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Joseph Adjei

Joseph Adjei

PMB Graduate Student, Olin/Chancellors Fellow; 2023-current

Education:  B.S. Biomedical Studies – Rochester Institute of Technology (2022)

Rotations:  TBD

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Sankoh AF, Adjei J, Roberts D, Burch-Smith TM (2024) Comparing methods for detection and quantification of plasmodesmal callose in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves during defense responses.  Mol Plant Microbe Interact  (in press)

Raisman JC, Fiore MA, Tomin L, Adjei JKO, Aswad VX, Chu J, Domondon CJ, Donahue BA, Masciotti CA, McGrath CG, Melita J, Podbielski PA, Schreiner MR, Trumpore LJ, Wengert PC, Wrightstone EA, Hudson AO, Wadsworth CB (2022) Evolutionary paths to macrolide resistance in a Neisseria commensal converge on ribosomal genes through short sequence duplications. PLoS One  2022 17, :e0262370

Cavanaugh NT, Parthasarathy A, Wong NH, Steiner KK, Chu J, Adjei J, Hudson AO (2021) Exiguobacterium sp. is endowed with antibiotic properties against Gram positive and negative bacteria.  BMC Res Notes 14, 230

Cheyenne Anderson

Cheyenne Anderson

PMB Graduate Student (Penczykowski Lab), NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2021-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Missouri Baptist U. (2018)

Rotations:  Bart, Haswell, Olsen, & Penczykowski labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Ha CV, Mostofa MG, Nguyen KH, Tran CD, Watanabe Y, Li W, Osakabe Y, Sato M, Toyooka K, Tanaka M, Seki M, Burritt DJ, Anderson CM, Zhang R, Nguyen HM, Le VP, Bui HT, Mochida K, Tran LP (2022) The histidine phosphotransfer AHP4 plays a negative role in Arabidopsis plant response to drought.  Plant J 111, 1732-52

Zhang N, Mattoon EM, McHargue W, Venn B, Zimmer D, Pecani K, Jeong J, Anderson CM, Chen C, Berry JC, Xia M, Tzeng SC, Becker E, Pazouki L, Evans B, Cross F, Cheng J, Czymmek KJ, Schroda M, Muehlhaus T, Zhang R (2022) Systems-wide analysis revealed shared and unique responses to moderate and acute high temperatures in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  Commun Biol 5, 460

Anderson CM, Mattoon EM, Zhang N, Becker E, McHargue W, Yang J, Patel D, Dautermann O, McAdam SAM, Tarin T, Pathak S, Avenson TJ, Berry J, Braud M, Niyogi KK, Wilson M, Nusinow DA, Vargas R, Czymmek KJ, Eveland AL, Zhang R (2021) High light and temperature reduce photosynthetic efficiency through different mechanisms in the C4 model Setaria viridis.  Commun Biol 4, 1092

Katherine Benza

Katherine Benza

PMB Graduate Student (Dixit Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2021-current

Education:  B.S. Biochemistry, Clemson U. (2021)

Rotations:  Dixit, Bart, Jez, & Nusinow labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Zhao G, Liu Y, Li L, Che R, Douglass M, Benza K, Angove M, Luo K, Hu Q, Chen X, Henry C, Li Z, Ning G, Luo H (2024) Gene pyramiding for boosted plant growth and broad abiotic stress tolerance.  Plant Biotechnol J 22, 678-97

Adrienne Brauer

Adrienne Brauer

PMB Graduate Student (Levin Lab), Howard A. Schneiderman Graduate Fellow; 2020-current

Education:  B.S. Biology – Microbiology, Southeast Missouri State U. (2020)

Rotations:  Bose, Vindigni, & Pakrasi Labs

Thesis: Genetic and metabolomic analysis of the nutrient stress response cytoplasmic condensation in E. coli

Activities:  Treasurer, WU Promoting Science Policy, Education, and Research (ProSPER); PMB Steering Committee Student Representative

