Faculty Profile for Dr. Cory Lee Holland

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Dr. Cory Lee Holland
Senior Lecturer — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 202
phone: (512) 245-6869

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Holland, C. L., Weis, M. F., England, C. J., Berry, A. M., Hall, P. D., & Lewis, L. K. (2023). Deficiency in homologous recombination is associated with changes in cell cycling  and morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Experimental Cell Research, 430, 113701.
  • Holland, C. L., Sanderson, B. A., Titus, J. K., Weis, M. F., Riojas, A. M., Malczewskyj, E., … Lewis, L. K. (2021). Suppression of telomere capping defects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yku70 and yku80 mutants by telomerase. Genes/Genomes/Genetics, 11(12), jkab359.
  • Zhao, Z., Partridge, V., Sousares, M., Shelton, S., Holland, C., Pertsemlidis, A., & Du, L. (2018). microRNA-2110 functions as a tumor suppressor in neuroblastoma by directly targeting Tsukushi. PLos One, 13(12), e0208777.
  • Seol, J. H., Holland, C. L., Li, X., Kim, C., Li, F., Medina-Rivera, M., … Lee, S. E. (2018). Distinct roles of XPF-ERCC1 and Rad1-Rad10-Saw1 in replication-coupled and uncoupled inter-strand crosslink repair. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04327-0
  • Eichmiller, R., Medina-Rivera, M., DeSanto, R., Minca, E., Kim, C., Holland, C. L., … Surtees, J. A. (2018). Coordination of Rad1-Rad10 interactions with Msh2-Msh3, Saw1 and RPA is essential for functional 3’ non-homologous tail removal. Nucleic Acids Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky254

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professors for 2021, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. March 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, College of Science and Engineering. 2018
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Favorite Professors for 2018, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. April 16, 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2nd place Outstanding Research Award, Molecular Medicine Annual Department Retreat, UTHSCSA. 2013

Selected Grants

  • Lewis, Karen A (Principal), Luxford, Cynthia J (Co-Principal), Wheeler, Brittany Marie (Co-Principal), Webre, Whitney Ann (Co-Principal), Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal), Betancourt, Tania (Supporting), Brittain, William J (Supporting), Hudnall, Todd W (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Supporting), Kornienko, Alexander Vladimir (Supporting), Peterson, Ryan Loren (Supporting), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Supporting). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Exploration (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $378188. (Submitted: August 25, 2021, Funded: April 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
  • Lewis, Lysle Kevin (Principal), Holland, Cory L (Co-Principal). DNA repair pathways preserve cellular homeostasis, National Institutes of Health, Federal, $437608. (Funded: August 2020 - August 2024). Grant.
  • Lewis, L Kevin (Principal), Holland, Cory L (Principal). Spontaneous DNA damage alters cell cycling and cell morphology, Texas State University, $11924.00. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: January 27, 2020 - May 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Feakes, Debra A, Holland, Cory Lee (Co-Principal). REU Site: A Chemistry REU on Molecular Innovation and Entrepreneuship (CheMIE), National Science Foundation, Federal, $346128. (Submitted: 2017, Funded: April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2021). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Biochemistry Curriculum Committee
2018-Present
Member
PhD Development Committee
October 2015-Present
PI/Coordinator
NSF-REU program
March 2018-2022
Volunteer
School Fuel - San Marcos
August 2017-2022
Student-led Technology Startup Company Mentor - Nabaco, Inc.
January 2016-2020