CurriculumVitae:RaulJ.Cano,Ph.D. I.PERSONALINFORMATION NAME: RaulJ.Cano OFFICEADDRESS: BiologicalSciencesDepartment,53 210E CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity SanLuisObispo,CA93407 OFFICETELEPHONE: (805)756 1358 FAX: (805)783 2351 Cell (805)748 9717 E MAIL: rcano@calpoly.edu II.FORMALEDUCATION PRECOLLEGIATE: MaristasBrothers LaHabana,Havana,Cuba Yearsattended:1950 62 HIGHEREDUCATION UNIVERSITY UniversityofMontana Missoula,Montana YEARS ATTENDED 1972 1974 UniversityofSeville 1985 1986 EasternWashingtonUniversity 1970 1972 EasternWashingtonUniversity 1969 1970 SpokaneFallsCommunityCollege 1968 1969 III.PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE OCCUPATIONANDPOSITIONSHELD 1996 present 2000 present 2001 2006 1995 2000 1986 present 1987 present 1983 present CanoVitae042209 1 DEGREEEARNED Ph.D. Microbiology M.S. Clinical/MolecularMicrobiology M.S. Biology FungalGenetics B.S. BiologicalSciences A.A. LiberalArts Director,EnvironmentalBiotechnologyInstitute,CaliforniaPolytechnic StateUniversity,SanLuisObispo,California. UnocalChairforEnvironmentalStudies.EndowedChair,California PolytechnicStateUniversity,SanLuisObispo,California. FounderandPresident,EnvironmentalDiagnostics,Inc., SanLuisObispo,CA Founder,ChiefScientificOfficer,AmbergeneCorporation SanCarlos,CA VisitingResearcher.DepartmentofMicrobiology,SchoolofMedicine, UniversityofSeville,Seville,Spain. VisitingResearcher,DepartmentofMicrobiology,UniversityoftheBalearic Islands,PalmadeMallorca,Spain. ProfessorofMicrobiology.CaliforniaPolytechnic StateUniversity,SanLuisObispo,CA
CURRENTRESEARCH Microbialdiversityandsignatureanalysisofmarinesedimentsandothersubsurfacesamplesfor naturalproductdiscoveryandpetroleumexplorationefforts. Biologicalreclamationofwasteglycerolfrombiodieselproduction CONSULTING UnocalCorporation,FullertonCA UnocalCorporation,SugarLand,TX ChevronCorporation,SanLuisObispo,CA Lanahan&Reilley,LLP,SanJose,CA Gavin&Cunningham,PaloAlto,CA LewisBrisboisBisgaardSmith,SanJose,CA Robinson&Wood,LLP MagellanBiosciences,Tampa,FL SheaHomes,SanJose,CA LaPlante&Spinelli,Donald,Nott,Sacramento,CA NereusPharmaceuticals,Inc.,SanDiego,CA XOMA(US)LLC,Berkeley,CA RocheDiagnostics,Inc.,Spain,Switzerland,Alameda,CA MicrocidePharmaceuticals,Inc.,MountainView,CA Intrabiotics,Inc.,MountainView,CA AppliedBiosystems,Inc.,FosterCity,CA DakoCorporation,Carpinteria,CA Nunc,Copenhagen,DK CERTIFICATESANDLICENSES PublicHealthMicrobiologist.Certifiedin1978byCaliforniaDepartmentofPublicHealthServices FOREIGNLANGUAGES Spanish SCIENTIFICAFFILIATIONS AmericanSocietyforMicrobiology AmericanAcademyforMicrobiology InternationalSocietyforHumanand AnimalMycology SocietyforIndustrialMicrobiology InternationalSocietyofEnvironmental Forensics AmericanConferenceofGovernmental IndustrialHygienists EuropeanSocietyforMicrobiology IV.GRANTS,AWARDS,PATENTS GRANTSANDCONTRACTS 2003MicrobialDiversityofPetroleumContaminatedSoilsandGroundwater,UNOCALCorporation, $431,000. CanoVitae042209 1
