DAVID J. ODDE

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Contact Info: Phone: (612) 626-9980 Office: 7-104 BS&BE Email: odde@mail.ahc.umn.edu

Professional Preparation University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering, B.Ch.E., 1988 Rutgers University, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, M.S., 1992 Rutgers University, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Ph.D., 1995 Professional Appointments Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, UMN, 1999-present James and Lorna Mack Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1999 Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1995-1999 Participant, NIH Predoctoral Training Program in Biotechnology, Rutgers University, 1989-1995 Selected Publications D.J. Odde, M.J. Renn, “Laser-guided Direct Writing of Living Cells,” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 67, 312 (2000) D.J. Odde, M.J. Renn, “Laser-guided Direct Writing for Applications in Biotechnology,” Trends in Biotechnology 17, 385 (1999) D.J. Odde, H.M. Buettner, “Autocorrelation Function and Power Spectrum of Two-state Random Processes Used in Neurite Guidance,” Biophysical Journal 75, 1189 (1998) D.J. Odde, S.S. Hawkins, “Computer-assisted Motion Analysis of Fluorescent Tubulin Dynamics in the Nerve Growth Cone,” Journal of Computer-Assisted Microscopy 9, 143 (1997) D.J. Odde, E.M. Tanaka, S.S. Hawkins, H.M. Buettner, "Stochastic Dynamics of the Nerve Growth Cone and its Microtubules During Neurite Outgrowth," Biotechnology and Bioengineering 50, 452 (1996) D.J. Odde, L. Ma, A.H. Briggs, A. DeMarco, M.W. Kirschner, "Microtubule Bending and Breaking in Living Fibroblast Cells," Journal of Cell Science 112, 3283 (1999) D.J. Odde, "Diffusion Inside Microtubules," European Biophysics Journal 27, 514 (1998) D.J. Odde, "Estimation of the Diffusion-Limited Rate of Microtubule Assembly," Biophysical Journal 73, 88 (1997) B. Howell, D.J. Odde, L. Cassimeris, "Kinase and Phosphatase Inhibitors Cause Rapid Alterations in Microtubule Dynamic Instability in Living Cells," Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 38, 201 (1997) D.J. Odde, L. Cassimeris, H.M. Buettner, "Kinetics of Microtubule Catastrophe Assessed by Probabilistic Analysis," Biophysical Journal 69, 796 (1995) Selected Awards National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2000-2004 James and Lorna Mack Professor in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 1999 Merck Academic Development Program Predoctoral Fellowship 1991-1992 NIH Predoctoral Biotechnology Fellowship 1989-1991 Rutgers Excellence Fellowship 1989 Synergistic Activities Developed videoconferencing as an aid to teaching Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering at Michigan Technological University, 1996-1999 Reviewer, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Alzheimer’s Association, 1996-present