Publication:

Brauer AB, Shi H, Levin PA, Huang KC (2023) Physiological and regulatory convergence between osmotic and nutrient stress responses in microbes.  Curr Opin Cell Biol 81, 102170

Brauer AM, Rogers AR, Ellermeier JR (2021) Twin-arginine translocation (Tat) mutants in Salmonella enterica derivar Typimurium have increased susceptibility to cell wall targeting antibiotics.  FEMS Microbes 2, xtab004

Vincent Brazelton

Vincent Brazelton

PMB Graduate Student (Topp Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2021-current

Education:  B.S. , Earth, Natural Resources, & Plant Sciences, Tuskegee U. (2013); M.S. Genetics, Iowa State U. (2015)

Rotation:  Topp, Baxter, & Olsen labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Brazelton VA, Zarecor S, Wright DA, Wang Y, Liu J, Chen K, Yang B, Lawrence-Dill CJ (2015) A quick guide to CRISPR sgRNA design tools. GM Crops Food 6, 266-76

Jessica Bullock

Jessica Bullock

PMB Graduate Student (Levin Lab); 2019-Current

Education:  B.S. Microbiology, U South Florida (2018)

Rotations:  Levin, Kutluay, & Dixit labs

Thesis: Immunofluorescent microscopy of FtsZ C-Terminal Linker Varients in Bacillus subtilis

Publication:

Shinn MK, Cohan MC, Bullock JL, Ruff KM, Levin PA, Pappu RV (2022) Connecting sequence features within the disordered C-terminal linker of Bacillus subtilis FtsZ to functions and bacterial cell division.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 119, e2211178119

Zhu D, Bullock J, He Y, Sun X (2019) Cwp22, a novel peptidoglycan cross-linking enzyme, plays pleiotropic roles in Clostridioles difficile.  Environ Micro 21, 3076-90

Michelle Sungkyung Cho

Michelle Sungkyung Cho

PMB Graduate Student (Topp Lab); 2019-Current

Education:  B.S. Life Science, Ewha Womans U (2013); M.S. Life Science, Sogang U (2016)

Rotations:  Baxter, Topp, & Pakrasi labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Cho S*, Yu SI*, Park J, Mao Y, Zhu JK, Yun DJ, Lee BH (2017) Accession-dependent CBF gene deletion by CRISPR/Cas system in Arabidopsis.  Front Plant Sci 8, 1910 (*equal contribution)

Eric M Conners

Eric M Conners

PMB Graduate Student (Bose Lab), Howard A. Schneiderman Fellow; 2018-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Allegheny College (2016)

Rotations:  Bose, Bradley, & Umen Labs

Thesis:  Investigating the biogeochemistry of photosynthetic extracellular electron uptake in the genus Rhodomicrobium

Activities:  PMB Steering Committee Student Representative; Young Scientist Program (YSP); Biotechnology and Life Sciences Advising Group (BALSA); InPrint

Publications:

Conners EM, Rengasamy K, Bose A (2022) Electroactive biofilms: how microbial electron transfer enables bioelectrochemical applications.  J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 49, kuac012

Conners EM, Davenport EJ, Bose A (2021) Revised draft genome sequences of Rhodomicrobium vannielii ATCC 17100 and Rhodomicrobium udaipurense JA643.  Microbiol Resour Announc 10, e00022-21

Yeh A, Conners EM, Ramos-Jimenez RG, Firek B, Novak EA, Rogers MB, Cheek R, Ozolek J, Mollen KP, Morowitz MJ (2019) Plant-based enteral nutrition modified the gut microbiota and improves outcomes in murine models of colitis.  Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 7, 872-4

Sherlyn Contreras

Sherlyn Contreras

PMB Graduate Student; 2023-current

Education:  B.S. Biology – Ball State U (2023)

Rotations:  TBD

Thesis:  TBD

Emily J Davenport

Emily J Davenport

PMB Graduate Student (Bose Lab); NIH Genomics Training Grant; 2018-current

Education:  B.S. Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State U. (2014), M.S. Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State U. (2016)

