Brenda K. Schroeder
Assistant Scientist
Research Specialty and Interests
The research in my lab will focus on bacterial diseases of Washington, in particular bacterial diseases of vegetable crops. I have a continued interest in the study of pathogenicity and virulence factors by bacterial plant pathogens. I plan to use traditional plant pathology, phytobacteriology, molecular genetics and genomics to investigate the production of pathogenicity and virulence factors to better understand the pathogen and ultimately control these diseases.
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor (January ‘06-present): Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (March ‘02- December ‘05): Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (January ‘98- February ‘02): Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University.
Awards/Honors/Memberships
- American Phytopathological Society 1992-present
- Recipient of a NSF sponsored Travel Award to attend the 19th North American Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Conference, Bozeman, Montana, June 27-July 1, 2004.
- Recipient of a NSF and USDA sponsored Postdoctoral Travel Award to attend the 9th Japan-U.S. Conference on Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defense, Shizuoka, Japan, November 3-7, 2003.
- 11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Poster Competition, Second Place, 2003
Selected Publications
Schroeder, B. K., Pelter, G., and Johnson, D. 2006. Occurence of Kluyveromyces marxianus var. marxianus causing soft rot of onion in the Columbia Basin of Washington State. Plant Dis. (Accepted)
Schroeder, B. K., House, B. L., Mortimer, M. M., Yurgel, S. N., Maloney, S. C., Ward, K. L., and Kahn, M. L. 2005. Developing a functional genomics platform for Sinorhizobium meliloti: Constructing an ORFeome. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:5858-5864.
Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., Soule, J. D., and Gross, D. C. 2003. The sypA, sypB, and sypC synthetase genes encode twenty-two modules involved in the nonribosomal peptide synthesis of syringopeptin by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact 16:271-280.
Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., Soule, J. D., Lu, S. E., Grgurina, I., and Gross, D. C. 2001. A physical map of the syringomycin and syringopeptin gene clusters localized to an ~145-kb DNA region of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact 14:1426-1435.
Scholz-Schroeder, B. K., Hutchison, M. L, Grgurina, I., and Gross, D. C. 2001. The contribution of syringopeptin and syringomycin to virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D on the basis of sypA and syrB1 biosynthesis mutant analysis. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 14:336-348.
Johnson
Hall 355 (office) &
358 (lab)
Tel.: (509)335-5805
Fax: (509)335-9581
E-mail: bschroeder@wsu.edu
Teaching:
General Plant Pathology - PlP 429/529. Development of the concepts and definition of terminology associated with the classification, symptoms, causes, epidemiology, and control of plant diseases. Specific diseases are used to illustrate the concepts and terminology of the science of to plant pathology. Diagnosis and control of specific plant diseases are not emphasized in this course. Team taught course.
Molecular Genetics of Plant and Pathogen Interactions - PLP 535 3 credits. Prereq BC/BP 364; GenCB 301. Genetic and molecular biological aspects of host-pathogen interactions. Offered in alternate years. Team taught course. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (PlSc 535).
Phytobacteriology -PlP514 Isolation and characterization of bacteria having a saprophytic, symbiotic or pathogenic association with plants--molecular structure, function, and genetics. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (PlSc 514).
Professional Activities:
- American Phytopathological Society Ad-hoc Young Professionals Committee, 2003- present
- American Phytopathological Society Bacteriology Committee, 2001-present
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