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#Blake Joyce [email protected]

BIO5 Institute
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona
1657 E. Helen Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

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##Research Interests Functional genomics and comparative bioinformatics
Plant secondary metabolism
Engineering crop plant metabolism for specialty products

##Education Ph.D, Plants, Soils, and Insects University of Tennessee 2013 Master’s, Plant Sciences University of Tennessee 2008 BS, Ecology University of Georgia 2006 BS, Biology University of Georgia 2006

##Current Position

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Eric Lyons Lab, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
  Bioinformatics tool development, CoGe Comparative Genomics Platform
• Research Analyst, Eric Lyons Lab, BIO5 Institute, iAnimal Collaborative
  Experimental design, data import, bioinformatics analysis
  Bioinformatics training for animal science community members

##Research Experience Research Analyst Agricultural sciences University of Arizona 2014-present Postdoctoral Research Bioinformatics University of Arizona 2014-present Postdoctoral Research Plant biotechnology University of Arizona 2013-14 Graduate Research Plant molecular biology University of Tennessee 2009-13 Graduate Research Plant biotechnology University of Tennessee 2007-08 Lab Assistant Plant biotechnology University of Georgia 2005-07 Lab Assistant Plant-insect ecology University of Georgia 2005 Lab Assistant Stream ecology University of Georgia 2004

#Publications & Presentations ##Peer-reviewed Publications

1. B.L. Joyce, Y. Peng, S. Liu, H. Al-Ahmad, P. Ranjan, X. Sun, X. Chen, H. Chen, J.C. John, G.K. Wong, F. Chen, J.S. Yuan, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. Functional characterization of the sesquiterpene biosynthesis pathway in ‘the diesel trees’ Copaifera officinalis and C. langsdorfii. BMC Genomics; submitted for review
2. B.L. Joyce, M. Bunce, S. Lewis, B. Bunting, C.N. Stewart, Jr. Fuel properties and combustion characteristics of extractable plant-derived advanced biofuels. Fuel; submitted for review.
3. A. Burkhardt, A. Gawde, C.L. Cantrell, H.L. Baxter, B.L. Joyce, C.N. Stewart, Jr., and V.D. Zheljazkov. 2015. Effects of produced water on soil characteristics, plant biomass, and secondary metabolites. Journal of Environmental Quality 44: 1938-1947.
4. B.L. Joyce, V. Jeliazkov, R. Sykes, H. Choo, D.G. Mann, M. Rodriguez, J. Mielenz, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2015. Ethanol and high-value terpene co-production from lignocellulosic biomass of Cymbopogon flexuosus and Cymbopogon martinii. PLoS One 10(10): e0139195. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139195.
5. E.C. Pierce, P.R. LaFayette, B.L. Joyce, D.A. Kopsell, W.A. Parrott. 2015. Ketocarotenoid production in soybean seeds through metabolic engineering. PLoS One 10(9): e0138196. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138196.
6. S.B. Cannon, M.R. McKain, A. Harkness, M.N. Nelson, S. Dash, M.K. Deyholos, Y. Peng, B.L. Joyce, C.N. Stewart Jr, M. Rolf, T. Kutchan, X. Tan, C. Chen, Y. Zhang, E. Carpenter, G.K. Wong, J.J. Doyle, and J. Leebens-Mack. 2015. Multiple polyploidy events in the early radiation of nodulating and nonnodulating legumes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32:(1) 193-210.
7. B.L. Joyce, S. Eda, J. Dunlap, C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2014. Morphology and ploidy level determination of Pteris vittata callus during induction and regeneration. BMC Biotechnology; 14: 96 doi:10.1186/s12896-014-0096-6.
8. Muthukumar, B., B.L. Joyce, M.P. Elless, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2013. Stable transformation of ferns using spores as targets: Pteris vittata (Chinese brake fern) and Ceratopteris thalictroides (C-fern ‘Express’). Plant Physiology 163: (2) 648-658. DOI:10.1104/pp.113.224675.
9. B.L. Joyce, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2011. Designing the perfect plant feedstock for biofuel production: Using the whole buffalo to diversify fuels and products. Biotechnology Advances, 30:(5) 1011-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.08.006.
10. D. Mann , Z. King, W. Liu, B.L. Joyce, R. Percifield, J. Hawkins, P LaFayette, B. Artelt, J. Burris, M. Mazarei, J. Bennetzen, W. Parrott, C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2011. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) polyubiquitin gene (PvUbi1 and PvUbi2) promoters for use in plant transformation. BMC Biotechnology 11:74.
11. M. Mazarei, H. Al-Ahmad, M.R. Rudis, B.L. Joyce, and C.N. Stewart. 2011. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cell suspension cultures: establishment, characterization, and application. Plant Science, 6:712-715.
12. B. Bunting, M. Bunce, B. Joyce, and R. Crawford. 2011. Investigation and optimization of biodiesel chemistry and HCCI combustion. Sustainable Automotive Technologies 3:51-58. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19053-7_7
13. J.N. Burris, D.G.J. Mann, B.L. Joyce, and C.N. Stewart. 2009. An improved tissue culture system for embryogenic callus production and plant regeneration in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). Bioenergy Research 2: 267-274.
14. F. Chen, H. Al-Ahmad, B. Joyce, N. Zhao, T.G. Kollner, J. Degenhardt, C.N. Stewart. 2009. Within-plant distribution and emission of sesquiterpenes from Copaifera officinalis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47: 1017-1023.
15. C.B. Zehnder, K.W. Stodola, B.L. Joyce, D. Egetter, R.J. Cooper, and M.D. Hunter. 2009. Elevational and seasonal variation in the foliar quality and arthropod community of Acer pensylvanicum. Environmental Entomology 38: 1161-1167.

