Kevin Gene Ahern, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
(541) 737-2305 (Work)
(541) 929-7212 (Home)
E-mail: ahernk@onid.orst.edu
Web Page: www.davincipress.com/professional.html

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (Zoology) 1976 Oklahoma State University.
Master of Science (Biochemistry) 1981 Oklahoma State University.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry and Biophysics) 1986 Oregon State University.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Instructor

• Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. January, 1995 - Present.

Editor/Author

• Contributing Editor, BioTechniques, One Research Drive, Suite 400A, P.O. Box 1070, Westborough, MA 01581-6070, 2004-present
• Contributing Editor Genetic Engineering News, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, 2 Madison Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538, 1997 to 2009.
  
• Contributing Editor, Science Magazine, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20005, July 1, 1998 to 2003
• Co-Author "Biochemistry", by Mathews, C.K., van Holde, K.E., and Ahern, K.G., Addison-Wesley Longman, publishers, San Francisco (2000). ISBN 0-8053-3066-6.
  
• Editor and Writer, BIOTECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE & INTERNET JOURNAL, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, 2 Madison Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538, January, 1987- December, 1998.
  
• Editor and Author, "The BIOTECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE DIRECTORY, A Buyer's Guide." (1995), Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, 2 Madison Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538, ISBN 913113-70-0.
  
• Editor and Author, "BIOTECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE REPORTS, Volume 1 - Computer Applications for Molecular Biologists" (1991), Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, 2 Madison Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538, ISBN 913-113-51-4.

Inventor

• Boomerang DNA Amplification. Awarded U.S. Patent Number 5,470,724 on November 28,1995

Research Coordinator

• Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. October, 1989 - 1998.

Software Author

• ASAP DNA Sequence Analysis ¨©1985 K. G. Ahern and R. Durst, BiT Software Specialties, 1873 Bullevard, Philomath, OR¨ð97370.

Scientific Training

• Research Associate (Dept. of Biology) 1986-1988 Univ. of Cal. San Diego
• Research Associate (Dept. of Bioch/Bioph.) 1988-1989 Oregon State University
  

Publication List HERE

Patent

U.S. Patent # 5,470,724 awarded to Oregon State University, November, 25, 1995.

Songs

Metabolic Melodies ( Copyright 1995-2009)

All can be found at http://www.davincipress.com/metabmelodies.html

38. "Major Groovy" (to the tune of "Feelin' Groovy")
37. "Your Poor Veins" (to the tune of "You're So Vain")
36. "Enzymes" (to the tune of "Downtown")
35. "Students Rejoice " (to the tune of "Joy to the World")
34. "My 'A' " (to the tune of "My Way")
33. "Central Dogma Zen" (by Indira Rajagopal and Kevin Ahern- to the tune of "Those Were the Days, My Friend")
32. "Gluconeogenesis" (to the tune of to the tune of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious")
31. "Oh Delta Gee" (to the tune of "Oh Danny Boy")
30. "When Acids are Synthesized" (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home")
29. "Prostaglandins" (to the tune of "Oklahoma!")
28. "Translation" (to the tune of "Maria" from West Side Story)
27. "Thank God There's a Video" (to the tune of "Thank God I'm a Country Boy")
26. "The Tao of Hormones" (to the tune of "The Sound of Silence")
25. "Hemoglobin's Moving Around" (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")
24. "This Song's For BB Three Five Oh" (to the tune of "This Land is Your Land")
23. "When Acids Get Oxidized" (to the tune of "When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home")
22. "Brain Farts Just Happen in My Head" (to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head")
21. "Biochemistry Pie" (to the tune of "American Pie")
20. "This Biochemistry" (to the tune of "My Country 'tis of Thee")
19. "The Codon Song"(to the tune of "When I'm 64")
18. "The Ribosome" (to the tune of "America the Beautiful")
17. "Glucagon is Coming Around" (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")
16. "Biochemistry, Biochemistry" (to the tune of "Oh Christrmas Tree")
15. "N-A-D" (to the tune of "Penny Lane")
14. "The E. coli Song" (to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
13. "The Vegetarian Song" (to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind")
12. "B-DNA" (to the tune of "YMCA")
11. "Oh Little Protein Molecule" (to the tune of "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem")
10. "The Cell's Lament" (to the tune of "Yesterday")
9. "If You're Molecular and Know It, Clap Your Hands" (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands")
8. "The Sound of Glucose" (to the tune of "A Few of My Favorite Things")
7. "Hark the Sucrose" (to the tune of "Hark the Herald")
6. "God Rest Ye Merry Lipoproteins" (to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen")
5. "En-er-gy" (to the tune of "Let It Be")
4. "I'm a Little Mitochondrion" (to the tune of "I'm A Lumberjack")
3. "The Battle Hymn of Biochemistry" (to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")
2. "We All Need Just a Little ATP" (to the tune of "Yellow Submarine")
1. "Fatty Acids in Our Cells" (to the tune of "Halls of Montezuma")

Miscellaneous

1. Columnist: "WebWatch," BioTechniques, One Research Drive, Suite 400A, P.O. Box 1070, Westborough, MA 01581-6070, Column appears monthly. (2004-present).
2. Columnist: "Best of the Web," Genetic Engineering News, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers. (1997-2009).
3. Seminar: "Dancing Down the Digital Divide: The Challenge for Scientific Communicators," Seventh Biennial Biotechnology Symposium, Washington State University (April 27, 2002).
4. Co-creator: Science Functional Genomics Web Site
5. Review: "Variations on PCR for the Amplification of DNA," Genetic Engineering News, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, Vol. 21, no. 18, p. 9 (2001).
6. Edited Reviews/Essays: Weekly software reviews plus one essay per month in Science magazine. (July, 1998 to 2003).

HONORS, AFFILIATIONS, AND AWARDS

1. Beaver Champion Award for outstanding effort and achievement of the highest quality (2008).
2. Mentor Award for outstanding advising from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon (2007)
3. Frederick H. Horne Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Science (2006)
4. Dar Reese Award for Excellence in Advising, Oregon State University (2005).
5. Mortar Board Top Prof of the Year (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)
6. Olaf Boedtker Award for Excellence in Advising, College of Science, Oregon State University (2000).
7. Loyd Carter Award for Outstanding and Inspirational Teaching, College of Science, Oregon State University (1999).
8. American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1987-1989)
9. Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society

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