CBLH | Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP - Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Education

  • Pennsylvania State University (Ph.D., 1997)
    Major: Horticulture
  • Harvard University (B.A., 1991)
    Major: Biology

Professional Experience

  • BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corp., Scientist (2004-2007)

  • PlantGenix, Senior Scientist (2001-2004)

  • Plant Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Florida; Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-2001)

Technical Advisor Profile

Joseph A. Ciardi, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor
The Nemours Building
1007 North Orange Street
P.O. Box 2207
Wilmington, DE 19899
Tel: (302) 252-3267
Fax: (302) 658-5614
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Joseph A. Ciardi is a Technical Advisor for the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive experience in the fields of molecular biology, molecular genetics, biochemistry, classical genetics and horticulture.

Prior to joining the firm, Joe worked as a molecular biologist at a pharmaceutical company, specializing in recombinant protein expression.

Legal Publications

  • Nunez-Palenius H.G., Cantliffe D.J. Huber D.J. Ciardi J. and Klee H.J. 2006. Transformation of a 'Galia' hybrid parental line (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulates Ser.) with an antisense ACC oxidase gene. Plant Cell Rep. 25: 198-205.
  • Shibuya K., Barry K. G., Ciardi J.A., Loucas H.M., Underwood B. A., Nourizadeh S., Ecker J., Klee H.J. and Clark D.A. 2004. The central role of PhEIN2 in ethylene responses throughout plant development. Plant Physiol. 136: 2900-2912.
  • Ciardi, J.A., Barry K. Shibuya K., Nourizadeh S., Ecker J., Klee H.J., and Clark D.A. 2003. Increased flower longevity through manipulation of ethylene signaling genes. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Workshop on Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene, Murcia, Spain, pp 21-27.
  • Ciardi, J.A. and Klee, H.J. 2001. Regulation of ethylene-mediated responses at the level of the receptor. Ann. Bot.88: 813-822.
  • Tieman, D.M., Ciardi J.A., Taylor M.G. and Klee H.J. 2001. Members of the tomato EIN3 gene family are functionally redundant and regulate ethylene responses throughout plant development. Plant J. 26: 47-58.
  • Ciardi, J.A., Tieman D.M., Jones J.B. and Klee, H.J. 2001. Reduced expression of the tomato ethylene receptor gene LeETR4 enhances the hypersensitive response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. MPMI 14: 487-495.
  • O'Donnell, P.J., Jones, J.B., Antoine, F.R., Ciardi J.A. and Klee H.J. 2001. Ethylene-dependent salicylic acid regulates an expanded cell death response to a plant pathogen. Plant J. 25: 315-323.
  • Ciardi, J.A., Tieman, D.M., Lund, S.T., Jones J.B., Stall, R.E. and Klee, H.J. 2000. Response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in tomato involves regulation of ethylene receptor gene expression. Plant Physiol. 123: 81-92.
  • Tieman, D.M., Taylor, M.G., Ciardi, J.A. and Klee, H.J. 2000. The tomato ethylene receptors NR and LeETR4 are negative regulators of ethylene response and exhibit functional compensation within a multigene family. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97: 5663-5668.
  • Ciardi, J.A., Vavrina, C.S. and Orzolek, M.D. 1998. Evaluation of tomato transplant production methods for improving establishment rates. HortScience 33 (2): 229-232.
  • Deikman, J., Xu, R.X., Kneissl, M.L., Ciardi, J.A., Kim, K.N. and Pelah, D. 1998. Separation of cis-elements responsive to ethylene, fruit development, and ripening in the 5' flanking region of the ripening-related E8 gene. Plant Mol. Biol. 37: 1001-1011.
  • Ciardi, J.A., Deikman, J. and Orzolek, M.D. 1997. Increased ethylene synthesis enhances chilling tolerance in tomato. Phys. Plant. 101: 333-340.