Stacey Harmer
Associate Professor
slharmer@ucdavis.edu
Plant Biology
Office
2129 Life Sciences
(530) 752-8101
Degrees:
1998
PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Biochemistry
1991
BA
University of California, Berkeley
Biochemistry
Research Interests:
Understanding the molecular basis of circadian rhythms in plants and how these daily rhythms affect plant physiology.
Awards:
American Society of Photobiology - New Investigator Award, 2004
Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis, 2011-2016
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Plant Biology
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biologists
Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Genetics
Plant Biology
Specialties / Focus:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation
Genetics
Model Plants
Plant Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Genomics
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology
Publications:
Last updated 9/26/2011
Nozue, K., Harmer. S.L., and Maloof, J.N. (2011) Genomic analysis of circadian clock-, light-, and growth-correlated genes reveals PIF5 as a modulator of auxin signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 156(1): 357-372.
Rawat, R., Takahashi, N., Hsu, P.Y., Jones, M.A., Schwartz, J., Salemi, M.R., Phinney, B.S., and Harmer, S.L. (2011) REVEILLE8 and PSEUDO-REPONSE REGULATOR5 form a negative feedback loop within the Arabidopsis circadian clock. PLoS Genetics, 7(3): e1001350.
Kerwin, R.E., Jimenez-Gomez, J.M., Fulop, D., Harmer, S.L., Maloof, J.N., Kliebenstein, D.J. (2011) Network QTL mapping of circadian clock outputs identifies metabolic pathway to clock linkages in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 23(2):471-85.
Jones, M.A., and Harmer, S.L. (2011) JMJD5 functions in concert with TOC1 in the Arabidopsis circadian system. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6(3): 1-4.
Ellison ,C.T., Vandenbussche, F., Van Der Straeten, D., Harmer, S.L. (2010) XAP5 CIRCADIAN TIMEKEEPER regulates ethylene responses in aerial tissues of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 2010 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21163961.
Jones, M.A., Covington, M.F., Ditacchio, L., Vollmers, C., Panda, S., Harmer, S.L. (2010) Jumonji domain protein JMJD5 functions in both the plant and human circadian systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences 107(50): 21623-21628.
Harmer, S.L. (2010). Plant biology in the fourth dimension. Plant Physiology, 154:467 - 470.
Rawat, R., Schwartz, J., Jones, M.A., Sairanen, I., Cheng, Y., Andersson, C.R., Zhao, Y., Ljung, K., and Harmer, S.L. (2009). REVEILLE1, a Myb-like transcription factor, integrates the circadian clock and auxin pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences 106(39) 16883-16888.
Harmer, S.L. (2009). The circadian system in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology 60: 357 – 77.
Covington, M.F., Maloof, J.N., Straume, M., Kay, S.A., and Harmer, S.L. (2008). Global transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of key pathways in plant growth and development. Genome Biology, 9(8):R130.
Martin-Tryon, E.L., and Harmer, S.L. (2008). XAP5 CIRCADIAN TIMEKEEPER coordinates light signals for proper timing of photomorphogenesis and the circadian clock in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20(5):1244-59.
Gong, W., He, K., Covington, M.F., Dinesh-Kumar, S.P., Snyder, M., Harmer, S.L., Zhu, X., and Deng, X.P. (2008). The development of protein microarrays and their applications in DNA-protein and protein-protein interaction analyses of Arabidopsis transcription factors. Molecular Plant, 1(1): 27 – 41.
Walley, J.W., Coughlan, S., Hudson, M.E., Covington, M.F., Kaspi, R., Banu, G., Harmer, S.L., and Dehesh, K. (2007) Mechanical stress induces biotic and abiotic stress responses via a novel cis-element. PLoS Genetics, 3(10): e172.
Covington, M.F. and Harmer, S.L (2007). The circadian clock regulates auxin signaling and responses in Arabidopsis. PLoS Biology 5(8): e227
Nozue, K., Covington, M.F., Duek, P.D., Lorrain, S., Fankhauser, C., Harmer, S.L., and Maloof, J.N. (2007). Rhythmic growth explained by coincidence between internal and external cues. Nature 448: 358-61.
Martin-Tryon, E.L., Kreps, J.A., Harmer, S.L. (2007). GIGANTEA acts in blue light signaling and has biochemically separable roles in circadian clock and flowering time regulation. Plant Physiology 143:473-486.
Harmer SL, Kay SA. (2005) Positive and Negative Factors Confer Phase-Specific Circadian Regulation of Transcription in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 17:1926-40
Farre EM, Harmer SL, Harmon FG, Yanovsky MJ, Kay SA. (2005) Overlapping and distinct roles of PRR7 and PRR9 in the Arabidopsis circadian clock. Current Biology, 15:47-54.
Alabadi, DP Mas, M Yanovsky SL Harmer, and SA Kay. (2002) Critical role for CCA1 and LHY in maintaining circadian rhythmicity in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 12:757-761
Harmer, SL, S Panda, and SA Kay. (2001) Molecular bases of circadian rhythms. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 17:215-253
Harmer, SL, JB Hogenesch, M Straume, HS Chang, B Han, T Zhu, X Wang, JA Kreps, and SA Kay. (2000) Orchestrated transcription of key pathways in Arabidopsis by the circadian clock. Science. 290:2110-2113
Teaching Interests:
Plant biology, molecular biology, genetics, signal transduction.
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Courses:
MCB
121
Mol Bio Eukaryotic Cells
Fall
MCB
160L
Genetics Lab
Spring