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Bonnie Bartel
research interests

  • Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2005-present
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 2002-2005
  • Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 1995-2002
  • American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 1991-1993
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1990 (Biology)
  • B.A., Bethel College, North Newton, KS, 1983 (Biology)


  • Publications (while at Rice, at Whitehead/MIT, at Bethel) Invited Lectures    Teaching


    1996-present (at Rice University)

    Peroxisome-associated matrix protein degradation in Arabidopsis
    Lingard, M.J., Monroe-Augustus, M., and Bartel, B. (2009) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (in press).

    Disruption of ArabidopsisCHY1 reveals an important role of metabolic status in plant cold stress signaling.
    Dong, C.-H., Zolman, B.K., Bartel, B., Lee, B.-h., Stevenson, B., Agarwal, M., and Zhu, J.-K. (2009) Molecular Plant 2, 59-72.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Criteria for annotation of plant microRNAs.
    Meyers, B.C, Axtell, M.J., Bartel, B., Bartel, D.P., Baulcombe, D., Bowman, J.L., Cao, X., Carrington, J.C., Chen, X., Green, P.J., Griffiths-Jones, S., Jacobsen, S.E., Mallory, A.C., Martienssen, R.A., Poethig, R.S., Qi, Y., Vaucheret, H., Voinnet, O., Watanabe, Y., Wiegel, D., Zhu, J.K. (2008) The Plant Cell 20, 3186-3190.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Arabidopsis iba response5 (ibr5) suppressors separate responses to various hormones.
    Strader, L.C., Monroe-Augustus, M., Rogers, K.C., Lin, G.L., and Bartel, B. (2008) Genetics180, 2019-2031.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Cell signaling and gene regulation.  Editorial overview.
    Reed, J.W. and Bartel, B. (2008) Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11, 471-473.
    Full text

    Identification and characterization of Arabidopsis indole-3-butyric acid response mutants defective in novel peroxisomal enzymes.
    Zolman, B.K., Martinez, N., Millius, A., Adham, A.R., and Bartel, B. (2008) Genetics 180, 237-251.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    A new path to auxin. 
    Strader, L.C, Bartel, B. (2008) Nature Chemical Biology 4, 337-339.
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    The IBR5 phosphatase promotes Arabidopsis auxin responses through a novel mechanism distinct from TIR1-mediated repressor degradation. 
    Strader, L.C., Monroe-Augustus, M., Bartel, B. (2008) BMC Plant Biology 8, 41.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Trinorlupeol: a major nonsterol triterpenoid in Arabidopsis.
    Shan, H., Wilson, W.K., Phillips, D.R., Bartel, B., and Matsuda, S.P.T. (2008) Organic Letters 10, 1897-1900.
    Abstract; full text

    Sucrose induction of Arabidopsis miR398 represses two Cu/Zn superoxide dismutases.
    Dugas, D.V. and Bartel, B. (2008) Plant Molecular Biology 67, 403-417.
    Abstract; full text

    Arabidopsis thaliana SQUALENE EPOXIDASE 1 is essential for root and seed development.
    Rasbery, J.M., Shan, H., LeClair, R.J., Norman, M., Matsuda, S.P.T., and Bartel, B. (2007) Journal of Biological Chemistry 282, 17002-17013.
    Abstract; full text

    Mutation of E1-CONJUGATING ENZYME-RELATED1 decreases RELATED TO UBIQUITIN conjugation and alters auxin response and development. 
    Woodward, A.W., Ratzel, S.E., Woodward, E.E., Shamoo, Y., and Bartel, B.  (2007) Plant Physiology 144, 976-987.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    IBR3, a novel peroxisomal acyl-CoA dehydrogenase-like protein required for indole-3-butyric acid response. 
    Zolman, B.K., Nyberg, M., and Bartel, B. (2007) Plant Molecular Biology 64, 59-72.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    An Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper protein modulates metal homeostasis and auxin conjugate responsiveness. 
    Rampey, R.A., Woodward, A.W., Hobbs, B.N., Tierney, M.P., Lahner, B., Salt, D.E., and Bartel, B. (2006) Genetics 174, 1841-1857.
    Abstract; full text

