Rogers A, Sabo A, Schwarz EM , Van Auken K, Wang Q, Durbin R, Spieth J, Sternberg PW , and Stein LD.
2005. Nucleic Acids Research 33:D383-D389.
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WormBase as an integrated platform for the C. elegans ORFeome
Chen N, Lawson D, Bradnam K, Harris TW, Stein LD
2004. Genome Res. 10B:2155-2161
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WormBase: A multi-species resource for nematode biology and genomics
Harris TW, Chen N, Cunnigham F, Tello-Ruiz M, Antoshechkin I, Bastiani C , Bieri T, Blasiar D, Bradnam K, Chan J, Chen CK, Chen WJ, Davis P , Kenny E, Kishore R, Lawson D, Lee R, Nakamura C, Ozersky P, Petcherski A , Rogers A, Sabo A, Schwarz EM, VanAuken K, Wang Q, Durbin R , Spieth J, Sternberg P, and Stein LD.
2004. Nucleic Acids Res. 31: 411-417.
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The Genome Sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A Platform for Comparative Genomics.
Stein LD, Bao Z, Blasiar D, Blumenthal T, Brent M, Chen N, Chinwalla A, Clarke L, Clee C, Coghlan A, Coulson A, D'Eustachio P, Fulton L, Fulton R, Griffiths-Jones S, Harris T, Hillier L, Kamath R, Kuwabara P, Marra M, Mardis E, Miner T, Minx P, Mullikin JC, Plumb R, Rogers J, Schein J, Sohrmann M, Spieth J, Stajich JE, Wei C, Willey D, Wilson R, Durbin R, Waterston R.
2003. 1(2): 166-192.
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WormBase: A Cross-species database for comparative genomics.
Harris TW, Lee R, Schwarz E, Bradnam K, Lawson D, Chen W, Blasier D, Kenny E, Cunnigham F, Kishore R, Chan J, Muller HM, Petcherski A, Thorisson G, Day A, Bieri T, Rogers A, Chen C, Spieth J, Sternberg P, Durbin R, Stein LD.
2003. Nucleic Acids Res. 31: 133-137.
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The Generic Genome Browser: A Building Block for a Model Organism System Database.
Stein LD, Mungall C, Shu S, Caudy M, Mangone M, Day A, Nickerson E, Stajich J, Harris TW, Arva A, Lewis S.
2002. Genome Research. 12(10) : 1599-1610.
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Studies of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis in the Nematode C. elegans.
Harris TW, Schuske K, Jorgensen EM.
2001. Traffic. 2: 597-605.
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Genetic Analysis of Synaptic Vesicle Trafficking.
Harris TW.
2000. Doctoral Thesis. (Thesis Defense: QuickTime)
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Mutations in synaptojanin disrupt synaptic vesicle recycling.
Harris TW, Hartwieg E, Horvitz HR, Jorgensen EM.
2000. Journal of Cell Biology. 50: 589-600.
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Abstracts And Presentations
Towards integrative, customizable displays for a model organism database.
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2008. Biology of Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
Exploring community annotation of a mature model organism database
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2007. Genome Informatics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
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Distributing and archiving genomic databases using virtualization technology
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2007. ISMB, Vienna, Austria
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Your Own Private WormBase
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2007. 16th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA, LA, CA, USA
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nGASP - the nematode Genome Annotation Assessment Project
Fiedler TJ, Blasiar B, Coghlan A, Flicek P, Harris TW, McKay SJ, Stein LD.
2007. 16th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA, LA, CA, USA
WormBook: The Online Review of C. elegans Biology and Resource for Experimental Methods
Girard L, Fiedler TJ, Harris TW, Wang D, Carvalho F, Antoshechkin I, Sternberg PW, Stein LD, Chalfie M.
2007. 16th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA, LA, CA, USA
WormBase: Comparative Genomics
Han M, McKay S, Harris TW.
2007. 16th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA, LA, CA, USA
WormBase, a highly curated resource of nematode biology
Harris TW, Canaran P, Chen J, Fiedler T, McKay S, Spooner W, Stein LD, and the WormBase Consortium
2006. Biology Of Genomes Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
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WormBase v2.0: A new face for WormBase
Harris TW, Canaran P and Stein LD.
2005. International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Flexible access to WormBase: recent data mining enhancements
Harris TW and Stein LD.
2005. International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Standard URLs for accessing common biological data
Harris TW.
2005. Spring 2005 Generic Model Organism Database Meeting, SRI, Menlo Park, CA
WormBase, A comprehensive resource for nematode comparative genomics
Harris TW, Chen J, Canaran P, McKay S, Spooner W and Stein LD.
2005. Genome Biology Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
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WormBase in the era of comparative genomics: Model Organism Databases and the challenges of multiple species
Harris TW, Stein LD, and the WormBase Consortium
2004. Genome Informatics Meeting, Cambridge, England.
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WormBase, the central repository for C. elegans information: new datasets and features.
Harris TW and the WormBase Consortium
2004. East Asia C. elegans Meeting, Awaji Island, Japan.
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The genome sequence of Caenorhabditis briggsae: A platform for comparative genomics.
