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Stephen Goff, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
Project Director
520-626-4224

Bio5 Institute/ 4th Floor

sgoff@iplantcollaborative.org

Professional Experience

  • Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.
    2003-2008
    Senior Syngenta Fellow and Senior Technical Analyst
  • Novartis/Syngenta
    1998-2003
    Director Genome Technology
  • CIBA Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center
    1992 -1998
    Senior Scientist

Selected Publications

  • Goff, S.A., and A.L. Goldberg. (1985).Abnormal proteins increase transcription of lonand other heat shock genes. Cell 41:587-595.
  • Goff, S.A. (2002). "Collaboration on the rice genome." Science 296 (5565): 45.
  • Goff, S.A., D. Ricke, Lan TH, Presting G, Wang R, Dunn M, Glazebrook J, Sessions A, Oeller P, Varma H, Hadley D, Hutchison D, Martin C, Katagiri F, Lange BM, Moughamer T, Xia Y, Budworth P, Zhong J, Miguel T, Paszkowski U, Zhang S, Colbert M, Sun WL, Chen L, Cooper B, Park S, Wood TC, Mao L, Quail P, Wing R, Dean R, Yu Y, Zharkikh A, Shen R, Sahasrabudhe S, Thomas A, Cannings R, Gutin

    A, Pruss D, Reid J, Tavtigian S, Mitchell J, Eldredge G, Scholl T, Miller RM, Bhatnagar S, Adey N, Rubano T, Tusneem N, Robinson R, Feldhaus J, Macalma T, Oliphant A, Briggs S. (2002). "A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica)." Science 296 (5565): 92-100.
  • Goff, S.A, and Salmeron, J. (2004).  Back to the Future of Cereals.  Scientific American (August 2004).
  • Goff, S.A., and Klee, J.H. (2006). Plant Volatile Compounds: Sensory Cues for Health and Nutritional Value? Science 311: 815-819, Feb 10th, 2006.
  • Chen Wengiong; Briggs, Steven P.; Cooper, Bret; Glazebrook, Jane; Goff, Stephen A.; Katagiri, Fumiaki; Kreps, Joel; Moughamer, Todd; Provart, Nicolas J.; Ricke, Darrell; Zhu, Tong. Transcription factors of cereals. Patent No. US 2005235375 (2005).
  • Budworth, Paul; Moughamer, Todd; Briggs, Steven P.; Cooper, Bret; Glazebrook, Jane; Goff, Stephen Arthur; Katagiri, Fumiaki; Kreps, Joel; Provart, Nicolas; Ricke, Darrell; Zhu, Tong Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression. Patent No. US 2004016025 (2004).
  • Goff, Stephen Arthur; Heifetz, Peter Bernard; Lebel, Edouard Guillaume. Expression of trehalose biosynthetic genes in plants. Patent No. HU 2001002598 (2001).
  • Heifetz, Peter Bernard; Goff, Stephen, Arthur; Tuttle, Annmarie Bloom; Groit-Wenk, Monica Else. Therapeutically active proteins in plants. Patent No. WO 2000020612 (2000).
  • Goff, Stephen, Arthur; Crossland, Lyle Dean; Privalle, Laura Stein. Control of gene expression in plants by receptor-mediated transactivation in the presence of a chemical ligand. Patent No. WO 9627673 (1996). Patent No. US 5880333 (1999).

Education

  • University of Oregon, Eugene, Molecular Genetics Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1990-1992
  • University of California/USDA, Berkeley, Research Chemist Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1987-1990
  • Tufts Medical School, Molecular Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985-1987
  • Biogen, Geneva Switzerland, Molecular Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1985
  • Harvard University, Cell Physiology, Ph.D. 1985
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. 1978