Thomas Leonard
Professor Emeritus Genetics
B.A., Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1962
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1967
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, (J.R. Raper), 1967-68
Address: 1420 Genetics/Biotech
Telephone: 262-1069
E-mail: tjleonard@wisc.edu
Research Interests:
Yeast and Fungi
Representative Publications:
Somatic recombination in the
fungus Schizophyllum commune:
Leonard, T.J. 1975. An inherited neoplasm in a
fungus. Proc.Nat’l Acad.Sci.USA 72:4626-4630.
Leonard, T.J., S. Dick, and R. Gaber.
1978.
Internuclear genetic transfer in vegetative dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune. GeInetics 88:13-26.
Leonard, T.J., R. Gaber, and S. Dick 1978. Internuclear genetic transfer in
vegetative dikaryons of Schizophyllum
commune. II. Direct recovery and analysis of recombinant nuclei. Genetics
89:685-693.
Gaber,R., and Leonard, T.J.1981. Internuclear gene transfer and
specific cell differentiation. Nature 291:342-344.
Leonard, T.J. and S. Dick. 1994. Uncontrolled Growth associated with novel
recombination in the fungus Schizophyllum. Bioassays 16
Genetic regulation of aflatoxin
biosynthesis in the fungus Aspergillus
nidulans:
Brown, D. W., Yu, J.-H., Kelkar, H. S., Fernandes, M.,
Nesbitt, T. C., Keller, N. P., Adams, T. H., and Leonard, T. J. (1996). Twenty-five
co-regulated transcripts define a sterigmatocystin gene cluster in Aspergillus
nidulans.. Proc. Natl Acad.
Sci. USA 93:1418–1422.
Yu, J.-H., Butchko, R. A. E., Fernandes, M., Keller, N. P.,
Leonard, T. J., and Adams, T.H. (1996). Conservation of structure and function of the
aflatoxin regulatory gene aflR from Aspergillus nidulans and A.
flavus. Curr. Genet. 29:549–555.
Studies elucidating the basic biology of the morel, Morchella esculenta life cycle:
Volk, T and Leonard, T.J.1989. Cytology of the life cycle of Morchella esculenta. Mycological
Research 94:399-406
Volk, T., and Leonard, T.J.1989. Physiological and environmental
studies of sclerotiaum formation in Morchella. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 55:3095-3100.
Volk,T and Leonard, T.J. 1989. Experimental studies on the
morel. I. Heterokaryon formation between monoascosporous strains of Morchella. Mycologia 81:523-531.
Studies of induced cell
differentiation and development in Schizophyllum commune:
Leonard, TJ. And S. Dick. 1968. Biochemical induction of haploid
fruiting bodies in Schizophyllum commune.
Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. (USA) 59:745-751.
Leonard, T.J. and J.R. Raper. 1969. Schizophyllum
commune: A gene controlling induced haploid fruiting. Science:165:190-192.
Leslie, J.F. and T.J. Leonard. 1979. Three
independent genetic systems that control initiation of a fungal fruiting body.
Molecular and General Genetics. 171:257-260.
Rusmin, S., and T.J. Leonard. 1975. Biochemical induction of fruiting in
Schizophyllum: Isolation and preliminary purification of an inducing substance
from Agaricus bisporus mushroom.m Plant Physiology 61:538-543.
Leonard,T.J. 1971. Phenoloxidase activity and
fruiting body formation in Schizophyllum
commune. J. of Bacteriol.
106:162-167.
Phillips, L.E. and T.J. Leonard.
1976.
Extracellular and intracellular phenoloxidase activity during growth and
development in Schizophyllum commune.
Mycologia 68:268-276.
HONORS
AND AWARDS:
Jonas
Clark Scholarship, Clark University, 1958 – 1959
Travelli
Scholar, Clark University, 1959-1962
Floyd
Fellowship, Indiana University,1963 -
PHS
MicrobiologyTraining Grant Fellow, Indiana University, 1964 – 1967
NIH
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee, Harvard University (Fungal Genetics), 1967 –
1968
Invited to teach Introductory Biology at Harvard University by the Chairman of Biology, 1971
NIH-CNRS
French Exchange Fellowship, University of Paris-Orsay (Fungal Genetics
Institute), 1982 – 1983
Meritorious
Service Award (Wisconsin Association of Educators for the Gifted and Talented),
1987
Advisory
Professorship of Heilongjian University, Harbin, China, 1988
Chancellor’s
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
The
Excellence in Teaching Award, Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
Selected
Among the Best Professors at the University of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Student
Association), 1992
Advising Award of Merit, University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences,1992
W.H.
