Steven Koch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Research field: Biological Sciences - Biophysics
Kinesin; microtubules; protein-DNA interactions; osmotic stress; isotope effects; single-molecule biophysics; optical tweezers; DNA unzipping; image tracking; discrete-state modeling

Publications

Journal Article (13)
- Andy Maloney, Lawrence J Herskowitz, Steven J Koch (2011) Effects of surface passivation on gliding motility assays., e19522. In PloS one 6 (6).
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- Lawrence J Herskowitz, Steven J. Koch (2010) An open source LABVIEW platform for simulating image series of fluorescent microtubules in gliding assays. In Nature Precedings.
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- Lawrence J. Herksowitz, Steven J. Koch (2010) Discrete State Model for Kinesin-1 with Rate Constants Modulated by Neck Linker Tension Abstract. In Nature Precedings.
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- Lawrence J. Herskowitz, Anthony L. Salvagno, Andy Maloney et al. (2010) Proof of principle for shotgun DNA mapping by unzipping. In Nature Precedings.
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- Richard C Yeh, Steven J. Koch (2010) Versatile Control System for Automated Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers Investigations. In Nature Precedings.
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- Steven J. Koch, Lawrence J Herskowitz, Anthony L Salvagno et al. (2009) Proof of Principle for Shotgun DNA Mapping. In In preparation, available from Nature Precedings <http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2009.2808.1>.
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- Haiqing Liu, Erik D. Spoerke, Marlene Bachand et al. (2008) Biomolecular motor-Powered self-Assembly of dissipative nanocomposite rings, 4476-4481. In Advanced Materials 20 (23).
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- Steven J. Koch, Deying Xia, Thomas C Gamble et al. (2008) DNA transport in hierarchically-structured colloidal-nanoparticle porous-wall nanochannels., 1610-8. In Nano letters 8 (6).
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- Steven J. Koch, Susan B Rivera, Joseph M Bauer et al. (2007) Temperature dependent properties of a kinesin-3 motor protein from Thermomyces lanuginosus., 1170-9. In Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 44 (11).
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- Steven J Koch, Michelle D. Wang (2003) Dynamic force spectroscopy of protein-DNA interactions by unzipping DNA., 028103. In Physical review letters 91 (2).
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Book Section (1)
- Jean-Claude Bradley, Andrew SID Lang, Steven J. Koch et al. (2011) Collaboration Using Open Notebook Science in Academia. In Collaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research.

Awards and Grants

Aug 2010

Addgene Resource Sharing Award View website
Mar 2009

DTRA Basic Research in Countering WMD View website
Jun 2007

American Cancer Society (ACS) Institutional Research Grant (IRG) View website

Biographical Information

CV as of September 2011 available at: http://goo.gl/VB274

CV

Professional Experience

2006 - Present

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Classes taught:
Physics 102, Conceptual Physics (Physics without Math)
Physics 307L, Junior Lab, Lab for Junior Physics Majors

Education

Aug 1996 - May 2003

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States
Ph.D., M.S. Physics (minor Biophysics)

Sep 1992 - May 1996

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
B.S., Physics