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Amy K. Schmid

David M. Goodner Associate Professor
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
125 Science Dr, French Family Science Center 4105, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Department of Molecular Genetics and Molecular Genetics seminar series. · October 2021 Invited Talk Rutgers University, Virtual
Stochastic Organismal Dynamics: Precision Measurements and Emergent Simplicities - Telluride Workshop · July 2021 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Virtual
World Microbe Forum · June 2021 International Meeting or Conference American Society of Microbiology and FEMS (joint meeting), Virtual
ASM Microbe 2020 - Diverse Stress Responses in the Microbial World · June 2020 International Meeting or Conference American Society of Microbilogy, Virtual
Unconventional Model Organisms in the Genomics Era - Embryology Mini-Symposium · June 2020 International Meeting or Conference Carnegie Institution for Science, Virtual
Division of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics special seminar · January 2020 Invited Talk University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
HereWeAre - Podcast · December 2019 Interview Virtual
Complex gene regulatory networks are selected under extreme conditions. · November 2019 Invited Talk Harvard University,
Thursday Seminar Series · November 2019 Invited Talk New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA
Stand Up Science · October 2019 Other Hosted by comedian Shane Mauss,
Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology · July 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture Gordon Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland
12 International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms · June 2019 International Meeting or Conference Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Department of Microbiology and Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Seminar series · April 2019 Invited Talk University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Genetics and Molecular Biology / Bioinformatics and Computational Biology joint seminar · March 2019 Invited Talk University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Department of Biology Seminar Series. · October 2018 Invited Talk University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Molecular Biology of Arcahea - 6th International meeting · September 2018 International Meeting or Conference Microbiological Society, Vienna, Austria
Microbiology and Cell Science Seminar · March 2018 Invited Talk University of Florida, Gainsville, Fl
Bacterial Networks (BacNet17) · September 2017 International Meeting or Conference EMBO, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology · July 2017 Invited Talk Gordon Conference, Waterville Valley, NH
School of Biological Sciences Seminar · April 2017 Invited Talk University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Systems Biology: Networks · March 2017 Invited Talk Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Department of Microbiology Seminar series · September 2016 Invited Talk Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Molecular Biology of Arcahea - 5th International Meeting · August 2016 Invited Talk Microbiological Society, London
Microbial Stress Response - Gordon Conference · July 2016 Invited Talk Mount Holyoke College, MA
11th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms · May 2016 Invited Talk San Juan, Puerto Rico
Program in Genetics Seminar series · April 2016 Invited Talk Texas A&M, College Station, TX
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar · April 2016 Invited Talk University of Houston, Houston, TX
Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression · March 2016 Invited Talk Cold Spring Harbor Lab, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Signal Transduction in Microbes - Gordon Conference · January 2016 Invited Talk Ventura, CA
Biology Department Seminar · January 2015 Invited Talk Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Transcriptional coordination of extreme stress responses in archaea - Microbial Stress Response · July 2014 Invited Talk Gordon Conference, Mount Holyoke College, MA
Systems Biology Seminar Series · April 2014 Invited Talk North Carolina State University,
Science at the EDGE seminar series · March 2014 Invited Talk Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Department of Biology Seminar Series. · February 2014 Invited Talk University of Florida, Gainsville, Fl
10th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms · June 26, 2013 Lecture University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
FASEB meeting on Mechanisms of Prokaryotic Transcription · June 24, 2013 Lecture Saxton's River, VT
American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting · May 19, 2013 Lecture Denver, CO
Gene Regulatory Network Dynamics in Halophilic Archaea · February 27, 2013 Lecture Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Bacteriology · November 8, 2012 Lecture Madison, WI
NIH Lambda Lunch Series · October 18, 2012 Lecture NIH, Washington, DC
University of California, Davis, Systems and Networks Seminar Series · October 5, 2012 Lecture Davis, CA
Systems Biology Weekly Symposium · June 12, 2012 Lecture John Innes Center, Norwich, UK
TEDx talk: "Surviving the outer limits: life in saturated salt" · April 21, 2012 Lecture North Carolina School of Science and Math
Center for Systems Biology Colloquium · November 30, 2011 Lecture Duke University
DCMB weekly seminar series · November 11, 2011 Lecture Duke University
NESCent Catalysis Meeting on Astrobiology and Synthetic Biology · October 13, 2011 Lecture NESCent, Durham, NC
Annual Center for Systems Biology Symposium · September 29, 2011 Lecture Duke University
NIH All Centers for Systems Biology annual meeting · June 17, 2011 Lecture Duke University
National Institutes of Health Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways All-Hands Meeting · April 14, 2011 Lecture Rockville, MD
Systems Biology of Networks Conference · March 22, 2011 Lecture Cold Spring Harbor Labs, NY
Biochemistry Department weekly seminar series · January 27, 2011 Lecture North Carolina State University
“Systems Biology in Archaea: Transcriptional network responses to extreme conditions” · October 28, 2010 Lecture North Carolina State University, Microbiology Department.
Understanding regulatory network responses to environmental extremes · February 2, 2010 Lecture Duke IGSP Genome Biology Seminar Series.
“Systems biology in Archaea: transcriptional network responses to environmental extremes.” · January 19, 2010 Lecture Duke University UPGG seminar
Understanding regulatory network responses to extreme environments. · November 5, 2009 Lecture Duke University Evolution and Developmental Biology Seminar
Understanding regulatory network responses to extreme environments. · September 20, 2009 Lecture Duke University CBB retreat
Evolution and regulation of nutrient utilization · April 22, 2009 Lecture Duke University Center for Systems Biology Colloquium
Wholistic Biology for Bioenergy · February 17, 2009 Lecture Seattle Rotary Club, Columbia Tower, Seattle, WA
Boosting predictive accuracy in regulatory network models · October 27, 2008 Lecture European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, England.
Systems-level analysis of the oxygen response in the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum · January 1, 2008 Lecture Association for Women in Science Networking Meeting, Seattle, WA
Faculty job talks · January 1, 2008 Lecture Duke University, University of New Mexico, University of California at Davis, Univesity of California at Berkeley

