Past Contact Information

Sandra THIBIVILLIERS

University of Missouri
Division of Plant Sciences
201 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
Columbia, MO 65211
Lab: 573-884-4799
e-mail: st5y7 at mizzou.edu

Education

2005-present PhD degree: Candidate ESTs Approach for Soybean Fungal Disease Resistance
Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology at the University of Missouri (MO)
Advisors: Dr. Gary Stacey and Dr. Henry T. Nguyen

1998-2000 MS degree: Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology at the University of Paris VII (France)

Research Experiences

2005 -Present – University of Missouri, Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology at the University of Missouri (MO)
PhD degree training, Advisors: Dr. G. Stacey and Dr. H. T. Nguyen
Project: Candidate ESTs Approach for Soybean Fungal Disease Resistance.
January 2003 -July 2004 – INRA – Laboratory of Cell Biology, Versailles
Assistant of research, Phloem Group, Supervisor: Dr. S. DINANT (Collaboration with the Seed Company: Vilmorin Clause & Cie – Limagrain Group)
Project: Analysis of phloem transcriptom of A. graveolens under biotic stress and viral infection.

January 2001 – July 2002 – CIRAD, Montpellier
Assistant of research, Biotrop Laboratory, Supervisors: Dr. J.-C. GLASZMANN and M. DEU
Projects: i) Production and characterization of a sorghum BAC library,
ii) Studying linkage disequilibrium by producing SSR markers for a sorghum core collection.

April – October 2000 – CIRAD, Montpellier
Master degree Training, “Annual Cultures” group, Advisor: Dr. J.-M. LACAPE
Project: Genetic mapping of tetraploid cotton and detection of QTL involved in fiber quality.

Mentoring

May – July 2007 – Junior student: Rebecca Duran (New Mexico, State University)
Project: Transcription factors leading the pathway to survival

Honor and Awards

2008-2009 ? Award for Excellence in Organizing the IPG Seminar Series ($500)

April 2008 ? DPS Graduate Research Enhancement Grants ($750)
Project: Use of confocal microscopy for a better understanding of rust infection on soybean.

2007-2008 ? Award for Excellence in Organizing the IPG Seminar Series ($500)

July 2007 ? Millikan travel grant for ASP/SON meeting in San Diego, CA ($800)

 

Academic service

2009 ? Hosting Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) speaker Dr. May (National Center for Genome  Resources)
2008 ? Hosting IPG speaker Dr. Haswell (Washington University in St. Louis)
2008 ? Organization 3rd Annual Millikan Lecture, hosting Dr. Ausubel (Harvard University)
2007 ? Hosting IPG speaker Dr. Bartel (Rice University)
2007 – 2009 ? Organization of the IPG seminar series
2007-2008? Student Association of Plant Pathology (SAPP) Vice president
2006-2007? SAPP treasure

Publications

– Thibivilliers S, Joshi T, Campbell KB, Scheffler B, Xu D, Cooper B, Nguyen HT, and Stacey G. (2009) Generation of Phaseolus vulgaris ESTs and investigation of their regulation upon Uromyces appendiculatus infection. BMC plant biology (in publication).

– Lee J, Feng J, Campbell KB, Scheffler BE, Garrett WM, Thibivilliers S, Stacey G, Naiman DQ, Tucker ML, Pastor-Corrales MA, Cooper B. (2008) Quantitative proteomic analysis of bean plants infected by a virulent and avirulent obligate rust fungus. Mol Cell Proteomics 8(1):19-31

– Libault M, Thibivilliers S, Radwan O, Clough SJ, Stacey G. (2008) Identification of four soybean reference genes for gene expression normalization. The plant Genome, 1:44-54

– Divol F, Vilaine F, Thibivilliers S, Kusiak C, Sauge MH, Dinant S. (2007) Involvement of the xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolases encoded by celery XTH1 and Arabidopsis XTH33 in the phloem response to aphids. Plant Cell Environ. 30(2):187-201

– Divol F., Vilaine F., Thibivilliers S., Amselem J., Palauqui J.-C., Kusiak C., and Dinant S. (2005) Systemic response to aphid infestation by Myzus persicae in the phloem of Apium graveloens. Plant Mol Biol. 57(4):517-40

– Lacape J.-M., Nguyen T.-B., Thibivilliers S., Bojinov B., Matz E.C., Blewitt M., Courtois B., Cantrell R.G., Burr B. and Hau B. (2003) A combined RFLP-SSR-AFLP map of tetraploid cotton based on aGossypium hirsutum x Gossypium barbadense backcross population. Genome 46(4): 612-26.

