Date Updated

9-24-2024

Department

Chemistry; Office of Research

Academic Rank

Professor

Year Retired from SJSU

2020

Educational Background

University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry Ph.D. 1979

University of California, San Diego, Revelle College, Biology A.B. 1972

Dissertation Title

Nucleosome Stability

Teaching Experience

SJSU, Department of Chemistry, Professor, 1993-2020

SJSU, Department of Chemistry, Associate Professor, 1987-1993

SJSU, Department of Chemistry, Assistant Professor, 1983-1987

UCLA, Department of Chemistry, Adjunct Lecturer, 1983 Apr- June

UCLA, Department of Biological Chemistry, National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1979 - 1982

For additional information on teaching experience, including student advising and thesis service at SJSU, see attached CV.

Administrative and Professional Experience

SJSU, Office of Research, Associate Vice President, 2014-2020

SJSU Research Foundation, Interim Chief Operating Officer, 2014 - 2015

SJSU, Office of Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Vice President, 2005 - 2014

SJSU, Graduate Studies and Research, Interim Associate Vice President, 2003 - 2005

SJSU, Department of Chemistry, Chair, 1996 - 2003

SJSU, College of Science, Biotechnology Education and Research Institute, Director, 1990 - 1995

For Honors and Awards see attached CV

Service

National Institute of General Medical Sciences [NIGMS] Advisory Council member (Appt 2020 to 2024)

Evaluation of Bridges to the Baccalaureate working group chair for NIGMS, 2023

Evaluation of Native American Research Centers for Health panel co-chair for NIGMS, 2021

Council of Graduate Schools, Executive Committee (2012-2014)

California State University Council of Chief Research Officers, Chair and member

California State University Council of Graduate Deans, Chair and member

Western Association of Graduate Schools, Board of Directors, member

San José State University Research Foundation, Board of Directors, Vice Chair

San José State University Academic Senate, Chair (1998-1999)

California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB), Executive Committee

For additional SJSU Service on University Committees, College of Science Committees, and Chemistry Department Committees, see attached CV.

Selected Publications

Journals

Stacks, P.C., Mazrimas, J., Corzett, M., and Balhorn, R. “Reactivity and adduct formation of a polyaromatic hydrocarbon, 7-bromomethylbenz[a]anthracene, with chromatin histone proteins.” J. Chromatography (1990) 528, 25-34.

Stacks, P.C., White, J.H., and Dixon, K. “Accommodation of pyrimidine dimers during replication of UV-damaged simian virus 40 DNA.” Mol. and Cell. Biol. (1983) 3, 1403-1411.

Dixon, K., Barnett, S.W., Lau, C.K., and Stacks, P.C. “Cloning SV40 hind III restriction fragments into M13 bacteriophage.” Gene (1982) 18, 97-100.

Stacks, P.C. and Schumaker, V.N. “Nucleosome dissociation and transfer in concentrated salt solutions.” Nuc. Acids Res. (1979) 7, 2457-2467.

Abstracts (Student authors underlined)

Giang, T. and Stacks, P.C. “Protamine-DNA Binding Affinity: Dissociation Constant” American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium (May 1997), Santa Cruz, CA.

Giang, T. and Stacks, P.C. “Binding Constant Determination of Bull Protamine P1 and 12 bp DNA in 0.1M NaCl”, In: Abstracts of Ninth CSU Biotechnology Symposium (Jan 1997), Pomona, CA.

Manasseh, D. and Stacks, P.C. "Protamine Binding Location on DNA." In: Abstracts of Eighth CSU Biotechnology Symposium (Jan 1996), Pomona, CA.

Wren, J.P. and Stacks, P.C. "DNA-protamine interactions." Abstracts. Keystone symposium. (1994).

Wren, J.P. and Stacks, P.C. "DNA-protamine binding-Determination of the dissociation rate constants." In: Abstracts of Fifth CSU Biotechnology Symposium (1993), Pomona, CA

Natu, V., Ashmore, M., Balhorn, R., and Stacks, P.C. “Folding studies of protamine P1, a sperm DNA condensing protein.” In: Abstracts of Second CSU Biotechnology Symposium (1990), Pomona, CA.

Stacks, P.C., Mazrimas, J., Corzett, M., and Balhorn, R. “Assessment of carcinogen damage of histones.” J. of Cellular Biochemistry, Suppl. 12A, E216 (1988)

Stacks, P.C., and Mazrimas, J. “Yeast histone isolation using HPLC.” J. of Cellular Biochemistry, Suppl. 9C, A1488 (1985)

Stacks, P.C., and Hercules, K. “Effects of ultraviolet irradiation on Simian Virus 40 DNA synthesis.” J. of Supramolecular Structure and Cell. Biochemistry, Suppl. 5, A523 (1981)

Learned, M., Eble, B., Stacks, P. and Schumaker, V. “Salt induced nucleosome transfer to native and synthetic DNAs.” Fed. Proc. 89, 632 (1980).

For lists of Presentations, Contracts and Grants Awarded See attached CV,

Personal Commentary

Activities in retirement:

SJSU Research Foundation, Board of Directors, Community Member, May 2022-May 2023

SJSU Research Foundation, Consultant, Special Advisor to the VPRI, Nov 2021-Mar 2022

SJSU Special Advisor to Vice President for Research and Innovation, Feb-Oct 2021

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