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Daniel J. Ebbole

Professor Emeritus
Focus Area:  Fungal effector function and evolution
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Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Biochemistry, Indiana University
B.A. Microbiology, Indiana University
Graduate Education
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Purdue University
Dept Biological Sciences, Stanford University.
Courses Taught
Professor Ebbole taught at the graduate level in Plant Pathology and at the undergraduate level in the Bioenvironmental Sciences program. He also taught a study-abroad course in China - International Perspectives on Environmental Issues (2013-2018).

Professional Summary

Daniel Ebbole retired from active duty after 31 years of service to Texas A&M in the Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology. His research on fungal spore formation and developmental processes during plant infection was funded by NIH, NSF, and USDA. He was involved in several fungal genome sequencing projects including the first filamentous fungus, Neurospora crassa, and the first plant pathogen, Pyricularia oryzae. He is currently finishing his term as a Senior Editor for the journal Phytopathology. Following his retirement he has worked with an agricultural start-up to develop chickpea as a source of sustainable plant-based protein and conduct research and development of new food ingredients based on proprietary ultra high protein chickpea varieties. He anticipates returning to College Station in 2024 to begin enjoying his retirement full-time while remaining close to colleagues at Texas A&M.

Selected Publications

  1. Zhong Z, Lin L, Zheng H, Bao J, Chen M, Zhang L, Tang W, Ebbole DJ, Wang Z. 2020. Emergence of a hybrid PKS-NRPS secondary metabolite cluster in a clonal population of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Environ Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14994.
  2. Zhang L, Zhang D, Chen Y, Ye W, Lin Q, Lu G, Ebbole DJ, Olsson S, Wang Z. 2019. Magnaporthe oryzae CK2 Accumulates in Nuclei, Nucleoli, at Septal Pores and Forms a Large Ring Structure in Appressoria, and Is Involved in Rice Blast Pathogenesis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 9:113. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00113.
  3. Han Y, Song L, Peng C, Liu X, Liu L, Zhang Y, Wang W, Zhou J, Wang S, Ebbole DJ, Wang Z, Lu GD. A Magnaporthe Chitinase Interacts with a Rice Jacalin-Related Lectin to Promote Host Colonization. Plant Physiol. 2019 179(4):1416-1430. doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01594.
  4. Zhong Z, Chen M, Lin L, Han Y, Bao J, Tang W, Lin L, Lin Y, Somai R, Lu L,Zhang W, Chen J, Hong Y, Chen X, Wang B, Shen WC, Lu G, Norvienyeku J, Ebbole DJ,Wang Z. 2018. Population genomic analysis of the rice blast fungus reveals specific events associated with expansion of three main clades. ISME J. 12(8):1867-1878. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0100-6.
  5. Matar KAO, Chen X, Chen D, Anjago WM, Norvienyeku J, Lin Y, Chen M, Wang Z, Ebbole DJ, Lu GD. 2017. WD40-repeat protein MoCreC is essential for carbon repression and is involved in conidiation, growth and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Curr Genet. 63:685-696. doi.org/10.1007/s00294-016-0668-1
  6. Wang, BH, Ebbole DJ, and Wang ZH. 2017 (in press). Review: The arms race between Magnaporthe oryzae and rice: Diversity and interaction of Avr and R genes. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 16(12) Doi: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61746-5
  7. Matar KAO, Chen X, Chen D, Anjago WM, Norvienyeku J, Lin Y, Chen M, Wang Z, Ebbole DJ, Lu GD. 2017. WD40-repeat protein MoCreC is essential for carbon repression and is involved in conidiation, growth and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae. Curr Genet. 63:685-696.
  8. Zhong Z, Norvienyeku J, Chen M, Bao J, Lin L, Chen L, Lin Y, Wu X, Cai Z, Zhang Q, Lin X, Hong Y, Huang J, Xu L, Zhang H, Chen L, Tang W, Zheng H, Chen X,  Wang Y, Lian B, Zhang L, Tang H, Lu G, Ebbole DJ, Wang B, Wang Z. 2016. Directional Selection from Host Plants Is a Major Force Driving Host Specificity in Magnaporthe Species. Sci Rep. 6:25591
  9. Chen X, Ebbole, DJ, and Wang Z. 2015. The Exocyst Complex: Delivery Hub for Morphogenesis and Pathogenesis in Filamentous Fungi. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 28:48-54.
  10. Zheng W, Zhou J, He Y, Xie Q, Chen A, Zheng H, Shi L, Zhao X, Zhang C, Huang Q, Fang K, Lu G, Ebbole DJ, Li G, Naqvi NI, Wang Z. 2015.  Retromer Is Essential for Autophagy-Dependent Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus. PLoS Genet. 11(12):e1005704.
  11. Zheng H, Zheng W, Wu C, Yang J, Xi Y, Xie Q, Zhao X, Deng X, Lu G, Li G, Ebbole D, Zhou J, Wang Z. 2015. Rab GTPases are essential for membrane trafficking-dependent growth and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum. Environ Microbiol. 17(11):4580-99.
  12. Chung, D, Upadhyay, S, Bomer, B, Wilkinson H, Ebbole, D, Shaw, B. 2015. Neurospora crassa ASM-1 complements the conidiation defect in a stuA mutant of Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia. 107:298-306.

Books/Reviews

  1. Chen X, Ebbole DJ, Wang Z. The exocyst complex: delivery hub for morphogenesis and pathogenesis in filamentous fungi. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2015 Dec;28:48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.09.003. PMID: 26453967
  2. Cellular and Molecular Biology of Filamentous Fungi.  ASM Press.  2010. Katherine Borkovich and Daniel J. Ebbole, eds. Washington DC. 788 pages.
  3. Ebbole D.J. 2007. Magnaporthe as a model for understanding host-pathogen interactions. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 45:437-456.