Melissa S. Pischke
	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Genetics Life Science Building University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602
	Phone: 706-542-1410 / Fax: 706-542-1387 E-mail: pischke@uga.edu
	EDUCATION Ph.D., 2004, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Cellular and Molecular Biology B.A., 1998, Ripon College, Ripon, WI, Biology (summa cum laude)
RESEARCH and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE November 2005 – present, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meagher Lab, University of Georgia November 2004 – October 2005, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sussman Lab, University of WI-Madison August 1998 – November 2004, Research Assistant, Sussman Lab, University of WI- Madison
HONORS and AWARDS NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, December 2006 - present Graduate: Molecular Biosciences NIH Training Grant, August 1998 – July 2004 NSF Graduate Student Fellowship, August 1999 – July 2002 Vilas Travel Grant, November 2003 Undergraduate: Phi Beta Kappa, May 1998 Biology Award for outstanding senior biology student, May 1998 Botany Award for senior biology student pursuing studies in plant sciences, May 1998 Award for outstanding presentation in the plant sciences at the Wisconsin Academy for the Sciences, Arts, and Letters Conference, May 1998 Laural Society, academic honor society, Ripon College, May 1997 Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society, Ripon College, May 1997 Polymer Chemistry Award for outstanding performance in Organic II course, August 1997 J.T. Lewis Prize in Biology for outstanding freshman biology student, May 1995 Pickard Scholar, half tuition award, August 1994 – May 1998
PUBLICATIONS: Pischke, M.S., Jones, L.G., Otsuga, D., Fernandez, D.E., Drews, G.N., and Sussman, M.R. (2002) An Arabidopsis histidine kinase is essential for megagametogenesis. PNAS 99, 15800-05. Higuchi, M., Pischke, M. S., Mähönen, A.P. Miyawaki, K., Hashimoto, Y., Seki, M., Kobayashi, M., Shinozaki, K., Kato, T., Tabata, S., Helariutta, Y., Sussman, M. R., and Kakimoto, T. (2004) In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family. PNAS 101, 8821-26. Mähönen, A.P., Higuchi, M., Törmäkangas, K., Miyawaki, K., Pischke, M.S., Sussman, M.R., Helariutta, Y., and Kakimoto, T. (2006) Cytokinins regulate a bidirectional phosphorelay network in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol. 16(11), 1116-22. Pischke, M.S., Huttlin, E.L., Hegeman, A.D., and Sussman, M.R. (2006) A transcriptome-based characterization of habituation in plant tissue culture. Plant Physiol. 140(4), 1255-78. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS of RESEARCH Posters presented: 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI, June 2001 Plant Protein Phosphorylation Conference, Vienna, Austria, September 2001 14th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI, June 2003 15th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, July 2004 17th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI, June 2006 American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2007 Invited talk: The Arabidopsis hybrid kinase CKI1 is essential for megagametogenesis. 13th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Seville, Spain, June 2002 WORKSHOPS and COMMITTEES Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2001 Tools for Environmental Cleanup: Engineered Plants for Phytoremediation, Seattle, WA, January 2003 Vilas Travel Grant Review Committee, November 2004 Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program Admissions Committee, January 2002 Undergraduate Student Mentor, May 2001 – December 2003 Plant Biology Journal Club Coordinator, June 2000 – June 2002 Life Sciences Career Day Committee, April 2001 AFFILIATIONS American Society of Plant Biologists, January 1999 - present Association for Women in Science, December 2001 - present