jeff-stevens@uiowa.edu

Received a PhD in biochemistry from Rutgers University (1980), a fellowship at Tufts University (1979-80) and the National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health (1981-84), was a Visiting Scientist at Harvard Medical School (1985), and obtained a merit review award as a Research Chemist in the Veterans Administration, Birmingham, AL (1985-90).  Retained a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine (1989-92) and a Research Instructor in the Division of Microbiology, Department of Medicine (1989-92) at the University of Birmingham, AL, and an Associate Research Scientist position in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Iowa, IA  (1992-2005).  Area of research interest has been on the structure-functional characterization of extracellular matrix molecules, particularly proteoglycans, with emphasis in musculoskeletal (cartilage, dwarfisms, chondrosarcomas, limb/spine development) and nerve research (nerve regeneration).

Joined the Lentz lab in February, 2006 I am involved in two avenues of blood research: 1) characterizing the predication of chondroitin sulfate chain of thrombomodulin for an optimum anti-coagulation through the protein C-thrombin complex system in a human thrombomodulin knockin mouse model and 2) the neurological basis of hyperhomocysteinemia identified as a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction in hyperhomocysteinemia mouse models.

Enjoying life with wife living on small farm since 2003, growing/harvesting hay and maintaining a forest preserve, a pond and grounds for the horses.  Off of the farm have a passion for backpacking and climbing.

Jeff's Front Yard

Harvest Time

Bagaboo, British Columbia  Canada

Publications

Stevens JW, Patil SR, Jordan DK, Kimura JH, Morcuende JA: Cytogenetics of Swarm rat chondrosarcoma. Iowa Orthop J 25:135-140, 2005

Chen T-L L, Stevens JW, Cole WG, Hecht JT, Vertel BM: Cell specific trafficking of expressed mutant COMP in a cell culture model for PSACH. Matrix Biology, 23:433-444, 2004

Stevens J: Heterogeneity in growth properties of the rat Swarm chondrosarcoma. Iowa Orthop J 24:33-35, 2004

Hecht JT. Hayes E, Snuggs M, Decker G, Montufar-Solis D, Doege K, Mwalle F, Poole R, Stevens J, Duke PJ: Calreticulin, PDI, Grp94, BiP chaparone proteins are associated with retained COMP in pseudoachondroplasia chondrocytes. Matrix Biol 20:251-262, 2001

Stevens JW, Kurriger GL, Carter AS, Maynard JA: CD44s expression in the developing and growing rat intervertebral disc.  Dev Dynamics. 219:381-390, 2000

Noonan KJ, Reiter R, Kurriger GL, Martin JA, Maynard JA, Stevens JW:  Spatial and temporal expression of CD44 isoforms in the developing and growing rat limb joints.  J Orthop Res 16:100-103, 1998

Stevens JW, Noonan KJ, Bosch PP, Rapp TB, Martin JA, Kurriger GL, Maynard JA, Daniels KJ, Solursh M, Tammi R, Tammi M, Midura RJ:  CD44 in growing normal and neoplastic rat cartilage.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 785:333-336, 1996

Stevens JW, Palechek PL, Midura RJ, Rokhlin OW, Cohen MB:  Expression of CD44 isoforms in human prostate tumor cell lines.  Prostate 28:153-161, 1996