##Book Chapters

1. V.D. Zheljazkov, C.N. Stewart Jr., B.L. Joyce, C.L. Cantrell, T. Astatkie, E. Jeliazkova, and M. Geiger. Dual utilization of medicinal and aromatic crops: for plant chemicals and biofuels. Submitted to editor.
2. B.L. Joyce, A. Baltzell, F. McCarthy, M. Bomhoff, E. Lyons. 2015. iAnimal: cyberinfrastructure to support data-driven science. Submitted to editor.
3. B.L. Joyce, A. Baltzell, M. Bomhoff, E. Lyons. Hook, line, and sinker: using CoGe tools for catching fish genome evolution. 2015. Submitted to editor.
4. B.L. Joyce, H. Al-Ahmad, F. Chen, and C.N. Stewart. “Diesel Trees.” Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants. Ed. Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, and David R. Shonnard. 2012. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis Group. 619-629.

#Other Publications ##Bioinformatics Code Releases Fractionation Bias Analysis Tool

##Professional Wiki Pages Fish Comparative Genomics
Medically Relevant Genomes in CoGe

#Accepted Talks

1. Plant and Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, California. 2016. “FractBias: graphical and integrated tool for assessing fractionation bias after whole genome duplications.”
2. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, Oregon. 2016. “Animal Genome 2 Phenome RCN.”
3. Plant Gene Discovery Technologies, Vienna, Austria. 2011. “Novel plant-derived biodiesel chemicals: using a rapid screening process and transcriptomics to identify biochemical pathways of interest.”
4. Plant Transformation Technologies II, Vienna, Austria. 2011. “Agrobacterium-mediated and biolistic bombardment transformation of Pteris vittata: tools for functional genomics and the creation of phytosensors.”
5. International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy, Amherst, Massachusetts. 2010. “Development of phytosensors for monitoring environmental arsenic.”

