Charles H. Opperman
Professor
- B. S. Agronomy - Plant Breeding specialization, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
- Ph.D. Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Charles Opperman is the Project Director for the Tobacco Genome Initiative, which aims to sequence tag greater than 90% of the genes in Nicotiana.
In addition, his group is completing a whole genome shotgun sequence of the nematode-parasitic bacterium, Pasteuria penetrans.
Opperman is also the Project Director to sequence the genome of the plant parasitic nematode, Meloidogyne hapla (root-knot nematode).
Research in his laboratory focuses on several major areas. The main thrust of
the program is aimed at understanding the cellular and genetic basis of
parasitism. A key approach in all of these projects is using phylogenetic
relationships to help determine gene function and evolution.
In addition, he is keenly interested in the differences between free-living and parasitic nematode
species. For example, the root-knot nematode sequencing project will take advantage of genome co-linearity with Caenorhabditis elegans. Similar approaches have been
utilized for the bacterial sequences and the solanaceous tobacco genes.
Professional Experience
1985 - 1987 Senior Research Nematologist, Biological Research Group Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co.
1987 - 1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU
1993 - 1998 Director, Molecular Crop Protection Training Program, NCSU
1993 - 2000 Associate Professor, Departments of Plant Pathology and Genetics, NCSU
1993 - present Biotechnology Faculty member, NCSU
1998 - 2002 Executive Director, Genome Research Laboratory, NCSU
1998 - present Lawes Trust Senior Fellow,Rothamsted Experiment Station, UK
1999 - present Genomic Sciences Faculty member, NCSU
1999 - present Director, Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism, NCSU
2000 - present Professor, Departments of Plant Pathology and Genetics, NCSU
Publications
Dhandaydham, M., Charles, L.,Zhu, H., Starr, J.L., Huguet, T., Cook, D.R., Properi, J-M. Bird, D.M., and
Opperman, C.H. 2005. Identification, characterization and mapping of a root-knot
nematode resistance gene in Medicago truncatula. Molecular Plant Microbe
Interactions, accepted after revisions.
Kojetin, D., Thompson, R., Benson, L., Naylor, S., Waterman, J., Davies, K., Opperman, C., Stephenson, K.,
Hoch, J., and Cavanagh, J. 2005. Structural analysis of metal binding to the
Bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0F: a possible role for
metalloregulation in the initiation of sporulation. In press: BioMetals.
Charles, L., Carbone, I., Davies, K., Burke, M., Kerry, B., Bird, D., and
Opperman, C.H. 2005. A phylogenetic analysis of Pasteuria penetrans using
multiple genetic loci. Journal of Bacteriology 187:5700-5708.
Dong, K., Barker, K. R., and Opperman, C. H. 2005. Virulence Genes in Heterodera glycines: Allele
Frequencies and Ror Gene Groups Among Field Isolates and Inbred Lines.
Phytopathology 95:186-191.
Bird, D. McK., Opperman, C. H. and K. G. Davies. 2003. Interactions between bacteria and plant-parasitic nematodes: Now and then.
International Journal of Parasitology 33: 1269-1276.
Koltai, H., Dhandaydham,M., Opperman, C. H., Thomas J. and D. McK. Bird. 2001. Overlapping plant signal
transduction pathways induced by a parasitic-nematode and a rhizobial
endosymbiont. Molecular-Plant Microbe Interactions 14,1168-1177.
Kaplan, D.T., and Opperman, C.H. 2000. Reproduction strategies and karyotype of the burrowing
nematode, Radopholus similis. Journal of Nematology. 32, 126-133.
Kaplan, D.T., Thomas, W.K., Frisse, L., Sarah, J.L., Stanton, J.M., Speijer, P.R., Marin,
D.H., and Opperman, C.H. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of geographically diverse
Radopholus similis via rDNA sequence reveals a monomorphic motif. Journal of
Nematology 32, 134-142.
Marin, D.H., Barker, K.R., Kaplan, D.T., Sutton, T.B.,
and Opperman, C.H. 2000. Development and evaluation of a standard method for
screening for resistance to Radopholus similis in bananas. Plant Disease 84,
689-693.
