Ralph
L. Bertrand
Department of Biology
The Colorado College
TITLE:
Associate
Professor of Biology,
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Program Director,
Co-Director of the Biology in Chinese Culture Program,
IBM Matching Grants Program Director.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Botany, University of
California, Riverside, 1987.
M.S. Biology, University of Nevada,
Reno, 1982.
B.S. Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-91.
Research
Assistant, University of California, Riverside, 1982-87
Research
Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, 1979-82
Plant
Physiologist, Hesse Products, Reno, Nevada, 1980-82.
Education
Associate Professor of Biology,
Colorado College, 1997-present
Assistant Professor of
Biology, Colorado College, 1991-1996
Member of Parents Advisory
Council, Manitou Middle School, 1994-95
Site Council Member, Mount
Diablo Unified School District, 1990-91
High School Tutor, ABC
Tutoring Co., San Francisco, CA, 1987-88.
Member
Educational Advisory Committee, UC, Riverside, 1984-85.
Teaching Assistant, University
of California, Riverside, 1984-85.
Lecturer and Teaching
Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno, 1979 -82.
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1998
NSF Presidential Young Faculty
Award Nominee, 1995
John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Professor, 1993-1996
Margaret Menzel Award in
Genetics, Botanical Society of America, 1993
University of California
Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988-91.
National Institute of Health
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988.
National Hispanic Scholar,
1986.
Graduate
Research Fellow, University of California, Riverside, 1982-87.
Kontes and Millipore Tissue
Culture Scholarship, 1980 and 81.
Outstanding Teaching
Assistant, University of Nevada, 1982.
American Botanical Society
American Genetic Association
National Association of
Biology Teachers
Society for the Advancement of
Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Proposal Reviewer and Panel Member for
NIH-GMS 1995-present
Proposal Reviewer for NSF
1993- present
Manuscript Reviewer for the American
Journal of Botany, Planta, Trends
in Genetics, Plant Physiology, and Plant Cell.
Book Reviewer for the Quarterly
Review of Biology.
Faculty Athletics
Representative to the NCAA 1999-present
Director Howard Hughes
Undergraduate Program at Colorado College 1998- present
Co-Director of Freeman
Foundation, Biology in Chinese Culture Program 2001-
present
Director IBM Matching Grants
Program 1998-present
Secretary-Treasurer for the
Mid-Continent Section of the Botanical Society of America, 1994-1998.
Member of the Activities
Committee Mid-Continent Section of the Botanical Society of America, 1995-1998.
NIH Recombinant DNA Safety
Committee, University of Colorado 1996- present
Reviewer of Genetics Software
for “Wing's for Learning” Inc. 1992
GRANTS
(External)
Freeman
Foundation Grant, Biology and Chinese Culture, Co-PI
((co-organizer and Co director with Dr. Tim Cheek),
($488,000) 4/2001 – 5/2004
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program, PI,
Grant#71100-503104
($1,000,000) 8/2000 - 2004
IBM Matching Grants Program,
Grant #05-1019099 ($45,000) 1998-present
National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant,
PI, Grant# USE-9252251 ($36,000)
6/92.
Bio
Energy Council and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Co-PI ($30,000) 5/80.
(Internal)
Howard
Hughes Faculty Research Grants, PI,
Total $170,500 over period 5/92-present.
Minority Student Academic Careers Program,
PI, Total $16,000 for three separate awards in the years 1993, 1996, 1998 and
1999.
Presidents Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Award, PI,
Total $7,500, 1995, 1996, 2002
PUBLICATIONS
(Peer
Reviewed)
Cuza,
F., B. Sewerin, M. Szmulewicz*, D. Rowold, R.
Bertrand-Garcia, R. Herrera, 2001. On the Genetic Uniqueness of the Ami
Aborigines of Formosa. (In Press,
J.of Physical Anthropology.)
Novembre*,
J., J. Ebersole and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 2001. RAPD Analysis of Gambel Oak Populations in
Colorado. (In Preparation)
Saberman*,
J. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1997.