#Poster Presentations

1. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, Oregon. 2016. “Animal Genome to Phenome Research Coordination Network.”
2. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XX, San Diego, California. 2012. “Investigating the novel sesquiterpene biosynthesis pathway in Copaifera officinalis, ‘the diesel tree,' through next-generation de novo transcriptome sequencing and functional genomics.”
3. The Society for In Vitro Biology Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina. 2011. “Tools for Fern Functional Genomics.”
4. W. K. McClure Scholarship Poster Session, Knoxville, Tennessee. 2010. “The Diesel Trees: investigating terpene biosynthesis in Copaifera spp. to enhance biodiesel fuels.”
5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory LDRD Poster Session, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 2010. “Identification and Rapid Screening of New and Unique Plant Sources for Biofuels.”
6. The American Oil Chemist Society, Phoenix, Arizona. 2010. “Fuel properties of a novel plant-based biofuel from Copaifera reticulate.”
7. The Society for In Vitro Biology Meeting, Tucson, Arizona. 2008. “Promoter screening using Pteris vittata protoplasts.”
8. The Society for In Vitro Biology Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2007. “A spectrum of possibilities: engineering altered nutrition and color in soybean seed” and “Metal-binding in plants overexpressing a metallohistin gene.”
9. The Society for In Vitro Biology Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2006. “Tangerine Blush: engineering soybean to produce carotenoids in seed cotyledons.”
10. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2006. “Phenolics and Tannins: plant chemical defenses vary seasonally and with altitutde in Striped Maple, Acer pensylvanicum.”

#Patents ##Issued Methods and Materials for Stable Transformation of Ferns 13/253,659 2011 ##Disclosures Ketocarotenoid Production in Soybean University of Georgia 2012

#Research Funding, Scholarships, and Fellowships ##Grants Funded

1. C.N. Stewart, Jr. (PI), B.L. Joyce (Co-I), N. Labbe, H. Al-Ahmad. 2012. “Investigating Plant Biosynthesis of Short-chain Alkanes for Renewable Ideal Biofuels.” AgResearch Innovation Grants Program. UT Institute of Agriculture. $100,000.
2. V. Jeliazkov (PI), C.N. Stewart, Jr. (Co-I), B.L. Joyce (Co-I), C.L. Cantrell (Co-I). 2011-13. Development of Production Systems for Emerging Feedstocks for Double Utilization. Sun Grant. $82,000.
3. M. Balasubramaniam, B.L. Joyce, and C.N. Stewart, Jr. 2011. Development of Arsenic Phytosensing Ferns Using Fluorescent Proteins and Expanding Stable Fern Transformation Strategies to Other Ferns and Beyond. University of Tennessee Research Foundation Maturation Funding Program. $15,000.
4. B.G. Bunting (PI), S. Lewis, B.L. Joyce (Co-I), F. Chen, C.N. Stewart. 2011. Identification and Rapid Screening of New and Unique Plant Sources for Biofuels. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Seed Money. $30,000.
5. C.N. Stewart (PI), B.L. Joyce (Co-I), F. Chen, B.G. Bunting, S. Lewis, J. Choi, J. Storey. 2010. Collection of new plant-based biodiesels and identification of the fuel-chemical biosynthesis genes. UT-Battele Science Alliance. $77,600.

###Total directly received: $262,600 ##Grants Submitted

1. M. Elless (PI), M. Blaylock (Co-I), C.N. Stewart, Jr. (Co-I), B.L. Joyce (Co-I), and B. Bunting (Co-I). 2013. New Crop Biofuels to Replace Oil. ARPA-E PETRO $7,500,000 total, $1,500,000 to be received. Not funded during final round.
2. C.N. Stewart, Jr. (PI), B.L. Joyce (Co-I), F. Chen, J. Yuan. 2013. Investigating the Short-chain Alkane Biosynthetic Pathway of Pittosporum resiniferum for Advanced Biofuels. Southeastern Sungrant $219,000

##Paid Grant Consulting Kathleen Marks, Ted Roush, and Nina Corson. 2013. USDA Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program. Pima Community College