– Vilarinhos A., Piffanelli P., Lagoda P., Thibivilliers S., Sabau X, Carreel F., D’Hont A. (2003) Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of banana (Musa acuminata Colla). TAG 106(6): 1102-1106.

– Droillard M.-J., Thibivilliers S., Cazalé A.-C., Barbier-Brygoo H., Laurière C. (2000) Protein kinases induced by osmotic stresses and elicitor molecules in tobacco cell suspensions: two crossroad MAPkinases and one osmoregulation-specific protein kinase. FEBS Letters 474(2-3): 217-222.

Scientific Meetings & Posters
– Thibivilliers S, Libault M., Nguyen H.T., and Stacey G. Soybean Transcription Factors Implicated in Resistance to Asian Soybean Rust infection. ASM branch meeting, Columbia MO, March 2009 (Oral presentation)

– Sandra Thibivilliers, Trupti Joshi, Kimberly B. Campbell, Brian Scheffler, Roger Boerma, Dong Xu, Bret Cooper, Henry T. Nguyen, and Gary Stacey. EST sequencing of Phaseolus vulgaris genes responsive to Uromyces appendiculatus infection also identifies soybean genes responding toPhakopsora pachyrhizi infection. Soy 2008, Indianapolis IN, July 2008

– Sandra Thibivilliers, Bret Cooper, Kimberly Campbell, Brian Scheffler, Roger Boerma, Balaji Boovaraghan, James Schoelz, Henry Nguyen, Gary Stacey. Phaseolus vulgaris–Uromyces appendiculatus pathosystem as a model for Asian soybean rust. APS/SON joint meeting, San Diego CA, July 2007.

– Thibivilliers S., Divol F., Vilaine F., Amselem J., Aaziz R., Palauqui J.-C. and Dinant S. Analysis of phloem response under biotic stresses as virus, bacteria and fungi. Phloem Conference, Poitiers France, April 2004.

– Dinant S., Divol S., Vilaine F., Palauqui J-C., Anselem J., Thibivilliers S.  and Lemoine R. Analysis of the phloem in the plant response to aphid feeding. Phloem 2003, Bayreuth Germany, September 2003.

– Piffanelli P., Vilarinhos A., Thibivilliers S., Lagoda P., Sabau X. and Glaszmann J.-C. BACTROP: creation of a platform for physical mapping of tropical species. Plant, Animal and Microbe X conference, San Diego CA, January 2002.

– Deu M., Cardi C., Berger A., Thibivilliers S., Lagoda P., Piffanelli P. and Glaszmann J.-C. QTL tagging in sorghum with the view to cloning genes of generic interest: development of a SSR and BAC molecular back-up. Génoplante 2001, Poitiers France, October 2001.

Presentations were also made at a number of different meetings hosted by the University of Missouri including

– Missouri Life Sciences Week (2007, 2008, and 2009)
– 3rd, 4th, and 5th Annual Soybean Biotechnology Symposium (2007, 2008, and 2009)

Contact information

Geon Hui Son
Ph.D. Student
201 Life Science Center
1201 Rollins Road
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: song@missouri.edu
Lab : (573) 884-3045

Education

Ph.D. Joint program between GSNU and MI, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri 2008 to present
Ph.D. Division of Applied Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University 2005 to present
BS Biochemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju in Korea

Current Research Focus

Characterization of transcription factors involved in chitin-mediated defense signaling

Publications

Journal Articles

– Jinrong Wan, Katrina Ramonell, Xuecheng Zhang, Steve Clough, Marc Libault, Geon H. Son, Minviluz G. Stacey, Ren Zhang, Jong C. Hong, and Gary Stacey (2007) Chitin Signaling in Arabidopsis, IN Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, volume 6

Abstract and Scientific Meetings

– Geon Hui Son, Hye Jin Kim, Jinrong Wan, Marc Libault Gary Stacey, Woo Sik Chung, and Jong Chan Hong Protein-protein interactions of transcription factors involved in fungal defense signaling, 2007 International Symposium and Annual Meeting of the KSABC.

