Kathryn Huisinga, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry, Natural & Health Sciences
Director of Honors Program; Fulbright Advisor
About Kathryn Huisinga
Kathryn Huisinga and her husband, Mike, live in Akron with their two children, Sam and Ellie, and their dog and cats. When not in the classroom or the lab, she enjoys running, skiing, yoga, hiking, reading and traveling with her family. Huisinga is passionate about increasing diversity in STEM. She has been involved in the Malate Dehydrogenase CURE Community (MCC) to facilitate bringing research into my classrooms.
Education
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
- B.S., University of Iowa
AWARDS
- 2019 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Classes I Teach
- Basic Physiological Chemistry
- Biochemistry I
- Biochemistry II/Molecular Biology Genetics
- General Chemistry I
- Analytical Chemistry
- The College Experience
- Honors Sophomore Seminar: Research and the Honors Thesis
Signature Experiences
- 2024-present, Professor of Biochemistry, Malone University
- 2023-present, Honors Program Director, Malone University
- 2022-present, MCC Fellow
- 2020-2023, Department Chair, Natural Sciences, Malone University
- 2017-2023, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Malone University
- 2016-2020, Honors Program Co-Director, Malone University
- 2011-2016, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Malone University
- 2005-2011, Post-doctoral Fellow, Washington University
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Parente AD, Bolland DE, Huisinga KL, Provost JJ. Physiology of malate dehydrogenase and how dysregulation leads to disease. Essays Biochem. 2024;68(2):121-134. doi:10.1042/EBC20230085
Callahan KP, Peterson CN, Martinez-Vaz BM, et al. External Collaboration Results in Student Learning Gains and Positive STEM Attitudes in CUREs. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2022;21(4):ar74. doi:10.1187/cbe.21-06-0167
Bell A, Christian L, Hecht D, Huisinga K, Rakus J, Bell E. Teaching virtual protein-centric CUREs and UREs using computational tools. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2020;48(6):646-647. doi:10.1002/bmb.21454
Huisinga KL, Riddle NC, Leung W, et al. Targeting of P-Element Reporters to Heterochromatic Domains by Transposable Element 1360 in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2016;202(2):565-582. doi:10.1534/genetics.115.183228
Huisinga KL, Pugh BF. A genome-wide housekeeping role for TFIID and a highly regulated stress-related role for SAGA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell. 2004;13(4):573-585. doi:10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00087-5
Chitikila C, Huisinga KL, Irvin JD, Basehoar AD, Pugh BF. Interplay of TBP inhibitors in global transcriptional control. Mol Cell. 2002;10(4):871-882. doi:10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00683-4
Chen JL, Huisinga KL, Viering MM, Ou SA, Wu CT, Geyer PK. Enhancer action in trans is permitted throughout the Drosophila genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002;99(6):3723-3728. doi:10.1073/pnas.062447999