Ruth Grene

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Professor

101H Price Hall (0331)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-6761
Fax: (540) 231-7477
E-Mail: grene at vt.edu

Education | Research Interests | Teaching | Research Support | Awards | Experience | Service Activities | Selected Publications | Additional Information

Education

  • Ph.D., Plant Physiology, University of California, Davis, California, 1972
  • M.A., Botany, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968
  • B.A., Biochemistry Major (Honors), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1965

Research Interests

  • Functional genomics: global effects of stress imposition on gene expression.
  • Relationships between environmental signaling and stress resistance: mechanisms in plants
  • Integration and analysis of omics data in plants.
  • Bioinformatics and visualization tools for analysis and depiction of stress signaling in plants.
  • Molecular bases of seed development.

Teaching

  • Advanced Plant Physiology and Metabolism
  • Plant Stress Physiology
  • Writing-Intensive Course in Molecular Cell Biology
  • Topics in Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology
  • Biological Paradigms for Bioinformatics

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Selected Research Support

  • BARD, USDA, NSF

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Awards

  • National Science Foundation Career Advancement Award, 1992-94

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Experience

  • Professor of Plant Physiology, 1998-present
  • Associate Professor of Plant Physiology, Virginia Tech, 1988-98
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, Cornell, 1985-1988
  • Research Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute, Environmental Biology, Ithaca, NY. 1979-1988
  • Research Associate, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY, 1977-1979
  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Andre Jagendorf, Section of Genetics, Development and Physiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1975-77
  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Chemical Biodynamics, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-75

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Diversity: Recent Service Activities

  • Chair of University Commission on Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 2007-2008
  • Faculty Liaison, University Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program, 2006-2007
  • Member of University Commission on Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 2004-2007, Vice-Chair, 2006-2007
  • Member, Planning Committee for submission to Howard Hughes Foundation of institutional grant to support attraction and retention of minorities in the life sciences, 2005
  • Member, Planning Committee for Virginia-North Carolina application to NSF for support to retain minority undergraduates in sciences, 2006-2007

