Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism

North Carolina State University
Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism
Suite 1400 Partners Building II
Centennial Campus
Campus Box 7253
Raleigh, NC

The Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism exploits opportunities in post-genomic biology.

This Center integrates knowledge and research of free-living and parasitic nematodes and exploits model systems to make strides in understanding the basic mechanism of parasitism.

Results | VOL VII, NO 2 | Summer 2007
Rooting Out Nematodes

Results | VOL VI, NO 3 | Fall 2006
Mining Gene Data from Golden Leaf

02.22.2005
Study: Friends, Enemies Communicate With Plants in Similar Ways

12.08.2004
Researchers Receive $1.59M Grant to Map Genome of Parasitic Worm

05.20.2003
New Evidence Suggests Genes in Parasites Were Acquired From Bacteria

Perspectives | Spring 2003
On The Map

12.11.2002
Philip Morris USA Provides $17.6 Million for Tobacco Genome Mapping

06.24.2002
Researchers Aim to Find New Ways to Protect Against Nematodes

Results | VOL II, NO I | Spring 2000
Eco-Genomics: Researchers Race Clock To Find Safer Nematode Solution

09.29.2000
NC State Receives $2.6 Million NSF Grant to Study Parasite's Genetics

Perspectives | Spring 1999
The Genomic Fast Track

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PP501 -- David Bird -- LECTURES


Lecture 1: Nematodes as plant parasites Lecture 2: Model systems and the phylum Nematoda Lecture 3: Nematode anatomy Lecture 4: Reproduction and Development Lecture 5: Nervous system and behavior Lecture 6: Adaptations for plant-parasitism 1 Lecture 7: Adaptations for plant-parasitism 2 Lecture 8: The world of plant-parasitic nematodes Lectures in PDF File Format: Lecture 1 \| Lecture 2 \| Lecture 3 \| Lecture 4 \| Lecture 5 \| Lecture 6 \| Lecture 7 \| Lecture 8 *PP501* -- David Bird -- READINGS Manipulation Of Host Gene Expression By Root-knot Nematodes THE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY \| VOL 82, NO 6 \| DECEMBER 1996 Signaling between nematodes and plants CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2004, 7:372376 Root-knot nematodes and bacterial Nod factors elicit common signal transduction events in Lotus japonicus root hair cells PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (USA) \| 102:3147-3152 Root-knot and cyst nematode parasitism genes: the molecular basis of plant parasitism GENETIC ENGINEERING (NY) \| 28:17-43 Genomic filtering: an approach to discovering novel antiparasitics TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY Vol.20 No.10 October 2004 Engineering broad root-knot resistance in transgenic plants by RNAi silencing of a conserved and essential root-knot nematode parasitism gene PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (USA) \| 103:6

Charles H. Opperman, Director
David McK. Bird, Director
Reenah Schaffer, Administrator

Comprehensive Transcriptome Profiling in Tomato Reveals a Role for Glycosyltransferase in Mi-Mediated Nematode Resistance Plant Physiology 144:1079-1092 (2007)
Jennifer E. Schaff, Dahlia M. Nielsen, Chris P. Smith, Elizabeth H. Scholl and David McK. Bird

Phylogenetic Analysis of Pasteuria penetrans by Use of Multiple Genetic Loci Journal of Bacteriology, August 2005, p. 5700-5708, Vol. 187, No. 16
Lauren Charles, Ignazio Carbone, Keith G. Davies, David Bird, Mark Burke, Brian R. Kerry, and Charles H. Opperman

Root-knot nematodes and bacterial Nod factors elicit common signal transduction events in Lotus japonicus PNAS | February 22, 2005 | vol. 102 | no. 8 | 3147-3152
Ravisha R. Weerasinghe, David McK. Bird and Nina S. Allen

Virulence Genes in Heterodera glycines: Allele Frequencies and Ror Gene Groups Among Field Isolates and Inbred Lines (pdf file)
Phytopathology | February 2005 | Volume 95, Number 2
K. Dong, K. R. Barker, and C. H. Opperman. Pages 186-191.

Lotus japonicus: A New Model to Study Root-Parasitic Nematodes
Dasharath Prasad Lohar and David McK. Bird
Plant and Cell Physiology, 2003, Vol. 44, No. 11 1176-1184

Horizontally transferred genes in plant-parasitic nematodes: a high-throughput genomic approach
Elizabeth H Scholl, Jeffrey L Thorne, James P McCarter, and David Mck Bird
Genome Biology 2003, Vol. 4, Issue 6

Cytokinins play opposite roles in lateral root formation, and nematode and Rhizobial symbioses
Lohar, Dasharath Prasad, Schaff, Jennifer E., Laskey, James G., Kieber, Joseph J., Bilyeu, Kristin D., Bird, David McK.
The Plant Journal 38 (2), 203-214. (2004)

Model systems in agriculture: Lessons from worms.
Bird, David McK.
Annals of Applied Biology 146 (2), 147-154. (2005)

Resolving tylenchid evolutionary relationships through multiple gene analysis derived from EST data
Elizabeth H. Scholl and David McK. Bird
In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 May 2005

Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Habitats, Hormones, and Horizontally-Acquired Genes
David McKenzie Bird, Hinanit Koltai
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Volume 19, Issue 2, Jun 2000, Pages 183 - 194

Alkahest NuclearBLAST : a user-friendly BLAST management and analysis system
Diener SE, Houfek TD, Kalat SE, Windham DE, Burke M, Opperman C, Dean RA
BMC Bioinformatics 2005, 6:147 (15 June 2005)

Wormbase
Nematode.Net
DNA Analysis
Entrez
Blaxter Lab
C. Elegans WWW server
Agriculture Network Information Center
Genome Research Laboratory

The Center for the Biology of Nematode Parasitism is located on NCSU's Centennial Campus

North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus is a research and advanced technology community where university, industry and government partners interact in multidisciplinary programs directed toward the solution of contemporary problems.

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