BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Birthdate: February 28, 1954. Regina, Sask. Canada.

Citizenship: Canadian

Department of Molecular Genetics (formerly Dept. of Medical Genetics & Microbiology)

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8

Phone: (416) 978-3541

fax: (416) 978-6885

email: rick.collins@utoronto.ca

EDUCATION:

B.Sc. University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1975.

Ph.D. University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1979

Thesis title: "Mitochondrial Ribosome Assembly in Wild Type and Mutant Strains of

Neurospora crassa". Supervisor: Dr. Helmut Bertrand.

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:

09/79-12/83 Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine.

Supervisor: Dr. Alan Lambowitz

POSITIONS HELD

07/96-present Professor, Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto

07/04-06/05 Acting Chair, Medical Genetics & Microbiology, University of Toronto

07/91-06/96 Associate Professor, Medical Genetics & Microbiology, University of Toronto

07/89-06/91 Associate Professor, Botany, University of Toronto

01/84-06/89 Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Toronto

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

01/01-12/14 Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Molecular Biology.

08/92-07/07 Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Evolutionary

Biology

07/96-12/00 Senior Scientist Award, Medical Research Council of Canada

07/91-06/96 Scientist Award, Medical Research Council of Canada

09/79-08/82 Post-doctoral fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada

09/75-08/79 NSERC post-graduate scholarship

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Mitochondria; RNA-catalyzed reactions; RNA structure and folding; mitochondrial proteomics, gene expression and evolution; genome evolution.