Julia Bailey-Serres is professor of genetics, director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology, and a member of the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology at the

University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

. Her accomplishments include the pioneering of methods for profiling the "translatomes" of discrete cell-types of plants and identification of a homeostatic sensor of oxygen deprivation in plants.

Education

Bailey-Serres received her Bachelor of Science degree from the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

in 1981 and earned a Ph.D. in 'Mitochondrial genome rearrangements in sorghum' from

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in 1986. She was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley under Michael Freeling.

Career

Research

Bailey-Serres and her researchers are investigating the molecular and physiological processes that enable plants to tolerate or survive stresses such as flooding or drought. In general, her areas of research include: * Gene regulation * Translational control * Abiotic stress signaling/response * Low oxygen sensing * Flooding/submergence * Genomic technologies In 2003, Bailey-Serres joined a team of geneticists including

Pamela Ronald Pamela Christine Ronald (born January 29, 1961) is an American plant pathologist and geneticist. She is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis and a member of thInnovative Ge ...

of the

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and rice breeder David Mackill in the search for the Sub1A gene that allows rice to survive complete submergence under water. The gene is not present in all rice plants, but may be introduced through breeding. As a result of this research, scientists at the

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an international agricultural research and training organization with its headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, in the Philippines, and offices in seventeen countries. IRRI is known for its wor ...

created the flood-tolerant rice variety Swarna-Sub1. More than 10 million farmers are growing the rice in their flood-prone fields.

Other activities

From 2005 to 2011, Bailey-Serres was the director of the

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's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Trainee Program (IGERT). The program trained 23 Ph.D. students versed in cell biology, chemistry, computational sciences and engineering, in advanced chemical genomics. She is a member of the editorial board for ''

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''.

Awards and honors

* 2016

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Member * 2011 Elected Secretary of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2012) * 2010 Fellow of American Society of Plant Biologists * 2009 World Technology Award Finalist (Environment - Individual) * 2008 USDA National Research Initiative Discovery Award * 2008 F.C. Donders Chair,

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

, The Netherlands * 2005 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS) * 2002 Outstanding Faculty Mentor, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research

References

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