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Robert Keith Baker, Ph.D.  

Education:  
Univ. CA-Davis B.S. Genetics  
Univ. CA-Davis M.S. Genetics
Univ. Washington Ph.D. Genetics
Experience:
10/94-3/96  Postdoctoral Trainee, Training Program in Gamete and Embryo Biology  
4/96 Awarded a two year postdoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Assoc. WI Affiliate-declined in order to accept the NIH postdoctoral fellowship
7/96-9/97 NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship (Gary Lyons, Sponsor)  
10/97 to present Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Parker Antin, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson  
Publications while in Dr. Lyons' lab:  
1. Baker, R. and Schubiger, G.(1995) Ectoderm induces muscle-specific gene expression in Drosophila embryos. Development, 121:1387-98.  
2. Baker, R. and Schubiger, G. (1996) Autonomous and nonautonomous Notch functions for embryonic muscle and epidermis development in Drosophila. Development, 122:617-26.  
3. Baker, R.K. and Lyons, G.E. (1996) Embryonic stem cells and muscle development. Curr. Topics Devel. Biol. 33:263-279.  
4. Baker, R.K., Haendel, M.A., Swanson, B.J., Shambaugh, J.C., Micales, B.K. and Lyons, G.E. (1997) In vitro preselection of gene-trapped embryonic stem cell clones for characterizing novel developmentally regulated genes in the mouse. Dev. Biol. 185:201-214.  
5. Jeyaseelan, R, Poizat, C., Baker, R.K., Abdishoo, S., Lyons, G.E. and Kedes, L. (1997) A novel cardiac-restricted target for doxorubicin. Carp, a nuclear modulator of gene expression in cardiac progenitor cells and cardiomyocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 272:22800-22808.  
6. Lee, Y., Baker, R.K., Song, A., Micales, B.K., Conway, S. and Lyons, G.E. (2000) Jumonji, a nuclear protein that is necessary for normal heart development. Circ. Res. 86:932-938.  
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Lyons, G.E., Baker, R.K., and Bauer, L. (2001) mRnf4 is necessary for normal embryonic cardiovascular development. Submitted