Richard Anderson Lab

Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D.

Richard A. Anderson

Richard A. Anderson

  • Kellett and University Professor
    University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
    1300 University Avenue
    Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1532
    Telephone: (608) 262-3753 (office)
    E-mail: raanders@wisc.edu
    Curriculum Vitae

    Education

    • B.S., University of Minnesota, 1979, Biochemistry/Chemistry
    • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1982, Biochemistry/Chemistry (R.E. Lovrien)
    • Postdoctoral, Yale University School of Medicine, 1982-1985, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Cell Biology and Protein Chemistry (V.T. Marchesi)

    Academic Positions

    • 1985-1986: Hull Cancer Research Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine
    • 1987-1992: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School
    • 1992-1996: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School
    • 1994-2011: Director and Founder, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
    • 1999-2001: Chair and Vice chair, Biological Sciences Executive Committee and Tenure Committee
    • 1996-2011: Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
    • 2011-present: University Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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    Honors

    • 1979: American Chemical Society Award for Undergraduate Research
    • 1979: Phi Beta Kappa
    • 1981: Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award
    • 1982: American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • 1982-1985: NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • 1983: Bacaner Basic Science Award
    • 1986: Argall L. and Anna G. Hull Fund Cancer Research Fellowship Award
    • 1988: March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Scholar Research Award
    • 1992-2014: Wisconsin/Hilldale/Undergraduate/Faculty Research Awards

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    Awards

    • 1996-2001: H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow
    • 1998-2002: Vilas Associate
    • 2005: Visiting Professor, Stony Brook University
    • 2004: William R. Kellett Midcareer Professor Award
    • 2008: Keynote Speaker, Biomembrane Symposium, Purdue University, Biochemistry
    • 2009: Vert Professor, K.U. Leuven and EMBO YIP, Department Human Genetics, Belgium
    • 2010: Visiting Professor, Vollum Institute, Oregon
    • 2010: Keynote Speaker, 27th Naito Conference on "Membrane Dynamics and Lipid Biology"
    • 2012: Keynote Speaker, University of Marseille, France

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    Society Membership

    • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • American Society for Cell Biology
    • RNA Society
    • American Heart Association
    • Biochemical Society
    • American Association for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
    • American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
    • American Association for Cancer Research

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    University Service

    • 1987-1990: Faculty Senate
      1987-1988: Examinations Committee, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      1989-1998: Undergraduate Molecular Biology Advisory Committee
      1989-1994: Admission Committee, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      1991-1994: Chair, Admissions Committee, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      1991-1994: Member, Coordinating Committee, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      1992-1993: Faculty Search and Screen Committee, Department of Pharmacology
      1993-1995: Faculty Promotions Committee, Medical School
      1994-1996: Faculty Search and Screen Committee, Department of Pharmacology
      1996-1999: Faculty Advisory Committee, Medical School
      1996-2000: Graduate Council, Medical School
      1996-1999: Graduate School Research Committee
      1996-1999: Faculty Awards Subcommittee, Graduate School Research Committee
      1996-1997: Search and Screen Committee, Department of Pharmacology
      1996-1997: Search and Screen Committee, School of Pharmacy
      1997-2004: Steering Committee, Biotechnology Center
      1997-1998: Search and Screen Committee, Department of Pharmacology
      1995-1999: Chair, Mentoring Committee for Assistant Professor Emery Bresnick
      1996-2003: Member, Mentoring Committees for Assistant Professor Shigeki Miyamoto, Assistant Professor Anna Huttenlocher
      1997-2001: Executive Committee, Cell Adhesion and Signal Transduction Group
      1998-2003: Member, Steering Committee, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      1998-2003: Member, Directors Committee, Biological Sciences
      1998-2002: Member, Biological Sciences Executive Committee and Tenure Committee
      1998-2002: Hilldale Award Selection Committee
      1999-2000: Vice Chair, Biological Sciences Executive Committee and Tenure Committee
      1999-2003: Co-Chair, Graduate Council, Medical School
      2000-2001: Chair, Biological Sciences Executive Committee and Tenure Committee
      2000-2001: Co-Chair, Cell Signaling Group, Cell and Molecular Biology Program
      2000-2003: Member, Graduate School Fellowship Committee
      2000-2006: Chair, Mentoring Committee for Assistant Professor Patricia Keely
      2002-2007: Member, Mentoring Committee for Assistant Professor Randal Tibbetts
      1994-2011: Chair, Steering Committee, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
      1992-2011: Executive Committee, Department of Pharmacology
      1994-2011: Director, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program
      1996-2011: Principal Investigator, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Grant
      2012-Present: Member, Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships Holstrom Environmental Scholarships selection committee