    Biosynthetic diversity in plant triterpene cyclization.
    Phillips DR, Rasbery JM, Bartel B, Matsuda SPT. (2006) Current Opinion in Plant Biology 9, 305-314.
    Abstract; full text

    MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in plants.
    Jones-Rhoades, M.W., Bartel, D.P., and Bartel, B. (2006) Annual Review of Plant Biology 57, 19-53.
    Abstract; full text

    Identification and functional characterization of Arabidopsis PEROXIN4 and the interacting protein PEROXIN22.
    Zolman, B.K., Monroe-Augustus, M., Silva, I.D., and Bartel, B. (2005) Plant Cell 17, 3422-3435.
    Abstract; full text

    A receptor for auxin.
    Woodward, A.W. and Bartel, B.
    (2005) Plant Cell 17, 2425-2429.
    full text

    MicroRNAs directing siRNA biogenesis.
    Bartel, B. (2005) Nature Structural & Molecular Biology12, 569-571.
    Abstract; full text

    MicroRNA-directed regulation of Arabidopsis AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR17 is essential for proper development and modulates expression of early auxin response genes.
    Mallory, A.C., Bartel, D.P., and Bartel, B. (2005) Plant Cell 17, 1360-1375. (On the cover)
    Abstract; full text

    Auxin: regulation, action, and interaction. 
    Woodward, A.W. and Bartel, B. (2005) Annals of Botany 95, 707-735.
    Abstract; full text

    An auxin transport independent pathway is involved in phosphate stress-induced root architectural alterations in Arabidopsis. Identification of BIG as a mediator of auxin in pericycle cell activation.
    Lopez-Bucio, J., Hernandez-Abreu, E., Sanchez-Calderon,  L., Perez-Torres, A., Rampey, R.A., Bartel, B., and Herrera-Estrella, L. (2005) Plant Physiology 137,681-691.
    Abstract; full text

    Mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana acyl-CoA oxidase genes reveal overlapping and distinct roles in b-oxidation. 
    Adham, A.R., Zolman, B.K., Millius, A., and Bartel, B. (2005) The Plant Journal 41, 859-874.
    Abstract; full text

    The Arabidopsis peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 receptor PEX7 is necessary for peroxisome function and dependent on PEX5.
    Woodward, A.W. and Bartel, B. (2005) Molecular Biology of the Cell 16, 573-583.
    Abstract; full text

    MicroRNA regulation of gene expression in plants.
    Dugas, D.V. and Bartel, B. (2004) Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7, 512-520.
    Abstract

    MicroRNA regulation of NAC-domain targets is required for proper formation and separation of adjacent embryonic, vegetative, and floral organs.
    Mallory, A.C., Dugas, D.V., Bartel, D.P., and Bartel, B. (2004) Current Biology 14, 1035-1046. (On the cover)
    Abstract; full text

    A family of auxin-conjugate hydrolases that contribute to free indole-3-acetic acid levels during Arabidopsis germination.
    Rampey, R.A., LeClere, S., Kowalczyk, M., Ljung, K., Sandberg, G., and Bartel, B. (2004) Plant Physiology 135, 978-988.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    IAR4, a gene required for auxin conjugate sensitivity in Arabidopsis, encodes a pyruvate dehydrogenase E1a homolog.
    LeClere, S., Rampey, R.A., and Bartel, B. (2004) Plant Physiology 135, 989-999.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Weed power, Translating Arabidopsis.
    Bartel, B. and Last, R.L. (2004) Plant Physiology 135, 601.
    Full text; PDF

    An Arabidopsis indole-3-butyric acid-response mutant defective in PEROXIN6, an apparent ATPase implicated in peroxisomal function.
    Zolman, B.K. and Bartel, B. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 1786-1791.
    Abstract; PDF

