Ph.D., York University, 1981

Biotechnology Functional Genomics Genetics Microbiology Molecular Biology Plant Biology

Molecular biology and biochemistry of photosynthetic carbon metabolism in higher plants and cyanobacteria. Specific projects include: regulation of gene expression in response to changing CO 2 concentrations; identification and characterization of CO 2 responsive mutants of Arabidopsis; structure/function analysis of plant carbonic anhydrases and characterization of transgenics; genetic engineering of carbon metabolism in cyanobacteria.

Reduction of plastid-localized carbonic anhydrase activity results in reduced Arabidopsis seedling survivorship.Ferreira FJ, Guo C, Coleman JR.Plant Physiol. 2008 Jun;147(2):585-94 pubmed Complementation of the yeast deletion mutant DeltaNCE103 by members of the beta class of carbonic anhydrases is dependent on carbonic anhydrase activity rather than on antioxidant activity.Clark D, Rowlett RS, Coleman JR, Klessig DF.Biochem. J. 2004 May;379(Pt 3):609-15 pubmed