Hairy-Sheath-Frayed 1-O is a non-cell-autonomous mutation which regulates
developmental stage transitions in maize. Journal
of Heredity 88:549-553
Sung,
Z. R., A. Belachew, B. Shunong and R.
Bertrand-Garcia. 1992, Embryonic flower, an Arabidopsis
gene required for vegetative
shoot development. Science
258:1645-47
Freeling
M., R. Bertrand-Garcia and N. Sinha,
1992. Maize Mutants and Variants Altering Developmental Time and their
Heterochronic Interactions. BioEssays
14: 227-236
Bertrand-Garcia,
R., Walling, L. and T. Murashige,
1992. Analysis of Polypeptides Associated with Shoot Formation in Tobacco Callus
Cultures. Amer. J. Bot. 79: 481-487
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and M. Freeling, 1991. Hairy-Sheath-Frayed
1-O: A Systemic, Heterochronic Mutant
of Maize which Specifies Slow Developmental Stage Transitions.
Amer.
J. Bot. 78: 747-765
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. 1991. Protein Electroelution from
Milligram Quantities of Plant Tissue. In: A
Laboratory Guide for Cellular and Molecular Plant Biology, Volume 4:
191-197. I. Potrykus and I.
Negrutiu, eds. Birkhauser, Boston.
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and Lemaire, D. 1982. Evaluation of
Six Great Basin Desert Plants as a Source of Hydrocarbons and Animal Feed. Petroculture
2: 35-38
(Non-Refereed)
Surdam*,
D. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1997.
Analysis of a zebra stripe double mutant. (Maize Genetics Newsletter 71: 23
Snyder*,
K. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1993. An
examination of the morphological effects of a new lg2 mutant in maize. Proc.
Nat. Conf. Undergrad. Res. 3: 1077-81
Saberman*,
J. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1992. A
single signal initiates ligule development in developmentally different regions
of the maize leaf in Hsf1-O mutants. Maize Genet. Newslett. 67:29-30.
Snyder*,
K. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1992. A
transposon induced liguleless mutant in maize alters cell fate at
the sheath- blade boundary. Maize
Genet.
Newslett. 67: 28-29
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and M. Freeling, 1991. Hairy-Sheath-Frayed
(Hsf1-O): 5L linkage data. Maize Genet. Newslett. 65: 30
PUBLISHED
ABSTRACTS
Szmulewicz,
Martin*, Jessie Springer*, Rene Herrera and R.
Bertrand-Garcia, 2001.
Characterization of a native Taiwanese population based on allele
frequency variation in six short tandem repeat(STR) loci. PEW Undergraduate
Reseach Conference, Washington University, St. Louis Missouri, pg 13
Ramirez,
Christina* and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1999. DNA computational analysis.
Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Minority Scholars Program, Cornell
College, Mount Vernon, Iowa..
Bertrand-Garcia,
R., 1999. A morphogenetic analysis of
the zebra stripe mutants of maize. Colorado
State University Plant Biotechnology Symposium, Fort Collins, CO.
Novembre*,
J., J. Ebersole and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1998. RAPD Analysis of Gambel Oak Populations in
Colorado. PEW Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
Novembre*,
J., J. Ebersole and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1998. RAPD Analysis of Gambel Oak Populations in
Colorado. Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Minority Scholars
Program, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin.
Moss*,
Andrew, and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1998. Analysis of Alu insertion sequences in a
Native American (Navaho) Population. Twenty third annual West Coast
Undergraduate Research Conference, Proceeding, pg. 32.
Surdam*,
D., and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1997. A
zb3-zb7 double mutant in maize removes the PSI complex in the juvenile leaves.
Twenty-second annual West Coast Undergraduate Research Conference. Proceedings,
pg 25.
Hansen-Higa*,
A. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1996. D1S80 VNTR Analysis of a Native American
(Navaho) Population in South-Western New Mexico.
Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Minority Scholars Program, Carleton
College, Northfield, MN.
