Mauricio S. Antunes
University of North Texas
Biological Sciences
(940) 369-5457
Email:

Education

PhD, Purdue University, 2003.
Major: Botany & Plant Pathology
Degree Specialization: Plant Molecular Biology
Certificate, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2002.
Major: Applied Management Principles
MSc, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 1995.
Major: Crop Sciences
BS, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 1993.
Major: Agronomy

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (August 2018 – Present).
Special Assistant Professor, Colorado State University. (August 2010 – August 2018).
Professional
Senior Research Associate, Purdue University/US-DOE, Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). (August 2009 – July 2010).
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Colorado State University. (2004 – 2009).
Research Associate, Maize & Sorghum National Research Center, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA). (1996 – 1997).

Professional Memberships

American Chemical Society. (December 2022 – Present).

American Society of Plant Biologists. (June 2000 – Present).

Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture, Consumer and Family Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. (2000 – Present).

Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (1990 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Faculty Fellowship,"2021 Washington DC Fellows Program," UNT Office of the Vice-President for Research and Innovation, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 2021 – July 2021).

Workshop,"Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals," UNT - Office of Research and Innovation, Denton, TX, United States of America. (February 27, 2020 – February 27, 2020).

Workshop,"Promotion and Tenure Workshop," UNT Office for Faculty Success, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 23, 2019 – September 23, 2019).

Seminar,"How to be an effective mentor," American Society of Plant Biologists - Plantae, United States of America. (July 25, 2019 – July 25, 2019).

Workshop,"NSF CAREER Workshop," UNT Office of Research and Innovation, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 17, 2019 – April 17, 2019).

Workshop,"Leadership and Management When Running a Research Program," Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America. (October 2014 – October 2014).

Workshop,"Avoid Allegations of Research Misconduct through Effective Data Management," Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America. (February 2014 – February 2014).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BIOC 4570, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5 courses.
BIOC 5340, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Gene, 3 courses.
BIOC 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
BIOC 5950, Master's Thesis, 5 courses.
BIOC 6940, Individual Research, 8 courses.
BIOL 1710, Biology for Science Majors I, 5 courses.
BIOL 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
BIOL 4005, Contemporary Topics in Biology, 4 courses.
BIOL 4570, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Gene, 5 courses.
BIOL 4900, Special Problems, 2 courses.
BIOL 5340, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4 courses.
BIOL 5950, Master's Thesis, 1 course.
BIOL 6940, Individual Research, 6 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course, Transgenic Plants in the Laboratory, the Greenhouse, and in the Field, Summer 2018.

Colorado State University, Plant Molecular Genetics, BSPM 740, Fall 2017.

Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course, Transgenic Plants in the Laboratory, the Greenhouse, and in the Field, Summer 2017.

Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course, Genetically Engineered Plants: Production, Regulation and Non-regulation, Summer 2016.

Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course, Transgenic Plants in the Laboratory, the Greenhouse, and in the Field, Summer 2013.

Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course, Transgenic Plants in the Laboratory, the Greenhouse, and in the Field, Summer 2008.

Directed Student Learning

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biomedical Engineering. (December 2023 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (November 2023 – Present).

Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (January 2023 – Present).

Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (August 2022 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (May 2022 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (March 2022 – Present).

Other, Biological Sciences. (January 2022 – Present).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (October 2021 – Present).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (October 2021 – Present).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (August 2021 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (January 2021 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (December 2020 – Present).

Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Biological Sciences. (January 2020 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (September 2019 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (October 2018 – Present).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (September 2018 – Present).

Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (June 2021 – December 2023).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (November 2022 – August 2023).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (July 2021 – May 2023).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (May 2022 – December 2022).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (September 2021 – December 2022).

Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (January 2019 – December 2022).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (February 2022 – August 2022).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (March 2019 – July 2022).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (January 2017 – June 24, 2022).

Major Professor, Biological Sciences. (January 2019 – July 2021).

Supervised Research, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (June 2020 – May 2021).

Supervised Research, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (January 2020 – February 2021).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (April 2019 – December 2020).

Supervised Research, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (September 2019 – May 2020).

Supervised Research, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (June 2019 – May 2020).

