Cran Lucas, Ph.D.

  Ph.D., Washington State University

  Professor of Biological Sciences

  Office: SC 115E

  Phone: 797-5086

  Fax: 797-5222

  E-mail: cran.lucas@lsus.edu

  Regular Teaching Assignments:

  Bios 106 Human Heredity and Society

  Bios 320 General Microbiology

  Bios 330/330L Cell Biology

  Bios 430/430L Molecular Biology

  Bios 460 Microbial Genetics

  Recent Special Topics Courses:

  Bios 490 Dinosaurs

  Bios 490 Astrobiology

  Research Interests:

  Biochemistry of oxidative stress in plants; Histology and   ultrastructure of plant development and plant evolution.

  Selected Publications:

 Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., Lucas, M.C., (2002) Signal  Transduction Pathways Associated with the NaCl-Induced  Upregulation of Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Cotton Callus  Tissue. In Current Research Developments in Plant  Physiology.

 Bellaire, B. A, J. Carmody, J. Braud, D. R. Gossett, S. W.  Banks, M. C. Lucas, and T. E. Fowler. 2001. 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.

 Antioxidant response to NaCl-tolerant cotton cell lines grown  in the presence of paraquat, butathione sulfoximine, and  exogenous glutathione. Plant Physiology. 112: 803-809, 1996.  Gossett, D. R., S. W. Banks, E. P. Millhollon, and M. C. Lucas.

 The relationship between yield and the antioxidant defense  system in tomatoes grown under heat stress. Free Radical  Res. 25: 421-435, 1996. Rainwater, D. T., D. R. Gossett, H. H.  Hanna, E. P. Millhollon, S. W. Banks, and M. C. Lucas.

 Changes in antioxidant levels in response to NaCl treatment  in salt tolerant and sensitive cultivars of cotton, Gossypium  hirsutum L. Crop Science. 34: 706-714, 1994. D. R. Gossett,  E.  P. Millhollon, and M. C. Lucas.

 A crystalline protein is responsible for dimorphic egg jellies in  the spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum (Caudata:  Ambystomatidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.  100A:653-660, 1991. L. M. Hardy and M. C. Lucas.