Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)
Plant Biotic Interactions Program (PBI) Awards
Fiscal Year 2018 PBI Awards |
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Program Announcement | Award # | Principal Investigator | Lead Institution | Title | Expected Total Awards ($) | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758459 | Alfano, J | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | The microtubule network and cell wall-based extracellular immunity | $600.000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758857 | Atamian, H | Chapman University | RUI: Diurnal and circadian regulation of the plant microbiome | $292,217 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05102 | Axtell, M | Penn State University | MicroRNAs as trans-species virulence factors during dodder parasitism | $797,504 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1759030 | Brueggeman, R | North Dakota State University | A resistance and susceptibility gene cluster in barley is targeted by diverse Pyrenophora teres f. teres effectors | * $600,000 | Award Abstract |
2018-05353 | Award Abstract | |||||
PBI 17-551 | 1758820 | Chen, S | Univ. of Florida | Deciphering the guard cell metabolome in plant pathogen defense | $91,288 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758767 | Chen, ZH | Purdue University | A pathogen-activated transcription program directed by TFIIB-related pBrp1 in plant immunity | $745,874 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758046 | Citovsky, V | SUNY at Stony Brook | Pathways for Colonization of Plant Genome by Agrobacterium | $480,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05374 | Cook, D | Kansas State University | Deciphering the control network and genome dynamics during fungal plant pathogenesis | $687,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758400 | Dangl, J | Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill | Structure-Function Analyses of Plant NLR receptors | $1,200,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05014 | Di, R | Rutgers University | CRISPR-editing of sweet basil susceptibility genes to improve downy mildew resistance | $300,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1750280 | Dlugosch, K | Univ. of Arizona | CAREER: Rapid evolution of an invasive plant: the role of microbial interactions | ** $1,069,152 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758994 | Fu, Z | Univ. of S. Carolina | Targeting of salicylic acid-activated NPR1 by a bacterial type III effector | $487,567 | Award Abstract |
FELS ROLS EAGER 18-1 | 1837824 | Greenberg, J | Univ. of Chicago | RoL:FELS:EAGER:Emergent Functions of Secreted Microbial Effectors | *** $300,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758843 | Heese, A | University of Missouri-Columbia | Roles of Epsin1-dependent clathrin-coat in plant immunity against bacteria | $622,911 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05040 | Jacobs, J | Ohio State Univ. | Basis of Xanthomonas Tissue-Specific Behavior During Plant Pathogenesis | $700,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05372 | Judelson, H | Univ. of Calif., Riverside | Molecular mechanisms and plant signals regulating effector expression in Phytophthora pathosystems | $747,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-04789 | Kistler, H | USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area | The toxisome and its importance for terpene synthesis and fungal virulence | $370,000 | Award Abstract |
FELS ROLS EAGER 18-11 | 1837583 | Klavins, E | University of Washington | RoL:FELS:EAGER: Exploring the adaptive possibilities of 'redundancy' in a plant defense hormone signaling pathway | $300,000 | Award Abstract |
FELS ROLS EAGER 18-1 | 1838299 | Koskella, B | Univ. of Calif., Berkeley | RoL: FELS: EAGER: Disease resistance as a product of synergy between host immunity and the microbiome | $299,530 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05041 | Liu, S | Kansas State University | Analyses of Bacterial Avirulence and Virulence Loci and Host Resistance of Maize Goss's Wilt | $700,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758889 | Ma, W | Univ. of Calif., Riverside | Targeting a conserved structural module in Phytophthora effectors for disease resistance | * $859,592 | Award Abstract |
2018-05042 | NIFA Award Abstract | |||||
LTREB 17-513 | 1754468 | Miller, T | William Marsh Rice University | LTREB: Collaborative Research: Host-microbe symbiosis through the lens of stochastic demography | ** $320,195 | Award Abstract |
1754433 | Rodgers, J | University of New Mexico | ** $178,630 | Award Abstract | ||
PBI 17-551 | 1758932 | Rollins, J | University of Florida | Testing a two phase model of broad-host range necrotrophic compatibility | $667,537 | Award Abstract |
MCB PBI 17-589 | 1817652 | Scharf, B | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Specificity of chemotaxis-driven motility in Sinorhizobium meliloti host interaction | *** $991,202 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758976 | Schmelz, E | Univ. of Calif., San Diego | Modular biochemical networks of maize anti-pathogen defense defined by integrating synthetic biochemistry, genetics and physiological function | $856,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05152 | Shan, L | Texas A&M AgriLife Research | Cotton resistance and susceptibility to bacterial blight | $700,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758947 | Silva, L | Univ. of Oregon, Eugene | Harnessing biological complexity to improve food security: How do mycorrhizal networks control resource transfer and plant productivity in inter- and mono-crop model systems | $294,705 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1759048 | Simms, E | Univ. of Calif., Berkeley | Did rhizobia associated with invading legumes escape bacteriophage enemies? | $54,586 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-04812 | Tyler, B | Oregon State University | Genomic mechanisms of pathogenic adaptation in Phytophthora sojae | $700,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05351 | Ullman, D | Univ. of Calif., Davis | Integrative Approaches to Understanding How Insect Vectors and Plant Viruses Interact and Manipulate Their Plant Hosts | $1,060,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 2018-05399 | Vaillancourt, L | University of Kentucky Research Foundation | A Novel Function for the Highly Conserved Signal Peptidase in the Regulation of Biotrophy in a Plant Pathogenic Fungus | $1,250,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1759034 | Verchot, JM | Texas A&M AgriLife Research | Investigating how the cellular ER stress machinery regulates plant virus infection | $573,792 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1759023 | Walley, J | Univ. of Iowa | Elucidation of roles that protein acetylation plays in mediating plant-pathogen interactions | $750,000 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1750717 | Werner, S | University of Tennessee Knoxville | CAREER: Defining colonization mechanisms and functions of Streptomyces strains in root microbiomes | $699,380 | Award Abstract |