Supervised Research, Biological Sciences. (January 2019 – May 2020).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (August 2014 – January 2020).

Internship Advisor, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (June 2019 – August 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Biological Sciences. (April 2019 – August 02, 2019).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (August 2015 – March 29, 2019).

Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Other - Outside UNT. (2017 – 2018).

Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Other - Outside UNT. (2013 – 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (January 2017 – August 2018).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (August 2016 – August 2017).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Other - Outside UNT. (August 2016 – May 2017).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Other - Outside UNT. (August 2015 – May 2016).

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Other - Outside UNT. (January 2011 – May 2016).

Postdoctoral Research Supervision, Other - Outside UNT. (2013 – 2015).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings
Kiwimagi, K., Antunes, M., Xu, W., Kassaw, T., Zalewski, C., Medford, J., Prasad, A. (2020). Synthetic genetic circuits using plant protoplasts. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 65(1), . APS Physics. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR20/Session/U26.2
Shaw, A. K., Medford, J. I., Antunes, M. S., McCormick, W. S., Wicker, D. (2007). Hyperspectral Exploitation with Plant Sentinels. SPIE: The International Society for Optics and Photonics. 6554(65540S), 12.
Conference Proceeding
Schaumberg, K., Xu, W., Zalewski, C., Kassaw, T., Antunes, M. S., Medford, J., Prasad, A. (2015). Methods for quantitative analysis in plant synthetic biology. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 249, .
Journal Article
Hanauer, D. I., Zhang, T., Graham, M. J., Adams, S. D., Ahumada-Santos, Y. P., Alvey, R. M., Antunes, M. S., Ayuk, M. A., Elena Báez-Flores, M., Bancroft, C. T., Bates, T. C., Bechman, M. J., Behr, E., Beyer, A. R., Bortz, R. L., Bowder, D. M., Briggs, L. A., Brown-Kennerly, V., Buckholt, M. A., Bullock, S. K., Butela, K. A., Byrum, C. A., Caruso, S. M., Chia, C. P., Chong, R. A., Chung, H., Clase, K. L., Coleman, S. T., Parks Collins, D., Conant, S. B., Condon, B. M., Connerly, P. L., Connors, B. J., Cook-Easterwood, J. E., Crump, K. E., D’Elia, T., Dennis, M. K., DeVeaux, L. C., Diacovich, L., Duffy, I., Edgington, N. P., Edwards, D. C., Egwuatu, T. O., Eivazova, E. R., Fallest-Strobl, P. C., Fillman, C. L., Findley, A. M., Fisher, E., Fisher, M. R., Fogarty, M. P., Freise, A. C., Frost, V. J., Gainey, M. D., Garcia Costas, A. M., Garza, A. A., Gavin, H. E., Ghittoni, R., Gibb, B., Golebiewska, U. P., Grinath, A. S., Gurney, S. M., Hare, R. F., Heninger, S. G., Hinz, J. M., Hughes, L. E., Jayachandran, P., Johnson, K. C., Johnson, A. A., Kanther, M., Kenna, M., Kirkpatrick, B. L., Klyczek, K. K., Kohl, K. P., Kuchka, M., LaPeruta, A. J., Lee-Soety, J. Y., Lewis, L. O., Lindberg, H. M., Madden, J. A., Markov, S. A., Mastropaolo, M. D., Mathur, V., McClory, S. P., Merkhofer, E. C., Merkle, J. A., Michael, S. F., Mitchell, J. C., Molloy, S. D., Monti, D. L., Mussi, M. A., Nance, H., Nieto-Fernandez, F. E., Nissen, J. C., Nsa, I. Y., O’Donnell, M. G., Page, S. T., Panagakis, A., Parra-Unda, J. R., Pelletier, T. A., Perez Morales, T. G., Peters, N. T., Phuntumart, V., Pollenz, R. S., Preuss, M. L., Puthoff, D. P., Raifu, M. K., Reyna, N. S., Rinehart, C. A., Rocheleau, J. M., Rossier, O., Rudner, A. D., Rueschhoff, E. E., Ryan, A., Saha, S., Shaffer, C. D., Smith, M. A., Sprenkle, A. B., Strong, C. L., Sunnen, C. N., Tarbox, B. P., Temple, L., Thoemke, K. R., Thomas, M. A., Tobiason, D. M., Tolsma, S. S., Garcia, J. T., Valentine, M. S., Vazquez, E., Ward, R. E., Ward, C. M., Ware, V. C., Warner, M. H., Washington, J. M., Westholm, D. E., Wheaton, K. A., Wilkes, B. M., Williams, E. C., Biederman, W. H., Cresawn, S. G., Heller, D. M., Jacobs-Sera, D., Hatfull, G. F., Asai, D. J., Sivanathan, V. (2023). Models of classroom assessment for course-based research experiences. Other. 8, . https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1279921
