Siobhan Brady
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - ACADEMICYEAR
sbrady@ucdavis.edu

Plant Biology

Office
2251 LIFE SCI
752-0617



 
Degrees:
2005 PhD University of Toronto Developmental Biology
1999 BS University of Toronto Molecular Plant Biology
Research Interests:

Genomics, Developmental Biology, Plant Biology, Systems Biology, Transcriptional Networks
Awards:
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2008
Department and Center Affiliations:
Genome Center
Plant Biology
Professional Societies:
American Society of Plant Biology
Society of Developmental Biology
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Genetics  
Plant Biology  
Publications:
  • Orlando DA, Brady SM, Koch J, Dinneny JR, Benfey PN. (2009) Manipulating Large Scale Gene Arabidopsis Expression Data: Identifying Dominant Expression Patterns and Biological Process Enrichment. Methods in Molecular Biology. In press.
  • Brady SM, Benfey PN. (2009) Riding the Genomics Wave: Moving Towards a Systems Understanding of Root Development.. Chapter in Plant Systems Biology (Blackwell Publishing).
  • Chaudhuri B, Hormann F, Lalonde S, Brady SM, Orlando DA, Benfey PN, Frommer WB. (2008) Protonophore- and pH-insensitive glucose and sucrose accumulation detected by FRET nanosensors in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 56:948-62.
  • Long TA,Brady SM, Benfey PN. (2008) Systems Approaches to Identifying Gene Regulatory Networks in Plants. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 24:81-103.
  • Dinneny JR, Long TA, Wang JY, Mace D, Pointer S, Barran C, Brady SM, Schiefelbein JS, Benfey PN. (2008) Cell Identity Mediates the Response of Arabidopsis Roots to Salinity and Iron Stress. Science, April 24.
  • Brady SM, Orlando DA, Lee JY, Wang, JY, Koch D, Dinneny JR, Mace D, Ohler U, Benfey PN. (2007) Dominant Root Expression Patterns Revealed in a High-Resolution Spatiotemporal Expression Map. Science. 318:801-806.
  • Brady SM, Provart NJ. (2007) Extreme Breeding – Leveraging Genomics for Crop Improvement. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 97:925-929.
  • Brady SM, Song S, Dhugga K, Rafalski JA, Benfey PN. (2007) Combining Expression and Comparative Evolutionary Analysis: The COBRA Gene Family. Plant Physiology. 143:172-187.
  • Brady SM, Long, TA, Benfey PN. (2006) Unravelling the Dynamic Transcriptome. Plant Cell. 18:2101-2111.
  • Brady SM, Benfey PN. (2006). A systems approach to understanding root development. Canadian Journal of Botany. 84:1-7.
  • Toufighi K, Brady SM, Austin R, Ly E, Provart NJ. (2005) The Botany Array Resource: e-Northerns, Expression Angling and Promoter Analysis. Plant Journal. 43:153-163.
  • Brady SM, Sarkar SF, Bonetta D, McCourt P. (2003) The ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3) gene is modulated by farnesylation and is involved in auxin signaling and lateral root development in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 34:67-75.
  • Brady SM, McCourt P. (2003) Hormone Cross-Talk in Seed Dormancy. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 22:25-31.
Research Contribution to Society:
The Brady lab studies the root of the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, which is ideally suited to understand the molecular processes that underlie how and when cells determine their identity. These features in combination with various genomic tools are used to map the network of interactions that turn on or off gene expression in individual tissues.