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Martin H. Spalding is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Business and International Management, and Genetics.

The scientist's research interests focus on a range of topics, prominently featuring Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, and Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis.

Martin H. Spalding has published multiple papers, with recent works including:

  • CRISPR/Cas9 Based Site-Specific Modification of FAD2 cis-Regulatory Motifs in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L), 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Co-targeting strategy for precise, scarless gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 and donor ssODNs in Chlamydomonas, 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • LCI1, a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii plasma membrane protein, functions in active CO2 uptake under low CO2, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Structure and function of LCI1: a plasma membrane CO2 channel in the Chlamydomonas CO2 concentrating mechanism, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Application of CRISPR/Cas9 System for Efficient Gene Editing in Peanut, 2022, Plants

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • David A. Wright
  • Anjanasree K. Neelakandan
  • Sy M. Traore
  • Guohao He
  • Soujanya Akella

Their work has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • The Plant Journal
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Plants
  • Photosynthesis Research

Best Publications

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • High-efficiency TALEN-based gene editing produces disease-resistant rice

    Ting Li;Bo Liu;Martin H Spalding;Donald P Weeks

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

    Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

  • TAL nucleases (TALNs): hybrid proteins composed of TAL effectors and FokI DNA-cleavage domain

    Ting Li;Sheng Huang;Wen Zhi Jiang;David Wright

  • Large chromosomal deletions and heritable small genetic changes induced by CRISPR/Cas9 in rice

    Huanbin Zhou;Bo Liu;Donald P. Weeks;Martin H. Spalding

  • Modularly assembled designer TAL effector nucleases for targeted gene knockout and gene replacement in eukaryotes

    Ting Li;Sheng Huang;Xuefeng Zhao;David A. Wright

  • An Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 system for high-frequency targeted mutagenesis in maize.

    Si Nian Char;Anjanasree K. Neelakandan;Hartinio Nahampun;Bronwyn Frame

  • Microalgal carbon-dioxide-concentrating mechanisms: Chlamydomonas inorganic carbon transporters

    Martin H. Spalding

  • The CO2 concentrating mechanism and photosynthetic carbon assimilation in limiting CO2: how Chlamydomonas works against the gradient

    Yingjun Wang;Dan J. Stessman;Martin H. Spalding

  • Use of designer nucleases for targeted gene and genome editing in plants.

    Donald P. Weeks;Martin H. Spalding;Bing Yang

  • Quantification of Compartmented Metabolic Fluxes in Developing Soybean Embryos by Employing Biosynthetically Directed Fractional 13C Labeling, Two-Dimensional [13C, 1H] Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and Comprehensive Isotopomer Balancing

    Ganesh Sriram;D. Bruce Fulton;Vidya V. Iyer;Joan Marie Peterson

  • Transcriptome-Wide Changes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Gene Expression Regulated by Carbon Dioxide and the CO2-Concentrating Mechanism Regulator CIA5/CCM1

    Wei Fang;Yaqing Si;Stephen Douglass;David Casero

  • Chlamydomonas reinhardtii thermal tolerance enhancement mediated by a mutualistic interaction with vitamin B12-producing bacteria

    Bo Xie;Shawn Bishop;Dan Stessman;David Wright

  • Carbonic Anhydrase-Deficient Mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardii Requires Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration for Photoautotrophic Growth.

    Martin H. Spalding;Robert J. Spreitzer;William L. Ogren

  • Novel metabolism in Chlamydomonas through the lens of genomics

    Arthur R Grossman;Martin Croft;Vadim N Gladyshev;Sabeeha S Merchant

  • TALEN-mediated genome editing: prospects and perspectives.

    David A. Wright;Ting Li;Bing Yang;Martin H. Spalding

  • Elevated CO2 effects during leaf ontogeny : A new perspective on acclimation

    A. Miller;C. H. Tsai;D. Hemphill;M. Endres

  • Carbon dioxide concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: inorganic carbon transport and CO2 recapture

    Yingjun Wang;Deqiang Duanmu;Martin H. Spalding

  • Heritable site-specific mutagenesis using TALENs in maize

    Si Nian Char;Erica Unger-Wallace;Bronwyn Frame;Sarah A. Briggs

  • Reduced Inorganic Carbon Transport in a CO2-Requiring Mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardii

    Martin H. Spalding;Robert J. Spreitzer;William L. Ogren

Frequent Co-Authors

Bing Yang
Bing Yang University of Missouri
Steven C. Huber
Steven C. Huber University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sabeeha S. Merchant
Sabeeha S. Merchant University of California, Berkeley
William L. Ogren
William L. Ogren University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sang-Ho Yoo
Sang-Ho Yoo Sejong University
James V. Moroney
James V. Moroney Louisiana State University
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Kan Wang
Kan Wang Iowa State University
Tong Wang
Tong Wang University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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