CanoVitae042209 2 2003MicrobialDiversityofMarineActinobacteria,NereusPharmaceuticals,Inc.$33,000. 2002ElucidationoftheroleofAnctinobacteriaonthebioremediationofpetroleumcontaminated sands.unocalcorporation,$219,000. 2002DevelopmentofaMolecularAnalysistoolforthecharacterizationofactinobacterialcommunities inenvironmentalsamples.unocalcorporation,$209,000. 2001ConstructionofEBIResearchFacility,UNOCALCorporation,$2,000,000 2000LactobacillusAcidophilusGenomeSequencingandFunctionalAnalysis.RhodiaCorporation, $211,962. 2000PhytoremediationofC8plume.(3 yearstudy)unocalcorporation$1,500,000 2000LactobacillusAcidophilusGenomeSequencingandFunctionalAnalysis.RhodiaCorporation, $211,962. 1999AssesmentofPetroleum degradingdiversityinsanddunes.unocalcorp.$280,000 1999.BioinformaticsofLactobacillusacidophilus.SUNMicrosystems,Inc.$29,500 1998Lactobacillusacidophilusgenomeproject.DairyMangement,Inc.,$407,950. 1997EnvironmentaldetectionofListeriaspp.byTaqManPCR.,DairyMangement,Inc.,$146,000 1997MicrobialDiversityStudiesinsanddunes.UNOCAL,$1,316,918. 19additionalgrants($288,950.00) AWARDS 2003CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversityPresident sdiversityaward 2001MDS/PharmaBiotechnologyResearchAward 2001Burroughs WellcomeFundVisitingProfessorship 2000UnocalChairforEnvironmentalStudies 1997CarskiFoundationDistinguishedTeacherAward. 1998Fellow.AmericanAcademyofMicrobiology 1998FoundationforMicrobiologyDistinguishedLecturer 1997MeritoriousPerformanceAward. 1996MeritoriousPerformanceAward. 1994CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversityOutstandingProfessorAward. 1994TheCaliforniaStateUniversityTrusteesOutstandingProfessorAward. 1993TheCaliforniaStateUniversityBiotechnologyResearchLecturerAward 1992SummerResearchFellowship,TheCaliforniaStateUniversity 1991SummerResearchFellowship,TheCaliforniaStateUniversity 1990MeritoriousPerformanceAwardTheCaliforniaStateUniversity. 1989MeritoriousPerformanceAward.TheCaliforniaStateUniversity. 1987MeritoriousPerformanceAward.TheCaliforniaStateUniversity. PATENTS Ancientbacteriafromamberinclusions DNAArraychipforthedetectionofpetroleumdegradersinecosystems. (Pending) InductionofClassIandClassIIIHeatShockGenestoProvideStressProtectiontoLactobacillus acidophilus. V.PUBLICATIONS PEERREVIEWEDJOURNALS OMcAuliffe,RJCano,TRKlaenhammer.2005.GeneticAnalysisofTwoBileSaltHydrolaseActivitiesin LactobacillusAcidophilusNCFM..ApplEnvironMicrobiol71(8):4925 9
CanoVitae042209 3 MAAzcarate Peril,EAltermann,RLHoover Fitzula,RJCano,TRKlaenhammer.2004.Identificationand InactivationofGeneticLociInvolvedwithLactobacillusacidophilusAcidTolerance.ApplEnviron Microbiol70(9):5315 22 EAltermann,LBBuck,RCano,TRKlaenhammer.2004.IdentificationandInactivationofGeneticLoci InvolvedwithLactobacillusAcidophilusAcidTolerance.Gene342(1):189 97 Title:PSYeung,CLKitts,RCano,PSTong,MESanders.2004.ApplicationofGenotypicandPhenotypic AnalysestoCommercialProbioticStrainIdentityandRelatedness.JApplMicrobiol97(5):1095 104 MDBraid,JLSilhavy,CLKitts,RJCano,MMHowe.2004.CompleteGenomicSequenceofBacteriophage B3,aMu likephageofpseudomonasaeruginosa:jbacteriol.186(19):6560 74 CLGreenblatt,JBaum,BYKlein,SNachshon,VKoltunov,RJCano.2004.MicrococcusLuteus Survival inamber.microbecol48(1):120 7 EAltermann,WMRussell,MAAzcarate Peril,RBarrangou,BLBuck,OMcAuliffe,NSouther,ADobson,T Duong,MCallanan,SLick,AHamrick,RCano,TRKlaenhammer.2004.CompleteGenomeSequence oftheprobioticlacticacidbacteriumlactobacillusacidophilusncfm.procnatlacadsci102(11): 3906 12 RBarrangou,EAltermann,RHutkins,RCano,TRKlaenhammer.2003.FunctionalandComparative GenomicAnalysesofanOperonInvolvedinFructooligosaccharideUtilizationbyLactobacillus