Rate My Professor Michael Lisbin

Michael Lisbin is an Adjunct Instructor in the Biological Sciences Department at Bronx Community College, part of the City University of New York. His office is in Meister Hall 619, and he can be contacted at michael.lisbin@bcc.cuny.edu or 718-289-5100 extension 3058. Holding a PhD, Lisbin instructs undergraduate students in foundational biology courses, including BIO 12 (Human Biology), BIO 28 (Human Anatomy and Physiology I), and Anatomy and Physiology I Lab. His course syllabi detail lecture topics, office hours before and after class, and policies on academic integrity to support student learning in these subjects.

Lisbin's scholarly work centers on molecular biology, genetics, RNA processing, and biochemistry. He has published in leading journals on topics such as Drosophila neuronal RNA-binding proteins and bacterial tRNA deaminases. Key publications include "Two distinct temperature-sensitive alleles at the elav locus of Drosophila are suppressed nonsense mutations of the same tryptophan codon" (Genetics, 1995, co-authored with Samson ML and White K); "ELAV, a Drosophila neuron-specific protein, mediates the generation of an alternatively spliced neural protein isoform" (Current Biology, 1996); "Function of RRM Domains of Drosophila melanogaster ELAV: RNP1 Mutations and RRM Domain Replacements With ELAV Family Proteins and SXL" (Genetics, 2000); "The neuron-specific RNA-binding protein ELAV regulates neuroglian alternative splicing in neurons and binds directly to its pre-mRNA" (Genes & Development, 2001); "Interactions of the A1 heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein and its proteolytic derivative, UP1, with RNA and DNA: Evidence for multiple RNA binding domains and salt-dependent binding mode transitions" (Biochemistry, 1991); "Biochemical and Structural Studies of A-to-I Editing by tRNA Deaminase TadA" (Biochemistry, 2005); and "Structural and Kinetic Characterization of Escherichia coli TadA, the Wobble-Specific tRNA Deaminase" (Biochemistry, 2006). These contributions stem from research affiliations including Brandeis University. His Academia.edu profile lists research interests in pattern formation, functional morphology, vertebrate evolution, ichthyology, and biology.