Plants
Plants in the Lab
Arabidopsis Stains
Arabidopsis Stains
Mary Wildermuth and Michael Steinwand
Professor Mary Wildermuth and Graduate Student Michael Steinwand
Graduate Student Hang Xue and Dr. Mary Wildermuth
Graduate Student Hang Xue and Dr. Mary Wildermuth
Graduate Student Hang Xue and Dr. Mary Wildermuth
Amanda McRae and Mandy Li
Graduate Student Amanda McRae and Undergraduate Mandy Li
Rebecca Mackelprang, Mary Wildermuth, Yessica Wiryawan
Rebecca Mackelprang, Mary Wildermuth, Yessica Wiryawan
Graduate students Michael and Becky looking at data
Michael Steinwand and Rebecca Mackelprang
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Wildermuth Lab

 Welcome to the lab of Mary WIldermuth at UC Berkeley.

We study plant-microbe interactions at the molecular level and are focused on how the microbe manipulates the plant to promote its own growth and reproduction. In parallel, we examine plant defenses that limit the extent of growth and reproduction of an adapted pathogen on its host.

August 2024 - new preprint!

Mi Yeon Lee, Johan Jaenisch, Amanda G. McRae, Chihiro Hirai-Adachi, Katherine Louie, Leslie P. Silva, Benjamin P. Bowen, Trent R. Northen, Mary C. Wildermuth. Altered host pyruvate metabolism fuels and regulates fungal asexual reproduction. bioRxiv (2024) doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.22.609210

June 2024 - new preprint!

Qian, J., Xue, H., Ou, S., Storer, J., Fürtauer, L., Wildermuth, M. C., Kusch, S., & Panstruga, R. TEtrimmer: A novel tool to automate the manual curation of transposable elements. bioRxiv (2024) https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.27.600963

Dec 2023 - new preprint!

J. Jaenisch, H. Xue, J. Schläpfer, E.R. McGarrigle, K. Louie, T.R. Northen, M.C. Wildermuth. Powdery mildew infection induces a non-canonical route to storage lipid formation at the expense of host thylakoid lipids to fuel its spore production. bioRxiv 2023.12.15.571944; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.15.571944

July 2023 - Congrats to Claudine Tahmin for passing the qualifying exam!

Claudine Tahmin's PhD project aims to investigate the transcriptional network controlling powdery mildew-induced leaf TAG accumulation using the resource-rich Arabidopsis thaliana - Golovinomyces orontii pathosystem. Insights gained will inform mitigation strategies against powdery mildew, identify mechanisms by which acetylation impacts plant regulatory networks, and highlight the importance of network plasticity in plants.

Sep 2022 - new preprint!

Amanda G. McRae, Jyoti Taneja, Kathleen Yee, Xinyi Shi, Sajeet Haridas, Kurt LaButti, Vasanth Singan, Igor V. Grigoriev, Mary C. Wildermuth. Spray-induced gene silencing identifies pathogen processes contributing to powdery mildew proliferation doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.13.507682

July 2022 - Congrats to Claudine Tahmin for selection as a NIH Genetics Training Grant Fellow.

The NIH Genetics Training program provides advanced multidisciplinary PhD training for students in Years 2 and 3.

Aug 2022 - Congrats to Hang Xue for receiving the Andre Tchelistcheff & Dr. Richard Peterson 2022 scholarship awards.

The Andre Tchelistcheff and Dr. Richard Peterson Scholarship funds established by the Monterey Wine Festival Educational Foundation support deserving graduate students doing promising research work in viticulture or enology.

June 2022 - Lab receives 16K from the Gloeckner Foundation

The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation awarded 16K to the Wildermuth Lab for their study of the powdery mildew-host interaction and novel methods to control powdery mildew of horticultural species.

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