JoAnne Engebrecht
Professor
jengebrecht@ucdavis.edu

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Office
139H BRIGGS
(530)754-6034

Lab
139 BRIGGS
(530)754-6032


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Degrees:
1986 PhD Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Biology
1981 BS University of Washington Microbiology
Research Interests:

Meiosis and checkpoint function in the C. elegans germ line
Department and Center Affiliations:
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professional Societies:
Genetics Society of America
The American Society for Cell Bioloy
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Publications: Last updated 7/8/2009
  • Mendonsa, R. and J. Engebrecht (2009). Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate and phospholipase D-generated phosphatidic acid specify SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion for prospore membrane formation. Eukaryot. Cell (in press).
  • Mendonsa, R. and J. Engebrecht (2009). Phospholipase D funciton in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (in press)
  • Morishita, M. and J. Engebrecht (2008). Sorting signals within the Saccharomyces cerevisaie sporulation-specific dityrosine transporter, Dtr1p, C terminus promote Golgi-to-prospore membrane transport. Eukaryot. Cell 7, 1674-1684.
  • Morishita, M., R. Mendonsa, J. Wright and J. Engebrecht (2007). Snc1p v-SNARE transport to the prospore membrane during yeast sporulation is dependent on endosomal retrieval pathways. Traffic 8:1231-1245.
  • Smolikov, S., A. Eizinger, K. Schild-Prufert, A. Hurlburt, K. McDonald, J. Engebrecht, A. Villeneuve, and M. Colaiacovo (2007). SYP-3 restricts synaptonemal complex assembly to bridge paired chromosome axes during meiosis in C. elegans. Genetics 176:2015-2025.
  • Jaramillo-Lambert, A., M. Ellefson, A. Villeneuve, and J. Engebrecht (2007). Differential timing of S phases, X chromosome replication, and meiotic prophase in the C. elegans germ line. Dev. Biol. 308, 206-221.
  • Smolikov, S., A. Eizinger, K. Schild-Prufert, A. Hurlburt, K. McDonald, J. Engebrecht, A. Villeneuve, and M. Colaiacovo (2007). SYP-3 restricts synaptonemal complex assembly to bridge paired chromosome axes during meiosis in C. elegans. Genetics 176:2015-2025.
  • Nakanishi, H., M. Morishita, C. E. Schwartz, A. Coluccio, J. Engebrecht and A. M. Neiman (2006). Phospholipase D and the SNARE, Sso1p, are necessary for vesicle fusion during sporulation in yeast. J. Cell Sci. 119, 1406-1415.
  • Connolly, J., and J. Engebrecht (2006). The Arf-GAP Gcs1p is essential for sporulation and regulates the phospholipase D, Spo14p. Eukaryot. Cell. 5, 112-124.
  • Morishita M., and J. Engebrecht (2005). End3p-mediated endocytosis is required for spore wall formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 170, 1561-1574.
  • Morishita, M., and J. Engebrecht (2005) Phospholipases and cell signaling in yeast. In: Cell Biology and Dynamics of Yeast Lipids, ed. Guenther Daum. Research Signpost 37, 161-177.
  • Iwamoto, M., S. Fairclough, S. Rudge, and J. Engebrecht (2005). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sps1p regulates trafficking of enzymes required for spore wall synthesis. Eukaryot. Cell 4,536-44.
  • Rudge, S., V. Sciorra, M. Iwamoto, C. Zhou, T. Strahl, A. Morris, J. Thorner, and J. Engebrecht (2004). Roles of phosphoinositides and of Spo14p (phospholipase D)-generated phosphatidic acid during yeast sporulation. Mol. Biol. Cell 15, 207-218.
  • Engebrecht J. (2003). Cell signaling in yeast sporulation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 306, 325-328.
Laboratory Personnel:
Engebrecht Lab

Paula Checchi (Postdoctoral Scholar), Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert (Genetics Graduate Student), Jeffrey Vitt (Junior Specialist), Hannah Bechtold (Undergraduate Researcher), Carly Stevens (Undergraduate Researcher)

Teaching Interests:
Genetics http://
Courses:
BIS 101 Genetics Variable
Research Contribution to Society:
GENA (geneticist-educator network association)
Key Words:
C. elegans, checkpoint, chromosomes, genetics, germ line, meiosis