(University, National and International)

UNIVERSITY:
    Member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Standards Committee. 1988-2003; Chair, 1994-2000.
    Member Senate Financial Policy Committee -1994-2000
    Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee - 1992-2003
    Director Departmental Undergraduate Program - 1992-2003
    Chair Departmental Student Affairs Committee - 1991-2003
    Grand Marshall, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Graduation - 1993-1999
    Chair Search Committee for Environmental Microbiologist - 1998
    University of Vermont Council of Community Advisors - 2003
    Marshall, UVM Graduation Ceremonies - 2001
Member of the College of Medicine Committee on Medical Student Advancement 1979-1995.
Member of the Senate Student Affairs Committee (1989-1996)
Member of the Presidential Panel on Alcohol -1995
Member of the Faculty Participation in Governance Committee.  (1969-1970)
Member of the College of Medicine Curriculum Advisory Committee.  (1969-1970)
Member of the University Committee on Research and Scholarship). (1970-1974)
Member of the Ad Hoc Health Sci. Comm. on Teaching in the Allied Health Sciences.  (1972-1973)
Chaired the Coll. of Med. Research Comm. for five years and a member for seven years.  (1975-82)
Chaired the Coll. of Med. Graduate Educ’n. Comm. for four years from its inception. (1976-1980)
Member of the Committee to Review University Teaching of Chemistry.  (1980-1981)
Chaired the Search Committee for the Chair of Medical Biochemistry (1980-1981)
Member of the UVM President Coor's Presidential Inaugural Committee on Graduate Education and Research and represented the University on the Ad Hoc Science Policy Comm. which met with U.S. Senate and House staffers on science policy.  (1980-83)
Chaired Acad. Senate Comm. charged with creating the Senate Comm.on Res. and Schol. (1983)
Chaired the Search Committee for the first Dir. of the School of Business Administration.  (1983)
Chaired the Review Comm. for the  Assoc. Vice Pres. for Res.and Dean of the Grad.Coll. (1984)
Member of the College of Medicine Faculty Standards Committee.  (1983-1986)
Member of the College of Medicine, Dean's Executive/Advisory Committee.  (1979-1988)
Chair of the Department of Animal Sciences Chair Search Committee.  (1988).
Member of the Graduate College Executive Committee.  1973-1976 and 1989-1992.
Appointed by Dean of Graduate College to serve on the grants subcommittee of the University Committee on Research and Scholarship, September, 1990.
Elected by College to serve on the Dean of the College of Medicine Search Committee, Nov., 1990.
Appointed Chair of the Greek Review Presidential Task Force, 1991 to 1992.
Associate Dean of the Graduate College, 1994-1997.
Member Travel Center Procurement Committee - 1998

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL:
    Editor-in-Chief, Methods in Cell Science (an international journal).
    Member of Editorial Board for several journals.
    Reviewer of Grants for National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans’           Affairs Medical Center.
    Chair of the Society for In Vitro Biology Terminology Committee.  1978-1982; 1988-2000.
    Appointed by President of the Tissue Culture Association as the Association's representative to the International                     Association for Cell Culture.  1988-1990
    Chair, Membership Committee, Tissue Culture Association.  1990-1996
    Appointed Chair, Tissue Culture Ass’n. Task Force to restruct./rename  the Assoc.1994
National Secretary of the Tissue Culture Ass’n.  Elected in 1984.  Reelected in 1986.  Served to 1988.
Member of the Executive Board of the Tissue Culture Association - 1984-1988.
Taught Tissue Culture Association's "Primary Cell Culture Course" at W. Alton Jones-Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, N. Y. for  five years.
Member of evaluation team for New England Association of Schools and Colleges to the Massachusetts College of Optometry - 1980 and 1985.
Presented seminars at:  University of California-San Diego, University of Arizona, University of Colorado-Denver Medical School, University of New Hampshire, New York Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Zhejiang Institute of Experimental Medicine and Hygiene, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Member of Site Visit Team for National Institutes of Health to University of Virginia, Medical School, Liver Biology Program Project Proposal.
