Nelson Lab

Research

Interactions between viral and plant factors are vital for viruses to accumulate and move in their hosts. Research in Nelson's laboratory is directed toward understanding these interactions. Additionally, Nelson and his researchers are utilizing this information to develop tools to study plant developmental processes. Collaborative research with multiple laboratories having similar interests has been extremely fruitful during the several years.

Personnel

Rick Nelson
Professor

Bethany Bishop
Research Assistant

Kimberly Cooper
Research Associate

Cindy Crane
Research Assistant

Xin Ding
Research Scientist

Bradley Hall
Research Technician

Chengke Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hema Ramanna
Postdoctoral Fellow

Hua Wang
Research Assistant

Ping Xu
Research Scientist

Xiaohua Yang
Senior Research Associate

Schoelz, J. E., Harries, P. A. , & Nelson, R. S. (2011). Intracellular transport of plant viruses:Finding the door out of the cell. Molecular Plant, September, doi:10.1093/mp/ssr070.

Harries, P. A. , Schoelz, J. E., & Nelson, R. S. (2010). Intracellular transport of viruses and their components: utilizing the cytoskeleton and membrane highways. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23 (11), 1381–1393 10.1094 /MPMI -05-10-0121.

Wei, T., Huang, T-S., McNeil, J., Laliberte, J-F., Hong, J., Nelson, R. S., & Wang, A. (2010). Sequential recruitment of the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts for plant potyvirus replication. Journal of Virology, 84 (2), 799-809 DOI:10.1128/JVI.01824-09.

Harries, P. A. , Park, J - W., Sasaki, N., Ballard, K. D., Maule, A. J., & Nelson, R. S. (2009). Differing requirements for actin and myosin by plant viruses for sustained intercellular movement. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), 106 (41), 17594-17599 DOI:10.1073/pnas.0909239106.

Bamunusinghe, D., Hemenway, C. L. , Nelson, R. S., Sanderfoot, A. A., Ye, C-M., Silva, M. A. , Payton, M., & Verchot-Lubicz, J. (2009). Analysis of Potato virus X replicase and TGBp3 subcellular locations. Virology, 393 (2), 272-285 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.08.002.

Protein aggregate formation during plant virus infection and its relationship with disease and RNA silencing

Identification and functional analysis of host and viral factors involved in RNA silencing and suppression of silencing

Isolation of host proteins involved in cell-to-cell movement of viruses

Development and use of virus vectors for gene knockout through virus-induced gene silencing