Laura Abercrombie

Research Associate

lgood1@utk.edu

Education: Masters in Life Sciences, Plant Physiology, August 2001, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia.

Research Interests:
Characterization of novel fluorescent proteins in plants.  Overall objective is to develop a plant that responds to environmental stimuli for use a biosensor. 
Elucidation of glyphosate resistance mechanism in horseweed (Conyza canadensis).

I am originally from Broadway, Virginia.  My hobbies include reading, traveling and gardening.

Publications:

Hegeman, C., Good, L., and Grabau, E. 2001. Expression of D-myo-Inositol 3-phosphate Synthase in Soybean: Implications for Phytic Acid Biosynthesis.  Plant Physiol. 125(4):1941-1948.

Swanson K, Gorodetsky S, Good L, Davis S, Musgrave D, Stelwagen K, Farr V, Molenaar A. 2004.  Expression of a beta-defensin mRNA, lingual antimicrobial peptide, in bovine mammary epithelial tissue is induced by mastitis.  Infect Immun. 72(12):7311-4.

Halfhill MD, Good LL, Basu C, Burris J, Main CL, Mueller TC, Stewart CN Jr. 2007 Transformation and segregation of GFP fluorescence and glyphosate resistance in horseweed (Conyza canadensis) hybrids. Plant Cell Rep. 26(3):303-11.

Moon HS, Halfhill MD, Good LL, Raymer PL, Neal Stewart C Jr. 2007. Characterization of directly transformed weedy Brassica rapa and introgressed B.rapa with Bt cry1Ac and gfp genes. Plant Cell Rep 26(7):1001-10.

Molenaar A; Harris DP;  Rajan G;  Pearson M, Callaghan M; Sommer L; Farr V; Oden K; Miles M; Petrova R; Good L, Singh K, McLaren R, Prosser C, Kim K;Wieliczko R; Dines M, Johannessen K, Grigor M, Davis S, Kerst Stelwagen.  2009.  The acute-phase protein serum amyloid A3 is expressed in the bovine mammary gland and plays a role in host defence.  Biomarkers. 14(1):26-37