Jeff Newman's
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2003-2004 Lab Members (beginning date)  
  • Andrew Lutzkanin '06 (1/03) - Lab Assistant - Dishes, tips, media
    Research:Cloning of Staphylococcus aureus purD into an Expression Vector
  • Kimberly McDowell '06 (1/03) - Lab Assistant - Dishes, tips, media
    Research: Cloning of Staphylococcus aureus purF into an Expression Vector
  • Bethany Mingle '05 (1/03) - Independent Study Project - Cloning of Staphylococcus aureus purM into an Expression Vector
  • Michael Powell '04 (1/03) - Independent Study Project- Cloning of Staphylococcus aureus purN into an Expression Vector.
  • Elizabeth Sehi '06 (1/03) - Bioinformatics Specialist - Testing of Bioinformatics Curricular Activities, Maintenance of Lab Bioinformatics Resources
  • Erica Walsh '05 (1/02) Lab Manager - Ordering/stocking supplies, organization, supervising newer students.
    Research: Expression and Purification of Human FGAR Amidotransferase
Lab Alumni

 

Research Interests 

 

Lab Links  Internships/scholarships/grants/jobs 
  • NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research 
  • U of Penn Summer Internships 
  • Center for Disease Control Internships 
  • Summer employment at DuPont Pharmaceuticals
  • Biotech at Geo.Mason U. 
  • Summer Program Undergraduate Research (SPUR) (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
  • Symbios Inc. - Connecting the Research World
    •      		Biochem/Cell/Molecular Graduate Program Info 

    Bioinformatics Project by Kevin Frederick '01 and Mitchell Marzo '01

    Recent Presentations



    Publications

    1. Newman JD, Yin S, Chappell J. (1998) Characterization of the TAC Box, a cis-Element within an Elicitor-Inducible Sesquiterpene Cyclase Promoter. Plant Journal  16:1-12.
    2. Yin S, Mei L, Newman JD, Back K, Chappell J. (1997) Characterization of an elicitor and pathogen inducible tobacco sesquiterpene cyclase promoter. Plant Physiology 115:437-451.
    3. Newman JD, Chappell J. (1997) Isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants: Carbon partitioning within the cytoplasmic pathway. in Biochemistry and Function of Sterols. Nes WD and Parish EJ eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton pp. 123-134.
    4. Torisky RS, Kovacs L, Adviushko SA, Newman JD, Hunt AG, Collins GB. (1997) Development of a binary vector system for plant transformation based on the supervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain Chry5. Plant Cell Reports, 17:102-108.
    5. Newman JD, Rosovitz MJ*, Noel KD. (1995) Requirement for rhizobial production of  5-aminoimidazole - 4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) for infection of bean. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 8:407-414.
    6. Newman JD, Diebold RJ, Schultz BW, Noel KD. (1994) Infection of soybean and pea nodules by Rhizobium spp. purine auxotrophs in the presence of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside. Journal of Bacteriology. 176:3286-3294.
    7. Newman JD, Schultz BW*, Noel KD (1992) Dissection of nodule development by supplementation of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli purine auxotrophs with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside. Plant Physiology. 99:401-408.

    * indicates undergraduate co-authors
    This page was created or last modified on 9/23/00 by Jeff Newman .  
     

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