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Data+ Project Leader - Data+ · 2023 Projects & Field Work
Bass Connections Team Leader - Data+ · 2022 - 2023 Projects & Field Work
Data+ Project Leader - Data+ · 2021 - 2022 Projects & Field Work Information, Society & Culture
“Microbes & Math” high school teacher workshop · 2017 - 2021 Community Outreach , North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Instructor - North Carolina School of Science and Math Mini-term · 2013 - 2022 Other Service to the Community ; Paul Magwene and I collaborated with NCSSM teachers to provide an interdisciplinary immersion course focused on measurement and modeling of microbial growth in response to stress.
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · December 20, 2012 Other Service to the Community
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · December 20, 2012 Other
Unknown - Paper discussion and conducting biology experiments with the students at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other , NCSSM
Unknown - Mini-term course at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other , North Carolina School of Science and Math Service to the Community
Unknown - Mini-term course at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other , North Carolina School of Science and Math
Unknown - Paper discussion and conducting biology experiments with the students at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other , NCSSM Service to the Community
Unknown - Mini-term course at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other Service to the Community
Unknown - Mini-term course at North Carolina School of Science and Math · December 20, 2012 Other
Unknown - Paper discussion and conducting biology experiments with the students at North Carolina School of Science and Math · November 1, 2011 Other , North Carolina School of Science and Math
Unknown - Paper discussion and conducting biology experiments with the students at North Carolina School of Science and Math · November 1, 2011 Other , North Carolina School of Science and Math Service to the Community
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · June 1, 2011 - August 1, 2011 Other
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · June 1, 2011 - August 1, 2011 Other Service to the Community
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · December 20, 2010 Other , Schmid Lab Service to the Community ; http://www.genome.duke.edu/centers/csb/summer-fellowships/
Unknown - CSB minority outreach undergraduate summer program · December 20, 2010 Other , Schmid Lab
Co-mentor with Nick Buchler - HHMI Vertically Integrated Partners (VIP) program mentor · December 20, 2010 Other
Co-mentor with Nick Buchler - HHMI Vertically Integrated Partners (VIP) program mentor · December 20, 2010 Other Service to the Community

Service to the Profession


co-chair - Archaea Online · July 2021 Event/Organization Administration Virtual
Participant - Pathfinders Program · 2021 Professional Development National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD),
Participant - Faculty Success Program · 2020 Professional Development National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD),
Vice chair - Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism & Molecular Biology · July 2019 Event/Organization Administration Gordon Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Editor · 2019 Editorial Activities Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews,
National Science Foundation BIO MCB directorate · April 2013 Committee Service
Conference session chair, Gordon research conference on Archaea · July 2012 Editorial Activities Waterville Valley, NH
Ad Hoc Reviewer for professional journals · 2012 Editorial Activities
Archaea Journal, Ad hoc reviewer · 2011 Editorial Activities
Ad hoc reviewer : Molecular Microbiology · 2011 Editorial Activities
BMC Molecular Biology, Ad hoc reviewer · 2011 Editorial Activities
PLoS Computational Biology, Ad hoc reviewer · 2011 Editorial Activities
Ad hoc reviewer : Nucleic Acids Research · 2011 Editorial Activities
Nucleic Acids Research · 2010 - 2013 Editorial Activities
Journal Referee, Journal of Proteome Research · 2009 Editorial Activities
Journal Referee, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics · 2009 Editorial Activities

Service to Duke


Academic Programs Committee (University) · 2019 - 2023 Committee Service

Academic & Administrative Activities


Co-director of Graduate Studies, Duke Biology Department, 2020 -