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Sabeeha S. Merchant is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research encompasses diverse areas within molecular biology and environmental sciences, with a particular focus on algal biology and biofuel production. Merchant's work spans several interdisciplinary subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, environmental chemistry, geophysics, oceanography, and molecular biology.

Merchant's recent publications demonstrate a strong involvement in studying gene function and epigenetic regulation in green algae, along with insights into chromatin biology and photosynthetic organisms. Notable papers include:

  • The histone H3-H4 tetramer is a copper reductase enzyme (2020, Science)
  • An epigenetic gene silencing pathway selectively acting on transgenic DNA in the green alga Chlamydomonas (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Project, version 6: Reference assemblies for mating-type plus and minus strains reveal extensive structural mutation in the laboratory (2022, The Plant Cell)
  • Systematic characterization of gene function in the photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Widespread polycistronic gene expression in green algae (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

The research topics Merchant has explored cover a range of geophysical and environmental subjects, including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Astrophysics and cosmic phenomena
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

Merchant commonly collaborates with several coauthors who have contributed extensively to related research fields. Frequent collaborators include Krishna Niyogi, Melissa Roth, Crysten Blaby, Daniela Strenkert, and Lital Davidi.

Merchant's work is published across multiple prestigious venues, indicating engagement with various scientific communities. These publication venues include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

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

  • Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

    Mark L. Wells;Philippe Potin;James S. Craigie;John A. Raven

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

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

  • Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation.

    Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu;Suhua Feng;Yana V. Bernatavichute;Pao Yang Chen

  • The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation

    Brian Palenik;Jane Grimwood;Andrea Aerts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Genome of the long-living sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)

    Ray Ming;Ray Ming;Robert VanBuren;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas

    J.-D Rochaix;M. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Sabeeha Merchant

  • Three Acyltransferases and Nitrogen-responsive Regulator Are Implicated in Nitrogen Starvation-induced Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Chlamydomonas

    Nanette R. Boyle;Mark Dudley Page;Bensheng Liu;Ian K. Blaby

  • Human deafness dystonia syndrome is a mitochondrial disease

    Carla M. Koehler;Danielle Leuenberger;Sabeeha Merchant;Anja Renold

  • A regulator of nutritional copper signaling in Chlamydomonas is an SBP domain protein that recognizes the GTAC core of copper response element

    Janette Kropat;Stephen Tottey;Rainer P. Birkenbihl;Nathalie Depège

  • TAG, You’re it! Chlamydomonas as a reference organism for understanding algal triacylglycerol accumulation

    Sabeeha S Merchant;Janette Kropat;Bensheng Liu;Johnathan Shaw

  • Nitrogen-Sparing Mechanisms in Chlamydomonas Affect the Transcriptome, the Proteome, and Photosynthetic Metabolism

    Stefan Schmollinger;Timo Mühlhaus;Nanette R. Boyle;Ian K. Blaby

  • A revised mineral nutrient supplement increases biomass and growth rate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Janette Kropat;Anne Hong-Hermesdorf;David Casero;Petr Ent

  • Transcriptome Sequencing Identifies SPL7-Regulated Copper Acquisition Genes FRO4/FRO5 and the Copper Dependence of Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

    María Bernal;David Casero;Vasantika Singh;Grandon T. Wilson

  • Nelumbo nucifera [data set]

    Ray Ming;Robert Vanburen;Yanling Liu;Mei Yang

  • RNA-Seq Analysis of Sulfur-Deprived Chlamydomonas Cells Reveals Aspects of Acclimation Critical for Cell Survival

    David González-Ballester;David Casero;Shawn Cokus;Matteo Pellegrini

  • Molecular mechanisms of cytochrome c biogenesis: three distinct systems

    Robert Kranz;Roland Lill;Barry Goldman;Géraldine Bonnard

  • Adaptation to Fe-deficiency requires remodeling of the photosynthetic apparatus

    Jeffrey L. Moseley;Tanja Allinger;Sebastian Herzog;Patric Hoerth

  • Between a rock and a hard place: trace element nutrition in Chlamydomonas.

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Michael D. Allen;Janette Kropat;Jeffrey L. Moseley

  • High-Resolution Profiling of a Synchronized Diurnal Transcriptome from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Reveals Continuous Cell and Metabolic Differentiation.

    James Matt Zones;James Matt Zones;Ian K. Blaby;Sabeeha S. Merchant;James G. Umen

Frequent Co-Authors

Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Michael Hippler
Michael Hippler University of Münster
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Schroda
Michael Schroda Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Christoph Benning
Christoph Benning Michigan State University
Donald R. Ort
Donald R. Ort University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lawrence Bogorad
Lawrence Bogorad Harvard University
Ralph Bock
Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology

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