Institute of Arctic Biology
P.O. Box 757000

Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000

Positions

Assistant Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 10/04-

Postdoctoral Researcher, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California , Davis , CA , 7/03-9/04.

Education

Ph.D. in Genetics, University of California , Davis , CA , June 2003. Advisor: Dr. Mike Seldin.

Limited-status resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of California , Davis , CA , 6/99 – 6/01.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis , CA , June 1999.

Swedish University of Agricultural Science Animal Health Externship, Skara , Sweden , 1999.

Utrecht University Lab Animal Medicine Externship, Utrecht , Netherlands , 1999.

John G. Shedd Aquarium Externship, Chicago , IL , 1999.

Stanford University Lab Animal Medicine Externship, Stanford , CA , 1998.

Aquavet Program, Woods Hole, MA, 1996.

Master of Science in Zoology, University of New Hampshire , Durham , NH , December 1992. Advisor: Dr. Tom Kocher.

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Stanford University , Stanford , CA , June 1989.

Stanford-in-Oxford, Oxford , England , 1989.

Williams/Mystic Maritime Studies Program, Mystic, CT, 1987.

Publications

Runstadler, J.A. , H. Säilä, A. Savolainen, M. Leirisalo-Repo, K. Aho, E. Tuomilehto-Wolf, J. Tuomilehto, and M.F. Seldin. SLC11A1 ( NRAMP1 ) is associated with Finnish pauciarticular and polyarticular rheumatoid factor negative juvenile idiopathic arthritis: haplotype analysis in Finnish families. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2005; 52: 247-56.

Runstadler, J.A. , H. Säilä, A. Savolainen, M. Leirisalo-Repo, K. Aho, E. Tuomilehto-Wolf, J. Tuomilehto, and M.F. Seldin. HLA-DRB1, TAP2/TAP1, and HLA-DPB1 haplotypes in Finnish juvenile idiopathic arthritis: more complexity within the MHC. Genes and Immunity, 2004; 5: 562-571.

Tolwani, R.J., C.E. Hagan, J.A. Runstadler , H. Lyons, S.L. Green, D.M. Bouley, L.F. Rodriquez, S.A. Schendel, M.E. Moseley, D.A. Daunt, G. Otto, and L.C. Cork. Development of an Animal Model for Cleft Palate: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Surgical Repair of a Four Week Old Brittany Spaniel. Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci., 2004; 43: 17-21.

Runstadler, J.A. , H. Säilä, A. Savolainen, M. Leirisalo-Repo, K. Aho, E. Tuomilehto-Wolf, J. Tuomilehto, and M.F. Seldin. 2003. Analysis of MHC region genetics in Finnish Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Evidence for different locus specific effects in Polyarticular vs. Pauciarticular subsets and a shared DRB1 epitope. Genes and Immunity 4: 326-335.

Runstadler, J.A. Immunogenetics of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Genetic Susceptibility of the MHC and SLC11A1 Chromosomal Regions . 2003. Doctoral dissertation. Genetics Graduate Group, University of California , Davis.

Collette, N.M.B., J.A. Runstadler , T.R. Famula, A.M. Oberbauer, and J.D. Murray. 2002. Increased expression of differentiation markers in adipose tissue of oMt1a-oGH transgenic mice. Transgenic Research 11(1): 88-89.

Oberbauer, A.M., J.A. Runstadler , J.D. Murray, and P. Havel. 2001. Obesity and elevated plasma leptin concentrations in oMT1a-o growth hormone transgenic mice. Obesity Res. 9:51-58.

Detrich, H.W., III, M.W. Kieran, F.Y. Chan, L.M. Barone, K. Yee, J.A. Runstadler , S. Pratt, D. Ransom, and L.I. Zon. 1995. Intra-embryonic hematopoietic cell migration during vertebrate development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92: 10713-10717.

Runstadler, J.A. The Evolution of Zebrafish Homeotic Gene Arrays . 1992. Masters Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire .

Runstadler, J.A. and T.D. Kocher. 1991. A new homeotic gene from the zebrafish. Nucleic Acids Research 19:5434.

Olson, R.R., J.A. Runstadler , and T.D. Kocher. 1991. Whose Larvae? Nature 351:357-358. (Scientific Correspondence).

Research Interests

•  Evolutionary/comparative biology of immune function and host/pathogen interaction.

•  Comparative Genetics/Immunogenetics/Genetic mechanisms of disease.

•  Veterinary immunology.

•  Environmental genomics/Pharmacogenomics/Toxicogenomics.

•  Species Genetic Diversity.