Biotechnology

Research Interests:

Improvement of forest trees through plant culture Plant product formation in plant cultures

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Parkinson M, O'Neill SM, Dalton JP. 2007. Controlling fasciolosis in the Bolivian Altiplano. Trends In Parasitology, 23, 6, pp238-239.
• Parkinson, M., O'neill, S.M. & Dalton, J.P. 2006. "Endemic human fasciolosis in the Bolivian Altiplano",. Epidemiology And Infection, , pp1-6.
• Deirdre Gleeson*, Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter# and Michael Parkinson. 2005. Overproduction of proline in transgenic hybrid larch (Larix x leptoeuropaea (Dengler)) cultures renders them tolerant to cold, salt and frost. Molecular Breeding, 15, 1
• Deirdre Gleeson, Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter, Michael Parkinson. 2004. Influence of exogenous L-proline on embryogenic cultures of larch (Larix leptoeuropaea Dengleer), sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and oak (Quercus robur L.) subjected to cold and salt stress. Annals Of Forest Science, 6, , pp125-128.
• Larkin A, O'Driscoll L, Kennedy S, Purcell R, Moran E, Crown J, Parkinson M, Clynes M. 2004. Investigation of MRP-1 protein and MDR-1 P-glycoprotein expression in invasive breast cancer: a prognostic study. International Journal Of Cancer, 112, 2, pp286-294.
• O'Driscoll L, Cronin D, Kennedy SM, Purcell R, Linehan R, Glynn S, Larkin A, Scanlon K, McDermott EW, Hill AD, O'Higgins NJ, Parkinson M, Clynes M. 2004. Expression and prognostic relevance of Mcl-1 in breast cancer. Anticancer Research, 24, (2A), pp473-482.
• O'Driscoll L, Linehan R, M Kennedy S, Cronin D, Purcell R, Glynn S, W McDermott E, D Hill A, J O'Higgins N, Parkinson M, Clynes M. 2003. Lack of prognostic significance of survivin, survivin-deltaEx3, survivin-2B, galectin-3, bag-1, bax-alpha and MRP-1 mRNAs in breast cancer. Cancer Letters, 201, 2, pp225-236.
• S.M. Kennedy, L. O'Driscoll, R. Purcell, N. Fitzsimons, E.W. McDermot, A.D. Hill, N.J. O'Higgins, M. Parkinson, R. Linehan and M.Clynes. 2003. Prognostic importance of surviving in breast cancer. British Journal Of Cancer, 88, 7, pp1077-1083.
• M.B. Rokni, J. Massoud, S.M. O'Neill, M. Parkinson & J.P. Dalton. 2002. Diagnosis of human fasciolosis in the Gilan province of Northern Iran: application of cathepsin L-ELISA. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 44, , pp175-179.
• O'Neill SM Parkinson M Dowd AJ Strauss W Angles R Dalton JP. 1999. Immunodiagnosis of human fascioliasis using recombinant Fasciola hepatica cathepsin L1 cysteine proteinase. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 60, 5, pp749-751.
• Strauss W O'Neill SM Parkinson M Angles R Dalton JP. 1999. Diagnosis of human fascioliasis: detection of anti-cathepsin L antibodies in blood samples collected on filter paper. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 60, 5, pp746-748.
• McGowran E Douglas GC Parkinson M. 1998. Morphological and physiological markers of juvenility and maturity in shoot cultures of oak (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). Tree Physiology, 18,, pp251-257.
• O'Neill SM Parkinson M Strauss W Angles R Dalton JP. 1998. Immunodiagnosis of Fasciola hepatica infection (fascioliasis) in a human population in the Bolivian Altiplano using purified cathepsin L cysteine proteinase. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene, 58, 4, pp417-423.
• Michael Parkinson, McGowran E, Douglas G,. 1996. . Irish Journal Of Agricultural And Food Research, 33, 1, pp109-109.
• Parkinson M Prendergast M Sayegh AJ. 1996. Sterilisation of explants and cultures with sodium dichloroisocyanurate. Plant Growth Regulation, 20,, pp61-66.
• Michael Parkinson, I. Dix and P. J. Dix. 1992. . Biochemical Society Transactions, 20, , pp51s-.
• Michael Parkinson, T. Cotter and P.J. Dix. 1990. Peroxidase production by cell suspension and hairy root cultures of Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana. Plant Science, 66, 2, pp271-277.
• Michael Parkinson,T. Cotter and P.J. Dix. 1989. . Biochemical Society Transactions, 17, , pp606-607.
• Michael Parkinson, C. Jeffree and M. M. Yeoman. 1987. Incompatibility in Cultured explant grafts between members of the Solanaceae. New Phytologist, 107, , pp489-498.
• Michael Parkinson, M.M. Yeoman. 1982. Graft formation in cultured, explanted internodes. New Phytologist, 91, , pp711-719.

Selected Chapters

• Michael Parkinson, C. O'Neil and P.J. Dix. 1990. Grafting In Vitro. Methods in Molecular Biology Volume 6. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture., pp105-112.

• C. E. Jeffree, M. Holden, M. Parkinson and M. M. Yeoman (1987)., The chemical basis of cell to cell contact and its possible role in differentiation., In: In: M. B. Jackson, S. Mantell and J. Blake (Eds), ed. , - ,
• McGowran E.,Parkinson M and Douglas J., "Morphological and physiological markers of maturity and juvenility in Oak cultures"., In: B.S. Rushton and A.M. Flinn ed.Irish Botanists Meeting, 1994, - , , 49 - 50
• M. Parkinson, I. Dix, C.R. Deane and P.J. Dix (1990)., Optimisation of growth and peroxidase production in cell suspension cultures of horseradish., Abstracts VIIth International Congress on Plant Tissue and Cell Culture C6-25., - ,
• M. Parkinson, I. Dix, C.R. Deane and P.J. Dix, Optimisation of growth and peroxidase production in cell suspension cultures of horseradish, Abstracts VIIth International Congress on Plant Tissue and Cell Culture C6-25. (1990), - ,