Marin, D.H., Barker, K.R., Kaplan, D.T., Sutton, T.B., and Opperman,
C.H. 1999. Aggressiveness and damage potential of Radopholus spp. from Central
America and the Carribean. Journal of Nematology 31,377-385.
Marin, D.H.,
Sutton, T.B., Barker, K.R., Kaplan, D.T., and Opperman, C.H. 1999.
Burrowing-nematode resistance of black-sigatoka resistant banana hybrids.
Nematropica 28,241-247.
Marin, D. H. , Kaplan, D. T., and Opperman, C.H.. 1999.
RAPD analysis discerns collection site of burrowing nematode isolates but not
their host range or reproductive potential on banana or citrus. Journal of
Nematology 31,232-239.
Opperman, C.H., and Bird, D.McK. 1998. The soybean cyst
nematode, Heterodera glycines: a genetic model system for the study of
plant-parasitic nematodes. Current Opinions in Plant Biology 1, 342-346.
Bird, D.McK., and Opperman, C.H. 1998. Caenorhabditis elegans: a genetic guide to
parasitic nematode biology. Journal of Nematology 30,299-308.
Kaplan, D.T., and Opperman, C.H. 1997. Genome similarity implies that citrus-parasitic burrowing
nematodes do not represent a unique species. Journal of Nematology 29,430-440.
Kaplan, D.T., Vanderspool, M.C., and Opperman, C.H. 1997. Sequence tag site and
host range assays demonstrate that Radopholus similis and R. citrophilus are not
reproductively isolated. Journal of Nematology 29,421-429
Dong, K., Barker, K.R., and Opperman, C.H. 1997. Genetics of soybean-Heterodera glycines
interactions. Journal of Nematology 29,509-522.
Dong, K., and Opperman, C.H.
1997. Genetic analysis of parasitism in Heterodera glycines. Genetics,
146,1311-1318.
Kaplan, D.T., Vanderspool, M.C., Garrett, C., Chang, S., and
Opperman, C.H. 1996. Molecular Polymorphisms associated with host range in the
highly conserved genomes of the burrowing nematodes, Radopholus spp. Molecular
Plant-Microbe Interactions 9, 32-38.
Sherwood, J., Beute, M., Elliot, V.,
Nelson, R., Opperman, C., Rodriguez-Kabana, R., and Shew, B. 1995. Biological
and biotechnological control advances in Arachis diseases. pp. 160-206 in:
Advances in Peanut Science.
Pattee, H. E., and Stalker, H. T., eds. Opperman, C.
H., and Conkling, M. A. 1994. Nematode-induced plant gene expression and related
control strategies. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 17, 211-217.
Opperman, C.
H., Taylor, C. G., and Conkling, M. A. 1994. Root-knot nematode directed
expression of a plant root-specific gene. Science 263, 221-223.
Book Chapters (past 10 years)
Opperman, C.H. 2002. Mechansims of nematode parasitism: A
genetic approach. Pp. 203-207 in Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume
3. Leong, S.A., Allen, C., and Triplett, E.W., eds. ISMPMI, St. Paul, MN.
Opperman, C.H. 2001. Forward genetic analysis of plant nematode parasitism. Pp.
45-51 in: Molecular Nematology. Kennedy, M., ed. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK.
Opperman, C.H., and Bird, D.McK. 2001. Nematode genetics. Pp. 696-697 in:
Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. Maloy, O.C., and Murray, T.D., eds. Wiley and
Sons, New York.
Bird, D.McK., Opperman, C.H., Jones, S.J., and Baillie, D. 1999.
The Caenorhabditis elegans genome: A guide in the post genomics age. in: Annual
Review of Phytopathology 37, 347-365.
Opperman, C.H. 1998. Differential
plant-parasitic nematode sensitivity to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. pp.
521-527 in: Structure and Function of Cholinesterases and Related Proteins.
Doctor, B.P., Quinn, D.M., Rotundo, R.L., and Taylor, P., eds. Opperman, C.H.,
and Conkling, M.A. 1998. Biotechnological approaches to improved host resistance
to nematodes. pp. 239-250 in: Plant-Nematode Interactions.
