David Calhoun
Professor
Building
dcalhoun@ccny.cuny.edu
Office
Marshak Science Building
Phone
1315
212-650-6936
Fax
212-650-6934
David Calhoun
Education
Ph.D: University of Alabama, 1969. Major: Microbiology, Minor: Biochemistry, Dissertation: Genetic Linkage and Metabolic Regulation of the Methionine Biosynthetic Pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Advisor: Dr. Thomas W. Feary
B.A: Birmingham Southern College, Major: Vertebrate Zoology: Minor: Chemistry, 1965
Courses Taught
Chem 32002
Professional Experience
Faculty: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York, Convent Avenue and 138th Street, New York, NY 10031, Professor, 1987-present.
Corporate: President and CEO, ShelbyBioTech LLC, Leonia, NJ, 1994-present
Faculty: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Assistant Professor, 1973-79, Associate Professor, 1980-86
Postdoctoral: Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Sponsor: Dr. G. Wesley Hatfield, 1971-1973
Postdoctoral: Department of Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Sponsor: Dr. Roy A. Jensen, 1969-1971
Graduate: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Sponsor: Dr. Thomas W. Feary, 1965-1969
Research Interests
Gene regulation in Escherichia coli K-12; microbial genetics;
Gene cloning and sequencing; Fabry disease, an inherited
disease associated with a deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A;
Enzyme replacement therapy.
Publications
Meghdari, M., Gao, N, Abdullahi, A., Stokes, E., Calhoun, D.H. (2015) Carboxyl-Terminal Truncations Alter the Activity of the Human α-Galactosidase A, PLoS ONE 10(2): e0118341. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118341
Kalyankar, N. D., Sharma, M. K., Vaidya, S., Calhoun, D. H., Maldarelli, C, Couzis, A., and Gilchrist, L. (2006) Arraying of Intact Liposomes Into Chemically Functionalized Microwell Surfaces, Langmuir, 22, 5403-5411.