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ADDRESS: 127 Noble Research Center, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078; 405-744-9945; email: [email protected] Ph.D. 1986 Univ. of California, Riverside ACADEMIC HONORS: James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Research in Agricultural Science, 1993 Gamma Sigma Delta Alumni Award, U.C. Riverside, 1996 OSU Technology Innovator Award for Teaching, 2004 Fellow, American Phytopathological Society, 2005 OSU Regents Distinguished Research Award, 2005 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Assistant Professor Adjunct Professor, Microbiol. & Molecular Genetics PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE (2006-2000): Symposium Organizer, FASEB Conference on Microbial Polysaccharides, Tucson, June 2006 Symposium Organizer, 10th Intl. Congress on Pseudomonas, Marseille, France 2005 Member, APS ad hoc Committee, Plant Pathogen Forensics. 2004-present Participant, Institute for Defense Analysis, Microbial Forensics Workshop, March 2004 Symposium Organizer, XI Intl Congress on Mol. Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2003 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Byotix, Inc., 2000-2004 Treasurer, International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions; 1999-2003 Member, External Review Panel, Dept. of Microbiology, Iowa State University, Sept. 2000 Symposium Organizer, Society for Industrial Microorganisms, 2000 Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Microbial Genetics Program Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 1 of 15 EXTRAMURAL FUNDING RECORD: Active Grant Support: $180,884 National Science Foundation IOB-0620469; “Function of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pathogenesis”, B. N. Kunkel and C. L. Bender. From 8/06 to 7/09; $180,884 (to C. Bender, Co-PI). National Science Foundation IBN-0130693; “Function of the phytotoxin coronatine in P. syringae DC3000/plant interactions”, B. N. Kunkel and C. L. Bender. From 2/02 to 8/06; $232,285 (to C. Bender, Co-PI). Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology AR031-005; “Production of Plant Abscission Agents by Pseudomonas". From 2/03 to 1/06; $232,285 (to C. Bender, PI). Byotix, Inc., “Optimization of Polyketide Production by Pseudomonas”; From 3/03 to 4/15/05 Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology HR00-002; “Investigations of the antibiotic mupirocin”. From 6/1/00–5/31/03; $135,000 (to C. Bender, PI). National Institutes of Health AI 43311; “Pseudomonas syringae virulence and alginate synthesis”. From 6/1/98 -5/31/03; $436,000 (to C. Bender, PI). National Science Foundation MCB-9807774; “Investigations of coronafacic acid biosynthesis”, R. Parry and C. L. Bender. From 9/1/98-8/31/02; $123,000 (to C. Bender; Co-PI). NSF MCB-9603618; “Biosynthesis and regulation of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae”. From 4/97-3/02; $335,000 (to C. Bender, PI). NSF MCB-9316488; “Regulation of coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae”. From 2/94 - 9/97; $302,000 (to C. Bender, PI). NSF U.S. - New Zealand Cooperative Science Program INT-9220628; “Analysis of coupling, a step required for synthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine”. From 3/93 - 2/95; $17,000 (to C. Bender, PI). NSF EHR-9108771; “A multidisciplinary approach to biotic stress in plants”. From 2/92 - 8/95; $230,000 (to C. Bender, Co-PI with Drs. Meinke, Fletcher, Melcher, Dillwith, and Sherwood) NSF DMB-8902561; “Genetics of coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato”. From 10/89 - 4/93; $115,500 (to C. Bender, PI). Coronatine as an Abscission Agent for Citrus, U.S. Patent Serial No., 09/897,831, 2002, granted. Clones Containing Coronatine Gene Cluster, and Methods of Producing Coronatine, U.S. Patent Serial No. 10/751,297, in review. Genetically Improved Strain for Coronatine Production, Provisional Status, U.S. Patent Serial Optimization of Coronatine Production in a Genetically Improved Strain of Pseudomonas syringae, Provisional Status, U.S. Patent Serial No. 60/795,474, pending. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS: In Press: Uppalapati, S.R., Y. Ishiga, T. Wangdi, B. N. Kunkel, A. Anand, K. S. Mysore, and C. L. Bender. 2007. The phytotoxin coronatine contributes to pathogen fitness and is required for suppression of salicylic acid accumulation in tomato inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 2 of 15 Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 20: in press. In print: 1. Elizabeth, S. V., and C. L. Bender. 2007. The phytotoxin coronatine from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 functions as a virulence factor and influences defense pathways in edible Brassicas. Mol. Plant Pathol. 8: 83-92. 2. Uppalapati, S. R., and C. L. Bender. 2007. Gene expression and metabolic profiling reveals that phytotoxin coronatine impacts multiple phytohormone pathways in tomato, p. 193-208. In: B. J. Nikolau and E. S. Wurtele (eds.), Concepts in Plant Metabolomics, Springer, Dordrecht. 3. Sreedharan, A., A. Penaloza-Vazquez, B. N. Kunkel, and C. L. Bender. 2006. CorR regulates multiple components of virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19:768-779. 4. Schenk, A., M. Berger, L. M. Keith, C. L. Bender, G. Muskhelishvili, and M. S. Ullrich. 2006. The algT gene of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea and new insights into the transcriptional organization of the algT-muc gene cluster. J. Bacteriol. 188:8013-8021. 5. J. Fletcher, C. Bender, B. Budowle, W. T. Cobb, S. E. Gold, C. A. Ishimaru, D. Luster, U. Melcher, R. Murch, H. Scherm, R. C. Seem, J. L. Sherwood, B. W. Sobral, and S. A. Tolin. 2006. Plant pathogen forensics: capabilities, needs and recommendations. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 70: 450-471. 6. Brooks, D. M., C. L. Bender, and B. N. Kunkel. 2005. The Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine promotes virulence by overcoming salicylic acid-dependent defenses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol. Plant Pathol. 