Jennifer K. Parker

Research Associate I

217 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
Lab: (334) 844 5015
Fax: (334) 844 1947
jkp0006@auburn.edu

2008	M.Sc. Environmental Health. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Thesis: Whole Genome Amplification as a Pre-PCR Step to Improve Detection of Pathogens in Drinking Water. Advisor: J. Scott Meschke
2004	B.Sc. Environmental Science, summa cum laude. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Thesis: Preliminary Assessments of Fecal Contamination via Microbial Indicator Species: Town Creek Marina, Beaufort, North Carolina. Advisor: Rachel T. Noble

Genetic characterization of Xylella fastidiosa isolates via analysis of environmentally-mediated genes

Infection traits and growth of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus”

2008	National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) Award – Singapore
2003	Colley Environmental Award – Carolina Environmental Program (CEP) Morehead City Field Site

Parker, J.K., J.C. Havird, and L. De La Fuente. Differentiation of Xylella fastidiosa strains via multi-locus sequence analysis of environmentally-mediated genes (MLSA-E). Appl Environ Microbiol, 2011 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Burdman, S., O. Bahar, J.K. Parker, and L. De La Fuente. 2011. Involvement of type IV pili in pathogenicity of plant pathogenic bacteria. Genes, 2(4), 706-735.

Havird, J.C., J.K. Parker, and B. Connery. 2011. Fishes of the streams of Acadia National Park, Maine. Northeastern Naturalist, 18(2):217-228.

Parker, J.K., T.-Y. Chang, and J.S. Meschke. 2011. Amplification of viral RNA from drinking water using TransPlex™ whole-transcriptome amplification. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 111(1):216-23.

Parker, J.K., D. McIntyre, and R.T. Noble. 2010. Characterizing fecal contamination in stormwater runoff in coastal North Carolina, USA. Water Research, 44:4186-4194.

Parker, J.K., J.C. Havird, and L. De La Fuente. Differentiation of Xylella fastidiosa strains via multi-locus sequence analysis of environmentally-mediated genes (MLSA-E). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, submitted.

2011	Parker, J.K., and L. De La Fuente. Analysis of environmentally-mediated genes of the pathogen Xylella fastidiosa to define relationships between isolates from different plant hosts. 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 21-24.
2010	Parker, J. K., and L. De La Fuente. Xylella fastidiosa genes and phenotypes related to host specificity. Poster Presentation. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Pierce's Disease Research Symposium, San Diego, CA:147.
2010	Parker, J.K. and L. De La Fuente. Differentiation of Xylella fastidiosa strains via analysis of environmentally-mediated genes. Poster Presentation: American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting.
2008	Parker, J.K. Application of whole genome amplification to improve metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in activated sludge. Talk: EAPSI Program, Singapore.
2008	Parker, J.K., T.-Y. Chang, G.A. Cangelosi, and J.S. Meschke. Whole Genome Amplification as a Pre-PCR Step to Improve Detection of Pathogens in Drinking Water. Poster Presentation: American Society of Microbiology General Meeting.
2008	Parker, J.K. Whole Genome Amplification as a Pre-PCR Step to Improve Detection of Pathogens in Drinking Water. Talk: Student Research Day, University of Washington.