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  3. Stephen Banks, PhD
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Stephen Banks PhD

Professor
Department
Biological Sciences
College
College of Arts & Sciences
Start Year at LSUS
1992
Terminal Degree/Yr
PhD/1982
Office Location
SB 216
318-797-5220
stephen.banks@lsus.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Degrees

PhD
University of Nottingham
M.Sc (with Distinction)
University of Reading
B.Sc. (Hons)
Newcastle University

Research Interests

Teaching Methodology

Selected Publications

Publications: In refereed journals (chronological order)
            **Denotes Undergraduate Student, *Denotes Graduate Student
Banks, S.W., Steele, M.J., Ward, D., and Dewick, P.M., (1982) "Stereochemistry of
Isoflavone Reduction during Biosynthesis of (+)-and (-)-Pterocarpans: 2H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Biosynthesis of (+)-Pisatin and (-)-Medicarpin". Journal of the Chemical Society: Chemical Communications 1982 p.147-149.
Banks, S.W., and Dewick P.M., (1982) "Biosynthesis of the 6a-Hydroxy- Pterocarpans:
Deuterium NMR evidence for direct Hydroxylation of Pterocarpans" Zeitschift Naturforshung 38c:185-188.
Banks, S.W., and Dewick P.M., (1982) "(-)-Pisatin, an induced metabolite of abnormal
configuration from Pisum sativum" Phytochemistry  21:1605-1608.
Banks, S.W., and Dewick P.M., (1982) "Biosynthesis of the 6a-Hydroxypterocarpan
Phytoalexin, Pisatin in Pisum sativum" Phytochemistry  21: 2235-2242.

Banks, S.W., and Dewick P.M.,(1983) "Biosynthesis of Pisatin: Experiments with
Enantiomeric Precursors" Phytochemistry 22:1591-1595.
Banks, S.W., and Dewick P.M.,(1983) "Biosynthesis of Glyceollins I, II and III in
Soybean (Glycine max)” Phytochemistry 22:2729-2733.
Smith, D.A., Wheeler, H.E., Banks, S.W. and Cleveland T.E., (1984) "Association
between Lowered Kievitone Hydratase Activity and Reduced Virulence to Bean in Variants of Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli" Physiological Plant Pathology 25:135-147.
Smith, D.A., Banks, S.W., (1986) "Biosynthesis, Elicitation and Biological Properties of
Isoflavonoid Phytoalexins". Phytochemistry 25:979-995.

Graves, A.E., Goldman, S.L., Banks, S.W., Graves, A.,(1988) "Scanning Electron
Microscope Studies of Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Attachment to Zea mays,
Gladiolus sp., and Triticum aestivum”. Journal of Bacteriology 170:2395-2400.
Banks, S.W., Gossett, D. R., Lucas, M.C., Millhollon, E. P., **LaCelle, M.G., (1993)
“Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) with
the b-Glucuronidase Gene” Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 11:(2)101-104.
Gossett, D.R., Millhollon, E.P., Lucas, M.C., Banks, S.W., **Marney, M-M., (1994) “The
effects of NaCl on antioxidant enzyme activities in callus tissue of salt-tolerant
and salt-sensitive cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars”. Plant Cell Reports
13:498-503.
Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., Millhollon, E.P., Lucas, M.C.,(1996) “Antioxidant response
to NaCl stress in a control and an NaCl-tolerant cotton cell line grown in the presence of paraquat, butathione, sulfoximine and exogenous glutathione” Plant Physiology 112:803-809.
*Rainwater, D.T., Gossett, D.R., Millhollon, E.P., Hanna, H.Y., Banks, S.W., Lucas,
M.C., (1996) “The relationship between yield and the antioxidant defense system in tomatoes grown under heat stress” Free Radical Research 25:421-435
**Manchandia, A.M., Banks, S.W., Gossett, D.R., *Bellaire, B.A., Lucas, M.C., Millhollon,
E.P., (1999) "The Influence of a-Amanitin on the Induction of Antioxidant Enzymes during Salt Stress" Free Radical Research 30:429-438.
*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
*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.
Banks, S.W., Shepherd, D.K., Williams-Hart, T., Gossett, D.R., and Lewis (neé)
Crnkovic, A.C. (2007) "Snail shells in a practical application of statistical procedures”. Journal of Biological Education.  41: (3) 131-137.
*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.
**Jones, L., Gossett, D.R., Banks, S.W., McCallum, M.L., (2010) Antioxidant
Defense System in Tadpoles of the American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Exposed to Paraquat. Journal of Herpetology, 44: (2) 222–228.
*Bird, B., Gossett, D.R., Lucas, M.C., Banks, S.W., and Colyer, P.D., (2016) The
Effectiveness of a Constructed Wetland in Reducing the Levels of Estrogenic-Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EEDC) in Agricultural Runoff. International Journal of Latest Research and Technology 5: (2), 59-64.
https://www.mnkjournals.com/ijlrst_files/Page3803.htm
*Devkota, O, Gossett, D.R., Lucas, M.C., Banks, S.W., and Colyer, P.D., (2016)
Reducing Atrazine Concentrations in Agricultural Runoff Through the Use of a Constructed Wetland. International Journal of Latest Research and Technology 5: (3), 31-36. http://www.mnkjournals.com/ijlrst_files/Download/Vol%205,%20Issue%203/6-12-10062016%20Reducing%20Atrazine%20Concentrations%20in%20Agricultural%20Runoff%20Through%20the%20Use.pdf

**Bhusal A, Banks S.W., (2018) Riboflavin Deficiency. [Updated 2017 Nov 29]. In:
StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2018 Jan-Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470460/
Quality Enhancement Plan (2015-2025) written for the Southern Accreditation of
Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC): With Julie Lessiter, Karen James, Emmanuel Clottey, Jonathan Baarsh, Paula Atkins and Stephanie Aamodt, Co-Principal authors of the LSUS QEP, Metacognition: Learning Through Engagement, submitted April 2015 and certified by the SACS-COC committee chaired by Dr. Julia Pet-Armacost, December 2015. The QEP is 80 pages.
Laboratory Manuals:
Lucas, M.C., Banks, S.W., Burden, B.J., (2009-2021) General Principles of Biological Science Laboratory Manual for BIOS 120L. LSU-Shreveport Press.

Chapters in Books:

Smith, D.A., and Banks, S.W., (1986) "Formation and Biological Properties of
Isoflavanoid Phytoalexins" In, Cody, V., Middleton, E. and Harborne, J.B., (Eds.)
Plant Flavonoids in Biology and Medicine, Biochemical, Pharmacological and Structure-Activity Relationships. Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Volume 213: 113-124, Alan R. Liss Inc., New York.
Gossett, D.R., Millhollon, E.P., Banks, S.W., Lucas, M.C. (1995) “Antioxidant response
to salt stress in cotton” In, Proceedings of the Cotton Incorporated Workshop on the Biochemistry of Gossypol and Fiber Development. Published by Cotton Incorporated. Raleigh North Carolina. pages 3-11.
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.
Gossett, Dalton R. and Stephen W. Banks. 2010. Pathways associated with NaCl-
Induced Oxidative Stress In, Parvaiz Ahmad (ed). Antioxidants: Oxidative stress management in plants. Studium Press Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi India. pp. 305-328.

Teaching Assignments

BIOS 320, BIOS 120L, BIOS 210, BIOS 497

Office Hours

9.30-11.00 M-F
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