Dr Douglas Becker
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Biography
Research theme: Food, HealthResearch discipline: Cell & Molecular Biosciences
Research program: Tropical Crops & Biocommodities
Research areas
- Optimising bioavailable micronutrients in banana.
- Geminiviruses as transgene expression vectors.
- Transgenic disease resistance in banana.
- Taro regeneration and transformation sytems.
Areas of expertise
- Plant tissue culture
- Somatic embryogenesis
- Transgenesis
Currents grants
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Optimization of bioavailable nutrients in transgenic bananas
- ARC - Manipulation of apoptosis-related genes to generate novel disease resistance in banana
Selected research projects
- Optimising bioavailable micronutrients in banana
- Geminiviruses as transgene expression vectors
- Transgenic disease resistance in banana
- Taro regeneration and transformation sytems
Personal details
Discipline
Crop and Pasture Production, Agricultural Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australasian Plant Pathology Society
- International Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology
Teaching
Teaching Area: Plant Sciences
Experience
Selected publications
- Walker T, Black D, Becker D, Dale J, Collet C, (2005) Isolation and Characterisation of Components of the Dunaliella Tertiolecta Chloroplast Genome, Journal of Applied Phycology, 17 (6), pp. 495-508.
- Walker T, Becker D, Dale J, Collet C, (2005) Towards the Development of a Nuclear Transformation System for Dunaliella Tertiolecta, Journal of Applied Phycology, 17 (4), pp. 363-368.
- Walker T, Purton S, Becker D, Collet C, (2005) Microalgae as Bioreactors, Plant Cell Reports, 24 (11), pp. 629-641.
- Smith M, Hamill S, Becker D, Dale J, (2005) Musa spp. Banana and Plantain, Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops, pp. 366-391.
- Khanna H, Becker D, Kleidon J, Dale J, (2004) Centrifugation Assisted Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation (CAAT) Embryogenic Cell Suspensions of Banana (Musa spp. Cavendish AAA and Lady finger AAB), Molecular Breeding, 14, pp. 239-252.
- Walker T, Becker D, Collet C, (2005) Characterisation of the Dunaliella Tertiolecta RbcS Genes and their Promoter Activity in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii, Plant Cell Reports, 23 (10-11), pp. 727-735.
- Becker D, Dale J, (2004) Transformation of Banana using Microprojectile Bombardment. In I Curtis, Transgenic Crops of the World, Kluwer Academic Publisher, pp. 131-143.
- Becker D, Smith M, (2004) Somatic Cell Genetics of Banana. In R Goodman, Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Marcel Dekker, pp. 1162-1164.
- Yang I, Iommarini J, Becker D, Hafner G, Dale J, Harding R, (2003) A Promoter Derived from Taro Bacilliform Badnavirus Drives Strong Expression in Transgenic Banana and Tobacco Plants, Plant Cell Reports, 21, pp. 1199-1206.
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