    IBR5, a dual-specificity phosphatase-like protein modulating auxin and abscisic acid responsiveness in Arabidopsis. 
    Monroe-Augustus, M., Zolman, B.K., and Bartel, B. (2003) Plant Cell 15, 2979-2991.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    ILR2, a novel gene involved in IAA conjugate sensitivity and metal transport in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Magidin, M., Pittman, J.K., Hirschi, K.D., and Bartel, B. (2003) The Plant Journal 35, 523-534.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    MicroRNAs.  At the root of plant development? 
    Bartel, B. and Bartel, D.P. (2003) Plant Physiology 132, 709-717.
    Full text; PDF

    A uniform system for microRNA annotation.
    Ambros, V., Bartel, B., Bartel, D.P., Burge, C.B., Carrington, J.C., Chen, X., Dreyfuss, G., Eddy, S.R., Griffiths-Jones, S., Marshall, M., Matzke, M., Ruvkun, G., and Tuschl, T. (2003) RNA 9, 277-279.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Seeing red. 
    Bartel, B. and Matsuda, S.P.T. (2003) Science 299, 352-353.  (Invited perspective)
    Summary; full text; PDF

    Prediction of plant microRNA targets.
    Rhoades, M.W., Reinhart. B.J., Lim, L.P., Burge, C.B., Bartel, B., and Bartel, D.P. (2002) Cell 110, 513-520.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    MicroRNAs in plants
    Reinhart, B.J., Weinstein E.G., Rhoades M.W., Bartel B., Bartel D.P. (2002) Genes and Development 16, 1616-1626.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Characterization of a family of IAA-amino acid conjugate hydrolases from Arabidopsis
    LeClere, S., Tellez, R., Rampey, R.A., Matsuda, S.P.T., and Bartel, B. (2002) Journal of Biological Chemistry 277, 20446-20452.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    The Arabidopsis pxa1 mutant is defective in  an ATP-binding cassette transporter-like protein required for peroxisomal fatty acid b-oxidation. 
    Zolman, B.K., Silva, I.D., and Bartel, B. (2001) Plant Physiology 127, 595-604.  (On the cover)
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    A library of Arabidopsis 35S-cDNA lines for identifying novel mutants. 
    LeClere, S. and Bartel, B. (2001) Plant Molecular Biology 46,  695-703.
    Abstract

    chy1, an Arabidopsis mutant with impaired b-oxidation, is defective in a peroxisomal b-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase.
    Zolman, B.K., Monroe-Augustus, M., Thompson, B., Hawes, J.W., Krukenberg, K.A., Matsuda, S.P.T., and Bartel, B. (2001) Journal of Biological Chemistry 276, 31037-31046.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    A gain-of-function mutation in IAA28 suppresses lateral root development. 
    Rogg, L.E., Lasswell, J. and Bartel, B. (2001) Plant Cell 13, 465-480.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Auxin signaling: Derepression through regulated proteolysis
    Rogg, L.E. and Bartel, B. (2001) Developmental Cell 1, 595-604.  (Review Article)
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Inputs to the active indole-3-acetic acid pool: de novo synthesis, conjugate hydrolysis, and indole-3-butyric acid b-oxidation.
    Bartel, B., LeClere, S., Magidin, M., and Zolman, B.K. (2001) Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 20, 198-216.  (Review Article)
    Abstract; full text

    Genetic analysis of indole-3-butyric acid responses in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals four mutant classes. 
    Zolman, B.K, Yoder, A., and Bartel, B.  (2000) Genetics 156, 1323-1337. 
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    FKF1, a clock-controlled gene that regulates the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis. 
    Nelson, D.C., Lasswell, J., Rogg, L.E., Cohen, M.A., and Bartel, B.  (2000) Cell 101, 331-340.  (Featured on the cover)
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Cloning and characterization of IAR1, a gene required for auxin conjugate sensitivity in Arabidopsis.
    Lasswell, J., Rogg, L.E., Nelson, D.C., Rongey, C., and Bartel, B. (2000)  Plant Cell 12, 2395-2408. 
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    IAR3 encodes an auxin conjugate hydrolase from Arabidopsis. 
    Davies, R.T., Goetz, D.H., Lasswell, J., Anderson, M.N., and Bartel, B. (1999) Plant Cell 11, 365-376.
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Redundancy as a way of life - IAA metabolism.
    Normanly, J. and Bartel, B. (1999) Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2, 207-213. (Review Article)
    Abstract

