Dr. Maria C.Linder, Department Chair
Professor- Biochemistry
Office MH 535  
Phone (714) 278-2472  
Lab DBH 176/177  
Phone (714) 278-2475 or 3912  
Email mlinder@fullerton.edu  

 

 
Teaching
Chem 445  - Nutritional Biochemistry
Chem 438 - Environmental Biochemistry
Chem 480A - Topics Contemporary Chemistry
Education
Postdoctoral 1968-1970   M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
Postdoctoral 1966-1968   Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Ph.d  1966    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.Sc. 1960    Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Research

Professor Linder's research group is interested in structure, function, regulation and gene expression of proteins associated with transport and storage of iron and copper. They also examine the biochemistry of cancer and inflammation in relation to copper and iron metabolism.
Recent Publications

  1. P.J. Cerveza‡, S.J. Cotton†, F. Mehrbod‡, M. Hazegh-Azam, M.C. Linder, E.G. Fonda, and S.J. Wickler (1999) Ceruloplasmin expression in pig mammary gland, milk and serum during lactation. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., in press.

  2. D.A. Loeffler, M.C. Linder, M. Zamany‡, E. Har-El, M.A. Paul, H. Baumann, and P.A. Lewitt (1999) Measurement of acute phase proteins, but not interleukin -1, in rat brain homogenates reflects primarily cerebrovascular contents. Neurochem. Res. 24, 1315-1319.

  3. M.C. Linder, S. Donley‡, D. Dominguez‡, L. Wooten, F. Mehrbod‡, P. Cerveza‡, R. Shulze†, S. Cotton†, A. Sridhar† and M. Hallock† (1999) Copper transport and cerulo-Plasmin during lactation and pregnancy, In: Metals and Genetics, ed.by B. Sarkar, New York: KluwerAcademic/Plenum Publishers, pp. 117-129.

  4. M.C. Linder, N.A. Lomeli‡, S. Donley‡, F. Mehrbod‡, P. Cerveza‡, S. Cotton†, and L. Wooten (1999) " Copper transport in mammals". In: Copper Transport and its Disorders: Molecular and Cellular Aspects, ed. by A. Leone and J. Mercer, Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 448,1- 16.

  5. J.L. Salzer, L. Lovejoy, M.C. Linder, and C. Rosen (1998) Ran-2, a glial lineage marker, is a GPI-anchored form of ceruloplasmin. J. Neurosci. Res. 54, 147-157.

  6. M.C. Linder, P. Cerveza‡, S. Cotton†, L. Wooten, R. Shulze†, N. Lomeli‡ (1998) Copper transport. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 67, 965S-971S.
  7. M.C. Linder (1998) "Interaktionen zwischen Kupfer und Eisen im Saugerstoffwechsel." Vitaminspur 11, 111-124 (translated by K. Schumann, Walther Straub Institut fur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Munchen, Germany).
  8. R.A. Shulze†, L. Wooten, P. Cerveza‡, S. Cotton†, and M.C. Linder (1997) Ceruloplasmin expression by mammary gland and its concentration in milk. In: Trace Elements in Man and Animal - 9 (P.W.F. Fischer, M.R. L'Abbe, K.A. Cockell, R.S. Gibson, eds.) , Ottawa, NRC Research Press, pp. 69-70.
  9. M.C. Linder and D. Parekh‡ (1997) Receptors for milk ceruloplasmin in the brush border of piglet intestinal mucosa. In: Trace Elements in Man and Animal - 9 (P.W.F. Fischer, M.R. L'Abbe, K.A. Cockell, R.S. Gibson, eds.) , Ottawa, NRC Research Press, pp. 77-78.
  10. L. Butcher‡, J.R. Wang‡, C. Ambrosi†, and M.C. Linder (1997) Ferritins of different sizes and structures in horse heart and serum. In: Trace Elements in Man and Animal - 9 (P.W.F. Fischer, M.R. L'Abbe, K.A. Cockell, R.S. Gibson, eds.), Ottawa, NRC Research Press, pp. 491-492.

†Undergraduate student co-author

‡Graduate student co-authors
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