– Geon Hui Son, Jinrong Wan, Ren Zhang, Hye Jin Kim, Marc Libault,  Woo Sik Chung, Jong Chan Hong , Gary Stacey(2009) Characterization of transcription factors involved in chitin-mediated defense signaling, XIV International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July 19-23, Quebec, Canada.

Andrea Hurley-Sommer
Research Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences
202 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
University of Missouri
1201 E. Rollins Street
Columbia MO 65211
Tel: (573)-884-3045
Email: sommera at missouri.edu

Education

Graduated 2002 with a Bachelor in Biotechnology
Minor in Accounting/Economics/Business

I was involved in two different projects while working in Dr. Gary Stacey’s Lab

Project 1:

My research is focused on the nodulation process and their involving transcription factors. Performing     transformation by using Agrobacterium rhizogenes and inoculation by usingBradyrhizobium japonicum.

Project 2:

The research project (Metagenomic screening of rumen protozoa) I’m involved in the isolation of total rumen protozoa to develop a cDNA library.

Laboratory Supervisor

Contact information

Kari Puricelli
202 Life Sciences Center
1201 Rollins Road
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: kepvf2 at mizzou.edu
Lab : (573) 884 3045

Joined the lab in March of 2008

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Biology (Graduated in May of 2009)

Research Topic

 

Cloning soybean genomic DNA and determining expression of root and nodule specific promoters

Education

B.Sc  Microbiology  1997
Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar-India

M.Sc  Microbiology 1999
Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar-India

M.S Microbiology and Molecular Medicine 2002
Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Graduated in 2008.

Contact information

Tran Hong Nha Nguyen
Ph.D. Student
201 Life Science Center
1201 Rollins Road
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: thny8c at mizzou.edu
Lab : (573) 884 4799

 

Education

Ph.D. Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri  2006 to present.
BS Biotechnology College of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU, HCMC)  2005.

 

Professional Experiences

2008- current    Ph.D. thesis – National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, Division of Plant Sciences, Universsity of Missouri.

2006-2008    Training period – Digital Biology Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri.

2005-2006    Teaching Assistant and Research Scientist – Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh city.

Major task: Developing ELISA kit to detect Salmonella in food product.

2001- 2005    Thesis of honor – Laboratory of Molecular and Environmental Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, VNU, HCMC.

Thesis topic: Cloning and Expression of H antigen coding gene (fliC) of Salmonella Enteritidis in E. coli.
                     Advisor: Dr. Thuoc Tran Linh, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, VNU, HCMC.

 

Current Research Focus

Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Soybean Root Hairs Colonized by Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

 

Publications

Journal Articles

1. Nguyen, T.H.N., Brechenmacher, L. , Aldrich, J., Clauss, T., Gritsenko, M., Hixson, K., Libault, M., Tanaka, K., Wang, J., Yao, Q., Paša-Toli?, L., Xu, D., Nguyen, H.T., Stacey, G. (2012) Quantitative Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Soybean Root Hairs in Response to Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol. Cell Proteomics, 11: 10.1074/mcp.M112.018028, 1–16.

2. Brechenmacher, L., Nguyen, T.H.N, Hixson, K., Libault, M., Aldrich, J., Pasa-Tolic, L., Stacey, G. (2012) Identification of soybean proteins from a single cell type: the root hair. Proteomics. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201200160. [Epub ahead of print]

3. Wan, J., Tanaka, K., Zhang, X.C., Son, G., Brechenmacher, L., Nguyen, T.H.N., Stacey, G (2012) The LysM Receptor-like Kinase LysM RLK4 (LYK4) is Important for Chitin Signaling and Plant Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 160(1): 396-406.

