Adán Colón-Carmona

Department of Biology University of Massachusetts-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 287-6680 Fax: (617) 287-6650 E-mail: adan.colon-carmona@umb.edu Lab Webpage: www.acc.umb.edu

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz Biology B. A., 1989
University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Ph. D., 1994
The Salk Institute Plant Cell Biology 1995-1998
University of California, Davis Plant Signal Transduction 1999

Professional Experience

2000-present: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston.

1999: Visiting Scientist, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California Davis.

1995-1998: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Plant Biology Laboratory, La Jolla.

1993: Curriculum Coordinator, Hispanic Center of Excellence, PRIDE Program, College of Medicine, University of California Irvine.

1993: Lecture Coordinator, Developmental and Cell Biology, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine.

1992: Curriculum Coordinator, California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP), Summer Program, University of California Irvine.

1991: Curriculum Coordinator, UC Irvine Howard Hughes Summer Science Academy, University of California Irvine.

Professional Societies: American Society of Plant Biologist, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Golden Key Honor Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The main focus of the laboratory is to understand how plants grow in response to environmental cues, such as light and pollutants. We are interested in the contributions of cell division to growth changes that occur during seedling development. Additionally, molecular and genetic strategies are being used to dissect out polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon stress responses in plants. And, we are investigating the role of kinesins in cell division and plant development.

CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT:

Springer, P. (PI), Colón-Carmona, A. (co-PI). Assigning Functions to the Arabidopsis LBD-Family, Arabidopsis 2010 Project National Science Foundation.

Colón-Carmona, A. Arabidopsis Kinesins in Cell Division and Development, National Institutes of Health.

Colón-Carmona, A. Molecular Genetics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Stress Responses. National Science Foundation.

Larson, K., Mulvill, N. and Colón-Carmona, A. (Advisor). Outdoor Classroom, a Playground Project”, Boston Schoolyard Initiative, City of Boston, Rafael Hernandez Two-Way School in Roxbury, MA.

Chen, R. (PI), et al. Colón-Carmona, A. (Advisor) Watershed-Integrated Science Partnership (WISP) between UMass Boston and Local School Districts. GK-12 National Sciences Foundation.

Sevian, H. (PI) et al., Colón-Carmona, A (Instructor) Boston Science Partnership, GK-12 National Science Foundation.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Alkio M, Tabuchi TM, Wang X and Colón-Carmona A. (2005) Stress responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Arabidopsis include growth inhibition and hypersensitive response-like symptoms. Journal of Experimental Botany, in press.

Li C, Potuschak T, Colón-Carmona A, Gutiérrez RA and Doerner P. (2005) Arabidopsis TCP20 links regulation of growth and cell division control pathways. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 102(36): 12978-12983.

Dubrovsky, J.G., Rost, T.L., Colón-Carmona, A., and P. Doerner (2001). Early primordium morphogenesis during lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 214: 30-36.

Boisnard-Loriga, C., Colón-Carmona, A., Bauch, M., Hodgeb, S., Doerner, P., Banchare, E., Dumas, C., Haseloff, J., and F. Berger (2001). Dynamic analyses of the expression of the HISTONE::YFP fusion protein in Arabidopsis show that syncytial endosperm is divided in mitotic domains. Plant Cell 13: 495-509.

Doerner, P., Lamb, C., and A. Colón-Carmona (2000). Method of increasing growth and yields in plants. Patent number 6166293.

Colón-Carmona, A., Chen, D., Yeh, K-C., and S. Abel (2000). IAA proteins interact and are phosphorylated by oat phytochrome A in vitro. Plant Physiology 124: 1728-1738.

Dubrovsky, J.G., Doerner, P., Colón-Carmona, A., and T.L. Rost (2000). Pericycle development and lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 124: 1648-1657.

Colón-Carmona, A., You, R., Haimovitch-Gal, T., and P. Doerner (1999). Technical Advance: Spatio-temporal analysis of mitotic activity with labile cyclin-GUS fusion protein. Plant J. 20(4): 503-508.

Jongewaard, I., Colón, A. and Fosket, D.E. (1994). Distribution of transcripts of the tubB1 ?-tubulin gene in developing soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) seedling organs. Protoplasma, V183: 77-85.

Fosket, D. E., Tonoike, H. and Colón, A. (1993). What is the significance of the relatively large tubulin multigene families for plant morphogenesis? In Roubelakis-Angelakis KA, Ed., "Plant Morphogenesis: Molecular Approaches", Pleum Press, NY.

AWARDS:

Faculty Appreciation Award recognized by UMass Boston students, 2003.
Steinhaus Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Sciences, UC Irvine, 1994.
National Chicano Council for Higher Education Graduate Award, 1989.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Graduate Level: Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology (Biol. 602), Scientific Communications (Biol. 650), Special Topics in Biology [Plant Development] (Biol. 697), Current Literature in Biology [Plant Hormones, Plant-Microbe Interactions, and Cell Biology] (Biol. 653), Tissue Culture [Specific Lectures] (Biol. 670).

Undergraduate Level: Plant Physiology (Biol. 321/323), Developmental Biology and Embryology [Specific Lectures] (Biol. 312), Biotechnology [Specific Lectures] (Biol. 395), Cell and Developmental Biology (Biol. 103, UC Irvine).

Student Advisees and Trainees: Postdoctoral: Merianne Alkio, Doctoral: Kristophe Diaz, Tsering Gesar, Shirley Micallef, Jim Stark, and David Weisman. Undergraduate: Yewande Adepoju, Luis Baca, Asav Dharia, and Stacey Dormarney.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:

Instructor and Participant: Summer Science Academy and Summer Bridge, First Generation College Students, Student Services, University of Massachusetts-Boston; Life Science Summer Institute for Teachers, Boston Museum of Science; Teen Ambassadors, Massachusetts Audubon Society; Playground Science Project at the Rafael Hernandez Two-Language School, Boston Public School District; Science Judge at the Boston Latin High School, Boston Public School District.

Advisor and Mentor: Ronald McNair Scholarship Program, College of Arts and Sciences; NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB), Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Mentor: Science, Engineering and Mathematics Academic Support Network, New England Board of Higher Education; NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Reviewer: EdVestors, The Boston Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; NSF Graduate Fellowship Panel, Journal of Plant Cell and Environment.