Charles T. Anderson

Title: PhD, Professor

Address: Assistant Professor of Biology·The Pennsylvania State University 相关阅读

201 Huck Life Sciences Building · University Park, PA 16802 USA · (814) 863-4736 · cta3@psu.edu 相关阅读

　　Education Background:

PhD Cell and Molecular Biology, Stanford University Jan 2008 继续了解

BS Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Apr 2002 summa cum laude, with Honors

Working Experience:

Assistant Professor Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University Dec 2011 - present Research Focus: Cell Wall Dynamics in Plants Using the Arabidopsis thaliana and Brachypodium distachyon Model Systems

Postdoctoral Research Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California Berkeley Feb 2008 - Nov 2011 Postdoctoral Research: Cell Wall Expansion and Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Advisor: Chris Somerville

PhD Department of Biology, Stanford University Sep 2002 - Jan 2008 Thesis Research: Biogenesis and Function of Primary Cilia in Mammalian Cells Advisor: Tim Stearns

Undergraduate Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Aug 1998 - May 2002 Honors Thesis Research: Characterization of p120catenin in Drosophila Advisor: Mark Peifer

Research Interests:

My laboratory studies the dynamics of plant cell walls, including their synthesis, modification, degradation, and recycling, with the goal of informing efforts to sustainably produce food, materials, and bioenergy from plants. My current research interests include the trafficking of cellulose synthase and de novo cell wall formation during cytokinesis in plant cells, the functions of pectin-degrading enzymes in plant cell growth and organ development, functional interactions between pectins and cellulose during cell wall synthesis and modification, the identification and characterization of new genes involved in cell wall expansion using activation tag screening, and tracking wall component delivery and dynamics in living plant cells using click chemistry-based metabolic labeling.

Honors and Professional Activities:

Tombros Fellow of the Center for Excellence in Science Education 2015

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2002-05

Stanford Graduate Fellowship 2002-05

Highest Honors in Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2002

H.V.P. Wilson Award for research in cellular and molecular biology 2002

Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2001

Thompson Undergraduate Research Award 2000

American Society for Cell Biology, member since 2003 American Society of Plant Biologists, member since 2011

Reviewer for Nature Plants, Developmental Cell, Current Biology, Plant Cell , Plant Physiology , The Plant Journal , BMC Plant Biology , Journal of Experimental Botany , Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Plant and Cell Physiology , Planta , PLOS ONE , and Frontiers in Plant Science

Editorial Reviewer for Frontiers in Plant Science