Dr. Howell was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in December 1969 and joined the faculty at LU in 2003. He has studied the biochemistry of cystic fibrosis since his first Postdoctoral position at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Howell is currently developing a research program here at Liberty. Married to his wife Carla in 1993, he now has three children: Madeleine, Camden and Gillian.
Articles
Protein Kinase A Regulates ATP Hydrolysis and Dimerization by a CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) Domain (with Roy Borchardt, Jolanta Kole, Andrew M. Kaz, Christoph Randak, and Jonathan A. Cohn), Biochemical Journal (2004)
Gating of the CFTRCl− channel is associated with ATP hydrolysis at the nucleotide-binding domains (NBD1,...
Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 (with Bruno McCartney, Peter J. Kennelly, and Malcom Potts), Journal of Bacteriology (1997)
Components of a protein tyrosine phosphorylation/dephosphorylation network were identified in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain...
Responses of Diverse Heterotrophic Bacteria to Elevated Copper Concentrations (with A. S. Gordon), Canadian Journal of Microbiology (1994)
The influence of copper on the growth of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus...
Books
Contributions to Books
Phosphatase Regulation of CFTR (with John W. Hanrahan and Tang Zhu), The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Condunctance Regulator (2003)
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel is tightly regulated by the opposing...