Curriculum Vitae
Jessica L. Banko
Personal Data
Curriculum Vitae
Jessica L. Banko
Home Address 302 Landings Way
Mount Juliet, TN 37122
Phone 615-758-0092 (home)
Work Address Vanderbilt University
110 21st Avenue South
Station B Box # 7749
Nashville, TN 37235
Curriculum Vitae
Jessica L. Banko
615-343-1374 (office)
615-322-3827 (fax)
Education
Curriculum Vitae
Jessica L. Banko
2000 B.S., Biology (Magna Cum Laude), Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Curriculum Vitae
Jessica L. Banko
2005 Ph.D., Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Professional Training and Experience
Predoctoral Research Training
1999 – 2000 Predoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. William S. Dynan, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
2000 – 2005 PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Eric Klann, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Postdoctoral Research Training
2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratories of Dr. P. Jeffrey Conn, and Dr. Edwin J. Weeber, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee
Academic Appointments
2003 – 2004 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas
Administration Appointments
2006 – Assistant Director, Division of Sponsored Research Pre- and Post-Award Management Office, Vanderbilt University
2006 – Vanderbilt University Signing Official
2006 – Member of the Institutional Review Board, Vanderbilt University
2006 – Member of the COEUS Advisory and Implementation Committee, Vanderbilt University
Administrative Training
2006 Pre-Award Research Administration, NCURA certified training conference
2006 A Primer on Federal Contracting, NCURA certified training course
2006 NCURA 48th Annual Meeting
2006 A Day with NIH – Up Close and Personal, NIH/NCURA jointly sponsored training workshop
2007 Good Clinical Practices, ACRP certified training course
2007 ETHICS in Clinical Research, ACRP certified training course
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate
1998 – 1999 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Anatomy & Physiology I, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
2003 – 2004 Course Coordinator, General Biology I, Houston Community College
2003 – 2004 Laboratory Instructor, General Biology I, Houston Community College
Graduate
2004 Lecturer, Human Physiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Research Administration
2007 Course Director, Electronic Proposal Development, Vanderbilt University.
Honors and Awards
1998 – 1999 Undergraduate Honors Research Program, Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University
1998 Founding President Golden Key National Honor Society, Slippery Rock University
1999 – 2000 Department of Energy Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia
2000 – 2002 Pre-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Excitability in the Cardiovascular System, T32HL007676, Baylor College of Medicine
2004 Invited Speaker, Graduate Student Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine
2004 Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Departmental Award, Baylor College of Medicine
2005 – 2006 Post-doctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Training Program in Neurogenomics T32MH065215, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
National Council for University Research Administrators
Association of Clinical Research Professionals
Society for Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
Presentations
2004 - “Altered Synaptic Plasticity and Long-term Memory Deficits in Mice That Lack the Translation Repressor 4E-BP2”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Translational Control, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
- “Regulation of Cap-Dependent Translation During Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Formation”, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN
2007 - “Striking the Right Chord with Your Faculty”, National Council for Research Administrators Regional Meeting, Nashville, TN
Publications
1. Klann E, Antion MD, Banko JL, Hou L. (2004) Synaptic plasticity and translation initiation. Learn Mem. 11(4):365-72.
2. Banko JL, Hou L, Klann E. (2004) NMDA receptor activation results in PKA- and ERK-dependent Mnk1 activation and increased eIF4E phosphorylation in hippocampal area CA1. J Neurochem. 91(2):462-70.
3. Banko JL, Poulin F, Hou L, DeMaria CT, Sonenberg N, Klann E. (2005) The translation repressor 4E-BP2 is critical for eIF4F complex formation, synaptic plasticity, and memory in the hippocampus. J Neurosci. 25(42):9581-90.
4. Banko JL, Hou L, Poulin F, Sonenberg N, Klann E. (2006) Regulation of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E by converging signaling pathways during metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent long-term depression. J Neurosci. 26(8):2167-73.
5. Banko JL, Merhav M, Stern E, Sonenberg N, Rosenblum K, Klann E. (2006) Behavioral alterations in mice lacking the translation repressor 4E-BP2. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 8(2):248-56.
In Press:
1. Gelinas J*,Banko JL*, Hou L, Sonenberg N, Weeber EJ, Klann E, Nguyen PV. (2007) ERK and mTOR signaling couple β-adrenergic receptors to translation initiation to gate induction of protein synthesis-dependent LTP. Submitted to J Biol Chem. *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript
Submitted:
1. Banko JL*, Chen Y*, Qui S, Weeber EJ, Conn PJ. Group I-selective mGluR allosteric potentiators enhance hippocampus-dependent synaptic plasticity and cognitive function. Submitted to Nature Neurosci. *These authors contributed equally to the manuscript
2. Zhou L, Qiu S, Korwek KM, Gustin R, Peters M, Banko JL, Weeber EJ. Supplemental Reelin Rescues the Cognitive Defects in the Heterozygote Reeler Mouse. Submitted to J Neurosci.
3. Gelinas J, Banko JL, Peters M, Weeber EJ, Klann E, Nguyen PV. The role of Epac in β-adrenergic receptor-dependent long-term potentiation. Submitted to Learn Mem.
Book Chapters
Banko JL and Weeber EJ “Angelman Syndrome”, In: "Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference" Elsevier LTD. Oxford, UK (In Press)
Banko JL and Klann E “Local Translation in Memory”, In: “The Essence of Memory” in the series “Progress in Brain Research”. Elsevier LTD. Oxford, UK (In Preparation)