Barker, K.R.,
Pederson, G.A., and Windham, G.L., eds. Opperman, C.H., and Conkling, M.A. 1996.
Root-knot nematode induced TobRB7 expression and antisense transgenic resistance
strategies. pp. 521-526 in: Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe
Interactions, Vol. 4.
U.S. Patents
Conkling, M.A., Opperman, C.H., Acedo, G.N.,
and Song, W. United States Patent #6,008,436. Nematode Resistant Transgenic
Plants. Issued 28 December 1999.
Conkling, M.A., Opperman, C.H., and Taylor,
C.G. United States Patent #5,750,386. Pathogen Resistant Transgenic Crop
Cultivars. Issued, 12 May 1998.
Miscellaneous articles
Opperman, C.H. 1999. Book
Review: The Physiology and Biochemistry of Free-Living and Plant Parasitic
Nematodes. Perry, R.N., and Wright, D.J., eds. Plant Pathology 48,146.
Opperman,
C.H. 1996. Current trends in molecular analysis of nematode-plant interactions.
Meeting review of 8th International Congress of Plant-Microbe Interactions.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions , December, 1996.
Opperman, C.H., and
Conkling, M.A. 1995. Turning the tide against nematodes. The World and I, May
1995. pp. 184-191.
Opperman, C.H. 1995. Book Review: Plant Parasitic Nematodes
in Temperate Agriculture. Evans, K., Trudgill, D.L., and Webster, J.M., eds.
Parasitology Today 11: 42.
Invited Lectures
December 2004, Centennery Jubilee,
Association of Applied Biologists, Oxford, UK. Genetic regulation of sporulation
in Pasteuria penetrans.
October 2004, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical
America, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Genome analysis of Pasteuria penetrans.
September 2004. Philip Morris International, Neuchatel, Switzerland. The tobacco
genome initiative.
September 2004. 1st International Conference on Solanacea
Genomics. Invited speaker on The tobacco genome initiative: a platform for gene
discovery.
April 2004. Keygene N.V., Wageningen, The Netherlands. The tobacco
genome initiative: A platform for gene discovery.
December 2003, Presidential
Jubilee Meeting of the British Society of Plant Pathology, Nottingham, UK.
Comparative genomics of free-living and parasitic nematodes: A gut response.
November 2003, Mediterranean Society of Plant Pathology, Calabria, Italy.
Genomic analysis of nematode-parasitic bacteria.
July 2003, XI International
Congress of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Genomic approaches to host-parasite interactions.
March 2003, UK Department of
Environmental and Rural Affairs conference on Potato Cyst Nematode. Genetic and
genomic approaches to nematode parasitism and parasites.
February 2003,
International Congress of Plant Pathology, Christchurch, New Zealand, Structural
genomics of Pasteuria penetrans.
October 2002, Oxford University, UK, Department
of Zoology. Nematode natural enemies: Susceptibility, innate immunity, and novel
therapeutics.
March 2001, XXIII Brazilian Congress of Nematology, Molecular
approaches to the management of plant-parasitic nematodes. Marilia City, Brazil.
December 2000, Linnaen Society of London AAB Meeting, Towards physical maps of
plant-parasitic nematode genomes.
November 2000, University of Bristol, UK,
Department of Biology. Are mechanisms of nematode parasitism universal?
November
2000, Imperial College, Silwood Park, UK, Department of Pure and Applied
Biology. Are mechanisms of nematode parasitism universal?
June 2000, Model
Legumes International Meeting, Norwich, UK. Genetic approaches to understanding
nematode parasitism.
April 2000, Genetical Society of Great Britain. 'Parasites
and Pathogens', Genetical Society Spring Meeting, University of Warwick.
Genetics and genomics: Approaches to nematode parasitism.
April 2000, The
Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK. Integration of genetic and genomic approaches
to nematode parasitism.
December 1999, Linnaen Society of London AAB Meeting,
Are mechanisms of parasitism universal?