Porter*,
B., *B. Fouts and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1996. Molecular classification of zebra striped
mutations in Zea mays. Twenty-first Annual West Coast Undergraduate Research
Conference, Proceedings, pg. 44.
Dodson*,
B. and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1995.
Sex-Determination in recent and exhumed human remains using the polymerase chain
reaction. PEW
Midstates Undergraduate Research Symposium, Proceedings, pg. 10.
Barnett*,
D., B. Olsen*, K. Nixon* and R.
Bertrand-Garcia, 1995. Analysis of two chloroplasts mutants in maize.
Forty-sixth Annual American Institute of Biological Sciences Conference,
Proceedings, pg. 101.
Barnett*,
D., B. Olsen*, K. Nixon* and R.
Bertrand-Garcia, 1995. Analysis of chloroplasts in two zebra stripe mutants. Twentieth Annual West Coast Undergraduate
Research Conference, Proceedings, pg. 4.
Barnett*,
D., B. Olsen*, K. Nixon* and R.
Bertrand-Garcia, 1995. Analysis of chloroplasts in two zebra stripe mutants. Thirty-seventh Annual Maize Genetics
Conference, Proceedings, pg. 71.
Bentz*,
J., and R. Bertrand-Garcia, 1994.
Separation of chloroplast membrane proteins in the zb4 mutant of Zea mays. Nineteenth annual West Coast Undergraduate
Research Conference, Proceedings, pg. 25.
Snyder*,
K., K. Huber* and R. Bertrand Garcia, 1994.
Morphological Analysis of liguleless-2757, a Transposon induced Mutant
that Alters Cell Determination in Maize Leaves. Thirty-sixth Annual Maize
Genetics Conference Proceedings, pg. 59
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. 1993. Hairy Sheath Frayed 1-O is a
Non-Cell-Autonomous mutation which Regulates Developmental Stage Transitions in
Maize. Supplement to the American Journal of Botany, 80: (6), Abstract 207.
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. 1992. Hairy Sheath Frayed 1-O is a
Non-Cell-Autonomous mutation which Regulates Developmental Stage Transitions in
Maize. Thirty-Fourth Annual Maize Genetics Conference Proceedings pg. 7
Belachew,
A. T., R. Bertrand-Garcia and Z. R.
Sung 1991. A Constitutive Flowering Mutant of Arabidopsis. Third International
Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Abstract 492.
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and M. Freeling 1991. Hairy-Sheath
Frayed 1-0: A systemic, Heterochronic Mutant of Maize That Specifies Slow
Developmental Stage Transitions. Supplement to American Journal of Botany, 78:
(6), Abstract 232.
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and M. Freeling 1988. Molecular
Genetics of Ligule Development in Maize. The Second International Congress of
Plant Molecular Biology, Abstract #55.
Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and T. Murashige 1988. Non Histone
Chromosomal Protein Variation During Tobacco Shoot Formation. In Vitro 24: (3)
Abstract #182.
*
indicates student authors
BOOK
REVIEWS
Bertrand-Garcia,
2000. Text book review; Genetic Analysis, Griffiths, et. al., Freeman publishing,
NY.
Bertrand-Garcia, R 1999. Book review: Protein Delivery: Physical Systems.
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, volume 10. Quart. Rev. Biol. 74:371
Bertrand-Garcia, R 1997. Book review: Laboratory investigations in cell and
molecular biology. Quart. Rev. Biol. 72: 201
Bertrand-Garcia, R 1993. Book review: Protein Biosynthesis. Quart. Rev. Biol.
68: 426
Bertrand-Garcia, R 1993. Book review: Molecular Genetic Ecology.
Quart. Rev. Biol. 68: 426
Reviewed second edition of “The Human Genome,” 1999, Academic Press, New
York.
Reviewed seventh edition of “Introduction to Genetic Analysis, W. H. Freeman
and Company, New York.
INVITED
PRESENTATIONS (scientific
groups)
Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO, April,
1999. A morpho-genetic analysis of
the zebra stripe mutants of maize.
