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RESOLUTION NO. ___ _
A Resolution appointing John Makemson to serve on the Charter
Review Committee for a term ending July 24, 2013 as per Resolution
No. 147-12-13704.
WHEREAS, The Mayor and Commission recognize the important contributions
made by those who serve on the various city boards and committees, and wish to appoint a
full complement to each of the active boards and committees; and
WHEREAS, The City Commission desires to appoint John Makemson to serve on
the Charter Review Committee for a term ending July 24,2013 as per Resolution No. 147-
12-13704. Appointments shall expire July 24,2013.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby appoints John Makemson to the
Charter Review Committee as per Resolution No. 147-12-13704.
Section 2. The expiration date ofthis appointment shall be July 24, 2013.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF ____ , 2012.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM,
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Liebman:
Commissioner Newman:
Commissioner Harris:
Commissioner Welsh:
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Referred by: Josh Liebman
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI BOARD/COMMITTEE APPLICATION
6130 SllnSet Drive
South Miami, FL 33143
Pholle No. 305-663-6340
Fax No. 305-663-6348
1. I am interested in serving on the following board(s)/committee(s):
Charter Review Board
First choice Second clloice
Third choice Fourth choke
2. Name: John Makemson
(Please print)
3. Home Address: __________________________ ~ _____ _
4. Business Address: Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St. Miami
5. Home Phone No. _______ .;;..-;;..;_ ~;;..' __ _ Business Phone No. ______ ........ ___ _
Fax No.
6. E-mail Address: _______________________ _
7. Education/Degree Earned: PhD. Microbiology/Biochemistry
Pertinent Experience: Co-authored 2002-2003 FlU Faculty Senate Constitution
and the College of Arts and Sciences Constitution.
Field Expertise: Co-Coordinator for the Development of a College of Marine
Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman.
External Examiner (GenetiCS and Microbiology) Univ. Malaya, Kula Lumpur,
Malaysia. Parliamentarian FlU Faculty Senate. 2001-2006.
8. Community Service:
Board Member Greater Miami Chapter, ACLU 1984-2006
9. Attached Resume: ::::: (Optional)
10. Are you a registered voter? Yes X No
11. Are you a resident of the City? YesL No
12. Do you have a business in the City? Yes NoL
Signature, _______________ _ Date 9 August 2012
Applicant
Revised 5/2010
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Curriculum Vitae Aug, 2012
John C. Makemson
Education: San Francisco State College: BA, 1964; MA. 1966 (Microbiology)
Washington State University: PhD, 1970 (Bacteriology, Biochemistry)
Professional Experience:
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1970-1975 Assistant Professor, Dept. Biology, American University of Beirut.
1975-1977 Research Fellow, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University.
1977 -1978 Visiting Lecturer. Dept. Biology, San Francisco State University.
1978-1980 Assistant Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International
University, Miami, FL
1980-1989 Associate Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International
University, Miami, FL.
1985-1988 Chairman, Dept. Biological Sciences, FlU
1989-present Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, FlU
1989-1990 Fulbright Scholar, Dept. Biology, University of Bahrain, Isa Town,
Bahrain.
1990-1995 Director, NIH-Minority Biomedical Research Support Program at FlU.
1995·1997 Coordinator, College of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Sultan
Qaboos University; Professor, Department of Fisheries Science and
Technology, SOU, Sultanate of Oman (on leave from FlU)
1999-2002 Chairman, Dept. Biological Sciences, FlU
2002-2005 External Examiner, BS programs in Biochemistry and Genetics&
Molecular Biology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002-2004 External Advisor, Faculty Promotions, Institute of Biological :
Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2007 -present Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. Biological Sciences,
FlU.
Refereed Publications:
Makemson, J,C. and R. Darwish. 1972. Calcium requirement and magnesium
stimulation of Escherichia coli L-form induction. Infect. Imm. 6:880-882.
Makemson, J.C. 1972. An interstitial water sampler for sandy beaches. Limnol.
Oceanog. 17:626-628.
Khiyama, H.M. and J.C. Makemson. 1973. Sand beach bacteria: enumeration and
characterization. Appl. Microbiol. 26:292-297.
Makemson, J.C.. 1973. Oxygen and carbon dioxide in interstitial water of two
Lebanese sand beaches. Netherlands J. Sea Res. 7:223-232.
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Makemson, J.e. 1973. Control of in vivo luminescence in a psychrophilic marine
photobacterium. Arch. Mikrobiol. 93:347-358.
