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Texas State University

Dr. Kevin Lewis

  • Professor - Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • CHEM 217
  • tel:+15122458594
  • ll18@txstate.edu
  • http://kevinlewis.wp.txstate.edu/
Portrait of Dr. Kevin Lewis
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

Featured grants

  • Peterson, Ryan Loren, Lewis, Lysle, Du, Liqin, McLean, Robert J C. Fluorescence Microscope with Live-cell and high-resolution imaging capabilities, NIH, Federal, $194590.3. (Funded: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025). Grant.
  • Lewis, Lysle Kevin (Principal). Texas State IDEA Program, $500. (Funded: June 2023 - August 2023). Grant.
  • Lewis, Lysle Kevin (Principal), Holland, Cory L (Co-Principal). DNA repair pathways preserve cellular homeostasis, National Institutes of Health, Federal, $437608. (Funded: August 2020 - 2024). Grant.
  • Lewis, L Kevin (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Holland, Cory L (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Spontaneous DNA damage alters cell cycling and cell morphology, Texas State University, $11924.00. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: January 27, 2020 - May 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Lewis, L Kevin (Principal). Genome-wide analysis identifies genes required for repair of DNA strand breaks, NIH-Indirect Funds Account, Indirect Funds Account, $2000.00. (Funded: 2013 - 2021). Grant.
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Featured scholarly/creative works

  • Wagh, S. B., Berthold, D., Majeed, I., Lewis, L., Schilter, D., Mertens, B., … Kornienko, A. V. (2024). Sphaeropsidin A C15-C16 Cross-Metathesis Analogues with Potent Anticancer Activity. ChemMedChem, e202400288. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202400288
  • Sowersby, D. S., & Lewis, L. K. (2023). SURE gel electrophoresis: a method for concentrating dilute DNA samples directly within gels. Analytical Biochemistry, 684, 115373.
  • Holland, C. L., Weis, M. F., England, C. J., Berry, A. M., Hall, P. D., & Lewis, L. K. (2023). Deficiency in homologous recombination is associated with changes in cell cycling  and morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Experimental Cell Research, 430, 113701.
  • Malla, S. R. L., Gujjari, A., Corona, C. E., Beall, G. W., & Lewis, L. K. (2023). Spectrophotometric and nucleic acid-binding properties of  halloysite clay nanotubes and kaolinite. Heliyon, 9, e13009. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023002165?via%3Dihub
  • Fitzgerald, O. R., Rodriguez, N. D., & Lewis, L. K. (2022). High efficiency plasmid DNA transformation in yeast. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2513, 15–22. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-2399-2_2
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Featured awards

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Runnerup-Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. January 2023 - December 2023
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Runnerup-Presidential Award for Excellence in Research, Texas State University. 2014
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Runnerup-Presidential Award for Excellence in Research, Texas State University. 2008
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Runnerup-Presidential Award for Excellence in Research, Texas State University. 2006
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Runnerup for Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2005
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Featured service activities

  1. Participant

    Academic Program Coordinator-BS Biochemistry

    2019 - Present
  2. Member

    Outcomes and Assessments- Biochemistry MS program

    2018 - Present
  3. Chair

    Biochemistry Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

    2015 - Present
  4. Member

    Graduate Student Admissions Committee

    2011 - Present
  5. Member

    Personnel Commitee

    2007 - Present
  6. Member

    Thesis/Dissertation Committee Member

    2024
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