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Education | Professional Experience
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| EDUCATION |
Ph.D. 1985 Plant Pathology, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
M.S. 1981 Botany, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
B.S. 1978 Biology, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
2008 - 2009 Program Director, NSF - MCB - Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
2004 - Present Associate, Professor, Department of Plant Science, UConn.
1998 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Science, UConn.
1998 - Present Joint Appointment, Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, UConn.
1997 - 1998 Assistant Profess or, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
1996 - 1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Natural Res. & Env. Sci., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
1987 - 1996 Senior Research Specialist, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1985 - 1987 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Biochemistry, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. |
| RESEARCH PROJECTS |
The Von Bodman Lab
Cell-cell communication and regulation of virulence factors in the plant pathogenic bacterium Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, the causal agent of Stewart’s vascular wilt in maize.
Bacterial biofilm development as basis for Stewart’s vascular wilt disease |
| TEACHING |
Undergraduate
PLSC 3810 Plant Diseases
PLSC 3230 Biotechnology - Science, Application, Impact, Perception
Graduate
MCB 5699 Seminar in Microbiology
Contributed lectures
PLSC 1000 Orientation to Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
PLSC 3240 Plant Biotechnology
ANSC 3323 Animal Embryology and Biotechnology
PLSC 5298 Current Topics in Plant Biology
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| PUBLICATIONS |
Reviews and Book Chapters
von Bodman, S. B. J. A. Willey, and S. P. Diggle. (2008) Cell-cell communication in bacteria: United we stand. J. Bacteriol. 190:4377-43911. ASM CONFERENCE REVIEW
von Bodman, S. B., A. Carlier, and A. M. Stevens. (2007) The role of quorum sensing regulation in the pathogenesis of Pantoea stewartii subsp stewartii. In S. W. Winans and B. A. Bassler (eds). Chemical Communication Among Microbes, Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology. pp 201 - 212
Leo Eberl, Susanne B. von Bodman and Clay Fuqua. (2007) Biofilms on Plant Surfaces. In S. Kjelleberg and Michael Givskov (eds). The Biofilm Mode of Life: Mechanisms and Adaptations. Lyngby, Denmark. Horizon Bioscience. 300 pp.
Ramey, B. E., M. Koutsoudis, S. B. von Bodman, and C. Fuqua. (2004) Biofilm formations in plant-microbe associations. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 7:602-609
von Bodman, S. B., W. D. Bauer, D. L. Coplin (2003) Quorum sensing in plant-pathogenic bacteria. Annu Rev Phytopathol. 41:455-82
Pierson III, L. S., D. W. Wood, and S. Beck von Bodman. (1999) Quorum sensing in plant-associated bacteria. In S. W. Winans and G. M. Dunny (eds) Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria. Washington, DC, American. Society for Microbiology. p. 329.
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| REFEREED ARTICLES |
Chen. Y., L. Lu, H. Duan, W. Deng, R. McAvoy, W. Smith, C. Thammina, S. von Bodman, Yi Li, D. Ye, D. Zhao. (2008) Biotech
approach to neutralize the invasiveness of burning bush (Euonymus alatus), a progress report on the development of its genetic transformation system and functional analysis of sterile genes. Acta Horticulturae 769:1-10.
Ali, R., D. Tsaltas, F. Lemitri-Chlich, Q. Leng, S. von Bodman, and G. A. Berkowitz. (2007) Death don’t have no mercy and neither does calcium. Plant Cell, 19:1081-1095.
Carlier, A. L. and S. B. von Bodman (2006) Characterization of the quorum sensing controlled rcsA promoter in Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii. J. Bacteriol. 188:4581-4584.
Koutsoudis, M. A., D. Tsaltas, T. D. Minogue, and S. B. von Bodman (2006) Quorum sensing regulation by Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, a critical factor in bacterial adhesion, biofilm development and host colonization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 103:5983-5988.
Scott R. A., J. Weil, P. T. Le, P. Williams, R. G. Fray, S. B. von Bodman, M. A. Savka. (2006) Long- and short-chain plant-produced bacterial N-acyl-homoserine lactones become components of phyllosphere, rhizosphere, and soil. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 19:227-239.
Minogue, T. D., A. Carlier, M. D. Koutsoudis, and S. B. von Bodman (2005) The cell density-dependent expression of stewartan exopolysaccharide in Pantoea stewartii ssp. stewartii is a function of EsaR-mediated repression of the rcsA gene. Mol. Microbiol. 56:189-203
von Bodman, S. B., J. K. Ball, M. A. Faini, C. M. Herrera, T. D. Minogue, M. L. Urbanowski, A. M. Stevens (2003) The quorum sensing negative regulators EsaR and ExpR (Ecc), homologues within the LuxR family, retain the ability to function as activators of transcription. J. Bacteriol. 185:7001-7.