July 1999, International Plant
Protection Congress, Jerusalem, Israel. Symposium on Genetic and molecular basis
for recognition and response in plant-parasite interactions. Genomic approaches
to the study of plant-parasitic nematodes.
October 1998, Rothamsted Experiment
Station, UK, The soybean cyst nematode: a genetic model for nematode parasitism.
April 1998, BARD Conference, Jerusalem, Israel. New Approaches to Managing
Soilborne Pathogens. Molecular genetics of nematode parasitism.
July, 1996,
Third International Congress of Nematology, Symposium on Gentically Engineered
Host Resistance, Guadaloupe. Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes.
June,
1995, Canadian Phytopathological Society, Symposium on "Novel Methods of Disease
Control", Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes.
National/local
August
2004, Dept. of Plant Pathology, NCSU. The tobacco genome initiative: a platform
for gene discovery.
August 2004. 43rd meeting, Society of Nematologists, Estes
Park, CO. The Pasteuria penetrans genome: similarities and suprises. Symposium
on Biological control of nemtodes.
August 2004. 43rd meeting, Society of
Nematologists, Estes Park, CO. Control of sporulation in Pasteuria penetrans by
metalloregulation. Symposium on Nematode-Bacteria Interactions.
August 2004.
43rd meeting, Society of Nematologists, Estes Park, CO. The whole genome
sequence of Meloidogyne hapla: a community resource. Workshop on nematode
genomes and genomics.
June 2003, 2nd International Symposium on Tobacco
Research. Richmond, VA. The Tobacco Genome Initiative: an update.
April 2003,
University of Nebraska spring Biotechnology speaker. Genomic approaches to
host-parasite interactions.
June 2002, 1st International Congress of Legume
Genetics and Genomics, Minneapolis, Mn. The Medicago truncatula-plant-parasitic
nematode interaction: Susceptibility, shared signal transduction pathways, and
host resistance.
June 2002, 1st Annual Tobacco Genomics Symposium, Virginia
Crossings, Va. The status of the Tobacco Genome Intitiative.
April 2002,
USDA-Beltsville, Genetic and genomic approaches to the study of plant-nematode
parasitism.
April 2002, University of Ohio-Athens. Genetic and genomic
approaches to the study of plant-nematode parasitism.
January 2002. Philip
Morris USA, Richmond, Va. A strategy to sequence the tobacco genome.
September
2001, NC State University, Department of Plant Pathology. New approaches to
developing novel nematode management strategies.
September 2001, Syngenta
Agricultural Biotechnology Institute. Genomic analysis of the nematode-parasitic
bacterium, Pasteuria penetrans.
August 2001, Joint American Phytopathology
Society-Society of Nematologists-Mycological Society of America Meeting, Genetic
and genomic approaches to the study of plant-nematode parasitism. Salt Lake City,
UT
July 2001, 10th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe
Interactions, Mechanisms Of nematode parasitism: A functional approach, Madison,
WI
April 2001, Oak Ridge National Laboratories Workshop on Genomics, Functional
genomic analysis of multicellular parasites. Durham, NC
March 2001, Agricultural
Awareness Forum, Facts and innuendos about the use of Genetically Modified
Organisms in agriculture. NCSU.
January 2001, Keystone Symposium on Molecular
Heminthology: An Integrated Approach, Genetic and genomic approaches to the
study of plant-nematode parasitism. Taos NM
January 2001, Keystone Symposium on
Molecular Heminthology: An Integrated Approach, Plant nematode genomes: maps,
markers, and maybe synteny! Taos NM
November 2000, National Science Foundation,
The biology of nematode parasitism.
September 2000, N.C. State University,
Department of Zoology. Are mechanisms of nematode parasitism universal?
September 2000, Woods Hole Molecular Biology of Parasites Meeting. Genetic
approaches to understanding nematode parasitism.
April 2000, Potomac Division,
American Phytopathological Society. University of Delaware-Dover. Genetic
approaches to understanding nematode parasitism.
September 1999, University of
Missouri-Columbia, Department of Plant Pathology, Integration of genetic and
genomic approaches to nematode parasitism.
