Ph. D., University of Washington

   

Office:     217 Life Sciences Building

Phone:   1-419-372-2333

Email:     srogers@bgsu.edu

   

Research:

Ancient DNA, ice , viruses, bacteria, and fungi; DNA/RNA preservation; Introns; Plant development

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Life in ancient ice: A Workshop

 

Research Interests:

My lab has several concurrent focal areas of research. The projects have centered around the following areas:

1. Characterization of microorganisms and nucleic acids from ancient and environmental ice,
2. Characterization of DNA from ancient samples,
3. Investigations of introns in fungi and fish,
4. Extraction and preservation of nucleic acids,
5. Evolutionary events in plants,
6. Plant apical development,
7. Phylogenetics of fungi,
8. Novel evolutionary strategies of microorganisms.

Selected Publications:

Zhang, G., D. Shoham, D. Gilichinsky, S. Davidou and S.O. Rogers. (in review). Influenza A virus preserved in Siberian lake ice. J. Virol.

Shoham, D. and S.O. Rogers. (in press). Greenland as a plausible springboard for trans-Atlantic avian influenza spread. Med. Hypoth.

Grünig, C.R., B.M. McDonald, T.N. Sieber, S.O. Rogers and O. Holdenrieder. (in press). Evidence for recombination in cryptic species of the root-endophyte Phialocephala fortinii. Mycological Research.

Smith, A.W., D.E. Skilling, J.D. Castello and S.O. Rogers. (in press). Ice as a reservoir for pathogenic animal viruses. Med. Hypoth.

Rogers, S.O., W.T. Starmer and J.D. Castello. (in press). Recycling of pathogenic microbes through survival in ice. Med. Hypoth.

Castello, J.D., and S.O. Rogers. 2005. Life in Ancient Ice. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 300+ pp.

Rogers, S.O., V. Theraisnathan, L.J. Ma, Y. Zhao, G. Zhang, S-G. Shin, J.D. Castello and W.T. Starmer. 2004. Comparisons of protocols to decontaminate environmental ice samples for biological and molecular examinations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 2540-44.

Grünig, C.R., C.C. Linde, T.N. Sieber and S.O. Rogers. 2003. Development of single-copy RFLP markers for population genetic studies of Phialophora fortinii and closely related taxa. Mycol. Res. 107: 1332-1341.

Grünig C.R., T.N. Sieber, S.O. Rogers and O. Holdenrieder. 2002. Genetic variability among strains of Phialocephala fortinii and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Phialocephala based on rDNA ITS sequence comparisons. Can. J. Bot. 80: 1239-1249.

Grünig C.R., T.N. Sieber, S.O. Rogers and O. Holdenrieder. 2002. Spatial distribution of dark septate endophytes in a confined forest plot. Mycol. Res. 106: 832-840.

Castello, J.D., S.O. Rogers, G. Bachand, R. Fillhart, J.S. Murray, K. Wiedmann, M. Bachand and M.A. Almond. 2000. Detection and partial characterization of tenuiviruses from black spruce. Plant Dis. 84: 143-147.

Ma, L., S.O. Rogers, C. Catranis and W.T. Starmer. 2000. Detection and characterization of ancient fungi entrapped in glacial ice. Mycologia 92: 286-295.

Rogers, S.O., K. Langenegger and O. Holdenrieder. 2000. DNA changes in tissues entrapped in plant resins (the precursors of amber). Naturwissenschaften 87: 70-75.

Castello, J.D., S.O. Rogers, W.T. Starmer, C. Catranis, L. Ma, G. Bachand, Y. Zhao and J.E. Smith. 1999. Detection of tomato mosaic tobamovirus RNA in ancient glacial ice. Polar Biology 22: 207-212.

Ma, L., C. Catranis, W.T. Starmer and S.O. Rogers. 1999. Revival and characterization of fungi from ancient polar ice. Mycologist, 13: 70-73.

Rogers, S.O., O. Holdenrieder and T.N. Sieber. 1999 . Intraspecific comparisons of Laetiporus sulphureus isoaltes from broadleaf and coniferous trees in Europe. Mycol. Res. 103: 1245-1251.

Rogers, S.O., J.M. McKemy and C.J.K. Wang. 1999. Molecular assessment of Exophiala and related hyphomycetes. Studies in Mycology 43: 134-145.

Rogers, SO., and M.A.M. Rogers. 1999. Gene Flow in Fungi. In: J. Worrall (ed.), Structure and Dynamics of Fungal Populations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 97-121.

Shinohara, M.L., K.F. LoBuglio and S.O. Rogers. 1999. Ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers among geographic isolates of Cenococcum geophilum are conserved. Curr. Genet., 35 :527-353.

Douglas, M.P. and S.O. Rogers. 1998. DNA damage caused by common cytological fixatives. Mut. Res. 401: 77-88.