Minogue, T. M., M. Wehland-von Trebra, F. Bernhard, and S. B. von Bodman (2002) The autoregulatory role of EsaR, A quorum sensing regulator in Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii: evidence for a repressor function. Molecular Microbiology 44:1625-1635.
Watson, W. T., T. D. Minogue, D. L. Val, S. Beck von Bodman and M. E. A. Churchill (2002) Structural Basis of Quorum Sensing Signal Generation in Bacterial Pathogenesis. Mol. Cell 9:685-684 (cover feature).
Watson, W. T., I. V. Murphy, T. A. Gould, P. Jambeck, D. L. Val, J. E. Cronan Jr, S. Beck von Bodman and Mair E. A. Churchill (2001) Crystallization and Rhenium MAD phasing of the acyl-homoserinelactone synthase Esal. Acta Crystallographica SectionD: Biological Crystallography 57:1945-1949.
Qin, Y., Z-Q Luo, A. J. Smyth, P. Gao, S. Beck von Bodman, and S. K. Farrand (2000) Quorum-sensing signal binding results in dimerization of TraR and its release from membranes into the cytoplasm. EMBO J. 19:5222-5232.
Hamilton, C. M, H. Lee, P.-L. Li, D. M. Cook, K. R. Piper, S. Beck von Bodman, E. Lanka, W. Ream, and S. K. Farrand (2000) TraG from RP4 and TraG and VirD from Ti plasmids confer relaxosome specificity to the conjugal transfer system of pTiC58. J. Bacteriol. 182:1541-1548.
Piper, K. R., I. Hwang, S. Beck von Bodman, and S. K. Farrand. (1999) Hierarchical gene regulatory systems arising from fortuitous gene associations: Controlling quorum-sensing by the opine regulon in Agrobacterium. Mol. Microbiol. 32:1077-1089.
Beck von Bodman, S., D.R. Majerczak, and D. L. Coplin (1998) A negative regulator mediates quorum sensing control of exopolysaccharide production in Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 95:7687-7692.
Beck von Bodman, S., and S.K. Farrand (1995) Capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Erwinia stewartii require induction by an N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer. J. Bacteriol. 177:5000-5008
Beck von Bodman, S., L.L. Domier, and S.K. Farrand (1995) Expression of multiple eukaryotic genes from a single promoter in transgenic tobacco. Bio/Technology (Nature) 13:587- 591.
Piper, K.R., S. Beck von Bodman, and S.K. Farrand (1993) Conjugation factor of Agrobacterium tumefaciens regulates Ti plasmid transfer by autoinduction. Nature (London) 362:448-450.
Hayman, G.T., S. Beck von Bodman, H. Kim, P. Jiang, and S.K. Farrand (1993) Genetic analysis of the agrocinopine catabolic region of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTiC58, which encodes genes required for opine and agrocin 84 transport. J. Bacteriol. 175:5575-5584.
Beck von Bodman, S., G.T. Hayman, and S.K. Farrand (1992) Coordinate regulation of opine catabolism and conjugal transfer of the nopaline Ti plasmid pTiC58: Characterization of the acc/tra repressor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 89:643-647.
Beck von Bodman, S., J.E. McCutchan, and S.K. Farrand (1989) Characterization of conjugal transfer functions of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid pTiC58. J. Bacteriol. 171:5281-5289.
Beck von Bodman, S., and P.D. Shaw (1987) Conservation of plasmids among plant-pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae isolates of diverse origin. Plasmid 17:240-247
Beck von Bodman, S., M.A. Schuler, D.R. Jollie, and S.G. Sligar (1986) Synthesis, bacterial expression, and mutagenesis of the gene coding for mammalian cytochrome b5. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 83:9443-9447.
Shearer, C.A., and S. B. von Bodman. (1983) Patterns of occurrence of ascomycetes associated with decomposing twigs in a midwestern USA stream. Mycologia 75:518-530.
Shearer, C.A., and S. von Bodman. (1980) Arnium apiculatum (Sordariaceae s.lat.) rediscovered. Mycotaxon XI:165-172.
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| RECENT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES |
Susanne von Bodman. Quorum sensing regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Pantoea stewartii and its role in the cause of maize vascular wilt.
International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2008 (INVITED)
S. B. von Bodman, A. L. Carlier, C. M. Herrera, C. M. Roper. Cell-cell signaling in stewartan polysaccharide synthesis, biofilm formation and virulence in Pantoea stewartii subsp stewartii.
