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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jerry D. Cohen is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily centers on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant focus on plant science and molecular biology disciplines.

The scientist's work covers various subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, and cancer research. Their research topics encompass plant molecular biology research, plant stress responses and tolerance, plant reproductive biology, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant and animal studies, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Jerry D. Cohen has contributed to multiple publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • The Plant Cell
  • Stress Biology
  • Trends in Plant Science

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Jerry D. Cohen include:

  • "An auxin research odyssey: 1989-2023" (2024, The Plant Cell)
  • "Biphasic control of cell expansion by auxin coordinates etiolated seedling development" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "Metabolic signatures of Arabidopsis thaliana abiotic stress responses elucidate patterns in stress priming, acclimation, and recovery" (2022, Stress Biology)
  • "Mother trees, altruistic fungi, and the perils of plant personification" (2023, Trends in Plant Science)
  • "Protocol: analytical methods for visualizing the indolic precursor network leading to auxin biosynthesis" (2021, Plant Methods)

Frequent coauthors of Jerry D. Cohen include:

  • Adrian D. Hegeman
  • Molly Tillmann
  • Qian Tang
  • Jorge González-Villagra
  • Marjorie Reyes-Díaz

The scientist has received recognition in the form of an award as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A Role for Flavin Monooxygenase-Like Enzymes in Auxin Biosynthesis

    Yunde Zhao;Sioux K. Christensen;Christian Fankhauser;John R. Cashman

  • Auxin response factors ARF6 and ARF8 promote jasmonic acid production and flower maturation

    Punita Nagpal;Christine M. Ellis;Hans Weber;Sara E. Ploense

  • Phytochrome-interacting factor 4 (PIF4) regulates auxin biosynthesis at high temperature.

    Keara A. Franklin;Sang Ho Lee;Dhaval Patel;S. Vinod Kumar

  • Biosynthesis, conjugation, catabolism and homeostasis of indole-3-acetic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Karin Ljung;Anna K. Hull;Mariusz Kowalczyk;Alan Marchant

  • Interplay between MAMP-triggered and SA-mediated defense responses.

    Kenichi Tsuda;Masanao Sato;Masanao Sato;Jane Glazebrook;Jerry D. Cohen

  • Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrRpt2 alters Arabidopsis thaliana auxin physiology.

    Zhongying Chen;Jennifer L. Agnew;Jerry D. Cohen;Ping He

  • Auxin Biosynthesis and Metabolism

    Jennifer Normanly;Janet P. Slovin;Jerry D. Cohen

  • Arabidopsis thaliana auxotrophs reveal a tryptophan-independent biosynthetic pathway for indole-3-acetic acid.

    Jennifer Normanly;Jerry D. Cohen;Gerald R. Fink

  • Arabidopsis ASA1 is important for jasmonate-mediated regulation of auxin biosynthesis and transport during lateral root formation.

    Jiaqiang Sun;Yingxiu Xu;Songqing Ye;Hongling Jiang

  • Arabidopsis CaM Binding Protein CBP60g Contributes to MAMP-Induced SA Accumulation and Is Involved in Disease Resistance against Pseudomonas syringae

    Lin Wang;Kenichi Tsuda;Masanao Sato;Masanao Sato;Jerry D. Cohen

  • Auxin levels at different stages of carrot somatic embryogenesis

    Lech Michalczuk;Todd J Cooke;Jerry D Cohen;Jerry D Cohen

  • Genetic dissection of the role of ethylene in regulating auxin-dependent lateral and adventitious root formation in tomato

    Sangeeta Negi;Poornima Sukumar;Xing Liu;Jerry D. Cohen

  • 13C6-[Benzene Ring]-Indole-3-Acetic Acid: A New Internal Standard for Quantitative Mass Spectral Analysis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Plants

    Jerry D. Cohen;Bruce G. Baldi;Bruce G. Baldi;Janet Pernise Slovin

  • Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis in the Mutant Maize orange pericarp, a Tryptophan Auxotroph.

    Allen D. Wright;Michael B. Sampson;M. Gerald Neuffer;Lech Michalczuk

  • Regulation of indole-3-acetic acid biosynthetic pathways in carrot cell cultures

    Lech Michalczuk;David M. Ribnicky;Todd J. Cooke;Jerry D. Cohen

  • vanishing tassel2 encodes a grass-specific tryptophan aminotransferase required for vegetative and reproductive development in maize.

    Kimberly A. Phillips;Andrea L. Skirpan;Xing Liu;Ashley Christensen

  • Evolutionary patterns in auxin action

    Todd J. Cooke;Dorothy Belle Poli;A. Ester Sztein;Jerry D. Cohen

  • Rethinking Auxin Biosynthesis and Metabolism

    Jennifer Normanly;Janet P. Slovin;Jerry D. Cohen

  • A Rapid and Simple Procedure for Purification of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Prior to GC-SIM-MS Analysis

    Kai-Hsien Chen;Anita N. Miller;Glenn W. Patterson;Jerry D. Cohen

  • An Ethylene-Mediated Increase in Sensitivity to Auxin Induces Adventitious Root Formation in Flooded Rumex palustris Sm.

    Eric J.W. Visser;Jerry D. Cohen;Gerard W.M. Barendse;Cornelis W.P.M. Blom

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Bandurski
Robert S. Bandurski Michigan State University
Jane Glazebrook
Jane Glazebrook University of Minnesota
Fumiaki Katagiri
Fumiaki Katagiri University of Minnesota
Peter W. Carr
Peter W. Carr University of Minnesota
Elliot M. Meyerowitz
Elliot M. Meyerowitz California Institute of Technology
Kenichi Tsuda
Kenichi Tsuda Huazhong Agricultural University
Klaus Palme
Klaus Palme University of Freiburg
Wendy Ann Peer
Wendy Ann Peer University of Maryland, College Park
Mark Estelle
Mark Estelle University of California, San Diego

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