Jose G. Assouline, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (vis) Biomedical Engineering 1422, Seamans Center University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Ph. (319) 353 5631 Fax. (319) 353 5631 jose-assouline@uiowa.edu

Selective growth of brain tumor and endothelial cells on a polymeric subtract using a hollow fiber bioreactor

Research @ UIBME

• Tissue Engineering
• Drug Delivery
• Bioinformatic/Computational Genomics
• Nanotechnology

• Institut Tech. de Chimie et Biology BS, 1974, Biomedical Technology
• Institut Tech. de Chimie et Biology B.T.S., 1976, Biomedical Technology
• University of Iowa, College of Medicine, 1988, Anatomy and Cell Biology (Neuroscience)

Professional activities

• 2002-present - Associate Professor (vis)/Dir. Laboratory of Tissue Engineering and informatics. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
• 1999-2002 - Asst. Professor (vis)/Director of Software Dev. & Informatics Depts. Anatomy & Cell Biol., Biomedical Engineering
• 1995-1999 - Research Investigator /Director of Software Dev. & Informatics, University of Iowa, Dept. Pharmacology
• 1993-1995 - Research Investigator/Associate faculty, University of Iowa, Depts of Otolaryngology, Anatomy and Cell Biology.
• 1992-1994 - Research investigator/Principal Investigator University of Iowa, Dept. of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery.
• 1990-1992 - Asst. research scientist, University of Iowa, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Division
• 1988-1990 - Staff fellow, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Viral and Molecular Pathogenesis, Section of Molecular Virology and Genetics, laboratory

Selected Publications

• Bonthius D.J, Li D, and J.G. Assouline. Lymphocytic Choriomingitis virus infection:A new model system of hippocampal sclerosis and temporal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy. Med Link Neurobase (S. Gilman, Ed.) Arbor Publishing Company, San Diego (Edition 3), 2001
• Blumberg BM. Mock DJ. Powers JM. Ito M. Assouline JG. Baker JV. Chen B. Goodman AD. The HHV6 paradox: ubiquitous commensal or insidious pathogen? A two-step in situ PCR approach. Journal of Clinical Virology. 16(3):159-78, 2000.
• Mock DJ. Powers JM. Goodman AD. Blumenthal SR. Ergin N. Baker JV. Mattson DH. Assouline JG. Bergey EJ. Chen B. Epstein LG. Blumberg BM. Association of human herpesvirus 6 with the demyelinative lesions of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Journal of Neurovirology. 5(4):363-73, 1999.
• King D. C, Rios R.G., Assouline, J.G., and T. R. Tephly. Expression of Morphine UDP-glucoronosylteransferase (UGTs) 2B7 and 1 A6 in the Human Brain and Identification of 5-hydroxyryptamine as a Substrate. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 365 (1999) 156-162.
• Zhou R., Assouline, J.G., Abbas P. J, and B.J. Gantz. Anatomical and physiological measures of the auditory system in mice with peripheral myelin deficiency. Hearing Research 88 (1995), 87-97.