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Sarah M. Assmann
Curriculum vitae
Education
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1976-1980, magna cum laude, Highest Honors in Biology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1981-1986, PhD Biology
Research Career
1986-1987, University of California, Riverside, postdoctoral scholar
1987-1991, Harvard University, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and
Evolutionary Biology (OEB)
1991-1993, Harvard University, Associate Professor, OEB
1993-1997, Penn State University, Associate Professor of Biology
1997-2001, Penn State University, Professor of Biology
2001-present, Penn State University, Waller Professor of Biology
Honors
2015
2013-present
2013
2009
2008-2009
2007
2001 to present
2001
1999-2000
1988-1990
1981-1983
Editorial Boards
2010 - present
1998 – 2014
1998 – 2001
1997 – 2000
1994 – 1997
Elected AAAS Member-At-Large, Biological Sciences Section
Elected Member, North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee
(NAASC)
Penn State Eberly Fellow
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS)
President (elected), American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
Fellow of ASPB Award
Waller Endowed Chair, Penn State University
Penn State Faculty Scholars Medal in Life and Health Sciences,
NSF POWRE Award
Recipient, McKnight Foundation Individual Research Project Award
NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
Editor (Deputy Editor since 2016), Biochemical Journal
Co-editor, The Plant Cell
Editorial Board, Plant and Cell Physiology
Subject Editor, Plant, Cell, & Environment
Monitoring Editor, Plant Physiology
Conferences Organized
2017: North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee Workshop: “Emerging Genomic
Technologies”.
2015: 20th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium: “Plant Stress-omics in a Changing Climate”
2009: Proteomics workshop and symposium: “Proteomic, redox, and metabolomic
networks,” Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL (with Dr. Sixue Chen)
2009: President’s Symposium, ASPB Annual Meeting.
2006: ASPB focus meeting, “The Biology of Transpiration”, Snowbird, UT
2006: 16th Penn State Plant Physiology Symposium: “RNA Biology: Novel Insights from
Plant Systems”
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2005: Keystone Symposium: “Plant Cell Signaling: In Vivo and Omics Approaches” Santa
Fe, NM
2005-2006: Organizer, week-long Penn State plant science summer camp for 4th-8th graders,
“Magical Life in the Muggle World.” Enrollment was 89 children in 2005; 100 children
in 2006.
Service to Federal Agencies (recent)
2014-present
Member of BERAC (Biological and Environmental Research Advisory
Committee) - provides scientific and technical advice to the Director of
the Office of Science of the Department of Energy (DOE)
2012 – 2015
Panel Member, US-Israel Binational Research and Development Fund
(BARD)
2012, 2014, 2015 Panel Member, NSF-Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (NSF-MCB)
2012
Panel Member, DOE Plant Biosystems (synthetic biology)
Other Selected Service to the Profession
2014-present Member, ASPB Meetings and Events Advisory Board
2012 – 2015
Member, ASPB Board of Trustees
2007 – 2010
President-Elect, President, Immediate Past President of ASPB
2008-2010
Member, ASPB Public Affairs Committee
2007-2010
Member, ASPB Executive Committee
2006-2010
Member, ASPB Education Foundation Board of Directors
2003-2004
Panel Manager, USDA Developmental Processes in Crop Species
Current Research Funding
Charles E. Kaufman Foundation: Discovery and Characterization of Novel RNA Switch
Chemistry and Biology via RNA Structure-seq. PI: Paul Babitzke, co-PIs Philip C.
Bevilacqua and Sarah M. Assmann. 9/1/2016 to 8/31/2018.
NSF-IOS 16-21027: EAGER: Plant Sensory Perception via Heme Modulation of K+ Channels.
PI: Timothy Jegla, co-PI: Sarah M. Assmann. 3/15/2016 to 2/28/2018.
NSF-IOS (Plant Genome) 13-39282: The In Vivo Rice RNA Structurome in Abiotic Stress
Sensing and Response. PI: Philip C. Bevilacqua, co-PIs: Sarah M. Assmann, David
Mathews (U. Rochester) 6/1/14 to 5/31/18.
USDA-AFRI - 2014-67013-21599 Manipulating Heterotrimeric G-protein Signaling for
Improved Agronomic Traits and Drought Resistance in Rice. PI: Sarah M. Assmann; coPI: Hong Ma, 11/15/13 to 11/14/16.
NSF-MCB-14-12644. Collaborative Research: Redox Regulation of Protein Kinase Functions
in Guard Cell Signaling. PI: Sixue Chen (U FL), Co-PIs Alice Harmon (U FL), Sarah M.
Assmann, 08/01/14 to 07/31/16 (in no cost extension).
NSF-MCB-11-57921 Collaborative Research: Metabolomic Characterization of Red Light
and CO2 in Guard Cells and Mesophyll Cells. PI: Sixue Chen (U FL), Co-PI: Sarah M.
Assmann. 5/15/2012 to 4/30/2016 (in no cost extension).
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Selected Recent Publications
RNA Structure-Function Relationships:
Su Z, Ritchey L, Bevilacqua PC, Assmann SM. Genome-wide analysis of RNA secondary structure.
Annu. Rev. Genetics, PMID 27648642.
