Joyce Van Eck
Research Summary
The focus of research in the Van Eck laboratory is biotechnological approaches to the study of gene function and crop improvement. For our studies, we apply several genetic engineering strategies to two major food crops: potato and tomato. The development of biotechnological techniques has made it possible to design and introduce gene constructs into plant cells withnts that express the introduced genes. Genes of interest to us have the potential to strengthen a plant’s resistance to disease, improve fruit characteristics, and enhance nutritional quality.
Publications
- Van Eck J, Keen P. 2009. Continued expression of plant-made vaccines following cryopreservation of antigen-expressing tobacco cell cultures. In Vitro Cell Dev-Plant : DOI 10.1007/s11627-009-9231-9
- Lopez AB, Van Eck J, Conlin BJ, Paolillo DJ, O’Neill J, Li L. 2008. Effect of the cauliflower Or transgene on carotenoid accumulation and chromoplast formation in transgenic potato tubers. J Exp Bot 59: 213-223
- Zhou, X, Van Eck J, Li L. 2008. Use of the Cauliflower Or Gene for Improving Crop Nutritional Quality. In: Biotechnology Annual Review, Vol 14. M Raafat El-Gewely (ed), Elsevier, NY, pp : 171 – 190
- Labate JA, Grandillo S, Fulton T, Muños S, Caicedo AL, Peralta I, Ji Y, Chetelat RT, Scott JW, Gonzalo MJ, Francis D, Yang W, van der Knaap E, Baldo AM, Smith-White B, Mueller LA, Prince JP, Blanchard NE, Storey DB, Stevens MR, Robbins MD, Wang J-F, Liedl BE, O’Connell MA, Stommel JR, Aoki K, Iijima Y, Slade AJ, Hurst SR, Loeffler D, Steine MN, Vafeados D, McGuire C, Freeman C, Amen A, Goodstal J, Facciotti D, Van Eck J, Causse M. 2007. Tomato. In: Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants Vol. 5: Vegetables. C Kole (ed). Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York pp 1: 131
- Mueller, L. A., S. D. Tanksley, J. J. Giovannoni, J. Van Eck, S. Stack, D. Choi, B. D. Kim, M. Chen, Z. Cheng, C. Li, H. Ling, Y. Xue, G. Seymour, G. Bishop, G. Bryan, R. Sharma, J. Khurana, A. Tyagi, D. Chattopadhyay, N. K. Singh, W. Stiekema, P. Lindhout, T. Jesse, R. K. Lankhorst, M. Bouzayen, D. Shibata, S. Tabata, A. Granell, M. A. Botella, G. Giuliano, L. Frusciante, M. Causse, D. Zamir. 2005. The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL). Comparative and Functional Genomics 6: 153-158
- Frary, A., J. Van Eck. 2004. Organogenesis from Transformed Tomato Explants. Transgenic Plants: Methods and Protocols 286: 141-150
- Van Eck, J., A. M. Walmsey, H. Daneill. 2004. Tomato Transformation: Nuclear and Chloroplast Genomes. Transgenic Crops of the World - Essential Protocols :
- Liu, J., J. Van Eck, B. Cong, S. D. Tanksley. 2002. A new class of regulatory genes underlying the cause of pear-shaped tomato fruit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99: 13302-13306
- Joshi, L., J. M. Van Eck, K. Mayo, R. Di Silvestro, M. E. Blake (Nieto), T. Ganapathi, V. Haridas, J. U. Gutterman, C. J. Arntzen. 2002. Metabolomics of plant saponins: Bioprospecting triterpene glycoside diversity with respect to mammalian cell targets. OMICS 6: 235-246
- Ganapathi, T. R., N. S. Higgs, P. J. Balint-Kurti, C. J. Arntzen, G. D. May, J. Van Eck. 2001. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions of the banana cultivar Rasthali (AAB). Plant Cell Reports 20: 157-162
- Kamo, K., M. Roh, A. Blowers, F. Smith, J. Van Eck. 2001. Transgenic Gladiolus In: Y. P. S. Bajaj (ed.). Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 48: 155-170
Lab Members
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Patricia Keen
Kerry Swartwood
Travis Carruthers