George Allen

George C. Allen, II North Carolina State University Department of Horticultural Sciences, Box 7550 Raleigh NC 27695-7550 Office Phone: (919) 513-1506 Plant Transformation Lab Phone: (919) 513-1492 Fax: (919) 513-1504 Email: george_allen@ncsu.edu
Appointments
Current	Research Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University
2006-2008	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University
2004-2006	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University
2002-Current	Director, Plant Transformation Laboratory, North Carolina State University
1998-2004	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University
1995-1998	Senior Researcher, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University
1993-1995	Researcher, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University
Education
1988-1992	Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University. Mentor: W. F. Thompson
1984-1988	North Carolina State University, PhD. Microbiology, Advisor: G. H. Elkan Thesis: "Oxygen and Succinate Regulatory Control of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Arachis) during the Shift from Aerobic to Microaerobic Conditions"
1979-1983	Virginia Tech, MS. Microbiology, Advisor: R.E. Benoit Thesis: "Anaerobic Transformation of Kepone by Denitrifying Bacteria"
1972-1976	Virginia Tech, BS. Biology
Selected Publications
G. C. Allen. 2008. The Role of Nuclear Matrix Attachment Regions (MARs) in Plants In Functional Organization of the Plant Nucleus. I. Meier (ed). Springer-Verlag Publishing Ltd, Heidelberg, Germany In press
Thompson, W.F., G. C. Allen and S. Spiker. 2007. Matrix Attachment Regions In Regulation of Transcription in Plants. K.D. Grasser (ed). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK 29: 136-161
Kumar, S., M. Franco, and G. C. Allen. 2006. Gene targeting: Development of Novel Systems for Genome Engineering in Plants. In: Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical Issues. Chapter 8, pp. 84-98. J. A. Teixeira da Silva (ed). Global Science Books, London, UK http://globalsciencebooks.com/samples/Volume4sample.pdf
Allen, G. C. , M.A. Flores-Vergara, S. Krasynanski, S. Kumar, and W. F. Thompson. 2006. A modified protocol for rapid DNA isolation from plant tissues using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Nature Protocols. 1: 2320-2325
Santos, A.P., E. Wegal, G. C. Allen, W.F. Thompson, E. Stoger, P.J. Shaw, and R. Abranches. 2006. In situ methods to localize transgenes and transcripts in interphase nuclei: A tool for transgenic plant research. BMC Plant Methods. 2: 18.1-18.13
Kumar, S., G. C. Allen and W.F. Thompson. 2006. Gene targeting in plants: Fingers on the move. Trends in Plant Sciences. 11: 159-161
Abranches, R., R. Shultz, W. F. Thompson and G. C. Allen. 2005. Matrix Attachment Regions and regulated transcription increase transgene expression in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 3: 535-543
Allen, G. C., S. Spiker, and W. F. Thompson. 2000. Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing. Plant Molecular Biology. 43:361-376.
Allen, G. C. G. E. Hall, Jr., S. Michalowski, W. Newman, A. Weissinger, S. Spiker, and W.F. Thompson. 1996. High level transgene expression in plant cells: Effects of a strong SARfrom tobacco. Plant Cell. 8:899-913.
Allen, G. C., G. E. Hall, Jr., L.C. Childs, A. Weissinger, S. Spiker, and W. F. Thompson. 1993. Scaffold attachment regions increase reporter gene expression in stably transformed plant cells. Plant Cell. 5:603-613.