Eugene Parsons

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Eugene P. Parsons

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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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