Dr Adrian M. Lennon

Lecturer (Plant Biochemistry)

	Contact Information:
	Department of Life Sciences.
	The University of the West Indies
	St. Augustine. Trinidad & Tobago.
	Telephone: 1(868) 645-3232/9 Ext.3216
	Fax: 1(868) 663-5241
	E-Mail:	Adrian.Lennon@sta.uwi.edu
	Location: Rm 323, 2nd Floor, Natural Sciences Building, Old Wing

 

Education:

• D.Phil. University of Sussex (1994)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry University of Sussex (1990)

• Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK, 2000-2003
• Research Associate, University of Bristol, UK, 1997-1999
• Research Associate, Duke University,  USA, 1994-1996

• Respiratory Complexes
• IMMUTANS and Alternative Oxidases
• Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Anthurium

Graduate Students:

• David Gopaulchan M.Phil. (with Dr. P. Umaharan)

• Biochemistry                                           
• Biomolecules and Energy Metabolism
• Metabolism                                     
• Selected Topics In Biochemistry    
• Advanced General Biochemistry

• Prommeenate P., Lennon A.M., Markert C., Hippler M., Nixon P.J. (2004) Subunit composition of NDH-1 complexes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Identification of two new ndh gene products with nuclear-encoded homologues in the chloroplast Ndh complex. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 28165-28173.

• Lennon A.M., Prommeenate P., Nixon P.J. (2003) Location, expression and orientation of the putative chlororespiratory enzymes, Ndh and IMMUTANS, in higher-plant plastids. Planta 218: 254-260.

• Ribas-Carbo M., Robinson S.A., Gonzalez-Meler M.A., Lennon A.M., Giles L., Siedow J.N., Berry J.A. (2000) Effects of light on respiration and oxygen isotope fractionation in soybean cotyledons. Plant Cell Eniviro. 23: 983-989

• Rhoads D.M., Umbach A.L., Sweet C.R., Lennon A.M., Rauch G.S., Siedow J.N. (1998) Regulation of the cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria: Identification of the cysteine residue involved in a-keto acid stimulation and intersubunit disulfide bond formation. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 30750-30756

• Lennon A.M., Neuenschwander U.H., Ribas-Carbo M., Giles L., Ryals J.A., Siedow J.N. (1997) The effects of salicylic acid and tobacco mosaic virus infection on the alternative oxidase of tobacco. Plant Physiol. 115: 783-791

• Ribas-Carbo M., Lennon A.M., Robinson S.A., Giles L., Berry J.A., Siedow J.N. (1997) The regulation of electron partitioning between the cytochrome and alternative pathways in soybean cotyledon and root mitochondria. Plant Physiol. 113: 903-911

• Ribas-Carbo M., Berry J.A., Yakir D., Giles L., Robinson S.A., Lennon A.M., Siedow J.N. (1995) Electron partitioning between the cytochrome and alternative pathways in plant mitochondria. Plant Physiol. 109: 829-837

• Lennon A.M., Pratt J., Leach G., Moore A.L. (1995) Developmental regulation of respiratory activity in pea leaves. Plant Physiol. 107: 925-932.