Dixon Lab Past Personnel
Past Personnel
Listed positions are either current position or the position taken on leaving the Dixon Lab
Huanzhong Wang (2008-2011) Faculty, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory U-4163, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Marina Naoumkina (2003-2010) United States Department of Agriculture, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA.
Vaishali Sharma (2008-2009) Lawrence Berkeley National labs, Fremont, CA
Sanchita Vagchhipawala (2004-2010) Madison, WI.
David McSweeney (2007-2008) Greenhouse Manager, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK.
Chunfen Zhang (2007-2008) St Louis, MO.
Wensheng Li (2006-2008) Monsanto, St Louis, MO.
Gregory Peel (2005-2008) Monsanto, Davis, CA.
Angelika Reichert (2005-2008) Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK.
Luzia Modolo (2005-2008) Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jin Nakashima (2005-2008) Facility Manager of the Core Cellular Imaging Lab, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK.
Li Tian (2004-2008) Assistant Professor, University of California, Department of Plant Sciences, Davis, CA 95616
Naveed Aziz (2003-2005) Head of Genomics Laboratory,Technology Facility, Department of Biology (Area 15),University of York, York, UK
Kumboo Choi (2003-2005) Pulmuone Institute of Food & Culture R & D Center for Functional Foods, Seodaemum P. O. Box 146, Seodaemum-gu Seoul, 120-600 Korea
Bettina Deavours (2002-2005) Colorado State University, Department of Biology, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Srinivasa Reddy (2001-2005) Senior Research Scientist, Forage Genetics International, West Salem, Wisconsin
Shashi Sharma (2001-2005) Highland Park, New Jersey
Deyu Xie (2001-2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
Lahoucine Achnine (2000-2005) Project leader, GenApps, Inc., Winchester, KY
Hideyuki Suzuki (2000-2003) Project leader, Kasuza DNA Center, Chiba, Japan
Chang-Jun Liu (1999-2003) Assistant Professor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Kota Parvathi (1999-2003) Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Galina Kourteva (1999-2002) Postdoc, AgBiotech Institute, Rutgers University
Dianjing Guo (1998-2001) Assistant Professor, Hong Kong National University
Fiona McAlister (1997-2000). High school teacher, Lone Grove, OK
Yiji Xia (1997-99). Assistant Member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis
Christopher Steele (1997-99) Research Scientist, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Syracuse, NY
S. Varsha Wesley (1997-98) Postdoc, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Kentaro Inoue (1996-1999) Assistant Professor, Department of Vegetable Crops, UC Davis
Susanne Rasmussen (1996-98) Group Leader, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Ken Korth (1995-2000) Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas
J.T. Reddy (1995-1998) Postdoc, Dept of Human Genetics, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
Pedro Canovas (1995-98)
Ze-Jian Guo (1995-98) Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangshou, PRC
Ken Shirasu (1995-97) Group Leader, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Paul Howles (1995-97). Postdoc, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Vincent Sewalt (1994-97) Project Leader, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Johnson City, IA
Robin Cameron (1993-95) Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Toronto
Hsou-min Li (1993-95) Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Sameer Masoud (1992-95) Associate Professor, Mu´tah University, Mu´tah-Karak, Jordan
William Lindsay (1992-95). Intellectual Property, UK
Jacky Pallas (1992-95) Research Scientist, Syngenta, Bracknell, UK
Bernard Kraft (1992-94)
Diane Ruezinsky (1992-93) Research Scientist, Calgene, Davis, CA
Weiting Ni (1991-94) Research Scientist, DowElanco, Indianapolis, IN
Gerard Lazo (1991-93) Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS, Albany, CA
Holger Junghans (1991-92) Potato Research Company, Germany
Theodor Fahrendorf (1990-94) Founder, Novoplant, Gatersleben, Germany
John Orr (1990-92) Group Leader, Eisai Merrimack Valley Laboratories Inc, Andover, MA
Carl Maxwell (1990-92) Research Scientist, DuPont, Wilmington, DE
Lloyd Yu (1990-92) Research Scientist, Palo Alto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Mountain View, CA
Keith Wycoff (1990-91) Co-Founder, Planet Biotechnology, Mountain View, CA
Basil Shorrosh (1989-92) Group Leader, Cargill Seed Co., Boulder, CO
Ganesan Gowri (1989-92) Project Leader, Maxygen, Redwood City, CA
Eileen Maher (1989-90) Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Gary Loake (1989-90) Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Helmut Kessmann (1989-90) Group Leader, CIBA-GEIGY (Syngenta), Basle, Switzerland
Karen Dalkin (1988-91) UK Biotech Company
Brent Edington (1988-91) Technology Transfer Department, University of Utah
Maria J. Harrison (1988-90) Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University
Blount, J. W., Ferruzzi, M., Raftery, D., Pasinetti, G. M., & Dixon, R. A. (2012). Enzymatic synthesis of substituted epicatechins for bioactivity studies in neurological disorders. Biochemical and Biophysical Communications, 417, 457-461 doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.139.
