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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Shauna Somerville is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their scientific work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The research topics frequently addressed by Somerville cover a range of areas such as Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress; Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance; Selenium in Biological Systems; Antibiotic Use and Resistance; Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies; and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare.

Somerville has published research in venues including PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. Recent publications include:

  • Moonlighting Function of Phytochelatin Synthase1 in Extracellular Defense against Fungal Pathogens, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • O07 Educating the public on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship: is there a need to re-direct UK public health campaigns?, 2025, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance

This scientist has collaborated with a number of researchers, including Kian Hématy, Melisa Lim, Candice Cherk, Mariola Piślewska-Bednarek, and Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez.

Shauna Somerville has been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a Fellow in both 2004 and 2006.

Best Publications

  • Coordinated plant defense responses in Arabidopsis revealed by microarray analysis

    Peer M. Schenk;Kemal Kazan;Kemal Kazan;Iain Wilson;Jonathan P. Anderson

  • Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens

    Li Qing Chen;Bi Huei Hou;Sylvie Lalonde;Hitomi Takanaga

  • SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall

    Nicholas C. Collins;Hans Thordal-Christensen;Volker Lipka;Stephan Bau

  • A genome-wide transcriptional analysis using Arabidopsis thaliana Affymetrix gene chips determined plant responses to phosphate deprivation

    Julie Misson;Kashchandra G. Raghothama;Ajay Jain;Juliette Jouhet

  • Pre- and postinvasion defenses both contribute to nonhost resistance in Arabidopsis

    Volker Lipka;Jan Dittgen;Pawel Bednarek;Riyaz Bhat

  • Genes Galore: A Summary of Methods for Accessing Results from Large-Scale Partial Sequencing of Anonymous Arabidopsis cDNA Clones

    T. Newman;F. J. de Bruijn;P. Green;K. Keegstra

  • Loss of a Callose Synthase Results in Salicylic Acid-Dependent Disease Resistance

    Marc T. Nishimura;Mónica Stein;Bi-Huei Hou;John P. Vogel

  • Arabidopsis PEN3/PDR8, an ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Contributes to Nonhost Resistance to Inappropriate Pathogens That Enter by Direct Penetration

    Mónica Stein;Jan Dittgen;Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez;Bi-Huei Hou

  • The role of plant cell wall polysaccharide composition in disease resistance.

    Sonja Vorwerk;Sonja Vorwerk;Shauna Somerville;Shauna Somerville;Chris Somerville;Chris Somerville

  • Conserved requirement for a plant host cell protein in powdery mildew pathogenesis.

    C. Consonni;M. E. Humphry;H. A. Hartmann;M. Livaja

  • Impairment of Cellulose Synthases Required for Arabidopsis Secondary Cell Wall Formation Enhances Disease Resistance

    Camilo Hernández-Blanco;Dong Xin Feng;Jian Hu;Andrea Sánchez-Vallet

  • Expression profile analysis of the low-oxygen response in Arabidopsis root cultures.

    Erik Jan Klok;Iain W. Wilson;Dale Wilson;Scott C. Chapman

  • Host-pathogen warfare at the plant cell wall.

    Kian Hématy;Candice Cherk;Shauna Somerville

  • PMR6, a Pectate Lyase–Like Gene Required for Powdery Mildew Susceptibility in Arabidopsis

    John P. Vogel;Theodore K. Raab;Celine Schiff;Shauna C. Somerville

  • Characterization of mutations in the beta-tubulin gene of benomyl-resistant field strains of Venturia inaequalis and other plant pathogenic fungi.

    H. Koenraadt;S. C. Somerville;A. L. Jones

  • Plant functional genomics.

    Chris Somerville;Shauna Somerville

  • Isolation and characterization of powdery mildew-resistant Arabidopsis mutants.

    John Vogel;Shauna Somerville

  • Genetic characterization of five powdery mildew disease resistance loci in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Luc Adam;Shauna C. Somerville

  • Elevated Early Callose Deposition Results in Complete Penetration Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Arabidopsis

    Dorothea Ellinger;Marcel Naumann;Christian Falter;Claudia Zwikowics

  • Mutations in PMR5 result in powdery mildew resistance and altered cell wall composition

    John P. Vogel;Theodore K. Raab;Chris R. Somerville;Chris R. Somerville;Shauna C. Somerville

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Somerville
Chris Somerville University of California, Berkeley
John P. Vogel
John P. Vogel University of California, Berkeley
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Paweł Bednarek
Paweł Bednarek Polish Academy of Sciences
Iain W. Wilson
Iain W. Wilson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Volker Lipka
Volker Lipka University of Göttingen
Raymond Hammerschmidt
Raymond Hammerschmidt Michigan State University
Henrik Vibe Scheller
Henrik Vibe Scheller Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Laurent Zimmerli
Laurent Zimmerli National Taiwan University
J. Michael Cherry
J. Michael Cherry Stanford University

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