1. Elvin Brown, Ph.D.
907 786 1345
eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu
Elvin Brown
Term Professor, Dept. of Chemistry
University of Alaska Anchorage
EDUCATION
2002-2010
1973-1976
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK
Ph.D./Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA
B.S./ Genetics
BIOMEDICAL EXPERIENCE
1999-2001
1995-1998
1990-1991
1988-1989
1985-1988
Medical Technologist, MT(ASCP), VA Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Medical Technologist, MT(ASCP), American Red Cross, Portland, OR
Research Assistant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Research Assistant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Research Scientist, Prototek, Inc., Dublin, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010-
present
Term Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
BIOLOGY 102 Introductory Biology (six semesters and two summer terms)
BIOLOGY 102 DISTANCE Introductory Biology (three summer sessions)
BIOLOGY 111L Human Anatomy and Physiology (two semesters)
BIOLOGY 115 Fundamentals of Biology I Laboratory (ten semesters)
BIOLOGY 204L Microbiology Laboratory (two semesters)
CHEMISTRY 055 Contemporary Chemistry (two semesters)
CHEMISTRY 104 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (six
semesters and a summer term)
CHEMISTRY 104 DISTANCE Organic and Biochemistry (three semesters)
CHEMISTRY 105L General Chemistry Laboratory (one semester)
CHEMISTRY A441 Principles of Biochemistry (guest lectures)
COMMUNITYSERVICE
2012 A series of lectures on Genetics for Opportunities for Lifelong Education

2. Elvin Brown, Ph.D.
907 786 1345
eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Smith, R.E. and Brown, E.E. (1998). The significance of hypersialylation of Dipeptidyl
Peptidase IV (CD26) in the inhibition of its activity by Tat and other cationic peptides.
Aids Research and Human Retroviruses 14:851-868.
Brown, E.E., Malakar, S., and Krebs, J.E. (2007). How many remodelers does it take to
make a brain? Diverse and cooperative roles of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling
complexes in development. Biochemistry and Cell Biology 85:444-462.
PATENT
Smith, R.E. and Brown, E.E. (1989). Method for the colorimetric determination of DPP-IV
activity using cinnamaldehyde. Application for U.S. Patent awarded 1989.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Brown, E.E. and J.E. Krebs (2004). SWI2/SNF2 homologs in Xenopus. Biochemistry and Cell
Biology 82:517.
Brown, E.E., J.J. Henry, and J.E. Krebs (2009). Developmental roles of the histone fold protein
CHRAC17 in Xenopus. Biochemistry and Cell Biology 87:821.
MEETINGS ATTENDEDAND PRESENTATIONS
2009
2008
2007
Western Region COBRE-INBRE Scientific Conference, September, 2009,
Bozeman, MT. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Role of the Histone Fold
Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”
Keystone Symposium on Stem Cell Niche Interactions, April, 2009, Whistler,
B.C.
New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, March, 2009, Santa Fe, NM.
Presented a poster titled “The Role of the Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in
Xenopus Development.”
West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, December, 2008,
Asilomar, CA. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Role of the Histone Fold
Protein CHRAC17 in Xenopus Development.”
NIH National Institutional Development Award Symposium of Biomedical
ResearchExcellence, August 2008, Washington, D.C. Presented poster titled
“The CHRAC Complex in Xenopus Neural and Axial Development.”
University of Alaska Biomedical ResearchConference, May 2008, Anchorage,
AK. Speaker, presented talk titled “The Histone Fold Protein CHRAC17 in
Xenopus Development.”
Graduate Studies and Research Symposium, March, 2008, Anchorage, AK.
Speaker, presented talk titled “The Roles of the Chromatin Remodeler Imitation
Switch in Xenopus Development.”

3. Elvin Brown, Ph.D.
907 786 1345
eebrown@uaa.alaska.edu
2007
2006
2005
2003
NCBI and Genbank Molecular Biology Resources. May 2007, Fairbanks, AK.
University of Alaska Biomedical ResearchConference, April 2007. Presented
poster titled “The ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler CHD4 in Xenopus
Development.”
Arctic Science Conference, October 2006, Fairbanks, AK.
University of Alaska Biomedical ResearchConference, May 2006.
Anchorage, AK.
University of Alaska Biomedical ResearchConference, May 2005, Fairbanks.
AK. Speaker, presented talk titled “SWI2/SNF2 Homologs in Xenopus.” I
received an award for Best Podium Presentation.
West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, December 2003, Asilomar
CA. Speaker, presented talk titled “SWI2/SNF2 homologs in Xenopus.”
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2004-2010 NIH/NEI EY016029-02 Krebs (PI) 12/01/2004-11/30/2010
ISWI remodeling complexes in eye development
2009 INBRE grant and Graduate Association Grant to attend the Keystone Symposium
on Stem Cell Niche Interactions, $1750, 4/2009
2009 INBRE grant to attend the New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, $1500, 3/2009
2008 INBRE grant to attend the West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting, $1500,
12/2008
2008 INBRE grant to attend the NIH National Institutional Development Award Symposium
of Biomedical Research Excellence,$828, 8/2008
2008 Graduate Student Association Grant, $730, January 2008
2007 INBRE grant to attend NCBI workshop, $500, 5/2007
2007 INBRE grant to attend UBRC conference,$370, 4/2007
2006-2007 UAF Graduate School Thesis Completion Fellowship, $12,100, 9/06-4/07
2004-2005 INBRE graduate fellowship, $22,000/year, 6/2004-5/2005
SWI2/SNF2-related Chromatin Remodeling Proteins in Vertebrate Development.
2002-2004 BRIN graduate fellowships, $17,000/year, 6/2002-5/2004
Expression and Function of the SWI2/SNF2 Paralogs, BRG1 and BRM