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    Professional Service

    • Reviewer for Journals (since 2000):
      Nature, Journal of Cell Biology, Blood, Journal of Cellular Physiology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cell Science, Cell, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Biochemistry, Science, Molecular Endocrinology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Molecular Cell, Nature Medicine, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Structure, Current Biology and others. On average about 50 manuscripts are reviewed each year.

     

    • Outside Faculty Review and Promotion Evaluation Requests:  Each year since 1996 I have reviewed 2-4 faculty tenure, promotion, or continuation documents from institutions outside the University
    • Editorial Boards (since 2008):Journal of Biological Chemistry (1997-2008), Biochemical Journal (2006-2010), Cell Health and Cytoskeleton (2008-present), ‘FACULTY OF 1000' (2010-present), Molecular Biology of the Cell Editorial Board (2012-present).
    • Current Society Committees: ASCB Public Policy Advocacy Team, Project 50. Receive briefings on critical science policy issues, serve as contact in their state to work with the Public Policy Committee, and meet with Representatives and Senators to advocate support of biological research.

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    Grant and Program Review Panels

    • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK (1990, 1992, 1996, 2001)
      NIH BIOL-2, Biological Science 2 Study Section, Ad Hoc (1994)
      National Science Foundation (1992-1996, 1998-2000)
      Welcome Trust, UK (1993, 1996-2000)
      NIDDK, Special Review Site Visit, Berkeley (1996)
      External Reviewer, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom (1997-1998)
      The Israel Science Foundation (1997-1999, 2003-2008)
      Dutch Cancer Society (1997-1999, 2002)
      NCI, Special Review Site Visit, Harvard (2000)
      NCI, Scientific Review Group – Subcommittee C, Ad Hoc (2000)
      NIGMS, Scientific Review Group Site Visit, University of Chicago (2001)
      NIH/Physiological Chemistry Study section, Ad Hoc (2003)
      NIH/Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Scientific Review Group Site Visit, UCSF (2003)
      American Heart Association (Molecular and Cellular Biology Review Committee) (2003-2004)
      National Institute of General Medical Sciences - BRT training grant review committee (2005-2009)
      Chair - American Heart Association (Molecular and Cellular Biology Review Committee 3 (2005-2009)
      NIDDK Institute, Scientific Review Group Site Visit (2005)
      Chair, NIGM, Scientific Review Group Site Visits (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
      Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Review (2007)
      Chair, NCI, Scientific Review Group Site Visit, UCSD (2009)
      NCI, Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section (2010)
      MRC Peer Review, Research Councils, UK (2010)
      Chair, NIDDK, Special Emphasis Panel ZDK1-GRB-8 (2010)
      NCI, EUREKA review panel (2010 and 2011)
      NCI, Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section (2011)
      MRC Peer Review, Research Councils, UK (2012)
      NCI Omnibus R21/R03 Application Review Committee (2012)
      NIH, ZRG1 IMST-R study section (NIH Program Project (P01) grant review) (2014-present)
      Chair, American Heart Association (Molecular Signaling Review Committee 4) (2013-2015)
      French National Research Agency (ANR) (2015)
      MRC Peer Review, Research Councils, London, UK (2014-2016)
      National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Board of Scientific Counselors Intramural Review (2016)
      Israel Science Foundation, Peer Review (2016)
      European Research Council (2016- present)
      Austrian Science Fund review of Doctoral Programme (DK) BACCARINI Manuela, "Signaling Mechanisms in Cellular Homeostasis" site visit in Vienna, Austria (2016)
      BBSRC Bioscience for the Future, Peer Review, Polaris House, London, UK (2016)
      NIH review panel, “Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award” ZGM1 TRN-7 (MIRA) (2016)

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    Meeting Organization

    • Chair, Scientific Program Committee: International Symposium on “The Role of Phosphoinositides in Cell Signaling”, 1996, University of Wisconsin-Madison
      Chair, ASCB 2014 Special Interest SUBGROUP meeting, “Nucleoskeletal Dynamics in Signaling and Gene Expression”
      Chair, FASEB Science Research Conference (2016), "Phospholipid Signaling in Cancer, Neurodegeneration and Cardiovascular Disease.”