6:629-639. 7. Bender, C. L. 2005. The post-genomic era: New approaches for studying bacterial diseases of plants. Austral. Plant Pathol. 34:471-474. 8. Preiter, P., D. M. Brooks, A. Penaloza-Vazquez, A. Sreedharan, C. L. Bender, and B. N. Kunkel. 2005. Identification and characterization of a novel virulence gene of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato strain DC3000. J. Bacteriol. 187: 7805-7814. 9. Uppalapati, S. R., P. Ayoubi, H. Weng, D. A. Palmer, R. E. Mitchell, W. Jones, and C. L. Bender. 2005. The phytotoxin coronatine and methyl jasmonate impact multiple phytohormone pathways in tomato. Plant J. 42:201-217. 10. Cui, J., A. K. Bahrami, E. G. Pringle, G. Hernandez-Guzman, C. L. Bender, N. E. Pierce, and F. M. Ausubel. 2005. Pseudomonas syringae manipulates systemic plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 102:1791-1796. 11. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A., M. K. Fakhr, A. M. Bailey, and C. L. Bender. 2004. AlgR functions in algC expression and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Microbiology 150:2727–2737. 12. Bender, C. L. 2004. Bacterial virulence factors: strategies for disrupting plant defense, p. 73-82. In J. Leach, S. Tsuyumu, T. Wolpert, and T. Shirashi (eds.), Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defense; APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. 13. Bjerkan, T. M., C. L. Bender, H. Ertesvåg, F. Drabløs, M. K. Fakhr, L. A. Preston, G. Skjåk- Bræk, and S. Valla. 2004. The Pseudomonas syringae genome encodes a combined mannuronan C5-epimerase and O-acetyl hydrolase, which strongly enhances the predicted gel-forming properties of alginates. J. Biol. Chem. 279:28920-28929. 14. Seidle, H., V. Rangaswamy, R. Couch, C. L. Bender, and R. J. Parry. 2004. Characterization of Cfa1, a monofunctional acyl carrier protein involved in the biosynthesis of the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine. J. Bacteriol. 186:2499-503. 15. Brooks, D. M., G. H. Guzman, A. P. Kloek, F. Alarcón-Chaidez, A. Sreedharan, V. Rangaswamy, A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, C. L. Bender, and B. N. Kunkel. 2004. Identification and characterization Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 3 of 15 of a well-defined series of coronatine biosynthetic mutants of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato DC3000. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 17:162-174. 16. Bender, C. L., and B. K. Scholz-Schroeder. 2004. New insights into the biosynthesis, mode of action, and regulation of syringomycin, syringopeptin and coronatine, p. 125-158. In J. L. Ramos (ed.), The Pseudomonads, Vol. II, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. 17. Zhao, Y. R. Thilmony, C. L. Bender, A. Schaller, S. Y. He, G. A. Howe. 2003. Virulence systems of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato promote bacterial speck disease in tomato by targeting the jasmonate signaling pathway. Plant J. 36:485-499 18. C. R. Buell, V. Joardar, M. Lindeberg, J. Selengut, I. T. Paulsen, M. L. Gwinn, R. J. Dodson, R. T. Deboy, A. S. Durkin, J. F. Kolonay, R. Madupu, S. Daugherty, L. Brinkac, M. J. Beanan, D. H. Haft, W. C. Nelson, T. Davidsen, J. Liu, Q. Yuan, H. Khouri, N. Fedorova, B. Tran, D. Russell, K. Berry, T. Utterback, S. E. Vanaken, T. V. Feldblyum, M. D'Ascenzo, W.-L. Deng, A. R. Ramos, J. R. Alfano, S. Cartinhour, A. K. Chatterjee, T. P. Delaney, S. G. Lazarowitz, G. B. Martin, D. J. Schneider, X. Tang, C L. Bender, O. White, C. M. Fraser, and A. Collmer. 2003. The complete sequence of the Arabidopsis and tomato pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:10181-10186. 19. Burns, J. K., L. V. Pozo, C. R. Arias, B. Hockema, V. Rangaswamy and C. L. Bender. 2003. Coronatine and abscission in citrus. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128:309-315. 20. Keith, R. C., L. M. W. Keith, G. Hernández-Guzmán, S. R. Uppalapati, and C. L. Bender. 2003. Alginate gene expression by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in host and nonhost plants. Microbiology: 149:1127-1138. 21. Alarcón-Chaidez, F.J., L. Keith, Y. Zhao, and C.L. Bender. 2003. RpoN ( 54 plasmid-encoded coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae. Plasmid 49:106-117. 22. Rangaswamy, V., G. Hernández-Guzmán, K. A. Shufran, and C. L. Bender. 2002. Analysis of rILERS, an isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase gene associated with mupirocin production by Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 10586. DNA Seq.13:343-351. 23. Zhao, Y. F., J. P. Damicone, and C. L. Bender. 2002. Sources of inoculum for bacterial leaf spot diseases of leafy crucifers. Plant Dis. 86:883-888. 24. Wang, X., F. Alarcón-Chaidez, A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, and C. L. Bender. 2002. Differential regulation of coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and P. syringae pv. glycinea PG4180. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 60:111-120. 25. Bender, C.L. 2001. Chlorosis-inducing phytotoxins: virulence factors produced by Pseudomonas syringae, p. 77-86. In: N. T. Keen, S. Mayama, J. E. Leach, and S. Tsuyumu (eds.), Delivery and Perception of Pathogen Signals in Plants; APS Press, St. Paul, MN 26. Preston, L. A., C. L. Bender,* and N. L. Schiller. 2001. Analysis and expression of algL, which encodes alginate lyase in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. DNA Seq. 12:455-461. (*corresponding author) 27. Zhao, Y. F., W. T. Jones, P. Sutherland, D. A Palmer, R. E. Mitchell, P. H. S. Reynolds, J. P. Damicone, and C. L. Bender. 2001. Detection of the phytotoxin coronatine by ELISA and immunolocalization in infected plant tissue. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 58:247-258. 28. Keith, L. M. W., and C. L. Bender. 2001. Genetic divergence in the algT-muc operon controlling alginate biosynthesis and response to environmental stress in Pseudomonas syringae. DNA Sequence 12:125-129. 