Gary A. Bulla
Interim Chair of Biological Sciences
Professor
Life Science Building 2056
217.581.3499
gabulla@eiu.edu
Dr. Bulla's Web Site .
Dr. Bulla's research focuses on mechanisms controlling mammalian gene expression and development. Three areas of interest include: 1) Activation and silencing of hepatic gene expression 2) The link between hepatic gene expression and cellular response to signaling molecules (including NF-kB) 3) The role of hepatic transcription factor mutations in the development of diabetes. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Selected Honors and Awards
2004 Achievement and Contribution Award, outstanding contribution to the University Eastern Illinois University 2004 Graduate Dean’s Award of Excellence in Research (Eastern Illinois University)
2004 Panhellenic Faculty Member of the Month (October)
Selected Publications
Reidy MR, Ellis JA Schmitz EK, Kraus DM, Bulla GA. Protection from LPS-mediated apoptosis of dedifferentiated hepatoma cells is independent of NF-kB activation. Bioscience Reports 27:235-46, 2007.
Bulla GA, Kraus,DA. Dissociation of the Hepatic Phenotype from HNF4 and HNF1a Expression. Bioscience Reports, 24:595-608, 2005.
Schmidt EA, Kraus DA, Bulla GA. Tissue-specificity of apoptosis in hepatoma-derived cell lines. Apoptosis, 9:369-375, 2004.
Selected Presentations
Hickman, S and Bulla, GA. Genome-wide analysis of gene silencing in mammalian cell, hybrids. Poster presentation at 100th Annual Illinois State Academy of Science conference, April 4-5, 2008, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Angle, JC and Bulla, GA. Analysis of transcription factor promoter binding in rat hepatoma/fibroblast hybrids. Poster presentation at 100th Annual Illinois State Academy of Science conference, April 4-5, 2008, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Hickman, S and Bulla, GA. Genome-wide analysis of gene silencing in mammalian cell, hybrids. Poster presentation at Phi Sigma Biological Research Symposium , April 18, 2008, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
Angle, JC and Bulla, GA. Analysis of transcription factor promoter binding in rat hepatoma/fibroblast hybrids. Poster presentation Phi Sigma Biological Research Symposium, April 18, 2008, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
Stenzlik, MJ, Bjornbak, LR, Hagstrom LJ and Bulla, GA. ChIP analysis of hepatic gene silencing. Phi Sigma Biological Research Symposium, Illinois State University, April 13, 2007.
Roberts, T, Luong, V, Imburgia, AJ Tschampa, JJ and Bulla, GA Molecular Analysis Of Hepatic Gene Silencing. Poster presentation at 17th Annual Student Research Conference, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL March 24-25, 2006.
Bulla, GA, Reidy, MR, Ellis, JA, Schmitz*, EA and Kraus, DA. Apoptosis of Dedifferentiated Hepatoma cells is Independent of NF-icB Activation in Response to LPS. Poster presentation at FASEB International Conference on Mechanisms of Liver Growth and Development and Disease. August 2006. Snowmass, Colorado.
Reidy, MR and Bulla, GA. Inhibition of Cellular Signaling Pathways Induces Apoptosis in Liver-Derived Cell Lines. Oral presentation at 17th Annual Student Research Conference, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL March 24-25, 2006.
Molecular Analysis of Hepatic Gene Silencing. 2006
Fixation optimization of hepatoma cells for combined β-gal and GFP expression analysis. 2005
Tissue-specificity of apoptosis in hepatoma-derived cell lines. 2005
Bulla, GA, Schmitz*, EA and Kraus*, DA. Tissue-Specificity of Apoptosis In Hepatoma-Derived Cell Lines. Poster presentation at FASEB Conference on Mechanisms of Liver Growth and Development and Disease. August 2004. Snowmass, Colorado.
Bulla, GA. Tissue-Specificity Of Apoptosis In Hepatoma-Derived Cell Lines. Oral presentation at the 96th Annual Illinois State Academy of Science conference, April 1-3, 2004, Charleston, IL.
Tian*, L and Bulla GA. Effect Of Coactivators And Chromatin Remodeling In Reactivation of Silenced Genes. Poster presentation at the 96th Annual Illinois State Academy of Science conference, April 1-3, 2004, Charleston, IL.
*Student Author
