Dr. Roger Laine's Extended CV
Tokushima2007 - Glycobiology and Sphingobiology
BIOL 7290 - "Glycobiology"
Biochemistry of Complex Carbohydrates (Fall 06)
Research
areas include "Glycobiology", the study of the biological function of complex
saccharides, including structural characterization using mass spectrometry and
other methods. Cell surface carbohydrates of microbes and eucaryotes are studied
with a focus on use of these saccharides for detection by analyte specific
probes such as antibodies, lectins and enzymes. Microbial diagnostics,
Fungal diagnostics using catalytically disabled endoglycosidase binding assays.
Chitin and chitosan enzymology and chemistry. Biochemistry of the inflammatory
process.
Current emphasis includes Formosan Subterranean Termite-active sesquiterpenes and other natural insect
repellants and toxicants, feeding attractants and trail following molecules.
Zhu, B.C.R., G. Henderson and R.A. Laine, 2005, A screening method for inhibitors against Formosan subterranean termite Beta-Glucosidases in vivo. J. Econ. Entomol. 98: 41-46
Ibrahim, S.A., G. Henderson, H. Fei and R.A. Laine, 2005, 2-Phenoxyethanol is a double-edged sword against the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae. Biopesticides International 1: 25-37
Liu, Y, Henderson, G, Mao, L and R A Laine, 2005, Seasonal Variation of Juvenile Hormone Titers of the Formosan Substerranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Rhinotermitidae), Physiological Ecology 34: 557-562
Mao, L., G. Henderson, Y. Liu, and RA Laine. 2005. Formosan subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) soldiers regulate juvenile hormone levels and caste differentiation in workers. Ann. Entoml. Soc. Am. 98:340-345.
Fei, Huixin, Gregg Henderson and Roger A. Laine, 2005, "Trail-following Behavior of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) on Concentration Gradients of 2-Phenoxyethanol": Sociobiology 45: 483-494.
Mendonca, S., and RA Laine (2005) Synthesis of Sterically Crowded Derivatives of Anomeric Pairs of D-Glucose Disaccharides, Carbohydrate Research 340: 2055-2059
Fei, Huixin, Gregg Henderson and Roger A Laine, 2005, Increased Search Tunnel
Formation by Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera:
Rhinotermitidae) in 2-Phenoxyethanol Treated Sand, J. Entomol. Sci. 40: 327-336.
Liu, Y, Henderson, G, Mao, L and R A Laine, 2005, Effects of Temperature and Nutrition on Juvenile Hormone Titers of Coptotermese formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermtidae), Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98: 732-737.
Mao, L., Henderson, G., Laine RA, 2005, Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Frontal Gland Secretion and Their Fatty Acid Constituent Activity on Termites and Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Sociobiology 46: 141-154.
Patents:
Henderson, G, Zhu, B.C-R., Laine, Roger A., 2005, "Extracts of Vetiver Oil as Termite Repellent and Toxicant, US Patent #6890960.
Zhu, BCR, G Henderson and RA Laine, 2005, "Dihydronootkatone and Tetrahydronootkatone as Repellents to Arthropods, US Patent #6897244.