29. Jiralerspong, S., V. Rangaswamy, C. L. Bender, and R. J. Parry. 2001. Analysis of the enzymatic domains in the modular portion of the coronafacic acid polyketide synthase. Gene 270:191-200. 30. Jones, W. T., D. Harvey, Y. Zhao, R. Mitchell, C. L. Bender, and P. H. S. Reynolds 2001. Monoclonal antibody-based immunoassays for the phytotoxin coronatine. Food Agric. Immunol. 13:19-32. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 4 of 15 31. Alarcón-Chaidez, F. J., and C. L. Bender. 2001. Analysis of the rpoN locus in the plant pathogenic bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. DNA Sequence 12:77-84. 32. Rangaswamy, V., and C. L. Bender. 2000. Phosphorylation of CorS and CorR, regulatory proteins that modulate production of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 193:13-18. 33. Preston, L. A., T. Y. Wong, C. L. Bender*, and N. L. Schiller. 2000. Characterization of alginate lyase from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. J. Bacteriol. 182:6268-6271. (*corresponding author). 34. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A., G. M. Preston, A. Collmer, and C. L. Bender. 2000. Regulatory interactions between the Hrp type III protein secretion system and coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Microbiology 146:2447-2456. 35. Hendrickson, E. L., P. Guevera, A. Peñaloza-Vàzquez, J. Shao, C. Bender, and F. M. Ausubel. 2000. Virulence of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pathovar maculicola is rpoN dependent. J. Bacteriol. 182:3498-3507. 36. Zhao, Y., J. P. Damicone, D. H. Demezas, V. Rangaswamy, and C. L. Bender. 2000. Bacterial leaf spot of leafy crucifers in Oklahoma caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola. Plant Disease 84:1015-1020. 37. Zhao, Y., J. P. Damicone, D. H. Demezas, and C. L. Bender. 2000. Bacterial leaf spot diseases of leafy crucifers in Oklahoma caused by pathovars of Xanthomonas campestris. Plant Disease 84:1008-1014. 38. Keith, L. M. W., and C. L. Bender. 1999. AlgT ( 22 ) controls alginate production and tolerance to environmental stress in Pseudomonas syringae. J. Bacteriol. 181:7167-7184. 39. Alarcón-Chaidez, F. J., A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, M. Ullrich, and C. L. Bender. 1999. Characterization of plasmids encoding the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae. Plasmid 42:210-220. 40. Yu, J., A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A. M. Chakrabarty, and C. L. Bender. 1999. Involvement of the exopolysaccharide alginate in the virulence and epiphytic fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Mol. Microbiol. 33:712-720. 41. Wang, L., C. L. Bender, and M. S. Ullrich. 1999. The transcriptional activator CorR is involved in biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine and binds to the cmaABT promoter region in a temperature-dependent manner. Mol. Gen. Genet. 262:250-260. 42. Keith, L.M.W., J.E. Partridge, and C.L. Bender. 1999. dnaK and the heat stress response of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 12:563-574. 43. Bender, C.L., V. Rangaswamy, and J. Loper. 1999. Polyketide production by plant-associated pseudomonads. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 37:175-196. 44. Fakhr, M.K., A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A.M. Chakrabarty, and C.L. Bender. 1999. Regulation of alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. J. Bacteriol.181:3478-3485. 45. Bender, C. L., F. Alarcón-Chaidez, and D.C. Gross. 1999. Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxins: mode of action, regulation and biosynthesis by peptide and polyketide synthetases. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 63:266-292. 46. Bender, C.L. 1999. Chlorosis-inducing phytotoxins produced by Pseudomonas syringae. Eur. J. 47. Rangaswamy, V., S. Jiralerspong, R. Parry, and C.L. Bender. 1998. Biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas polyketide coronafacic acid requires monofunctional and multifunctional polyketide synthase proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:15469-15474. 48. Bender, C.L., D.A. Palmer, A. Penaloza-Vazquez, V. Rangaswamy, and M. Ullrich. 1998. Biosynthesis and regulation of coronatine, a non-host specific phytotoxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae. In E. Biswas and H. Das (eds.), Subcel ular Biochemistry; Plant-Microbe Interactions 29:321-341. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 5 of 15 49. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A., and C. L. Bender. 1998. Characterization of CorR, a transcriptional activator which is required for biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine. J. Bacteriol. 180:6252-6259. 50. Rangaswamy, V., R. Mitchell, M. Ullrich, and C. Bender. 1998. Analysis of genes involved in the biosynthesis of coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine. J. Bacteriol. 180:3330-3338. 51. Bender, C.L. 1998. Bacterial phytotoxins, p. 169-175. In P. Williams, J. Ketley, and G. Salmond (eds.), Methods in Microbiology: Bacterial Pathogenesis. Academic Press, London. 52. Budde, I.P., B.H. Rohde, C.L. Bender, and M.S. Ullrich. 1998. Growth phase and temperature influence promoter activity, transcript abundance and protein stability during biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine. J. Bacteriol. 180:1360-1367. 53. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A., S.P. Kidambi, A.M. Chakrabarty, and C.L. Bender. 1997. Characterization of the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster in Pseudomonas syringae. pv. syringae. J. Bacteriol. 179:4464-4472. 54. Jones, W.T., D. Harvey, R.E. Mitchell, G.B. Ryan, C.L. Bender, and P.H.S. Reynolds. 1997. Competitive ELISA employing monoclonal antibodies specific for coronafacoyl amino acid conjugates. Food Agric. Immunol. 9:67-76. 55. Bender, C.L. 1997. Phytotoxin production in Pseudomonas syringae, p. 124-144. In G. Stacey and N.T. Keen (eds), Plant Microbe Interactions, Vol. 3. Chapman and Hall, NY 56. Rangaswamy, V., M. Ullrich, W. Jones, R. Mitchell, R. Parry, P. Reynolds, and C.L. Bender. 