PBI 17-551 | 1758037 | Zhu, H | University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Elucidating genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying symbiotic specificity in the Medicago-Sinorhizobium mutualism | $750,734 | Award Abstract |
* cofunded NSF/NIFA USDA
** cofunded PBI/DEB
*** cofunded PBI/MCB
Fiscal Year 2017 PBI Awards |
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Program Announcement | Award # | Principal Investigator & Co-Principal Investigators |
Lead Institution & Subaward* | Title | Expected Total Awards ($) | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02568 | Bauer, C. E. | INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA | ENHANCING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BENEFICIAL ROOT/RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IN AGRICULTURALLY RELEVANT PLANTS | $496,345 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02994 | Beattie, G. A. | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, AMES, IOWA | DRIVERS OF HOST ADAPTATION AND DIVERSIFICATION IN AN EMERGING PLANT PATHOGEN, ERWINIA TRACHEIPHILA | $791,380 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02908 | Bucking, H. | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA | SYMBIOTIC DIALOGUE IN TRIPARTITE INTERACTIONS OF LEGUMES | $999,942 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645858 | Cheung, Alice Y. | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Dissecting the mechanisms of FERONIA and related receptor kinase-mediated pollen-pistil interactions | $450,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1644713 | Culver, James | University of Maryland College Park | Virus Mediated Phloem Loading Involves the Suppression of Age Related Resistance | $600,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-1 | 1660903 | Dehesh, Katayoon | Gordon Research Conferences | Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference, Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function (01/28/17 - 02/03/17, Galveston, TX) | $10,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645589 | Dong, Xinnian | Duke University | Elucidation of translational regulatory mechanisms of plant immune responses | $925,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645548 | Felton, Gary W. | Pennsylvania State Univ University Park | Multitrophic Manipulation of Herbivore Perception by Plants | $600,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-03060 | Gonzalez, C. F. | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA | IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A REGULON INVOLVED IN THE PERSISTENCE OF CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS IN CITRUS | $863,489 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645875 | Heath, Katy D. | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Systems genetics of symbiotic quality in legume-rhizobium mutualism | $717,607 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645745 | Innes, Roger W. | Indiana University | Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Plant-Pathogen Interactions | $655,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645909 | Izquierdo, Javier A. | Hofstra University | RUI: Role of the root microbiome in growth promotion and health of the beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata | $476,421 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645590 | Kahn, Michael L. | Washington State University | Characterizing a Novel Sinorhizobium activity that Increases Legume Nodulation | $425,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1553613 | Kang, Hong-Gu | Texas State University - San Marcos | CAREER: Characterization of Epigenetic Factors and their Regulatory Roles in Modulating Transposable Elements, Plant Immunity and Transgenerational Inheritance | $786,023 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645557 | Kao, Teh-hui | Pennsylvania State Univ University Park | Molecular, Biochemical, and Structural Studies of the Mechanism of S-RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility in Petunia | $680,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645460 | Katagiri, Fumiaki | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Evolution of the plant immune signaling network | $913,687 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02993 | Kolomiets, M. | TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS | SYSTEMIC OXYLIPIN SIGNALS (SOS) FOR HERBIVORY-INDUCED DEFENSE | $982,718 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645908 | Kunkel, Barbara N. | Washington University | Roles of auxin during Pseudomonas syringae pathogenesis | $645,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 15-555 | 1652641 | Ma, Li-Jun | University of Massachusetts Amherst | CAREER: Understand effector biology in the species complex Fusarium oxysporum | $793,199 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-505 | 1655127 | Perlin, Michael H. | University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc | Meeting: First US-Sponsored Ustilago maydis Conference, Asilomar, California, March 13-14, 2017 | $17,780 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-03128 | Ronald, P. | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA | THE ROLE OF MICRORNAS AND MICROPEPTIDES IN THE PLANT IMMUNE RESPONSE | $542,620 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645508 | Swanson, Robert J. | Valparaiso University | RUI: The genetics and mathematical modeling of pollen performance | $162,952 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02684 | Valent, B. | KANSAS STATE UNIV, MANHATTAN, KANSAS | ON THE MECHANISM OF TRANSLOCATION OF EFFECTORS INTO LIVING RICE CELLS BY THE BLAST FUNGUS MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE | $634,320 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02986 | Wang, N. | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA | CONSEQUENCES OF GENOME EDITING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE CSLOB1 FOR CITRUS BACTERIAL CANKER | $911,544 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645740 | Wang, Xiaofeng | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virus-host interactions in the assembly of positive-strand RNA virus replication complexes | $770,906 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1557943 | Wilson, Richard | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Molecular Mechanisms Connecting Plant Defense Suppression with Magnaporthe oryzae Growth in Rice Cells | $570,000 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02683 | Wolfe, B. | TUFTS UNIVERSITY, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS | LINKING PATTERNS WITH PROCESSES IN PHYLLOSPHERE MICROBIOME ASSEMBLY | $387,783 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 2017-02567 | Yang, B. | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, AMES, IOWA | ITALES: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF INTERFERRING TAL EFFECTORS IN VIRULENCE | $586,185 | Award Abstract |
NSF 16-551 | 1645659 | Zeng, Lirong | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Role of Organelle-localized Lys63-Linked Ubiquitination in Plant Immunity | $685,000 | Award Abstract |