Darlene Southworth
Department of Biology
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR 97520
TEL 541 552 6865
FAX 541 552 6415
Email: southworth@sou.edu
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Botany, BS l963; MS 1964
University of California, Berkeley, Botany, PhD l970
Professional Societies
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Botanical Society of America
Sigma Xi
Native Plant Society of Oregon
Employment Summary
Southern Oregon State College (Ashland), Dept. Biology, Asst. Prof. 1979-1982;
Assoc. Prof. 1982-1988; Prof. 1988-2000; Chair 1988-90; 2000-present Prof. Emer.
University of Siena (Italy), Dept. Environmental Biology, Visiting Faculty,
Sept-Dec 1993
University of California, Davis, Dept. Agronomy and Range Science, Visiting
Research Botanist, Jan-June 1993
University of California, Riverside, Dept. Botany and Plant Sciences, Visiting
Research Botanist, summer 1988
University of Melbourne (Australia), Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, Visiting
Research Fellow, 1986
University of Stockholm (Sweden), Botanical Institute, Visiting Research Faculty,
summer 1983
Washington State University (Pullman), Dept. Biological Chemistry, NSF Research
Opportunity Award, summer 1981
Holy Names College (Oakland, CA), Dept. Biological Sciences, Lecturer 1976-77
University of Illinois (Urbana), Dept. Horticulture, Post-doctoral Research
Associate 1972-73
University of California, Berkeley, Dept. Botany, Lecturer 1970-71, 1973-75
Papers presented at recent scientific meetings:
2001
· "Biodiversity of mycorrhizae on Quercus garryana in Southern
Oregon" with L. Valentine, T. Fiedler, S. Haney, H. Berninghausen, poster
presented at 3rd International Conference on Mycorrhizas, Adelaide, Australia
· "Biodiversity of mycorrhizas on Garry Oak (Quercus garryana)
in a southern Oregon savanna" with L. Valentine, T. Fiedler, S. Haney,
H. Berninghausen, Fifth symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's Changing
Landscape, San Diego, CA 2000
· "Antibodies to plant sperm cells" XVI International Association
for Sexual Plant Reproduction, Banff, Alberta
· "Antibodies to Brassica Sperm recognize diverse cell types
and gametes," with T. Bainbridge, K. Curran, S. Shaw, poster presented
at Botanical Society of America, Portland, OR
· "Mycorrhizae on Quercus garryana at Whetstone Savanna in
Southern Oregon" with L. Valentine, H. Berninghausen, Botanical Society
of America, Portland, OR 1999
· "Antibodies to plant sperm cell surfaces," International
Botanical Congress, St. Louis 1998
· "Antibodies to plant sperm cells" Poster presented at Society
for Developmental Biology annual meeting, Stanford, CA
· "Antibodies to sperm of Brassica campestris" at XV
International Association for Sexual Plant Reproduction, The Netherlands
· "Sperm and generative cells in pollen -- prospects for systematics".
At Wenner-Gren Symposium, Plant systematics for the 21st century, Stockholm
1997
· "Antibodies to plant sperm" at Botanical Society of America
at AIBS, Montreal 1996
· "Freeze-fracture of sperm cells of Plumbago zeylanica"
at the XIV International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Australia
· "Plants have sperm cells, too" Department of Botany, Portland
State University, OR
· "Structural similarities among flagellated and non-flagellated
sperm cells in land plants" at Botanical Society of America with AIBS in
Seattle, WA
· "Evolutionary relationships among sperm cells of land plants"
at Reproductive Biology 96 at Kew Gardens, London
· "Immunolocalization of ubiquitin in anthers of Nicotiana tabacum"at
Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology in Florence, Italy