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Dr. David A. Starrett
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Department of Biology, MS 6200
Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, MS 4650
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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Position
Education
- A.A., 1980, El Camino Community College,
Lawndale, California
- B.Sc., 1984, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California
- M.A., 1988, University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California
- Ph.D., 1992, University of California Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California
- Post-Doctoral work at the Horticultural
Crops Quality Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Services, Beltsville, MD
Classes Taught at Southeast Missouri State University
- BI-120 - Biological Principles
- BI-170 -
Principles of Ecology and Evolution
- BI-382 - Genetics Laboratory (on demand)
- BI-418/618 - Cell and Molecular Biology II (team taught)
- BI-487 - Biology Seminar
- BI-619 - Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory Rotation
- BI-689/690 - Graduate Seminar
- BO-200 - Plant Biology
- BO-445/645 - Plant Physiology
- BO-511 - Plant Anatomy
- BS-108 - Biology for Living
- GS-101 - Creative and Critical Thinking
Publications
- Sowka S, Hsieh LS, Krebitz M, Akasawa A, Martin M, Starrett D, Clemens KP, Scheiner O,
Breiteneder H (1998) Identification and Cloning of
Prs a 1, a 32-kDa Endochitinase and Major Allergen of Avocado, and its Expression in the
Yeast Pichia pastoris. The Journal of Biological Chemistry
273:28091-28097
- Smith DL, Starrett DA, Gross KC (1998) A Gene Coding for Tomato Fruit Beta-galactosidase
II Is Expressed during Fruit Ripening: Cloning, characterization and expression pattern.
Plant Physiology 117:417-423
- Chen HJ, Smith DL, Starrett DA, Zhou D, Tucker ML, Solomos T, Gross KC (1997) Cloning
and Characterization of a Rhamnogalacturonan Hydrolase Gene from Botrytis cinera.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International 43:823-838
- Kang IK, Starrett DA, Byun JK, Suh SG, Chang KH, Gross KC (1997) Isolation of
High-Quality mRNA from Tannin-Rich Persimmon Fruit. Korean J of Post-Harvest Sci.
Technol. Agri Products 4:45-51
- Starrett DA, Gathman A (1997) Using Web Pages as
Supplementary Class Materials. Proceedings of the 1997 Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference,
April 5-7, 1997, Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Gross KC, Starrett DA, Chen HJ (1995) Rhamnogalacturonase, alpha-galactosidase,
and beta-galactosidase: Potential roles in fruit softening. Acta Hort 398:121-129
- Starrett DA, Laties GG (1993) Ethylene and wound-induced gene
expression in the preclimacteric phase of ripening avocado fruit and mesocarp discs.
Plant Physiology 103:227-234
- Starrett DA, Laties GG (1991) Wound and climacteric ethylene in ripening avocado
discs. Plant Physiology 97:720-729
- Starrett DA, Laties GG (1991) The effects of ethylene and propylene pulses on
respiration, ripening advancement, EFE and ACC synthase activity in ripening avocado fruit.
Plant Physiology 95:921-927
Presentations
- Starrett DA (1998) Using a Continuing Experiment to increase Student
Interest in the Plant Physiology Laboratory. Plant Physiology
117:(Supp'l):164
- Starrett DA, Gathman A (1997) Interactive Web Pages as
Supplementary Class Materials. Benjamin/Cummings Strategies
Workshop: Strategies for Successful Classroom Interaction, Miami Dade Community
College - North Campus, Miami, FL, November 15, 1997
- Starrett DA, Gathman A (1997) Interactive Web Pages as
Supplementary Class Materials. Benjamin/Cummings Strategies
Workshop: Strategies for Successful Classroom Interaction, Houston Community College -
Central Campus, Houston, TX, November 8, 1997
- Starrett DA, Gathman A (1997) Interactive Web pages as
supplementary class materials. Botanical Society of America annual meeting,
Montreal, Quebec, August 3-7, 1997
- Hum-Musser S, Springer NM, Gross KC, Starrett DA (1997) Cloning and characterization of
avocado beta-galactosidase. Plant Physiol 114(Supp'l):144
- Starrett DA, Gathman A (1997) Using Web Pages as
Supplementary Class Materials. Proceedings of the 1997 Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference,
April 5-7, 1997, Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Hum-Musser S, Starrett DA, Springer NM, Gross KC (1996) PCR amplification and cloning of avocado beta-galactosidase.
Plant Physiol 111(Supp'l):43
- Springer NM, Starrett DA, Hum-Musser S, Gross KC (1996) PCR amplification and cloning of avocado alpha-galactosidase.
Plant Physiol 111(Supp'l):43
- Chen HJ, Starrett DA, Gross KC (1995) Strategy for cloning Botrytis cinerea
rhamnogalacturonase. Plant Physiol 108(supp'l):51
- Starrett DA, Kang IK, Suh SG, Byun JK, Gross KC (1995) PCR amplification of tomato
& persimmon fruit beta-galactosidase. Plant Physiol 108(supp'l):50
- Starrett DA, Gross KC (1994) The importance of alpha- and beta-galactosidase in
tomato fruit ripening. Plant Physiol 105(supp'l):57
- Starrett DA, Gross KC (1993) Partial purification and characterization of
alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, and alpha-mannosidase from ripening tomato fruit.
Plant Physiol 102(supp'l):49
- Starrett DA, Laties GG (1991) Involvement of ethylene in the softening of avocado
mesocarp discs. Plant Physiology 96(supp'l):21
Research Interests
Basic interests are in plant physiology/molecular biology. Current work in the laboratory at Southeast Missouri State University is in
the field of postharvest physiology and is a continuation of projects initiated at
UCLA and Beltsville. The role of cell wall hydrolases in the ripening of avocado and
tomato fruits is being investigated from a biochemical and molecular angle.
A strong interest in teaching and learning coupled with a similarly strong interest in
the melding of information technology with teaching has led to heavy involvement in
instructional technology and teaching/learning issues on campus. This ultimately led
to taking on the duties of Director of the Center for
Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (CSTL) at Southeast Missouri State, a role
assumed June 1, 1999.
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