Ann Hawkinson
Assistant Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences
Contact Information
Office
Ross Hall, Room 1530
Office Hours
MW 2:30- 3:30
Mailing Address
501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80639
Education
- Ph.D.: Ph.D.: Biological Education, University of Northern Colorado (2011)
- B.S.: Biology, Mesa State College (2006)
Research/Areas of Interest
My research interests are mostly focused on virus: host interactions in small mammals
and the immune response to infection. In my lab, we examine virus-host interactions
of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) in deer mice, Modoc virus (MODV) in deer mice, and Tacaribe
virus (TCRV) in Jamaican fruit bats. I have recently begun a collaborative project
with Dr. Richard Hyslop (Dept. of Chemistry, UNC) trying to isolate genes from bacterial
and fungal cell lines that could be used in the development of an anti-cancer drug
delivery system.
Publications/Creative Works
Peer-reviewed research publications
Green = undergraduate student; Red = graduate student.
- Amanda McGuire, Joseph Fauvera Amber Rico, Tawfik Aboellail, Gretchen Hume, Kaitlyn Miedema, Sandra Quackenbush, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Maporal Hantavirus Causes Mild Pathology in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). (JVI, Submitted for review January 2015).
- Timothy I Shaw, Anuj Srivastava, Wen-chi Chou, Liang Liu, Ann Hawkinson, Travis C. Glenn, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz. Transcriptome Sequencing and Annotation
for the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis). PLoS ONE, November 2012, 7(11) e48472.
- AC Hawkinson, R Bowen, S James, D Gardiner, C Calisher, R Adams, and T Schountz, Tacaribe Virus
Causes Fatal Infection of An Ostensible Reservoir Host, the Jamaican Fruit Bat. Journal
of Virology 2012, 86(10): 5791.
- AC Cogswell-Hawkinson, R Adams, C Calisher, M McGlaughlin and T Schountz: Cloning and Characterizing Cytokine
Genes from Seba’s Short-tailed Bat (Carollia perspicillata). BMC Immunology. (Open Immunology Journal, October, 2011)
- Schountz, T., J. Prescott, A. C. Cogswell, L. Oko, K. Mirowsky-Garcia, A. Galvez Fuenzalida and B. Hjelle. Regulatory T cell-like
responses in deer mice persistently-infected with Sin Nombre virus. Proc Natl Acad
Sci. 2007. 104: 15496.
- Recently presented papers and posters
- Gretchen Hume, Ann Hawkinson, Tawfik Aboellail, Tony Schountz. Experimental Modoc virus infection of deer mice
(Peromyscus maniculatus). Rocky Mountain Virology Club Meeting, Pingree Park, CO,
October 3-5, 2014. (Talk)
- Gretchen Hume, Ann Hawkinson, Tony Schountz. Enhanced Expression of Immune Pathway Genes in Jamaican Fruit Bats
Experimentally Infected with Tacaribe Virus. American Society for Virology. 33rd Annual
Meeting. Fort Collins, CO, June 21-25, 2014. (Poster)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society, National Convention.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2012 (Talk)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Annual University of Northern Colorado Academic Excellence Week. Greeley,
CO, April 2012. (Poster)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Beta Beta Beta National BiologicalHonor Society, Regional Conference.
Alamosa, CO. March 2012. (Talk)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of Immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. St. Louis,
MO, November 2011. (Poster)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of Immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). University of Northern Colorado’s Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Greeley, CO, November 2011. (Talk)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of Immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). American Society for Microbiology, Rocky Mountain Branch Fall Meeting.
Colorado Springs, CO, October, 2011. (Talk)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). 19th Annual Ronald E. McNair Scholars Research Conference. Seattle,
WA, May, 2011. (Talk)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Annual University of Northern Colorado Research Conference. Greeley,
CO, April, 2011. (Poster)
- Benjamin Lee, Ann Hawkinson and Tony Schountz. Cloning of immunoglobulin cDNAs from the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus
jamaicensis). Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society, Regional Conference.
Gunnison, CO, April 2011. (Talk)
- Ann Hawkinson, Richard Bowen, David Gardiner, Rick Adams, Charles Calisher, and Tony Schountz.
Experimental Infection of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) with Tacaribe
Virus. American Society for Microbiology, Rocky Mountain Branch, General Meeting.
Colorado Springs, CO, October 7-8, 2011. (Poster)
- Ann Hawkinson, Richard Bowen, David Gardiner, Rick Adams, Charles Calisher, and Tony Schountz.
Experimental infection of Jamaican fruit bats with Tacaribe virus, North American
Society for Bat Research. 40th Annual NASBR meeting. Denver, CO, October 27-30, 2010.
(Poster)
- Ann Cogswell, Tony Schountz, Richard Bowen, Rick Adams. Experimental Infections of Jamaican fruit
bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) with Tacaribe virus. American Society for Microbiology
meeting. Greeley, CO., April 24-25, 2009. (Talk)
- Ann Cogswell, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz. First characterization of cytokine genes from a bat,
using Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata). Rocky Mountain Virology Club
meeting. Pingree Park, CO., October 5-7, 2007. (Poster)
- Ann Cogswell, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz. Cloning and Characterization of the First Cytokine
Genes from a Bat Species. XIV International Bat Research Conference. 37th NASBR. Merida,
YUC. Mexico. August 19-23, 2007. (Poster)
- Ann Cogswell, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz. Cloning and Characterization of the First Cytokine
Genes from a Bat Species. American Society for Microbiology meeting. Grand Junction,
CO., June 2007. (Poster)
- Ann Cogswell, Rick Adams, and Tony Schountz. Cloning and Characterization of the First Cytokine
Genes from a Bat Species. Rocky Mountain Virology Club meeting. Pingree Park, CO.,
October 6-8, 2006. (Poster)