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Comment: He might qualify, but this article needs extensive work. At the moment it has long sections, very technical, which only someone in the field will understand. What is not mentioned is that he has a significant number of highly cited papers. Rewrite please, cut the technical details and just focus on his impact in the field (without bragging). Then you will have a chance of passing WP:NPROF. Ldm1954 (talk) 20:18, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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Mikhail Elia Nasrallah is Professor Emeritus in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science in the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Education[edit]
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Nasrallah, a native of Kfarmishki, Lebanon, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture and a certification in Agronomy [Ingénieur Agricole] from the American University of Beirut in 1960, a Master's degree in Horticulture from the University of Vermont in 1962, and a doctorate degree in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Cornell University in 1965.
Career and Research[edit]
Nasrallah carried out postdoctoral research at Cornell University from 1965-1967 and had a faculty position in Genetics at the State University of New York/Cortland from 1967 to 1985. He moved to Cornell University in 1985 and was appointed a Professor of Plant Biology in 1992.
Much of Nasrallah's research has focused on the molecular genetic analysis of self-incompatibility in plants of the crucifer (Brassicaceae) family. Self-incompatibility is a genetic reproductive barrier widespread among angiosperms which ensures outcrossing by preventing self-pollination and mating among genetically-related plants.[1]. Over the course of his career, Nasrallah's work has resulted in close to 100 scientific publications, a significant number of which are highly cited journal articles.
Nasrallah was a pioneer in the study of self-incompatibility (SI). As a doctoral student at Cornell, he made a major scientific contribution by devising a new approach to the molecular analysis of SI. Instead of the pollen-centric focus which at the time had been the norm in research aimed at identifying the molecular components of SI in various plant families,[2] he focused on investigating the contribution of the stigma to the SI response. This approach led him to identify the first molecule encoded by an SI-determining gene [3]. This molecule was later used by Nasrallah's team at Cornell as a launching pad for a detailed analysis of the Brassica SI-determining genetic locus and the eventual identification of the stigma and pollen determinants of SI in various Brassica strains and species. This strategy of starting with identification of the female determinant of SI has become the norm for molecular analysis of SI across various plant families.
Awards and Honors[edit]
Nasrallah received the American University of Beirut's highest scholastic honor, the Penrose Award, in 1960[4]; an award in Horticulture from the Burpee Foundation[5] in 1961; and an award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences[6] in 1970 in recognition of an outstanding research contribution related to a vegetable crop used for processing.
References[edit]
- ^ Charlesworth, D (2010). "Self-Incompatibility". F1000 Biol Rep. 2: 68. doi:10.3410/B2-68. PMC 2989624. PMID 21173841.
- ^ Lewis, D (1952). "Serological reactions of pollen incompatibility substances". Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B Biological Sciences. 140 (898): 127–135. Bibcode:1952RSPSB.140..127L. doi:10.1098/rspb.1952.0049. PMID 13003917. S2CID 7071084.
- ^ Nasrallah, ME; Wallace, DH (1967). "Immunochemical detection of antigens in self-incompatibility genotypes of cabbage". Nature. 213 (5077): 700–701. Bibcode:1967Natur.213..700N. doi:10.1038/213700a0. S2CID 4174539.
- ^ "Maingate/Then and Now" (PDF). No. Summer 2009. American University of Beirut. 2009.
- ^ "The Burpee Foundation". The Burpee Foundation.
- ^ "AIBS Awards". aibs.org.