Snezna Rogelj

Associate Professor of Biology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Biology Department
Jones Annex 315
Socorro, NM 87801
(505) 835-5608

 

Education :

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Physics B.S. 1976
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Biochemistry Ph.D. 1985

Research Interests :

Cell-cell adhesive interactions; nucleic acid and protein-based pathogen detection; drug and pesticide effects on immune function; calmodulin as a toxin biosensor.

Recent Presentations :

S. Rogelj: BioNanoTechnology. Presented for the EPSCoR Master’s of Science Teaching (MST) course on Nanotechnology at NMTech June 17th, 2003. Socorro, NM.
S. Rogelj: Ethics of BioTechnology. Presented for the EPSCoR Master’s of Science Teaching (MST) course on Nanotechnology at NMTech June 18th, 2003. Socorro, NM.
S. Rogelj. Development of a Flexible Platform for Rapid, Automated Immunological and Nucleic Acid-Based Detection of Biological Threat Agents. Presented at the 6th Annual LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center) meeting on October 21st, 2003, at Los Alamos National Labs, Los Alamos, NM.
S. Rogelj: L-selectin Shedding: Novel Mechanism for the Cannabinoid-Induced Immuno-suppression. Presented at NMSU Biology Department on Nov. 13, 2003, Las Cruces, NM.

Recent Publications :

(Selected from 19 peer-reviewed publications with over 2500 citations)


“A highly sensitive immuno-PCR assay for detecting Group A Streptococcus” Liang H. Cordova SE. Kieft TL. Rogelj S. Journal of Immunological Methods. 279(1-2):101-10, 2003.


“Enzyme Destruction by a Protease Contaminant in Bacitracin,” S. Rogelj, K.J. Reiter, L. Kesner, M. Li, and D. Essex, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 273, 829–832 (2000).


“Sulfhydryl Regulation of L-Selectin: Promotion of Activation-Independent L-selectin Shedding from Leukocytes,” T.A. Bennett, B.S. Edwards, L.A. Sklar, and S. Rogelj, Journal of Immunology 164, 4120–4129 (2000).


“Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) Fused to a Signal Peptide Transforms Cells,” S. Rogelj, R.A. Weinberg, P. Fanning and M. Klagsbrun, Nature 331, 173–175 (1988).


“Identification of a Human DNA Segment Having Properties of the Gene that Predisposes to Retinoblastoma and Osteosarcoma,” S.H. Friend, R. Bernards, S. Rogelj, R.A. Weinberg, J.M. Rapaport, D.M. Albert and T.P. Dryja, Nature 323, 643-646 (1986).