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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists

Overview

Christopher J. Staiger is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The main subfields covered include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics with notable focus on Plant Reproductive Biology, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, and Cellular Transport and Secretion.

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include Weiwei Zhang, Chunhua Zhang, Lei Huang, Xiaohui Li, and Anjali S. Iyer-Pascuzzi.

Staiger has contributed extensively to several publication venues. The main venues with multiple articles include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Staiger illustrate their research focus:

  • "Arabidopsis myosin XIK interacts with the exocyst complex to facilitate vesicle tethering during exocytosis," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "Endosidin20 Targets the Cellulose Synthase Catalytic Domain to Inhibit Cellulose Biosynthesis," 2020, The Plant Cell
  • "Lipid Signaling Requires ROS Production to Elicit Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling during Plant Innate Immunity," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Rora Regulates Neutrophil Migration and Activation in Zebrafish," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Point mutations in the catalytic domain disrupt cellulose synthase (CESA6) vesicle trafficking and protein dynamics," 2023, The Plant Cell

Christopher J. Staiger was named Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2014. This recognition is part of their academic record and contributions to the plant sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Inactivation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase Mps1 from the rice blast fungus prevents penetration of host cells but allows activation of plant defense responses

    Jin-Rong Xu;Christopher J. Staiger;John E. Hamer

  • Latrunculin B Has Different Effects on Pollen Germination and Tube Growth

    Bryan C. Gibbon;David R. Kovar;Christopher J. Staiger

  • SIGNALING TO THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON IN PLANTS

    Chris J. Staiger

  • A Green Fluorescent Protein Fusion to Actin-Binding Domain 2 of Arabidopsis Fimbrin Highlights New Features of a Dynamic Actin Cytoskeleton in Live Plant Cells

    Michael B. Sheahan;Chris J. Staiger;Ray J. Rose;David W. McCurdy

  • The gelsolin family of actin regulatory proteins: modular structures, versatile functions.

    Amy M McGough;Chris J Staiger;Jung Ki Min;Karen D Simonetti

  • Actin localization and function in higher plants

    C. J. Staiger;M. Schliwa

  • Microinjected profilin affects cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells by rapidly depolymerizing actin microfilaments

    Christopher J. Staiger;Ming Yuan;Rudolf Valenta;Peter J. Shaw

  • Actin filament dynamics are dominated by rapid growth and severing activity in the Arabidopsis cortical array.

    Christopher J. Staiger;Michael B. Sheahan;Parul Khurana;Xia Wang

  • Profilin and actin-depolymerizing factor: modulators of actin organization in plants

    Christopher J. Staiger;Bryan C. Gibbon;David R. Kovar;Laura E. Zonia

  • Actin dynamics: old friends with new stories.

    Christopher J Staiger;Laurent Blanchoin

  • Signal-Mediated Depolymerization of Actin in Pollen during the Self-Incompatibility Response

    Benjamin N. Snowman;David R. Kovar;Galina Shevchenko;Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong

  • Maize Profilin Isoforms Are Functionally Distinct

    David R. Kovar;Bjørn K. Drøbak;Christopher J. Staiger

  • The Formin Homology 1 Domain Modulates the Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity of Arabidopsis FORMIN1

    Alphée Michelot;Christophe Guérin;Shanjin Huang;Mathieu Ingouff

  • The plant cytoskeleton

    Christopher J. Staiger;Clive W. Lloyd

  • The profilin multigene family of maize: differential expression of three isoforms

    Christopher J. Staiger;Kim C. Goodbody;Patrick J. Hussey;Rudolf Valenta

  • Actin depolymerization is sufficient to induce programmed cell death in self-incompatible pollen

    Steven G. Thomas;Shanjin Huang;Shutian Li;Christopher J. Staiger

  • The plant actin cytoskeleton responds to signals from microbe-associated molecular patterns.

    Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla;Masaki Shimono;Jiejie Li;Jeff H. Chang

  • Actin-filament stochastic dynamics mediated by ADF/cofilin.

    Alphée Michelot;Julien Berro;Christophe Guérin;Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski

  • Arabidopsis Actin-Depolymerizing Factor AtADF4 Mediates Defense Signal Transduction Triggered by the Pseudomonas syringae Effector AvrPphB

    Miaoying Tian;Faisal Chaudhry;Daniel R. Ruzicka;Richard B. Meagher

  • Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins in pollen

    Christopher J. Staiger;Natalie S. Poulter;Jessica L. Henty;Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Blanchoin
Laurent Blanchoin Grenoble Alpes University
David R. Kovar
David R. Kovar University of Chicago
Shanjin Huang
Shanjin Huang Tsinghua University
Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong
Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong University of Birmingham
Brad Day
Brad Day Michigan State University
Daniel B. Szymanski
Daniel B. Szymanski Purdue University West Lafayette
Clive W. Lloyd
Clive W. Lloyd John Innes Centre
Viktor Žárský
Viktor Žárský Czech Academy of Sciences
Linda Wordeman
Linda Wordeman University of Washington
Anja Geitmann
Anja Geitmann McGill University

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