Charles S. Gasser
Professor
csgasser@ucdavis.edu

Molecular & Cellular Biology

Office
104A Briggs Hall
752-1013

Lab
752-3111


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Degrees:
1985 PhD Stanford University Biological Sciences
1978 BS University of California, Davis Botany
Research Interests:

Molecular basis of plant development and evolution of development.
http://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/faculty-labs/gasser/gasser-lab.html

Awards:
National Merit Four Year Undergraduate Scholarship, 1973-1977
USDA (Forest Service) Certificate of Merit, 1976
California State Graduate Fellowship, 1979-1980 (1980-1983 declined)
National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Trainee, 1980-1984
Monsanto Research Achievement Awards, 1987, 1988
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990 - 1994
Elected Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002
Biological Sciences Faculty Teaching Award, 2005
U. C. Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2006
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Plant Biology (Secondary Member)




Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology
American Society of Plant Biologists
International Working Group on Flowering
Genetics Society of America
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology  
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications: Last updated 9/24/2009
  • Skinner, D. J. and Gasser, C. S. (2009) Expression-based discovery of candidate ovule development regulators through transcriptional profiling of ovule mutants. BMC Plant Biol. 9:29.
  • Kelley, D. M., Skinner, D. J., and Gasser, C. S. (2009) Roles of polarity determinants in ovule development. Plant J. 57: 1054-1064.
  • Gallagher, T. L., and Gasser, C. S. (2008) Independence and interaction of regions of the INNER NO OUTER protein in growth control during ovule development. Plant Physiol. 147:306-315.
  • McAbee, J. M., Hill, T. A., Skinner, D. J., Izhaki, A., Hauser, B. A., Meister, R. J., Gonehal, V., Meyerowitz, E. M., Bowman, J. L., and Gasser, C. S. (2006) ABERRANT TESTA SHAPE encodes a KANADI family member, linking polarity determination to separation and growth of Arabidopsis ovule integuments. Plant J. 46:522-531.
  • Hill, T. A., Broadhvest, J., Kuzoff, R. K. and Gasser, C. S. (2006) Arabidopsis SHORT INTEGUMENTS 2 is a mitochondrial DAR GTPase. Genetics 174:707-718.
  • McAbee, J. M., Kuzoff, R. K, and Gasser, C. S. (2005) Mechanisms of derived unitegmy among Impatiens species. Plant Cell 17:1674-1684.
  • Meister, R.J., Oldenhof, H., Bowman, J. L., and Gasser, C. S., (2005) Multiple protein regions contribute to differential activities of YABBY proteins in reproductive development. Plant Physiol. 137:651-662.
  • Skinner, D. J., Hill, T. A., and Gasser, C. S. (2004) Regulation of ovule development. Plant Cell 16:S32-S45.
  • Meister, R. J., Williams, L. A., Monfared, M. M., Gallagher, T. L., Kraft, E. A., Nelson, C. G., and Gasser, C. S. (2004) Definition and interactions of a positive regulatory element of the Arabidopsis INNER NO OUTER promoter region. Plant J. 37: 426-438.
  • Meister, R. J., Kotow, L. M. and Gasser, C. S. (2002) SUPERMAN attenuates positive INNER NO OUTER autoregulation to maintain polar development of Arabidopsis ovule outer integuments. Development 129:4281-4289.
  • Skinner, D. J., Baker, S. C., Meister, R. J., Broadhvest, J., Schneitz, K., and Gasser, C. S. (2001) The Arabidopsis HUELLENLOS gene, which is essential for normal ovule development, encodes a mitochondrial ribosomal protein. Plant Cell 3:2719 - 2730.
Teaching Interests:
Structure and function of biomolecules. Developmental genetics. Molecular biology.
Courses:
BIS 102 Structure and function of biomolecules Spring
MCB 121 Molecular biology of eukaryotic cells Winter
Personal Interests:
Public perception and understanding of science, outdoor wilderness activities, youth soccer, speculative fiction