4. Lopez, O.V., Thibivilliers, S., Qiu, J., Xu, W.W., Nguyen, T.H.N., Libault, M., Le, M.H., Goldberg, R., Hill, C., Hartman, G., Diers, B., Stacey, G (2011). Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling gene expression during the innate immunity response of soybean. Plant Physiol. 157(4):1975-86.

5. Tanaka, K., Nguyen, T.H.N., and Stacey, G. (2011) Enzymatic role for soybean ecto-apyrase in nodulation. Plant Signal. Behav. 6 (7): 1034-1036.

6. Brechenmacher, L., Lee, J., Sachdev, S., Song, Z., Nguyen, T.H.N., Joshi, T., Oehrle, N., Libault, M., Mooney, B., Xu, D., Cooper, B., and Stacey, G. (2009) Establishment of a protein reference map for soybean root hair cells. Plant Physiol.149: 670-682.

– Nguyen, NT, Nguyen, THN, Dang, TPT, Tran TL (2005). Cloning and expressing of the gene encoding for the H:g,m flagellar antigen of Salmonella Enteritidis in E. coli. Proceedings – National Conference on Basic Biotechnology – Hanoi.

Honor and Awards

1. MCBS TRAVEL AWARD ($750)                                           07/2010

The 13th Biennial Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Soybean Conference (MCBS), August 8-10, 2010

2. PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY ALTERNATE SPONSORED FELLOWSHIP (ASF)    05/2009

    ASF program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Department of Energy.

3. DPS MINI-TRAVEL GRANT ($750) AND ICNF SCHOLARSHIP FOR REGISTRATION FEE     04/2009

    The 16th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation (ICNF), June 14-19 2009, Big Sky, Montana.

4. OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR – DIVISION OF PLANT SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI    10/2008 

    Plant sciences graduate seminar entitled “Systems biology and its potential application to the study of plant-microbe interactions”.

5. VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP 2006 – 5 YEARS              08/2006

     One of 38 fellows selected from more than 1,700 candidates in Vietnam.

 

Tran Nguyen – Information Update:

After graduation in 2013, Tran had traveled to several places in the US and lived with her family members. At present, she lives with her family in the Bay Area, San Jose, California. Tran’s email is at <nhntran@gmail.com>.

Contact information

Melanie KESSLER-MATHIEU
Postdoctoral Associate
National Center for Soybean Biotechnology
271E Life Science Center
1201 Rollins Road
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Lab : (573)-884-3045
Cell: (660)-537-3851
E-Mail : mathieum at missouri.edu

Education

October 2000 – September 2004:
Ph.D., Plant Sciences, University of Science and Technologies of Lille, FR
Concentrations: Plant Molecular Biology, Genetics
Dissertation: “Expression of germin-like genes (GLP) during somatic embryogenesis and early development of conifers”

September 1999 – October 2000:
M.Sc. (Post-graduate diploma), University of Technologies of Compiegne, FR
Concentration: Enzymatic Engineering, Microbiology and Bioconversion
Thesis: “Analysis of PcGER1 a pine germin-like protein gene promotor in BY-2 tobacco cells”

October 1998 – May 1999:
B.Sc., Cellular Biology and Physiology, University of Sciences & Technologies, Lille, FR
Concentration: Cellular Biology and Physiology
Compost comprehensive review:
“Isolation of promoter sequence of germin-like protein gene in Pinus caribaea”

October 1998 – May 1999:
Practical Training, Molecular Markers Laboratory – Novartis Seeds, Saint Sauveur, FR
Concentration: “Development of a fast method for DNA extraction from maize seeds for PCR analysis”

Professional Experience

October 2004 – present:
Post-doctoral position, University of Missouri-Columbia, National Center of Soybean Biotechnology
Concentration/Research Subject: “Functional analysis of soybean genes through transposon mutagenesis and development of reverse genetics tools for soybean”

Teaching Experience

October 2000 – August 2004:
Lecturer (Part Time)
University of Sciences and Technologies, Lille, FR
Course/s: Teaching of practical work and lectures in plant biology, cellular biology,
plant physiology and botany for B. Sc. Students

Current Research Focus

Transposon tagging and fast neutron mutagenesis in soybean: necessary resources to aid in the translation of genomics information into applied technologies.

