ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITA

Glenn Burton Collins

  

I.   Present Position and Office Address:

 

Professor of Agronomy
University of Kentucky
1405 Veterans Road
Lexington, KY 40546-0312
(859) 257-5020 EXT. 80772

 

II.   Education

 

Eastern Kentucky University, 1957-1959, Agriculture Major

University of Kentucky, 1959-1961, B.S. in Agronomy with High Distinction

University of Kentucky 1961-1963, M.S. Agronomy-Plant Breeding

Thesis: "Interspecific compatibilities and taxonomic classification in Trifolium as related to chromatographic analysis."

North Carolina State University, 1963-1966, Ph.D. Genetics

Thesis: "Synchrony of DNA replication in chromosomes of certain interspecific hybrids of Nicotiana."

John Innes Institute, Norwich, England. Sabbatic Leave. 1973.

 

III.   Professional Experience

 

University of Kentucky, Agronomy, 1966-1970, Assistant Professor

University of Kentucky, Agronomy, 1970-1975, Associate Professor

University of Kentucky, Agronomy, 1975-1981, Professor

University of Kentucky, Agronomy, 1981-1985, Philip Morris Research Professor

University of Kentucky, Administration, 1985-1987, Associate Dean and Associate Director for Research

University of Kentucky, Agronomy, 1987-, Professor of Agronomy

 

IV.   Honors and Professional Recognition

 

Editorial Board for Plant Cell Reports

Board of Directors - Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture Journal

Associate Editor for Crop Science

Thomas Poe Cooper Outstanding Research Award, College of Agriculture, 1975

University of Kentucky Research Foundation Research Award, 1976

Elected Fellow - American Society of Agronomy, 1979

Philip Morris Achievement in Research Award, 1980

Philip Morris Professorship, 1981

William B. Sturgill Graduate Training Award, 1981

Crop Science Society Outstanding Research Award, 1985

Outstanding Faculty Advisor, 1998

 

V.   Research and Teaching/Training Focus

 

   My research program is in the area of plant cell biology with the focus being on the development and use of tissue culture systems and genetic engineering approaches to facilitate genetic improvement of agronomic crop plants. The work is centered on soybean and tobacco with some efforts on tomato, alfalfa and the model Arabidopsis. The research is largely carried out with graduate student and postdoctoral fellow involvements along with technical and student support. We also host many visiting scientists and students. The research provides a bridging function between whole plant geneticists/breeders and basic molecular scientists. I have active collaborations with Drs. Miller and Pfeiffer on the breeding end and with Drs. Hildebrand, Hunt, Chappell, and Ghabrial on the molecular work. The cellular capability of the lab includes complete soybean and Trifolium tissue culture systems developed in our laboratory and an excellent Nicotiana system based on many years of adding to an established basic tobacco tissue culture system. A second focus of the laboratory is on plant transformation and the production of transgenic plants for foreign genes which will improve agronomic crops and provide germplasm for our plant breeding programs and variety/germplasm development. We have Agrobacterium mediated transformation and the Dupont PDS‑1000 microprojectile (Gene Gun) systems in the laboratory with plant transformations being done regularly. We are currently working on ten different gene constructs for tobacco and eight gene constructs for soybean. The genes include genes for disease resistance and genes for biochemical modification of tobacco and soybean.

 

   My research program attempts to integrate good basic science with applications to problem solving and the development of improved germplasm of agronomic crops. I strive to combine research and teaching/training for a range of people from high school science students and teachers to visiting scientists from around the world. Graduate student and postdoctoral training are an integral part of the research program. I believe that my research program benefits from and supports the development of younger faculty members through a mentoring, bridging, and collaborative approach to interdisciplinary research and training.

 

VI.Selected Recent Publications in Journals and Books

 

Torisky, R. and G.B. Collins. 1997. Development of a binary vector system for plant transformation Based on the supervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens Strain Chry 5. Plant Cell Reports. 17:102-108.

 

Trick, Harold N., R.D. Dinkins, E.R. Santarem, R. Di, V. Samoylov, C.A. Meurer, D.R. Walker, W.A. Parrott, J.J. Finer and G.B. Collins. 1997. Recent advances in soybean transformation. Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. 3:9-26.

 

Dasgupta, S., G.B. Collins and A.G. Hunt. 1998. Coordinated expression of multiple enzymes in different subcellular compartments in plants. The Plant Journal. 16:107-116.

 

 

Meurer, C.A., R.D. Dinkins, and G.B. Collins. 1998. Factors affecting soybean cotyledonary node transformation. Plant Cell Reports. 18:180-186.

 

   Xu, D., G.B. Collins, A.G. Hunt, and M.T. Nielsen. 1997. Field resistance of transgenic burley tobacco lines and hybrids expressing the tobacco vein mottling virus coat protein gene. J. Molecular Breeding. 3:319-330.

 

   Xu, D., G.B. Collins, A.G. Hunt, and M.T. Nielsen. 1997. Combining a host gene and a tobacco vein mottling virus coat protein gene for broad and effective resistance to potyviruses in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). J. Molecular Breeding. 3:331-339.

 

Xu, D., G.B. Collins, A.G. Hunt, and M.T. Nielsen. 1998. Resistance to alfalfa mosaic virus in transgenic burley tobaccos expressing the AMV coat protein gene. Crop Sci. 38:1661-1668.

