Dr. Giuliana Medrano
Research Assistant Professor
Phone: 870.680.8258
Fax: 870.680.4347
E-mail: gmedrano@astate.edu
Biography
- Adjunct Faculty, Department Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
- Post Doc – ABI, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Education
- PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru
- MS - Microbiology, Federico Villarreal National University, Lima, Peru
- DMV - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos National University, Lima, Peru
- BS - Veterinary Medicine, San Marcos National University, Lima, Peru
Research Focus Areas
- Vaccine development and diagnostics
- Plant-made pharmaceuticals
- Bioproduction of interleukin-12 in transient plant-based platform
Selected Peer-review publication
- Medrano G, Dolan MC, Condori J, Radin DN, Cramer CL. Quality assessment of recombinant proteins produced in plants. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;824:535-64. PMID: 22160919
- Hood E, Cramer C, Medrano G, Xu J. 3 - Protein targeting: Strategic planning for optimizing protein products through plant biotechnology. In: Arie A, Paul Michael H, editors. Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture. San Diego: Academic Press; 2012. p. 35-54.
- Dolan MC, Medrano G, McMickle A, Cramer CL. Tools of the trade: developing antibody-based detection capabilities for recombinant proteins. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;824:65-105. PMID: 22160894.
- Condori J, Nopo-Olazabal C, Medrano G, Medina-Bolivar F. Selection of reference genes for qPCR in hairy root cultures of peanut. BMC Res Notes. 2011;4:392. PMID: 21985172; PMCID: 3199266.
- Xu J, Dolan MC, Medrano G, Cramer CL, Weathers PJ. Green factory: Plants as bioproduction platforms for recombinant proteins. Biotechnol Adv. 2011. PMID: 21924345.
- Medrano G, Dolan MC, Stephens NT, McMickle A, Erf G, Radin D, et al. Efficient plant-based production of chicken interleukin-12 yields a strong immunostimulatory cytokine. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2010;30(3):143-54. PMID: 20038202.
- Medrano G, Reidy MJ, Liu J, Ayala J, Dolan MC, Cramer CL. Rapid system for evaluating bioproduction capacity of complex pharmaceutical proteins in plants. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;483:51-67. PMID: 19183893.
- Medrano G, Reidy MJ, Liu J, Ayala J, Dolan MC, Cramer CL. Rapid system for evaluating bioproduction capacity of complex pharmaceutical proteins in plants. Methods Mol Biol. 2009;483:51-67. PMID: 19183893.
- Condori J, Medrano G, Sivakumar G, Nair V, Cramer C, Medina-Bolivar F. Functional characterization of a stilbene synthase gene using a transient expression system in planta. Plant Cell Rep. 2009;28(4):589-99. PMID: 19116720.
- Liu C, Towler MJ, Medrano G., Cramer CL, Weathers PJ. 2009. Production of mouse interleukin-12 is greater in tobacco hairy roots grown in a mist reactor than in an airlift reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 102:1074-1086.
- Solis J, Medrano G, and Ghislain M. 2007. Inhibitory effect of a defensin gene from the Andean crop maca (Lepidium meyenii) against Phytophthora infestans. J. Plant Physiol. 164:1071-1082.
- Cuellar W, Gaudin A, Solórzano D, Casas A, Nopo L, Prakash Ch, Medrano G, Kreuze J and Ghislain M. 2006. Self-excision of the antibiotic resistance gene nptII using a heat inducible Cre-loxP system from transgenic potato. Plant Molecular Biology Journal 62:71-82.
