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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Ursula Goodenough is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, documented through numerous publications:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Ursula Goodenough has contributed extensively to the literature, with frequent publications in several venues, primarily:

  • Algal Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Ursula Goodenough are:

  • "Ultrastructure of the green alga Dunaliella salina strain CCAP19/18 (Chlorophyta) as investigated by quick-freeze deep-etch electron microscopy," 2020, Algal Research
  • "Sex-linked deubiquitinase establishes uniparental transmission of chloroplast DNA," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Lichen 1. Solo fungal and algal partners," 2021, Algal Research
  • "Lichen 4. The Algal Layer," 2021, Algal Research
  • "Lichen 3. Outer layers," 2021, Algal Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of researchers who appear repeatedly as co-authors. These include:

  • Robyn Roth
  • Ralf Wagner
  • Jae-Hyeok Lee
  • Benjamin D. Engel
  • William J. Snell

Ursula Goodenough has been recognized by the scientific community through election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Green Evolution and Dynamic Adaptations Revealed by Genomes of the Marine Picoeukaryotes Micromonas

    Alexandra Z. Worden;Jae-Hyeok Lee;Thomas Mock;Pierre Rouzé

  • Algal Lipid Bodies: Stress Induction, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization in Wild-Type and Starchless Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Zi Teng Wang;Nico Ullrich;Sunjoo Joo;Sabine Waffenschmidt

  • The Sacred Depths of Nature

    Ursula Goodenough

  • Ultrastructure and Composition of the Nannochloropsis gaditana Cell Wall

    Matthew J. Scholz;Taylor L. Weiss;Robert E. Jinkerson;Jia Jing

  • Substructure of inner dynein arms, radial spokes, and the central pair/projection complex of cilia and flagella.

    U W Goodenough;J E Heuser

  • Structural Correlates of Cytoplasmic and Chloroplast Lipid Body Synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Stimulation of Lipid Body Production with Acetate Boost

    Carrie Goodson;Robyn Roth;Zi Teng Wang;Ursula Goodenough

  • A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle

    Luke C. M. Mackinder;Moritz T. Meyer;Tabea Mettler-Altmann;Vivian K. Chen

  • Structural comparison of purified dynein proteins with in situ dynein arms

    Ursula Goodenough;John Heuser

  • Control of cell division by a retinoblastoma protein homolog in Chlamydomonas

    James G. Umen;Ursula W. Goodenough

  • Cyclic AMP functions as a primary sexual signal in gametes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Stephen M. Pasquale;Ursula W. Goodenough

  • Substructure of the outer dynein arm.

    U W Goodenough;J E Heuser

  • Origins of Eukaryotic Sexual Reproduction

    Ursula Goodenough;Joseph Heitman

  • Early Sexual Origins of Homeoprotein Heterodimerization and Evolution of the Plant KNOX/BELL Family

    Jae-Hyeok Lee;Huawen Lin;Sunjoo Joo;Ursula Goodenough

  • Gametic differentiation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. I. Production of gametes and their fine structure.

    N C Martin;U W Goodenough

  • STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION OF STACKED AND UNSTACKED CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANES: Freeze-Etch Electron Microscopy of Wild-Type and Mutant Strains of Chlamydomonas

    Ursula W. Goodenough;L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Colony Organization in the Green Alga Botryococcus braunii (Race B) Is Specified by a Complex Extracellular Matrix

    Taylor L. Weiss;Robyn Roth;Carrie Goodson;Stanislav Vitha

  • Genetic Structure of the Mating-Type Locus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Patrick J Ferris;E Virginia Armbrust;Ursula W Goodenough

  • The Path to Triacylglyceride Obesity in the sta6 Strain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Ursula Goodenough;Ian Blaby;David Casero;Sean D. Gallaher

  • Mating Type in Chlamydomonas Is Specified by Mid, the minus-Dominance Gene

    Patrick J. Ferris;Ursula W. Goodenough

  • The Chlamydomonas cell wall and its constituent glycoproteins analyzed by the quick-freeze, deep-etch technique.

    U W Goodenough;J E Heuser

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Heuser
John E. Heuser Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew E. Allen
Andrew E. Allen J. Craig Venter Institute
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel A. Goodenough
Daniel A. Goodenough Harvard University
E. Virginia Armbrust
E. Virginia Armbrust University of Washington
Alexandra Z. Worden
Alexandra Z. Worden Marine Biological Laboratory
Gary D. Stormo
Gary D. Stormo Washington University in St. Louis
Jane Grimwood
Jane Grimwood HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University

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