Position Title
Professor Emerita
Position Title
Professor Emerita
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
226 Briggs Hall
Bio
Research Interests
Bacterial degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons and man-made environmental pollutants. Bacterial chemotaxis to pollutants and man-made chemicals.
Education and Degree(s)
- 1981 B.S. in Chemistry, University of Connecticut
- 1993 Ph.D. in Microbiology, Cornell University
Publications
- M.A. Valderrama-Gómez, R.A. Schomer, M.A. Savageau, and R.E. Parales. 2020. TaxisPy: A Python-based Software for the quantitative analysis of bacterial chemotaxis. J. Microbiol. Methods. 175:105918.
- R.E. Parales, G. Sharma, X. Zhang, M.E. Wright, J.T. Langner, G.A. Subuyuj, J.L. Ditty and S.C. Dawson. 2019. Draft genome sequence of the caffeine-degrading methylotroph Methylorubrum populi Pinkel. Microbiol. Resource Announc. 8:e01300-19.
- R.A. Luu, R.A. Schomer, C.N. Brunton, R. Truong, A.P. Ta, W.A. Tan, J.V. Parales, Y.-J. Wang, Y.-W. Huo, S.-J. Liu, J.L. Ditty, V. Stewart and R.E. Parales. 2019. Hybrid 2-component sensor for identification of bacterial chemoreceptor function. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85:e01626-19.
- X. Zhang, J.G. Hughes, G.A. Subuyuj, J.L. Ditty and R.E. Parales. 2019. Chemotaxis to alcohols by Pseudomonas putida F1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85:e01625-19.
- R.E. Parales and J.L. Ditty. 2018. Chemotaxis to atypical attractants by soil bacteria. Methods Mol. Biol. 1729:255-280.