1997. Expression and analysis of coronafacate ligase, a thermoregulated gene required for production of the phytotoxin coronatine in P. syringae. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 154:65-72. 57. Palmer, D. A., C.L. Bender, and S. Sharma. 1997. Use of Tn5-gusA5 to investigate environmental and nutritional effects on gene expression in the coronatine biosynthetic gene cluster of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:517-525. 58. Bender, C., A.M. Bailey, W. Jones, R. Mitchell, D. Palmer, R. Parry, A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, C. Penfold, P. Reynolds, J. Turner, and M. Ullrich. 1996. Biosynthesis and regulation of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae, p. 233-244. In D. Mills, H. Kunoh, S. Mayama, and N. Keen (eds.), Molecular Aspects of Pathogenicity and Host Resistance: Requirement for Signal Transduction, American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN. 59. Sundin, G.W., S.P. Kidambi, M. Ullrich, and C.L. Bender. 1996. Resistance to ultraviolet light in Pseudomonas syringae: nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the plasmid-encoded rulAB genes. Gene 177:77-81. 60. Penfold, C.N., C.L. Bender, and J.G. Turner. 1996. Characterisation of genes involved in biosynthesis of coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine. Gene 183:167-173. 61. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A., V. Rangaswamy, M. Ullrich, A.M. Bailey, and C.L. Bender. 1996. Use of translational fusions to the maltose binding protein to produce and purify proteins in Pseudomonas syringae and assess their activity in vivo. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 9:637-641. 62. Bender, C., D. Palmer, A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, V. Rangaswamy, and M. Ullrich. 1996. Biosynthesis of coronatine, a thermoregulated phytotoxin produced by the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Arch. Microbiol. 166:71-75. 63. Sundin, G.W., and C.L. Bender. 1996. Molecular analysis of closely related copper and streptomycin resistance plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Plasmid 35:98-107. 64. Sundin, G.W., and C.L. Bender. 1996. Dissemination of the strA-strB streptomycin-resistance genes among commensal and pathogenic bacteria from humans, animals, and plants. Mol. Ecol. 5:133-144. 65. Bender, C.L, D. Palmer, A. Penaloza-Vazquez, V. Rangaswamy, and M. Ullrich. 1996. Coronatine, a plasmid-encoded virulence factor produced by Pseudomonas syringae, p. 213-218. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 6 of 15 In G. Stacey, B. Mullin, and P.M. Gresshoff (eds.), Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN 66. Liyanage, H., D.A. Palmer, M. Ullrich, and C.L. Bender. 1995. Characterization and transcriptional analysis of the gene cluster for coronafacic acid, the polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:3843-3848. 67. Ullrich, M., A. Peñaloza-Vázquez, A.M. Bailey, and C.L. Bender. 1995. A modified two- component regulatory system is involved in temperature-dependent biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine. J. Bacteriol. 177:6160-6169. 68. Sundin, G.W., D.E. Monks, and C.L. Bender. 1995. Distribution of the streptomycin-resistance transposon Tn5393 among phylloplane and soil bacteria from managed agricultural habitats. Can. J. Microbiol. 41:792-799. 69. Sundin, G.W., and C.L. Bender. 1995. Expression of the strA-strB streptomycin resistance genes in Pseudomonas syringae and Xanthomonas campestris and characterization of IS6100 in X. campestris. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2891-2897. 70. Palmer, D.A., and C.L. Bender. 1995. Ultrastructure of tomato leaf tissue treated with the Pseudomonad phytotoxin coronatine and comparison with methyl jasmonate. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 8:683-692. 71. Kidambi, S.P, G.W. Sundin, D.A. Palmer, A.M. Chakrabarty, and C.L. Bender. 1995. Copper as a signal for alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2172-2179. 72. Liyanage, H., C. Penfold, J. Turner, and C. L. Bender. 1995. Sequence, expression and transcriptional analysis of the coronafacate ligase-encoding gene required for coronatine biosynthesis by Pseudomonas syringae. Gene 153:17-23. 73. Ullrich, M., and C. L. Bender. 1994. The biosynthetic gene cluster for coronamic acid, an ethylcyclopropyl amino acid, contains genes homologous to amino acid activating enzymes and thioesterases. J. Bacteriol. 176:7574-7586. 74. Sundin, G. W., D. H. Demezas, and C. L. Bender. 1994. Genetic and plasmid diversity within natural populations of Pseudomonas syringae with various exposures to copper and streptomycin bactericides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:4421-4431. 75. Ullrich, M., A. C. Guenzi, R. E. Mitchell, and C. L. Bender. 1994. Cloning and expression of genes required for coronamic acid (2-ethyl-1-aminocyclopropane 1-carboxylic acid), an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:2890-2897. 76. Bereswill, S., P. Bugert, B. Voelksch, M. Ullrich, C. L. Bender, and K. Geider. 1994. Identification of coronatine-producing Pseudomonas syringae strains by polymerase chain reaction analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:2924-2930. 77. Sundin, G. W., and C. L. Bender. 1994. Relative fitness in vitro and in planta of Pseudomonas syringae strains containing copper and streptomycin resistance plasmids. Can. J. Microbiol. 40:279-285. 78. Mitchell, R. E., S. A. Young, and C. L. Bender. 1994. Coronamic acid, an intermediate in coronatine biosynthesis by Pseudomonas syringae. Phytochemistry 35:343-348. 79. Bender, C. L., H. Liyanage, D. Palmer, M. Ullrich, S. Young, and R. Mitchell. 1993. Characterization of the genes controlling biosynthesis of the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine including conjugation between coronafacic and coronamic acid. Gene 133:31-38. 80. Palmer, D. A., and C. L. Bender. 