Plant and microbial biologist
Patricia C. Zambryski is a plant and microbial scientist known for her work on Type IV secretion and cell-to-cell transport in plants. She is also professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley .[1]
She was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences , the American Association for the Advancement of Science , and the American Society for Microbiology .
Education and career
Zambryski received her B.S. from McGill University in 1969, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1974.[2] [3]
Research
Zambryski is known for her work in the field of genetic engineering, specifically for her work with Agrobacterium tumefaciens , a bacterium she uses to track the molecular mechanisms that change plants and how plant cells communicate with each other.[3] She has examined the structure of plant cells that have been altered by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. [4] While working in Marc Van Montagu 's lab, Zambryski determined how the Ti plasmid is identified by the bacterium, and she developed a vector that allowed the transfer of genetic material into a plant without altering the plant tissue.[5] [6] This advance was used to inject novel genes into plants.[7] She has also examined plasmodesmata , which are the channels that reach across the spaces in plant cells.[8] [9]
Selected publications
Zambryski, P.; Joos, H.; Genetello, C.; Leemans, J.; Van Montagu, M.; Schell, J. (1983). "Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity" . The EMBO Journal . 2 (12): 2143–2150. doi :10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01715.x . PMC 555426 . PMID 16453482 .
Stachel, Scott E.; Messens, Eric; Van Montagu, Marc; Zambryski, Patricia (1985). "Identification of the signal molecules produced by wounded plant cells that activate T-DNA transfer in Agrobacterium tumefaciens" . Nature . 318 (6047): 624–629. Bibcode :1985Natur.318..624S . doi :10.1038/318624a0 . ISSN 0028-0836 . S2CID 4287289 .
Baker, Barbara; Zambryski, Patricia; Staskawicz, Brian; Dinesh-Kumar, S. P. (1997-05-02). "Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions" . Science . 276 (5313): 726–733. doi :10.1126/science.276.5313.726 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 9115193 .
Zambryski, Patricia; Crawford, Katrina (2000-11-01). "Plasmodesmata: Gatekeepers for Cell-to-Cell Transport of Developmental Signals in Plants" . Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology . 16 (1): 393–421. doi :10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.393 . ISSN 1081-0706 . PMID 11031242 .
Stachel, Scott E.; Zambryski, Patricia C. (1986-08-01). "virA and virG control the plant-induced activation of the T-DNA transfer process of A. tumefaciens" . Cell . 46 (3): 325–333. doi :10.1016/0092-8674(86)90653-7 . ISSN 0092-8674 . PMID 3731272 . S2CID 37938846 .
Awards and honors
In 2001 she was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences[10] and a fellow of the American Society for Microbiology.[2] In 2010 she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2]
References
^ "Patricia C. Zambryski" . Plant & Microbial Biology | University of California, Berkeley . Retrieved 2022-05-02 .
^ a b c "Patricia C. Zambryski | Department of Plant & Microbial Biology | UC Berkeley" . 2016-03-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2022-05-02 .
^ a b Privalle, Laura S. (2017-03-08). Women in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Biotechnology: Key Advances and Perspectives on Emerging Topics . Springer. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-3-319-52201-2 .
^ Zambryski, Patricia; Holsters, Marcelle; Kruger, Kelly; Depicker, Ann; Schell, Josef; Van Montagu, Marc; Goodman, Howard M. (1980-09-19). "Tumor DNA Structure in Plant Cells Transformed by A. tumefaciens" . Science . 209 (4463): 1385–1391. Bibcode :1980Sci...209.1385Z . doi :10.1126/science.6251546 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 6251546 .
^ Godwin, Ian D. (2019-01-18). Good Enough to Eat?: Next Generation GM Crops . Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 978-1-78801-681-0 .
^ Zambryski, P.; Joos, H.; Genetello, C.; Leemans, J.; Van Montagu, M.; Schell, J. (1983). "Ti plasmid vector for the introduction of DNA into plant cells without alteration of their normal regeneration capacity" . The EMBO Journal . 2 (12): 2143–2150. doi :10.1002/j.1460-2075.1983.tb01715.x . PMC 555426 . PMID 16453482 .
^ Schmeck, Harold M. (October 6, 1983). Gene-splicing of plants makes advance . Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
^ Zambryski, Patricia; Crawford, Katrina (2000). "Plasmodesmata: Gatekeepers for Cell-to-Cell Transport of Developmental Signals in Plants" . Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology . 16 (1): 393–421. doi :10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.393 . ISSN 1081-0706 . PMID 11031242 .
^ Burch-Smith, Tessa M.; Zambryski, Patricia C. (2012-06-02). "Plasmodesmata Paradigm Shift: Regulation from Without Versus Within" . Annual Review of Plant Biology . 63 (1): 239–260. doi :10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105453 . ISSN 1543-5008 . PMID 22136566 .
^ "Patricia C. Zambryski" . www.nasonline.org . Retrieved 2022-05-02 .