Publications

Journal Articles

Mathieu M., Neutelings G., Hawkins S., Grenier E. and David H. (2003) Cloning of a pine « germin-like » protein (GLP) gene promoter and analysis of its activity in transgenic tobacco Bright Yellow 2 cells. Physiologia plantarum 117: 425-434

Mathieu M., Lelu-Walter M-A., Blervacq A-S., David H., Neutelings G and Hawkins S. (2006)Germin-like genes are expressed during somatic embryogenesis and early development of conifers.Plant Molecular Biology 61: 615-627.

Stacey M., Patel A., McClain W., Mathieu M., Remley M., Rogers E., Gassmann W, Blavins D., Stacey G. (2007) The Arabidopsis AtOPT3 Protein Functions in Metal Homeostasis and Movement of Iron to Developing Seeds. Plant physiology  146: 589-601.

Wan J., Patel A., Mathieu M., Kim S-Y., Dong X. and Stacey G. (2008) A lectin receptor-like kinase is required for pollen development in Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology 67: 469-482.

Melanie Mathieu, Elizabeth K. Winters, Fanming Kong, Jinrong Wan, Shaoxing Wang, Helene Eckert, Christopher Donovan, David Somers, Kan Wang, Gary Stacey, and Tom Clemente (2009)Establishment of a Soybean (Glycine max Merr. L) Transposon-Based Mutagenesis Repository.Planta 229 (2) :279-289.

Mathieu M.,  Zhang Z, Nguyen H, Clemente T and Stacey G. (2008) Successful transposition of the Tnt1 tobacco retrotransposon in soybean (Glycine max) (in preparation).
Presentations in scientific meetings

Oral communications:

Mathieu M., Neutelings G., Lelu M-A. and Hawkins S. (2003).
The ‘germin-like’ genes (GLPs) expressed during embryogenesis of conifers.
Journées du Réseau Français des Parois Végétales. INRA de Nantes, November, 6 and 7.

Mathieu M., Neutelings G., Lelu M A., Belingheri L. and David H (2002).
The pine ‘germin-like’genes (GLPs) expressed during embryogenesis: PcGER1 and PsGER1.
7ème Journées de Biologie Moléculaire des Arbres, INRA Avignon, October, 22-24, 2002.

Mathieu. M. (2002)
The pine ‘germin-like’ genes expressed during somatic embryogenesis.
Université d’Angers, June (seminar)

Mathieu M., Novak D., Dumas B., Neutelings G., Belingheri L. and David H. (2000). Functions of ‘germin-like’ proteins in cell wall.
Journées du Réseau Français des Parois Végétales. INRA Versailles, October, 9-10.

Posters:

Mathieu M., Huang S., Zhang Z., Somers D., Clemente T., Wang K., Nguyen H and Stacey G. (2009).
Title: “Establishment of a Soybean (Glycine max Merr. L) Transposon-Based Mutagenesis Repository.” 5th Annual Soybean Biotechnology Symposium, Columbia, MO, April 21

Mathieu M., Huang S., Zhang Z., Somers D., Clemente T., Wang K., Nguyen H and Stacey G. (2008).
Title: “T-DNA and transposon mutagenesis of the soybean genome.”
Plant and Animal Genomics, San-Diego, CA, January 12-16

Mathieu M., Huang S., Zhang Z., Somers D., Clemente T., Wang K., Nguyen H and Stacey G. (2007).
Title: “T-DNA and transposon mutagenesis of the soybean genome.”
Plant Biology & Botany, Chicago, IL, July 7-11.

