John P. Aris, PhD

JPA Photo

Academic Positions
1999-2011     Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UF
1991-1999     Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UF

Postdoctoral Fellowships
1988-1991     HHMI Research Associate, Rockefeller University, NY, NY - Mentor:  Günter Blobel
1985-1988     NIH Post-doctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University, NY, NY - Mentor:  Günter Blobel

Education
1985     PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA - Biological Sciences, Mentor:  Robert D. Simoni
1979     BS, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL - Majors in Chemistry and Biology

Funding
Years
 Source
 Title
 Role
2005-7 NIH R21 Regulation of Yeast Life Span PI
2002-3 Ellison Medical Foundation Extrachromosomal rDNA Circles: More Than Episomes with Origins? PI
2000-2 American Cancer Society,
Florida Division		 Nucleolar Function and Cell Growth in Yeast PI
1994-99 
NIH R01 Nucleolar Function and Cell Growth in Yeast PI

Awards
2004, 2006-2010, Exemplary Teacher Award, College of Medicine

Aris Lab Home

Background: false-color fluorescence image of yeast cells
Nucleolus in pale green
Chromatin (nuclear and mitochondrial) in pale yellow
Nuclear pore complexes in pale violet