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Faculty Plant Biology Graduate Group |
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Degrees: 1963 - PhD - Cornell University - 1959 - BS - McMaster University, Canada - Awards: NASA Biomedical Award: Johnson Space Center 2002. Patents for the enhanced bioproduction and extraction of taxanes, reported in NASA tech Briefs, Sept. pp. 66-67. Professional Societies: Adjunct Professor, Forest Products Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties: Plant Biology Publications: Durzan DJ and MC Pedroso. 2002. Nitric oxide and reactive nitric oxide species in plants. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 19:293-337 Garces H, Durzan DJ and MC Pedroso. 2001. Mechanical stress elicits nitric oxide formation and DNA fragmentation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Annals of Botany. 87:567-574 Durzan DJ. 2000. Metabolic engineering of plant cells in a space environment. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 17:349-383 Research Interests: Cell death, nitric oxide signals, adaptive plasticity, somatic embryogenesis and latent diploid parthenogenesis under simulated late Permian and Cretaceous environments, anti-cancer drugs from conifer cells and wood, tree improvement. Courses Taught: HOR 102 Environmental Horticulture Personal Interests: American art history, pharmacology, space biology |