Horticultural Sciences

Horticultural Sciences

Dr. L. Curtis Hannah

Professor Emeritus

Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611

Phone: (352) 392-6957
E-mail: lchannah@ufl.edu

Areas of Research
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant Genetics
- Starch Biosynthesis
- Transposable Elements

Teaching Responsibilities
- PCB 5056 – Advanced Genetics

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Genetics, University of Wisconsin (1973)
- M.S., Genetics, Purdue University (1969)
- B.S., Biochemistry, Purdue University (1967)

Work Experience
- Control of maize leaf necrosis in Kenya and Uganda
- Incorporation of high-temperature cereal yield genes into eastern Africa.
- Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institute, Koln, Germany (1981)
- Visiting Scientist, University of Arizona (1993)

Honors and Awards
- UF Research Foundation Professor
- Purdue Distinguished Alumnus Award

Program Personnel
- Susan Boehlein, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor
- Janine Shaw, Senior Biological Scientist
- Brandon Futch, Field Supervisor

Selected Publications

Authors	Year	Title / Description	Publication
Boehlein SK, Shaw JR Georgelis, N and Hannah LC	2014	Enhanced heat stability of the maize endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by manipulation of evolutionarily- identified amino acids.	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 543: 1-9.
Boehlein SK, Shaw JR Seon HK, McCarty DR, Stewart J and Hannah LC	2013	The potato tuber, maize endosperm and a chimeric maize-potato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase exhibit fundamental differences in Pi inhibition.	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 537: 210-216.
Boehlein SK, Shaw JR Seon HK, Stewart J and Hannah LC	2013	Deciphering the kinetic mechanisms controlling selected plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases.	Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 535:215-226.
Steiner, H-Y, Halpin C., Jez J., Kough J., Parrott W and Hannah, LC	2013	Evaluating the Potential for Adverse Interactions within Genetically Engineered Breeding Stacks.	Plant Physiol, 161: 1587-1594.
Parrot, W. P., Jez. J. and Hannah, LC	2012	To be or not to be transgenic.	Nature Biotechnology, 30: 825 - 826.
Hannah, LC, Futch, B., Bing, J., Shaw, J., Boehlein, S. Stewart, J., Beiriger, R., Georgelis, N., and Greene, TW	2012	A shrunken-2* transgene increases maize yield by acting in maternal tissues to increase the frequency of seed development.*	Plant Cell, 24:2352-2363.
Barbaglia, A., Klusman, M., Higgins, J. Shaw, JR. Hannah LC, Lal, SK	2012	Alternative Splicing and Read-Through Transcription Dramatically Augment the Diversity of Expression of Genes Captured in Helitrons.	Genetics, 190:965-975.
Schlosser, A., Martin, J., Hannah, LC, Giroux M	2012	The Maize Leaf Starch Mutation, agps-m1, Has Diminished Field Growth and Productivity.	Crop Sci. 52(2): 700-706.
Zhang, J., JM Martin, B. Beecher, C. Lu, LC Hannah, ML Wall, I. Altosaar, and MJ Giroux	2010	The ectopic expression of the wheat puroindoline genes increase germ size and seed oil content in transgenic corn.	Plant Molecular Biology, 74:353-365.
Boehlein, Susan D, Janine Shaw, Jon Stewart and L. Curtis Hannah	2010	Studies of the kinetic mechanism of maize endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase uncovered complex regulatory properties.	Plant Physiology 152:1056-1064.
Boehlein, Susan D, Janine Shaw, L. Curtis Hannah and Jon Stewart	2010	Probing Allosteric Binding Sites of the Maize Endosperm ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase.	Plant Physiology 152: 85-95.