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Jeffrey Felton, PhD

Jeffrey Felton, PhD

Professor of Microbiology

College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

jfelton@westernu.edu

Phone: 909-469-5226

Join year: 1993

  • Education

    Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1980
    S.B., Life Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1971
  • Education Experience

    Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1981-83
  • Teaching Experience

    Professor of Microbiology, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA, 1993-Present
    Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1984-1992
  • Courses

    OM5145 Introduction to Disease, Immunity and Therapeutics (DO Program)
    Systems (DO Program): Respiratory,Reproductive, Neurosensory
    PA305 Structure and Function II (PA Program)
  • Awards

    Founding Member, Editorial Board, BioTechniques, The Journal of Laboratory Technology for Bioresearch, 1982-2001 & 2009-Present
  • Publications
    • Saviola B, Felton J. 2011; Acidochromogenicity is a common characteristic in nontuberculous mycobacteria. BMC Research Notes 4: 466.
    • Kandpal RP, Felton JR and Saviola B. The era of ‘omics unlimited. BioTechniques. 2009 Apr;46(5):351-2, 354-5.
    • Felton JR. “Volume 1, Number 1”. BioTechniques 2008; 44: 595. (25th Anniversary Issue, Vol. 44, No. 5, April 2008)
    • Richter L, Tai W, Felton JR and Saviola B. Determination of the minimal acid-inducible promoter region of the lipF gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gene. 2007; 395: 22-28.
    • Hoover CI, Abarbarchuk E, Ng CY and Felton JR. Transposition of Tn4351 in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Plasmid. 1992; 27: 246-250.
    • Hoover CI, Ng CY and Felton JR. Correlation of haemagglutination activity with trypsin-like protease activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Archs. Oral Biol. 1992; 37: 515-520.
    • Li J, Ellen RP, Hoover CI and Felton JR. Association of proteases of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis with its adhesion to Actinomyces viscosus. J.Dent. Res. 1991; 70: 82-86.
    • De Souza YG, Greenspan D, Felton JR, Hartzog GA, Hammer M and Greenspan JS. Localization of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in the epithelial cells of oral hairy leukoplakia by in situ hybridization on tissue sections. N. Engl. J. Med. 1989; 320: 1559-1560.
    • Holt SC, Ebersole J, Felton JR, Brusvold M and Kornman KS. Implantation of Bacteroides gingivalis in nonhuman primates initiates progression of periodontitis. Science. 1988; 239: 55-57.
    • Reynolds AE, Felton JR and Wright A. Insertion of DNA activates the cryptic bgl operon in Escherichia coli K-12. Nature. 1981; 293: 625-629.
    • Felton JR, Michaelis S and Wright A. Mutations in two unlinked genes are required to produce asparagine auxotrophy in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 1980; 142:221-228.
    • Felton JR, Wright A. Plasmid pSC101 replication in integratively suppressed cells requires dnaA function. Molec. Gen. Genet. 1979; 175: 231-233.