James Campanella, Ph.D.     Associate Professor

Science Hall 118     (973) 655-4097

campanellj@mail.montclair.edu

Graduate Coordinator: Molecular Biology MS


Courses Taught

BIOL 112 Principles of Biology I

BIOL 230 Cell and Molecular Biology

BIOL 380 Genetics

BIOL 434 Introduction to Molecular Biology

BIOL 435 Experimental Molecular Biology

BIOL 458 Microbial Genetics

BIOL 475 Medical Genetics

BIOL 500 Introduction to Molecular Cell Biology

BIOL 547 Molecular Biology I

BIOL 548 Molecular Biology II

BIOL 555 Medical Genetics

BIOL 558 Microbial Genetics


PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AS OF 2/2007

* Senior communicating author

Refereed Publications

James J. Campanella*, Stephanie M. Smith, Dora Leibu, and Jutta Ludwig-Müller. Symbiote Interaction and the auxin conjugate hydrolase family in Medicago truncatula. 2007.  submitted to Journal of Plant Growth Regulation.

James J. Campanella*, Liliana E.J. Kim, Paul A.X. Bologna, and John V. Smalley. Molecular evidence supports a Long Island origin for the present population of Bay Scallops in             Barnegat Bay. 2007. Journal of Shellfish research. (accepted with revisions).

J. Ludwig-Müller, A. Schuller, A.F. Olajide, V. Bakllamaja,  J.J. Campanella. Auxin Conjugate hydrolysis during plant-microbe interaction and evolution. 2006. Plant Growth             Regulation Society of America Conference Proceedings (Refereed paper included in             meeting proceedings). PGRSA Conference Proceedings (in press).

M. Begam, S. Kumar, S.Roy, J. J. Campanella, H.C. Kapoor.  Molecular Cloning and functional identification of a ribosome inactivating/antiviral protein from leaves of post flowering             stage of Celosia cristata and its expression in E. coli. 2006. Phyotchemistry 67(22):2441-            2449.

James J. Campanella*, Liliana E.J. Kim, Paul A.X. Bologna. Utilization of Sea Scallop             (Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin) microsatellite markers for phylogenetic applications             in bay scallops (Argopecten irradians Lamarck). 2006. RURALS. 1(2):1-8.

James Campanella* and John Smalley. Long-term field storage and molecular viability of tissue samples from sunfish for DNA extraction. 2006. BMC Genetics. 7:32.

James Campanella* and John Smalley.Utilizing buccal swabbing for collection and extraction of high-quality, newt (Notophthalmus) DNA for use in phylogenetic analyses. 2005. In             Vivo. 26(3):19-22.

Aimee Luers, Sandra Adams, John Smalley, and James Campanella*. A Phylogenomic study of the alphavirus family employing whole genome comparison. 2005. Comparative and Functional Genomics. 6:217-227.

John Smalley and James Campanella*. A simple method for collection and extraction of high quality, sunfish (Lepomis) DNA for use in polymerase chain reaction analysis. 2005.             Biotechniques. 38(2):190-191.

James J. Campanella*, Quinn Vega, Chunguang Du, William Graff, and Olumbusola Gomes. A microarray analysis of Gene Regulation in Radiation-induced Plant tumor and             Arabidopsis tissues. 2005.  In Vivo. 27(1):9-19.

James J. Campanella*,  Jutta Ludwig-Mueller, Adebanke Olajide, and Volker Magnus. A novel auxin conjugate hydrolase from Triticum aestivum with substrate specificity for longer side chain auxin amide conjugates. 2004. Plant Physiology. 135:2230-2240.

James J. Campanella*, Vishnu Singh, Nicholas Kumburis, John Smalley and Zankhana Thakkar. A Molecular Polymorphic Analysis of Brassicaceae Outgroups for Use in Phylogeny Studies with Arabidopsis Thaliana. 2004. In Vivo. 25(3):14-25.

James J. Campanella*, Daniel Larko and John Smalley. A Molecular Phylogenomic Analysis of the ILR1-like Family of IAA Amidohydrolase Genes. 2003.  Comparative and Functional             Genomics . 4(6):584-600.

James J. Campanella*, Jutta Ludwig-Mueller, Vinela Bakllamaja, Vipul Sharma and Ania         Cartier. ILR1 and sILR1 IAA amidohydrolase homologs differ in expression pattern and substrate specificity. 2003. Plant Growth Regulation. 41(3): 215-223.