Member of Site Visit Team for National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute to University of North Carolina, Medical School, Chemical Carcinogenesis Program Project. (1986)
Consultant for Miles Research Institute, Miles Laboratories, Elkhart, Indiana.
Member of Site Visit Team for New England Association of Schools and Colleges for evaluation of     Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.  April 29-May 2, 1990.

COMMUNITY:
Chair, House Committee, Temple Sinai Reformed Jewish Congregation, 1985.
Member Board of Directors of Temple Sinai Reformed Jewish Congregation, 1985.
Member Board of Directors, Southwind-by-the-Lake Condominium Homeowners' Ass’n. 1988.
Education and Training Evaluation Service (ETES) team for the evaluation of the Vermont Science and Educ'n. Center-1998

PUBLICATIONS:
1.      Schaeffer, W. I., P. E. Holbert, and W. W. Umbreit.  l963.  Attachment of Thiobacillus thiooxidans to sulfur                    crystals.  J. Bact., 85: l37.
2.      Schaeffer, W. I., and W. W. Umbreit.  l963.  Phosphotidyl inositol as a wetting agent in sulfur oxidation by   Thiobacillus thiooxidans.  J. Bact., 85: 492.  Probably the first biological activity reported for PI.
3.      Schaeffer, W. I.  l964.  Fixation of carbon dioxide into phosphotidyl inositol formed by Thiobacillus thiooxidans as a sulfur wetting agent. Bact. Proc., p.9l.
4.      Gabliks, J., W. Schaeffer, L. Friedman, and C. Wogan.  l965.  Effect of aflatoxin Bl on cell cultures.  J. Bact., 90: 720.
5.    Schaeffer, W. I., J. Gabliks, and R. Calitis.  l966.  Interaction of staphylococcal enterotoxin B with cell cultures of human embryonic intestine.  J. Bact., 9l: 2l.
6.    Gabliks, J., G. Strachan, and W. I. Schaeffer.  l966.  Effect of specific amino acid deficiencies on viral replication in cell cultures.  Proc. 7th International Congress of Nutrition.
7.    Schaeffer, W. I., and J. Gabliks.  l967.  Interference by trypsin of the cytotoxicity of staphylococcal enterotoxin B upon human intestine cell cultures.  Bact. Proc. p.82.
8.    Schaeffer, W. I., J. Gabliks, and R. Calitis.  l967.  Interference by trypsin in the interaction of staphylococcal enterotoxin B and cell cultures of human embryonic intestine.  J. Bact., 93: l489.
9.    Stinebring, W. R., and W. I. Schaeffer.  l968.  Modification of interferon effect by treatment of cells with "trypsin".  Bact. Proc., p.l48.
l0.    Schaeffer, W. I.  l969.  Cell culture cytotoxicity to staphylococcal enterotoxin B: The effect of the type of growth serum and testing procedures. Bact. Proc., p.80.
11.    Schaeffer, W. I.  l970.  Interaction of staphylococcal enterotoxin B with cell cultures:  I. Effect of serum and testing procedures.  Infection and Immunity, l: 455.
l2.    Savel, H., B. Forsyth, W. Schaeffer, and T. Cardella.  l970.  Effect of aflatoxin Bl on cultured human peripheral blood lymphocytes.  Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. Med., l34: lll2.
l3.    Bland, J. H., G. O'Connor, and W. I. Schaeffer.  l97l.  Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: A study of collagen and glycosaminoglycans. Arthritis and Rheumatism, l4: l5l.
l4.    Bausher, J. C., and W. I. Schaeffer.  l974.  A diploid rat liver cell culture.  I. The isolation and sensitivity to aflatoxin Bl.  In Vitro, 9: 286.
l5.    Bausher, J. C., and W. I. Schaeffer.  l974.  A diploid rat liver cell culture.  II. Effect of aflatoxin Bl on RNA synthesis in vitro.  In Vitro, 9: 294.