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Hajj, H. and J.e. Makemson. 1976. Determination of the growth of Sphaerotilus
discophorus in the presence of manganese. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
32:699-702.
Tu, S.-C., J.e. Makemson, J.E. Becvar and J.W. Hastings. 1977. Bacterialluciferase
subunits are synthesized in equal quantities. J. BioI. Chem. 252:803-805.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1979. Poising of the arginine pool and the control
of bioluminescence in Beneckea harveyi. J. Bacterio\. 140:532-542.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1979. Glutamate in an osmoregulatory molecule
in Beneckea harveyi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 38: 178-180.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1979. Inhibition of bacterial bioluminescence by
pargyline. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 196:396-402.
Goldberg, W.M. and J.e. Makemson. 1981. Description of a tumorous condition in a
gorgonian coral associated with a filamentous green algae. Proc. 4th Coral Reef
Symp. 2:685-697.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1982. Iron represses bioluminescence and
affects catabolite repression of luminescence in Vibrio harveyi. Curro Microbiol.
7:181-186.
Makemson, J.e. 1983. A simple assay of cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase in the
presence of interfering enzymes. J. Microbiol. Meth. 1 :283-290.
Goldberg. W.M., J.e. Makemson and S.B. Colley. 1984. Entocladia endozoica
sp.nov., a pathogenic chlorophyte: structure, life history, physiology and effect
on its coral host. BioI. Bull. 166:368-383.
Hastings, J.W., C.J. Potrikus, S.C. Gupta, M. Kurfurst and J.e. Makemson. 1985.
Biochemistry and physiology of bioluminescent bacteria. Adv. Microbial Physio\.
26:235-291.
Makemson, J.e. 1986. Luciferase dependent oxygen consumption of bioluminescent
vibrios. J. Bacterial. 165:461-466.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1986. Luciferase dependent growth of
cytochrome deficient Vibrio harveyi. FEMS Microbiol. Eco\. 38:79-85.
Hastings, J.W., J.e. Makemson and P.V. Dunlap. 1987. How are growth and
luminescence regulated independently in exosymbionts? Symbiosis. 4:3-24.
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Guerrero, M.A. and J.e. Makemson. 1989. The cytochromes of luminous bacteria
and their coupling to bioluminescence. Curro Microbiol. 18:67-73.
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Makemson, J.e. and A.S. Gordon. 1989. Total energy flux in a marine bioluminescent
bacterium. FEMS. Microbiol. Lett. 57:161-166.
McGlannan, M. and J.e. Makemson. 1990. In situ and pure culture CO 2 fixation of
Thiothrix nivea. Appl. Environ. Microbial. 56:730-738.
Makemson, J.e. 1990. A cyanide-aldehyde complex inhibits bacterialluciferase. J.
Bacterial. 172:4725-4727.
Makemson, J.e. and J.W. Hastings. 1991. Bovine serum albumin interacts with
bacteria! luciferase. J. Bialumin. Chemilumin. 6:131-136.
Makemson, J.e., J.W. Hastings and J.M.E. Quirke. 1992. Binding and stabilization of
a luciferase reaction intermediate by fatty amines, amides and nitriles. Arch.
Biochem. 294:361-366.
Makemson, J.e., N.R. Fulayfil and P.W. Basson. 1992. Association of luminous
bacteria with artificial and natural surfaces in Arabian Gulf seawater. Appl.
Environ. Microbial. 58:2341-2343.
Van Ert, l.M., C.F. Wimpee and J.e. Makemson. 1993. Identification of luminous
bacteria based on sequence analysiS of the fuxA gene. (Invited Symposium
Paper) pp 511-514 in Trends in Microbial Ecology, R. Guerrero and C. Pedros-
Alia, eds., Spanish Society for Microbiology.
Abrashev, I, J. Makemson, A. Sotirova, and K. lIieva. 1996. Inducers of luciferase
synthesis produced by nonluminous marine microorganisms. Dokladi na
Bulgarskata Akademiya na Naukite. 49(5):99-100
Makemson, J.e., N.R. Fulayfil, W. Landry, L.M. Van Ert, C.F. Wimpee, E.A. Widder
and J.F. Case. 1997. Shewanella woodyi (sp. nov.) a new exclusively
respiratory luminous bacterium isolated from the Alboran Sea. Int. J. Sys.