July 1999, Exelixis Pharmaceuticals,
South San Francisco, CA. Integration of genetic and genomic approaches to
nematode parasitism.
July 1999, Joint American Society of Parasitology/Society
of Nematology Meeting, Monterey, CA, Symposium on Nematode Genomics, Integration
of genetic and genomic approaches to nematode parasitism.
June 1999, 12th
International C. elegans Meeting, Madison, WI, Workshop on Parasitic Nematodes,
Genetics of nematode parasitism.
February 1999. Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX., Genetic approaches to nematode parasitism.
January 1999.
Akkadix Corp., San Diego, CA., Genetic approaches to nematode parasitism.
January 1999. Mycogen Corp., San Diego, CA., Genetic approaches to nematode
parasitism.
January 1999, US National Soybean Production Meeting, Orlando, FL,
Soybean cyst nematode parasitism and genetics.
August 1998, Imperial College,
London, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics of nematode parasitism.
August
1998, The Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genomics Campus, Hinxton, UK. Genetics
of nematode parasitism.
August 1998, International Nematology Symposium, Dundee,
UK, Genomic approaches to the study of nematode parasites.
August 1998,
International Congress of Plant Pathology, Edinburgh, UK, Symposium on Plant -
Nematode Interactions, Molecular genetics of nematode parasitism.
September
1998, Eighth International Gatlinburg Symposium, Knoxville, TN., Symposium on
Molecular Biology of the Soybean, The genetics of Heterodera glycines.
June
1998, East Coast C. elegans Meeting, Boston, MA, An unusual acetylcholinesterase
identified in the nematode Meloidogyne incognita.
June 1998, East Coast C.
elegans Meeting, Boston, MA, Genetic analysis of parasitism in the nematode
Heterodera glycines.
June 1998, East Coast C. elegans Meeting, Boston, MA, Class
II transposable elements in soybean cyst nematode.
May, 1998, Novartis AG, North
Carolina, Invertebrate Genomics Group, Genetic and genomic strategies to
understand nematode parasitism
March 1998, International Congress on
Acetylcholinesterases, San Diego, CA. Symposium on Agricultural Importance of
Acetylcholinesterases, Plant-parasitic nematode acetylcholinesterases.
November
1997, NemaPharm, Inc. Genome analysis of the soybean cyst nematode.
November
1997, Boston University, Department of Biology. Genome analysis of the soybean
cyst nematode.
October 1997, University of Arizona - Tucson, Biotechnology
Program. Genome analysis of the soybean cyst nematode.
October 1997, St. Louis
University, Department of Biology. Genome analysis of the soybean cyst nematode.
April, 1997, Soybean Cyst Nematode Focus Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO. Genetic
and molecular studies of nematode parasitism.
April, 1997, University of
Missouri - Columbia. Genetic and molecular studies of nematode parasitism.
April, 1997, Monsanto Co. Genetic and molecular studies of nematode parasitism.
April, 1997, Washington University Medical School, Department of Genetics.
Genetic and molecular studies of nematode parasitism.
September, 1996, N.C.
State University, Department of Entomology. Deployment of transgenic resistance
to plant-parasitic nematodes.
September, 1996, Monsanto Co. Plant responses to
nematode feeding site establishment.
July, 1996, Eighth International Symposium
on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Bioengineering Plant Resistance to
Nematodes
April, 1996, Purdue University Plant Genetics Program, Bioengineering
plant resistance to nematodes
April, 1996, St. Louis University, Department of
Biology, Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes
April, 1996, University of
Minnesota, Plant Molecular Biology Institute, Spring Biotechnology Series,
Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes
February, 1996, Keystone
Conference, Molecular Helminthology: An Integrated Approach, Bioengineering
plant resistance to nematodes
October, 1995, Michigan State University, Lansing,
MI, Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes.
October, 1995, N.C. State
University, Department of Crop Science, Bioengineering plant resistance to
nematodes.
September, 1995, Washington State University, Prosser WA,
Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes.
September, 1995, University of
Missouri-Columbia, Interdisciplinary Plant Genetics Program, Bioengineering
plant resistance to nematodes.