Rotations:  Ru Zhang, Bose, & Odom-John Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Davenport EJ, Bose A (2022) Taxonomic re-evaluation and genomic comparison of novel extracellular electron uptake-capable Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense and Rhodovulum sulfidophilum isolates.  Microorganisms 10, 1235

Gupta D, Guzman MS, Rengasamy K, Stoica A, Singh R, Ranaivoarisoa TO, Davenport EJ, Bai W, McGinley B, Meacham JM, Bose A (2021) Photoferrotrophy and phototrophic extracellular electron uptake is common in the marine anoxygenic phototroph Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. ISME J 15, 3384-98

Conners EM, Davenport EJ, Bose A (2021) Revised draft genome sequences of Rhodomicrobium vannielii ATCC 17100 and Rhodomicrobium udaipurense JA643.  Microbiol Resour Announc 10, e00022-21

Davenport EJ, Neudeck MJ, Matson PG, Bullerjahn GS, Davis TW, Wilhelm SW, Denney MK, Krausfeldt LE, Stough JMA, Meyer KA, Dick GH, Johengen TH, Lindquist E, Tringe SG, McKay RML (2019) Metatranscriptomic analyses of diel metabolic functions during a microcystis bloom in western Lake Erie (United States).  Front Microbiol 10, 2081

Kristen Edgeworth

Kristen Edgeworth

PMB Graduate Student (Nusinow Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2020-current

Education:  B.A. Molecular Biology,  Kenyon College (2020)

Rotations:  Haswell, Dixit, Pandey, & Nusinow Labs

Thesis:  Investigating the circadian regulation of triacylglycerol biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Activities:  Genetics and Genomics Teaching Team Leader for YSP; Next-Up Course Coordinator for YSP

Publications:

Kim SC, Edgeworth KN, Nusinow DA, Wang X (2023) Circadian clock factors regulate the first condensation reaction of fatty acid synthesis in Arabidopsis.  Cell Rep 42, 113483

Sorkin ML, Markham KK, Zorich S, Menon A, Edgeworth KN, Ricono A, Bryant D, Bart R, Nusinow DA, Greenham K (2023) Assembly and operation of an imaging system for long-term monitoring of bioluminescent and fluorescent reporters in plants.  Plant Methods 19, 19

Hines KM, Chaudhari V, Edgeworth KN, Owens TG, Hanson MR (2021) Absence of carbonic anhydrase in chloroplasts affects C3 plant development but not photosynthesis.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 118, e2017425119

Jenna E. Eschbach

Jenna E. Eschbach

PMB Graduate Student (Kutluay Lab); 2019-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Truman State U (2017)

Rotations:  Dixit, Vahey, Kutluay, & Zaher labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Shema Mugisha C, Dinh T, Kumar A, Tenneti K, Eschbach JE, Davis K, Gifford R, Kvaratskhelia M, Kutluay SB (2022) Emergence of compensatory mutations reveals the importance of electrostatic interactions between HIV-1 integrase and genomic RNA.  mBio 13, e0043122

Puray-Chavez M, LaPak KM, Schrank TP, Elliott JL, Bhatt DP, Agajanian MJ, Jasuja R, Lawson DQ, Davis K, Rothlauf PW, Liu Z, Jo H, Lee N, Tenneti K, Eschbach JE, Shema Mugisha C, Cousins EM, Cloer EW, Vuong HR, VanBlargan LA, Bailey AL, Gilchuk P, Crowe JE Jr, Diamond MS, Hayes DN, Whelan SPJ, Horani A, Brody SL, Goldfarb D, Major MB, Kutluay SB (2021) Systematic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection of an ACE2-negative human airway cell.  Cell Rep 36, 109364