1993. Effects of environmental and nutritional factors on production of the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine by Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1619-1626. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 7 of 15 81. Sundin, G. W., and C. L. Bender. 1993. Ecological and genetic analysis of copper and streptomycin resistance in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1018-1024. 82. Voloudakis, A. E., C. L. Bender, and D. A. Cooksey. 1993. Similarity between copper resistance genes from Xanthomonas campestris and Pseudomonas syringae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1627-1634. 83. Bender, C. L., S. A. Young, and R. E. Mitchell. 1992. Ecological and genetic studies of coronatine synthesis in Pseudomonas syringae, p. 56-63. In E. Galli, S. Silver, and B. Witholt (ed.), Pseudomonas: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. American Society of Microbiology, Washington, DC. 84. Young, S. A., S. K. Park, C. Rodgers, R. E. Mitchell, and C. L. Bender. 1992. Physical and functional characterization of the gene cluster encoding the polyketide phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. J. Bacteriol. 174:1837-1843. 85. Bender, C. L., S. A. Young, and R. E. Mitchell. 1991. Conservation of plasmid DNA sequences in coronatine-producing pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:993-999. 86. Garde, S., and C. L. Bender. 1991. Preparation of DNA probes for detection of copper resistance genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2435-2439. 87. Bender, C. L., D. K. Malvick, K. E. Conway, S. George, and P. Pratt. 1990. Characterization of pXV10A, a copper resistance plasmid in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:170-175. 88. Bender, C. L., D. K. Malvick, and R. E. Mitchell. 1989. Plasmid-mediated production of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. J. Bacteriol. 171:807-812. 89. Bender, C. L., H. E. Stone, J. J. Sims, and D. A. Cooksey. 1987. Reduced pathogen fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Tn5 mutants defective in coronatine production. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 30:272-283. 90. Bender, C. L., and D. A. Cooksey. 1987. Molecular cloning of copper resistance genes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. J. Bacteriol. 169:470-474. 91. Bender, C. L., and D. A. Cooksey. 1986. Indigenous plasmids in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato: Conjugative transfer and role in copper resistance. J. Bacteriol 165:534-541. 92. Bender, C. L., and D. L. Coyier. 1986. Pathogenic variation in Oregon populations of Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae. Plant Disease 70:383-385. 93. Bender, C. L., and D. L. Coyier. 1985. Heterothallism in Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae. 94. Bender, C. L., and D. L. Coyier. 1984. Isolation and identification of races of Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosae. Phytopathology 74:100-103. NON-REFEERED BOOK CHAPTERS AND PUBLICATIONS: 1. Bender, C., B. Budowle, B. Cobb, J. Fletcher, C. Ishimaru, D. Luster, U. Melcher, R. Murch, H. Scherm, B. Seem, J. L. Sherwood, B. Sobral, and S. Tolin. 2006. Was it Professor Plum or Colonel Mustard? Forensics to attribute deliberately introduced plant pathogens. Phytopathology News 40: 17-18. 2. Bender, C. L., and J. Leach. 2004. Plant microbiology in university education, p. 602-604. In B. Lugtenberg, I. Tikhonovich, and N. Provorov (eds.), Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 4, APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 8 of 15 3. Bender, C. L. 2004. Bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis, p. 94-99. In B. Lugtenberg, I. Tikhonovich, and N. Provorov (eds.), Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 4, APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. 4. Bender, C. L. 2004. Mechanisms of bacterial virulence, p. 100. In B. Lugtenberg, I. Tikhonovich, and N. Provorov (eds.), Biology of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 4, APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. 5. Bender, C. L. 2003. Regulation of coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae, p. 355-362. In: N. S. Iacobellis (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae, Maratea, Italy, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. 6. Penaloza-Vazquez, A., G. M. Preston, A. C. Collmer, and C. L. Bender. 2001. The Hrp protein secretion system is not required for coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, p.205-208. In: S. H. De Boer (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. 7. Ullrich, M., A. Penaloza-Vazquez, A.M. Bailey, and C.L. Bender. 1997. Thermoregulation of coronatine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae, p. 230-235. In K. Rudolph, T.J. Burr, J.W. Mansfield, D. Stead, A. Vivian, and J. Von Kietzell (eds.), Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pathogens. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 8. Sundin, G.W., and C.L. Bender. 1996. Molecular genetics and ecology of transposon- encoded streptomycin resistance in plant pathogenic bacteria, p. 198-208. In T. Brown (ed.), American Chemical Society Special Conference VI, Molecular Genetics and Ecology of Pesticide Resistance. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. INVITED SEMINARS & PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS (2001-2007): 2007 2006 Invited to give talks at the following conferences: 11th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Edinburgh, Scotland, July 10th - 14th, 2006 (declined; lack of adequate travel funds) 7th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens, Agadir, Morocco, November 12-16, 2006 (declined; lack of adequate travel funds) August 31, 2005, Marseille, France: Invited presentation in session on host-bacterium interactions, 10th International Conference on Pseudomonas, “Pseudomonas syringae virulence factors and plant pathogenesis”. September 29, 2005, Geelong, Australia: Plenary talk in session on new technologies for sustainable plant health, 15th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Conference, “The post-genomic era: new approaches for studying bacterial diseases of plants”. August 1, 2004, Anaheim, CA: Invited presentation in symposium on microbial forensics, Annual Meeting, American Phytopathological Society, “Pseudomonas syringae: A Model for Forensic Studies”. August 2, 2004, Anaheim, CA: Invited presentation, Annual Meeting, American Phytopathological Society, “Pseudomonas syringae DC3000: Old Pathogen, New Name?” Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 9 of 15 November 4, 2003, Shizuoka, Japan: Invited talk, 9th Japan-US Seminar on Plant Pathogen Interactions, “Bacterial Virulence Factors: Strategies for Disrupting Plant Defense”. July 19, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia: Plenary talk, 11th International Congress on Plant- Microbe Interactions, “Bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis” July 25, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia, Invited talk in Teaching Symposium, 11th International Congress on Plant-Microbe Interactions, “Team approaches to Teaching Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions”. June 2, 2003, invited seminar, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA: “Pseudomonas syringae: Strategies in Signal Molecule Warfare”. May 5, 2003, invited seminar, Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA: “Pseudomonas syringae Virulence Factors”. March 21, 2003: Invited talk at the Second Oklahoma Minisymposium in Molecular Plant Biology, Stillwater, OK: “Pseudomonas syringae: Metabolites & Virulence Factors”. September 17, 2002, Maratea, Italy: Invited talk, 6th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae, “Regulation and Biosynthesis of Coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea PG4180 and P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000”. July 30, 2002, Milwaukee, WI: Eulogy for Dr. Noel Keen, Breakfast meeting, American May 18, 2002, Salt Lake City, UT: Invited talk, Pseudomonas 2002 at the American Society for Microbiology, “Expression of Pseudomonas syringae Virulence Factors In Planta: Offensive and Defensive Strategies”. January 2002, Entomology & Plant Pathology Dept., OSU: “Innovative, Interactive, Multi-Site November 2001, OSU, Campus-wide Seminar: “Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions by Internet 2: a Teaching Collaboration”. Invited talk, Pseudomonas 2001, Biotechnology & Pathogenesis, Brussels, Belgium (unable to attend because meeting coincided with September 11, 2001 crisis). July 10, 2001, invited talk, Pseudomonas syringae workshop at the Intl. Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Madison, WI: “P. syringae toxins and virulence factors”. 2000-1986 Invited Presentations (titles not presented for brevity): Great Plains Cereal Biotechnology Consortium, Kansas City, MO Society of Industrial Microorganisms, San Diego, CA FASEB conference on Microbial Polysaccharides, Copper Mountain, CO Pseudomonas ‘99, Biotechnology & Pathogenesis, Maui, Hawaii 8th Japan-U.S. Conference on Microbial Pathogenicity, Los Angeles, CA Annual Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Chicago, IL Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Natural Products & Drug Discover Unit, Merck Co., Rahway, NJ Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 10 of 15 Society for General Microbiology, Norwich, England Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL Dept. of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, Texas A&M, College Station, TX Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE FASEB Conference on Microbial Polysaccharides, Copper Mountain, CO Annual Meeting American Phytopathological Society, Indianapolis, IN 8th Intl. Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Knoxville, TN Noble Symposium on Condensing Enzymes, Humacao, Puerto Rico Gamma Sigma Delta Chapter, U.C. Riverside, Riverside, CA Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dept. Oklahoma St. University 7th Japan-U.S. Conference on Microbial Pathogenicity, Tsu City, Japan Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Dept. of Biology, University of East Anglia/Sainsbury Lab, Norwich, England Microbiology Dept., Montana St. University, Bozeman, MT 16th Intl. Congress of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, New Delhi Technical Institute of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Batchelar Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand Annual Meeting, American Phytopathological Society, Albuquerque Annual Meeting, New Zealand Society for Microbiology, Auckland Botany & Microbiology Dept., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Mt. Albert Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Annual Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA Second International Symposium on Biotechnology, Karachi, Pakistan University of East Anglia/Sainsbury Lab, Norwich, England Max-Planck-Institut fur Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany Institut fur Genetik und Mikrobiologie, Wurzburg, Germany Institut fur Pflanzenpathologie und Pflanzenschutz, Gottingen, Germany Microbiology & Immunology Dept., Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL Botany & Plant Pathology Dept., Michigan St. University, E. Lansing, MI Microbiology Dept., Oklahoma St. University Sequencing Pseudomonas Genomes, Trieste, Italy Third International Symposium on Pseudomonas, Trieste, Italy Plant Pathology Dept., Kansas St. University, Manhattan, KS Biology Dept., Northeastern University, Tahlequah, OK Botany & Microbiology Dept., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Biochemistry Dept., Oklahoma St. University Entomology Dept., Oklahoma St. University GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED (PERSONAL ADVISEES, total of 15): Scott Young, M.S. 1988-1991. Thesis: Isolation of genes involved in coronatine biosynthesis from Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea. Mr. Young