Adán Colón-Carmona Brief CV - Adán Colón-Carmona Lab at UMass Boston

Adán Colón-Carmona Lab at UMass Boston

Adán Colón-Carmona, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology- Cell, Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plants
UMass Boston

Degrees
BA, Biology: University of California Santa Cruz
PhD, Biological Sciences: University of California Irvine
Postdoctoral training: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and University of California Davis

Areas of Expertise
Cell cycle control; regulation of the cytoskeleton; growth responses to environmental cues; plant-microbe interactions; bioremediation using plants; science education; training and mentoring of students

Honors and Awards
2017, Linton-Poodry SACNAS Leadership Institute Fellow. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
2017, Honored member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
2006, Honored member of International Golden Key Society
2003, 2005, Faculty Appreciation Award, recognized by UMass Boston students
1995-1998, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1994, Steinhaus Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Science, UC Irvine
1989, National Chicano Council for Higher Education Graduate Award
1987-1989, NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support Fellow, UC Santa Cruz

Select Publications
(Google Scholar Citations profile at:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=frDxGk4AAAAJ&hl=en)

Hernández-Vega JC, Cady B, Kayanja G, Mauriello A, Cervantes N, Gillespie A, Lavia L, Trujillo J, Alkio M and Colón-Carmona A. (2017) Detoxification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Arabidopsis thaliana Involves a Putative Flavonol Synthase. J of Hazardous Materials, 321: 268–280

Liu H, Weisman D, Tang L, Tan L, Zhang W, Wang Z-H, Huang Y-H, Lin W-X, Liu X-M, and Colón-Carmona A. (2015) Stress signaling in response to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure in Arabidopsis thaliana involves a nucleoside diphosphate kinase, NDPK3. Planta, 241(1): 95-107. doi: 10.1007/s00425-014-2161-8

Weisman D, Liu H, Redfern J, Zhu L, and Colón-Carmona A. (2011) "Novel computational identification of highly selective biomarkers of pollutant exposure". Environmental Science & Technology, 45(12): 5132-8 (This article was selected for journal cover.)

Weisman D, Alkio M and Colón-Carmona A. (2010) Transcriptional responses to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon induced stress in Arabidopsis thaliana reveal the involvement of hormone and defense signaling pathways. BMC Plant Biology, 10(1): 59

Micallef S, Shiaris M, and Colón-Carmona A. (2009) Influence of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions on rhizobacterial communities and natural variation in root exudates. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60:1729-42 (This article was selected for a special review within the issue.)

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, 56(421): 2983-94 (This article was selected as the featured article for the cover.)

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

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

Professional Affiliations
American Society of Plant Biologists; Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science; International Golden Key Society; and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society