• Ph D, Molecular Biology, University of Arizona, 1983
• MS, Genetics, University of Arizona, 1978
• BA, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, 1976

• Hiring a neuroscientist, University of South Dakota2012)

• Endovanilloid-Mediated Modulation and its Role in Habituation and Sensitization, NIH, (2016 - 2020)
• Developing a full‑sequence genome of the medicinal leech, USD Research, (2016 - 2017)
• Developing a full‑sequence genome of the medicinal leech, USD Center for Brain and Behavior Research, (2016 - 2017)
• South Dakota Working in STEM for Equity (SD-WISE), NSF, (2015 - 2020)
• Hiring a neuroscientist, Board of Regents, (2012 - Present)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Balasubramanian, Vinothini, Srinivasan, Rekha, Miskimins, Robin, and Sykes, Andrew G.. An aza-crown ether containing an anthraquinone fluorophore for the selective detection of Mg(II) in living cells , 205-209. Vol. 72 Tetrahedron, 2016. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.11.033)
• Lindahl, J S., Kjellsen, B R., Tigert, J, and Miskimins, Robin. In utero PCP exposure alters oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination in developing rat frontal cortex., 137-47. Vol. 1234 Brain research, 2008. (DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.126)
• Jiang, H, Coleman, J, Miskimins, Robin, Srinivasan, R, and Miskimins, Keith. Cap-independent translation through the p27 5'-UTR., 4767-78. Vol. 35, Iss. 14 Nucleic acids research, 2007. (DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm512)
• Wei, Q, Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Stage-specific expression of myelin basic protein in oligodendrocytes involves Nkx2.2-mediated repression that is relieved by the Sp1 transcription factor., 16284-94. Vol. 280, Iss. 16 The Journal of biological chemistry, 2005. (DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M500491200)
• Wei, Q, Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Sox10 acts as a tissue-specific transcription factor enhancing activation of the myelin basic protein gene promoter by p27Kip1 and Sp1., 796-802. Vol. 78, Iss. 6 Journal of neuroscience research, 2004. (DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20342)
• Wang, G, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. Regulation of p27(Kip1) by intracellular iron levels., 15-24. Vol. 17, Iss. 1 Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, 2004.
• Wang, G, Reisdorph, R, Clark, Jr, R E., Miskimins, Robin, Lindahl, Ronald, and Miskimins, Keith. Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p27(Kip1) is upregulated by hypoxia via an ARNT dependent pathway., 548-60. Vol. 90, Iss. 3 Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2003. (DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10621)
• Wei, Q, Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Cloning and characterization of the rat myelin basic protein gene promoter., 161-7. Vol. 313 Gene, 2003.
• Wei, Q, Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. The Sp1 family of transcription factors is involved in p27(Kip1)-mediated activation of myelin basic protein gene expression., 4035-45. Vol. 23, Iss. 12 Molecular and cellular biology, 2003.
• Jiang, H, Coleman, J, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. Expression of constitutively active 4EBP-1 enhances p27Kip1 expression and inhibits proliferation of MCF7 breast cancer cells., 2. Vol. 3, Iss. 1 Cancer cell international, 2003.
• Clark, Jr, R E., Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase p85 enhances expression from the myelin basic protein promoter in oligodendrocytes., 565-73. Vol. 83, Iss. 3 Journal of neurochemistry, 2002.
• Clark, Jr, R E., Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Cyclic AMP inducibility of the myelin basic protein gene promoter requires the NF1 site., 103-11. Vol. 20, Iss. 2 International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 2002.
• Miskimins, Robin, Srinivasan, R, Marin-Husstege, M, Miskimins, Keith, and Casaccia-Bonnefil, P. p27(Kip1) enhances myelin basic protein gene promoter activity., 100-5. Vol. 67, Iss. 1 Journal of neuroscience research, 2002.
• Miskimins, Keith, Wang, G, Hawkinson, M, and Miskimins, Robin. Control of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 expression by cap-independent translation., 4960-7. Vol. 21, Iss. 15 Molecular and cellular biology, 2001. (DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.15.4960-4967.2001)
• Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. A role for an AP-1-like site in the expression of the myelin basic protein gene during differentiation., 85-91. Vol. 19, Iss. 1 International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 2001.
• Coleman, J, Hawkinson, M, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. The major transcription initiation site of the p27Kip1 gene is conserved in human and mouse and produces a long 5'-UTR., 12. Vol. 2 BMC molecular biology, 2001.
