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Richard M. Hann

TitleChair, Department of Biochemistry
Faculty RankProfessor
InstitutionUniversidad Central Del Caribe
DepartmentBiochemistry
AddressUniversidad Central del Caribe
Call Box 60-237
Bayamon PR 00960
Phone787-798-3001 X2030
Fax787-786-6285
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    1968 - 1969National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Organic Chemistry
    1970Member, Alpha Epsilon Delta National Premedical Honor Society
    1971 - 1972National Institutes of Health Medical Student Research Fellowship in Biochemistry
    1974Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
    1987Member, Society for Neuroscience
    1988 - 2001Member, American Society of Neurochemistry
    1997Invited editorial reviewer, Journal Biochemistry
    1997Invited Session Chair: NIH-RCMI Neuroscience Symposium, Tallahassee, FL.
    1998Invited grant study session member:NIH-Nat. Inst. of Arthritis, Musc. & Skin Diseases
    1999Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    2003Invited editorial reviewer, Journal British Journal of Pharmacology

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    I have served for 23 years as the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, which is the largest and most research-productive department in the UCC. Prior to that, I served for 6 years as Associate Dean for Preclinical Sciences at UCC which included multiple institution-wide administrative responsibilities including medical school admissions, student evaluation and promotion, faculty evaluation and promotion and research oversight. I currently chair or serve on several institutional committees and I am course coordinator for a major M.D. curriculum course Biochemistry & Cell Biology with 12 teaching faculty. I also have extensive research experience as evidenced by the list of publications below.

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    1. Ferchmin PA, Pag?n OR, Ulrich H, Szeto AC, Hann RM, Eterovic VA. Actions of octocoral and tobacco cembranoids on nicotinic receptors. Toxicon. 2009 Dec 15; 54(8):1174-82. PMID: 19281835.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    2. V?lez-Carrasco W, Vald?s S, Agresar L, Lettich A, Guerra AY, Hann RM. Alpha-conotoxin residues that interact at close range with gamma-tyrosine-111 and mutant delta-tyrosine-113 on the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 2004 Oct 05; 43(39):12700-8. PMID: 15449960.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    3. Pag?n OR, Eterovic VA, Garcia M, Vergne D, Basilio CM, Rodr?guez AD, Hann RM. Cembranoid and long-chain alkanol sites on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and their allosteric interaction. Biochemistry. 2001 Sep 18; 40(37):11121-30. PMID: 11551210.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Ferchmin PA, Lukas RJ, Hann RM, Fryer JD, Eaton JB, Pag?n OR, Rodr?guez AD, Nicolau Y, Rosado M, Cort?s S, Eterovic VA. Tobacco cembranoids block behavioral sensitization to nicotine and inhibit neuronal acetylcholine receptor function. J Neurosci Res. 2001 Apr 01; 64(1):18-25. PMID: 11276047.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Ulrich H, Ippolito JE, Pag?n OR, Eterovic VA, Hann RM, Shi H, Lis JT, Eldefrawi ME, Hess GP. In vitro selection of RNA molecules that displace cocaine from the membrane-bound nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Nov 24; 95(24):14051-6. PMID: 9826651.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Hann RM, Pag?n OR, Gregory L, J?come T, Rodr?guez AD, Ferchmin PA, Lu R, Eterovic VA. Characterization of cembranoid interaction with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1998 Oct; 287(1):253-60. PMID: 9765345.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Eaton MJ, Pag?n OR, Hann RM, Eterovic VA. Differential effects of dimethyl sulfoxide on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from mouse muscle and Torpedo electrocytes. Neurosci Lett. 1997 Jul 25; 230(3):163-6. PMID: 9272686.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Hann RM, Pag?n OR, Gregory LM, J?come T, Eterovic VA. The 9-arginine residue of alpha-conotoxin GI is responsible for its selective high affinity for the alphagamma agonist site on the electric organ acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 1997 Jul 22; 36(29):9051-6. PMID: 9220994.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Hann RM, Evans JE, McCluer RH, Eterovic VA. Gangliosides in membranes from Torpedo electric organ. Lipids. 1996 Jun; 31(6):627-33. PMID: 8784743.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Eterovic VA, Hann RM. Noncompetitive inhibitors of the acetylcholine receptor help paint a picture of its ion channel. P R Health Sci J. 1995 Sep; 14(3):199-209. PMID: 8588021.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    11. Hann RM, Pag?n OR, Eterovic VA. The alpha-conotoxins GI and MI distinguish between the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist sites while SI does not. Biochemistry. 1994 Nov 29; 33(47):14058-63. PMID: 7947815.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Eterovic VA, Hann RM, Ferchmin PA, Rodriguez AD, Li L, Lee YH, McNamee MG. Diterpenoids from Caribbean gorgonians act as noncompetitive inhibitors of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr; 13(2):99-110. PMID: 8102324.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. Eterovic VA, Li L, Ferchmin PA, Lee YH, Hann RM, Rodriguez AD, McNamee MG. The ion channel of muscle and electric organ acetylcholine receptors: differing affinities for noncompetitive inhibitors. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr; 13(2):111-21. PMID: 8394213.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Szczawinska K, Ferchmin PA, Hann RM, Eterovic VA. Electric organ polyamines and their effects on the acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1992 Apr; 12(2):95-106. PMID: 1600557.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Eterovic VA, Escalona de Motta G, Hann RM, Lasalde JA, Prieto JA, Ferchmin PA. Positive modulators of muscle acetylcholine receptor. J Recept Res. 1989; 9(2):107-25. PMID: 2787401.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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