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Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis · Plant Science

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h-index61
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Publications240
Citations11,490

Grants

8 total · 1 active

NSF #2243817

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering Host- and Environment-dependencies in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis by Dual-Seq Transcriptomics and Directed Genome Engineering

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #1856744

RESEARH-PGR: Genomics of strain- and host-specific performance in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2019-08-01 → 2024-07-31
PIs
6

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #1724993

RESEARCH-PGR: Leveraging the Medicago HapMap to characterize genome-by-genome interactions in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2017-08-15 → 2019-07-31
PIs
5

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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All Grants

8 total · 1 active

NSF #2243817

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering Host- and Environment-dependencies in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis by Dual-Seq Transcriptomics and Directed Genome Engineering

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #1856744

RESEARH-PGR: Genomics of strain- and host-specific performance in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2019-08-01 → 2024-07-31
PIs
6

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #1724993

RESEARCH-PGR: Leveraging the Medicago HapMap to characterize genome-by-genome interactions in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2017-08-15 → 2019-07-31
PIs
5

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #1401222

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolutionary Responses of Plants to Urban Environments

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-06-01 → 2015-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #0515466

Collaborative Research: Ecological and Evolutionary-Genetic Limits to Range Expansion

Amount
—
Period
2005-09-01 → 2010-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #0417094

Natural Selection and Evolutionary Constraints in an Elevated CO2 Environment

Amount
—
Period
2004-07-15 → 2007-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #0508305

Dissertation Research: Partner Variability and Fitness in a Legume-Rhizobium Mutualism

Amount
<$100K
Period
2005-06-15 → 2007-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

NSF #0235027

Evolutionary History of Defense Genes in the Genus Zea and Family Poaceae: Insight from DNA Sequence Data

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2003-02-01 → 2007-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of <i>Arabidopsis</i> (Science)2026-03-26
  2. New preprint: Rhizobia independently adapt to soil and legume host environments, but soil conditions influence the abundance of high-quality partners2025-12-11
  3. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering Host- and Environment-dependencies in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis by Dual-Seq Transcriptomics and Directed Genome Engineering2023-09-01

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