Daniel C Ciobanu
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics
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A218k, Animal Science Building |
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Dr. Ciobanu’s laboratory website:
http://www.animalscience.unl.edu/DanielCiobanuGenomicsLab.html
Mini CV
EDUCATION
• 1992, B.S., Animal Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
• 1999, Ph.D., Animal Breeding and Genetics, Academy of Agricultural and Forestry
Sciences, Bucharest, Romania.
• 1999-2002, Post-doctorate, Swine Molecular Genetics, Iowa State University,
Department of Animal Science, IA.
POSITION HELD
• 2009 - present, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
• 2006 - 2008, Research Associate, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Memphis, TN.
• 2002 – 2006, Molecular Biology Project Manager, PIC USA, Berkeley, CA and Franklin, KY.
• 1999 – 2002, Postdoctoral Fellow, Swine Molecular Genetics, Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, IA.
• 1992 – 1999, Teaching Assistant, Genetics Unit, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
SCHOLARSHIPS & ADDITIONAL TRAINING
• 1998, European Union “Tempus” Scholarship - Research and Teaching Experience
Program, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculte Universitaire des Sciences
Agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgium.
• 1996, “Research Experience Program” in Molecular Genetics, PIC Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
• 1995, Summer Course Scholarship ”Top Techniques in Molecular Biology” sponsored by the Soros Foundation, and organized by University of Genoa, Italy and École Superieure de Paris, France.
PROFFESIONAL ACTIVITIES
• 2008, USDA-National Research Initiative in Animal Genomics: Review Panel Member
• 2001 - present, Reviewer, Journal of Animal Genetics
• 2008 - present, Reviewer, Journal of Animal Science
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• International Society for Animal Genetics
• Complex Trait Consortium
RESEARCH INTEREST
I am interested in applying functional genomics and systems genetics in order to dissect the molecular architecture of complex physiological traits.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Ciobanu D.C., L. Lu, K. Mozhui, X. Wang, K. Dietz, P. Simon, R.W. Williams (2008)
Dissecting sources of cis-regulatory variation in gene expression. Genetics (submitted).
• Raven, M.A., I.E. Whitney, D.C. Ciobanu, R.W. Williams, B. E. Reese, (2008) Multiple
Polymorphic Genes on Chromosome 7 Regulate Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Number in the Mouse Retina. IOVS (accepted).
• Mozui, K., D.C. Ciobanu, L. Lu, R.W. Williams (2008) Gene Expression Regulation by a QTL
Rich Region on Mouse Distal Chromosome 1. PLoS Genetics 4(11): e1000260.
• Barbut, S., A.A. Sosnicki, S.M. Lonergan, T. Knapp, D.C. Ciobanu, L.J. Gatcliffe, E. Huff
Lonergan and E.W. Wilson (2008) Progress in reducing the pale, soft and exudative (PSE) problem in pork and poultry meat. Meat Science 79, 46-63.
• Olsen, C.M., Y. Huang, S. Goodwin, D.C. Ciobanu, L. Lu, T.R. Sutter, D.G. Winder (2007)
Microarray analysis reveals distinctive signaling between the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis, Nucleus Accumbens, and Dorsal Striatum. Physiological Genomics 12, 1212-1224.
• Guimaraes, S.E.F., M.F. Rothschild, D. Ciobanu, C.H. Stahl, S.M. Lonergan (2007) SNP
discovery, expression and association analysis for the SDHD gene in pigs. J of Anim. Breed. and Genet. 124, 246-253.
• Ciobanu D.C., J.W. Bastiaansen, S.M. Lonergan, H. Thomsen, J.C. Dekkers, G.S. Plastow,
M.F. Rothschild, 2004. New alleles in calpastatin gene are associated with meat quality traits in pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 82: 2829-2839.
• Schmutz S.M., T.G. Berryere, D.C. Ciobanu, A.J. Mileham, B.H. Schmidtz, M. Fredholm,
2004. A form of albinism in cattle is caused by a tyrosinase frameshift mutation. Mamm. Genome 15 (1): 62-67.
• Ciobanu D.C., J. Bastiaansen, M. Malek, J. Helm, J. Woollard, G. Plastow and M. Rothschild,
2001, Evidence for new alleles in the protein kinase AMP-activated, 3 subunit gene associated with low glycogen content in pig skeletal muscle and improved meat quality, Genetics 159:1151-1162.
• Ciobanu D.C., A.E. Day, A. Nagy, R. Wales, M.F. Rothschild and G.S. Plastow, 2001, Genetic
variation in two conserved local Romanian pig breeds using type 1 DNA markers, Genet. Sel. Evol. 33, 417-432.
CONTRIBUTION IN BOOKS
• Ciobanu, D.C., M.F. Rothschild, G.S. Plastow, 2005 The role of molecular genetics in animal
breeding: strategies and results. In “Animal Breeding Programs” Eds. Oltenacu, N., Grosu, H., Ceres.
• Rothschild, M.F., J. P. Bidanel, D.C. Ciobanu. 2004. Genome Analysis of QTL for Muscle Tissue Development and Meat Quality. In: Muscle Development of Livestock Animals. Physiology, Genetics and Muscle Quality, Eds: M.F.W. te Pas, H.P. Haagsman and M.E. Everts, CABI.
PATENTS
• Rothschild, M.F., Ciobanu, D.C., Malek, M., Plastow, G., Novel PRKAG3 alleles and use of the same as genetic markers for reproductive and meat quality traits - U.S. Patent No. 6,919,177 B2.
