Carolina Avellaneda
Graduate Student
E-mail: CAvellaneda@agcenter.lsu.edu 

Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Hoy

Education:

2002 B. Sc. (Industrial Microbiology), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana- Bogota (Colombia)

Awards:

National Phytopathological Award from the Colombian Plant Pathology Association 2002. “Purification of Sugarcane Yellow Leaf luteovirus ScYLV and production of antiserum”.

 Experience:
 

June 2007- October 2008: Industrial Microbiologist, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center-

CENICAÑA, Cali.

May 2006- October 2006: Researcher in technical training, Texas Agricultural Experimental Station TAES, Weslaco, TX, USA

January 2003-May 2007: Junior researcher, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center-CENICAÑA, Cali

July 2001- Ago 2002: Undergraduate research student, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center CENICAÑA, Cali.

Jan 2001 – July 2001: Internship student, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center - CENICAÑA, Cali

Area of research:

Sugarcane Brown Rust resistance

Recent publications, posters, oral presentation:

Avellaneda M.C., Mirkov E. and Victoria J. 2008. “A transgenic resistance to ratoon stunting and leaf scald diseases of the sugarcane variety CC 85-92,using the 1SD gene. Abstracts ISSC IX Pathology and VI Molecular Biology Workshop. Cali, Colombia . June 23-27, 2008.

Buzón K., Parrado D., Quevedo B., Victoria J. and Avellaneda M.C. 2008. “Isolation, selection and molecular characterization of wild yeasts found in ethanol production at Providencia Sugarmill. Abstracts ISSCT IX Pathology and VI Molecular Biology Workshop. Cali, Colombia. June 23-27, 2008.

Victoria J.I., Avellaneda M.C., Ángel J.C., Guzmán M.L. 2005. “Resistance to Sugarcane Yellow Leaf virus in Colombia”. Proceedings XXV ISSCT Congress International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. Volume 2. Atagua, Guatemala. 30 january-4 february, 2005.

Avellaneda M.C., Ángel J. C., Victoria J.I. 2003. “Resistance of different varieties of sugarcane to the virus that causes the yellow leaf syndrome”. Abstracts ISSCT Sugarcane Pathology Workshop VII. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. May 11-16, 2003.