Heather Driscoll

Heather Driscoll received an M.S. in Botany from the University of Vermont after completing research on the origin and evolution of ferns. Her work with plants continued as a research associate in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley.

Driscoll arrived at Norwich University in 2011 as a data science analyst for the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN/VT-INBRE Program) funded by the National Institutes of Health. In this role, she provide data analysis support to faculty on independent research projects as well as hands-on training in informatics at UVM and primarily undergraduate institutions throughout Vermont, including Norwich University, Vermont State University, Middlebury College, and Saint Michael’s College.

M.S. Botany, University of Vermont

B.S. Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Drummond, I. Y., A. DePaolo, M. Krieger, H. Driscoll, K. Eckstrom, and G. A. Spatafora. ""Small Regulatory Rnas Are Mediators of the Streptococcus Mutans Slor Regulon."" J Bacteriol 205, no. 9 (Sep 26 2023): e0017223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00172-23.

Preston, J. C., R. Wooliver, H. Driscoll, A. Coughlin, and S. N. Sheth. ""Spatial Variation in High Temperature-Regulated Gene Expression Predicts Evolution of Plasticity with Climate Change in the Scarlet Monkeyflower."" Mol Ecol 31, no. 4 (Feb 2022): 1254-68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16300.

Chakraborty, S., H. E. Driscoll, J. E. Abrahante, F. Zhang, R. F. Fisher, and J. M. Harris. ""Salt Stress Enhances Early Symbiotic Gene Expression in Medicago Truncatula and Induces a Stress-Specific Set of Rhizobium-Responsive Genes."" Mol Plant Microbe Interact 34, no. 8 (Aug 2021): 904-21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-21-0019-R."

Fairfield H., Dudakovic A., Khatib C.M., Farrell M., Costa S., Falank C., Hinge M., Murphy C.S., DeMambro V., Pettitt J.A., Lary C.W., Driscoll H.E., McDonald M.M., Kassem M., Rosen C., Andersen T.L., van Wijnen A.J., Jafari A. and Reagan M.R. 2020. Myeloma-modified adipocytes exhibit metabolic dysfunction and a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). (November 20, 2020) Cancer Res, 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-1088.

Giddings L.A., Chlipala G., Driscoll H., Bhave K., Kunstman K., Green S., Morillo K., Peterson H., & Maienschein-Cline M. 2020. Seasonal Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site Shotgun Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Data Analysis. Data Brief, 32, 106282. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106282.

Giddings L.A., Chlipala G., Kunstman K., Green S., Morillo K., Bhave K., Peterson H., Driscoll H., & Maienschein-Cline M. (2020). Characterization of an acid rock drainage microbiome and transcriptome at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund site. PLoS One, 15(8), e0237599. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237599.

Nott, M.A., H.E. Driscoll, M. Takeda, M. Vangala, S.R. Corsi, and S.W. Tighe. 2020. Advanced biofilm analysis in streams receiving organic deicer runoff. PLoS ONE: 15(1), e0227567. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227567.

Preston J.C., Powers B., Kostyun J.L., Driscoll, H., Zhang, F. and and Zhong, J. Regional Control of Partially Fused Petunia Corollas. The Plant Journal. Epub ahead of print, June 10, 2019.

Fairfield H., Falank C., Farrell M., Vary C., Boucher J.M., Driscoll H., Liaw L., Rosen C.J., & Reagan M.R. 2019. Development of a 3D bone marrow adipose tissue model. Bone 118, 77-88.

Schmoker, A. M., H.E. Driscoll, S.R. Geiger, J.J. Vincent, A.M. Ebert & B.A. Ballif. 2018. An in silico proteomics screen to predict and prioritize protein-protein interactions dependent on post-translationally modified motifs. Bioinformatics 34(22): 3898–3906.

Murray, J., Driscoll, H. E., and Pivarski, K. 2018. Connecting human disease phenotype to genetic mutation and protein function: A modular data mining short course with an independent project sequence for lecture or lab. Genetics Society of America Peer-Reviewed Education Portal (GSA PREP); 2018. 005.

Driscoll H., J. Murray, E. English, T. Hunter, K. Pivarski, and E. Dolci. 2017. Microarray data and gene expression statistics for Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to simulated asbestos mine drainage. Data in Brief 13: 37-45. Available online 14 May 2017.

Emerson S.E., R. St. Clair, A. Waldron, S. Bruno, A. Duong, H. Driscoll, B. Ballif, S. McFarlane, and A. Ebert. 2017. Identification of target genes downstream of Semaphorin6A/PlexinA2 signaling in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics. Available online 25 May 2017.

Iles W.J., C. Sass, L. Lagomarsino, G. Benson-Martin, H. Driscoll and C.D. Specht. 2016. The phylogeny of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) and the evolution of floral presentation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Available online 18 Dec 2016.

Driscoll H., J. Vincent, E. English and E. Dolci. 2016. Metagenomic investigation of the microbial diversity in a chrysotile asbestos mine pit pond, Lowell, Vermont, USA. Genomics Data 10: 67551.

Balcom I. N., H. Driscoll, J. Vincent and Megan LeDuc. 2016. Metagenomic analysis of an ecological wastewater treatment plant’s microbial communities and their potential to metabolize pharmaceuticals. F1000Research 5: 1881.

Salzman S., H.E. Driscoll, T. Renner, T. Andre, S. Shen, and C.D. Specht. 2015. Spiraling into history: A molecular phylogeny and pollination ancestral state reconstruction of Costus Nakai (Costaceae). Systematic Botany 40(1): 104-115.

Long P.M., S.W. Tighe, H.E. Driscoll, K.A. Fortner, M.S. Viapiano, and D.M. Jaworski. 2015. Acetate supplementation as a means of inducing glioblastoma stem-like cell growth arrest. Journal of Cellular Physiology 230(8): 1929-43.

Ufkin M.L., S. Peterson, X. Yang, H. Driscoll, C. Duarte, and P. Sathyanarayana. 2014. miR-125a regulates cell cycle, proliferation, and apoptosis by targeting ErbB pathway in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Leukemia Research 38: 420-410.

Tsen A.R., P.M. Long, H.E. Driscoll, M.T. Davies, B.A. Teasdale, P.L. Penar, W.W. Pendlebury, J.L. Spees, S.E. Lawler, M.S. Viapiano, and D.M. Jaworski. 2014. Triacetin-based acetate supplementation as a chemotherapeutic adjuvant therapy in glioma. Int. J. Cancer 134: 1300-1310.

Long P.M., S.W. Tighe, H.E. Driscoll, J.R. Moffett, A.M.A. Namboodiri, M.S. Viapiano, S.E. Lawler, and D.M. Jaworski. 2013. Acetate Supplementation Induces Growth Arrest of NG2/PDGFRα-Positive Oligodendroglioma-Derived Tumor-Initiating Cells. PLoS One 8(11): e80714.

Trissal M., H. Driscoll, C.W. Duarte, and D.C. Link. 2013. Dissecting the mechanism and functional role of silenced microRNA-125a In Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Blood, 122(21): 3803.