acidophilus.procnatlacadsciusa100(15):8957 62 TKlaenhammer,EAltermann,FArigoni,ABolotin,FBreidt,JBroadbent,RCano,etal.2002.Discovering LacticAcidBacteriabyGenomics.AntonieVanLeeuwenhoek82:29 58 Quereshi,A.,Mugher,J.,Cano,R.,Galazzo,J,andLee,M.2001.MF EA 705aandMF EA 705b,New fungalmetabolitesfrommicrobialfermentationofastreptomycessp.j.antibiotics.54:1100 1103 Cano,R.J.F.Rollo,M.Ubaldi,C.delCueto,S.Luciani,T.Cox,P.Orkand,K.H.KŸnzel,andF. Tiefenbrunner.2000.SequenceanalysisofbacterialDNAinthecolonandstomachoftheTyrolean Iceman.AmJPhysAnthropol.112(3):297 309. GreenblattC.L,A.Davis,B.G.Clement,C.L.Kitts,T.Cox,andR.J.Cano.1999.MicrobialDiversityof Amber.MicrobialEcology38:58 68. Cox,T;Frazier,C;Tuttle,J;Flood,S;Yagi,L;Yamashiro,CT;Behari,R;Paszko,C;Cano,RJ.1998.Rapid detectionoflisteriamonocytogenesindairysamplesutilizingapcr basedfluorogenic5'nuclease assay.j.industrialmicrobiol.biotechnol.21(3):167 172. UbaldiM,LucianiS,MarotaI,FornaciariG,CanoRJ,RolloF.1998.SequenceanalysisofbacterialDNAin thecolonofanandeanmummy.amjphysanthropol107(3):285 95 Cox,T.,Frazier,C.,Flood,S.andR.J.Cano.1998.DevelopmentofaFluorescent5 ExonucleaseAssay forthedetectionoflisteriamonocytogenesinfoodanddairyproducts.j.industrialmicrobiol. Biotechnol. Lambert,L.H.,T.Cox,K.Mitchell,R.Rossello Mora,C.delCueto,D.E.Dodge,P.Orkand,andR.J.Cano. 1998.Staphylococcussuccinussp.nov.fromDominicanAmber.Int.J.Sys.Bacteriol.48:511 518 Cano,R.J.1997.Isolation,characterization,anddiversityofmicroorganismsfromamber.SPIE Symposium,SanDiego,CACano,R.J.1996RecoveryandCharacterizationofAncientBacillus sphaericusfrom DominicanAmber.1996.Quimica.60:8 14.Cano,R.J.1996.CharacterizingAncientmicroorganisms fromamber.analyticalchemistry68:609a 611.Cano,R.J.1996.AnalysingAncientDNA Endeavour.20:162 167. Cano,R.J.andM.Borucki.1995.Ageofbacteriainamber.Science270:2015 2017Cano,R.J.andM. Borucki.1995.IsolationofviableBacillussp.fromDominicanamber(25 40million years old). Science268:1060 1064 Cano,R.J.1994.AncientBacillusDNA:Awindowtoancientsymbioticrelationships?ASMNews. 60(3):129 134.
CanoVitae042209 4 Cano,R.J.,Norton,D.,Inzunza,A,andOste,C.1995.FluorescentdetectionPCRofListeria monocytogenesindairyfoods.journaloffoodprotection58:614 620 Cano,R.J.,Borucki,M.,Schweitzer,M.,Poinar,H.,Poinar,G.O.,andPollard,K.1994.AncientBacillus DNA:Awindowtoancientsymbioticrelationships?AppliedandEnvironmentalMicrobiolgy. 60(6):2164 2167. Palomares,J.C.andR.J.Cano.1994. Antisense therapyandclinicaldiagnostics:areview. EnfermedadesInfecciosasyMicrobiolog acl nica11(9):502 507 Rasmussen,S.,Rasmussen,H.,Larsen,M.,Hoff J rgensen,r.,andcano,r.j.1994.combined PolymeraseChainReaction HybridizationMicroplateAssayfortheDetectionofBovineLeukemia VirusandSalmonella.AmplificationandHybridizationtakeplaceinthesamemicrowell.Clinical Chemistry40(2):200 205 Alados Arboleda,J.C.,Miranda,C.,Ortiz,F.andCano,R.J.1994.DisseminatedHistoplasmosisinSpain. Eur.J.Clin.Microbiol.Infect.Disease.12:793 794 Cano,R.J.,H.N.Poinar,N.SPieniezak,andG.O.Poinar,Jr.1993.Enzymaticamplificationandnucleotide sequencingofdnafrom120 135milionyearoldweevilNature363:536 538 Poinar,H.N.,PoinarJr.,G.O.,andCano,R.J.1993.Molecularphylogenyofanextinctlegume (Hymenaeaprotera)fromDominicanamber.Nature363:677. Cano,R.J.andH.N.Poinar.1993.RapidIsolationofDNAfromFossilandMuseumSpecimensSuitable