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Selected Publications

  1. Goff Stephen A,Vaughn Matthew ,McKay Sheldon ,Lyons Eric ,Stapleton Ann E, Gessler Damian, Matasci Naim, Wang Liya, Hanlon Matthew, Lenards Andrew, Muir Andy, Merchant Nirav, Lowry Sonya, Mock Stephen, Helmke Matthew, Kubach Adam, Narro Martha, Hopkins Nicole, Micklos David, Hilgert Uwe, Gonzales Michael, Jordan Chris, Skidmore Edwin, Dooley Rion, Cazes John, McLay Robert, Lu Zhenyuan, Pasternak Shiran, Koesterke Lars, Piel William H, Grene Ruth, Noutsos Christos, Gendler Karla, Feng Xin, Tang Chunlao, Lent Monica, Kim Seung-jin, Kvilekval Kristian, Manjunath B.S., Tannen Val, Stamatakis Alexandros, Sanderson Michael, Welch Stephen M, Cranston Karen, Soltis Pamela, Soltis Douglas, O'Meara Brian, Ane Cecile, Brutnell Tom, Kleibenstein Daniel J, White Jeffrey W, Leebens-Mack Jim ,Donoghue Michael J ,Spalding Edgar P ,Vision Todd J ,Myers Christopher R, Lowenthal David, Enquist Brian J, Boyle Brad, A koglu Ali, Andrews Greg, Ram Sudha, Ware Doreen, Stein Lincoln, Stanzione Dan (2011) The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biology. Frontiers in Plant Science 2: DOI=10.3389/fpls.2011.00034
  2. Zhou L, Franck C, Yang K, Pilot G, Heath LS, Grene R (2012). Mining for Meaning: Visualization Approaches to Deciphering Arabidopsis Stress Responses in Roots and Shoots. OMICs: Journal of Integrative Biology, in press.
  3. Sumugat MR, Donahue JL, Cortes DF, Stromberg VK, Grene R, Shulaev V, Welbaum GE (2010) Seed development and germination in an Arabidopsis thaliana line antisense to glutathione reductase 2. Journal of New Seeds. 11:104-126.
  4. Vásquez-Robinet C, Watkinson, JI, Sioson AA, Ramakrishnan N, Heath LS, Grene R (2010) Differential Expression Of Heat Shock Protein Genes In Preconditioning For Photosynthetic Acclimation In Water-Stressed Loblolly Pine. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 48: 256-264.
  5. Mane SP, Vasquez Robinet C, Ulanov A, Schafleitner R, Tincopa L, Gaudin A, Nomberto G, Alvarado C, Solis C, Avila Bolivar L, Blas R, Ortega J, Solis J, Panta A, Rivera C, Samolski I, Carbajulca DH, Bonierbale M, Pati A, Heath LS, Bohnert HJ, Grene R (2008) Molecular and physiological adaptation to prolonged drought stress in the leaves of two Andean potato genotypes Functional Plant Biology,. 35: 669 - 688,.
  6. Watkinson JI, Sioson AA, Vasquez-Robinet C, Stromberg V, Heath LS, Bohnert HJ, and Grene R (2008) Tuber development phenotypes in adapted and acclimated, drought-stressed Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena have distinct expression profiles of genes associated with carbon metabolism. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 46:34-45
  7. Vasquez-Robinet C, Mane SP, Ulanov AV, Watkinson JI, Stromberg VK, De Koeyer D, Schafleitner R, Willmot DB, Bonierbale M, Bohnert HJ, and Grene R (2008) Physiological and molecular adaptations to drought in Andean potato genotypes J. Exp. Bot., 59: 2109 - 2123.
  8. Mane SP, Vasquez-Robinet C, Sioson AA, Heath LS, Grene R (2007) Early PLD{alpha}-mediated events in response to progressive drought stress in Arabidopsis: a transcriptome analysis. Journal of Experimental Botany 2007 58:241-252.
  9. Li P, Bohnert HJ, Grene R (2007) All about FACE--plants in a high-[CO2] world. Trends Plant Sci. 2007 12:87-9.
  10. Li P, Sioson A, Mane SP, Ulanov A, Grothaus G, Heath LS, Murali TM, Bohnert HJ, Grene R. (2006) Response diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes in elevated [CO(2)] in the field. Plant Mol Biol. Aug 29; [Epub ahead of print]
  11. Li, P., Mane, S.P. Sioson, A., Vasquez Robinet, C. Heath, L.S. Bohnert, H.J., and Grene, R (2006). Effects of Chronic Ozone Exposure on Gene Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Ecotypes and in Thellungiella halophila, Plant Cell and Environment,
  12. Sioson AA, Mane SP, Li P, Sha W, Heath LS, Bohnert HJ, Grene R. (2006) The statistics of identifying differentially expressed genes in Expresso and TM4: a comparison. BMC Bioinformatics; 7:215.
  13. Pati A, Vasquez-Robinet C, Heath LS, Grene R, Murali TM (2006). XcisClique: analysis of regulatory bicliques. BMC Bioinformatics. 7: 218.
  14. Watkinson JI, Hendricks L, Sioson AA, Vasquez-Robinet C, Stromberg V, Heath LS, Schuler, Bohnert HJ, Bonierbale M, and Grene R. (2006) Accessions of Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena show differences in photosynthetic recovery after drought stress as reflected in gene expression profiles Plant Science, in press.
  15. Watkinson, J.I. Sioson, A., Vasquez-Robinet, C. Shukla, M. Ellis, M. Heath, L.S., Ramakrishnan, N. Chevone, B., I., Watson, L.T.,van Zyl, L., Sederoff, R.R. and Grene, R. (2003) Photosynthetic acclimation is reflected in specific patterns of gene expression in drought-stressed loblolly pine. Plant Physiol, 133: 1494-1503
  16. Heath, L.S, Sederoff, R.R.,.Whetten, R., Chevone, B.I. Struble, C.A. Jouenne, V.Y., Chen, D, van Zyl, L. and Grene, R. (2002) Studying the Functional Genomics of Stress Responses in Loblolly Pine with the Expresso Microarray Experiment Management System, Comparative and Functional Genomics, 3:226-243.
  17. Alscher, R. Grene, N. Erturk, and Lenwood, S. Heath (2002), Role of Superoxide Dismutases (SODs) in Controlling Oxidative Stress in Plants, J. Exp. Bot. 53: 1331-1341

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Additional Information

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