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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Timothy J. Donohue is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work spans various fields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Engineering. The subfields of study relevant to their research include Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Biotechnology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research encompass Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biochemical Processes, as well as Lignin and Wood Chemistry.

Timothy J. Donohue has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • mSystems
  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Selected recent papers include:

  • "A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes", 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals", 2024, Cell
  • "Integrating lignin depolymerization with microbial funneling processes using agronomically relevant feedstocks", 2022, Green Chemistry
  • "Redundancy in Aromatic O-Demethylation and Ring-Opening Reactions in Novosphingobium aromaticivorans and Their Impact in the Metabolism of Plant-Derived Phenolics", 2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "The NtrYX Two-Component System Regulates the Bacterial Cell Envelope", 2020, mBio

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Daniel R. Noguera
  • Kevin S. Myers
  • Nathaniel W. Fortney
  • Abel T. Ingle
  • Kevin A. Walters

Timothy J. Donohue's research has been recognized through awards such as the Promega Biotechnology Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2018 and election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The activity of sigma E, an Escherichia coli heat-inducible sigma-factor, is modulated by expression of outer membrane proteins.

    J Mecsas;P E Rouviere;J W Erickson;T J Donohue

  • Molecular phylogeny of Archaea from soil

    Scott B. Bintrim;Timothy J. Donohue;Jo Handelsman;Gary P. Roberts

  • Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea: Sequencing a Myriad of Type Strains

    Nikos C. Kyrpides;Philip Hugenholtz;Jonathan A. Eisen;Tanja Woyke

  • A unified initiative to harness Earth's microbiomes

    A. P. Alivisatos;M. J. Blaser;E. L. Brodie;M. Chun

  • An insect herbivore microbiome with high plant biomass-degrading capacity.

    Garret Suen;Jarrod J. Scott;Jarrod J. Scott;Jarrod J. Scott;Frank O. Aylward;Frank O. Aylward;Sandra M. Adams;Sandra M. Adams

  • Construction, characterization, and complementation of a Puf- mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    J Davis;T J Donohue;S Kaplan

  • Bacterial responses to photo-oxidative stress

    Eva C. Ziegelhoffer;Timothy J. Donohue

  • A transcriptional response to singlet oxygen, a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis.

    Jennifer R. Anthony;Kristin L. Warczak;Timothy J. Donohue

  • A conserved structural module regulates transcriptional responses to diverse stress signals in bacteria.

    Elizabeth A. Campbell;Roger Greenwell;Jennifer R. Anthony;Sheng Wang

  • Cloning, DNA sequence, and expression of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome c2 gene.

    T J Donohue;A G McEwan;S Kaplan

  • The home stretch, a first analysis of the nearly completed genome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1

    C Mackenzie;M Choudhary;F W Larimer;P F Predki

  • Sympathetic hyperinnervation and inflammatory cell NGF synthesis following myocardial infarction in rats

    Wohaib Hasan;Abdi Jama;Timothy Donohue;Gwenaelle Wernli

  • Toward a Predictive Understanding of Earth’s Microbiomes to Address 21st Century Challenges

    Martin J. Blaser;Zoe G. Cardon;Mildred K. Cho;Jeffrey L. Dangl

  • Induction of the photosynthetic membranes of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides: biochemical and morphological studies.

    J Chory;T J Donohue;A R Varga;L A Staehelin

  • Phenotypic and genetic characterization of cytochrome c2 deficient mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Timothy J. Donohue;Alastair G. McEwan;Steven Van Doren;Antony R. Crofts

  • H-NOX–mediated nitric oxide sensing modulates symbiotic colonization by Vibrio fischeri

    Yanling Wang;Yann S. Dufour;Hans K. Carlson;Timothy J. Donohue

  • Genetic techniques in rhodospirillaceae.

    Timothy J. Donohue;Samuel Kaplan

  • Development of a solar‐powered microbial fuel cell

    Y.K. Cho;T.J. Donohue;I. Tejedor;M.A. Anderson

  • Increasing the economic value of lignocellulosic stillage through medium-chain fatty acid production

    Matthew J. Scarborough;Matthew J. Scarborough;Griffin Lynch;Griffin Lynch;Mitch Dickson;Mitch Dickson;Mick McGee

  • Biochemical transformation of lignin for deriving valued commodities from lignocellulose.

    Daniel L Gall;John Ralph;Timothy J Donohue;Daniel R Noguera;Daniel R Noguera

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Noguera
Daniel R. Noguera University of Wisconsin–Madison
Samuel Kaplan
Samuel Kaplan The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John Ralph
John Ralph Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Joshua J. Coon
Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul D. Adams
Paul D. Adams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian G. Fox
Brian G. Fox University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patricia J. Kiley
Patricia J. Kiley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cameron R. Currie
Cameron R. Currie University of Wisconsin–Madison
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University

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