Stephen Goldman, Ph.D. is Scientific Consultant to Hi-Genomics. He is also Professor of Earth Ecological and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Plant Science Research Center at the University of Toledo, Ohio. His degrees are B.A. Biology, Brooklyn College; M.S. Genetics, University of Missouri; and Ph.D. Genetics, University of Missouri, 1968.

Publications

Diaa Al-Abed, Rudrabhatla, Sairam, Talla, Reddy and Goldman, Stephen. Split-seed: A new tool for maize researchers. Planta – Accepted 2006, In Press.

Rudrabhatla Sairam, Siva Chennareddy, Madasamy Parani, Shulu Zhang, Diaa Al-Abed, Wissam Abou-Alaiwi and Stephen Goldman. OPBC Symposium: Maize 2004 & Beyond – Plant Regeneration, Gene Discovery and Genetic Engineering of Plants for Crop Improvement. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant – 41, 411-423, 2005.

R.V. Sairam, Franklin, G., Carpenter, L., Al.Abed, D., Abou Alawai, W., Parani, M., Goldman, S.L. Factors influencing regeneration of soybean from mature and immature cotyledons. Plant Growth Regulation : 43: 73-79, 2004.

R.V. Sairam, Parani Madasamy, Rachel Myers, Heatherbea Weirich, Bruce Smith, Douglas W. Leaman, S.L. Goldman. Microarray analysis of nitric oxide responsive transcripts in arabidopsis. Plant Biotechnology Journal : 2: 359-366, 2004.

R.V.Sairam, G. Franklin, R. Hassel, B. Smith, K. Meeker, N. Kashikar, M. Parani, D. Al. Abed, S. Ismail, K. Berry & S.L. Goldman. A study on the effect of genotypes, plant growth regulators and sugars in promoting plant regeneration via organogenesis from soybean cotyledonary nodal callus. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture : 75: 79-85, 2003.

R.V.Sairam, Parani M., Franklin G., Lifeng Z., Smith B., Mac Dougall, J., Wilber C., Sheiki H., Kashikar N., Meeker K., Al-Abed D., Berry K., Chen H., Vierling R., Goldman S.L. Shoot meristem: An ideal explant for Zea mays transformation. Genome, v.46, p.323-329, 2003.

R.V.Sairam, Wilber, C., Franklin, J., Smith, B., Frutiger, K., Bazil, J., Blakey, C.A., Vierling, R., and Goldman, S.L. High frequency callus induction and plant regeneration in Tripsacum dactyloides (L.), In Vitro Plant Cell Dev.Biol.-Plant. 38:435-440, 2002.

Blakey , C.A. , S.L. Goldman and C.L. Dewald, 2001, Apomixis in Tripsacum – comparative mapping of a multigene phenomenon: Genome, v. 44, p. 222-230.

J. Faghihi, X. Jiang, R. Vierling, S. Goldman, S. Sharfstein, J. Sarver and P. Erhardt, 2001, Reproducibility of the high-performance liquid chromatographic fingerprints obtained from two soybean cultivars and a selected progeny: Journal of Chromatography A, no. 915, p. 61-64.

Bula, R.J., R.A. Vierling and S.L. Goldman, 2000, Genetic engineering in a microgravity environment: Chemical Innovation, v. 30, n. 1, p. 30-33.

Blakey , C.A. , C.L. Dewald and S.L. Goldman, 1997, Co-segregation of DNA Markers with Tripsacum Fertility: Maydica, v. 42, p. 363-369.

Goldman, S.L. and G.G. Doyle, 1995, An analysis of the relationship between recombination frequency and coincidence in maize: Maydica, v. 40, p. 23-33.

Patents Published

R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US patent published 2005. A method for producing In Vitro flowering in a plant and plants produced therefrom. WO 2005/117569 A2.

R.V. Sairam, Goldman, S.L., and D. Al-Abed. US patent published 2005. Novel Maize Split-Seed Explant and Methods for In Vitro Regeneration of Maize. WO2005/122750 A2.

Goldman, S.L. and R.V. Sairam. US patent published 2001. Methods for transformation of Mono- and dicotyledonous plants using meristematic tissue.

Goldman, S.L. and A.C.F. Graves, 2000, Process for Transforming Graminae and the Products Thereof. U.S. Patent Number 6,020,539.

Goldman, S.L., P. Chee, A.C.F. Graves and J. Slightom, 1994, Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Germinating Plant Seeds. Patent Number 648,951 ( Australia).

Goldman, S.L., P. Chee, A.C.F. Graves and J. Slightom, 1994, Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Germinating Plant Seets. Patent Number 0397687 ( Europe).

Goldman, S.L., P. Chee, A.C.F. Graves and J. Slightom, 1994, Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Germinating Plant Seeds. U.S. Patent Number 5,376,543.

Goldman, S.L. and A.C.F. Graves, 1993, Process for Transforming Graminae and the Products Thereof. U.S. Patent Number 5,187,073.

Goldman, S.L. and A.C.F. Graves, 1993, Process for Transforming Corn and the Products Thereof. U.S. Patent Number 5,177,010.

Patents Pending

Parani Madasamy, R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US Patent Pending 2005. A novel transcription factor (Petcbf4) that is induced by cold, drought and salinity stress in plants.

Shulu Zhang, R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US Patent Pending 2005. Isolation and genetic manipulation of geranium SGT1 genes.

Shulu Zhang, R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US Patent Pending 2005. Isolation and genetic manipulation of geranium cysteine proteinase inhibitor genes.

Shulu Zhang, R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US Patent Pending 2005. Isolation and genetic manipulation of geranium auxin-inducible genes.

R.V. Sairam and Goldman, S.L. US patent pending 2001. Methods for transformation of Mono- and dicotyledonous plants using meristematic tissue.

Current Grants

R.V. Sairam and Stephen L. Goldman: USDA, Agrobacterium mediated transformation of forage grasses – Pearl millet. 09/15/04-09/14/06, $82,813

R.V. Sairam, Stephen L. Goldman: OPBC, Engineering of the cereal plastid genomes-Developing plastid transformation protocols for rice and maize for incorporation of value added traits. 10/01/05-09/30/06, $40,000

R.V. Sairam, Stephen L. Goldman: USDA/AUB-Lebanon, Partnership for Pharmaceutical and economic development of wild Lebanese plants. 10/01/05-09/14/06, $464,599