    Cloning and characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana lupeol synthase gene.
    Herrera, J.B.R., Bartel, B., Wilson, W.K., and Matsuda, S.P.T. (1998) Phytochemistry 49, 1905-1911.
    Abstract;full text; PDF

    Arabidopsis mutants resistant to the auxin effects of indole-3-acetonitrile are defective in the nitrilase encoded by the NIT1 gene. 
    Normanly, J., Grisafi, P., Fink, G.R., and Bartel, B. (1997) Plant Cell 9, 1781-1790. 
    Abstract

    Auxin biosynthesis. 
    Bartel, B. (1997) Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 48, 51-56.  (Review Article)
    Abstract; full text; PDF

    Nucleotide sequence of a pathogen-induced nitrilase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana:  Nit2 (Accession No. U47114).
    Zhou, L., Bartel, B., and Thornburg, R. (1996) Plant Physiol. 110, 1048.
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    Nucleotide sequence of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nitrilase 1 gene (Accession No. U38845).
    Zhou, L., Bartel, B., and Thornburg, R. (1996) Plant Physiol. 110, 337. 
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    1988-1995 (at the Whitehead Institute and MIT) (back to top)

    ILR1, an amidohydrolase that releases active indole-3-acetic acid from conjugates.
    Bartel, B. and Fink, G.R. (1995) Science 268, 1745-1748. 
    Abstract; PDF

    Differential regulation of an auxin-producing nitrilase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Bartel, B. and Fink, G.R. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  91, 6649-6653. 
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    Molecular cloning, characterization, and overexpression of ERG7, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding lanosterol synthase. 
    Corey, E.J., Matsuda, S.P.T., and Bartel, B. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  91, 2211-2215. 
    Abstract; PDF

    Isolation of an Arabidopsis thaliana gene encoding cycloartenol synthase by functional expression in a yeast mutant lacking lanosterol synthase by the use of a chromatographic screen.
    Corey, E.J., Matsuda, S.P.T., and Bartel, B. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 11628-11632. 
    Abstract; PDF

    Ubiquitin as a degradation signal. 
    Johnson, E.S., Bartel, B., Seufert, W., and Varshavsky, A. (1992) EMBO J. 11, 497-505. 
    Abstract

    Molecular genetic analysis of Arabidopsis tryptophan synthase b. 
    Bartel, B., and Fink, G.R. (1992) In Biosynthesis and Molecular Regulation of Amino Acids in Plants, B.K. Singh, H.E. Flores, and J.C. Shannon, eds. (American Society of Plant Physiologists), pp. 339-340.

    The N-end rule in yeast is mediated by the UBC2(RAD6) ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme. 
    Dohmen, R., Madura, K., Bartel, B., and Varshavsky, A. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 7351-7355. 
    Abstract; PDF

    The recognition component of the N-end rule pathway. 
    Bartel, B., Wünning, I., and Varshavsky, A. (1990) EMBO J. 9, 3179-3189.
    Abstract

    Synthesis of ribosomal proteins as ubiquitin fusions.
    Finley, D., Bartel, B., and Varshavsky, A. (1990) In The Ribosome:  Structure, Function, and Evolution, W.E. Hill, ed.  (Washington, D.C.:  American Society of Microbiology Publications), pp. 636-644.