• Wang, G, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. Mimosine arrests cells in G1 by enhancing the levels of p27(Kip1)., 64-71. Vol. 254, Iss. 1 Experimental cell research, 2000. (DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4743)
• Wang, G, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 is localized to the cytosol in Swiss/3T3 cells., 5204-10. Vol. 18, Iss. 37 Oncogene, 1999. (DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202912)
• Moore, B A., Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. ATF-1 is activated in response to UV irradiation in B16 melanoma cells., 1-6. Vol. 1, Iss. 1 Molecular cell biology research communications : MCBRC, 1999. (DOI: 10.1006/mcbr.1999.0100)
• Boesch, J S., Miskimins, Robin, Miskimins, Keith, and Lindahl, Ronald. The same xenobiotic response element is required for constitutive and inducible expression of the mammalian aldehyde dehydrogenase-3 gene., 223-30. Vol. 361, Iss. 2 Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 1999. (DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0989)
• Clark, R, Stewart, M, Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Involvement of MAP kinase in the cyclic AMP induction of myelin basic protein gene expression., 323-31. Vol. 16, Iss. 5 International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 1998.
• Friessen, A J., Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 is expressed at high levels in cells that express a myelinating phenotype., 373-82. Vol. 50, Iss. 3 Journal of neuroscience research, 1997.
• Miskimins, Keith, King, F, and Miskimins, Robin. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin blocks mitogenic activation of the transferrin receptor gene promoter in late G1., 565-70. Vol. 8, Iss. 5 Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 1997.
• Lindahl, Ronald, Xie, Y, Boesch, J S., Miskimins, Keith, and Miskimins, Robin. Class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase. A view from the hills., 15-8. Vol. 414 Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1997.
• Hirsch, S, Miskimins, Robin, and Miskimins, Keith. Mitogenic activation of the transferrin receptor gene promoter is modulated by inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases., 121-9. Vol. 6, Iss. 3-4 Receptors & signal transduction, 1996.
• Anderson, S, and Miskimins, Robin. Involvement of protein kinase C in cAMP regulation of myelin basic protein gene expression., 604-11. Vol. 37, Iss. 5 Journal of neuroscience research, 1994. (DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490370507)
• Zhang, X, and Miskimins, Robin. Binding at an NFI site is modulated by cyclic AMP-dependent activation of myelin basic protein gene expression., 2010-7. Vol. 60, Iss. 6 Journal of neurochemistry, 1993.
• Miskimins, Robin, Knapp, L, Dewey, M J., and Zhang, X. Cell and tissue-specific expression of a heterologous gene under control of the myelin basic protein gene promoter in transgenic mice., 217-21. Vol. 65, Iss. 2 Brain research. Developmental brain research, 1992.
• Miskimins, Robin, and Yu, R K.. Heterosis for myelin content is limited to the central nervous system., 364-6. Vol. 19, Iss. 3 Journal of neuroscience research, 1988. (DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490190312)
• Miskimins, Robin, Ebato, H, Seyfried, T N., and Yu, R K.. Molecular basis for heterosis for myelin basic protein content in mice., 1532-5. Vol. 83, Iss. 5 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1986.
• Miskimins, Robin, and Yu, R K.. Developmental expression of myelin basic protein mRNA in a hypermyelinating mouse., 219-25. Vol. 16, Iss. 1 Journal of neuroscience research, 1986. (DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490160119)
• Miskimins, Robin, Miskimins, Keith, Bernstein, H, and Shimizu, N. Epidermal growth factor-induced topoisomerase(s). Intracellular translocation and relation to DNA synthesis., 53-62. Vol. 146, Iss. 1 Experimental cell research, 1983.
• Miskimins, Robin, Schneider, S, Johns, V, and Bernstein, H. Topoisomerase involvement in multiplicity reactivation of phage T4., 157-77. Vol. 101, Iss. 2 Genetics, 1982.
• Miskimins, Robin. Sp1 phosphorylation is involved in myelin basic protein gene transcription., 3233-3242. Vol. 83 Journal of Neuroscience Research.

• Chester McVay Award, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, 2007
• Board Of Regents Award for Excellence in Research, South Dakota Board of Regents, 1999

• Miskimins, Robin, Innovative Strategies to Promote Scholarship among Clinical Faculty. Presented at the Group on Faculty Affairs annual meeting, Boston, MA. (July 19, 2014)
• Miskimins, Robin, Maximizing potential with minimum resources. Presented at the Annual NORPD meeting, Arlington, VA. (May 2012)
• Miskimins, Robin, Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis. Presented at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. (October 19, 2009)