 

   Fellers, J.P., J. Wang, Y. Hong, G. B. Collins, and A.G. Hunt. 1998. In vitro interactions between a potyvirus-encoded, genome-linked protein and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. J. Gen. Virol. 79:2043-2049.

 

   Fellers, J.P., G.B. Collins, and A.G. Hunt. 1998. The Nia-proteinase of different plant potyviruses provides specific resistance to viral infection. Crop Sci . 38:1309-1319.

 

   Xu, D., G.B. Collins, A.G. Hunt, and M.T. Nielsen. 1999. Agronomic performance of transgenic burley tobaccos expressing TVMV or AMV coat protein genes with and without virus challenges. Crop Sci. 39:1195-1202.

 

   Yan, B., M.S.S. Reddy, G.B. Collins, and R.D. Dinkins. 2000. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill.] using immature zygotic cotyledon explants. Plant Cell Reports. 20: 1090-1097.

 

   Mauro, A.O., J.C. Martins de Nobrega, S.M.Z. Mauro, and G.B. Collins. 2000. Interactions in the Agrobacterium-soybean system and capability of some Brazilian soybean cultivars to produce somatic embryos. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 23:217-220.

 

Dinkins, R.D., M.S.S. Reddy, C.A. Meurer, C.T. Redmond, and G.B. Collins. 2000. Recent advances in soybean transformation. In: P. K. Jaiwal & R. P. Singh, (eds). Biotechnology of Legumes. Kluwer Academic Publishers. In Press.

 

   Meurer, C.A., R.D. Dinkins, C.T. Redmond , K.P. McAllister , D.T. Tucker , D.R. Walker, W. A. Parrott , H.N. Trick , J.S. Essig, H.M. Franz , J.J. Finer, and G.B. Collins. 2001. Embryogenic response of multiple soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merrill.] cultivars across three locations. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol-Plant. 37: 62-67.

 

Reddy, M.S.S, R.D. Dinkins, C.T. Redmond, S.A. Ghabrial, and G.B. Collins. 2001. Expression of Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) coat protein precursor results in resistance to (BPMV) in transgenic soybeans. Phytopathology. 91:831-838.

 

   Dinkins, R.D.,M.S.S.Reddy, C.A. Meurer, B. Yan, H.N. Trick, J.J. Finer, F.Thibaud-Nissen, W.A. Parrott, and G.B. Collins. 2001. Increased sulfur amino acids in soybean plants overexpressing the maize 15-kDa zein protein. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol-Plant. 37:742-747.

 

Dinkins, R.D., M.S.S.Reddy, L. Mei, and G.B. Collins. 2001. Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana min D1 gene Alters chloroplast number and size in tobacco plants. Planta. 214:180-188.

 

Mauro, A.O., R. Oliverira, G.A. Bonacin, J.A. Oliverira, S.M.Z. Di Mauro, and G.B. Collins. 2001. A quantitative nature of somatic embryogenesis. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol-Plant. 37:773-777.

 

Dinkins, R.D., M.S.S Reddy,M. Leng, and G.B. Collins. 2002. Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana MinE1 bacterial division inhibitor homologue gene alters chloroplast size and morphology in transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants. Planta. 215:167-176.

 

Dinkins, R.D., C. Pflipsen, A. Thompson, and G.B. Collins. 2002. Ectopic expression of an Arabidopsis single zinc-finger gene in tobacco results in dwarf plants. Cell and Plant Physiology Journal. 43:002-008.

 

Reddy, M.S.S., R.D. Dinkins, and G.B. Collins. 2003. Gene silencing in transgenic soybean plants transformed via particle bombardment. Plant Cell Rep. 21:676-683.

 

Dinkins R.D., M.S.S. Reddy, CA. Meurer, C.T. Redmond, and G.B. Collins. 2003. Recent advances in soybean transformation. In: Focus on Biotechnology Vol 10B, Applied Genetics of Leguminosae Biotechnology. (eds: P. K. Jaiwal & R. P. Singh). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Great Britian, pp. 3-21

 

Reddy, M.S.S., S. Dasgupta, L. Rymarquis, and G.B. Collins. 2003. Analysis of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens pTiChry5 6b promoter. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnology. 12:87-91.

 

Dinkins, R.D., C. Pflipsen, and G.B. Collins. 2003. Expression and deletion analysis of an Arabidopsis SUPERMAN-Like zinc finger gene. Plant Sci. 165:33-41.

 

Dinkins, R.D. and G.B. Collins. 2004. Recent progress in soybean transformation. In: Development and Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Plants (eds: J.M. Jaynes, L. Destefano-Beltram, & R.A. Sawyer) Marcel Dekker, Inc; New York, New York. In press. (Invited book chapter).

 

Tavva. Venkata S., Randy D. Dinkins, Subba R. Palli, and Glenn B. Collins. 2005. Development of a highly sensitive eedysone receptor-based gene switch for applications in plants. Plant J. Submitted.

 

 

 

VII.   Continuous extramural funding since 1966 from NSF, USDA, HHMI, Commodity Boards and Private Companies. Average annual level of $400,000 / year.

 

• Total number of M.S., Ph.D., Postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists directed:

11, 17, 24, 20 respectively.

 

 

 

Total Refereed Journal Articles-208; Editor of 3 Books; and 33 Book Chapters