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Education:
Trinity College Georgetown University
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
American Board of Medical Genetics
BA, Biology Ph.D. Biology/ Genetics of Higher Organisms,
Postgraduate Fellowship
Certified Clinical Cytogeneticist
Educational and Related Employment Experience:
Regina High School
U. MA Medical School
Western Maryland College
Educational Testing Service
The College Board
MABT
American Dental Association
Teacher: Biology and Advanced Biology Chairperson: Science
Assistant Principal
Instructor; Assistant Professor of Pathology
Professor
Chair, Biology
1984-present Advanced Placement Program
Test Development: AP Committee
SAT II Test Development
Medical Science Committee/ Academic Affairs
Pacesetter Program
Science Advisory Committee
Member-At-Large, Board of Directors of the Maryland Association of Biology Teachers
Consultant for DAT Testing
Selected Publications:
Paquin, L.A. 1977. Sigma Virus and Mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. Thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., pp. 1-61.
Paquin, L.A., Baumiller, R.C. 1978. Sigma Virus Induced Mutation in Inversion Entire X-Chromosome and in the Second Chromosome of
Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Genetics, Moscow, 1978.
Paquin, L.A., Purtilo, D.T. 1978. Genetic Studies of the X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (XLRLS). Genetics, 88:s76.
Purtilo, D.T., Paquin, L.A., Gindhart, T. 1978. Genetics of Neoplasia: Impact of Ecogenetics on Oncogenesis. Amer. J. Pathology, 91(3):607-688,1978.
Purtilo, D.T., Paquin, L.A., DeFloria, D., Virzi, R., Sakhuja, R. 1979. Immunodiagnosis and Immunopathogenesis of the X-Linked Recessive Lymphoproliferative Syndrome. Sem. Hematol. 16:309-343, 1979.
Purtilo, D.T., Sullivan, J., Paquin, L.A. 1979. Biomarkers in Familial Immunodeficiency Syndromes. In: Biological Markers in Cancer. Edited by H.T. Lynch, H. Guirgis. Van Nostran-Reinhold Co.
Purtilo, D.T., Paquin, L.A., Sakamoto, K., Hutt, L., Yang, J., Sparling, S., Leberman, N. and McAuley, R. 1979. Transient Acquired Immunodeficiency with Persistent Transfusion-Induced Infectious Mononucleosis. Am. J. Med. 68:437-440, 1980.
Paquin, L.A., Maurer, H.S., Purtilo, D.T.: Cytogenetic abnormalities in the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome. Cold Spring Harbor Herpesvirus Mtg (Abstract) 1979.
Hamilton, J.K., Paquin, L.A., Sullivan, J.L., Maurer, H.S., Cruzi, F.G., Provisor, A.J., Steuber, C.P., Hawkins, E., Yawn, D., Cornet, J.A., Clausen, K. Finkelstein, G.Z., Landing, B., Grunnet, M., Purtilo, D.T.: X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Registry Report. J. Pedi. 96:669-673, 1980.
Purtilo, D.T., Hamilton, J., Sullivan, J., Paquin, L., Bhawan, J. and Sakamoto, K.: Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Oncogenesis in Immunodeficient Patients. Lab. Invest., 40:296, 1979.
Sakamoto, K., Freed, H.J., Paquin, L.A., Sullivan, J.L. and Purtilo, D.T.: Response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP). Fourth International Congress of Immunology. Paris, France, 1980.
Purtilo, D.T., Liao, S.A., Sakamoto, K., Snyder, L.M., DeFlorio, D., Sullivan, J.L., Bhawan, J., Paquin, L.A., Yang, J.P.S., Hutt, L.M., Muralidharan, K., Raffa, P., Saemundson, A., Klein, G.: Diverse familial malignant tumors and Eptstein-Barr virus. Cancer Research 41:4248-52. 1981.
Purtilo, D.T., Sullivan, J.L., Paquin, L.A.: Registry of fatal infectious mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr virus infections. JAMA. Vol. 2 and
3:1806, 1980.
Purtilo, D.T., Sakamoto, K., Freed, H.J., Sullivan, J.L. and Paquin, L.A.: Response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome. Fed. Proc. 39:4667, 1980.
Purtilo, D.T., Sakamoto, K., Sullivan, J.L., Paquin, L.A., Saemundson, A., Synnerholm, A.C., Klein, G.: Documentation of Epstein-Barr
virus-induced lymphoproliferative disease in the X-LInked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome. Cold Spring Harbor Fifth Herpesvirus Meeting, August 26-31, 1980.
Paquin, L.A. and Purtilo, D.T.: Chromosomes and the X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (XLP). Abstract Genetics. Vol. 94 Suppl. 1980.
Sairenji, T., Spiro, R., Reisert, P., Jones, W., Paquin, L., Sakamoto, K., Shibuya, A., Sullivan, J., Katayama, I., Humphreys, R.: The role of Epstein-Barr virus in hairy cell leukemia: II. Potential for supertransformation of leukemic cells and establishment of cell lines. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1982.
Sairenji, T., Sprio, R., Reisert, P., Paquin L., Sakamoto, K., Shibuyi, A., Sullivan, J., Katayama, I., and Humphreys, R.: Kinetics of transformation with Epstein-Barr virus and phenotypic characteristics of lymphoblastoid cell lines established from patients with Hairy Cell Leukemia. American Journal of Hematology. 1983.
Paquin, L.A. and Purtilo, D.T.: Genetic and Familial Aspects of Cancer. In: Surgical Oncology. Editors: Y. Pilch and T. dasGupta. McGraw-Hill Co., New York, (Ch. 4) 1984.
Paquin, L.A.: Book Review (Understanding Genetics, 4th ed. By Norman Rothwell). Am. J. Hum. Genet. 44:168-169, 1989.
Paquin, L.A.: Ethical Issues in Science and Health. In: Science and Technology in Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. Duke University. 1992.
Paquin, L.A. : Science and an Artist's Eye. Cross-Disciplinary Teaching and Learning 2(2): 4-5, March 1996.
Research in Progress:
Relationship between Genetics and Art: Focus on the ways in which persons with a variety of genetic conditions are portrayed by the artist; an indication of the societal view of genetic diversity over the ages.