Plant and Soil Sciences
Sharyn Perry
Associate Professor
Faculty
- Contact Information
University of Kentucky, PSS 
Plant Science Building
1405 Veterans Drive (Office:307)
Lexington, KY 40546-0312
(859) 257-5020 ext. 80732
(859) 257-7125
sperr2@uky.edu
Speciality
Plant molecular biology
Education
1987-1993, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology.
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Keegstra
Thesis: Specificity of a Chloroplastic Protein Transport Apparatus and Identification of Selected Components.
1983-1987, B.S., University of Michigan-Dearborn
Advisor: Dr. Charlotte Otto
Major: Biochemistry
My lab uses biochemical and molecular approaches to isolate genes regulated by AGL15, a member of the MADS-domain family of proteins that preferentially accumulates in developing embryos, and to understand how AGL15 controls gene expression. This is an initial step in my program's long-term research interests in regulatory networks active during seed development and during somatic embryogenesis.
2004-present Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky
1998-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky
1997-1998 Research Associate, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1993-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1987-1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology,
Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Classes
This course introduces scientific research, writing and presentations emphasizing agricultural biotechnology and related areas..
Instructors: Sharyn Perry
A physiological/biochemical treatment of central topics in modern plant physiology. Topics will include: plant-cell biology, ion transport, water and translocation, respiration and photosynthesis. Prereq: BIO 430G or equivalent or consent of coordinator. Prereq or concur: BCH 607. (Same as BIO/FOR 622.) .
Instructors: Sharyn Perry George Wagner
The course is designed for graduate students who are interested in gaining a basic understanding of the morphological, physiological and molecular processes that occur during seed development and germination..
Instructors: Sharyn Perry
Research/Teaching Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Zhu, C., and S.E. Perry.
2005. Control of expression and autoregulation of AGL15, a member of the MADS-box family.
The Plant Journal. Authors in PSS Dept.: Sharyn Perry
Wang, H., K. Hill, and S.E. Perry.
2004. An Arabidopsis RNA lariat debranching enzyme is essential for embryogenesis. Biologi-cal Chemistry 279:1468-1473. Authors in PSS Dept.: Sharyn Perry
Wang, H., L.V. Caruso, A.B. Downie, and S.E. Perry. 2004. The embryo MADS-domain protein AGAMOUS-Like 15 directly regulates expression of a gene encoding an enzyme involved in gibberellin metabolism. Plant Cell. Authors in PSS Dept.: Sharyn Perry
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