Eliot Herman

About

Eliot Herman is a retired Professor in the School of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona. His research program is directed at understanding the systems biology that controls seed composition and biotechnology to create seed traits including low allergen content, animal feed, and as a protein bio-factory. His interests include plant cell biology, seed biology, plant biotechnology, food allergy, biochemistry & physiology, cell & developmental biology, genomics, bioinformatics, and systems biology. Eliot Herman holds a BA in Biology from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, obtained in 1973, followed by an MA in Biology from the same institution in 1975. He earned his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California, San Diego in 1980. His postdoctoral experience includes a fellowship at the California Institute of Technology from 1980-81 and a postdoctoral associate position at the University of California, Riverside from 1981-84. He also served as an Assistant Research Biochemist at UC Riverside in 1984. His academic and research background is rooted in plant sciences, biochemistry, and systems biology, contributing to his expertise in seed biology and plant biotechnology.

Research topics

• Biology
• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Food science
• Physics
• Genetics
• Biochemistry
• Cell biology
• Computational biology

Selected publications

• A shock flash breaking out of a dusty red supergiant

  Nature · 2023 · 70 citations

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• Transgenic soya bean seeds accumulating β‐carotene exhibit the collateral enhancements of oleate and protein content traits

  Plant Biotechnology Journal · 2014-11-14 · 69 citations

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  Transgenic soya bean (Glycine max) plants overexpressing a seed-specific bacterial phytoene synthase gene from Pantoea ananatis modified to target to plastids accumulated 845 μg β carotene g(-1) dry seed weight with a desirable 12:1 ratio of β to α. The β carotene accumulating seeds exhibited a shift in oil composition increasing oleic acid with a concomitant decrease in linoleic acid and an increase in seed protein content by at least 4% (w/w). Elevated β-carotene accumulating soya bean cotyled…

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• Soybean seed proteome rebalancing

  Frontiers in Plant Science · 2014-09-03 · 66 citations

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  The soybean seed's protein content and composition are regulated by both genetics and physiology. Overt seed protein content is specified by the genotype's genetic framework and is selectable as a breeding trait. Within the genotype-specified protein content phenotype soybeans have the capacity to rebalance protein composition to create differing proteomes. Soybeans possess a relatively standardized proteome, but mutation or targeted engineering can induce large-scale proteome rebalancing. Prote…

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• Removal of three proteinaceous antinutrients from soybean does not mitigate soybean-induced enteritis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L)

  Aquaculture · 2019-09-10 · 45 citations

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• Breeding and characterization of soybean <i>Triple Null;</i> a stack of recessive alleles of Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor, Soybean Agglutinin, and P34 allergen nulls

  Plant Breeding · 2015-04-21 · 44 citations

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  Abstract Soybean ( Glycine max ) seeds contain bioactive proteins with antinutritional and immunological properties that affect metabolism and assimilation of nutrients. The presence of antinutritional proteins requires soybeans to be heat‐treated resulting in input energy costs. Nulls for bioactive seed proteins have been previously isolated from the USDA soybean collection, including Kunitz trypsin inhibitor ( TI ), soybean agglutinin ( LE ) and immunodominant soybean allergen P34 protein. Eac…

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Frequent coauthors

• Maarten J. Chrispeels

  39 shared

• Monica A. Schmidt

  BIO5 Institute

  37 shared

• Yasushi Okinaka

  Hiroshima University

  17 shared

• Noel T. Keen

  17 shared

• David H. Slaymaker

  16 shared

• Carol Boyd

  University of California, Riverside

  16 shared

• James J. Sims

  St. Hope Foundation

  16 shared

• Cheng Ji

  16 shared

Education

• Ph.D/Biology, Biology

  University of California, San Diego

  1980

• MA/Biology, Biological Sciences

  University of California Santa Barbara

  1975

• BA, College of Creative Studies

  University of California Santa Barbara

  1973

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