received the 1991 OSU Graduate Research Excellence Award. Dr. Young completed a Ph.D. at Kansas St. University, Manhattan, KS and is now employed by Dow Elanco in Michigan. George Sundin, Ph.D. 1990-1994. Dissertation: Ecology and genetics of copper and streptomycin resistance in Pseudomonas syringae. Dr. Sundin received the OSU Foundation Endowed Graduate Fellowship, 1991-1994, and the 1994 OSU Graduate Research Excellence Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 11 of 15 Award. Dr. Sundin is now an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University in the Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology. Dave Palmer, Ph.D. 1990-1995. Dissertation: Regulation of coronatine synthesis in Pseudomonas syringae and biological activities associated with coronatine and related compounds. Dr. Palmer received the OSU Graduate Dean's Scholarship, 1990-1994, and the 1995 OSU Graduate Research Excellence Award. Dr. Palmer was senior vice president at Byotix, Inc., Richmond, California (the company declared insolvency in August 2004). Lisa Keith, Ph.D. 1997-1998; co-advised with Dr. Jim Partridge, Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Dissertation: Genetic factors of Pseudomonas syringae which enhance survival. Dr. Keith is currently a Senior Scientist at USDA-ARS lab in Hilo, Hawaii. Jing Yu, M.S. 1996-2000. Thesis: Role of alginate in the virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. Ms. Yu is now employed as a research assistant at Kansas City Medical School. Mohamed Fakhr, Ph.D. 1996-2002. Dissertation topic: Regulation of the exopolysaccharide alginate in Pseudomonas syringae. Currently a postdoc in Fargo, North Dakota. Youfu Zhao, Ph.D. 1997-2001; co-advised with Dr. John Damicone, Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University. Dissertation: Biology, genetics, and coronatine production of bacterial pathogens of leafy green crucifers. Dr. Zhao received the 2001 OSU Graduate Research Excellence Award. Dr. Zhao is now employed as a postdoctoral fellow at Michigan State University. Xinwei Wang, M.S. 1998-2001. Thesis: Regulation of the polyketide phytotoxin in Pseudomonas syringae. Ms. Wang is now employed as a researcher at Abmaxis Therapeutics, Inc., San Jose, CA. Ronald Keith, M.S. 2000-2002. Thesis: Regulation of alginate production in Pseudomonas syringae. Currently a laboratory research technologist at the University of Hawaii. Lori Preston, Ph.D. 2000-2001; co-advised with Dr. Neal Schiller, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Dissertation: Alginate lyase from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae: cloning, characterization and structure/function analyses. Dr. Preston is now employed by Diversa, Inc., San Diego, CA. Aswathy Sreedharan, Ph.D. 2001-2005. Dissertation topic: Regulation of the phytotoxin coronatine. Dr. Sreedharan is now employed as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Sarita Elizabeth, Ph.D. 2002-2005. Dissertation topic: Role of the phytotoxin coronatine in Pseudomonas-Brassica interactions. Dr. Elizabeth is now employed as a postdoctoral fellow in the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, OSU. Victor Hernandez-Gordillo, M.S. 2003-2005. Thesis topic: Role of algD in the virulence of P. syringae. Mr. Hernandez-Gordillo has been admitted to the Ph.D. program at Purdue University, and will begin his Ph.D. program in Fall 2006. Tamding Wangdi, Ph.D. 2002-present. Dissertation topic: Development of a high-throughput seedling assay for virulence phenotypes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Christy Baker, Ph.D. 2003-present. Dissertation topic: Characterization of NtrC activator mutants of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. POSTDOCTORAL ADVISEES (total of 12 to date): Dr. Seur K. Park. 1991-1992. Project: Genetics of coronatine synthesis in P. syringae. Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Biology, Suncheon National University, Suncheon City, Korea. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 12 of 15 Dr. Hemachandra Liyanage. 1992-1995. Project: Characterization of the gene encoding coronafacate ligase, an enzyme required for synthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine. Current position: Research Associate, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Matthias Ullrich. 1992-1996. Project: Biosynthesis and regulation of coronamic acid, a novel cyclopropyl amino acid essential for coronatine production. Current position: Professor, International University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Dr. Saranga Kidambi. 1993-1995. Project: Signals for production of the exopolysaccharide alginate in Pseudomonas syringae. Current position: Metrix, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin. Dr. Francisco Alarcon-Chaidez. 1997-2000. Project: Regulation of the phytotoxin coronatine in P. syringae pv. glycinea. Current position: Research Associate, University of Connecticut Health Science Center, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Farmington, Connecticut. Dr. Vidhya Rangaswamy. 1995-2001. Project: Biosynthesis of polyketide compounds in Pseudomonas spp. Current position: Staff Scientist, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. Dr. Lisa Keith. 1998-2002. Project: Regulation of alginate production in Pseudomonas syringae. Dr. Keith is now a Staff Scientist with the USDA-ARS in Hilo, Hawaii. Dr. Alejandro Peñaloza-Vázquez. 1994-2001 and 2002-present. Project: Regulation of coronatine and alginate production in Pseudomonas syringae. Dr. Gustavo Hernandez-Guzman. 2001-2003. Project: Production of mupirocin by Pseudomonas fluorescens; regulation of coronatine by alternate sigma factors. Dr. Chris Allen. 2001-2003. Project: Role of the exopolysaccharide alginate, a virulence factor synthesized by Pseudomonas syringae, in suppressing the oxidative burst in plant hosts. Dr. S. Rao Uppalapati. 