Eschbach JE, Elliott JL, Li W, Zadrozny KK, Davis K, Mohammed SJ, Lawson DQ, Pornillos O, Engelman AN, Kutluay SB (2020) Capsid lattice destabilization leads to premature loss of the viral genome and integrase enzyme during HIV-1 infection.  J Virol 95, e00984

Elliott JL, Eschbach JE, Kontur PC, Li W, Chavez MP, Townsend D, Lawson DQ, Engelman AN, Kvaratskhelia M, Kutluay SB (2020) Integrase-RNA interactions underscore the critical role of integrase HIV-1 virion morphogenesis.  eLife 9, 354311

Aidan Flynn

Aidan Flynn

PMB Graduate Student (Holehouse Lab); 2021-current

Education:  A.B. Biology, Washington U. in St. Louis (2021)

Rotation:  Stallings, Meyers, Holehouse, & Nusinow labs

Thesis: Interrogating the intersections between intrinsic disorder, evolution, and cellular organization

Activities:  Assistant Director, Young Scientist Program (YSP) Continuing Mentoring; General Committee Member, Student Advisory Committee (SAC); Student Co-Lead, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Research Experience for Undergraduates Program

Publications:

Flynn AJ, Miller K, Codjoe JM, King MR, Haswell ES (2023) Mechanosensitive ion channels MSL8, MSL9, and MSL10 have environmentally sensitive intrinsically disordered regions with distinct biophysical characteristics in vitro.  Plant Direct 7, e515

Ginell GM, Flynn AJ, Holehouse AS (2023) SHEPHARD: a modular and extensible software architecture for analyzing and annotating large protein datasets.  Bioinformatics 39, btad488

Prusa J, Zhu DX, Flynn AJ, Jensen D, Manzano AR, Galburt EA, Stallings CL (2022) Molecular dissection of RbpA-mediated regulation of fidaxomicin sensitivity in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem 298, 101752

Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher

PMB Graduate Student (Bose lab); 2021-current

Education:  B.A. Biology, Hamilton College (2021)

Rotations:  Bose, Umen, & Kunkel labs

Thesis:  TBD

Patricia Gallardo

Patricia Gallardo

PMB Graduate Student (Bart lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Agricultural Biochemistry, Iowa State U. (2022)

Rotations:  Kunkel, Bart, Nusinow, & Amarasinghe labs

Thesis:  TBD

Olivia Gomez

Olivia Gomez

PMB Graduate Student (Umen Lab), NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention; 2020-current

Education:  B.S. Plant Science, Cornell U. (2020)

Rotations:  Kunkel, Umen, Levin, & Haswell Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Activities:  Advertising Coordinator, InPrint

Jia Gwee

Jia Gwee

PMB Graduate Student (Zhong lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Chemistry, U.C.-Berkeley; M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern U.

Thesis:  TBD

Activities:  2023 Arts & Science Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence

Publication:

Sun Y, Revach OY, Anderson S, Kessler EA, Wolfe CH, Jenney A, Mills CE, Robitschek EJ, Davis TGR, Kim S, Fu A, Ma X, Gwee J, Tiwari P, Du PP, Sindurakar P, Tian J, Mehta A, Schneider AM, Yizhak K, Sade-Feldman M, LaSalle T, Sharova T, Xie H, Liu S, Michaud WA, Saad-Beretta R, Yates KB, Iracheta-Vellve A, Spetz JKE, Qin X, Sarosiek KA, Zhang G, Kim JW, Su MY, Cicerchia AM, Rasmussen MQ, Klempner SJ, Juric D, Pai SI, Miller DM, Giobbie-Hurder A, Chen JH, Pelka K, Frederick DT, Stinson S, Ivanova E, Aref AR, Paweletz CP, Barbie DA, Sen DR, Fisher DE, Corcoran RB, Hacohen N, Sorger PK, Flaherty KT, Boland GM, Manguso RT, Jenkins RW (2023) Targeting TBK1 to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy.  Nature 615, 158-67

Christopher Harper

Christopher Harper

PMB Graduate Student (Blodgett Lab); 2019-Current

Education:  B.S. Biochemistry and Biotechnology, U Missouri-St. Louis (2016)

