Catherine Freudenreich
Associate Professor
Molecular Biology: Yeast genetics

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Experience

• 2006-present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
• 2006-present Associate Professor, Genetics Program, Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
• 1999-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA
• 2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Genetics Program, Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
• 1995-1999 Postdoctoral Fellowship under Dr. Virginia A. Zakian, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
  Research on stability and fragility of trinucleotide repeat sequences in yeast
• 1994-1995 Postdoctoral Fellowship under Dr. Kenneth N. Kreuzer, Microbiology Dept., Duke University, Durham, NC.
• 1989-1994 Graduate study, Ph.D awarded May 1994, Microbiology Dept., Duke University, Durham, NC, with Dr. Kenneth N. Kreuzer. Research on T4 topoisomerase II inhibition by antitumor agents
• 1988-1989 One year of graduate study in Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg,
  Heidelberg, Germany (courses and research, German Academic Exchange Scholarship)
• 1984-1988 B.A. in Biology, Rice University
• 1984-1988 Undergraduate Research Assistant under Dr. Robert K. Moyzis, Los Alamos National Laboratory Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM. Human genomics, RFLP mapping.

Honors and Awards

• 2007-2011 NIH R01 grant “Fragility and Instability at Hairpin-Forming Trinucleotide Repeats in Yeast”
• 2001-2006 NIH R01 grant "Stability and Fragility of Trinucleotide Repeats in Yeast" 5 year award (2001-2006)
• 1995-1998 NIH postdoctoral fellowship
• 1994 Richard O. Burns Award for outstanding graduate research, Duke University
• 1988-1989 DAAD (German Academic Exchange) Scholarship for one year of graduate study at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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