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Researcher's Profile

Last Name

Bradfield 

First Name

Christopher 

Middle Initial

Areas of Research Expertise

* Interested in a family of transcriptional regulators known as PAS proteins
* Characterization of the Ah-receptor/Arnt pathway in genetically manipulable organisms such as mice and yeast

Web site

Christopher Bradfield's University Web Page 

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

 

Current/Active Funding

  • NIH, 2007-2011, Characterization of the AH receptor signaling pathway

Issued Patent(s)

  • 7,105,647 - cDNAs and proteins involved in hypoxia, circadian and orphan signal transduction pathways, and methods of use, granted Sept 2006.
  • 6,432,692 - Sensitive bioassay for detecting agonists of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, granted Aug 2002
  • 5,378,822 - Nucleic acids encoding murine and human Ah receptors, granted Jan 1995.
  • 5,128,244 - Assay for Dioxins, granted Jul 1992.

USPTO Published Applications

Recent Publication(s)

  • "EDGE(3): a web-based solution for management and analysis of Agilent two color microarray experiments"

Vollrath AL, Smith AA, Craven M, et al., BMC Bioinformatics 10 280 Sep 2009. Here, we present EDGE(3), an open-source, web-based application that allows for the storage, analysis, and controlled sharing of transcription-based microarray data generated on the Agilent DNA platform. Pubmed/NLM.

  • "The aryl hydrocarbon receptor: a perspective on potential roles in the immune system"

Stevens EA, Mezrich JD, Bradfield CA, Immunology 127 (3): 299-311 Jul 2009. In this review, we will attempt to illustrate what is currently known about AHR biology in the hope that data from fields as diverse as evolutionary biology and pharmacology will help elucidate the mechanism by which AHR modifies immune responses. Keywords: Animals; Evolution, Molecular; Inflammation/immunology; Mice; Mice, Mutant Strains; Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/genetics; Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/immunology; Signal Transduction/immunology; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology. Pubmed/NLM.

  • "Clustered alignments of gene-expression time series data"

Smith AA, Vollrath A, Bradfield CA, et al., Bioinformatics 25 (12): 119-127 Jun 2009. We present a novel algorithm that calculates clustered alignments; the method finds clusters of genes such that the genes within a cluster share a common alignment, but each cluster is aligned independently of the others. Pubmed/NLM.

  • "Genetic components of the circadian clock regulate thrombogenesis in vivo"

Westgate EJ, Cheng Y, Reilly DF et al., Circulation 117 (16): 2087-2095 Apr 2008. Key components of the molecular clock regulate the response to a thrombogenic stimulus in vivo. Such a phenomenon may interact with environmental variables, and together with the influence of these genes on blood pressure may contribute to the diurnal variation in cardiovascular events observed in humans.

Recent Artistic Works

 

Collaboration

  • McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research

Research Tools

 

Research Facilities

 

E-mail Address

bradfield@oncology.wisc.edu 

Phone Number

(608) 262-2024 

Current University

UW - Madison 

Department

Oncology 

Title

Professor 

Other Appointments

 

Address Line 1

213A McArdle Laboratory 

Address Line 2

1400 University Avenue 

City

Madison 

State

WI 

Zip Code

53706 

Bachelor's Degree

BS, University of California at Davis, Toxicology, 1982

Master's Degree

 

PhD

PhD, University of California at Berkeley, Toxicology and Nutrition, 1986

Other Degrees

 

Technologies Available for Licensing

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