Rotations:  Blodgett, Feldman, & F Zhang labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Djami-Tchatchou AT, Harrison GA, Harper CP, Wang R, Prigge M, Estelle M, Kunkel BN (2020) Dual role of auxin in regulating plant defense and bacterial virulence gene expression during Pseudomonas syringae strain DC3000 pathogenesis.  Mol Plant Microbe Interact 33, 1059-71

McClerklin SA, Lee SG, Harper CP, Nwumeh R, Jez JM, Kunkel BN (2018) Indole-3-acetaldehyde dehydrogenase-dependent auxin synthesis contributes to virulence of Pseudomonas syringae strain DC3000.  PLoS Pathogens 14, e1006811

Kunkel BN, Harper CP (2018) The roles of auxin during interactions between bacterial plant pathogens and their hosts.  J Exp Bot 69, 245-254

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Magdalena Janik

PMB Graduate Student (Baxter lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Canisius College (2022)

Rotations:  Bose, Bradley, Zaher, & Baxter labs

Thesis:  TBD

Xinrui (Sherry) Ji

Xinrui (Sherry) Ji

PMB Graduate Student (Zhong Lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Genomics and Mathematics, U. Wisconsin-Madison (2022)

Rotations:  Jez, Meyers, & Zhong labs

Thesis:  TBD

Haina Jin

Haina Jin

PMB Graduate Student; 2023-current

Education:  B.S. Molecular & Cellular Biology – UC-Berkeley (2023)

Rotations:  TBD

Thesis:  TBD

Rachel Jouni

Rachel Jouni

PMB Graduate Student (Meyers Lab); 2018-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, U. Florida (2018)

Rotations:  Bart, Baxter, Strader, & Meyers Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Shi C, Zhang J, Wu B, Jouni R, Yu C, Meyers BC, Liang W, Fei Q (2022) Temperature-sensitive male sterility in rice determined by the roles of AGO1d in reproductive phasiRNA biogenesis and function.  New Phytol 236, 1529-44

Dong-gyu Kim

Dong-gyu Kim

PMB Graduate Student (Doering lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Biochemistry, U. Minnesota-Twin Cities (2019); M.S. Plant Pathology, U. Minnesota-Twin Cities (2022)

Rotations:  Vogel, Doering, & Kunkel labs

Thesis:  TBD

Activities: PMB Steering Committee Student Representative; InPrint, Editor; Young Scientist Program Continuing Mentoring

Stefanie King

Stefanie King

PMB Graduate Student (Nusinow Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2021-current

Education:  B.A. Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Rice U. (2021)

Rotation:  Kunkel, Bart, Nusinow, & Haswell labs

Thesis:  Investigating the interactions of light- and cold-responsive proteins in the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock

Activities:  Co-President, WUSTL Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS); Co-President, Graduate Association of Latinx, Native American and Caribbean Students (GALNACS); Board Member, IMSD Student Board

Publications:

Sorkin ML, Tzeng SC, King S, Romanowski A, Kahle N, Bindbeutel R, Hiltbrunner A, Yanovsky MJ, Evans BS, Nusinow DA (2023) COLD REGULATED GENE 27 and 28 Antagonize the Transcriptional Activity of the RVE8/LNK1/LNK2 Circadian Complex.  Plant Physiol 192, 2436-56

Beal J, Farny NG, Haddock-Angelli T, Selvarajah V, Baldwin GS, Buckley-Taylor R, Gershater M, Kiga D, Marken J, Sanchania V, Sison A, Workman CT; iGEM Interlab Study Contributors* (2020) Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density.  Commun Biol 3, 512 (*group author)

Vivian Kitainda

Vivian Kitainda

PMB Graduate Student (Jez Lab), Howard A. Schneiderman Fellow; 2018-current

Education:  B.A. Biochemistry U. Pennsylvania (2018)