Mathieu M., Huang S., Zhang Z., Somers D., Clemente T., Wang K., Nguyen H and Stacey G. (2006).
Title: “Analysis of the T-DNA lines for Ds and Tnt1 tagging of soybean genome.” Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, August 5-8.

Mathieu M., Huang S., Wan J., Somers D., Clemente T. and Stacey G. (2006).
Title: “A transposon tagged male fertility mutant of soybean.”
Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, August 5-8.

Mathieu M., Huang S., Zhang Z., Somers D., Clemente T., Wang K., Nguyen H. and Stacey G (2005).
Title: “Functional analysis of soybean genes through transposon mutagenesis.”
Genomics & Beyond: Frontiers in Plant Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, April 27-30.

Mathieu M., Neutelings G., Hawkins S., Grenier E. and David. H. (2002).
Title: “Cloning and analysis in BY-2 cells of pine ‘germin-like’ gene promoter, PcGER1 during cell growth.”
Journées du Réseau Français des Parois Végétales. INRA de Reims, May, 28-29.

Mathieu M., Neutelings G. and David H. (2000).
Title: “Analysis in Arabidopsis and tobacco of a pine germin-like protein gene promoter, PcGER1.”
New Frontiers in Plant Science and Plant Biotechnology. Toulouse, March, 5-9.

NEW CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Marc Libault

Assistant Professor
Department of Botany and Microbiology
770 Van Vleet Oval, room 32
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
Email: libaultm@ou.edu

Contact information
MARC LIBAULT
Division of Plant Sciences
202 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO  65211
e-mail: libaultm at missouri.edu
office: (573) 884 3045
cell: (573) 239 4212

EDUCATION

2005-present       University of Missouri, National Center for Soybean Biotechnology
Postdoctoral Research Associate
NSF and MSMC fellow
Research subject: Investigation of soybean root hair cells response toBradyrhizobium japonicum inoculation.
Supervisor:  Dr. Gary Stacey

 

2000-2004           Paris 11 University (Orsay, France), IJPB, INRA of Versailles
PhD in Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology
Research subject: Characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana LHP1 (Like Heterochromatin Protein 1) protein.
Supervisor: Dr. Valerie Gaudin

1999-2000           Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris, France)
MS in Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology

1998-1999           Paris 7 Denis Diderot University (Paris, France)
BS in Cellular Biology and Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Genetic section, Applied Genetic option

 

OTHER PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCES

March-July 1999    Undergraduate Research Assistant (Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire des Plantes, Paris 6 University/CNRS)
Research subject: Molecular and biochemical characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants potentially affected in phosphoinositide biosynthesis.
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Collin

Summer 1998      Undergraduate Research Assistant (Laboratoire de physicochimie des macromolécules biologiques (Institut Pasteur).
Research subject: Recognition of DNA targets by RNA and DNA polymerases
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Kolb

 

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Libault M and Stacey G. Invited to write an article for Plant Signal Behav. Addenda to ” A member of the highly conserved FWL (tomato FW2.2-like) gene family is essential for soybean nodule organogenesis.” The Plant Journal.

SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS
Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Cheng J, Xu D and Stacey G. Invited to write a review article on the topic “Root hair systems biology” for Trends in Plant Science.

Brechenmacher L, Lei Z, Libault M, Findley S, Sugawara M, Sadowsky MJ, Sumner LW and Stacey G. Soybean metabolites regulated in root hairs in response to the symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Plant Physiol.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1- Libault M, Farmer A, Joshi T, Takahashi K, Langley RJ, Levi FD, He J, Xu D,  May GD and Stacey G. (2010) An integrated transcriptome atlas of the crop model Glycine max and its use in comparative analyses in plants. The Plant Journal. Accepted, in press.

2- Libault M, Zhang XC, Govindarajulu M, Ong YT, Brechenmacher L, Berg H, Hurley-Sommer A, Qiu J, Taylor CG and Stacey G. (2010) A member of the highly conserved FWL (tomato FW2.2-like) gene family is essential for soybean nodule organogenesis. The Plant Journal. Accepted, in press.