Ding Y, Kwok CK, Tang Y, Bevilacqua PC, Assmann, SM 2015. Genome-wide profiling of in vivo RNA
structure at single-nucleotide resolution using structure-seq. Nat. Protoc. 10: 1050-1066. doi:
10.1038/nprot.2015.064
Tang Y, Bouvier E, Kwok CK, Ding Y, Nekrutenko A, Bevilacqua PC, Assmann SM. 2015.
StructureFold: Genome-wide RNA secondary structure mapping and reconstruction in vivo.
Bioinformatics. Apr 16. pii: btv213.
Kwok CK, Tang Y, Assmann SM, Bevilacqua PC. 2015. The RNA structurome: transcriptome-wide
structure probing with next-generation sequencing. Trends Biochem Sci. 40: 221-232. doi:
10.1016/j.tibs.2015.02.005.
Ding Y, Tang Y, Kwok CK, Zhang, Y, Bevilacqua, PC, Assmann, SM. 2014. In vivo genome-wide
profiling of RNA secondary structure reveals novel regulatory features. Nature 505: 696-700
doi: 10.1038/nature12756.
Kwok, C.K., Ding, Y., Tang, Y., Assmann, S.M., Bevilacqua, P.C. 2013. Determination of in vivo RNA
structure in low-abundance transcripts. Nat Commun. 4:2971. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3971.
Mullen, MA, Assmann, SM, Bevilacqua, PC. 2012. Toward a digital gene response: RNA Gquadruplexes with fewer quartets fold with higher co-operativity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134: 812-815.
doi: 10.1021/ja2096255.
Li, J., Kinoshita, K., Pandey, S., Ng, C K-Y., Gygi, S.P., Shimazaki, K-I., and Assmann, S.M. 2002.
Modulation of an RNA-binding protein by abscisic-acid-activated kinase. Nature, 418: 793797.
Guard Cell Systems Biology and G-Protein Signaling:
Assmann SM, Jegla T. 2016. Guard cell sensory systems: recent insights on stomatal reponses to
light, abscisic acid, and CO2. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 33: 157-167.
Ferrero-Serrano Á, Assmann SM 2016. The α-subunit of the rice heterotrimeric G protein, RGA1,
regulates drought tolerance during the vegetative phase in the dwarf rice mutant d1. J. Exp.
Bot. 67: 3433-3443.
Chakravorty D, Gookin TE, Milner MJ, Yu Y, Assmann SM. 2015. Extra-large G proteins expand the
repertoire of subunits in Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein signaling. Plant Physiol. 169:512529. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.00251
Yu Y, Assmann SM. 2015. The heterotrimeric G-protein β subunit, AGB1, plays multiple roles in
the Arabidopsis salinity response. Plant Cell Environ. 38:2143-2156.
Sun, Z., Jin, X., Albert, R., Assmann, S.M. 2014. Multi-level modeling of light-induced stomatal
opening offers new insight into its regulation by drought. PLoS Comp. Biol. 10: e1003930
Gookin, T.E., Assmann, S.M. 2014. Significant reduction of BiFC non-specific assembly facilitates in
planta assessment of heterotrimeric G-protein interactors. Plant J. 80: 553-567.
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Jin X, Wang RS, Zhu M, Jeon BW, Albert R, Chen S, Assmann SM. 2013. Abscisic acid-responsive
guard cell metabolomes of Arabidopsis wild-type and gpa1 G-protein mutants. Plant Cell 25:
4789-811.
Assmann, SM. 2013. Natural variation in abiotic stress and climate change responses in
Arabidopsis: implications for 21st century agriculture. International Journal of Plant
Sciences. (cover) 174: 3-26.
Li S, Pandey S, Gookin TE, Zhao Z, Wilson L, Assmann. SM. 2012. Gene-sharing networks reveal
organizing principles of transcriptomes in Arabidopsis and other multicellular organisms. Plant
Cell 24: 1362-1378.
Wang, R., Pandey, S., Li, S. Gookin, T.E. Zhao, Z., Albert, R. and Assmann, S.M. 2011. Common and
unique elements of the ABA-regulated transcriptome of Arabidopsis guard cells. BMC Genomics,
12:216.
Pandey S, Wang RS, Wilson L, Li S, Zhao Z, Gookin TE, Assmann SM, Albert R. 2010. Boolean
modeling of transcriptome data reveals novel modes of heterotrimeric G-protein action. Mol
Syst Biol. 10.1038/msb.2010.28
Zhao Z, Zhang W, Stanley BA, Assmann SM. 2008. Functional proteomics of Arabidopsis thaliana guard
cells uncovers new stomatal signaling pathways. Plant Cell. 20: 3210-32226.
Wang, X-Q., Ullah, H., Jones, A.M., and Assmann, S.M. 2001. G protein regulation of ion channels and
abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis guard cells. Science, 292: 2070-2072.
Li, J., Wang, X-Q, Watson, M.B. and Assmann, S.M. 2000. Regulation of abscisic acid-induced stomatal
closure and anion channels by guard cell AAPK kinase. Science, 287: 300-303.
Lee, Y.R. and Assmann, S.M. 1999. Arabidopsis thaliana “extra-large GTP-binding protein” (AtXLG1):
a new class of G-protein. Plant Mol. Biol., 40: 55-64.
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