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Robert Locy Ph.D., Professor
President-elect, University Faculty Senate

  Office Location: 
328 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg

Mailing Address:
Biological Sciences
101 Rouse Life Sciences
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1623
Fax: (334) 844-1645
locyrob@auburn.edu
 

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Education
Ph.D., Purdue University

Research & Teaching Interests
 Plant biochemistry, environmental signal transduction

Recent Publications
Sang Y. Barbosa JM. Wu H. Locy RD. Singh NK. 2007. Identification of a pyridoxine (pyridoxamine) 5'-phosphate oxidase from Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters 581:344-348

Ryu C-M., Hu C-H., Locy R.D. Kloepper J.W. 2005. Study of mechanisms for plant growth promotion elicited by rhizobacteria in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Soil 268:285-292

Wu H. Williams Y. Gunn KS. Singh NK. Locy RD. Giambrone JJ. 2005. Yeast-derived sigma C protein-induced immunity against avian reovirus. Avian Diseases. 49(2):281-284

Zhang CK. Lang P. Dane F. Ebel RC. Singh NK. Locy RD. Dozier WA. 2005. Cold acclimation induced genes of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata). Plant Cell Reports. 23(10-11):764-769

Wu H. Singh NK. Locy RD. Scissum-Gunn K. Giambrone JJ. 2004 Immunization of chickens with VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. Avian Diseases. 48(3):663-668

Wu H. Singh NK. Locy RD. Scissum-Gunn K. Giambrone JJ. 2004. Expression of immunogenic VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biotechnology Letters. 26(10):787-792

Huang Y. Locy R. Weete JD. 2004. Purification and characterization of an extracellular lipase from Geotrichum marinum. Lipids. 39(3):251-257

Garcia-Rios M. Fujita T. LaRosa PC. Locy RD. 1997. Clithero JM. Bressan RA. Csonka LN. Cloning of a polycistronic cDNA from tomato encoding gamma-glutamyl kinase and gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94(15):8249-8254

Redkar RJ. Locy RD. Singh NK. 1995. Biosynthetic pathways of glycerol accumulation under salt stress in Aspergillus nidulans. Experimental Mycology. 19(4):241-246

Courses:

Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL 1027 Principles of Biology-Honors BIOL 6130 - Advanced Plant Physiology
  BIOL 7240 - Plant Metabolism