- Raymond St. Leger
Infobox_Scientist
name = Raymond St Leger
image_width = 225px
caption = Raymond St. Leger
birth_date = Birth date and age|1957|4|1|mf=y
birth_place =London ,New England
nationality =
residence = United states
field =Entomology andMycology
work_institution =Cornell University of Maryland
alma_mater =Exeter University University of Bath
doctoral_advisor = unknownRaymond J. St. Leger (born 1957) is a
mycologist who is currently a professor ofentomology at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park who specializes inentomopathogenic fungus , orfungi that act as parasites of insects. Other interests include fungal behavior andevolution , fungaltoxins , molecular biology of fungi, andinsect control with fungi.St. Leger received his
Bachelor of Science in biology fromExeter University , in theUnited Kingdom in 1978, a Master of Science in entomology in 1980, and aDoctor of Philosophy in 1985 in crop protection from theUniversity of Bath , nearBath, England .Publications
St. Leger has 119 peer reviewed publications including:
*Screen, S.E., Hu, G. and St Leger, R. J. 2002. Transformants of "Metarhizium anisopliae sf. anisopliae" overexpressing chitinase from "Metarhizium anisopliae sf. acridum" show early induction of native chitinase but are not altered in pathogenicity to "Manduca sexta ". "Journal of Invertebrate Pathology " 78: 260-266.
*Freimoser, F. M., Screen, S., Bagga, S., Hu, G and St. Leger, R.J. 2003. EST analysis of two subspecies of "Metarhizium anisopliae" reveals a plethora of secretedproteins with potential activity in insect hosts. "Microbiology " 149: 239-247.
*Freimoser, F. M., Screen, S., Hu, G and St. Leger, R.J. 2003. EST analysis of genes expressed by the zygomycete "Conidiobolus coronatus " during optimized secretion of proteins. "Microbiology " 149: 1893-1900
*Bagga, S., Screen, S. E. and St. Leger, R.J. 2004. Reconstructing the diversification ofsubtilisins in the pathogenic fungus "Metarhizium anisopliae". "Gene " 324: 159-169
*Hu, G. and St. Leger, R.J. 2004 A phylogenomic approach to reconstructing the diversification ofserine protease s in fungi. "Journal of Evolutionary Biology " 17: 1204-1214
*Freimoser, F. M., Hu, G and St. Leger, R.J. 2005.Variation in gene expression patterns as the insect pathogen "Metarhizium anisopliae" adapts to different host cuticles or nutrient deprivation in vitro. "Microbiology " 151: 361-371.
*Wang, C., Butt, T.M. and St. Leger, R.J. 2005. Colony sectorization of "Metarhizium anisopliae " is a sign of ageing. "Microbiology " 151: 3223-3236External links
* [http://www.stlegerlab.umd.edu/personnel/current_personnel.html The St. Leger Lab]
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