l6.    Schaeffer, W. I., N. E. Smith, P. A. Payne, and D. M. Wilson.  l974. The physiological and biochemical effect of the mycotoxin patulin on Chang liver cell cultures.  In Vitro, ll: 69-77.
l7.    Schaeffer, W. I., and M. D. Polifka.  l975.  A diploid rat liver cell culture.  III. Characterization of the heteroploid morphological variants which develop with time in culture.  Exp. Cell Res., 95: l67-l75.
l8.    Rosenberg, N., W. I. Schaeffer, and Leila Diamond.  l975.  Isolation of variant cells from SV-40 transformed human diploid fibroblasts.  Can. Res., 35: l970-l974.
l9.    Schaeffer, W. I., and K. Friend.  l976.  Efficient detection of soft agar grown colonies using a tetrazoleum salt.  Cancer Letters, l: 259.
20.    Schaeffer, W. I., N. H. Heintz, A. H. L. Chuang, and E. Bresnick.  l977. Sensitivity of early vs late passages of a rat hepatocyte culture for toxicological studies of carcinogens.  In Vitro, l3: l54.
2l.    Schaeffer, W. I., and N. H. Heintz.  l978.  A diploid rat liver cell culture.  IV. Malignant transformation by aflatoxin Bl.  In Vitro, l4: 4l8- 427.
22.    McMahon, J. B., W. I. Schaeffer, P. C. Kelleher, and C. J. Smith.  l978. Synthesis of alpha-fetoprotein molecular variants by hepatoma cells in vitro and in vivo.  Meeting Abstract.
23.    Schaeffer, W. I., A. H. L. Chuang, N. H. Heintz, and E. Bresnick.  l979. Sensitivity of a cloned diploid rat liver cell line to aflatoxin Bl and benzo(a)pyrene.  In Vitro, l5: 437-440.
24.    Schaeffer, W. I.  l979.  Proposed usage of animal tissue culture terms: Usage of vertebrate cell, tissue and organ culture terminology.  In Vitro, l5: 649-653.
25.    Heintz, N., B. Little, E. Bresnick, and W. I. Schaeffer.  l980.  Malignant trans-formation of cultured rat hepatocytes by (+) and (-)-trans,8-dihydro- 7,8-dihydroxy-benzo(a)pyrene.  Can. Res., 40: l28l-1285.
26.    Schaeffer, W. I.  l980.  The long-term culture of a diploid rat hepatocyte cell strain.  In: C. Borek and G. M. Williams (ed.), Differentiation and carcinogenesis in liver cell cultures. Annals N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, 349: l65-l82.
27.    Schaeffer, W. I., and D. Kessler.  l980.  Human liver cells in culture. In: Methods in Cell Biology, 2l: Part B: 457-473.  Academic Press, N. Y.
28.    Tierney, B., D. Weaver, N. Heintz, W. I. Schaeffer, and E. Bresnick.  l980. The identity and nuclear uptake of a cytosolic binding protein for 3- methylcholanthrene.  Arch. Biochem., 200: 5l3-523.
29.    Heintz, N., B. Tierney, E. Bresnick, and W. I. Schaeffer.  l98l.  Saturable high affinity binding of 3-methylcholanthrene to a 4S cytoplasmic protein; correlation to induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase in cultured rat hepatocytes.  Can. Res., 4l: l794-l802.
30.    Israel, B. A., and W. I. Schaeffer.  1982.  Cytoplasmic hybrids (cybrids) and reconstructed cells between normal and tumorigenic rat liver cells:  Suppression of the tumorigenic phenotype.  (Abstract)  In Vitro, 18: 284.
31.    Schaeffer, W. I., B. F. vonKreuter, E. A. Reichard and G. Sato.  1983.  The selection of malignantly transformed rat liver cells using a hormonally defined medium.  In Vitro, 19: 108-110. 
