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Ann M. Stock, PhD

Associate Director of CABM

Education

A.B. Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Ph.D. Comparative Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1986

Bio

Ann Stock is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Resident Faculty Member at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine since 1991, also previously serving as Associate Director (2008-2012) and Interim Director (2013-2019). Dr. Stock’s research interests focus on bacterial signal transduction and the molecular mechanisms that allow cells to elicit adaptive responses to changes in their environments. She participated in the discovery and characterization of a fundamental two-component phosphotransfer mechanism, now known to mediate the majority of bacterial signaling. Structure-function studies in the Stock lab have established the three-dimensional folds and conserved features shared by hundreds of thousands of response regulator proteins. Her current research focuses on understanding how an unusual class of hybrid two-component systems (HTCSs) regulate utilization of dietary fiber in gut bacteria. Research in the Stock lab has been supported by the NSF, NIH MERIT and MIRA awards, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1994-2011).

Research Focus

Bacterial signal transduction, utilization of dietary fiber by gut bacteria

Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWJMS

Co-Director - Rutgers Graduate Training Program in Biotechnology

Member
Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Member
Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow; American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Education Fellow  

Present: Editorial and Advisory Boards, PLoS Biology; Member, Faculty of 1000 (cell signaling); Chair, External Advisory Committee, University of Oklahoma NIH COBRE in Structural Biology; Peer Review Committee, Life Science Research Foundation (LSRF); President, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB); Director’s Leadership Council, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ); Founding Board, University of California Berkeley Biology+Business Program, Board of Directors, Rutgers University Foundation

Past: Editor, Journal of Bacteriology; NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Board of Scientific Counselors (Chair); Study Section Member, NIH NIGMS Training, Workforce, and Development (TWD-B); American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Council Member, Education and Professional Development Committee, Finance Committee, Accreditation Subcommittee); Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms (Chair); Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation Board of Trustees