Anderson, C. E., Ferreira, S. S., Antunes, M. S. (2023). Integration of multiple stress signals in plants using synthetic Boolean logic gates. Plant Physiology. 192(4), 3189–3202.
Anderson, C. E., Ferreira, S. S., Antunes, M. S. (2023). A Logical Way to Reprogram Plants. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 654, 80-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.02.080
Amack, S. C., Ferreira, S. S., Antunes, M. (2023). Tuning the Transcriptional Activity of the CaMV 35S Promoter in Plants by Single-Nucleotide Changes in the TATA Box. Other. 12(1), 178-185. American Chemical Society (ACS).
Ferreira, S., Antunes, M. (2021). Re-engineering plant phenylpropanoid metabolism with the aid of synthetic biosensors. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12, 701385.
Amack, S. C., Antunes, M. S. (2020). CaMV35S promoter--a plant biology and biotechnology workhorse in the era of synthetic biology. Other. 24, 100179. Elsevier.
Vasconcelos, M. V., Antunes, M. S., Oliveira, M. F., Lopes, M. A., Figueiredo, J. F. (2018). Callus induction and plant regeneration from immature embryos culture of tropical maize. Other. 17(3), 359-368.
Kassaw, T. K., Donayre-Torres, A. J., Antunes, M. S., Morey, K. J., Medford, J. I. (2018). Engineering synthetic regulatory circuits in plants. Plant Science. 273, 13-22.
Bick, M. J., Greisen, P. J., Morey, K. J., Antunes, M. S., La, D., Sankaran, B., Reymond, L., Johnsson, K., Medford, J. I., Baker, D. (2017). Computational design of environmental sensors for the potent opioid fentanyl. eLife. 6, 23.
Antunes, M. S., Hodges, T. K., Carpita, N. C. (2016). A benzoate-activated promoter from Aspergillus niger and regulation of its activity. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(12), 5479-5489.
Yang, H., Wei, H., Ma, G., Antunes, M. S., Vogt, S., Cox, J., Zhang, X., Liu, X., Bu, L., Gleber, S. C., Carpita, N. C., Makowski, L., Himmel, M. E., Tucker, M. P., McCann, M. C., Murphy, A. S., Peer, W. A. (2016). Cell wall targeted in planta iron accumulation enhances biomass conversion and seed iron concentration in Arabidopsis and rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14(10), 1998-2009.
Schaumberg, K. A., Antunes, M. S., Kassaw, T. K., Xu, W., Zalewski, C. S., Medford, J. I., Prasad, A. (2016). Quantitative characterization of genetic parts and circuits for plant synthetic biology. Other. 13(1), 94-100.
Feng, J., Jester, B. W., Tinberg, C. E., Mandell, D. J., Antunes, M. S., Chari, R., Morey, K. J., Rios, X., Medford, J. I., Church, G. M., Fields, S., Baker, D. (2015). A general strategy to construct small molecule biosensors in eukaryotes. eLife. 4, .
Antunes, M. S., Smith, J. J., Jantz, D., Medford, J. I. (2012). Targeted DNA excision in Arabidopsis by a re-engineered homing endonuclease. Other. 12, 12.
Antunes, M. S., Morey, K. J., Smith, J. J., Albrecht, K. D., Bowen, T. A., Zdunek, J. K., Troupe, J. F., Cuneo, M. J., Webb, C. T., Hellinga, H. W., Medford, J. I. (2011). Programmable Ligand Detection System in Plants through a Synthetic Signal Transduction Pathway. PLOS One. 6(1), 11.
Antunes, M. S., Morey, K. J., Tewari-Singh, N., Bowen, T. A., Smith, J. J., Webb, C. T., Hellinga, H. W., Medford, J. I. (2009). Engineering key components in a synthetic eukaryotic signal transduction pathway. Other. 5(270), 11.
Antunes, M. S., Ha, S., Tewari-Singh, N., Morey, K. J., Trofka, A. M., Kugrens, P., Deyholos, M., Medford, J. I. (2006). A synthetic de-greening gene circuit provides a reporting system that is remotely detectable and has a re-set capacity. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 4(6), 605-622.
Review
Morey, K. J., Antunes, M. S., Barrow, M. J., Solorzano, F. A., Havens, K. L., Smith, J. J., Medford, J. (2012). Crosstalk between endogenous and synthetic components - synthetic signaling meets endogenous components. Biotechnology Journal. 7(7), 846-855.
Morey, K. J., Antunes, M. S., Albrecht, K. D., Bowen, T. A., Troupe, J. F., Havens, K. L., Medford, J. I. (2011). Developing a synthetic signal transduction system in plants. Other. Methods in Enzymology. 497, 581-602.

