Nina Flay

Education

Postdoc 2002-2004 Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Ph.D.2001 Cell Biology, Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School

Dissertation: Erythroid-Specific Expression of Human Growth Hormone Enhances Trabecular Bone Formation along Marrow-Lining Endosteal Surfaces in Transgenic Mice.

M.S. 1981 Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

Thesis: Nucleolar Transcription in Pachytene Spermatocytes of the Chinese Hamster (A comparative light and electron microscope autoradiographic study)

B.S. 1962 Chemistry, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY

Published Books and Articles

Flay, Nina W. and Gorelick, Fred S. Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology. Ed., Leonard R. Johnson. Elsevier Science, San Diego CA. November 2003: two chapters "Anatomy of the Pancreas" and "Exocrine Pancreas (Structure)".

Chen, T.L., Wang, P. Gwon, S.S., Flay, N.W. Vertel, B.M. Intracellular localization of engineered proteoglycans. Methods Mol. Biol 2001; 171:301-308.

Flay, Nina W., Vertel, B.M., King, D. Erythroid-Specific Expression of Human Growth Hormone in Marrow Stimulates Local Osteoblast Activity. ASBMR (abstract submitted), Phoenix, Arizona, 2001.

Wang, Bao-Le, Flay, Nina W., Hacker, G.W. Chapter 15: Immunogold-Silver Staining for Scanning Electron Microscopy in Cancer Research. Gold and Silver Staining: Techniques in Molecular Morphology. Gerhard W. Hacker and Jiang Gu (ed.), Eaton Publishing, Natick, MA, Feb., 2001.

Beales, M., Flay, N., McKinney, R., Habara, Y., Ohshima, Y., Tani, T., Potashkin, J. Mutations in the large subunit of U2AF disrupt pre-mRNA splicing, cell cycle progression and nuclear structure. Yeast: 16(11), 1001-1013, August 2000.

Flay, N.W., Vertel, B.M., Schneider, G.B., King, D. Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Growth Hormone in Erythroid Cells Have Enhanced Bone Deposition. International Conference on Biology and Pathology of the Extracellular Matrix (abstract), St. Louis, MO, October, 2000 and ASBMR 22nd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, September, 2000.

Chen, Tung-Ling L., Wang, Peiyin Y., Luo, Wei, Gwon, Seung S., Flay, Nina W., Zheng, Jing, Guo, Chunxia, Tanzer, MarvinL., Vertel, Barbara M. Aggrecan Domains Expected to Traffic through the Exocytic Pathway are Misdirected to the Nucleus. Exp.Cell Res. 263:224-235, 2000.

King, D., Chase, J., Flay, N., Havey`, R.,Patwardhan, A., Saban, J., Schneider, G., Sparks, S.E., Zussman, M. Gene Therapy Strategy to Improve Bone Quality in Osteopenia. (abstract), San Francisco, CA, 1998.

Schneider, G.B., Benis, K.A., Flay, N.W., Ireland, R.A., Popoff, S.N. Effects of Vitamin D Binding Protein-Macrophage Activating Factor (DBP-MAF) Infusion on Bone Resorption in Two Osteopetrotic Mutations. Bone:16 (6), 667-672, June 1995.

Vertel, Barbara M., Walters, Linda M., Flay, Nina W., Kearns, Ann E., Schwartz, Nancy B. Xylosylation is an Endoplasmic Reticulum to Golgi Event. J. Biol. Chem.:268 (15), 11105-11112, 1993.

Montgomery, Rebecca I., Lidholt, Kerstin, Flay, Nina W., Liang, Jonathan, Vertel, Barbara, Lindahl, Ulf, Esko, Jeffrey D. Stable heparin-producing cell lines derived from the Furth murine mastocytoma. PNAS:89, 11327-11331, December 1992.

Courses Taught

Dr. Flay coordinates the Introductory Biology sequence for majors. She teaches BI 253 , BI 254 and associated labs.