Rod Hill, Ph.D.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Animal and Veterinary Science
Associate Professor

Home Town
Austrailia

Campus Locations
Moscow, ID

With UI Since
2001

Office: Ag Biotech 311
Phone: (208) 885-2088
Email: rodhill@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
PO Box 442330

Moscow, Idaho 83844-2330

Ph.D., 1995, Development of B2-adrenoceptor vaccine, Central Queensland University.

M.S., Qualifying, 1987, Quantitative distribution of Bucella suis antibody amongst bovine immunoglobulin classes, University of Queensland.

B.A.S (Biology), 1985. Central Queensland University

Selected Publications

Submitted / in review (includes 2012)

Chapalamadugu, K.C., Murdoch, B.M., Sarver, B.A.J., Robison, B.D., Hill, R.A. and Murdoch, G.K. (2012). Rainbow trout Pax7 sequence and comparative analyses with other species variants. Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics (submitted).

Papasani, M.R., Wang, G., and Hill, R.A. (2012). Gold nanoparticles: the importance of physiological principles to devise strategies for targeted drug delivery. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine. (submitted). RAH Corresponding author.

Papasani, M.R., Behnke, S.R., Rodgers, B.D. and Hill, R.A. (2012). Novel expression of insulin genes in zebrafish and regulation of the second insulin gene promoter activity by the transcription factor, pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 (PDX-1). General and Comparative Endocrinology. (Communications in Genomics and Proteomics). (in revision). RAH Corresponding author.

Powell, M.S., Robison, B.D., Rodnick, K.J., Murdoch, G.K., Hill, R.A., Plant, K.P., Drew, R.E., Barrows, F.T. and Hardy, R.W. (2012). Transcriptional and Physiological Effects Vary Temporally in Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with Dietary Starch Levels. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology (in revision).

Østergaard, M., Cheguru, P., Papasani, M.R., Hill, R.A. and Hrdlicka, P.J. (2010) Glowing Locked Nucleic Acids (LNAs) – Brightly Fluorescent Probes for Detection of Nucleic Acids in Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society (accepted). Wulfhorst, J.D., Ahola, J.K., Kane, S.L., Keenan, L.D. and Hill, R.A. (2010). Factors affecting beef cattle producer perspectives on feed efficiency. Journal of Animal Science. E-pub ahead of print doi:10.2527/jas.2010-2907
Kriegel, C., Koehne, J., Tinkle, S, Maynard, A. and Hill, R.A. (2010). Nano-Biotechnology: Challenges of Trainees in a Multidisciplinary Research Program. Journal of Chemical Education (accepted) doi: 10.1021/ed1001174
Smith, N.N., Kelly, M.J., Pell, J.M. and Hill, R.A. (2010) Administration of bovine anti-IGF-1 Immunoglobulin to dietary protein deficient rats alters dietary intake and plasma IGF-1 binding profiles, but does not affect change in body mass. Animal. 4:1553-1560.
Julien. D.C., Richardson, C.C., Beaux II, M.F., McIlroy, D.N. and Hill, R.A. (2010). In vitro proliferating cell models to study cytotoxicity of silica nanowires. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. 6:84-92.

Outreach Projects

Hill, R.A. and Branen, L.: Symposium Organizing Committee (2010). American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Meeting. Symposium: Healthy and Plentiful Animal-Based Foods: Science Offers New Possibilities. February 18-22, 2010. San Diego, CA.

Awards and Honors

American Council on Education - National Fellowship Program - Fellow 2010-11

University of Idaho, ASUI, Student Achievement Awards - Outstanding Faculty Award - 2009

University of Idaho Alumni Association Award for Excellence - jointly conferred to Dr. Hill and student Dan Julien. 2008