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Dr. Daniel J Ebbole
Professor, Fungal Molecular Biology
321B LF Peterson
979-845-4831
d-ebbole@tamu.edu
Education
Ph.D. Biochemistry (1988)
Purdue University
Research Emphasis:
Fungal Molecular Biology
My research interest is in fungal genetics, focusing on development and pathogenesis. A major focus of the program is functional genomic analysis of the rice blast fungus. I am a co-PI involved in a multi-institutional NSF Plant Genome Project for functional analysis of the rice-M. grisea interaction. Our role in the project is functional characterization of secreted proteins to explore their interactions with plants. The signal transduction pathways controlling pathogenesis also regulate developmental processes. Thus, a basic understanding of signal transduction has relevance for plant pathogens. Our second research area is exploring developmental processes in Neurospora crassa, a model genetic system.
Teaching
PLPA 611: Advanced Plant Pathology (3 hr). This course is required of all graduate students entering the Department and introduces students to the science of plant pathology.
PLPA 689: Advanced Plant Pathology Laboratory (1 hr). This laboratory is associated with PLPA611 and consists of laboratories that showcases many areas of plant pathology that are represented by research programs in our Department.
PLPA 625: Plant Pathogenic Fungi (3 hr with 1 hr lab). This course provides an overview of fungal biology from mycology to genomics.
Recent Publications
Dean RA, Talbot NJ, Ebbole DJ, Farman ML, Mitchell TK, Orbach MJ, Thon M, Kulkarni R, Xu JR, Pan H, Read ND, Lee YH, Carbone I, Brown D, Oh YY, Donofrio N, Jeong JS, Soanes DM, Djonovic S, Kolomiets E, Rehmeyer C, Li W, Harding M, Kim S, Lebrun MH, Bohnert H, Coughlan S, Butler J, Calvo S, Ma LJ, Nicol R, Purcell S, Nusbaum C, Galagan JE, Birren BW. Related Articles, Links Abstract The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.
Nature. 2005 Apr 21;434(7036):980-6.
PMID: 15846337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Li D, Bobrowicz P, Wilkinson HH, Ebbole DJ. Related Articles, Links
Free Full Text A mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway essential for mating and contributing to vegetative growth in Neurospora crassa.
Genetics. 2005 Jul;170(3):1091-104. Epub 2005 Mar 31.
PMID: 15802524 [PubMed - in process]
Rerngsamran P, Murphy MB, Doyle SA, Ebbole DJ. Related Articles, Links
Abstract Fluffy, the major regulator of conidiation in Neurospora crassa, directly activates a developmentally regulated hydrophobin gene.
Mol Microbiol. 2005 Apr;56(1):282-97.
PMID: 15773996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Ebbole DJ, Jin Y, Thon M, Pan H, Bhattarai E, Thomas T, Dean R. Related Articles, Links Abstract Gene discovery and gene expression in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea: analysis of expressed sequence tags.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2004 Dec;17(12):1337-47.
PMID: 15597739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Xie X, Wilkinson HH, Correa A, Lewis ZA, Bell-Pedersen D, Ebbole DJ. Related Articles, Links Abstract Transcriptional response to glucose starvation and functional analysis of a glucose transporter of Neurospora crassa.
Fungal Genet Biol. 2004 Dec;41(12):1104-19.
PMID: 15531214 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]