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Curriculum Vitae Education
Cornell University Plant Genetics Ph.D. 1997
Cornell University Biology B.S. 1992
Appointments
Associate Professor of Biology 2005-pressent
Assistant Professor of Biology 1999-2005
University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Postdoctoral Research Associate 1997-1999
Biotechnology Institute
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Publications
Blauth, Susan L., Kyung-Nam Kim, Jeffery Klucinec, Jack C. Shannon,
Donald Thompson, Mark Guilitinan. 2002. Identification of Mutator
insertional mutants of starch branching enzyme 1 (Sbe1) in Zea mays L.
Plant Molec Biol 48:287-297
Blauth, Susan L., Jeffery D. Klucinec,
Jack C. Shannon, Donald B. Thompson, and Mark J. Guiltinan. 2001
Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch branching enzyme
2a (Sbe2a) in Zea mays L. Plant Physiology 125:1396-1405.
Blauth, Susan L., John C. Steffens, Gary
A. Churchill and Martha A. Mutschler.
1999. Identification of QTLs controlling acylsugar fatty acid
composition in an
intraspecific population of Lycopersicon pennellii (Corr.) D'Arcy. Theor
Appl
Genet 99: 373-381
Blauth, Susan L., Gary A. Churchill and
Martha A. Mutschler. 1998. Identification of quantitative trait loci
associated with acylsugar accumulation using intraspecific populations
of the wild tomato, Lycopersicon pennellii. Theor Appl Genet 96: 458-467
Affiliations
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science
ASPB: American Society of Plant Biologists
Grants in support of teaching and
research
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
$60,000 3 year grant starting 2003
Co-authored with David Soulsby, David Schrum, James Blauth and Dan Wacks
"Interdisciplinary research projects for underclass students"
NSF: CCLI-A&I $116,166 3 year grant
starting 2001
Co-authored with Ben Aronson and James Blauth
"Integration of student-designed laboratories in cell and tissue
biology"
Presentations (undergraduates
underlined; last five years)
S.l. Blauth, L. Plumlee, C. Newkirk, S. Pourteymoor. 2004.
Identification of T-DNA insertion mutants for starch branching enzyme
isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Amer. Society of Plant Biologists
Plant Biology Conference.
L. Baron, R. Lopez, K. Yap, D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2004. Synthesis
and testing of the phytotoxin herbarumin I using Arabidopsis thaliana as
a model organism. Southern CA Conference on Undergraduate Research.
C. Curtis, A. Nguyen, D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2003. Assay to detect
the presence of starch branching enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Southern CA Conference on Undergraduate Research.
A. Nguyen, C. Curtis D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2003. Development of an
assay for phytotoxicity using Arabidopsis thaliana. Southern CA
Conference on Undergraduate Research.
S. L. Blauth, S. Pourteymoor, C. Newkirk, L. Plumlee, J. Duenas. 2003.
Identification of knock-out mutants for three starch branching enzyme
isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Amer. Society of Plant Biologists
Plant Biology Conference.
A. Ardie and S.L. Blauth. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of southern
California Berberis spp. based on rDNA ITS region. West Coast Biological
Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference.
J. Duenas and S.L. Blauth. 2002. Developing a PCR screen to find Sbe2.1
and Sbe2.2 mutantas in Arabidopsis thaliana using T-DNA mutagenesis.
West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference.
Research advisees (last five
years):
Lynne Baron, Rosalind Lopez and Kristy Yap 2004-2005
Screening herbarumin derivatives for phytotoxicity
Christine Curtis, Anh-Thu Nguyen and Moriah Sandy 2003-2004
Development of a screen for toxicity to the phytotoxin herbarumin
Lora Plumlee, 2002-2004
Cristin Newkirk and Sheila Pourteymoor 2002-2003
Verification of Sbe mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana
Janice Duenas 2001-2002
Development of a screen for Sbe mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana
Asuryanti Ardie 1999-2002
Phylogenic analysis of Nevin's barberry
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