James Enderby Bidlack (born February 1, 1961) is a biologist. He is a professor of

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and CURE-STEM Scholar at the

University of Central Oklahoma The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO or Central State) is a public university in Edmond, Oklahoma. It is the third largest university in Oklahoma, with more than 17,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty. Founde ...

, president of Metabolism Foundation and vice president of The Genome Registry. Bidlack has co-written the textbook ''Introductory Plant Biology'' over several editions since its ninth edition. He also has been involved with the

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, and appeared in a 2006 documentary about the project.

Early life and education

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, James (Jim) Bidlack is the youngest son of Verne C. and Norma L. Bidlack. His father (Verne C. Bidlack, Jr.) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Jim Bidlack graduated from Jenkintown High School in 1979. He earned his B.S. in Soil and Crop Science from

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in 1984. Subsequently, Bidlack completed an M.S. Degree with Charles A. Stutte in Crop Physiology at

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in 1986, and then a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology under the direction of Dwayne R. Buxton and Richard M. Shibles at

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in 1990. Immediately after completing his degrees, Bidlack became a faculty member at the University of Central Oklahoma. He teaches introductory biology, plant biology, plant physiology, plant anatomy, and molecular cell physiology.

Career

Bidlack is a professor of biology at the

conducting multi-disciplinary research. He has worked with the weed control of

pigeon pea The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Old World. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeas ...

, and determining the nitrogen content and dry weight of both pigeon pea and

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

in wheat-legume crop rotation. More recent work has involved measuring the morphology, biomass, and vessel diameter in pigeonpea when being subjected to water stress. He has also worked in collaboration with researcher Philip M. Silverman to evaluate an active type IV secretion system that makes ''Escherichia coli'' sensitive to bile salts. Bidlack has also co-founded The Genome Registry.

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