Faculty Profile for Dr. Michael Gregory Abel

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Dr. Michael Gregory Abel
Senior Lecturer — Biology
SUPP 368
phone: (512) 245-5778

Biography Section

Teaching Interests

Microbiology
Evolution
Environmental Biology
Cell Biology

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Chadli, A., Graham, J. D., Abel, M. G., Jackson, T. A., Gordon, D. F., Wood, W. M., … Toft, D. O. (2006). GCUNC-45 is a novel regulator for the progesterone receptor/hsp90 chaperoning pathway. Mol Cell Biol, 26(5), 1722–1730.
  • Takimoto, G. S., Tung, L., Abdel-Hafiz, H., Abel, M. G., Sartorius, C. A., Richer, J. K., … Horwitz, K. B. (2003). Functional properties of the N-terminal region of progesterone receptors and their mechanistic relationship to structure. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 85(2–5), 209–2019.
  • Richer, J. K., Jacobsen, B. M., Manning, N. G., Abel, M. G., Wolf, D., & Horwitz, K. B. (2002). Differential Gene Regulation by the Two Progesterone Receptor Isoforms in Human Breast Cancer Cells. J. Biol. Chem, 277(7), 5209–5218.
  • Tung, L., Shen, T., Abel, M. G., Powell, R., Takimoto, G., Sartorius, C. A., & Horwitz, K. B. (2001). Mapping the Unique Activation Function 3 in the Progesterone B-receptor Upstream Segment. Two LXXLL motifs and a tryptophan residue are required for activity. J. Biol. Chem, 276(43), 39843–39851.
  • Abel, M. G., Zhang, Y. L., Lu H., F., Naider, F., & Becker, J. M. (1998). Structure-function analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae tridecapeptide pheromone using alanine-scanned analogs. J. Peptide Res, 52, 95–106.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Named significant contributor to academic success of student, Texas State University. July 14, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Named significant contributor to academic success of student, Texas State University. June 21, 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Professor of the Month, SLAC. April 4, 2017

Selected Grants

  • Horwitz, K. B., Abel, Michael Gregory. Tamoxifen resistant breast cancers: Inappropriate transcriptional co-regulators?, United States Army grant, Federal, $317100. (Funded: 1999). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
NLF evaluation committee
November 2023-Present
Participant
Texas State Ring Celebration
April 2023-Present
Participant
Biology Colloquium
February 2022-Present
Referee
Volleyball Official
August 2016-Present
Member
Family Campaign
March 2015-Present