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  • Barbara Hass-Jacobus

Barbara Hass-Jacobus, Ph.D.

Program Director and Teaching Professor, Biology

Phone:
812-348-7205
Email:
blhassja@iu.edu
Department:
Division of Science
RC Room 104B
4601 Central Avenue
Columbus, Indiana 47203

Professional Summary

My doctoral research focused on the genetics of sex determination in the fern species Ceratopteris richardii. My postdoctoral work focused on rice and soybean genomics. I joined the Division of Science faculty at IUPUC in the fall of 2006 where my scholarly interests include plant biology, genetics, and biology education.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology (Biochemistry option) and a Foreign Language Certificate in French from Michigan Technological University, 1996
  • Ph.D. from the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University, 2001

Courses Taught

  • BIOL-K 101 Concepts of Biology I
  • BIOL-K 103 Concepts of Biology II
  • BIOL-K 295 Intermediate Topics in Biology
  • BIOL-K 322 Genetics & Molecular Biology
  • BIOL-K 323 Genetics & Molecular Biology Lab
  • BIOL-K 490 Capstone
  • BIOL-K 493 Independent Research
  • BIOL-K 494 Senior Research Thesis
  • BIOL-N 108 Plants, Animals & the Environment
  • BIOL-N 251 Introduction to Microbiology
  • SCI-I 120 Windows on Science
  • WOST-W 499 Senior Colloquium in Women’s Studies

Awards & Activities

  • 2012 & 2015 Trustees Teaching Awards
  • Deep Gene Travel Award to Plant Biology 2003
  •  Plant Biology 2003 Travel Grant
  •  Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology (2001)
  •  Botany and Plant Pathology Graduate Student Travel Award (May 1998, April 1999) 
  •  Frederick N. Andrews Graduate Fellowship (1996-1998)

Publications

Hass-Jacobus, B. (2021 July). “Assignment: Learning the Scientific Method by Analyzing Study Skills Research.” The Digital Teaching Repository, IUPUI. DOI: 10.7912/48p2-tt14

Hass Jacobus, B. (2013) Book review. “Alice’s Adventures in Molecular Biology.” Bioscene 39(2): 34.

Hass-Jacobus, B.L., M. Futrell-Griggs, B. Abernathy, R. Westerman, J.L. Goicoechea, J. Stein, P. Klein, B. Hurwitz, et al. (2006) “Integration of hybridization-based markers (overgos) into physical maps for comparative and evolutionary explorations in the genus Oryza and in Sorghum.” BMC Genomics 7. Online journal.

Lin, J.-Y., B. Hass Jacobus, P. SanMiguel, J.G. Walling, Y. Yuan, R.C. Shoemaker, N.D. Young and S.A. Jackson (2005) “Pericentromeric regions of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) chromosomes consist of retroelements and tandemly repeated DNA and are structurally and evolutionarily labile.” Genetics 170:1221-1230.

Sano, R., C.M. Juarez, B. Hass, K. Sakakibara, M. Ito, J.A. Banks, and M. Hasebe (2005) “KNOX homeobox genes potentially have similar function in both diploid unicellular and multicellular meristems, but not in haploid meristems.”Evol Dev 7(1):69-78.

Hass, B. and S.A. Jackson (2005) “Cytogenetic analysis and physical mapping.”In: Handbook of Plant Genome Mapping: Genetic and Physical Mapping.Edited by K. Meksem and G. Kahl. WILEY–VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, pp. 133-150.

Jackson, S., B. Hass Jacobus, and J. Pagel (2004) “The gene space of the soybean genome.” In: Legume Crop Genomics. Edited by R.F. Wilson, H.T. Stalker, and E.C. Brummer. AOCS Press, Champaign, Illinois, pp. 187-193.

Jackson, S.A., P. SanMiguel, J.G. Walling, B. Hass Jacobus, R.M Westerman (2003) “Comparative cytogenomics and physical mapping in the Oryzeae.” In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Genetic Resources for the Genus Oryza.Edited by S. Nakayama, N. Tomooka, M. Hisada, D.A. Vaughn and K. Kadowaki. Tsukuba, Japan.

Hass, B.L., J.C. Pires, R. Porter, R.L. Philips, and S.A. Jackson (2003) Comparative genetics at the gene and chromosome levels between rice (Oryza sativa) and wildrice (Zizania palustris). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107: 773-782.

Strain, E., B. Hass, and J.A. Banks (2001) Characterization of mutations that feminize gametophytes of the fern Ceratopteris. Genetics 159(3): 1271-1281.

DeYoung, B., T. Weber, B. Hass, and J.A. Banks (1997) Generating autotetraploid sporophytes and their use in analyzing mutations affecting gametophyte development in the fern Ceratopteris. Genetics 147: 809-814.

Civic Engagement

I have served as a judge for many science fairs, including local elementary schools and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. I have worked with K-12 classrooms, delivering guest lectures and biology workshops. My work with the community includes workshops and guest talks on a variety of topics related to plant biology and genetics, including genealogy groups, garden clubs, and Purdue Extension.

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