Education and Experience
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Education:
| LaSalle College |
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B.S. Biology |
| University of Delaware |
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M.S. Botany |
| Columbia University |
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Writing Program Certificate |
| City College of New York |
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M.A. Biology |
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City University of New York |
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Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Biology |
Publications:
Selected Papers:
| 2004 |
Feinstein, J. and J. Cracraft. Solving a sequencing problem in the vertebrate mitochondrial control region using phylogenetic comparisons. DNA Sequence 15(5/6): 374-377. |
| 2004 |
F. K. Barker, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, J. Feinstein and J. Cracraft. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 11040-11045. |
| 2004 |
J. Feinstein. DNA sequence from butterfly frass and exuviae. Conservation Genetics 5: 103-104. |
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Cracraft, J., F.K. Barker, M. Braun, J. Harshman, G.J. Dyke, J. Feinstein, S. Stanley, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, P. Beresford, J. García-Moreno, M.D. Sorenson, T. Yuri and D.P. Mindell. Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): toward an avian tree of life. In J. Cracraft and M. J. Donoghue, eds. Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York. |
| 2000 |
Cracraft, J., and J. Feinstein. What is not a Bird of Paradise? Molecular and morphological evidence places Macgregoria in the Meliphagidae and the Cnemophilinae near the base of the corvid tree. Proc. R. Soc. London F 233-241. |
| 1998 |
Cracraft, J., J. Feinstein, J. Vaughn, and K. Helm-Bychowski. Sorting out tigers (Panthera tigris): mitochondrial sequences, nuclear inserts, systematics, and conservation genetics. Animal Conservation, 1(2): 139-150. |
| 1997 |
Lee, K., J. Feinstein, and J. Cracraft. The phylogeny of the ratite birds: Resolving conflicts between molecular and morphological data sets. In D. Mindell, ed. Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. Academic Press. |
IN PRESS
DNA Sequence
The mitochondrial genome of Cygnus columbianus, the Whistling Swan. Julie Feinstein
Applied and Environmental Microbiology:
Wolbachia infections in the Cimicidae: museum specimens as an untapped resource for endosymbiont surveys. Sakamoto JM, Feinstein J, and Rasgon JL.
IN REVIEW:
Neotropical Entomology:
Neotropical Stratiomyids (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Reared From Fallen Flowers Of Lecythis poiteaui Berg (Lecythidaceae): The Role Of Scent Attractants. Julie Feinstein, Amy Berkov, Kenneth L. Purzycki, Scott Mori and Venessa Hequet.
Ibis:
Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the Black-browed Barbet species complex (Megalaima oorti). Julie Feinstein, Xiaojun Yang, and Shou-Hsien Li.
Biotropica:
Yeast Symbionts of Tropical Wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycideae) Amy Berkov, Julie Feinstein, Pedro Centeno, Jacinta Small, and Mary Nkamany.
SELECTED ABSTRACTS:
| 2005 |
Feinstein, J. and A. Corthals. The Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection at the American Museum of Natural History. E-presentation. BBAG (Biomaterials Banking Advisory Group) e-workshop. June 13-25. |
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Feinstein, J. and A. Corthals. Freezing Black Rock Forest: long-term preservation of genetic resources at the American Museum of Natural History. Black Rock Forest Research Symposium. June 20. Cornwall, NY. |
| 2005 |
Feinstein, J. and A. Corthals. The Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection. Annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Discover Life in America. May 20. Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee. |
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Feinstein, J. The role of genetic archives in the biodiversity crisis. Conservation Biology Symposium. March 5. Long Island University Brooklyn Campus, NY. |
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Feinstein, J. Biodiversity Crisis: the role of genetic archives in the sixth extinction. Long Island University Biology Seminar Series, Fall 2004. |
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Feinstein, J., X. Yang and S.-H. Li. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the Black-browed Barbet species complex (Megalaima oorti, S. Muller 1835). Abstracts of the 122nd Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, August 16-21, Quebec City. Quebec, Canada. |
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Feinstein, J. and A. Corthals. The Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection at the American Museum of Natural History: archiving genetic resources. Abstracts of the 122nd Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, August 16-21, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. |
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Feinstein, J. and A. Berkov. Selectivity among insects breeding in fallen Lecythidaceae flowers. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, July 12-16, Miami. |
| 2004 |
Feinstein, J. and A. Corthals. The Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection at the Museum of Natural History. Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, July 12-16, Miami |
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Corthals, A. and J. Feinstein. Preserving Insect Diversity: The online tissue specimen database of the Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, March 24-26, New York. |
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Wright, A., J. Mercedes, M. Delarosa, J. Feinstein, A. Corthals. Freezing Insects: the effects of cryo-preservation protocols on nucleic acid degradation. 2004. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, March 24-26, New York. |
COLLECTING/TEACHING/FIELDWORK:
Fieldwork in Peru. Los Amigos Research Station, January 5 - 28 2005, with City College of New York.
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A Collecting Expedition in Central Park: A Member’s Day Event at the Museum of Natural History. September 2004. Ambrose Monell Laboratory for Molecular and Microbial Research, American Museum of Natural History.
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Sonoran Desert scorpion collection. Tucson, Arizona. August 2004. Ambrose Monell Laboratory for Molecular and Microbial Research, American Museum of Natural History and Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology Program.
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Black Rock Forest arthropod collection. Cornwall, New York. September 2004. Ambrose Monell Laboratory for Molecular and Microbial Research, American Museum of Natural History.
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Chiricahua Mountains butterfly collection. Portal, Arizona. October 2004. Ambrose Monell Laboratory for Molecular and Microbial Research, American Museum of Natural History.
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Chiricahua Mountains butterfly collection. Portal, Arizona. October 2003. Ambrose Monell Laboratory for Molecular and Microbial Research, American Museum of Natural History.
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Fieldwork in the rain forest of French Guiana, Station les Nouragues, January - March 2003, with City College of New York and the New York Botanical Garden.
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Fieldwork in the cloud forest of Taiwan. July, 1999, with the American Museum of Natural History Department of Ornithology.
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