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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bonnie Bartel is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular attention to molecular biology, physiology, plant science, biochemistry, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, adipose tissue and metabolism, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, autophagy in disease and therapy, RNA modifications and cancer, plant responses to water stress, and ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

Bonnie Bartel has contributed to various journals, with frequent publications in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Developmental Cell, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Peroxisomes form intralumenal vesicles with roles in fatty acid catabolism and protein compartmentalization in Arabidopsis (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The ubiquitin-protein ligase MIEL1 localizes to peroxisomes to promote seedling oleosin degradation and lipid droplet mobilization (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The Structure of the Arabidopsis PEX4-PEX22 Peroxin Complex-Insights Into Ubiquitination at the Peroxisomal Membrane (2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • Plant peroxisome proteostasis-establishing, renovating, and dismantling the peroxisomal proteome (2022, Essays in Biochemistry)
  • An Arabidopsis pre-RNA processing8a (prp8a) missense allele restores splicing of a subset of mis-spliced mRNAs (2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bartel include Zachary J. Wright, Melissa S. Traver, DurreShahwar Muhammad, Nathan E. Tharp, and Roxanna J. Llinas.

Awards and recognitions received by Bonnie Bartel include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • MicroRNAs AND THEIR REGULATORY ROLES IN PLANTS

    Matthew W. Jones-Rhoades;David P. Bartel;Bonnie Bartel

  • MicroRNAs in plants

    Brenda Reinhart;Earl Weinstein;Matthew Rhoades;Bonnie Bartel

  • Auxin: regulation, action, and interaction.

    Andrew W. Woodward;Bonnie Bartel

  • Prediction of Plant MicroRNA Targets

    Matthew W. Rhoades;Brenda J. Reinhart;Lee P. Lim;Christopher B. Burge

  • A uniform system for microRNA annotation

    Victor R. Ambros;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel;Christopher B. Burge

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • MicroRNA-Directed Regulation of Arabidopsis AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR17 Is Essential for Proper Development and Modulates Expression of Early Auxin Response Genes

    Allison C. Mallory;David P. Bartel;Bonnie Bartel

  • The tails of ubiquitin precursors are ribosomal proteins whose fusion to ubiquitin facilitates ribosome biogenesis.

    Daniel Finley;Bonnie Bartel;Alexander Varshavsky

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • MicroRNA regulation of NAC-domain targets is required for proper formation and separation of adjacent embryonic, vegetative, and floral organs.

    Allison C Mallory;Diana V Dugas;David P Bartel;Bonnie Bartel

  • FKF1, a Clock-Controlled Gene that Regulates the Transition to Flowering in Arabidopsis

    David C Nelson;Jamie Lasswell;Luise E Rogg;Mindy A Cohen

  • MicroRNAs: at the root of plant development?

    Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • The recognition component of the N-end rule pathway.

    B Bartel;I Wünning;A Varshavsky

  • Plant Peroxisomes: Biogenesis and Function

    Jianping Hu;Alison Baker;Bonnie Bartel;Nicole Linka

  • A Gain-of-Function Mutation in IAA28 Suppresses Lateral Root Development

    Luise E. Rogg;Jamie Lasswell;Bonnie Bartel

  • Biosynthetic diversity in plant triterpene cyclization.

    Dereth R. Phillips;Jeanne M. Rasbery;Bonnie Bartel;Seiichi P. T. Matsuda

  • The Arabidopsis pxa1 Mutant Is Defective in an ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter-Like Protein Required for Peroxisomal Fatty Acid β-Oxidation

    Bethany K. Zolman;Illeana D. Silva;Bonnie Bartel

  • ILR1, an amidohydrolase that releases active indole-3-acetic acid from conjugates

    Bonnie Bartel;Gerald R. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia C. Strader
Lucia C. Strader Duke University
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda
Seiichi P. T. Matsuda Rice University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Alexander Varshavsky
Alexander Varshavsky California Institute of Technology
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco

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