Eugene P. Parsons
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Chicago Heights, IL - 60411 - Dates at Prairie State College: March 2015 - May 2015
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Biography
Prairie State College - Science
Post Doctoral Researcher
Higher Education
Eugene
Parsons
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
• Post-Doctoral Researcher in plant physiology focusing on gene regulation and signal transduction pathways. Specializing in plant transformation and tissue culture as well as GC/MS analysis of plant cuticle. Interested in furthering career in biotechnology either in academia or industry.
Specialties: Plant transformation, development of regeneration protocols for legumes, GC/MS analysis, EMSA, ChIP assays, PCR, RT-PCR, Western Blots.
Experience
Purdue University
Laboratory Associate
Used GC/MS to profile cuticle constituents of guayule, switchgrass and cotton.
Purdue University
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Investigated a novel Arabidopsis mutant which exhibits enhanced tolerance to necrotrophic fungi, elucidated mechanisms of gene control leading to enhanced tolerance, highlighted steps in signal transduction pathways where gene of interest is involved including its mode of action. Used techniques such as EMSA and ChIP assays.
Purdue University
Laboratory Technician
Investigated genetic pathways involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation using mutated strains of Agrobacterium as well as plants with mutations in genes implicated in plant-bacteria interactions.
Pebble Labs
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Eugene worked at Pebble Labs as a Post Doctoral Research Associate
Prairie State College
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor for Cellular & Molecular Biology, General Biology and Organismal Biology, teaching both the lecture and laboratory sections of these courses.
Anne Arundel Community College
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor of Fundamentals of Horticulture. Redesigned the syllabus for both the lecture and greenhouse sections of the course. Taught lectures and greenhouse sections of the course.
Education
Purdue University
Ph.D.
Horticulture
Dissertation: Biochemical-genetic implications for variation in plant cuticle lipids. Graduated with 4.0 GPA.Purdue University
Laboratory Associate
Used GC/MS to profile cuticle constituents of guayule, switchgrass and cotton.Purdue University
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Investigated a novel Arabidopsis mutant which exhibits enhanced tolerance to necrotrophic fungi, elucidated mechanisms of gene control leading to enhanced tolerance, highlighted steps in signal transduction pathways where gene of interest is involved including its mode of action. Used techniques such as EMSA and ChIP assays.Purdue University
Laboratory Technician
Investigated genetic pathways involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation using mutated strains of Agrobacterium as well as plants with mutations in genes implicated in plant-bacteria interactions.Univesita' degli Studi della Tuscia
Master's Equivalent
Agricultural Sciences
Thesis title: Genetic Transformation of Common and Spanish Beans (Phaseolus spp.). Defined a regeneration protocol for both Common bean and Spanish bean. Optimized "gene gun" parameters for Common bean transformation. Successfully transformed Common bean with GUS reporter gene using ballistic method.
Publications
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Fruit cuticle lipid composition in a genetically diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum)
Physiologia Plantarum
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Fruit cuticle lipid composition in a genetically diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum)
Physiologia Plantarum
The glossyhead1 (gsd1) allele of ACC1 reveals a principal role for multi-domain Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase in the biosynthesis of cuticular waxes
Plant Physiology
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Fruit cuticle lipid composition in a genetically diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum)
Physiologia Plantarum
The glossyhead1 (gsd1) allele of ACC1 reveals a principal role for multi-domain Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase in the biosynthesis of cuticular waxes
Plant Physiology
The Acyl Desaturase CER17 Is Involved in Producing Wax Unsaturated Primary Alcohols and Cutin Monomers.
Plant Physiology
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Fruit cuticle lipid composition in a genetically diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum)
Physiologia Plantarum
The glossyhead1 (gsd1) allele of ACC1 reveals a principal role for multi-domain Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase in the biosynthesis of cuticular waxes
Plant Physiology
The Acyl Desaturase CER17 Is Involved in Producing Wax Unsaturated Primary Alcohols and Cutin Monomers.
Plant Physiology
An efficient callus-based in vitro regeneration protocol for Warburgia Ugandensis Sprague, an important medicinal plant in Africa
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant
Arabidopsis ECERIFERUM9 Encodes a Regulator of Cuticle Metabolism and Plant Water Status.
Plant Physiology
Fruit cuticle lipid composition in a genetically diverse collection of pepper (Capsicum)
Physiologia Plantarum
The glossyhead1 (gsd1) allele of ACC1 reveals a principal role for multi-domain Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase in the biosynthesis of cuticular waxes
Plant Physiology
The Acyl Desaturase CER17 Is Involved in Producing Wax Unsaturated Primary Alcohols and Cutin Monomers.
Plant Physiology
An efficient callus-based in vitro regeneration protocol for Warburgia Ugandensis Sprague, an important medicinal plant in Africa
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant
Associations of fruit cuticle lipid with fruit postharvest water-loss in an advanced backcross generation of pepper (Capsicum sp)
Physiologia Plantarum
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