Geoffrey D. Findlay

 

Department of Genome Sciences

University of Washington

1705 NE Pacific Street, Box 355065

Seattle, WA 98195-5065

gfindlay@u.washington.edu

Lab: (206) 221-5124

www.students.washington.edu/~gfindlay

 

Education

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

June 2005-present

Ph.D. Candidate, Genome Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Willie J. Swanson

Thesis: Identification and functional analysis of Drosophila seminal fluid proteins

 

Carleton College, Northfield, MN

September 2001-June 2005

B.A. in biology, summa cum laude

Senior integrative exercise: “Sexual conflict as an engine of speciation”

 

Publications

Findlay, GD, X Yi, MJ MacCoss, WJ Swanson.  2008.  Proteomics reveals novel Drosophila seminal fluid proteins transferred at mating.  PLoS Biology, in press.

 

Clark, NL*, GD Findlay*, X Yi, MJ MacCoss, WJ Swanson.  2007.  Duplication and selection on abalone sperm lysin in an allopatric population.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 24: 2081-2090. Available online. [*Equal contribution] 

 

Honors and Awards

Parker Travel Prize for best poster at the Genome Sciences Annual Retreat (2007).

Contestant for the Walter M. Fitch Graduate Student Award, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (June 2007).

Travel award for the American Genetics Association Annual Symposium (Mechanisms of Genome Evolution), Bloomington, IN (July 2007).

Travel award for the American Genetics Association Annual Symposium (Genetics of Speciation), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (July 2006).

Honorable mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2005, 2006).

Hurd Fellowship for first-year graduate students, University of Washington School of Medicine (2005).

Distinction in the major and on the senior integrative exercise, Department of Biology, Carleton College (2005).

Inducted as a junior into Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton College (2004).

Inducted into Sigma Xi, Carleton College (2005).

Earned “exemplary” rating on Sophomore Writing Portfolio, Carleton College (2003).

Dean’s List, Carleton College (2002-2004).

Noyes Prize for Juniors, Carleton College (2004).

Phi Beta Kappa Prizes for first- and second-year students, Carleton College (2002, 2003).

National Merit Scholar (2001-2005).

Washington High School Chess Association scholarship (2001).

 

Academic Service

Reviewer, Molecular Biology and Evolution (2007), Molecular Reproduction and Development (2008).

Student representative to the faculty, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2006-2007).

Team leader, Carleton College alumni admissions representatives, Seattle, WA (2006-present).

Grader for introductory statistics classes, Carleton College (2002-2004).

 

Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching assistant for Genome 371: Introductory Genetics, University of Washington (Fall 2007).

Mentor for an undergraduate, University of Washington Genomics Opportunities for Minorities summer research program (2006).

Mentor for a senior undergraduate in the Swanson Lab (2008).

Advisor for two high school students, Northwest Biotech Expo (2007).

Laboratory teaching assistant for Genetics and Introductory Biology classes, Carleton College (2003-2005).

Volunteer tutor for a middle school student in Northfield, MN (2002).

Chess instructor and tournament director for elementary school students in Seattle, WA (1997-2003).

 

Public Presentations

Poster: “Comparative proteomics identifies novel Drosophila seminal fluid proteins transferred to females at mating,” Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain (June 2008).

Departmental journal club presentation: “Identification of a Viral Resistance Gene in Tomato” (April 2008).

Departmental research report: “Proteomic and evolutionary analysis of Drosophila seminal fluid,” (February 2008).

Selected talk for the Walter M. Fitch Graduate Student Competition: “Comparative proteomics reveals novel, rapidly evolving proteins in Drosophila seminal fluid,” Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia (June 2007).

Poster: “Comparative proteomics of Drosophila seminal fluid” at the American Genetics Association’s symposium on “Mechanisms of Genome Evolution” in Bloomington, IN (July 2007).

Departmental journal club presentation: “Regulation of Histone Levels by Gene Amplification” (February 2007).

Poster: “Positive Selection and Gene Duplication in Abalone Sperm Lysin,” at the American Genetics Association’s symposium on “The Genetics of Speciation” in Vancouver, BC (July 2006).

Departmental research report: “Cooperation, Competition and Coercion in Drosophila Reproduction,” (October 2006).

Departmental journal club presentation: “The Evolutionary Origins of Adaptive Immunity,” (April 2006).

Departmental rotation talk: “Searching for Conserved RNA Secondary Structures in the HIV-1 Genome,” Dept. of Microbiology, University of Washington (March 2006).

Senior integrative exercise defense: “Sexual Conflict as an Engine of Speciation,” Dept. of Biology, Carleton College (January 2005).

Poster: “Gene Duplication in Abalone Sperm Lysin,” at the Sigma Xi All-Science Poster Session, Carleton College (October 2004).

 

References

Willie J. Swanson, Associate Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington.

Harmit S. Malik, Assistant Member, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center.

Celeste A. Berg, Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington.

Stephan G. Zweifel, Professor of Biology, Carleton College.