Stephen W. Banks, Ph.D., C.Biol., MI Biol., MRSC.

  Ph.D., University of Nottingham

  Professor of Biological Sciences

  Office: SC 216

  Phone: 797-5220

  Fax: 797-5222

  E-mail: stephen.banks@lsus.edu

  Regular Teaching Assignments:

  Bios 110/110L General Biology

  Bios 120/120L General Biology

  Bios 224/224L General Botany

  Bios 745 Plant Molecular Biology

  Bchm 740 Plant Biochemistry

  Research Interests:

  I am engaged in two main areas of research. (1) An ongoing   project with Dr. Dalton Gossett which investigates the   consequences and mechanisms of oxidative stress tolerance   in cotton. (2) An ongoing project with Dr. Dalton Gossett to   investigate the accumulation of metals in food chains.

  Selected Publications:

  Vital, S.A., Fowler, R.W., Virgen, A., Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W.,   Rodriguez, J. (2008) Opposing Roles for Superoxide and Nitric Oxide in   the NaCl-Induced Up-Regulation  of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity In Cotton   Callus Tissue. Journal of Experimental and Environmental Botany 62:   60-   68.

  Banks S. W., Shepherd D. K.,  Williams-Hart T., Gossett D. R.   and Crnkovic A. C. (2007) The Use of Snail Shells in a   Practical  Application of Probability, Standard Deviation,   Homogeneity of  Variance and Student’s t-Test. Journal of   Biological Education. 41: (3) 131-137.

  Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., Lucas, M.C., (2003) Signal Transduction   Pathways Associated with the NaCl-Induced Up-regulation of Antioxidant   Enzyme Activity in Cotton Callus Tissue. In Current Research   Developments in Plant Physiology. 3:99-133. ISBN: 81-7736-154-6

  Bellaire, B.A., Carmody, J., Braud, J., Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., Lucas,   M.C., Fowler, T.E. (2000) Involvement of Abscisic Acid-Dependent and -   Independent-Pathways in the Up-regulation of Antioxidant Enzyme   Activity   During NaCl Stress in Cotton Callus Tissue. Free Radical   Research 33:   531-545.

  Rajguru, S.N., Banks, S.W., Gossett, D.R., Lucas, M.C., Fowler, T.E.   Millhollon, E.P., (1999) Antioxidant Response to Salt Stress During Fiber   Development  in Cotton Ovules. The Journal of Cotton Science 3: 11-21.   Online at the Cotton Foundation:   http://www.jcotsci.org/1999/issue01/phys/art01/article.pdf

  Service:

  2008-2009 Vice President of the American Society of Plant   Biology-Southern Section