    The tails of ubiquitin precursors are ribosomal proteins whose fusion to ubiquitin facilitates ribosome biogenesis. 
    Finley, D., Bartel, B., and Varshavsky, A. (1989) Nature 338, 394-401. 
    Abstract

    Hypersensitivity to heavy water:  A new conditional phenotype. 
    Bartel, B., and Varshavsky, A. (1988)  Cell 52, 935-941. 
    Abstract

    Molecular genetics of the ubiquitin system. 
    Finley, D., Özkaynak, E., Jentsch, S., McGrath, J., Bartel, B., Pazin, M., Snapka, R., and Varshavsky, A. (1988) In Ubiquitin, M. Rechsteiner, ed. (New  York:  Plenum Press).  pp. 39-75.

    Genetic analysis of yeast ubiquitin-hybrid genes. 
    Finley, D., Bartel, B., and Varshavsky, A. (1988) In The Ubiquitin System, M. Schlesinger and A. Hershko, eds. (Cold Spring Harbor, New York:  Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).  pp. 50-55.


    1986 (at Bethel College) (back to top)

    Behavior and brain neurotransmitters:  Correlations in different strains of mice. 
    Krehbiel, D., Bartel, B., Dirks, M., and Wiens, W. (1986) Behavioral and Neural Biology 46, 30-45. 
    Abstract



    Invited Lectures (1995-present) (back to top)

    gBiogenesis and functions of plant peroxisomes,h Buenos Aires Plant Biology Lectures, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 28, 2008

    gUsing genetic modifiers to elucidate auxin signaling,h Buenos Aires Plant Biology Lectures, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 27, 2008

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxisomes and peroxins,h Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 26, 2008

    gTurnover peroxisomal matrix proteins,h Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Conference, Holderness School, Holderness, NH, July 15, 2008

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxisomes and peroxins,h The North Carolina Plant Molecular Biology Consortium seminar series, North Carolina Biotechnology Center,Research Triangle Park, NC, March 10, 2008

    gInsights into auxin signaling through analysis of genetic modifiers of the Arabidopsis ibr5 phosphatase mutant,h Keystone Symposium on Plant Hormones and Signaling, Keystone, CO, February 13, 2008

    gTargets and functions of plant microRNAs,h The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, 2008 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, January 10, 2008

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxisomes and peroxins,h University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, November 12, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxisomes and peroxins,h Interdisciplinary Plant Group Seminar Series, University of Missouri- Columbia, MO, October 29, 2007

    gGenetics of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis,h 19th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, July 21-25th, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins and peroxisomes,h 18th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Beijing, China, June 21, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins and peroxisomes,h Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA, May 4, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins,h Plant BioNet Seminar, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, March 9, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins,h The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Seminar Series, Ardmore, OK, March 8, 2007

    gFrom reading to research | introducing undergraduates to research from the outside in,h Howard Hughes Medical Institute Society of Professors Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD, March 3, 2007

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins,h Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, February 7, 2007

    gTargets and functions of plant microRNAs,h Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, November 29, 2006

    gUsing Arabidopsis to find new roles for peroxins,h Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, November 9, 2006

    gGenetic analysis of peroxisome functions in Arabidopsis,h 17th International Symposium on Plant Lipids, East Lansing, MI, July 20, 2006

    gFrom reading to research | introducing undergraduates to research from the outside in,h Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors Meeting, Chevy Chase, MD, June 9, 2006

    "Biogenesis and functions of plant peroxisomes," Distinguished Seminar Speaker Series, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, March 30, 2006

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, March 8, 2006

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Pioneer Hi-Bred, Wilmington, DE, January 31, 2006

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," 45nd American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14, 2005

    "Auxin regulation in Arabidopsis:  metabolism and microRNAs," Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, November 16, 2005

    "Biogenesis and functions of plant peroxisomes," Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, October 28, 2005

    "Targets and functions of microRNAs in plants," 2005 Gairdner Foundation Symposium, The New World of RNA, Toronto, Ontario, October 28, 2005

    "Genetics of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Symposium on Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Development, Prague, The Czech Republic, July 7-12, 2005

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," 22nd Annual Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Symposium: "MicroRNAs and Gene Silencing," Stony Brook, NY, May 23, 2005

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Distinguished Guest Lecture, 27th Annual Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, April 29, 2005

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Annual meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada, Banff, Alberta, March 17, 2005

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, November 15, 2004

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Annual Symposium of the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, Lakeville, CT, October 23, 2004

    "Genetic approaches to auxin regulation," Plenary session on "Hormone metabolism," 18th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, Canberra, Australia, September 21, 2004.

