Pascal Lapierre, Ph. D.

Facility Scientist, Bioinformatics

University of Connecticut

91 North Eagleville Road

Bio/Physics Bldg, Unit-3149, Room G05

Storrs, CT 06269-3149

Phone: (860) 486-8742

Fax: (860) 486-5005
Pascal.lapierre@uconn.edu

 

Employments

 

Facility Scientist, Academic Assistant III (July 2007 –  Present)

University of Connecticut Biotechnology Center

Scientist in Bioinformatics

 

Research Assistant (September 1997 – January 2000)

Laval University, Infectious Diseases Research Center

Division of Rapid Diagnostic

 

 

 

EDUcATION

 

University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Doctoral Degree in Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics

August 2001 – July 2007

 

Laval University, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (Medicine)

Masters Degree in Molecular and Cell Biology

January 2000 – March 2002

 

Laval University, Biochemistry Department

Certificate Degree in Genetic Engineering

September 1996 – May 1997

 

Laval University, Biology Department

Bachelor Degree in Biology, Major in Molecular Biology

September 1993 – May 1996

 

 

teaching experiences

 

University of Connecticut

 

-       Teaching Assistant for MCB 200 (Human Genetics) – Fall 2002 and Spring 2007

-       Teaching Assistant for MCB 371 (Computer Methods in Molecular Evolution) – Spring 2006

-       Teaching Assistant for MCB 221 (Intro. to Mol. Evol. and Bioinformatics) – Fall 2005

-       Lecturer for a three weeks class in Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics: Computer Approaches to Sequence Analysis (Summer 2004)

-       Taught two lectures on “Introduction to Genetics” for STA 401 (Bioinformatics) for non-biologists – Spring 2003

-       Teaching Assistant for BIO 107 (The Biology of Human Health and Diseases) – Spring 2001

 

 

Awards

-       NASA Planetary Biology Internship Recipient, Summer 2004

-       Student Travel Grant Award, 101st ASM General Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2001

-       First place winner, student science contest for works on composite concretes. March 1995, St-Felicien, Quebec, Canada

SPECIAL SKILLS

-       Proficient in PERL programming language, developing scripts for automated labor intensive genomic research tasks

-       Proficient in Unix operating system

-       Webmaster for the MCB departmental web site (2004 – 2006)

 

 

PUBLICATIONs

Philippe Normand, Pascal Lapierre, Louis S. Tisa, J. Peter Gogarten, Nicole Alloisio, Emilie Bagnarol, Carla A. Bassi, Alison M. Berry, Derek M. Bickhart, Nathalie Choisne, Arnaud Couloux, Benoit Cournoyer, Stephane Cruveiller, Vincent Daubin, Nadia Demange, M. Pilar Francino, Eugene Goltsman, Ying Huang, Olga R. Kopp,  Laurent Labarre, Alla Lapidus, Celine Lavire, Joelle Marechal, Michele Martinez, Juliana E. Mastronunzio, Beth C. Mullin, James Niemann, Pierre Pujic, Tania Rawnsley, Zoe Rouy, Chantal Schenowitz, Anita Sellstedt, Fernando Tavares, Jeffrey P. Tomkins, David Vallenet, Claudio Valverde, Luis G. Wall, Ying Wang, Claudine Medigue, & David R. Benson : Genome characteristics of facultatively symbiotic Frankia sp. strains reflect host range and host plant biogeography.  Genome Research, 2007 Jan;17(1):7-15.

Lapierre, P. *, Shial, R.*, and Gogarten, J.P. : Distribution of F- and A/V- type ATPases in Thermus scotoductus and Other Closely Related Species. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2006 Jan;29(1):15-23. *Have contributed equally to this work

Olga Zhaxybayeva, Pascal Lapierre and J. Peter Gogarten : Ancient Gene Duplications and the Root(s) of the Tree of Life. Protoplasma, 2005 Dec;227(1):53-64.

Olga Zhaxybayeva, Pascal Lapierre and J. Peter Gogarten. Genome mosaicism and organismal lineages. Trends in Genetics 2004 May;20(5):254-60.

Pascal Lapierre, Ann Huletsky, François J. Picard, Michel G. Bergeron. Real-time PCR assay for detection of fluoroquinolone resistance associated with grlA mutations in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003 Jul; 41(7): 3246-51.

Fournier D, Mouton C, Lapierre P, Kato T, Okuda K, Menard C. Porphyromonas gulae sp. nov., an anaerobic, gram-negative coccobacillus from the gingival sulcus of various animal hosts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001 May;51(Pt 3):1179-89.

Oral PRESENTATION

“The Size of the Prokaryotic Protein Universe“ Presented at the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), Washington D.C., March 2006

POSTERs

Pascal Lapierre and J.Peter Gogarten. Evaluation of the early substitution rates using cyanobacterial gene family Comparisons. Poster presented at the Exobiology PI meeting, NASA Ames, CA, August 2005.

P. Lapierre, J. P. Gogarten, Y. Huang, J. Mastronunzio, T. Rawnsley, C. A. Bassi,
L. S. Tisa, M. P. Francino, Alla Lapidus, P. Richardson, P. Normand, and D. R. Benson.
Comparative analysis of three Frankia genomes: symbiotic interaction with actinorhizal host plants and genome plasticity. Poster presented at the International Conference on Microbial Genomes April 13 - 16, 2005; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pascal Lapierre, Olga Zhaxybayeva and J. Peter Gogarten. Whole genome analyses on the class levels: is there a consensus phylogeny?  Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Evolution, Ventura, CA, February 1-6, 2004.

Pascal Lapierre, J. Peter Gogarten. Update on the Molecular Evolution of the bacterial A/V- Type ATP Synthases.  Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on the Origin of Life, Lewiston, ME, July 13-18, 2003.

Pascal Lapierre, Reshma Shial, J. Peter Gogarten. Evidence of an A/V type ATPase in Thermus scotoductus and other closely related species.  Astrobiology, 2(4): 478. Poster presented at NASA Astrobiology Institute General Meeting, Tempe, AZ, February 10-12, 2003

Pascal Lapierre, Ann Huletsky, Francois J. Picard, Michel G. Bergeron, Marc Ouellette, Paul H. Roy. Development of a real-time PCR assay for the identification of quinolone-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using the Smart Cycler. May 2001 ; Poster presented at the 101st ASM General Meeting, Orlando, FL.