Education:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg VA, 2005-2011
Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Physiology, Molecular Plant Sciences Program
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 2001-2005
Bachelor of Science, Integrated Science and Technology, Concentration in
Biotechnology
Project Description:
I am interested in the plant immune receptor, RPM1 and the
molecular events that transpire pre- and post- RPM1 activation.
Publications:
R.G. Anderson and J.M. McDowell, A PCR assay for the quantification of growth of the oomycete
pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2015.Molecular
Plant Pathology PMID: 25676785
M. Stegmann, R. G. Anderson, L.
Westphal, S. Rosahl, J. M. McDowell, M. Trujillo, The exocyst subunit Exo70B1
is involved in the immune response of Arabidopsis thaliana to different
pathogens and cell death. 2013, Plant Signaling and Behavior.
doi:10.4161/psb.27421.PMID: 24389869
C. Zhang, Q. Xie, R. G. Anderson,
G. Ng, N. Seitz, C.R. McClung, J. M. McDowell, D. Kong, J. Kwak, and H. Lu,
Crosstalk between the Circadian Clock and Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis. 2013, PLoS
Pathogens. 9(6): e1003370. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003370. PMID:
23754942
M. Stegmann, R.G. Anderson, K.
Ichimura, T. Pecenkova, P. Reuter, V. Žárský, J. M. McDowell, K. Shirasu,
M.Trujillo, 2011. The PUB22 Ubiquitin Ligase Targets a Subunit of the Exocyst
Complex to Down-Regulate PAMP-Triggered Responses. 2013 The Plant
Cell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.104463. PMID: 23170036
R.G. Anderson, M.S. Casady, R.A. Fee, D. Deb, B.M. Tyler,
J.M. McDowell, Homologous RXLR effectors from Hyaloperonospora
arabidopsidis and Phytophthora sojae suppress
immunity in distantly related plants, 2012. The Plant Journal. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05079.x. PMID: 22709376
Baxter L, Tripathy S, Ishaque N, Boot N,
Cabral A, Kemen E, Thines M, Ah-Fong A, Anderson R.G., Badejoko W,
Bittner-Eddy P, Boore JL, Chibucos MC, Coates M, Dehal P, Delehaunty K, Dong S,
Downton P, Dumas B, Fabro G, Fronick C, Fuerstenberg SI, Fulton L, Gaulin E,
Govers F, Hughes L, Humphray S, Jiang RH, Judelson H, Kamoun S, Kyung K, Meijer
H, Minx P, Morris P, Nelson J, Phuntumart V, Qutob D, Rehmany A, Rougon-Cardoso
A, Ryden P, Torto-Alalibo T, Studholme D, Wang Y, Win J, Wood J, Clifton SW,
Rogers J, Van den Ackerveken G, Jones JD, McDowell JM, Beynon J, Tyler BM.,
2010, Signatures of Adaptation to Obligate Biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora
arabidopsidis Genome. Science. 330:1549-1551.
PMID: 21148394
McDowell J.M., T. Hoff, R.G. Anderson,
D. Deegan. Propogation, Storage, and Assays with Hyaloperonospora
arabidopsidis, a model oomycete pathogen of Arabidopsis, 2011, In:
Methods in Molecular Biology: The Plant Immune System (J.
McDowell, ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York. PMID: 21359806
Dou, D., Kale, S. D., Wang, X., Chen, Y.,
Wang, Q., Wang, X., Jiang, R. H. Y., Arredondo, F. D., Anderson, R.G.,
Thakur, P. B., McDowell, J. M., Wang, Y., Tyler, B. M., 2008, Conserved
C-terminal motifs required for avirulence and suppression of cell death by
Phytophthora sojae effector Avr1b. The Plant Cell,
20:1118-1133. PMID: 18390593