    "MicroRNA regulation of lateral organ separation in plants" Banbury Conference on RNAi-Related Processes in Plants, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, August 17, 2004

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany, July 7, 2004

    "Genetic analysis of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Auxin 2004, Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Crete, Greece, May 23, 2004

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 7, 2004

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 7, 2004

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 22, 2004

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, March 3, 2004

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, December 11, 2003

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Invited speaker, Plant Genetics 2003: Mechanisms of Genetic Variation, Snowbird, UT, October 24, 2003

    "Targets and functions of plant microRNAs," Invited speaker, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Boston, MA, August 2, 2003

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Plant Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, CA, May 16, 2003

    "Target prediction and function of microRNAs in plants," Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar Series, University of California, Davis, CA, May 15, 2003

    "Target prediction and function of plant microRNAs," The Plant Center Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 12, 2003

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 2, 2003

    "Target prediction and function of microRNAs in plants," Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 1, 2003

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin," Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March 17, 2003

    "Target prediction and function of microRNAs in Arabidopsis," Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, February 11, 2003

    "MicroRNAs in plants," Invited speaker, Biological Sciences Department, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, November 15, 2002

    "MicroRNAs in plants," Keynote address, Plant Molecular Genetics Institute Retreat, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, November 2, 2002

    "Genetics of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Plant Biological Sciences Colloquium Series, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, November 1, 2002

    "MicroRNAs in plants," PresidentiLs Symposium, Plant Biology 2002, Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Denver, CO, August 7, 2002

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin" Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference , Holderness School, NH, July 8, 2002

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin" University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, April 1, 2002

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin" Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, March 7, 2002

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin" DOE-Plant Research Laboratory Seminar Series, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, February 13, 2002

    "Regulation and action of the plant growth hormone auxin" Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX, October 8, 2001

    "Genomics approaches to understanding auxin metabolism and response in Arabidopsis," Invited speaker, 17th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, Brno, Czech Republic, July 6, 2001.

    "Genetic analysis of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Genetics Seminar Series, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 22, 2001

    "Experimenting with food," Convocation Address, Bethel College, North Newton, KS, Feb. 26, 2001

    "Genetic analysis of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," University of Texas, Austin, TX, October 10, 2000

    "Genetics of auxin regulation," Cold Spring Harbor Course on Arabidopsis Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, July 18, 2000

    "Molecular genetics of IAA and IBA metabolism and response in Arabidopsis thaliana," EMBO Workshop on Auxin, Calcatoggio, Corsica, May 13-18, 2000

    "Genetic analysis of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Department of Plant and Microbial Biology Seminar Series, University of California, Berkeley, October 4, 1999

    "Genetic analysis of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Interdisciplinary Plant Sciences Seminar Series, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 5, 1999

    "Genetic analysis of auxin metabolism," 9th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, WI, June 25, 1998

    "Genetics of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Merck/AAAS Lecture Series, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, April 6, 1998

    "Genetics of auxin regulation in Arabidopsis," Plant Physiology and Plant Biotechnology Seminar Series, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, February 13, 1997

    "Genetic analysis of auxin deconjugation in Arabidopsis," Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Conference, New Hampton, NH, July 21-25, 1996

    "Indole-3-acetic acid deconjugation in Arabidopsis thaliana," 15th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, Minneapolis, MN, July 14-18, 1995

    "Auxin deconjugation in Arabidopsis," Keystone Symposium on Signal Transduction in Plants, Hilton Head, SC, March 29-April 4, 1995



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