Steffen Abel
Professor
sabel@ucdavis.edu

Plant Science

Office
0210 Asmundson Hall
752-5549


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Degrees:
1987 PhD Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Biochemistry
1984 MS Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Biochemistry
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Plant Biology  
Genetics  
Publications:
  • S. Abel (2007) Auxin is surfacing. ACS Chemical Biology 2:380-384
  • C.D. Grubb and S. Abel (2006) Glucosinolate metabolism and its control. Trends Plant Sci 11:89-100
  • C. Ticconi and S. Abel (2004) Short on phosphate: plant surveillance and countermeasures. Trends Plant Sci 9:548-555
  • S. Abel, T. Savchenko and M. Levy (2006) Genome-wide comparative analysis of the IQD gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa. BMC Evol Biol 5:72 (1-25)
  • M. Levy, Q. Wang, R. Kaspi, M. Parrella, and S. Abel (2005) Arabidopsis IQD1, a novel calmodulin-binding nuclear protein, stimulates glucosinolate accumulation and plant defense. Plant J 43:79-96 (Cover Photo)
  • D. Grubb, B. Zipp, J. Ludwig-Mueller, M. Masuno, T. Molinski, and S. Abel (2004) Arabidopsis UGT74B1 functions in glucosinolate biosynthesis and auxin homeostasis. Plant J 40, 893-908
  • C. Ticconi, C. Delatorre, B. Lahner, D. Salt and S. Abel (2004) Arabidopsis pdr2 reveals a phosphate-sensitive checkpoint in root development. Plant J 37:801-814
Laboratory Personnel:
Department of Plant Sciences (210 Asmundson Hall)

Rocco Lucero (Lab Manager, Phosphate); Aaron Adamson (Postdoc, Glucosinolates); Carmen Lopez-Berenguer (Postdoc, Glucosinolates); Carla Ticconi (Postdoc, Phosphate); Siriwat Sakhonwasee (PhD Student, Phosphate)

Courses:
BIS 103 Bioenergetics and Metabolism Spring
MCB 126 Plant Biochemistry (50%) Spring