3- Libault M, Farmer A, Brechenmacher L, May GD and Stacey G. (2010) Soybean root hairs: a valuable system to investigate plant biology at the cellular level. Plant Signal Behav. 19; 5(4). Addenda to ”Complete transcriptome of soybean root hair cell, a single cell model, and its alteration in response to Bradyrhizobium japonicum infection.” Plant Physiol. 152(2):541-52

4- Wang Z, Libault M, Joshi J, Valliyodan B, Nguyen HT, Xu D, Stacey G and Cheng J. (2010) SoyDB: A Knowledge Database of Soybean Transcription Factors. BMC Plant Biol. 10(1):14.

5- Libault M, Farmer A, Brechenmacher L, Drnevich J, Langley RJ, Bilgin DD, Radman O, Neece DJ, Clough SJ, May GD and Stacey G. (2010) Complete transcriptome of soybean root hair cell, a single cell model, and its alteration in response to Bradyrhizobium japonicum infection. Plant Physiol. 152(2):541-52. Plant Systems Biology Special Issue 2010.

6- Schmutz J, Cannon SB, Schlueter J, Ma J, Mitros T, Nelson W, Hyten DL, Song Q, Thelen JJ, Cheng J, Xu D, Hellsten U, May GD, Yu Y, Sakurai T, Umezawa T, Bhattacharyya MK, Sandhu D, Valliyodan B, Lindquist E, Peto M, Grant D, Shu S, Goodstein D, Barry K, Futrell-Griggs M, Abernathy B, Du J, Tian Z, Zhu L, Gill N, Joshi T, Libault M, Sethuraman A, Zhang XC, Shinozaki K, Nguyen HT, Wing RA, Cregan P, Specht J, Grimwood J, Rokhsar D, Stacey G, Shoemaker RC and Jackson SA. (2010) Genome sequence of the paleopolyploid soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Nature. 463(7278):178-83.

7- Joshi T, Yan Z, Libault M, Jeong DH, Park S, Green PJ, Sherrier J, Farmer A, May GD, Meyers B, Xu D and Stacey G. (2010) Prediction of novel miRNAs and associated target genes in Glycine max. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(Suppl 1):S14 (18 January 2010).

8- Libault M, Joshi T, Takahashi K, Hurley-Sommer A, Puricelli K, Blake S, Finger R, Taylor CG, Xu D, Nguyen HT, and Stacey G. (2009) Large scale analysis of soybean transcriptional regulatory genes expression allows the identification of a MYB gene involved in nodule development. Plant Physiol. 151(3):1207-20. Legume Special Issue 2009.

9- Libault M, Joshi T, Benedito V, Xu D, Udvardi M and Stacey G. (2009) Legume transcription factor genes; what makes legumes so special? In press, Plant Physiol. 151(3):991-1001. Legume Special Issue 2009.

10- Brechenmacher L, Lee J, Sachdev S, Song Z, Nguyen THN, Joshi T, Oehrle N, Libault M, Mooney B, Xu D, Cooper B and Stacey G. (2009) Establishment of a protein reference map for soybean root hair cell. Plant Physiol. 149(2):670-82.

11- Govindarajulu M, Kim SY, Libault M, Berg RH, Tanaka K, Stacey G and Taylor CG. (2009) GS52 ecto-apyrase plays a critical role during soybean nodulation. Plant Physiol. 149(2):994-1004.

12- Libault M, Thibivilliers S, Bilgin DD, Radwan O, Benitez M, Clough SJ, and Stacey G (2008) Identification of four soybean reference genes for gene expression normalization. Plant Gen. 1:44-54.

13- Brechenmacher L, Kim MY, Benitez M, Li M, Joshi T, Calla B, Lee MP, Libault M, Vodkin LO, Xu D, Lee SH, Clough SJ and Stacey G. (2008) Transcription profiling of soybean nodulation byBradyrhizobium japonicum. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact. 21:631-45.