Chen, F., Tobimatsu, Y., Havkin-Frenkel, D., Dixon, R. A., & Ralph, J. (2012). A polymer of caffeyl alcohol in plant seeds. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), January, doi:10.1073/pnas.1120992109.
Shen, H., He, X-Z., Poovaiah, C.R., Wuddineh, W.A., Ma, W., Mann, D.G.J., Abercrombie, L., Wang, H., Jackson, L. A., Tang, Y., Stewart, C.N., Chen, F., & Dixon, R. A. (2012). Functional characterization of the switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) R2R3-MYB transcription factor PvMYB4 for improvement of lignocellulosic feedstocks. New Phytologist, 193, 121-136.
Lee, Y., Chen, F., Dixon, R. A., & Voit, E.O. (2011). Integrative analysis of transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) suggests new metabolic control mechanisms for monolignol biosynthesis. PloS Computational Biology, May, doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002047.
Dien, B. S., Miller, D. J., Hector, R. E., Dixon, R. A., Chen, F., McCaslin, M., Reisen, P., Sarath, G., & Cotta, M. L. (2011). Enhancing alfalfa conversion efficiencies for production of sugars and ethanol by altering lignin composition. Bioresource Technology, 102, 6479-6486.
Search PubMed- understanding lignin biosynthesis and genetic modification of lignin in alfalfa and switchgrass;
- understanding condensed tannin biosynthesis and genetic introduction of condensed tannins in alfalfa;
- functional genomics of plant trichomes;
- biosynthesis of C-glycosyl isoflavones in kudzu;
- genetic modification of galactomannan gum in guar;
- engineering resistance to cotton root rot in alfalfa; and
- grape seed polyphenols and Alzheimer's disease
- March 29, 2010
Michigan State University
- East Lansing, MI
Rick Dixon (Invited Seminar Speaker)
- East Lansing, MI
- April 19-22, 2010
- 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals
- Clearwater Beach, FL
Rick Dixon (invited speaker)
Hui Shen
Luis Escamilla-Trevino
- Clearwater Beach, FL
- April 29 - May 1, 2010
- Colorado State University
- Fort Collins, CO
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- Fort Collins, CO
- May 5-8, 2010
- North Carolina State University NSF SAB Panel
- Raleigh, NC
Rick Dixon
- Raleigh, NC
- May 11-13, 2010
- Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR)
- Washington, DC
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- Washington, DC
- May 20-21, 2010
- BASF Plant Science
- Raleigh, NC
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- Raleigh, NC
- May 27-29, 2010
- University of California, Davis
- Davis, CA
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- Davis, CA
- June 6-11, 2010
- IAPB Congress
- St. Louis, MO
Huanzhong Wang
Hui Shen
- St. Louis, MO
- June 6-11, 2010
- 12th World Congress of the International Association for the Plant Biotechnology/
2010 In vitro Biology Meeting of the Society for In Vitro Biology- St. Louis, MO
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- St. Louis, MO
- June 22-24, 2010
- BESC Retreat
- Asheville, NC
Rick Dixon
Tim Hernandez
Luis Escamilla-Trevino
Hui Shen
Lisa Jackson
Fang Chen
- Asheville, NC
- July 4-9, 2010
- XVII Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology
- Valencia, Spain
Lina Gallego-Giraldo
- Valencia, Spain
- July 31 - August 4, 2010
- ASPB Conference
- Montreal, Canada
Lina Gallego-Giraldo
Jian Zhao
Shujun Ge (Visiting Scientist)
- Montreal, Canada
- August 24-25, 2010
- Consortium for Alfalfa Improvement Meeting
- Madison, WI
Rick Dixon
- Madison, WI
- September 23-26, 2010
