Associate Professor of Biology C.311 Baylor Sciences Building |
Associate Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D. Plant Pathology, Cornell University
M.S. Biological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Courses Currently Taught
Molecular Genetics (BIO 4306)
Biotechnology (BIO 4303)
Virology (BIO 5302)
Cell Medicine and Biotechnology (BMS 5308)
Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Studies
Chair, University Institutional Biosafety Committee
Major area of research
Medical Applications of Plant Biotechnology
Recent Publications:
1. Liu Z., Kearney C.M. 2010. An efficient Foxtail mosaic virus vector system with reduced environmental risk. BMC Biotechnology 2010, 10:88 (multipage e-publication)
2. Liu, Z., Kearney C.M. 2010. A tobamovirus expression vector for agroinfection of legumes and Nicotiana. Journal of Biotechnology 147:151-159.
3. Liu Z., Bhattacharyyaa S., Ning B., Midoro-Horiuti T., Czerwinski E.W., Goldblum R.M., Mort A., Kearney C.M. 2010. Plant-expressed recombinant mountain cedar allegen Jun a 1 is allergenic and has limited pectate lyase activity. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 153:347-358.
4. Moehnke M.H., Midoro-Horiuti, T., Goldblum, R.M., and Kearney, C.M. 2008. The expression of a mountain cedar allergen comparing plant-viral apoplastic and yeast expression systems. Biotechnology Letters 30 (7):1259-64.
5. Wehbe-Janek H, Shi Q, Kearney CM. 2007. Cordycepin/hydroxyurea synergy allows low dosage efficacy of cordycepin in MOLT-4 leukemia cells. Anticancer Research 27 (5A):3143-6.
6. Varshney, S., Goldblum, R.M., Auton, M., Kearney, C., Watanabe, M., Midoro-Horiuti, T. 2007. Major mountain cedar allergen, Jun a 1 contains conformational as well as linear IgE epitopes. Molecular Immunology 44 (10):2781-2785
7. Wehbe, H., Kearney, C.M., and Pinney, K.G. 2005. Combretastatin A-4 resistance in H460 human lung carcinoma demonstrates distinctive alterations in beta-tubulin isotype expression. Anticancer Research 25:3865-3870.