32.    Schaeffer, W. I.  1984.  Usage of Vertebrate, Invertebrate and Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture Terminology.  In Vitro, 20:19-24.
33.    Schaeffer, W. I.  1985.  Nomenclature of cells in culture.  In Vitro, In Monograph #5, Uses and  Standardization of Vertebrate Cell Cultures. Tissue Culture Association, Gaithersburg, Maryland, pgs. 19-24.
34.    Schaeffer, W. I. and B. A. Israel.  1987.  Cytoplasmic Suppression of Malignancy; In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 23(9):627-632.
35.    Houser, W. H., C. K. Cunninghanm, R. N. Hines, W. I. Schaeffer and E. Bresnick.  1987  Interaction of the 4S Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Binding Protein with the Cytochrome P450c Gene; Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 259(1):215-223.
36.    Israel, B. A. and W. I. Schaeffer.  1988.  Cytoplasmic Mediation of Malignancy; In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology  24(5):487-490.
37.    Schaeffer, W. I.  1990. Terminology Associated with Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics.  In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology,  26:97-101.
38.    Schaeffer, W. I., Stephen G. Simkins and B. J. Lamore 1990.  A System Employing a Minimal Defined Medium for the Selection of Tumorigenic Cells.  In Vitro Cell and Developmental Biology  26:737-740.
39.    Schaeffer, W. I.  Terminology.  In:  Cell & Tisue Culture:  Laboratory Procedures;  J. B. Griffiths, A. Doyle and D. G. Newell Eds., John Wiley & Sons Limited. 
40.    Schaeffer, W. I., L. D. Olson, M. F. Barile and F. W. Sun.  1991.  Analysis of Mycoplasma hyorhinis DNA in the Presence of Host Cells without Growing the Mycoplasma Axenically.  J. Bact. 173:1382-1387.
41.    Schaeffer, W. I. and R. Melamede.  1993.  Fluorometric Quantitation of Broth-Cultured Mycoplasmas by Using Alkaline Ethidium Bromide.  J. Clin. Microbiol.  31:1303-1307
42.    Zavizion, B., M. Van Duffelen, W. Schaeffer and I. Politis.  1996.  Establishment and Characterization of a                 Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cell Line with Unique Properties.  In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biol.,                  32:138-148.
43.    Zavizion, B., M. Van Duffelen, W. Schaeffer and I. Politis.  1996.  Establishment and Characterization of a Bovine Mammary Myoepithelial Cell Line.  In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biol., 32:149-158.
44.    Zavizion, B., M. Van Duffelen, W. Schaeffer and I. Politis.  1996. Use of microinjection to generate an immortalized bovine mammary cell line with both epithelial and myoepithelial characteristics.  Methods in Cell Science, 17(4), 271-282.
45.    Dodson, M. V. and W. I. Schaeffer, 2000, Generation of viable cell-culture data.  Methods in Cell Science, 22(1), 27.


    John C. Bausher: "Studies of the Effects of Aflatoxin B1 on Rat Liver Cells in vitro";  Ph.D., October, 1973.  Current Position:  Physician
    Naomi Rosenberg: "Isolation and Characterization of Revertants from  Human SV40-Transformed  Cells";  Ph.D.,  October, 1973.  Current Position: Prof., Tufts Univ.
    Michael D. Polifka:  "Development of Morphological Variants with time in a spontaneously  transformed cloned epithelial rat liver cell culture";  M.S., October, 1974.  Current Position:  Physician
    Barbara Israel:  "Analysis of Cytoplasmic Modulation of the Transformed Phenotype in a  Homologous Rat Hepatocyte Cell Culture System";  Ph.D., March, 1981.  Current Position:  CEO Platypus Corp., Wisconsin.
    Nicholas Heintz:  "Cytosolic Binding of 3-Methylcholanthrene in Cultured Rat Hepatocytes";  Ph.D.,   October 1979.  Current Position: Prof., Pathology Department, U. Vermont