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47
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7119
World Ranking
18758
National Ranking
7661

Overview

Lila O. Vodkin was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specialization in Plant Science. The scientist contributed notably to several topics within their field, including:

  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Their recent publications included work published between 2020 and 2025, covering a range of topics related to soybean genetics and plant molecular biology. Noteworthy papers were:

  • Overexpression of an ethylene-forming ACC oxidase (ACO) gene precedes the Minute Hilum seed coat phenotype in Glycine max, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • An embryo lethal transgenic line manifests global expression changes and elevated protein/oil ratios in heterozygous soybean plants, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Cis-regulatory Mutations Drive Tissue-specific Subfunctionalization of sRNA loci Regulating Soybean Seed Color During Domestication, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Throughout their career, Vodkin often collaborated with other researchers. Frequent coauthors included:

  • Sarah I. Jones
  • Matt Hunt
  • Gracia Zabala
  • Anupreet Kour
  • Young Sik Cho

Their work was published in several scientific venues, reflecting a focus on genomics and plant biology:

  • PLoS ONE
  • BMC Genomics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Ca lectin gene insertion has the structural features of a transposable element

    Lila O. Vodkin;Patsy R. Rhodes;Robert B. Goldberg

  • Clustering of Microarray Data Reveals Transcript Patterns Associated with Somatic Embryogenesis in Soybean

    Françoise Thibaud-Nissen;Robin T. Shealy;Anupama Khanna;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Duplications that suppress and deletions that restore expression from a chalcone synthase multigene family

    Joselyn J. Todd;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Expression Profiling Soybean Response to Pseudomonas syringae Reveals New Defense-Related Genes and Rapid HR-Specific Downregulation of Photosynthesis

    Jijun Zou;Sandra Rodriguez-Zas;Mihai Aldea;Min Li

  • Tissue-Specific Gene Silencing Mediated by a Naturally Occurring Chalcone Synthase Gene Cluster in Glycine max

    Jigyasa H. Tuteja;Steven J. Clough;Wan Ching Chan;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Identification of diverse soybean germplasm using RAPD markers

    Jeffrey A. Thompson;Randall L. Nelson;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Pigmented Soybean (Glycine max) Seed Coats Accumulate Proanthocyanidins during Development

    Joselyn J. Todd;Lila O. Vodkin

  • The Effects of Elevated CO2 Concentration on Soybean Gene Expression. An Analysis of Growing and Mature Leaves

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Alistair Rogers;Alistair Rogers;Lila O. Vodkin;Achim Walter

  • Transcriptome changes in the phenylpropanoid pathway of Glycine max in response to Pseudomonas syringae infection.

    Gracia Zabala;Jijun Zou;Jigyasa Tuteja;Delkin O Gonzalez

  • Using RNA-Seq to profile soybean seed development from fertilization to maturity

    Sarah I. Jones;Lila O. Vodkin

  • An insertion sequence blocks the expression of a soybean lectin gene.

    Robert B. Goldberg;Gisela Hoschek;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Extraction of RNA from tissues containing high levels of procyanidins that bind RNA

    Chang Sheng Wang;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Endogenous, Tissue-Specific Short Interfering RNAs Silence the Chalcone Synthase Gene Family in Glycine max Seed Coats

    Jigyasa H. Tuteja;Gracia Zabala;Kranthi Varala;Matthew Hudson

  • A compilation of soybean ESTs: generation and analysis.

    Randy Shoemaker;Paul Keim;Lila Vodkin;Ernest Retzel

  • The wp Mutation of Glycine max Carries a Gene-Fragment-Rich Transposon of the CACTA Superfamily

    Gracia Zabala;Lila O. Vodkin

  • Microarrays for global expression constructed with a low redundancy set of 27,500 sequenced cDNAs representing an array of developmental stages and physiological conditions of the soybean plant

    Lila O. Vodkin;Anupama Khanna;Robin Shealy;Steven J. Clough

  • Soybean defense responses to the soybean aphid.

    Yan Li;Jijun Zou;Min Li;Damla D. Bilgin

  • Identification of soybean seed developmental stage-specific and tissue-specific miRNA targets by degradome sequencing

    Shamimuzzaman;Lila Vodkin

  • Cloning of the pleiotropic T locus in soybean and two recessive alleles that differentially affect structure and expression of the encoded flavonoid 3' hydroxylase.

    Garcia Zabala;Lila O Vodkin

  • The interaction of the novel 30C02 cyst nematode effector protein with a plant β-1,3-endoglucanase may suppress host defence to promote parasitism

    Noureddine Hamamouch;Chunying Li;Tarek Hewezi;Thomas J. Baum

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian T. Cunningham
Brian T. Cunningham University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Randy C. Shoemaker
Randy C. Shoemaker Agricultural Research Service
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University
Jack M. Widholm
Jack M. Widholm University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert B. Goldberg
Robert B. Goldberg University of California, Los Angeles
Alistair Rogers
Alistair Rogers Brookhaven National Laboratory
Glen L. Hartman
Glen L. Hartman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Silvia R. Cianzio
Silvia R. Cianzio Iowa State University
Matthew E. Hudson
Matthew E. Hudson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rashid Bashir
Rashid Bashir University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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