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Coates, Craig

Craig Coates

Instructional Professor
Associate Department Head for Academic Programs
Associate Dean for Programmatic Success
Office:  
HPCT 412E
College Station
Email:  
Phone:  
(979)-321-5780
Craig Coates's Website

Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. with Honors, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University
Graduate Education
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University

Areas of Expertise

  • Insect Genetic Transformation
  • Insect Molecular Genetics

Professional Summary

Craig Coates, Ph.D. is an instructional professor in the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology, teaching undergraduate classes in the forensic and investigative sciences (FIVS) program, and graduate classes in the entomology (ENTO) program. He also serves as the entomology Associate Department Head for Academic Programs, and the Associate Dean for Programmatic Success in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Selected Publications

  1. Coates, C.J. (2005) Stable Transformation of Vector Species. In: Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, Burlington, MA.
  2. Coates, C.J. (2005) Transposon Mediated Transgenesis of Mosquitoes. In: Mobile Genetic Elements in Metazoan Parasites. Ed: P. Brindley. Eurekah Press/Landesbioscience, Georgetown, TX. Chapter can be viewed online at http://www.eurekah.com/abstract.php?chapid=2518&bookid=172&catid=21
  3. Coates, C.J. (2005) Genetic Engineering of Insects: Current and Future Applications. In: Entomology at the Land Grant University, Texas A&M University Press.
  4. Coates, C.J. (2000) Malaria. A mosquito transformed. Nature. 405: 900-901.
  5. Tu, Z. & Coates, C.J. (2004) Mosquito Transposable Elements. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 34:631-44.