Daniel B. Szymanski
Professor of Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
915 W. State St., West Lafayette IN 47907
Tel: (765) 494-8092 Fax: (765) 496-4773 email: [email protected]
A. Professional Preparation
University of Michigan University of Illinois
Biophysical Natural Sciences Plant Biology
B.S. Ph.D.
1989 1995
B. Academic/Professional Appointments
2010-present 2009- present 2004-2010 1999-2004 1995-1999 1990-1995
Full Professor, Purdue University, Department of Agronomy Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Associate Professor, Purdue University, Department of Agronomy Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Department of Agronomy Research Associate, University of Minnesota, Genetics and Cell Biology Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Department of Plant Biology
C. Publications
Five Publications Most Closely Related to Proposal
Zhang, C., Halsey, L., Szymanski, D.B. 2011 The development and geometry of shape change in
Arabidopsis thaliana cotyledon pavement cells. BMC Plant Biology 11:27.
Zhang, C., Kotchoni, S.O., Samuels, A.L., Szymanski, D.B. 2010 SPIKE1 signals originate from and assemble specialized domains of the endoplasmic reticulum. Curr. Biol. 20, 2144-2149.
Szymanski D.B., Cosgrove D.J. 2009 Dynamic coordination of cytoskeletal and cell wall systems during plant cell morphogenesis. Curr. Biol. 19(17), R800-811.
Kotchoni S.O., Zakharova T., Mallery E.L., Le J., El-Assal Sel-D., Szymanski D.B. 2009 The association of the Arabidopsis actin-related protein2/3 complex with cell membranes is linked to its assembly status but not its activation. Plant Physiol. 151(4), 2095-2109.
Basu, D., Le, J., Zakharova, T., Mallery, E.L., Szymanski, D.B. 2008 A SPIKE1 signaling complex controls actin-dependent morphogenesis through the WAVE and ARP2/3 complexes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 4044-4049.
Five Other Significant Publications
Le, J., Mallery, E.L., Zhang, C., Brankle, S., Szymanski, D.B. 2006 Arabidopsis
BRICK1/HSPC300 is an essential WAVE-complex subunit that selectively stabilizes the Arp2/3 activator SCAR2. Curr. Biol. 16, 895-901. Zhang, C., Mallery, E. L., Schlueter, J., Huang, S., Fan, Y., Brankle, S. Staiger, C.J., Szymanski, D.B.
2008 Arabidopsis SCARs function interchangeably to meet ARP2/3-activation thresholds during morphogenesis. Plant Cell 20, 995-1011.
Basu, D., El-Assal, S.E., Le, J., Mallery, E.L., Szymanski, D.B. 2004 Interchangeable functions of
Arabidopsis PIROGI and the human WAVE complex subunit SRA-1 during leaf epidermal morphogenesis. Development 131, 4345-4355.
Le, J., El-Assal, S.E.-D., Basu, D., Saad, M.E., Szymanski, D.B. 2003 Requirements for Arabidopsis
ATARP2 and ATARP3 during epidermal development. Curr. Biol. 13, 1341-1347
Qiu, J.L, Jilk, R., Marks, M.D., Szymanski, D.B. 2002 The Arabidopsis SPIKE1 gene is required for normal cell shape control and tissue development. Plant Cell 14, 101-118.
D. Synergistic Activities
Director, Purdue University Life Sciences Graduate Program; Key committee memberships:
Core curriculum for the Plant Sciences; Chair: Integrative Plant Sciences Graduate Program,
Instruction: Introductory Genetics, AGRY 320, Course Director: Genetic Laboratory AGRY
321, Lab Book published with Dr. Gregore Koliantz. Cell Biology of Plants AGRY/BIOL 808, Responsible Conduct in Research GRAD 602.
NSF Panel review member 2009, 2010. Plenary speaker: 2006, 2008 Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton Gordon conference, Chicago
Cytoskeleton, 2009.
Purdue Research Award Lecture: From protein machines to practical applications: basic research in model and agricultural species.
Collaborators and Other Affiliations Collaborators and Co-Authors
Dan Cosgrove (Penn State), Ross Jilk (Rockhurst College), Chris Staiger (Purdue Univ.), Susan M. Wick (University of Minnesota), Shanjin Huang (Chinese Agricultural University, Beijing), Michael Bevan (John Innes Center); Shaul Yalovsky (Univ. of Jerusalem), Maureen McCann (Purdue University).
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Professor Raymond Zielinski (Ph.D. advisor, University of Illinois); M. David Marks (Post-doctoral Advisor, Univ. Minnesota)
Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate Scholar Sponsors over the Last Five Years:
Graduate Students: Chunhua Zhang (Purdue University); Dipanwita Basu (Virginia University); Vincent Edwards (Purdue University); M.E. Saad (Purdue University), Total Number of Graduate Students Advised: 9
Postdoctoral Sponsors: Chunhua Zhang (Purdue University); Simeon Kotchoni (Purdue University); Takeshi Fujino (Purdue University); S.E. El-Essal (Purdue Univ.); Mike Persans (University of Texas, PanAmerican), Jie Le (Institute of Genetics, Beijing); Total Number of Postdoctoral Scholars Sponsored: 8
Honors and Awards
2011 2010-present 2010
Associate Editor: Frontiers in Plant Cell Biology Associate Editor: Plant Physiology NSF MCB review panel
- 2009
- NSF MCB review panel
- 2009
- Purdue Agricultural Research Award
- 2008
- Purdue International Travel Award
2006
1998-1999 1995 1994 1992-1993 1990-1992
Study in a Second Discipline, Purdue University
NSF Cytoskeleton Training Grant Fellowship NSF Integrative Research in Plant Biology Fellowship Francis M. and Harlie M. Clark Research Support Grant Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant Fellowship McKnight Fellowship in Plant Biology
Professional Activities
Society Memberships:
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science Member American Society of Cell Biology Member American Society of Plant Biology