J. Christopher Gaiser

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J. Christopher Gaiser
Professor of Biology

Graf Hall 242

503-883-2537

cgaiser@linfield.edu

Education

• Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 1979-1981
• B.S., biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1981-1983 
• Ph.D., genetics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1987-1993. Thesis title: Genetic and Physiological Analysis of a Light-Regulated Gravitropic Mutant of Tomato.

Research interests

• Plant genetics, plant development
• Introductory biology course design

Academic interests

• Plant genetics, plant development
• Currently writing a textbook for undergraduate introductory biology

Publications

Sumner, DT, Roberts, M.F., and Gaiser, J.C. Inquiry, Epistemology, and Experiential Learning: Teaching Steinbeck and Ricketts in the Sea of Cortez (manuscript in preparation).

Gaiser, J.C., Gómez, J.A. and Davenport, N. Why superman is sterile? (manuscript in revision).

Gaiser, JC and Roberts, MR (2022) Using Evolution as a Narrative Framework for Teaching Introductory Biology. Bioscene 48 (1): 17-22.

Baker, S.C., Robinson-Beers, K., Villanueve, J., Gaiser, J.C., and Gasser, C.S. (1997) Interactions among genes regulating ovule development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 145: 1109-1124.

Gasser, C.S., Robinson-Beers, K., Baker, S.C., and Gaiser, J.C. (1995) Genetic analysis of ovule development in Arabidopsis thaliana. In Pollen-pistil Interactions and Pollen Tube Growth: Proceedings, Ninth Annual Penn State Symposium in Plant Physiology, A.G. Stephenson and T.-h. Kao, eds., American Society of Plant Physiologists: Rockville, MD. pp. 15-18. 

Gaiser, J.C., Robinson-Beers, K., and Gasser, C.S. (1995) The Arabidopsis SUPERMAN gene regulates asymmetric growth of the outer integument of ovules. Plant Cell 7: 333-345.

Verhey, S.D., Gaiser, J.C. and Lomax, T.L. (1993) Protein kinases in zucchini: Characterization of calcium-requiring plasma membrane kinases. Plant Physiol. 103: 413-419. 

Lomax, T.L., Coenen, C., Gaiser, J.C., Hopkins, R., Rayle, D.L. and Rice, M.S. (1993) Auxin perception and the regulation of tomato growth and development. In: Tomato Molecular Biology. Yoder, J., ed. Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA.

Gaiser, J.C. and Lomax, T.L. (1993) The altered gravitropic response of the lazy-2 mutant of tomato is phytochrome-regulated. Plant. Physiol. 102: 339-344.

Gaiser, J.C. and Lomax, T.L. (1992) The gravitropic tomato mutant lazy-2 is altered in signal transduction. In: Progress in Plant Growth and Regulation. Karssen, C.M., Van Loon, L.C. and Vreugdenhil, D., eds. pp. 928-937, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Stroeher, V.L., Gaiser, J.C. and Garber, R.L. (1988) Alternative RNA splicing that is spatially regulated: generation of transcripts from the Antennapedia gene of Drosophila melanogaster with different protein-coding regions. Mol. Cell. Biol. 8: 4143-4154.

Garber, R.L. and Gaiser, J.C. (1986) ³⁵S-dideoxynucleotide sequencing of supercoiled plasmid DNAs. Promega Notes 4: 3-5.

Grants

2009: M. J. Murdock Research Start-up Grant for New Science Faculty

2006: M. J. Murdock Research Start-up Grant for New Science Faculty

2005: M. J. Murdock Research Start-up Grant for New Science Faculty

2005: Collaborative Research Award

2003: Collaborative Research Award

2002: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Award

2001-02: M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust College Science Research Program

1999-2000: Collaborative Research Award

1999: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Award

1997-99: M.J. Murdock College Research Program for Life Sciences Grant

1998: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Award

1997: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division Award

1996-97: M.J. Murdock College Science Research Program

1996: Keck Foundation Equipment Grant (Biology portion)

1995: President's Discretionary Fund Equipment Award

1993: NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship

1991: American Association of Plant Physiologists Travel Award

1988-91: NASA Graduate Student Research Fellow