R. Bertrand-Garcia
University
of Missouri, Columbia, November 1998.
A morpho-genetic analysis of the zebra stripe mutants of maize.
R. Bertrand-Garcia
American
Institute of Biological Sciences, 46th
Annual meeting, San Diego, CA, August 1995. Genetic and Molecular analysis of
two chloroplast mutants in maize. *Barnett, D., B. *Olsen, K. *Nixon
and R. Bertrand-Garcia
West
Coast Conference on Undergraduate Research,
20th Annual meeting, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, May, 1995.
Analysis of Chloroplasts in two zebra stripe mutants. *Daniel Barnett and R. Bertrand Garcia.
University
of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO,
November, 1994. Searching for Juvenile Genes. R.
Bertrand-Garcia.
West
Coast Conference on Undergraduate Research,
19th Annual meeting, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, May, 1994. Separation
of Chloroplast Membrane Proteins in the zb4
Mutant of Zea mays. *Jesse Bentz and R.
Bertrand Garcia.
American
Institute of Biological Sciences, 44th
Annual meeting, Ames, Iowa, August 1993. Hairy Sheath Frayed 1-O is a
Non-Cell-Autonomous Mutation Which Regulates Developmental Stage Transitions in
Maize. *Jessica Saberman and R. Bertrand-Garcia
American
Institute of Biological Sciences, 44th
Annual meeting, Ames, Iowa, August 1993. Teaching Molecular Biology Using Maize
as a Model System. R. Bertrand-Garcia
Biotransformations
Inc. and Sigma XI of Colorado Springs,
November, 1991. Heterochronic Mutants of Maize and Their Role in the Evolution
of Plant Form. R. Bertrand-Garcia
Botanical
Society of America Meetings, San
Antonio, TX, August 1991. Hsf1-0 a Systemic, Heterochronic Mutant of Maize That
Specifies Slow Developmental Stage Transitions. R. Bertrand-Garcia and M. Freeling
Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA,
March, 1991. Heterochronic Mutants of
Maize and Their Role in the Evolution of Plant Form.
R. Bertrand-Garcia
University
of California Presidents Retreat, UCLA
Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 1990. Developmental Analysis of the
Hsf1-0 Mutant of Maize. R. Bertrand-Garcia and M. Freeling
Second
International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology,
Jerusalem, Israel, October, 1988. Molecular Genetics of Ligule Development in
Maize. R. Bertrand-Garcia and M.
Freeling
International
Tissue Culture Association Meetings,
Las Vegas, NV, January, 1988. Chromosomal Protein Variation During Tobacco Shoot
Formation In Vitro. R. Bertrand-Garcia
and T. Murashige
VOLUNTEERED
PRESENTATIONS (scientific
groups)
Thirty-seventh
Annual Maize Genetics Conference,
Asilomar, CA, March, 1995. Analysis of two chloroplast mutants in maize. *Barnett, D.
and R. Bertrand -Garcia.
Thirty-sixth
Annual Maize Genetics Conference, St.
Charles, IL, March, 1994. Morphological Analysis of liguleless-2757, a Transposon
Induced Mutant that Alters Cell Determination in Maize Leaves. *Snyder, K., K.
*Huber. and R. Bertrand -Garcia.
Thirty-fourth
Annual Maize Genetics Conference,
Asilomar, CA, March, 1992. Hairy-Sheath Frayed 1-0: A systemic, Heterochronic Mutant of
Maize That Specifies Slow Developmental Stage Transitions. Bertrand-Garcia,
R. and M. Freeling.
Third
International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology,
April, 1991. A Constitutive Flowering
Mutant of Arabidopsis. Belachew, A. T., R. Bertrand-Garcia and Z. R. Sung.
Thirty-second
Annual Maize Genetics Conference, Lake
George, WI, March, 1990. A Morphogenetic Analysis of the Hsf1-O Mutation. Bertrand-Garcia, R.and M. Freeling
*
indicates student authors