B.S. Biology, 1964, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Ph. D. Biochemistry, 1969, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh,
PA
Patents
"Method for Detection of Factor XIII in Plasma", KN Lee, MK
Patterson, Jr. and PJ Birckbichler. Patent
Number 5,015,588.
"Transglutaminase Gene", BM Fraij, PJ
Birckbichler, MK Patterson, Jr. and RA Gonzales, Patent
Number 5,726,051.
Awards and Honors
National Science Foundation Traineeship, 1965-1968
President, Central States Branch, Tissue Culture Association,
1981
Chairman, International Science and Engineering Fair Committee,
Tissue Culture Association, 1985-1994
Chairman, Biochemistry/Biophysics Section, Oklahoma Academy of
Sciences, 1989-1990
Tirabassi RS, Flanagan JF, Wu T, Kislauskis EH, Birckbichler
PJ, and Guberski, DL. (2004) The BBZDR/Wor Rat Model for
Investigating the Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. ILAR
Journal 45 (3): 292-302
Szondy Z, Sarang Z, Molnár P, Németh T, Piacentini
M, Mastroberardino PG, Falasca L, Aeschlimann D, Kovács
J, Kiss I, Szegezdi É, Lakos G, Rajnavölgyi
É, Birckbichler PJ, Melino G, and Fésüs
L. (2003) Transglutaminase 2-/-mice reveal a
phagocytosis-associated crosstalk between macrophages and apoptotic
cells.Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 100 (13): 7812–7817.
Birckbichler PJ, Bonner RB, Hurst RE, Bane BL, Pitha JV,
Hemstreet GP 3rd. (2000) Loss of tissue transglutaminase
as a biomarker for prostate adenocarcinoma Cancer 89:412-23.
Dhar A, Liu S, Klucik J, Berlin KD, Madler MM, Lu S, Ivey RT,
Zacheis D, Brown CW, Nelson EC, Birckbichler PJ, Benbrook
DM. (1999) Synthesis, structure-activity relationships, and
RARgamma-ligand interactions of nitrogen heteroarotinoids. J Med
Chem 42:8 3602-14.
Takeuchi Y, Ohashi H, Birckbichler PJ, and Ikejima T.
(1998) Nuclear Translocation of Tissue Type Transglutaminase during
Sphingosine-Induced Cell Death: A Novel Aspect of the Enzyme with
DNA Hydrolytic Activity. Z. Naturforsch. 53c:352-358.
