The ACU Lab at Fresno State
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Developmental Biology
Plant Biology
Plant pathology
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
News 1
Congratulations to Quynh Nguyen (an ACU Lab alumna), who received her MS in Biology in May 2024, and is starting a PhD program at UC-Davis.
News 2
Congratulations to Ramakrishna Kandi (an ACU Lab alum), who received hi PSM in Biotechnology in August 2024, and started a PhD program at UMass-Amherst.
About
Welcome! My name is Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. I'm a professor of Developmental Biology at California State University, Fresno. The purpose of this site is to introduce you to the activities in my research/teaching program at Fresno State. Feel free to send me an e-mail with comments and suggestions.
Projects
Our research projects focus around three main areas: 1) Novel alternatives for plant protection against nematodes using programmed cell death and chalcones; 2) the use of algae for biofuel secondary metabolite production and waste-water treatment; and 3) development of molecular diagnostic tools for use in food and agriculture.
Teaching
I teach Biology 155 (Developmental Biology), Biology 156 (Plant Growth and Development), Biology 1A (introductory Biology – for majors), Biology 103 (Cell Biology), Biology 104 (Laboratory for Genetics and Cell Biology) and other courses to strengthen the developmental and molecular biology sections of our Biology curriculum.