Susan Blauth Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D., Plant Genetics, Cornell University
- B.S., Biology, Cornell University
Areas of Expertise
- Plant genetics
- Molecular biology
- Genomics
- Biotechnology.
Professional Background
- University of Redlands, Associate Professor of Biology, 2005-present
- University of Redlands, Assistant Professor of Biology, 1999-2005
- Pennsylvania State University, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biotechnology Institute, 1997-1999
Affiliations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
Publications
Blauth, Susan L., Kyung-Nam Kim, Jeffery Klucinec, Jack C. Shannon, Donald Thompson, Mark Guilitinan. 2002. Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch branching enzyme 1 (Sbe1) in Zea mays L. Plant Molec Biol 48:287-297
Blauth, Susan L., Jeffery D. Klucinec, Jack C. Shannon, Donald B. Thompson, and Mark J. Guiltinan. 2001 Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch branching enzyme 2a (Sbe2a) in Zea mays L. Plant Physiology 125:1396-1405.
Blauth, Susan L., John C. Steffens, Gary A. Churchill and Martha A. Mutschler.1999. Identification of QTLs controlling acylsugar fatty acid composition in an intraspecific population of Lycopersicon pennellii (Corr.) D'Arcy. Theor Appl Genet 99: 373-381
Blauth, Susan L., Gary A. Churchill and Martha A. Mutschler. 1998. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with acylsugar accumulation using intraspecific populations of the wild tomato, Lycopersicon pennellii. Theor Appl Genet 96: 458-467
Awards and service
- 2003: Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program; $60,000 Grants in support of teaching and research
- Co-authored with David Soulsby, David Schrum, James Blauth and Dan Wacks, "Interdisciplinary research projects for underclass students"
- NSF: CCLI-A&I $116,166 2001
Co-authored with Ben Aronson and James Blauth
"Integration of student-designed laboratories in cell and tissue biology"
Invited Presentations
- S.l. Blauth D. Soulsby, M Kard, L Baron, T Kennedy. 2009. No evidence of inhibition of germination or radicle elongation in Amaranthus hypochondriacus by herbarumin I, a reported phytotoxin from plant pathogen Phoma herbarum. Amer. Society of Plant Biologists Plant Biology Conference.
- M. Kard, D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2008. Growth-related effects of phytotoxins and herbicides on two plant species Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research.
- M. Kard, D. Orr, D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2007. Development of a phytotoxicity assay for Arabidopsis thaliana and Amaranthus hypochondriacus. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research.
- D. Orr, M. Kard, D. Soulsby and S. Blauth. 2007. Assessment of Arabidopsis thaliana and Amaranthus hypochondriacus as test species to examine the phytotoxicity of the fungal toxin herbarumin I. Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research.
- S.l. Blauth D. Soulsby. 2007. Development of an interdisciplinary research course in biology and chemistry to study the phytotoxin herbarumin I. Amer. Society of Plant Biologists Plant Biology Conference.
- S.l. Blauth, A. Myers, M. James. 2006. Interaction between starch synthase III and other starch biosynthetic enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana as determined by yeast two hybrid analysis. Amer. Soc of Plant Biol Plant Biology Conference.
- S.l. Blauth, L. Plumlee, C. Newkirk, S. Pourteymoor. 2005. Identification of T-DNA insertion mutants for starch branching enzyme isoforms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Amer. Society of Plant Biologists Plant Biology Conference.