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Joseph Colasanti
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Research
Latest papers
A Leaf-Expressed TERMINAL FLOWER1 Homolog from Coffee with Alternative Splice Forms Alters Flowering and Branching in Arabidopsis.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Genome-wide association analysis of winter survival in a diverse Canadian winter wheat population.
The plant genome · 2025
Oncolytic Orf virus licenses NK cells via cDC1 to activate innate and adaptive antitumor mechanisms and extends survival in a murine model of late-stage ovarian cancer
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer · 2022
Latest funding
- $78,000
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms that regulate flowering in higher plants
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Investigation of how reducing RNA-directed DNA Methylation can enhance production of therapeutic proteins in plants
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $234,000
Investigation of Mechanisms that Control the Transition to Flowering in Higher Plants
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
22 publications.
A Leaf-Expressed TERMINAL FLOWER1 Homolog from Coffee with Alternative Splice Forms Alters Flowering and Branching in Arabidopsis.
Cardon CH, Lesy V, Fust C, Ribeiro THC, Hebb O, de Oliveira RR, Minow MAA, Rume GC, Chalfun-Junior A, Colasanti J
Genome-wide association analysis of winter survival in a diverse Canadian winter wheat population.
Whiting R, Ficht A, Chen Y, Torkamaneh D, Colasanti J, Lyons EM
Oncolytic Orf virus licenses NK cells via cDC1 to activate innate and adaptive antitumor mechanisms and extends survival in a murine model of late-stage ovarian cancer
van Vloten JP, Matuszewska K, Minow MAA, Minott JA, Santry LA, Pereira M, Stegelmeier AA, McAusland TM, Klafuric EM, Karimi K
Patterns of stability and change in the maize genome: a case study of small RNA transcriptomes in two recombinant inbred lines and their progenitors.
Minow M.A.A., Lukens L., Rossi V., Colasanti J.
Plant gene silencing signals move from the phloem to influence gene expression in shoot apical meristems.
Minow MAA, Coneva V, Lesy V, Misyura M, Colasanti J
Expression of coffee florigen CaFT1 reveals a sustained floral induction window associated with asynchronous flowering in tropical perennials.
Cardon CH, de Oliveira RR, Lesy V, Ribeiro THC, Fust C, Pereira LP, Colasanti J, Chalfun-Junior A
Introgressed DNA within a Zea mays near-isogenic line displays lower levels of 24nt sRNA expression than the homologous region from the recurrent parent.
Minow MAA, Ávila LM, Lukens L, Rossi V, Colasanti J
Does variable epigenetic inheritance fuel plant evolution?
Minow MAA, Colasanti J
Distinct gene networks modulate floral induction of autonomous maize and photoperiod-dependent teosinte.
Minow MAA, Ávila LM, Turner K, Ponzoni E, Mascheretti I, Dussault FM, Lukens L, Rossi V, Colasanti J
Florigen-Encoding Genes of Day-Neutral and Photoperiod-Sensitive Maize Are Regulated by Different Chromatin Modifications at the Floral Transition.
Mascheretti I, Turner K, Brivio RS, Hand A, Colasanti J, Rossi V
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms that regulate flowering in higher plants
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
Keywords: flowering; long distance signals; developmental genetics; gene expression; transcription factors; epigenetics; genetic regulation; chromatin; plant evolution
Investigation of how reducing RNA-directed DNA Methylation can enhance production of therapeutic proteins in plants
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
Investigation of Mechanisms that Control the Transition to Flowering in Higher Plants
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
Improving winter hardiness in wheat using genomic technologies
Principal investigators: Pauls, Karl
Deciphering Maize Floral Regulatory Networks
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
Programmable precision maize planter
Principal investigators: Lee, Elizabeth
Microplate reader
Principal investigators: Harauz, George
Molecular and genetic characterization of floral regulatory networks in maize
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
Developing a biotechnological foundation to enhance maize for Canada
Principal investigators: Rothstein, Steven
Molecular and genetic analysis of the maize indeterminate gene
Principal investigators: Colasanti, Joseph
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Joseph Colasanti and Lewis Lukens: 3 shared papers
- Paul McNicholas and Joseph Colasanti: 1 shared paper
- James Petrik and Joseph Colasanti: 1 shared paper
- Joseph Colasanti and Davoud Torkamaneh: 1 shared paper
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Plant Agriculture (Guelph)
- Phytologie
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Mathematics and Statistics
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