Ph. D., University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

   

Office:     129 Life Sciences Building

Phone:   1-419-372-4097

Email:     vphuntu@bgsu.edu

   

Research:

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction; Plant Immunity   

 

   

Research Interests:

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, my main research interest revolves around the development of a better understanding of how plants response to invading pathogens (Plant Immunity). The laboratory focuses on the molecular aspect of these plant-microbe interactions and currently involves three different projects: Project 1--Discovering signal molecules involved in systemic acquired resistance (SAR) using the combination of proteomics and transcriptomics approaches. Project 2--Functional analysis of ABC-transporters from Phytophthora sojae, an oomycete that causes disease on soybean. We are using yeast, Saccharomycete cerevisiae as a model for heterologous expression of genes in this family. Project 3--The iron uptake system of Phytophthora sojae using a combination of genomics approach and heterologous expression in S. cerevisiae.

Selected Publications:

Morris P.F. and Phuntumart V., Inventory and Comparative evolution of ABC transporters in the genomes of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytopthora sojae. Manuscript in preparation.

Phuntumart, V., Marro, P., Sticher, L. and Métraux, J.P. 2006. A novel cucumber gene associated with systemic acquired resistance. Plant Science. 171: 555-564.

Brett M. Tyler, Sucheta Tripathy, Xuemin Zhang, Paramvir Dehal,, Rays H. Y. Jiang,,Andrea Aerts,, Felipe D. Arredondo, Laura Baxter, Douda Bensasson,,, Jim L. Beynon, Jarrod Chapman,,, Cynthia M. B. Damasceno, Anne E. Dorrance, Daolong Dou, Allan W. Dickerman, Inna L. Dubchak,, Matteo Garbelotto, Mark Gijzen, Stuart G. Gordon, Francine Govers, Niklaus J. Grunwald, Wayne Huang,, Kelly L. Ivors,, Richard W. Jones, Sophien Kamoun, Konstantinos Krampis, Kurt H. Lamour, Mi-Kyung Lee, W. Hayes McDonald, Mo´ nica Medina, Harold J. G. Meijer, Eric K. Nordberg, Donald J. Maclean, Manuel D. Ospina-Giraldo, Paul F. Morris, Vipaporn Phuntumart, Nicholas H. Putnam,, Sam Rash,, Jocelyn K. C. Rose, Yasuko Sakihama, Asaf A. Salamov,, Alon Savidor, Chantel F. Scheuring, Brian M. Smith, Bruno W. S. Sobral, Astrid Terry, Trudy A. Torto-Alalibo, Joe Win, Zhanyou Xu, Hongbin Zhang, Igor V. Grigoriev. Daniel S. Rokhsar, Jeffrey L. Boor. 2006. Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis. Science. 313: 1261-1266.

Connolly M.S., Sakihama Y., Phuntumart V., Jiang Y., Warren F., Mourant L, Morris P.F. 2005. Heterologous expression of a pleiotropic drug resistance transporter from Phytophthora sojae in yeast transporter mutants. Current Genetics. 48(6):356-65.

Phuntumart, V. 2003. Transgenic plants for disease resistance. In: Transgenic Plants: Current Innovation and Future Trends (ed. C.N. Stewart). Horizon Scientific Press Norfolk, UK. 296 pp.

Thaveechai, N., Kositratana, W., Phuntumart, V., Leksomboon, C., Khongplean, P. 1997. Management of bacterial wilt of tomato. In: AVRDC 1997. Collaborative vegetable research in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the AVNET-II Final Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 1-6 Sep. 1996. Publication No. 97-465, 451pp.

Thaveechai, N., Kositratana, W., Phuntumart, V. 1995. Bacterial wilt disease management in Thailand. p. 158-165. In: AVRDC 1995. Proceedings of the AVNET-II Midterm Workshop. Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan. Publication No. 95-438, 328pp.