Katherine Warpeha, PhD

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Our laboratory is interested in compelling questions in cellular signaling. We utilize eukaryotic plant cells, which have a broad arsenal of defense responses compared to animal cells. What we learn can reveal mechanisms for cell signaling in growth and defense for all Eukaryotic cell types. Of particular interest are applications to agriculture, the built environment and disease prevention.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Warpeha KM, Park Y-D, Williamson PR. (2013) Susceptibility of intact germinating Arabidopsis thaliana to human fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, 1-9.

Orozco-Nunnelly DA, Muhammad D, Mezzich R, Lee B-S, Jayathilaka L, Kaufman LS, Warpeha KM. (2014) Pirin1 (PRN1) is a multifunctional protein that regulates quercetin, and impacts light and UV responses in the seed-to-seedling transition of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093371.

Orozco-Nunnelly DA, Muhammad D, Liakaite V, Green SJ, Warpeha KM. 2014) Pirin1 Is a Non-Circadian Regulated Transcript and Protein, but Highly Responsive to Light/Dark Periods in the Seed-to-Seedling Transition in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, doi:10.​1007/​s11105-014-0826-x.

Sullivan JH, Muhammad D, Warpeha KM. (2014) Phenylalanine is required to promote specific developmental responses and prevents cellular damage in response to ultraviolet light in soybean (Glycine max) during the seed-to-seedling transition. PLOS ONE 9(12) e112301.

Warpeha KM, Montgomery B. (2015) Light and hormone interactions in the seed to seedling transition. Environmental and Experimental Botany, In Press.