Derek S. Lundberg

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Education:

 

2007-present

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PhD candidate in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Advisor: Dr. Jeff Dangl

 

2002-2006

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.S. Biology

 

Work Experience:

           

2008 (Fall Semester)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Assistant for Biology 101 Lab (Introductory Biology)

           

2006-2007

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lab Technician for Dr. Sarah Grant and Dr. Jeff Dangl

    -Forward and reverse genetic research to characterize the molecular function of HopAM1, a type III effector protein that contributes to the virulence of the plant pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae. 

           

Publications:

Lundberg DS*, Yourstone S*, Mieczkowski P, Jones CD, and Dangl JL.  (2013). "Practical innovations for high-throughput amplicon sequencing". Nature Methods. In Press 

Lundberg DS*, Lebeis SL*, Herrera Paredes S*, Yourstone S*, Gehring J, Malfatti S, Tremblay
J, Engelbrektson A, Kunin V, Glavina del Rio T et al. (2012). "Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root
microbiome". Nature. 488: 86–90.

 

Goel, A. K., D. Lundberg, et al. (2008). "The Pseudomonas syringae Type III Effector HopAM1 Enhances  Virulence on Water-Stressed Plants." Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 21(3): 361-370.

 

* = contributed equally