Presentations Given

Design Work

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Plant & Animal Genome XXI Conference – Synthetic Biology Workshop, Synthetic Sensing and Signal Transduction: Designing Novel Traits in Plants, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2013).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Plant Science’s Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology Summer School, Synthetic Biology of Plants – Challenges and Accomplishments, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, United Kingdom. (2009).

Invited Talk

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Department of Biology Seminar Series, Reprogramming Plant Specialized Metabolism with Synthetic Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Genetic Circuits, Texas Woman's University, Denton, United States of America. (2024).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Professional Science Master's in Biotechnology Program, Plant Biotechnology in the 21st Century, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Antunes, M. (Author & Presenter), Anderson, C. (Author), Amack, S. (Author), Ferreira, S. (Author), Brazilian Bioenergy Science & Technology Conference - BBEST 2020, Dynamic control of secondary metabolism in plants, Sao Paulo - Brazil, Brazil. (2021).

Antunes, M. (Author & Presenter), TAMS Summer Research Scholars Seminar, Synthetic Biology: an engineering approach to biology, UNT - TAMS, United States of America. (2020).

Antunes, M. (Author & Presenter), Engineering novel functions in plants with synthetic biological circuits, Clemson University - Genetics and Biochemistry Department, Clemson, SC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), An engineering approach to programming function in plants, UNT- Department of Biological Sciences, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Synthetic genetic circuits enable engineering of complex biological functions in plants, University of Wyoming - Department of Chemical Engineering, Laramie, WY, United States of America. (2017).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Human design of food and crops, American Chemical Society, San Fancisco, CA, United States of America. (2017).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Plant Synthetic Biology and Engineering, Design and implementation of genetic circuits for complex biological functions in plants, American Chemical Society, Miami, FL, United States of America. (2016).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Congresso Brasileiro de Soja/Mercosoja, Sentinel Plants and Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs), Florianopolis, Brazil, Brazil. (2015).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Department of Biology, Overcoming the Challenges of Applying Synthetic Biology Principles to Plants, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America. (2015).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Plant & Animal Genome XXII Conference - Synthetic Biology Workshop, Engineering Synthetic Genetic Circuits in Plants, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2014).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Workshop on Genetic Resources and Climate Change, Synthetic Biology and its Contribution to the Development of Improved Agricultural Traits, USDA-ARS NCGRP, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America. (2012).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Using Synthetic Biology to Develop Plant Sentinels, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America. (2009).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Genobiotec 13, Engineering synthetic sensing and signal transduction traits in plants, Monterrey, Mexico, Mexico. (2013).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Front Range Biosafety Association NIH-OBA & Biosafety Symposium, Synthetic Biology: new field, new biosafety concerns?, Univ. of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2013).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), 2013 Molecular Biology Program Symposium, Synthetic Biology and its Applications to Plants, Univ. of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, DEnver, CO, United States of America. (2013).