James J. Campanella* and Vinela Bakllamaja. Expression analysis of Amidohydrolase Homologs from Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis suecica. 2003. The Journal of Young Investigators. 8:1.

James J. Campanella*, Ledion Bitincka and John Smalley. MatGAT: An application that generates similarity/identity matrices using protein or DNA sequences. 2003. BMC Bioinformatics. 4:29.

James Campanella*, Vishnu Singh, Nicholas Kumburis, Karen Vargas, and Alexander Rios. Molecular Evidence Supporting the Asian Origin Hypothesis of Arabidopsis. 2003. In Vivo. 25(1): 4-11.

James J. Campanella*, Daniel Larko and John Smalley. Employing the GenBank and TIGR  Databases for Phylogenetic Analysis and Gene Functional Predictions. 2003. In Vivo. 24(2): 4-11.

James Provan and James Campanella. Patterns of Cytoplasmic Variation in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) revealed by polymorphic chloroplast microsatellites. 2003. Systematic Botany. 28(3): 578-583.

James J. Campanella*, Vinela Bakllamaja, Shahin Shahtaheri, Michael Vomacka, Jason Herron, Megan Patterson, and Tracie  Restieri. Isolation of an Amidohydrolase Homolog from Arabidopsis  suecica.  2003. Plant Growth Regulation. 39:175-181 .  

Christine Vander Zwan, Seth Brodie and James J. Campanella*. The Intraspecific Phylogenetics of Arabidopsis thaliana in World-Wide Populations. 2000. Systematic Botany. 25(1):47-59.

James J. Campanella*, Weiqin Dong and Christopher D. Town. Mapping of  icr Genes Reveals That tt6 Should Be Placed on Chromosome 5.1997., Weeds World. 4(i):16-17.

J.J. Campanella*, J. Ludwig-Mueller and  C.D. Town. Isolation and Characterization of Two Arabidopsis  Mutants with Increased Resistance to Growth Inhibition by Indoleacetic Acid- Amino Acid Conjugates. 1996., Plant Physiology. 112:735-745.

C.D. Town, B.R. Campell, S.M. Persinger, and J.J. Campanella. Use of Radiation-Induced Tumors to Study Growth Control in Arabidopsis. 1994., In Vitro Cell Dev.Biol. 30P:89-95.

M. Ruddat, J. Kokontis, L. Birch, E.D. Garber, K.S. Chiang, J. Campanella and H. Dai.Interactions of Microbotryum Violaceum (Ustilago violacea) with Its Host Plant  Silene alba. 1991., Plant Science. 80 (1-2):157-166.

Books and Chapters

James Campanella. 2002. Plant Molecular Systematics. In: The Encyclopedia of Plant Life.  (Ed. Bryan Ness). Salem Press, California. Pg. 686-688.

James Campanella. 2002. Genetics: Post-Mendelian. In: The Encyclopedia of Plant Life. (Ed. Bryan Ness). Salem Press, California. Pg. 505-509.          

James Campanella. 2001. The Biomedical Ethics of Organ Transplantation. In: MaGill’s Medical Guide. (Editor: Tracy Irons-Georges ). 2nd Edition. Salem Press, California. pg. 2304-2309.

James Campanella. 2001.An Update on Microbial Drug Resistance. In: MaGill’s Medical Guide. (Editor: Tracy Irons-Georges ). 2nd Edition. Salem Press, California. Pg. 661-665.

James Campanella. 2001.Recent Advances in Cancer and Treatment. In: MaGill’s Medical Guide. (Editor: Tracy Irons-Georges ). 2nd Edition. Salem Press, California. Pg.338-343.

James Campanella. 2000. Multiple Sclerosis: an Update on Etiology and Treatments.  In: Aging   (Editor: Pamela Roberts) pg. 544-548. Salem Press, California.

James Campanella. 2000. Advances in Longevity Research. In: Aging (Editor: Pamela Roberts) pg. 475-479. Salem Press, California.

James Campanella. 1998. Cloning: Ethical Issues. In: The Encyclopedia of  Genetics. (Editor: Jeffery Knight) pg. 116-119.  Salem Press, California.

James Campanella. 1998. Biopesticides. In: The Encyclopedia of  Genetics. (Editor: Jeffery Knight) pg.54-57.  Salem Press, California.

James Campanella. 1998. DNA Isolation. In: The Encyclopedia of Genetics.(Editor: Jeffery Knight) pg. 152-155. Salem Press, California.

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