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Craig E. Coleman
Plant & Wildlife Sciences
Email: craig_coleman@byu.edu

291 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-5145

Associate Professor

I am an alumnus of Brigham Young University, earning a B.S. in Botany in 1985 and an M.S. in Genetics in 1987. I received a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from Penn State in 1992. I worked for four years as a postdoctoral scientist in Brian Larkins’ laboratory at the University of Arizona before being appointed to the BYU faculty in 1996. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, graduating from Concord High School. I served three years as a medic in the U.S. Army and two years as a full-time missionary for the LDS Church in the Buenos Aires Argentina North Mission. My wife’s name is Beth and we have five children: Emily, Jacob, Sara, Rachel and Samuel.

Plant Genetic Resources Lab

Education

PhD , Molecular and Cell Biology , Penn State , 1992
MS , Genetics , Brigham Young University , 1987
BS , Botany , Brigham Young University , 1985

Research

My research interests are in the area of molecular genetics of plant development and cell biology. Much of my research is on identifying genes and characterizing their expression and function. I have a specific interest in genes that control the deposition of storage protein in seeds. I am part of a group of researchers collaborating with scientists in South America to improve the yield and nutrition of the Andean crop known as quinoa. We are also focusing on relatives of quinoa in Mexico such as huazontle and amaranth.

Selected Publications

Articles

Christensen, SA, Pratt DB, Pratt C, Nelson PT, Stevens MR, Jellen EN, Coleman CE, Fairbanks DJ, Bonifacio A, and Maughan PJ. "Assessment of genetic diversity in the USDA and CIP-FAO international nursery collections of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) using microsatellite markers." Plant Genetic Resources. 5 (2008): 82-95.

Balzotti MRB, Thornton JN, Maughan PJ, McClellan DA, Stevens MR, Jellen EN, Fairbanks DJ, Coleman CE. "Expression and evolutionary relationships of the Chenopodium quinoa 11S seed storage protein gene." International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169 (2008): 281-291.

Jarvis DE, Kopp OR , Jellen EN, Mallory MA, Pattee J, Bonifacio A, Coleman CE, Stevens MR, Fairbanks DJ, Maughan PJ. "Simple sequence repeat development, polymorphism and genetic mapping in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)." Journal of Genetics. 87 (2008): 39-51.

Maughan PJ, Kolano B, Maluszynska J, Coles ND, Bonifacio A, Rojas Beltran J, Coleman CE, Stevens MR, Fairbanks DJ, Parkinson SE, Jellen EN. "Molecular and cytological characterization of ribosomal DNAs in Chenopodium quinoa and Chenopodium berlandieri." Genome. 49 (2006): 825-839.

Ramakrishnan AP, Meyer SE, Fairbanks DJ, Coleman CE. "Ecological significance of microsatellite variation in western North American populations of Bromus tectorum." Plant Species Biology. 21 (2006): 61-73.

Stevens MR, Coleman CE, Parkinson SE, Zhang H-B, Balzotti MR, Kooyman D, Arumuganathan K, Bonifacio A, Fairbanks DJ, Jellen EN, Maughan PJ, Stevens JJ. "Construction of a quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) BAC library and its use in identifying genes encoding seed storage proteins." Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112 (2006): 1593-1600.

Mason SL, Stevens MR, Jellen EN, Bonafacio A, Fairbanks DJ, COLEMAN CE, McCarty RR,. "Development and use of microsatellite markers for germplasm characterization in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)." Crop Science. 45 (2005): 1618-1630.

Coles ND, COLEMAN CE, Christensen SA, Jellen EN, Stevens MR, Bonifacio A, Rojas-Beltran. "Development and use of an expressed sequenced tag library in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) for the discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms." Plant Science. 168 (2005): 439-447.

Ramakrishnan, A.P., S.E. Meyers., J. Waters, M.R. Stevens, C.E. Coleman, and D.J. Fairbanks. "Correlation between molecular markers and adaptively significant genetic variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae), an inbreeding annual grass." Am. J. Bot. 91 (2004): 791-803.

Coles N.D., C.E. Coleman, S.A. Christensen, E.N. Jellen, M.R. Stevens, A. Bonifacio, J.A. Rojas-Beltran, D.J. Fairbanks, P.J. Maughan. "Development and use of an expressed sequenced tag library in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) for the discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms." Plant Science. 168 (2004): 439-447.

Maughan P.J., M.R. Stevens, C.E. COLEMAN, E.N. Jellen, D.J. Fairbanks, A. Bonifacio, M. Ricks, D. Jarvis. "Preliminary genetic linkage map of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) using AFLP, RAPD and SSR markers." Theor. Appl. Genet. 109 (2004): 1188-1195.

Bennetzen J.L., C.E. Coleman, R. Liu, J. Ma, W. Ramakrishna. "Consistent overestimation of gene number in complex plant genomes." Curr. Opinion Plant Biol. 7 (2004): 732-736.

Coleman C.E., P.R. Yoho, S. Escobar, and M. Ogawa. "The accumulation of ±-zein in transgenic tobacco endosperm is stabilized by co-expression of ²-zein." Plant Cell Physiol. 45 (2004): 864-871.

Paulsen, A., C.E. Coleman, S.E. Meyer, and D.J. Fairbanks. "Microsatellite markers and polymorphism in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), in Proceedings: Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity." Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2000.

Books

Maughan PJ, Bonifacio A, Coleman CE, Jellen EN, Stevens MR, Fairbanks DJ. "Quinoa genomics." Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding. Ed. C Kole. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2006. Vol. 3.

. The prolamins of maize. Ed. Peter R. Shewry and Rod Casey. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Jan. 1999.

Experience

General

Postdoctoral Research Assistant , University of Arizona , 1992-1996

Teaching

Associate Professor , Brigham Young University , 2006-Present
Assistant Professor , Brigham Young University , 1996-2006

Courses Taught

Biology 120 (Science of Biology)

Biology 340 (Genetics)

PAS 486 (Plant Cell Biology)

PAS 525 (Plant Development)

PAS 580 (Plant Transformation)

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