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Aaron P. Smith Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Genetics
Life Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602Phone: 706-542-1410
Fax: 706-542-1387
E-mail: aps@uga.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 2003, Plant Molecular Genetics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
B.S., 1997, Biology, summa cum laude, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, WV
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004 – present, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Meagher Laboratory, University of Georgia
1997 – 2003, Research Assistant, Goldsbrough Laboratory, Purdue University
1995 – 1997, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fairmont State College
1996 – 1996, Undergraduate Research Assistant, West Virginia UniversityTEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer, Horticulture 350: Biotechnology in Agriculture, Purdue University, 2002
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University
Horticulture 101: Fundamentals of Horticulture, Fall 2001
Horticulture 301: Plant Physiology, Spring 2000
HONORS AND AWARDS
Purdue University Research Foundation Fellowship, 1997 – 2003
Horticultural Organization for Research and Teaching Assistants, President 1998 – 2001
Honors Full Tuition Scholarship, Fairmont State College, 1993 – 1997
Biology Award for outstanding senior biology student, May 1997
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honorary, FSC Chapter, President 1995 – 1997
Best presentation at the West Virginia Academy of Sciences Meeting, April 1996
PUBLICATIONS:
Li, Y., Dankher, O.P., Carreira, L., Smith, A.P., and Meagher, R.B. (2006a) The shoot-specific expression of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase directs the long-distance transport of thiol-peptides to roots conferring tolerance to mercury and arsenic. Plant Physiol 141, 288-98.
Meagher, R.B., Kim, T., Smith, A.P., and Heaton, A.C.P.(2006). Designing plants for the remediation mercury- and arsenic-polluted soils and water. In: Designing Industrial Crops, In Press, T. McKeon, and L. Jiann-Tsyh, eds American Chemical Society Books), pp. 272.
Geisler M, Blakeslee JJ, Bouchard R, Lee OR, Vincenzetti V, Bandyopadhyay A, Titapiwatanakun B, Peer WA, Bailly A, Richards EL, Ejendal K, Smith AP, Baroux C, Grossniklaus U, Müller A, Hrycyna C, Dudler R, Murphy A, and Martinoia E. (2005) Cellular efflux of auxin catalyzed by the Arabidopsis MDR/PGP transporter AtPGP1. Plant J. 44, 179-194.
Smith AP, DeRidder BP, Seeley EH, Guo W-J, Regnier FE, and Goldsbrough PB. (2004) Proteomic analysis of Arabidopsis glutathione S-transferases from benoxacor- and copper-treated seedlings. J. Biol Chem. 279, 26098-26104.
Shupert D, Smith AP, Janick J, Goldsbrough PB, and Hirst PM. (2004) Segregation of scab resistance in three apple populations: Molecular marker and phenotypic analyses. HortScience 39, 1183-1184.
Smith AP, Nourizadeh S, Peer WA, Xu J, Bandyopadhyay A, Murphy AS, and Goldsbrough PB. (2003) Arabidopsis AtGSTF2 is regulated by ethylene and auxin, and encodes a glutathione S-transferase that interacts with flavonoids. Plant J. 36, 433-442.
Macnaughtan MA, Smith AP, Goldsbrough PB, Santini RE, and Raftery D. (2003) NMR difference spectroscopy with a dual saddle-coil difference probe. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 378, 1520-1527.
Ha S-B, Smith AP, Howden R, Dietrich WM, Bugg S, O'Connell MJ, Goldsbrough PB, and Cobbett CS. (1999) Phytochelatin synthase genes from Arabidopsis and the yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Plant Cell 11, 1153-1163.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCHSmith AP, Rogers RL, and Meagher RB. (2005) Utilizing phosphate transporters and polyphosphate kinase for arsenic and mercury phytoremediation. American Society of Plant Biologists: Plant Biology. Seattle, WA.
Smith AP, Murphy AS, and Goldsbrough PB. (2002) Characterization of AtGSTF2; a putative role in auxin responses. American Society of Plant Biologists: Plant Biology. Denver, CO.
DeRidder BP, Smith AP, Seeley EH, Regnier FE, and Goldsbrough PB. (2002) Analysis of the structure, diversity, and expression of the glutathione S-transferase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. American Society of Plant Biologists: Plant Biology. Denver, CO.
Smith AP and Goldsbrough PB. (2001) Arabidopsis mutants with altered expression of AtGSTF2. 12th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. Madison, WI.
Ha S-B, Smith AP, Howden R, Dietrich WM, Bugg S, O'Connell MJ, Goldsbrough PB, and Cobbett CS. (1999) Cloning and characterization of phytochelatin synthase. American Society of Plant Biologists: Plant Biology. Baltimore, MD.
Smith AP, Roof SK, and Stephenson SL. (1997) Isolation and amplification of plasmodial slime mold ribosomal RNA genes from two species in the genus Arcyria. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 69:5.
Smith AP, Sanders RE, and Warner T. (1996) Remote sensing of phenological characteristics of mixed mesophytic forests of West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 68:25-26.
Roberts JL, Coxe RB, Fortney RH, Jenkins M, Lawrence DM, Perry SA, Sanders RE, Smith AP, Stephenson SL, and Thorne N. (1996) Forest vegetation of West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 68:11-12.
AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Plant Biologists, 1998– present