forthepolymerasechainreaction.biotechniques.15:432 436 Cano,R.J.1993.FluorescentdetectionofSalmonella.LabMedicaInternational.6:25 33 Cano,RJ,RasmussenSR,SanchezG,Palomares,JC1993:FluorescentDetection polymerase chainreaction(fd PCR)AssayonMicrowellPlatesasascreeningtestforSalmonellasinfoods.J.Appl Bacteriol75:247 253 Poinar,G.O.,H.N.Poinar,andR.J.Cano.1993.ExtractionofDNAfromAmberInclusions.AncientDNA Newsletter2:15 18. Cano,R.J.,H.N.Poinar,D.W.Roubick,andG.O.Poinar,Jr.1992.Enzymaticamplificationandnucleotide sequencingofportionsofthe18srrnageneofthebeeproplebeiadominicana (Apidae:Hymenoptera)isolatedfrom25 40milionyearoldDominicanamber.MedicalScience Research.20(17):619 623 Torres,M.J.,Cano,R.J.,Rodr guez,a.,andpalomares,j.c.1992.detectionofchlamydiatrachomatisby DNA RNAhybridization.EnfermedadesInfecciosasyMicrobiolog acl nica10(3):152 155 Cano,R.J.,Palomares,J.C.andTorres.M.J.1992.EvaluationofafluorescentDNAhybridizationassayfor thedetectionofneisseriagonorrhoeae.europeanjournalofclinicalmicrobiologyandinfectious Diseases11:602 604 Cano,R.J,Torres,M.J.,andPalomares,J.C.1992.DetectionofSalmonellasppbyEI PCR.Enfermedades InfecciosasYMicrobiolog acl nica10(3)42 44 Cano,R.J.,Poinar,H.,andPoinar,Jr.G.O.1992.IsolationandPartialCharacterizationofDNAfromthe beeproplebeiadominicana(apidae:hymenoptera)in25 40 millionyearoldamber.medicalscience Research20:249 251 25additionalresearch(peer reviewed)publications OTHERPUBLICATIONS Cano,R.J.2002.TheMicrobiologyofSpore formingbacteriainamber.in:archaeologyofinfectious diseases.greenblatt,c.editor.jerusalem,israel. Cano,R.J.andKlaenhammer.T.2002.TheCompleteGenomeofLactobacillusacidophilus.7 th
InternationalConferenceofLacticAcidBacteria.Amsterdam. Cano,R.J.2000.BiomolecularMethods.In:MolecularMethodsinAncientDNAstudiesofArt.E. CilibertoandG.Spotto,eds.WileyInterscience,NewYork,NY.BalabanPublishers,Jerusalem,Israel Stansfield,W.,R.J.Cano,andJ.S.Colome.1996.Schaum soutlinesinmolecularbiology.johnwiley, NewYork. Cano,R.J.1996.M.EnzymaticamplificationofancientDNA.Nucleicacidamplificationmethodsforthe anlysesofenvironmentalsamples.technomicpublishingco,inc. Poinar,G.O.,H.N.Poinar,andR.J.Cano.1993.DNAfromAmberInclusions.HerrmannandHummeleds. pp92 106.SpringerVerlag,Berlin. Cano,R.J.1988.LaboratoryExercisesinMolecularBiology.SecondEdition.CaliforniaPolytechnicState University. Cano,R.J.andJ.S.Colome.1988.EssentialsofMicrobiology.WestEducationalPublishing,St.Paul,MN. Cano,R.J.andJ.S.Colome.1986.Microbiology.WestEducationalPublishingCompany.St.Paul,MN. Colome,J.,A.M.Kubinski,R.J.Cano,andD.Grady.1986.LaboratoryExercisesinMicrobiology.West EducationalPublishingCompany.St.Paul,M. 18additionalpublications STANDINGCOMMITTEES GuidelinesCommittee.AmericanAcademyforMicrobiology. Chairman,ResearchandProfessionalDevelopment,CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity. ScientificAdvisoryBoardNationalCenterforToxicologicalResearch,FoodandDrugAdministration. ScientificAdvisoryBoardXOMA(US)LLC,Berkeley,CA. ExecutiveCommittee,CSUProgramforResearchandEducationinBiotechnology.CaliforniaState University(CSU),Sacramento,CA. Chairman,Board,EnvironmentalDiagnostics,Inc.SanLuisObispo,CA. BoardMember,CHOSeNCorporation,Fremont,CA. Chairman,BiotechnologyIndustrialAdvisoryBoard,CollegeofSciencesandMathematics,CalPoly,San LuisObispo,CA. CanoVitae042209 5