Stein LD, Bao Z, Brent M, Chen N, Clarke L, Clee C, Coghlan A, Coulson A, Durbin R, Griffiths-Jones S, Harris TW, Hillier L, Kuwabara P, Mullikin J, Plumb B, Rogers J, Sohrmann M, Stajich J, Waterston R, Willey D.
2003. 14th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Onwards and upwards: enhancements and improvements to WormBase.
The WormBase Consortium.
2003. 14th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Using synteny to study genome structure and stability.
Harris TW, Stajich JE, Chen, JN, Stein LD.
2003. 68TH Cold Spring Harbor Symposium - The Genome Of Homo sapiens, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Comparative analysis between olfactory receptor subgenomes in the nematodes C. elegans and C. briggsae.
Chen JN, Harris TW, Stajich JE, D'Eustachio P, Stein LD.
2003. Genome Informatics Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Global synteny between C. elegans and C. briggsae.
Harris TW, Stajich J, Sohrmann M, Stein LD.
2002. West Coast C. elegans Meeting, UCSD.
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WormBase, a growing source of worm information.
The WormBase Consortium.
2002. West Coast C. elegans Meeting, UCSD.
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Wormbase, an integrated platform for functional genomics.
Harris TW, Stein LD.
2002. Genome Sequencing and Biology Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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The Generic Genome Browser: A Building Block for a Model Organism System.
Stein LD, Day A, Harris T, Arva A, Shu S, Lewis S, Mungall C.
2002. Genome Sequencing and Biology Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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WormBase: A Web-accessible database for C. elegans biology.
Sternberg P, Lawson D, Schwarz EM, Martinelli SD, Chen WJ, Mangone M, Blasiar D, Worthington R, Lee RY, Day A, Mueller H, Harris TW, Thierry-Mieg D, Thierry-Mieg J, Spieth J, Durbin R, Stein LD.
2001. 13th International C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Genetic Analysis Of Synaptic Vesicle Trafficking.
Harris, TW.
2000 Dec 20. Doctoral Thesis Defense.
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Cooperation between unc-26/synaptojanin and the dynamin-related protein DRP-1 during mitochondrial division.
Rube D, Harris TW, Jorgensen EM, Bliek AVD.
2000. West Coast C. elegans Meeting, UCLA.
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Mutations in unc-26, the C. elegans synaptojanin homolog, disrupt synaptic vesicle recycling and result in defects in cytoskeletal organization.
Harris TW, Hartwieg E, Horvitz HR, Jorgensen EM.
1999. 12th International C. elegans Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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unc-26 mutants are defective in synaptic vesicle recycling.
Harris TW, Hartwieg E, Horvitz HR, Jorgensen EM.
1998. West Coast C. elegans Meeting, University of California-Berkeley.
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unc-26 encodes a phosphatidylinositol phosphatase.
Harris TW, Jorgensen EM.
1997. 11th International C. elegans Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Characterization of synaptic function mutants.
Harris TW, Jorgensen EM.
1996. West Coast C. elegans Meeting, University of British Columbia.
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Cloning and characterization of the synaptic function mutant ric-1.
Harris TW, Jorgensen EM.
1995. 10th International C. elegans Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Invited Talks
WormBase: Progress Report
Stein-Ware Lab Retreat, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. 8 May 2006.
WormBase, an insider's guide to comparative genomics and data mining
Universitat Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, April 19, 2006.
I. WormBase: A Multi-species Resource For Comparative Genomics
II. Tools for data mining

C.elegans course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. August 1, 2004.
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WormBase: A Resource For The Biology And Genome Of C. elegans
C.elegans course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. July 26th, 2003.
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Genome Structure Through Comparative Genomics
C.elegans course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. July 26th, 2003.
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Bigger needles, smaller haystacks:
Using comparative genomics to gain insight into genome structure and stability

Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. January 27th, 2003.
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WormBase and The C. elegans Genome
C.elegans course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. July 27th, 2002.
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms: natural variance as a fast track to determining gene function
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. November 24th, 2001.
Phosphoinositides in synaptic vesicle trafficking
Hubrecht Institute of Developmental Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. May 16th, 2000.
Genetic analysis of synaptic vesicle trafficking
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. December 18th, 1997.
Grants And Awards
1997-2000 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, Genetics
1996-1998 Huntsman Cancer Institute Research Award
1992 Mary Alice Hamilton Award for Distinction in Biology, Colorado College
Teaching Experience
November 2002 Colorado College - Introduction to Bioinformatics
July 2002 4th Annual C. elegans Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, teaching assistant
November 1999 2nd Annual C. elegans Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, teaching assistant
November 1998 Inaugural C. elegans Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, teaching assistant
Spring 1997 Bio531: Eukaryotic Genetics Laboratory,teaching assistant
Spring 1995 Bio101: Introductory Biology, teaching assistant
Winter 1992 Bio300: Developmental Biology, teaching assistant
Spring 1992 Bio460: Advanced Microbiology, lab assistant
Winter 1991 Bio450: Molecular Biology, lab assistant
Spring 1991 Bio350: Microbiology, teaching assistant