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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Julia Bailey-Serres is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on plant science, with particular attention to molecular biology as it relates to plant physiology and environmental stress responses.

The main fields of study for Bailey-Serres include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, subfields of emphasis include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology. Their work covers several topics such as plant responses to water stress, plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and plant stress responses and tolerance. Additional research interests encompass RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Bailey-Serres has contributed extensively to scientific literature with a focus on plant abiotic stress and tolerance mechanisms. Recent publications include:

  • "Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress" (2022, The Plant Cell)
  • "Innovation, conservation, and repurposing of gene function in root cell type development" (2021, Cell)
  • "A suberized exodermis is required for tomato drought tolerance" (2024, Nature Plants)
  • "DHH1/DDX6-like RNA helicases maintain ephemeral half-lives of stress-response mRNAs" (2020, Nature Plants)
  • "Ethylene augments root hypoxia tolerance via growth cessation and reactive oxygen species amelioration" (2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Bailey-Serres are Alexander Borowsky, Neelima Sinha, Siobhán M. Brady, Alex Cantó-Pastor, and Kaisa Kajala.

Bailey-Serres's work has been published predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Nature Plants, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Plant Cell.

Award recognitions include election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2010, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Sub1A is an ethylene-response-factor-like gene that confers submergence tolerance to rice

    Kenong Xu;Xia Xu;Takeshi Fukao;Patrick Canlas

  • Flooding Stress: Acclimations and Genetic Diversity

    J. Bailey-Serres;L.A.C.J. Voesenek

  • Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Julia Bailey-Serres;Jane E. Parker;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Giles E. D. Oldroyd

  • Genetic mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance that translate to crop yield stability.

    Michael V Mickelbart;Paul M Hasegawa;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • A variable cluster of ethylene response factor-like genes regulates metabolic and developmental acclimation responses to submergence in rice.

    Takeshi Fukao;Kenong Xu;Pamela C. Ronald;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • Flood adaptive traits and processes: an overview

    Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek;Julia Bailey‐Serres;Julia Bailey‐Serres

  • Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants

    Daniel J. Gibbs;Seung Cho Lee;Nurulhikma Md Isa;Silvia Gramuglia

  • Making sense of low oxygen sensing

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Takeshi Fukao;Daniel J. Gibbs;Michael J. Holdsworth

  • Profiling translatomes of discrete cell populations resolves altered cellular priorities during hypoxia in Arabidopsis.

    Angelika Mustroph;M. Eugenia Zanetti;M. Eugenia Zanetti;Charles J. H. Jang;Hans E. Holtan

  • The Submergence Tolerance Regulator SUB1A Mediates Crosstalk between Submergence and Drought Tolerance in Rice

    Takeshi Fukao;Elaine Yeung;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • Submergence tolerance conferred by Sub1A is mediated by SLR1 and SLRL1 restriction of gibberellin responses in rice

    Takeshi Fukao;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • Plant responses to hypoxia – is survival a balancing act?

    Takeshi Fukao;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • RopGAP4-dependent Rop GTPase rheostat control of Arabidopsis oxygen deprivation tolerance.

    Airica Baxter-Burrell;Zhenbiao Yang;Patricia S. Springer;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • Submergence Tolerant Rice: SUB1's Journey from Landrace to Modern Cultivar

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Takeshi Fukao;Pamela Ronald;Abdelbagi Ismail

  • Waterproofing Crops: Effective Flooding Survival Strategies

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Seung Cho Lee;Erin Brinton

  • Selective mRNA translation coordinates energetic and metabolic adjustments to cellular oxygen deprivation and reoxygenation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Cristina Branco-Price;Kayla A. Kaiser;Charles J. H. Jang;Cynthia K. Larive

  • Translational dynamics revealed by genome-wide profiling of ribosome footprints in Arabidopsis

    Piyada Juntawong;Thomas Girke;Jérémie Bazin;Jérémie Bazin;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • The roles of reactive oxygen species in plant cells.

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Ron Mittler

  • Cross-kingdom comparison of transcriptomic adjustments to low-oxygen stress highlights conserved and plant-specific responses.

    Angelika Mustroph;Seung Cho Lee;Teruko Oosumi;Maria Eugenia Zanetti

  • Differential mRNA translation contributes to gene regulation under non-stress and dehydration stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Riki Kawaguchi;Thomas Girke;Elizabeth A. Bray;Julia Bailey-Serres

Frequent Co-Authors

Rashmi Sasidharan
Rashmi Sasidharan Utrecht University
Siobhan M. Brady
Siobhan M. Brady University of California, Davis
Thomas Girke
Thomas Girke University of California, Riverside
Neelima Sinha
Neelima Sinha University of California, Davis
Eric J. W. Visser
Eric J. W. Visser Radboud University
Cynthia K. Larive
Cynthia K. Larive University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael J. Holdsworth
Michael J. Holdsworth University of Nottingham
Ron Mittler
Ron Mittler University of Missouri
Pamela C. Ronald
Pamela C. Ronald University of California, Davis

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