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Publications

  • Bornowski N., Hamilton J., Liao P, Wood J., Dudavera N., and Buell C.R. 2020. Genome sequencing of four culinary herbs reveals terpenoid genes underlying chemodiversity in the Nepetoideae. DNA Research
  • Hamilton J., Godden G., Lanier E., Bhat W., Kinser T., Vaillancourt B., Wang H., Wood J., Jiang J., Soltis P., Soltis D., Hamberger B., and Buell C.R. 2020. Generation of a chromosome-scale genome assembly of the insect-repellent terpenoid-producing Lamiaceae species, Callicarpa americana. GigaScience
  • Lichman B., Godden G., Hamilton J., Palmer L., Kamileen M., Zhao D., Vaillancourt B., Wood J., Sun M., Kinser T., Henry L., Rodriguez-Lopez C., Dudavera N., Soltis D., Soltis P., Buell C.R., and O'Connor S 2020. The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip. ScienceAdvances
  • Lichman, B.R., Godden, G.T., and Buell, C.R. 2020. Gene and genome duplications in the evolution of chemodiversity: perspectives from studies of Lamiaceae. Current Opinions in Plant Biology
  • Vaillancourt, B., and Buell, C.R. 2019. High molecular weight DNA isolation method from diverse plant species for use with Oxford Nanopore sequencing. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/783159
  • Grant T. Godden, Taliesin J. Kinser, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis. 2019. Phylotranscriptomic Analyses Reveal Asymmetrical Gene Duplication Dynamics and Signatures of Ancient Polyploidy in Mints Genome Biology and Evolution 11: 3393-3408. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz239
  • Zhao, D., Hamilton, J.P., Bhat, W.W., Johnson, S.R., Godden, G.T., Kinser, T.J., Boachon, B., Dudareva, D., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Hamberger, B., and Buell, C.R. 2019. A chromosomal-scale genome assembly of Tectona grandis reveals the importance of tandem gene duplication and enables discovery of genes in natural product biosynthetic pathways. Gigascience giz005, doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz005.
  • Lichman BR, Kamileen MO, Titchiner GR, Saalbach G, Stevenson CEM, Lawson DM, O'Connor SE. 2019. Uncoupled activation and cyclization in catmint reductive terpenoid biosynthesis. Nat. Chem. Biol. 15:71-79. doi: 10.1038/s41589-018-0185-2.
  • Johnson, S.R., Bhat, W.W., Bibik, J., Turmo, A., Hamberger, B., Evolutionary Mint Genomics Consortium, Hamberger, B. A database-driven approach identifies additional diterpene synthase activities in the mint family (Lamiaceae). J Biol. Chem. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.006025
  • Franke, J., Kim, J., Hamilton, J.P., Zhao, D., Pham, G.M., Wiegert-Rininger, K., Crisovan, E., Newton, L., Vaillancourt, B., Tatsis, E., C. R. Buell*, and S. E. O’Connor. 2018. Gene discovery in Gelsemium highlights conserved gene clusted in monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis. ChemBioChem 19:1-6. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201800592
  • Mint Evolutionary Genomics Consortium. 2018. Phylogenomic Mining of the Mints Reveals Multiple Mechanisms Contributing to the Evolution of Chemical Diversity in Lamiaceae. Molecular Plant 11: 1084-1096. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2018.06.002
  • Sherden, N.H., Lichman, B., Caputi, L., Zhao, D., Buell, C.R., and S. E. O’Connor. 2017. Identification of iridoid synthases from Nepeta species: Iridoid cyclization does not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry. Phytochemistry 145: 48-56. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.10.004

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    Botany Conference Presentations

  • Abair A.*, Godden G., Sun M., El-Banhawy A., Soltis D., and Soltis P., Assembling and dating a near-comprehensive phylogeny of Lamiaceae virtual presentation at the Botany 2020 Virtual Conference, July 27-31.
  • Mint Evolutionary Genomics Consortium (Godden GT*). Elucidating evolution of specialized metabolism in the mint family (Lamiaceae), paper presentation at the Botany 2019 meeting, Tucson, Arizona, July 27–31.
  • Mint Evolutionary Genomics Consortium (Godden GT*). Transcriptomics, phylogeny, and biochemistry elucidate evolution of chemical diversity and complexity in Lamiaceae, paper presentation at the Botany 2018 meeting, Rochester, Minnesota, July 21-25.
  • Kinser T*, Godden GT, Soltis DE, and Soltis PS. Ancient whole genome duplications as drivers of chemical diversification in Lamiaceae, paper presentation at the Botany 2018 meeting, Rochester, Minnesota, July 21-25.

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