Mailing Address:
Fifield Hall
2550 Hull Road
PO Box 110690
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Phone: (352) 392-6957
E-mail: lchannah@ufl.edu
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Areas of Research
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant Genetics
- Starch Biosynthesis
- Transposable Elements
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Teaching Responsibilities
- PCB 5056 – Advanced Genetics
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Genetics, University of Wisconsin (1973)
- M.S., Genetics, Purdue University (1969)
- B.S., Biochemistry, Purdue University (1967)
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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)
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Honors and Awards
- UF Research Foundation Professor
- Purdue Distinguished Alumnus Award
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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 |
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| 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. |