The 3rd ASM Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria, Austin TX Oct. 2007 (CONFERENCE TALK, von Bodman SESSION CHAIR, CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE)
S. B. von Bodman, Quorum sensing regulation of stewartan polysaccharide and biofilm formation in the Stewart's wilt organism Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii. XIII International Congress Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Sorrento, Italy, July 2007 (INVITED SPEAKER)
Susanne von Bodman. Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Development a Blueprint for Xylem Colonization in Maize. Korean Society of Microbiology and Biotechnology Annual Meeting. Seoul Korea, June 28-30, 2007 (INVITED)
Susanne von Bodman. Biofilm Formation in Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii and its Role in Maize Xylem Colonization. 4th ASM Conference on Biofilms, Quebec City, Canada, March 24-29, 2007 (INVITED)
Susanne von Bodman. Quorum sensing by repression and signal synthase structure function. Invited Lecture # 1, Theoretical Course/Workshop “Quorum sensing in plant-associated bacteria.” ICGEB Biosafety Outstation, Ca’ Tron (Treviso), Italy, co-sponsored by CEI – Central European Initiative Nov. 13-15, 2006. (INVITED)
Susanne von Bodman. Quorum sensing and biofilm development as a basis for plant infection. Invited Lecture # 2. Theoretical Course/Workshop “Quorum sensing in plant-associated bacteria.” ICGEB Biosafety Outstation, Ca’ Tron (Treviso), Italy, co-sponsored by CEI – Central European Initiative Nov. 13-15, 2006. (INVITED; von Bodman session chair).
von Bodman, S. B., Koutsoudis, M. D., and Tsaltas, D. The cell density-dependent synthesis of stewartan EPS by Pantoea stewartii is critical for the biofilm-type colonization of maize xylem. FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Conference on Microbial Polysaccharides of Medical and Agricultural Industrial Importance Tucson, Arizona June, 2006. (INVITED)
M. A. Savka and S. von Bodman. Quorum sensing signaling in epiphytic bacterial pathogens - the use of host-produced signals to disrupt colonization. Symposium: Molecular Signaling in Phyllosphere Interactions. APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting. 2006. Quebec City, Canada. Phytopathology96:S150. (INVITED; v.Bodman session chair).
R. Ali, D. Tsaltas, F. Lemtiri-Chlieh, Q. Leng, S. von Bodman and G. A. Berkowitz. Death don’t have no mercy, and neither does calcium: A cyclic nucleotide gated Ca channel is upstream from nitric oxide generation in the hypersensitive response signal cascade. Symposium: Molecular Signaling in Phyllosphere Interactions. APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting. 2006. Quebec City, Canada. Phytopathology96:S149. (INVITED; von Bodman session chair).
S. B. von Bodman, M. Koutsoudis, D. Tsaltas, C. Herrera, A. Carlier. Biofilm development, a major in the cause of Stewart’s wilt disease by Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii. APS/CPS/MSA Joint Meeting. 2006. Quebec City, Canada. Phytopathology96:S119. (oral presentation)
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| INVITED SEMINARS |
04/08 Division of Mol. and Cell Biol. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
04/07 Seminar, Department of Plant of Plant Biology & Pathology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
02/07 Seminar, Department of Biology, SUNY Binghamton NY
01/07 Seminar, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Texas A & M, College Station TX. (Graduate student choice seminar speaker).
04/06 Seminar, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
12/03 Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
11/03 Department of Microbiology, US Military Academy, West Point NY
03/03 Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva New York NY
04/01 Department of Biology, Florida International University, Miami FL
04/01 Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
03/00 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven CT
07/99 Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Marburg, Germany
04/99 Department of Pathobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
03/99 Monsanto, Mystic CT
12/98 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UConn, Storrs, CT
04/96 Departmento de Biologia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan PR
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| GRANT SUPPORT |
| NSF, USDA-NRI, USDA Hatch, USDA CEVR, UConn Large Faculty Grant |
| PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
American Society for Microbiology
American Phytopathological Society
- Bacteriology committee member
- Subcommittee to select bacterial plant pathogens for priority genome sequencing
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
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Susanne B. von Bodman
Plant Pathologist, Molecular Biologist
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Plant Science
Agriculture Biotech Labs
1390 Storrs Rd., Unit 4163
Storrs, CT 06269-4163
phone: (860) 486-4408
lab: (860) 486-6751
fax: (860) 486-0534
email: susanne.vonbodman@uconn.edu
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