Gitta Coaker
Assistant Professor
glcoaker@ucdavis.edu


Office
254 Hutchison Hall Davis, CA 95616-8680
+1 530 752 6541


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Degrees:
2003 PhD The Ohio State University Horticulture
Awards:
Faculty 1000 of Biology “Must Read” Plant Biology Paper, 2005
William H. Krauss Director’s Award for Research Excellence, The Ohio State University, 2004
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, The Ohio State University, 2003
Presidential Fellowship Nomination, The Ohio State University, 2002
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Plant Pathology
Professional Societies:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
American Society of Plant Biologists
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications:
  • Jun L., G. Coaker. 2007. Nuclear sensing and signaling during plant innate immunity. Molecular Plant (submitted).
  • Coaker G., G. Zhu, Z. Ding, S.R. Van Doren, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2006. Eukaryotic cyclophilin acts as a molecular switch for bacterial effector activation. Molecular Microbiology 61(6): 1485-1496.
  • Chisholm S.*, G. Coaker*, B. Day*, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2006. Host-microbe interactions: shaping the evolution of the plant immune response. Cell 124(4): 803-814. * These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Coaker G., A. Falick, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2005. Activation of a phytopathogenic bacterial effector protein by a eukaryotic cylophilin. Science 308(5721): 548-550.
Laboratory Personnel:
210 Hutchison Hall
http://plantpathology.ucdavis.edu/people/bio_info/coaker.htm
James Mitch Elmore, Graduate Student Jun Liu, Postdoctoral Scientist Kamal Bains, Undergraduate Research Technician