Rotations:  Bose, Pakrasi, Kranz, & Jez Labs

Thesis:  Molecular mechanisms behind aliphatic glucosinolate diversity in Brassica plants

Activities:  Protein Science Intern –  Bayer Crop Science

Publications:

Kitainda V, Jez JM (2021) Structural studies of aliphatic glucosinolate chain-elongation enzymes.  Antioxidants 10, 1500

Schaffer JE, Kukshal V, Miller JJ, Kitainda V, Jez JM (2021) Beyond x-rays:  an overview of emerging structural biology methods.  Emerging Topics Life Sci 5, 221-30

Huy Le

Huy Le

PMB Graduate Student (Zhong lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Cornell

Thesis:  TBD

Chia-Yun (Cynthia) Lee

Chia-Yun (Cynthia) Lee

PMB Graduate Student (Kunkel Lab), Taiwan MOE-WUSTL Scholar; 2018-current

Education:  B.S. Agronomy, National Taiwan U. (2014); M.S. Agronomy, National Taiwan U. (2016)

Rotations:  Pakrasi, Vierstra, Kunkel, & Jez Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Hwang SG, Lee CY, Tseng CS (2018) Heterologous expression of rice 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 4 (OsNCED4) in Arabidopsis confers sugar oversensitivity and drought tolerance.  Bot Studies 59, 2

Tianyi (David) Li

Tianyi (David) Li

PMB Graduate Student (Meyers lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Wake Forest U. (2022)

Rotations:  Meyers, Stallings, & Nusinow labs

Thesis:  TBD

Alexander E. Liu

Alexander E. Liu

PMB Graduate Student (Topp Lab); NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention; 2020-current

Education:  B.S. Plant Sciences, Cornell U. (2020)

Rotations:  Wang, Meyers, & Topp Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Activities:  Adulting Co-Chair, DBBS Student Advisory Committee

Publications:

Griffiths M, Liu AE, Gunn SL, Mutan NM, Morales EY, Topp CN (2023) A temporal analysis and response to nitrate availability of 3D root system architecture in diverse pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) accessions.  Front Plant Sci 14, 145389

Baldrich P, Liu A, Meyers BC, Fondong VN (2022) An atlas of small RNAs from potato.  Plant Direct 6, e466

Roberts R, Liu AE, Wan L, Geiger AM, Hind SR, Hosli HG, Martin GB (2020) Molecular characterization of differences between the tomato immune receptors Flagellin sensing 3 and Flagellin sensing 2.  Plant Physiol 183, 1825-27

Roberts R, Mainiero S, Powell AF, Liu AE, Shi K, Hind SR, Strickler SR, Collmer A, Martin GB (2019) Natural variation for unusual host responses and flagellin-mediated immunity against Pseudomonas syringae in genetically diverse tomato accessions.  New Phytol 223, 447-61

Edward Lopatto

Edward Lopatto

PMB Graduate Student (Hultgren Lab); NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention; 2020-current

Education:  B.A. Biology, Grinnell College (2020)

Rotations:  Stallings, Hultgren, & Levin Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Jacobs HM, O’Neal L, Lopatto E, Wozniak DJ, Bjarnsholt T, Parsek MR (2022) Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa can produce calcium-gelled biofilms independent of the matrix components Psl and CdrA.  J Bacteriol 204, e0056821

Lopatto E, Choi J, Colina A, Ma L, Howe A, Hinsa-Leasure S (2019) Characterizing the soil microbiome and quantifying antibiotic resistance gene dynamics in agricultural soil following swine CAFO manure application.  PLoS One 14, e0220770

William E. McHargue

William E. McHargue

PMB Graduate Student (Dixit Lab), NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2020-current

Education:  B.Eng. Biological Engineering, U. Missouri-Columbia (2016)

