John Finer
Professor
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

214 Williams Hall 1680 Madison Ave. Wooster, OH 44691 Phone: 330-263-3880 Fax: 330-263-3887

Email: finer.1@osu.edu

WEBSITE at oardc.osu.edu/plantranslab/
at OSU since 1986

AREA OF EXPERTISE:

Research efforts in the laboratory have focused somatic embryogenesis, genetic transformation and promoter analysis in crop plants. Although the main emphasis in my laboratory is currently on soybean, we have additional experience with transformation of wheat, maize, sunflower, tomato, bentgrass, cotton, white pine, Chinese yam, Christmas cactus and Ohio buckeye. Embryogenic tissues are used for both basic studies on plant growth and development and as targets for transformation work. For our promoter work, we use image analysis to quantify expression of the gfp gene, under regulatory control of different promoters. Automated image collections is facilitated using a custom-designed robotics system, coupled with high-throughput image analysis.

Last modified: 5/7/2008