- Brock University
- Ontario, Canada
Rick Dixon (Invited Speaker)
- Ontario, Canada
- Transgenic plants containing multiple disease resistance genes
C.J. Lamb, Q. Zhu, E.A. Maher, and R.A. Dixon
Issued: US patent number 5,530,187
- Methods and compositions for determining enzymatic activity and specificity of methyltransferases
J.Noel, C. Zubieta and R.A. Dixon
Issued: US patent No. 7,384,759
- Plant fatty acid amide hydrolases
K.D. Chapman, R. Shrestha and R.A. Dixon
Issued Jan 2008: US patent number 7,316,928
- Genetic manipulation of condensed tannins
R.A. Dixon, N.L. Paiva, D. Xie, S. Sharma
Issued: European patent No. 1546335 and Australian patent No. 60/392,562
- Plant isoflavonoid hydroxylases and methods of used thereof
R.A. Dixon and C.-J. Liu
US patent number 7,442,851
- Isoflavone reductase promoter
R.A. Dixon, N.L. Paiva, and A. Oommen
Issued: US patent number 5,750,399
(International patents issued in Australia, New Zealand)
- Constitutive disease resistance (CDR1) gene and methods of use thereof
Y. Xia, R.A. Dixon and C. Lamb
Issued: US patent number 6,316,697
- Regulation of anthocyanin pigment production
J. Borevitz, X. Xia, R.A. Dixon and C. Lamb
Issued: US patent number 6,573,432
- Genetic manipulation of isoflavonoids
R.A. Dixon and C.L. Steele
Issued: US patent number 7,038,113
- Isoflavonoid methylation enzyme
R.A. Dixon and X.-Z. He
Issued: US patent number 6,878,859
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Patents Pending
- Method for modifying lignin composition and increasing in vivo digestibility of forages
R.A. Dixon and D. Guo
- Flavonoid and isoflavonoid nutraceuticals
R.A. Dixon and C.-J. Liu
- Vanillin biosynthetic pathway enzyme from Vanilla planifolia
D. Havkin-Frenkel, A. Podstolski, R.A. Dixon
- Plant N-acylethanolamine binding proteins
K.D. Chapman, S. Tripathi and R.A. Dixon
- Modification of lignin biosynthesis
R.A. Dixon, M.S.S. Reddy and F. Chen
- Methods and compositions for modifying plant metabolic pathways
L. Tian and R.A. Dixon
- Plant isoflavone and isoflavanone O-methyltransferase genes
B.E. Deavours, Chang-Jun Liu and R.A. Dixon
- Production of proanthocyanidins to improve forage quality
R.A. Dixon, L. Modolo and G. Peel
- Dr. Bikram Gill
Department of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University
Lignin pathway engineering
- Dr. Peter Darby
Horticulture Reseatrch International
Wye, UK
Hop breeding for prenyl flavonoids
- Dr. Daneel Ferreira
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Natural product chemistry
- Dr. Kenneth Hensley
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Oklahoma City, OK
Phytochemicals in neurological disease models
- Dr. Chris Lamb
John Innes Center
Norwich, UK
Molecular biology of plant disease resistance
- Dr. Greg May
National Center for Genome Resources
Santa Fe, NM
Transcriptome analysis
- Dr. David Marks
University of Minnesota
Trichome Genomics
- Dr. Joe Noel
Salk Institute Structural Biology Laboratory
San Diego, CA
Crystallography of O-methyltransferases
- Dr. John Ralph
US Forage and Dairy Research Center
Madison, WI
NMR analysis of lignin
- Dr. Lloyd Sumner
Noble Foundation
Mass spectrometry in proteomics and metabolomics
- Dr. Yuhong Tang
Noble Foundation
Genomics Core Facility
- Dr. Steven Temple
Forage Genetics International
West Salem, WI
Alfalfa biotechnology
- Dr. Xiaoqiang Wang
Noble Foundation
Crystallography of glycosyltransferases
- Dr. Zeng-Yu Wang
Noble Foundation
Transformation for cultivar development