##Scholarships and Fellowships Scherago International Student Travel Grant $790 2012 Tennessee Plant Research Center Travel Fellowship $500 2012 Tennessee Plant Research Center Travel Fellowship $1,200 2011 ESPN/UT Athletic Department Graduate Student Award $6000 2009-12 W.K. McClure Fund for the Study of World Affairs $4000 2009

##Awards University of Tennessee Quest Scholar of the Week, UTK Office of Research 2012

#Teaching ##Adjunct Professor Pima Community College
AGR200 One semester 2015 BIO100 One semester 2014 BIO105 One semester 2016 BIO156 Seven semesters 2013-15 BIO182 Two semesters 2015 ###Student Ratings

##Software Carpentry Instructor Python for Scientific Research University of Arizona 2016 Programming with R University of Arizona 2015 Python Instructor Arizona State University 2015 iPlant Collaborative Workshop University of Arizona 2015 ESPN Scholar
PLSC 452/552 “Plant Breeding and Biotechnology” 2010-12 ANSC 525 “Research Ethics for the Life Sciences” 2010-12

##Course Development BIO 100IN “Biology Concepts”
Basic principles and concepts of biology. Includes methods of scientific inquiry, cell structure and chemistry, metabolism,reproduction, genetics, molecular biology evolution, and ecology and current issues in biology.
BIO 156IN “Introductory Biology for Allied Health”
Introduction to biology for the health professions. Includes principles of science, scientific measurement and laboratory techniques, chemistry of life, cell anatomy and physiology, cellular reproduction, patterns of inheritances and human tissues. Integrated lecture and lab.
BIO 182IN “General Biology II: (Majors)”
Principles of living things at the levels of organism, population, community, and ecosystem. Includes evolution of life, classification of organisms, survival strategies, interactions between organisms and with their environment, ecosystem structure, and human impacts upon the biosphere.
AGR 200IN “Introduction to Soil Science”
Basic principles of soil as a component of terrestrial ecosystems. Includes the composition of soil and its operation within the overall biosphere. Also includes soil as a medium for plant growth in croplands, rangelands, and forest lands. Also includes the role of soils in environmental quality, health, water resources, erosion, recreation, and wildlife.

#Pedagogy and Professional Training ##Teaching Certifications

Agriculture Pima Community College 2015
Biology Pima Community College 2013
Desire2Learn Web Courses Pima Community College 2013
##Pedagogy Training
Instructor Training Software Carpentry 2015
Think, Pair, Share University of Arizona 2015
Facilitating Active Learning University of Arizona 2014
##Computer Languages Bash, R, Python ##Human Languages English (ILR 5), Spanish (ILR 1+), Portuguese (ILR 1) ##SCUBA certification SSI 2005 Open Water Diver 735526

#Professional Service
##Manuscript Reviewer
African Journal of Biotechnology, BMC Research Notes, International Journal of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology
##Society Membership Society for In Vitro Biology
Plant and Animal Genome
##Student Research Training and Mentoring Andrea Sposato Major: Biology, Minor: Gender and Women’s Studies 2016
Melisa Bohlman Major: Biology, KEYS Summer Internship 2014
Hanen Assad Alassady Major: Biology 2013-14
Jordan Skeen B.S. Microbiology 2010-11
Kathryn Palmer B.S. Spanish, Minor: Biology 2010-11
Jasmine John B.S. Food Science and Technology 2009-13
Nigel Hiles B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science 2009
Keith Gwathney Master’s in Epidemiology 2007-09 ##Media Interviewee Interview for Pittosporum resiniferum project National Public Radio 2011
‘How Things Work: Corn’ Discovery Channel 2008
##Departmental Committees Molecular Biology Assistant Professor Selection Committee 2011
Tennessee Plant Research Colloquium Host/Organizer 2010-11
##Ambassador for iPlant and BIO5 Institute University Presidents, Members of the Mexican Consortium of Universities 2015
Biology and Agriculture Deans, La Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico 2015
Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee 2015