14- Libault M, Wan J, Czechowski T, Udvardi M and Stacey G (2007) Identification of 118 Arabidopsis transcription factor and 30 ubiquitin-ligase genes responding to chitin, a plant-defense elicitor, Mol Plant Microbe Interact. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact. 20:900-11.

15- Zhang XC, Wu X, Findley S, Wan J, Libault M, Nguyen HT, Cannon SB, Stacey G (2007) Molecular Evolution of LysM Type Receptor-like Kinases in Plants. Plant Physiol. 144:623-36.

16- Stacey G, Libault M, Brechenmacher L, Wan J, May GD (2006) Genetics and functional genomics of legume nodulation. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 9:110-21

17- Libault M, Tessadori F, Germann S, Snijder B, Fransz P, Gaudin V (2005) The Arabidopsis LHP1 protein is a component of euchromatin. Planta 222:910-25

18- Gaudin V, Libault M, Pouteau S, Juul T, Zhao G, Lefebvre D, Grandjean O (2001) Mutations in LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 affect flowering time and plant architecture in Arabidopsis. Development 128:4847-4858.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Wan J, Ramonell K, Zhang X, Clough S, Zhang R, Libault M, Stacey M, Hong JC, and Stacey G (2008) Chitin signaling in Arabidopsis. In: Biology of Plant Microbe Interactions, Vol. 6 (Lorito M, Woo SL, and Scala F, eds). The American Phytopathological Society.

Stacey G, Brechenmacher L, Libault M, Sachdev S (2007) Functional Genomics of Soybean Root-Hair Infection Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture Volume 42:181-182.

INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2009  9th International Plant Molecular Biology (IPMB) Congress at St. Louis, MO (October 25-30, 2009). Dynamic expression profile of soybean transcription factor genes during nodulation. (invited by Dr. Maria Monteros, Noble foundation).

2008 12th Biennial Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Soybean Conference at Indianapolis, IN (July 20-23, 2008). A member of the highly conserved FWL (tomato FW2.2-like) gene family is essential for soybean nodule organogenesis. (invited by Dr. Scott Jackson, University of Purdue)

2008 16th Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Meeting at San Diego, CA (January 12-16, 2008). Atlas of soybean transcription factor expression. (invited by Dr. Gary Stacey, University of Missouri).

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS

1- Soybean root hair infection by Bradyrhizobium japonicum
2- Soybean nodule development
3- Identification, expression pattern and characterization of the function of soybean transcription factor genes

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
2010: Invited lecturer for PS8505 Introduction to Plant Stress Biology
2010: Several times invited lecturer for PS9540 Genetics of the Plant-Microbe Interaction
2007, 2008 and 2009: Co-instructor to high school teachers as part of NSF program
2006 and 2008: Invited reviewer for the Molecular Plant Physiology course

Mentoring of Research specialists
June-December 2005                                                                 Christine Schramm
September 2005-July 2006                                                        Kaori Takahashi
June 2006-December 2006                                                       Dr. Sherri Sachdev
May 2007-Febuary 2008 and December 2008-May 2009     Andrea Hurley-Sommer

Mentoring of Graduate students
June 2005-December 2006                                                     Hyojin Cho (master)
October 2008 to July 2009                                                       Jeongmin Choi (PhD)
May 2008 to present                                                                 Zhe Yan (PhD)

Mentoring of Undergraduates
February 2005-Febuary 2006                                                 David Sprowls
September 2005-August 2006                                                Chia Rou Yeo
July 2006-April 2007                                                                Yee Tsuey Ong
September 2006-April 2007                                                     Leremie Shaffer
April 2007-May 2008                                                                Asa Shaffer
January 2008-May 2008                                                          Ashley Kell
March 2008-July 2009                                                              Kari Puricelli
June 2009-October 2009                                                          Ceili Cornelison
August 2009-present                                                                Charles Jones
September 2009-January 2010                                                Jalisa Ray
September 2009-February 2010                                              Joshua Lilly
January 2010-present                                                              Amanda Straight

Mentoring of High school Students
Summer 2006                                                                            Britney Anne Koepf