Professor
Department of Biology
Western University
1151 Richmond St. N
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5B7
Office: North Campus Building, Rm 402
Email: bernards@uwo.ca
Phone: 519 661-2111 x 86477
Fax: 519 661-3935
| Dr. Dimitre Ivanov, Postoctoral Fellow, Ginsenoside Breackdown in Soil |
| Dr. Repon Saha, Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant-Mite Interaction |
| Dr. Brendan Walshe-Rousell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Metabolomics in Plant-Mite Interaction |
| Anica Bjelica, MSc, Technician & Research Assistant |
| Dr. Carol Beaulieu, Visiting Scientist (U. Sherbrooke), Suberin Degradation by Streptomyces scabi |
| Dr. Yanni Zhang, Visiting Scientist (Shaanxi Normal University), ABA Analysis |
| Dr. Leon Kurepin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Phytohormone Analysis |
| Dr. Abdullah Makhzoum, Postdoctoral Fellow, Promoter functional analysis and genetic engineering of suberin biosynthesis genes. |
| Dr. Jane Geisler-Lee Helen Battle Post Doctoral Fellow (co-supervised by Dr. Denis P. Maxwell) |
| Trish Tully (2019) :Soybean Fatty Acid ω-Hydroxylases" |
| Katie Woolfson (2018) "Suberin Biosynthesis and Deposition in the Wound-Healing Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Tuber Model" |
| Meg Haggitt (2016) "Role of FAωH1 and ABA in Potato Suberin Formation" |
| Dimitre Ivanov (2015) "Ginsenosides, Glycosidases and the Ginseng-Pythium Interaction" |
| Chris Meyer (2010) “Suberin biosynthesis in roots of Iris germanica” (joint-supervision with Dr. Carol Peterson, Biology, U. Waterloo) |
| Suqin Shao (2006) “Soybean Seed Coat Cutin” |
| Wei-Li Yang (2006) “Metabolite Profiling of Wound Healing Potato Tubers” |
| Raymond Thomas (2006) “Soybean Root Suberin and Disease Tolerance” |
| Roberto Nicol (2003) “The Allelopathy of Ginsenosides” |
| Fawzi Razem (2003) “Production of Hydrogen Peroxide During Wound-Induced Suberization in Potato” |
| Mirwais Qaderi (2002) “Pre- and Post-Dispersal Factors Affecting Cypsela Dormancy in Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)” (co-supervised by Dr. Paul B. Cavers) |
| Lorena Yeung (2024) "Deciphering the Role of Cytochrome P450s in Soybean Aliphatic Suberin Biosynthesis" |
| Anka Colo (2024) "Influence of Ginsenosides on the Pathogenicity of Ilyonectria" |
| Indira Castillo Queralta (2022) "Role of HXXXD-motif acyltransferases in suberin biosynthesis" |
| Karina Kaberi (2021) "The Analysis of Ginsenosides in Ginseng Garden Soil" |
| Megan Labert (2021) "Dynamics of the Soil Microbiome in Ginseng Gardens" |
| Pooja Sharma (2012) “Characterization of Soybean Hairy Roots” |
| Jessica Koteles (2012) “Soybean Omega hydroxylases” |
| Daniel Lee (2010) “Promotor analysis of an w-hydroxylase (CYP86A) associated with suberization in potato tubers” |
| Stephanie Anderson (2010) “Characterization of a p-coumaroyltyramine-3-hydroxylase (CYP98X) associated with suberization in potato tubers” |
| Andreea Neculai (2008) “Ginseoside-specific glycosidases from Pythium irregulare” |
| Bolaji Adeniji (2008) “The role of organic acids in Cd tolerance in wheat” (joint-supervision with Dr. Sheila Macfie, Biology, UWO) |
| Lina Yousef (2005) “Biotransformation of Ginsenosides by Pathogens of Ginseng” |
| Di Shao (2004) “Biologically Active Triterpenoids from Tripterygium wilfordii” |
| Clayton Crawley (2004)“Characterization of Six Prephenate Dehydratase-Like Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana (co-supervised by Susanne Kohalmi, Biology, UWO) |
| Kristen Summerhurst (2002) “Isoform Specific Antibodies for Potato Peroxidases” |
| Xiaolong Yang (2000) “An Antimicrobial Compound from Impatiens balsamina” |
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