Weston Award for Teaching Excellence (Mycological Society of America), 1993
Elected
to the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy, 1994
Outstanding
Teaching Award, Clark University, 1998
Mary
Despina Lekas Professor (First Endowed Professorship in Biology at Clark
University, 2003
Emeritus
Professor of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Emeritus
Professor of Genetics and Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Courses taught from 1968-2007
Introductory Mycology
Advanced Mycology
Fungal Genetics
Fungal Physiology
Experimental Mycology
Yeasts, Molds and Actinomycetes
General Bacteriology
General
Genetics
Biology of Plants
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous
Fungi
Introduction to Biology 101
Introductory to Biology 102
Microbiology
Immunology
Nutrition, Health & Aging
Professor Emeritus Genetics
B.A., Clark University, Worcester, MA, 1962
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1967
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, (J.R. Raper), 1967-68
Address: 1420 Genetics/Biotech
Telephone: 262-1069
E-mail: tjleonard@wisc.edu
Research Interests:
Yeast and Fungi
Somatic recombination in the fungus Schizophyllum commune:
Leonard, T.J. 1975. An inherited neoplasm in a fungus. Proc.Nat’l Acad.Sci.USA 72:4626-4630.
Leonard, T.J., S. Dick, and R. Gaber.
1978.
Internuclear genetic transfer in vegetative dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune. GeInetics 88:13-26.
Leonard, T.J., R. Gaber, and S. Dick 1978. Internuclear genetic transfer in vegetative dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune. II. Direct recovery and analysis of recombinant nuclei. Genetics 89:685-693.
Gaber,R., and Leonard, T.J.1981. Internuclear gene transfer and specific cell differentiation. Nature 291:342-344.
Leonard, T.J. and S. Dick. 1994. Uncontrolled Growth associated with novel recombination in the fungus Schizophyllum. Bioassays 16
Genetic regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans:
Brown, D. W., Yu, J.-H., Kelkar, H. S., Fernandes, M., Nesbitt, T. C., Keller, N. P., Adams, T. H., and Leonard, T. J. (1996). Twenty-five co-regulated transcripts define a sterigmatocystin gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans.. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 93:1418–1422.
Yu, J.-H., Butchko, R. A. E., Fernandes, M., Keller, N. P., Leonard, T. J., and Adams, T.H. (1996). Conservation of structure and function of the aflatoxin regulatory gene aflR from Aspergillus nidulans and A. flavus. Curr. Genet. 29:549–555.
Studies elucidating the basic biology of the morel, Morchella esculenta life cycle:
Volk, T and Leonard, T.J.1989. Cytology of the life cycle of Morchella esculenta. Mycological Research 94:399-406
Volk, T., and Leonard, T.J.1989. Physiological and environmental studies of sclerotiaum formation in Morchella. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55:3095-3100.
Volk,T and Leonard, T.J. 1989. Experimental studies on the morel. I. Heterokaryon formation between monoascosporous strains of Morchella. Mycologia 81:523-531.
Studies of induced cell differentiation and development in Schizophyllum commune:
Leonard, TJ. And S. Dick. 1968. Biochemical induction of haploid
fruiting bodies in Schizophyllum commune.
Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. (USA) 59:745-751.
Leonard, T.J. and J.R. Raper. 1969. Schizophyllum commune: A gene controlling induced haploid fruiting. Science:165:190-192.
Leslie, J.F. and T.J. Leonard. 1979. Three
independent genetic systems that control initiation of a fungal fruiting body.
Molecular and General Genetics. 171:257-260.
Rusmin, S., and T.J. Leonard. 1975. Biochemical induction of fruiting in Schizophyllum: Isolation and preliminary purification of an inducing substance from Agaricus bisporus mushroom.m Plant Physiology 61:538-543.
Leonard,T.J. 1971. Phenoloxidase activity and fruiting body formation in Schizophyllum commune. J. of Bacteriol. 106:162-167.
Phillips, L.E. and T.J. Leonard. 1976. Extracellular and intracellular phenoloxidase activity during growth and development in Schizophyllum commune. Mycologia 68:268-276.
HONORS
AND AWARDS:
Jonas Clark Scholarship, Clark University, 1958 – 1959
Travelli Scholar, Clark University, 1959-1962
Floyd Fellowship, Indiana University,1963 -
PHS MicrobiologyTraining Grant Fellow, Indiana University, 1964 – 1967
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee, Harvard University (Fungal Genetics), 1967 – 1968
Invited to teach Introductory Biology at Harvard University by the Chairman of Biology, 1971
NIH-CNRS French Exchange Fellowship, University of Paris-Orsay (Fungal Genetics Institute), 1982 – 1983
Meritorious Service Award (Wisconsin Association of Educators for the Gifted and Talented), 1987
Advisory Professorship of Heilongjian University, Harbin, China, 1988
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
The Excellence in Teaching Award, Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
Selected Among the Best Professors at the University of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Student Association), 1992
Advising Award of Merit, University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences,1992
W.H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence (Mycological Society of America), 1993
Elected to the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy, 1994
Outstanding Teaching Award, Clark University, 1998
Mary Despina Lekas Professor (First Endowed Professorship in Biology at Clark University, 2003
Emeritus Professor of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Emeritus
Professor of Genetics and Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Courses taught from 1968-2007
Introductory Mycology
Advanced Mycology
Fungal Genetics
Fungal Physiology
Experimental Mycology
Yeasts, Molds and Actinomycetes
General Bacteriology
General Genetics
Biology of Plants
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi
Introduction to Biology 101
Introductory to Biology 102
Microbiology
Immunology
Nutrition, Health & Aging
