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Dr. Grace
Sirju-Charran
Senior Lecturer
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Contact
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| Department of Life Sciences. |
| The
University of the West Indies |
| St.
Augustine. Trinidad & Tobago. |
| Telephone: 1(868) 645-3232/9
Ext.3110 |
| Fax: 1(868)
663-9686 |
| E-Mail: |
Grace.Sirju-Charran@sta.uwi.edu |
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| Location:
Room 219, Natural Sciences Building, Old Wing |
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. University of the West Indies (1978)
- BSc. (First Class Hons. in Chem. and Botany), UW I (
1971)
Post-Doctoral and Fellowship Studies
Post-Doc:
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University of East Anglia, UK;
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Scarborough College, University of Toronto
Fellowships:
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bpTT Professional Fellowship
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Univ.
of Nottingham (ACU Shell Fellowship in Biotechnology)
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
(UWI/IDB)
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Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands (UWI/ISS)
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University of Minnesota, USA (Snr. Fulbright )
Areas of
Expertise/Research Interests:
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Biochemical and Molecular Studies on
Tuberisation in Tropical Root Crops (sweet
potato; yam bean; cassava
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Biochemical and Molecular Studies on Abscission
of reproductive structures in pigeon pea and yam bean.
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Gender and Science –Historical, Philosophical and Pedagogical
Issues
Courses
Offered:
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Cell Biology
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Molecular Biology
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Topics in Plant Biochemistry
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Plant Biotechnology
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Plant Metabolism
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Gender and Science
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Bioethics
Current Graduate Students:
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Marlun Jitta (PhD.) – Carbohydrate metabolism in yam
bean tubers
- Judy
Rouse-Miller (PhD) – Abscission of leaves and
reproductive structures in pigeon pea.
On-going Research Projects:
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Biochemical and Molecular Studies on the
Tuberisation of tropical tuber crops and
Abscission of Reproductive structures in
tropical legumes
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Gender and Science: Gendered Relationship between
People and the Environment; Bioethical issues.
Recent
Publications:
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Motilal, L.
Sirju-Charran G.,
and Sreenivasan, T.N. (2003) Effect of Crinipellis
perniciosa on abscission of cacao cotyledons, reserve
mobilization and dry matter partitioning. Journal of
Phytopathology 151, 546-552
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Sirju-Charran G,
(2001) Cassava Stem Tubers: A model system for investigating
the role of Light in Tuberisation. CBN-V Book of Abstracts,
Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre, st. Louis, Missouri
Nov 4-9, 2001 S3-14
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Suhando S; Hughes, J., Brown K.; Sirju-Charran G.;
Hughes, M.A. (2000) Characterisation of an elongation
factor-1 α gene from cassava (manihot esculenta
Crantz): A new Promoter for Biotechnology. Proceedings IV
International scientific Meeting, Cassava Biotechnology
Network Nov. 03-07, 1998 pp 572-581
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Sirju-Charran G.
(1997). Biotechnology; For Better For worse, For Richer
For Poorer?’ In Readings in Gender, Science and
Technology Eds. Barbara Carby and Vilma McClenan,
Kingston, Jamaica, UWI. 146-151
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Gomes A.V,
G. Sirju-Charran and J.A. Barnes (1997).
Isolation and characterization of storage proteins of
yam bean tubers. Phytochemistry 46, 185-193
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