Faculty Profile
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Eduardo Blumwald
Professor Plant Sciences 1119 Plant Reproductive Biology Bldg. Office 530-752-4640 Lab 530-754-7322 eblumwald@ucdavis.edu |
Degrees:
- - - Ph.D. - Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of California, Berkeley - Bioenergetics
Awards:
2003 - Alexander von Humboldt Prize
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists
Society for Experimental Biology
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Horticulture and Agronomy
Publications:
Rivero, RM., Kojima, M., Gepstein A., Sakakibara, H., Mittler, R., Gepstein, S., and Blumwald, E. (2007). Delayed leaf senescence induces extreme drought tolerance in a flowering plant. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:19631-19636.
Cagnac, O., Leterrier, M., Yeager, M. and Blumwald, E. (2007). Identification and characterization of vnx1p, a novel type of vacuolar monovalent cation/H+ antiporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 282: 24284-24293.
Katz., E., Fon, M., Lee, Y.J., Phinney, B.S., Sadka, A, and Blumwald, E. (2007). The citrus fruit proteome: insights into citrus fruit metabolism. Planta 226: 989-1005.
Sottosanto, J.B. , Saranga, Y., Blumwald, E. (2007). Impact of AtNHX1, a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter, upon gene expression during short and long term salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology. 7: 18. (doi:10.1186/1471-2229-7-18).
Apse, M.P. & Blumwald, E. (2007). Na+ transport in plants. FEBS Lett. 581:2247-2254.
Research Interests:
Plant responses to environmental stress, signal transduction pathways, genomics/proteomics
molecular determinants of fruit quality
Laboratory Personnel:
PRB 1201 - Dr. Lianhai Fu (SRA) Dr. Masaaki Oto (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dr. Oliver Cagnac (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dr. Marina Leterrier (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dr. Udi Katz (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dr. Rosa M. Rivero (Post-doctoral Fellow) Dr. Jordan Sottosanto (Post-doctoral Fellow) Marina Large (graduate student) Ellen Tummimbang (IRRI, Philippines, graduate student) Suhaila Rahman (Dhaka Univ., Bangladesh) Dr. Mohammad Arif (visiting scholar, Pakistan) Dr. Hayian Li (visiting scholar, China) Anjuman Arif (visiting scholar, Pakistan) Mario G. Fon (technician)
Teaching Interests:
Biotechnology, Membrane Biology, Stress Physiology (PLB161B. GGG210B)
Courses Taught:
BIT 162 Biotechnology - Term(s): Spring
PBI 200C ion transport and stress signaling - Term(s): Spring