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    Consulting

    • Onyx Pharmaceuticals, 1995-1996
      Amgen Inc., 2000, 2002, 2008, and 2011
      Lilly Pharmaceuticals, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2011
      Echelon Biosciences (2015- present)

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    Training Program Leadership and Service

    • Training Program Membership:

      Cell and Molecular Biology Program (1987 – present)
      Pharmacology Graduate Program (1987 – 1994)
      Biomolecular Chemistry Graduate Program (1992 – 2009)
      Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology program (1994 – present)
      Medical Sciences Training Program (1988- present)
      Molecular Biosciences Training Program (1988 – present)
      Biotechnology Training Program (1998 – present)
      Molecular & Environmental Toxicology (2006 – present)

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    Development and Direction for the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program

    Founding director of the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program at Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin has a rich tradition in the study of pharmacology with an emphasis on molecular and cellular approaches. A small, but excellent graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in Pharmacology have been present at the University of Wisconsin since establishment of the School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine in 1917. In addition, training in pharmacological research has occurred in departments beyond these two programs. In the early 1990's, it was clear that to develop the most outstanding training program, there must be change. Thus, to take advantage of the rich training environment at the University of Wisconsin, the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (MCP) Graduate Program was established in 1994 and I was appointed as the founding Director. The MCP Graduate Program is now the only degree-granting Pharmacology Program at Madison. In 1996, an NIH Training Grant was awarded and renewed in 2002 and in 2007. Competitive extramural funding of trainees increased from $0/year in 1994 to ~$800,000/year in 2010 supporting ~24 student stipends/year from the NIH training grant and other competitive sources. During this time, the MCP Training Program has expanded from 21 to 49 faculty trainers associated with 15 different departments spanning five separate colleges. The student group grew from 4 students to a yearly average of ~50 doctoral students. The students published >400 manuscripts. The active participation of the Program faculty led to the offering of a cohesive curriculum in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology. The curriculum includes didactic graduate courses, a research-oriented laboratory rotation program, and a weekly seminar schedule that focuses on visiting speakers, along with trainee and faculty presentations and a annual campus wide symposium. See http://molpharm.wisc.edu/. In late 2010, I stepped down as program director.

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    Graduate Student Doctoral Committees

    I currently serve on 3 Ph.D. Committees for students in four different Ph.D. programs on campus. I have served on over >100 Ph.D. Committees since coming to Madison.

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    Community Service

    • President, Village of Cross Plains 2003-2005: Cross Plains, Wisconsin- a vibrant community of 3373 residents close to Madison. Annual budget of ~3.8 million dollars and employs over 20 people. The community is famous as the home of the Black Earth Creek, which is a world-class trout stream that flows through the village. The role of the Village President is to appoint all committees, commissions, develop the budget, and chair the village board.
      Accomplishments in Office: Built the first “Environmentally Green” Library in the State of Wisconsin. Initiated and directed the private fund raising efforts for 60% of the $4.9 million cost. Sited and initiated the renovation of the village water purification facility ($6.9 million). Initiated and completed the economic development-plan for the village that emphasizes the Black Earth Creek of an economic development resource. Initiated the design of a “Water Quality Corridor” along the Black Earth Creek though and beyond the village that was adopted in a referendum of the voters. Initiated and chaired the Economic Development Committee in the village. Initiated and appointed the Budget Committee that defined and streamlined village spending resulting in annual savings of ~6% for village expenditures.
      Continued Membership on Civic Committees: Membership of advocacy groups: “Concerned Citizens of Cross Plains”; “Black Earth Creek Watershed Association” and the executive committee; Black Earth Creek Conservation Organization, and the executive committee.

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    Civic Awards

    • “Water Champion of the Black Earth Creek”, 2005
      “Trout Unlimited Certificate of Appreciation”, for establishment of the Water Quality Corridor along the Black Earth Creek, 2006

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