Oral Presentation

Higgs, H. (Author & Presenter), Antunes, M. S. (Author), Ayre, B. G. (Author), McGarry, R. C. (Author), BioDiscovery Institute Seminar Series, Applying natural mobility factors to enhance meristem-based gene editing with RNA viruses, UNT, UNT, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Ferrreira, S. S. (Author), Future of Agriculture for Sustainability, Rewiring Plant Metabolism with Information Processing Circuits, Keystone Symposia, Keystone, CO, United States of America. (2025 – 2025).

Shoyeb, M. (Author & Presenter), Antunes, M. S. (Author), BDI Seminar Series, Expression analysis of members of the miRNA395 and miRNA171 gene families in Arabidopsis, UNT BioDiscovery Institute, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023).

Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), Can we teach an old protein new tricks?, UNT - BioDiscovery Institute, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Poster

Anderson, C. E. (Author), Ferreira, S. S. (Author), Antunes, M. S. (Author & Presenter), 2023 Plant Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Boolean logic operations to rewire plant specialized metabolism, Gordon Research Conference, Barcelona, Spain. (2023 – 2023).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Antunes, M. S. (Co-Principal), Medford, J. I. (Principal), "Synthetic Biological Desalination," Sponsored by DARPA - U.S. Department of Defense, Federal, $2070000 Funded. (2015 – 2018).
Antunes, M. S. (Co-Principal), Medford, J. I. (Principal), "Quantitative analysis of synthetic gene parts for plants," Sponsored by Office of Naval Research - U.S. Department of Defense, Federal, $150000 Funded. (2014 – 2016).
Grant - Research
Antunes, M., "Establishing the biochemical determinants of microRNA long-distance mobility in plants," Sponsored by Welch Foundation, State, $240000 Funded. (June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024).
Antunes, M. S. (Principal), Bozdag, S. (Co-Principal), "Identification of early-response small-RNA signatures of biotic stress in plants," Sponsored by UNT CENG, COS and VPRI, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (April 2023 – March 2024).
McGarry, R. C., Antunes, M. S., "Applying natural mobility factors to facilitate meristem gene editing with RNA viruses.," Sponsored by BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (May 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022).
Antunes, M. (Principal), Alonso, A. (Co-Principal), "Malonyl-CoA sensing and activation of lipid synthesis in pennycress plants," Sponsored by UNT College of Science, University of North Texas, $9000 Funded. (June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022).
Berman, D. (Co-Principal), Ayre, B. G. (Co-Principal), Antunes, M. S. (Co-Principal), "Plant fiber-based structures with integrated functional components for enhanced utility.," Sponsored by UNT BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2021).
Antunes, M. (Principal), "Global analysis of gene expression in Arabidopsis plants treated with a biostimulant," Sponsored by Agricen Sciences, Inc., Private, $22005 Funded. (May 2020 – September 2020).
Antunes, M. S. (Principal), Medford, J. (Co-Principal), Kipper, M. (Co-Principal), "Engineering synthetic production of durable polymers in plants," Sponsored by DARPA - U.S. Department of Defense, Federal, $1700000 Funded. (April 2018 – June 2019).
Antunes, M. S. (Co-Principal), Medford, J. I. (Principal), Prasad, A. (Co-Principal), "Synthetic Gene Circuits to Enhance Production of Transgenic Bioenergy Crops," Sponsored by ARPA-e, Federal, $2150000 Funded. (2013 – 2015).
Grant - Teaching
Antunes, M. (Principal), Henard, C. A. (Co-Principal), Alberts, A. (Supporting), Hughes, L. E. (Co-Principal), "HHMI SEA-GENES Project," Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Private, $11000 Funded. (2019 – Present).

