Academic Background
Master of Arts in Journalism; Syracuse University; Syracuse, N.Y.; USA; 1966 Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy (Genetics); University of Texas SWMS; Dallas, Texas; USA; 1972
Postdoctoral fellowship; University of Texas at Austin; 1972­1974 Diploma of Education; La Trobe University; Bundoora, Victoria; Australia; 1985

Teaching and Research Positions
Lecturer; Dept. of Genetics; University of Melbourne; Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 1974-1978
Lecturer; Dept. of Biology; Melbourne College of Advanced Education, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, May 1985-1993
Visiting research fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Visiting research fellow; Dept of Genetics, Institute of Biological  Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Visiting research fellow, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Current Research Interests
I remain interested in Dipteran chromosome structure and function, and in addition to my association with CESAR, I continue to maintain collaboration with research groups in Brazil, particularly at the University of Sao Paulo and at the Federal University in Ponta Grossa, Panama.
At CESAR I have been developing in situ hybridization to do reference mapping of the D serrata genome in conjunction with the molecular mapping done by Mark Blacket and Steve Chenowrth.  At the present time, I have mapped several dozen genes on all chromosome arms, using D melanogaster probes and PCR probes from D serrata.  I am especially interested in mapping genes within the major inversions of D serrata.  In the future, I will be participating in the examination of inversions in D birchii and D bunanda

Recent Publications

Book Chapters
Stocker, A.J.; Gorab, E. and Amabis, M. J. (2002) Hibridação in situ em cromossomos politênicos. In: Hibridação de Ácidos Nucléicos, 2nd edition. Francisco J. S. Lara, Organizer

In Journals

Stocker, A.J. and Gorab, E. (2000) The chromosomes of Rhynchosciara baschanti (Diptera: Sciaridae): molecular cytogenetic comparisons with taxa  in the americana-like group. Genome 43: 786-95.

Soares, M.A.M.: Monesi, N.; Basso Jr, L.R.; Stocker, A.J., Paçó-Larson, M.L. and Lara, F.J.S. (2003) Analysis of the amplification and transcription of the C3-22 gene of Rhynchosciara americana (Diptera: Sciaridae) in transgenic lines of Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma. 2003 Oct;112(3):144-51.

Stocker, A.J. and Gorab, E. (2003) Local enrichment with homopolymeric  (dA/dT) DNA in the genomes of some lower dipterans and Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma. 2003 Apr;111(7):455-60.

Santelli RV, Siviero F, Machado-Santelli GM, Lara FJ, Stocker AJ. (2004) Molecular characterization of the B-2 DNA puff gene of Rhynchosciara americana. Chromosoma. 113 (4):167-76.

Stocker, AJ, Foley, B, and Hoffmann, AA. (2004) Inversion frequencies in Drosophila serrata along an eastern Australian transect. Genome 47(6): 1144-1153

Rako L, Anderson AR, Sgro CM, Stocker AJ, Hoffmann AA (2006) The association between inversion In(3R)Payne and clinally varying traits in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica 128: 373:384

Fiorini A, de Gouveia FS, de Soares MA, Stocker AJ, Ciferri RR, Fernandez MA (2006) DNA bending in the replication zone of the C3 DNA puff amplicon of Rhynchosciara Americana (Diptera: Sciaridae). Mol Biol Rep.  33(1): 71-82

Stocker, AJ, Madalena, CRG. and Gorab,E. (2006) The Effects of Temperature Shock on Transcription and Replication in Rhynchosciara americana (Diptera: Sciaridae). Genetica. 126  (3): 277-90.

Madalena CR, Amabis JM, Stocker AJ, Gorab E. (2007)  The localization of ribosomal DNA in Sciaridae (Diptera: Nematocera) reassessed. Chromosome Res.  15(4):409-16.