Bacteriol. 47: 1034-1039
Makemson, J.e., N.R. Fluayfil and L.M. Van Ert. 1998. Differentiation of marine
luminous bacteria using commercial identification plates. J. Biolumin.
Chemilumin.13:147-156.
Makemson, J.e. and G.v. Hermosa. 1999. Luminous bacteria in fish guts in the Gulf
of Oman. Luminescence. 14:161-168.
Makemson, J.e. and A. Eberhard. 2001. Measurement of acyl-homoserine lactones
with mass spectrometry. pp 111-114 in J.F.Cas8, P.J. Herring, B.H. Robison,
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S.H.D, Haddock. LJ, Kricka and P.E. Stanley, eds. Proceedings 11 In Int. Symp.
Biolumin. Chemlumin. World Scientific PUb. Co. Singapore.
Makemson, J.e., A. Eberhard and Kalai Mathee. 2006. Simple electrospray mass
spectrometry detection of acylhomoserine lactones. Luminescence. 21 :1-6.
Meeting Presentations (>58 Published Abstracts: year -# published)
1970 -1; 1971 -3; 1972 -5; 1977 -1; 1978 -1; 1980 -1; 1981 -2; 1983 -2;
1984 -2; 1985 -5; 1986 -4; 1987 -3; 1988 -4; 1989 -2; 1991 -1; 1992 -3;
1993 -2; 1994 -2; 1995 -2; 1996 -3; 1997 -3; 1998 -2; 1999 -1; 2000 -1:
2001 -2; 2002 -1, 2003-2. 2004-1, 2006-1; 2007-1; 2008-1; 2009-1; 2011-1,
2012 -1;
Grant History:
1970-73 Faculty Development Grants (Beirut) $400,$350,$400
1974-75 Lebanese Research Council (Beirut) $60,000
1975-77 NIH Special Fellowship (Harvard) $32,000
1978-79 Faculty Development Grant (FlU) $400
1979-80 FlU Foundation (FlU) $4,000
1981-82 NSF (with W.M. Goldberg) (FlU) $47,084
1982·83 NSF (with W.M. Goldberg) (FlU) $20.000
1986 Am Soc Microbiol (NSF) Travel Grant $900
1986·87 FAU/FIU Joint Center Grant (FlU) $4,500
1987-88 FAU/FIU Joint Center Grant (FlU) $4,690
1989-90 Fulbright Scholarship (at Univ. Bahrain) $40.371
1992 NIH-MBRS Program at FlU, $402,000
1993 NIH-MBRS Program at FlU, $538,000
1994 NIH-MBRS Program at FlU, $591,050
1994 NIH Smailinsturmentation Grant. $12,893
1994 Florida DepLEducation: Summer Young Scientist Program, $19,000
1995 NIH MBRS Program at FlU, $1,032,000
1996 Sultan Qaboos University Research Grant $2,500
1998 Florida Power and Light, $2,000
2002-03 FREA (ABR-NIH) $4.500
2003-04 FREA (ABR-NIH) $4,000
2007-present Research Support, Dean's Office, $5k/year
Graduate Theses Directly Supervised:
American University of Beirut -8 MS
Florida International University -7 MS
Current FlU Graduate StUdents: 1 MS
Professional Memberships and Associations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Society for Microbiology
Sigma Xi
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Teaching:
American University of Beirut:
1970-1975
San Francisco State University:
1977-1978
University of Illinois
1978 Summer
Harvard University:
1980 Summer
Florida International University:
1978-present
University of Bahrain:
1989-1990
Sultan Qaboos University:
1995-1997
FIU
General Microbiology
Chemical Oceanography (Graduate)
Marine Microbiology
Botany
Food Microbiology
General Microbiology
Microbial Physiology
Sanitary Microbiology
Microbial Bioluminescence (Graduate)
General Biochemistry Lab
General Microbiology
General Microbiology
Marine Microbiology (Graduate)
General Biochemistry
Microbial Bioluminescence (Graduate)
Pathogenic Microbiology
Food Microbiology
Readings in Microbiology (Graduate)
Microbial Diversity (Graduate)
Biol-and Chemi-Iuminescence Workshop (Graduate)
Immunology
General Biology
Introductory Microbiology (nonscience majors)
Molecular+Cellular Biology (Graduate. proteomics)
Senior Seminar
Introduction to Biological Research
First Year Experience, OBIC
General Microbiology
Advanced Genetics
Pathogenic Microbiology
Aquaculture
Food Microbiology I and \I
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