Copyrights, Patents

Patent
Medford, J., Morey, K., Kassaw, T., Antunes, M., "Synthetic desalination genetic circuit in plants," 11,692,199. Regular, United States, Date of Patent Application: February 13, 2020 –. Date Patent Approved: July 4, 2023 –.
Medford, J. I., Antunes, M. S., Kassaw, T. K., "Synthetic repression of gene expression in plants," 15/787,562. Regular, United States, Date of Patent Application: October 18, 2017 –.
Medford, J. I., Antunes, M. S., Morey, K. J., Jester, B., Tinberg, C., Fields, S., Baker, D., Bick, M., "Compositions and methods for detection of small molecules," 15/392,962. Provisional, United States, Date of Patent Application: December 28, 2016 –.
Medford, J. I., Antunes, M. S., "Biological systems input-output response system and plant sentinels," 9,062,320. Regular, United States, Date Patent Approved: June 23, 2015 –.
Medford, J. I., Antunes, M. S., Morey, K. J., Smith, J. J., Hellinga, H. W., "Biological input-output response system and plant sentinels," 8,148,605. Regular, United States, Date Patent Approved: April 03, 2012 –.
Antunes, M. S., Hodges, T. K., Carpita, N. C., "Benzoate-inducible promoters," 7,705,203. Regular, United States, Date Patent Approved: April 27, 2010 –.

Awards and Honors

NAASC (North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee) Inclusivity Scholars Program, North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee. (April 2024 – July 2024).

Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship, Gordon Research Conference. (February 22, 2023 – June 2023).

Service

University Service

Other, TAMS Fair. (January 27, 2024 – Present).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee - Immunology/Endocrinology Faculty. (September 2023 – Present).

Committee Chair, BioDiscovery Institute Education and Outreach Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Graduate Admissions Committee. (April 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, BMB Graduate Student Exam Standardization Ad Hoc Committee. (April 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Biology Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. (March 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Institutional Effectiveness Committee. (September 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee. (March 14, 2019 – Present).

Other, TAMS Fair. (January 28, 2023 – January 28, 2023).

Member, College of Science Faculty and Staff Council on Diversity and Inclusion. (June 3, 2020 – August 2022).

Other, Biology Graduate Student Association Research Day. (April 2022 – April 2022).

Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee - Neurobiology Faculty. (November 3, 2021 – March 31, 2022).

Other, TAMS Fair. (January 29, 2022 – January 29, 2022).

Committee Chair, Staff Search Committee - Genomic Facility Manager. (July 2020 – November 2020).

Member, UNT Biosafety Manual - Ad Hoc Working Group. (July 2019 – December 2019).

Other, Biology Graduate Student Association Research Day. (April 11, 2019 – April 11, 2019).

Committee Member, BDI Faculty Search Committee. (October 2018 – March 2019).

Other, Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC). (2018).

Other, Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC). (2017).

Other, Graduate Student Showcase. (2017).

Other, Graduate Student Showcase. (2016).

Other, Graduate Student Showcase. (2015).

Other, Cell and Molecular Biology Program Poster Symposium. (2014).

Other, Cell and Molecular Biology Program Poster Symposium. (2013).

Other, Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC). (2012).

Other, Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC). (2011).

Professional Service

Editorial Review Board Member, Scientific Reports. (July 2023 – Present).

Editor, Journal Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science. (October 5, 2022 – Present).

Editor, Guest Editor, Plants - MDPI. (May 24, 2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Genes. (October 2020 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Current Plant Biology. (2013 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques. (2011 – Present).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation - IOS - PMB Program. (May 2024 – May 2024).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (March 18, 2024 – March 20, 2024).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Separations. (October 29, 2022 – December 12, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Quantitative Plant Biology. (November 16, 2022 – December 5, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Applied Sciences. (April 20, 2022 – May 4, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Synthetic Biology - Oxford. (April 2021 – December 2021).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, USDA - NIFA AFRI Commodity Board Co-funding Program, Denton, TX. (October 19, 2021 – November 15, 2021).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), Virtual panel. (August 12, 2021 – August 13, 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Plants. (January 2021 – February 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Nucleic Acids Research. (2019 – 2020).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST), Virtual panel. (May 6, 2020 – May 7, 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, ACS Synthetic Biology. (2017 – 2017).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, NSF Plant Genome Program. (2017).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, US-DOE Biological & Environmental Research Program. (2017).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Communications. (2016 – 2017).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, USDA-NIFA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) Program. (July 2017).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, US-DOE/ARPA-E Open 2015 FOA. (2015).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, USDA-NIFA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) Program. (July 2015).

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Other, SparkSTEM Virtual Science Fair. (May 07, 2020 – May 15, 2020).