2001-2005. Project: Suppression of plant host defense mechanisms by the phytotoxin coronatine. Dr. Uppalapati is now a Research Fellow at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore, OK. Dr. Yashu Ishiga. 2005-present. Project: Role of coronatine in plant microbe interactions. RESEARCH INTERESTS: In my research program, we use a systematic genetic approach to study the biosynthesis, regulation, and mode of action of the phytohormone coronatine. Our rationale for studying this compound is twofold: (1) coronatine is an important virulence factor in the pathogenesis of the plant pathogenic bacterium, Pseudomonas syringae; and (2) coronatine functions as a structural and functional mimic of the plant growth hormone, methyl jasmonate. We are finding that coronatine can be deployed to elicit desirable responses in plants, and we collaborate with researchers who are using this compound to modulate metabolic pathways in plants. It is this latter interest that has led to our recent efforts in developing intellectual property. The coronatine project has been continually funded by the National Science Foundation since 1988 and is part of an international, multidisciplinary effort that involves researchers in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, and the United States. We also study alginate production in Pseudomonas syringae. Alginate is an exopolysaccharide produced by the human pathogen, P. aeruginosa, the leading cause of mortality in cystic fibrosis patients. P. syringae also produces alginate, and we have shown that alginate functions in the virulence and epiphytic fitness of P. syringae. Interestingly, the signals for alginate induction in P. syringae and P. aeruginosa differ, probably because the two bacteria inhabit different ecological niches. Ultimately, this research may provide clues regarding the divergent evolution of plant and human pathogens. Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 13 of 15 Biosynthesis of the phytotoxin coronatine, with Dr. Robin E. Mitchell, HortResearch, Mt. Albert Research Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, and Dr. Ronald Parry, Rice University, Houston. Regulation of coronatine and other virulence factors in P. syringae, with Dr. Matthias Ullrich, Max-Planck-Insitut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, Germany. Regulation and biosynthesis of the polysaccharide alginate in P. syringae, with Dr. Svein Valla, Role of coronatine in the host range and virulence of P. syringae, with Dr. Barbara Kunkel, Potential use of phytotoxins in the biological control of weeds, with Dr. John Lydon, USDA- Use of coronatine as an agent to induce abscission, with Dr. Jackie Burns, Lake Alfred, Florida. Regulatory networks in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, with Dr. Sam Cartinhour and Dr. Dave Schneider, USDA-ARS, Ithaca, NY. Physiology of the Host-Pathogen Interaction. This is a graduate level class that investigates the interaction of plants with fungal and bacterial pathogens, it was taught from 1987 - 1999. The emphasis was on the use of molecular methods to answer critical questions about physiological changes that occur during pathogenesis. The class was initially taught in a traditional way and had a laboratory component. More recently it has morphed into a collaborative teaching venture described below: Molecular Plant Pathology via Internet II. This is a graduate-level course offered at OSU; it is offered by live streaming video and has been team-taught with Dr. Jan Leach at Colorado State University & Kansas State University (2001, 2003, and 2006) and Dr. Marty Dickman (2001; formerly at University of Nebraska, now at Texas A & M University). It is a unique class in that the students are taught at a distance using H.323 Polycom video conferencing. Spring 2002, 2004: Presented guest lectures in Ento-PLP 4922 (Applications of Biotechnology Fall 2002, Guest Lecture in Microbiology 5990; Molecular Methods for Microbiology students Spring 2001, Coordinated Ento/PLP seminar Fall 2001, Developed lab materials for a Molecular Methodology shortcourse. This was offered to students in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and the MPMI Internet 2 class (20 students attended and completed the lab exercises) SERVICE ACTIVITIES AT OSU (2001-present) Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma St. University Chair, EPP Awards Committee (2006-present) Chair, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Entomology & Member, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Entomology & Chair, Search Committee for NSF-EPSCOR position in Functional Genomics, 2002-2003 (filled by Dr. Steve Marek, Entomology & Plant Pathology) Division of Agricultural Science & Natural Resources Carol L. Bender, Curriculum Vitae, Page 14 of 15 Member, Whatley Award Committee, 1995-present Member, Search Committee for Department Head, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2005-present; position not filled) Member, Search Committee for NSF-EPSCOR position in Functional Genomics, 2002-2003 (filled by Dr. Rama Mahlingham, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) Member, Search Committee for Sitlington Chair in Plant Genomics (2001- Member, Regents Professor Selection Committee (2004-2007) Member, Awards Committee, Regents Distinguished Research Award (2006- Participant and Mentor, Native Americans in the Biological Sciences, administered by the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, 2004-present Graduate Students Advised as Committee Member (2001-present; 22 advisees prior to 2001) Madhavi Dhulipala, Ph.D., Plant Pathology Rico Caldo, Ph.D., Plant & Soil Science (graduated) Jana Comer, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Wambui Kioni, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Quan Zhang, Ph.D., Plant Pathology (graduated) Amy Bernardo, Ph.D., Plant & Soil Science Sumit Punj, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Alexander Mello, Ph.D., Plant Pathology Deepak Rudrappa, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Carol L. 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