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Julia Bailey-Serres
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Director, NSF CEPCEB ChemGen IGERT Program;
F.C. Donders Chair, Utrecht University
Mailing Address:
Botany and Plant SciencesBatchelor Hall /2101
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-3738
Fax: (951) 827-4437
Email: serres@mail.ucr.edu
Website
Degree(s):
PhD 1986 Edinburgh UniversityBS 1981 University of Utah
College/Division Affiliation:
College of Natural and Agricultural SciencesCenter/Inst Affiliation(s):
Center for Plant Cell BiologyAreas Of Expertise:
Gene Regulation; Translational Control; Abiotic Stress Signaling/Response; Low Oxygen Sensing; Flooding/SubmergenceAwards / Honors:
2009 Nomination for World Technology Award
2008 USDA National Research Discovery Award
2008 F.C. Donders Chair, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2005 AAAS Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
2002 Outstanding Faculty Mentor, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Research Summary:
The primarly focus of the Bailey-Serrres group at UCR is to define mechanisms of signal transduction and gene regulation that are critical to the response of plants to adverse changes in the environment. Much of our research has focused on sensing and response to cellular oxygen deprivation (hypoxia/anoxia) that is a major consequence of flooding, submergence or high metabolic activity (i.e., in meristems). A particular interest is the regulation of gene expression by selective mRNA translation. We use molecular-genetic, biochemical, chemical genomics and systems-biological approaches to study these processes. The longterm goal is to increase crop tolerance of flooding / submergence and to contribute to the general understanding of low-oxygen sensing and translational regulation in eukaryotic cells.
A large proportion of the genes that are upregulated in response to hypoxia and other abiotic stresses are proteins with no biological function. The Bailey-Serres lab coordinates an Arabidopsis 2010 Collaborative Research Project to characterize stress-induced proteins of unknown function.
Professor Bailey-Serres directs the NSF CEPCEB ChemGen IGERT program that provides cross disciplinary training for biologists, computer scientists, chemists and engineers. Student projects in this program focus on using chemical compounds to elucidate biological mechanisms in plants and pathogen models.
Selected Publications:
Lab Personnel: +
- Mustroph, Angelika
- Postdoctoral Researcher — Organ to cell-specific low oxygen sensing and respone
- Oosumi, Teruko
- Research Specialist — Roles of proteins of unknown function in hypoxia stress responses
- Chang, Ruth
- PhD Student — MAPK signaling in response to low oxygen stress
- Jang, Charles
- PhD Student — Discovery and use of chemical compounds and bioinformatics for study of low oxygen sensing and response in Arabidopsis
- Juntawong, Piyada
- PhD Student — Role of RACK1 in translational regulation in response to environmental stimuli;
- Price, Cristina
- Graduate Student Researcher — Translational control of gene expression in response to hypoxia stress
- Sorenson, Reed
- PhD Student — Investigation of mechanisms of selective mRNA translation in plants