August, 1995, Society of Nematologists, Symposium
on "New Trends in Nematode Management", Bioengineering plant resistance to
nematodes.
April, 1995 University of California-Riverside, Department of
Nematology, Bioengineering plant resistance to nematodes.
April, 1995, N.C.
State University, Department of Genetics, Genetics of soybean cyst nematode
April, 1995, N.C. State University, Department of Biochemistry, Plant parasitic
nematode neurobiology and behavior.
March, 1995, Iowa State University
Conference on Soybean Cyst Nematode, Ames, IA, Genetics of soybean cyst
nematode.
March, 1995, University of Nebraska, Spring Speaker for
Multidisciplinary Biotechnology Program, Bioengineering plant resistance to
nematodes.
February, 1995, Soybean Breeder's Conference, St. Louis, MO,
Symposium on "Development of Nematode Resistant Cultivars", Genetics of soybean
cyst nematode
Research Funding History
USDA CSREES NRI Microbial Genome
Sequencing Initiative. The complete genome sequence of Meloidogyne hapla
(root-knot nematode) as the reference Tylenchid. 9/2004-8/2006. $1,590,000.
Syngenta, Functional genomics of the nematode-parasitic bacterium, Pasteuria
penetrans. 7/2003-6/2005. $50,000.
Philip Morris USA. The Tobacco Genome
Initiative. 7/1/02-12/31/06. $17,600,000.
Philip Morris USA. An approach to
identify virtually all genomic sequences encoding genes from Nicotiana.
5/1/01-4/30/02. $1,095,000.
United Soybean Board. Parasitism genes in the
soybean cyst nematode: biology and function. 10/1/00- 9/30/02. $308,000.
National Science Foundation Plant Genome Initiative. Genomic dissection of a
nematode-plant interaction: a tool to study plant biology. 9/1/00-8/31/03.
$2,607,829. (Bird, D.M., Clifton, S.W., Kieber, J.J., and Thorne, J.L., co-Pis).
Lawes Agricultural Trust. Genomic analysis of potato cyst nematode.
6/1/99-5/31/03. $146,700.
United Soybean Board. Genetic and molecular
characterization of the soybean cyst nematode parasitic life cycle.
10/1/97-6/30/01. $975,000.
United Soybean Board. Direct assays for parasitism
genes in resistance-breaking field populations of soybean cyst nematode.
10/1/97-4/30/00. $130,000.
N.C. Tobacco Foundation. Genetic diversity of the
tobacco cyst nematode. 6/97-6/98. $10,500.
Mycogen Corp. In vitro feeding
bioassays in plant-parasitic nematodes. 9/1/96-8/31/97. $39,000.
USDA-OICD.
Analysis of genetic diversity among Radopholus spp. 8/1/96-7/31/98. $48,000.
North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Development of a plant parasitic nematode
transformation system. 8/1/96-2/28/98. $40,000.
USDA Specific Cooperative
Agreement. Transgenic nematode-resistant tomato. 8/95 - 8/97. $75,000.
(Conkling, M.A., co-Pi)
Texas Cotton Growers Council. Transgenic
nematode-resistant cotton. 1/96 - 12/96. $35,000. (Conkling, M.A., co-Pi)
North
Carolina Biotechnology Center. Analysis of arrested development in
plant-parasitic nematodes. 8/1/95 - 3/1/97. $40,000.
USDA National Research
Initiative. Development of root-knot nematode resistant transgenic crops. 8/1/95
- 7/31/98. $225,000. (Conkling, M.A., co-Pi)
North Carolina Soybean Producers
Association. Molecular identification of races of soybean cyst nematode. 5/1/95
- 4/30/97. $23,000.
USDA National Research Initiative. Genetic analysis of
Heterodera glycines parasitism of soybean. 9/1/94 - 8/31/96. $120,000.
North
Carolina Soybean Producers Association. Molecular identification of races of
soybean cyst nematode. 5/1/93 - 4/30/95. $18,000.
Monsanto Company.
