Meet the Members of Our Lab
Salvatore A Sparace
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Contact email
Phone: 864-656-6918
Fax: 864-656-3839
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
Education
- Ph.D. – Botany (Plant Physiology and Biochemistry), University of Wyoming, 1980
- B.S. – Agriculture (Agricultural Education), Cornell University, l975
- A.A.S. – Agricultural Science, Morrisville Agricultural and Technical College, l973
Dr. Kathryn Kleppinger-Sparace
Tri-County Technical College
Instructor
Science Department
Contact email
Phone: 864-546-1500 Ext. 1490
7900 Hwy 76 East
Pendleton, SC 29670
Education
- Ph.D., Molecular Plant Physiology, 1990 University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
- Plant Molecular Physiology
- Plant Proteomics and Bioinformatics
Yan "Laura"He
Visiting Scholar
Contact email
Phone: 864-656-5744
B12 Long Hall
Clemson University
Laura has a strong background in plant tissue cluture and plant physiology. Currently most of her work focuses on soybean somatic embryogenesis, especially in relation to the profile of accumulation of the main storage components such as protein, starch, and oligosaccharids during embryo development.
Education
- Ph.D. student in Argronomy College, Shanxi Agricultural University. Major: Crop Cultivation.
- MS, 1996 Department of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, 030801, China. Major: plant physiology.
Posters and Publications
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Tammie Young
Research Assistant
Contact email
Phone: 864-656-5744
B12 Long Hall
Clemson University
Rebecca Clark
Graduate Student
Contact email
Phone: 864-656-5744
B12 Long Hall
Clemson University
Rebecca is currently working to develop a protocol for the isolation of plastids from soybean somatic embryos and will continue workign to determine optimal cofactor and substrate concentrations for fatty acid biosynthesis in the plastids
Education
- AS, 2006 Greenville Technical College. Major: Biotechnology with an emphasis in Computer Programming.
- BS, 2009 Clemson University. Major: Biochemsitry.
- MS, present, Clemson University. Major: Biological Sciences - Plant Biochemistry
Posters and Publications
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