Rotations:  Dixit, Haswell, & Pakrasi Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Mattoon EM, McHargue W, Bailey CE, Zhang N, Chen C, Eckhardt J, Daum CG, Zane M, Pennacchio C, Schmutz J, O’Malley RC, Cheng J, Zhang R (2023) High-throughput identification of novel heat tolerance genes via genome-wide pooled mutant screens in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  Plant Cell Environ 46, 865-88

Zhang N, Mattoon EM, McHargue W, Venn B, Zimmer D, Pecani K, Jeong J, Anderson CM, Chen C, Berry JC, Xia M, Tzeng SC, Becker E, Pazouki L, Evans B, Cross F, Cheng J, Czymmek KJ, Schroda M, Muehlhaus T, Zhang R (2022) Systems-wide analysis revealed shared and unique responses to moderate and acute high temperatures in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  Commun Biol 5, 460

Anderson CM, Mattoon EM, Zhang N, Becker E, McHargue W, Yang J, Patel D, Dautermann O, McAdam SAM, Tarin T, Pathak S, Avenson TJ, Berry J, Braud M, Niyogi KK, Wilson M, Nusinow DA, Vargas R, Czymmek KJ, Eveland AL, Zhang R (2021) High light and temperature reduce photosynthetic efficiency through different mechanisms in the C4 model Setaria viridis.  Commun Biol 4, 1092

Kalra I, Wang X, Cvetkovska M, Jeong J, McHargue W, Zhang R, Huener N, Yuan JS, Morgan-Kiss R (2020) Chlamydomonas sp. UWO241 exhibits high cyclic electron flow and rewired metabolism under high salinity.  Plant Physiol 183, 588-601

Emmily Moses

Emmily Moses

PMB Graduate Student; 2023-current

Education:  B.S. Molecular Biology – Ohio Northern U (2023)

Rotations:  TBD

Thesis:  TBD

Publication:

Mast E … Moses EA … Kagey JD (2022) Genetic mapping of Uba3 O.2.2 , a pupal lethal mutation in Drosophila melanogaster.  MicroPubl Biol 2022:10.17912

Lily O'Connor

Lily O’Connor

PMB Graduate Student (Meyers Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2020-current

Education:  B.S. Molecular & Cellular Biology, U. Pudget Sound (2020)

Rotations:  Meyers, Bart, & Zaher Labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Zhan J, O’Connor L, Marchant DB, Teng C, Walbot V, Meyers BC (2023) Coexpression network and trans-activation analyses of maize reproductive phasiRNA loci.   Plant J 113, 160-73

Qi M, Berry JC, Veley KW, O’Connor L, Finkel OM, Salas-González I, Kuhs M, Jupe J, Holcomb E, Glavina Del Rio T, Creech C, Liu P, Tringe SG, Dangl JL, Schachtman DP, Bart RS (2022) Identification of beneficial and detrimental bacteria impacting sorghum responses to drought using multi-scale and multi-system microbiome comparisons.  ISME J 16, 1957-69

Nan GL, Teng C, Fernandes J, O’Connor L, Meyers BC, Walbot V (2022) A cascade of bHLH-regulated pathways program maize anther development.  Plant Cell 34, 1207-25

Sepulveda-Garcia E, Fulton EC, Parlan EV, O’Connor LE, Fleming AA, Replogle AJ, Rocha-Sosa M, Gendron JM, Thines B (2021) Unique N-terminal interactions connect F-BOX STRESS INDUCED (FBS) proteins to a WD40 repeat-like protein pathway in Arabidopsis (2021) Plants 10, 2228

Anastasiia Onyshchenko

Anastasiia Onyshchenko

PMB Graduate Student (Bart Lab); 2019-Current

Education:  B.S. Biology, National Taras Shevchenko U of Kyiv (2016); M.S. Cell & Molecular Biology, U Arkansas – Fayetteville (2018)

Rotations:  Nusinow, Jez, Peterson, & Moon labs

Thesis:  Isolating and characterizing bacterial strains with an impact on plant health

Activities:  International Student Support Co-Chair, DBBS Student Advisory Committee

Publications:

Ramalingam V, Yu X, Slaughter BD, Unruh JR, Brennan KJ, Onyshchenko A, Lange JJ, Natarajan M, Buck M, Zeitlinger J (2023) Lola-I is a promoter pioneer factor that establishes de novo Pol II pausing during development.  Nature Comm 14, 5862

Onyshchenko A, Roberts WR, Ruck EC, Lewis JA, Alverson AJ (2021) The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis.  New Phytol 232, 1750-65

Onyshchenko A, Ruck EC, Nakov T, Alverson AJ (2019) A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta).  Am J Bot 106, 560-572

Guillory WX, Onyshchenko A, Ruck EC, Parks M, Nakov T, Wickett NJ, Alverson AJ (2018) Recurrent loss, horizontal transfer, and the obscure origins of mitochondrial introns in diatoms (Bacillariophyta).  Genome Biol Evol 10, 1504-1515

Pratheek Pandesha

Pratheek Pandesha

PMB Graduate Student (Slotkin Lab), Danforth Plant Science Fellow; 2021-current

Education:  B.S. Biotechnology, U. of Agricultural Sciences (2018); M.S. Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (2020)

Rotations:  Bart, Nusinow, & Slotkin labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Adavi B S, Pandesha PH, B J, Jha SK, Chinnusamy V, Sathee L (2023) Nitrate supply regulates tissue calcium abundance and transcript level of Calcineurin B-like (CBL) gene family in wheat.  Plant Physiol Biochem 199, 107724

Sathee LB, Pandesha PH, Barman D, Adavi BS, Nagar S, Tripathi S, Jha SK, Chinnusamy V (2022) Genome editing targets for improving nutrient use efficiency and nutrient stress adaptation.  Front Genetics 13, 900897

Pandesha PH, Nagar S, Advani S, Chinnusamy V, Pandey R (2021) Functional annotation of hypothetical proteins involved in multiple stress response in Orzya sativa.  Ind J Agr Sci 91, 7

 

Sarah Pardi

Sarah Pardi

PMB Graduate Student (Nusinow Lab); Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Scholar; 2018-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Loyola Marymount U. (2018)

Rotations:  Bart, Kunkel, Ru Zhang & Nusinow Labs

Thesis:   Investigation of PCH1’s role in PhyB-photobody biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Activities:  President, WUSTL Chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS); Continuing Mentor, Young Scientist Program (YSP); Graduate Resource Corps member, WUSTL DENEB STARS Program

Publication:

Pardi SA, Nusinow DA (2021) Out of the dark and into the light: a new view of phytochrome photo bodies.  Front Plant Sci 12, 1843

Ryan Valdez

Ryan Valdez

PMB Graduate Student (Levin Lab), Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Scholar; 2019-current

Education:  B.S. Plant Sciences, U Arizona (2019)

Rotations:  Levin, Ben-Shahar, & Penczykowski labs

Thesis:  Illuminating the essential role of the outer membrane component and drug target lipopolysaccharide

Activity:  InPrint, Editor

Publication:

McKinney RM, Valdez R, Ben-Shahar Y (2021) The genetic architecture of larval aggregation behavior in Drosophila.  J Neurogenet 25, 1-16

Vincent Vanyo

Vincent Vanyo

PMB Graduate Student; 2023-current

Education:  B.S. Microbiology – Iowa State U (2023)

Rotations:  TBD

Thesis:  TBD

Ming (Celene) Xia

Ming (Celene) Xia

PMB Graduate Student (Kutluay lab); 2022-current

Education:  B.S. Biology, Huazhong Agricultural U. (2017); M.S. Biology, Auburn U. (2019)

Rotations:  Kutluay, Shan, & Griffith labs

Thesis:  TBD

Publications:

Zhang N, Venn B, Bailey CE, Xia M, Mattoon EM, Mühlhaus T, Zhang R (2024) Moderate high temperature is beneficial or detrimental depending on carbon availability in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  J Exp Bot 75, 979-1003