| Office: | Building 710 |
| Phone: | 352-392-6957 |
| E-mail: | lchannah@ufl.edu |
| For more information, visit Dr. Hannah's website. | |
UF Research Foundation Professor
Areas of Research
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant Genetics
- Starch Biosynthesis
- Transposable Elements
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Genetics, University of Wisconsin (1973)
- M.S., Genetics, Purdue University (1969)
- B.S., Biochemistry, Purdue University (1967)
Teaching Responsibilities
- PCB 5056 – Advanced Genetics
Work and International Experiences
- Control of maize leaf necrosis in Kenya and Uganda
- Incorporation of high-temperature cereal yield genes into western 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
- 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, tentatively accepted.
- 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, tentatively accepted
- Weber, N., Halpin, C., Hannah, L. Curtis, Jez, J.M., Kough, J. and Parrott W. 2012 Crop Genome Plasticity and Its Relevance to Food and Feed Safety of Genetically Engineered Breeding Stacks. Plant Physiol, 160: 1842-1853.
- Parrot, W. P., Jez. J. and Hannah, L. C. 2012. To be or not to be transgenic. Nature Biotechnology, 30: 825 - 826
- Hannah, L. C., 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, L. C., Giroux M. 2012. The Maize Leaf Starch Mutation, agps-m1, Has Diminished Field Growth and Productivity. Crop Sci. 52(2): 700-706.
- Zhang, J., J.M. Martin, B. Beecher, C. Lu, L.C. Hannah, M.L. Wall, I. Altosaar, and M.J. 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
