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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: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>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 SCAR<a href="/goto?url=http://www.current-biology.com/" target="_blank">2. Curr. Biol. 16, 895-901. </a>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 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2009 </li><li style="flex:1">NSF MCB review panel </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2009 </li><li style="flex:1">Purdue Agricultural Research Award </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2008 </li><li style="flex:1">Purdue International Travel Award </li></ul>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

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