Nematode-Specific Cartridges for the Production of Transgenic Cultivars with
Broad Resistance to Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. 8/1/92 - 7/31/95. $321,160.
(Conkling, M.A., co-Pi)
USDA National Research Initiative. Characterization of a
Nematode-Responsive Plant Gene Promoter. 9/15/92 - 9/14/95. $225,000. (Conkling,
M.A., co-Pi)
Multidisciplinary and Training Support Grants
National Science
Foundation IGERT on Training in Genomics. 10/00-9/04. $2,600,000. (14 faculty
investigators).
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Institutional Development
Grant. Instrumentation and software supplement for the Genome Research
Laboratory. 6/00-5/01. $31,500.
USDA National Needs Graduate Fellowship Program.
Molecular Crop Protection. 9/93 - 8/98. $108,000. (Daub, M.E., co-PI)
NSF-USDA-DOE Plant Biology Training Grant. Interdisciplinary Research Training
Group in the Biology of Transgenic Plants. 9/94 - 8/99, $1,336,000 (Thompson,
W.F., Weissinger, A., Spiker, S., Chilton, M-D., and Boston, R., co-Directors).
North Carolina Biotechnology Center Event Support Grant. Molecular Technology
for Plant Improvement 1996 Meeting. $1,500.00.
North Carolina Biotechnology
Center Event Support Grant. Molecular Technology for Plant Improvement 1997
Meeting. $1,500.00
College/University Initiatives
North Carolina State
University. College Of Agriculture and Life Sciences Genome Research Laboratory.
6/98 - present, $2,500,000 (Lommel, S.A., and Tompson, W.F., co-PI).
Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Phytopathological Society
European Society of Nematologists
International Society of Plant-Microbe Interactions
Society of Nematologists
Awards and Honors
January, 2001 Researcher-in-Residence, The Santa Fe Institute,
Santa Fe NM
1998 - present Lawes Trust Senior Fellowship, Rothamsted Research
Ltd., Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
1983 - 1985 R.J. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship, Department of Entomology and
Nematology, University of Florida
Professional Service on Campus
Professional Committees
Society of Nematologists Plant Resistance to Nematodes Committee
(2000-present)
American Phytopathogical Society Steering Committee, Microbial
Genome Sequencing (2002-present)
NCR-172 Committee, Molecular genetics of
sedentary endoparasitic nematodes. Founding member (1991-1998. Chair, 1994).
S-235 Committee, Sustained nematode management in cropping systems. Collaborator
(1992-present).
Organizer, New Trends in Nematode Management Symposium, 1995 Annual Society of Nematologists Meeting, Little Rock, AR.
Local Arrangements
Committee, Society of Nematologists Annual Meeting, 1988. Raleigh, NC.
Organizer, NCSU Biotechnology Faculty Retreat, 1992, 1995, 1996.
Organizer, NCSU
Molecular Technology for Plant Improvement symposium, 1996, 1997.
Society of
Nematologists representative to the International Federation of Societies of
Parasitology, 1997 - 2000.
Society of Nematologists liason, Proposed EPA Plant
Pesticide Rule, 1997 - 1999.
Science Advisory Board, Cambria BioSciences LLC,
Boston, MA.
National Steering Committee, Microbial Genome Sequencing. American
Phytopathogical Society
2001-present Contributing Editor, Faculty of 1000
1998-2002 Editor, Nematology
1996-1999 Associate Editor, Phytopathology
1990-1998 Associate Editor, Fundamental and Applied Nematology
1993-1995
Associate Editor, Journal of Nematology
1993-present Plant-Parasitic Nematode
Genetic Nomenclature Oversight Committee
Consultant, BASF/BPS, Research Triangle
Park, NC 2001-2003
2004 USDA-CSREES NRI panel member, Arthropods and Nematodes:
Gateways to Genomics
2004 NIH Special Programs panel, SBIR for Biomedicine
2001-present Contributing Editor, Faculty of 1000
1993-present Plant-Parasitic
Nematode Genetic Nomenclature Oversight Committee
National Steering Committee,
Microbial Genome Sequencing. American Phytopathogical Society
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