Susan Blauth Ph.D.
About Dr. Blauth
Susan Blauth's interests are in Genetics and Molecular Biology. She is also experienced in how these disciplines relate to agriculture and food. She teaches courses in introductory Food Biology, as well as courses in Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology that are part of the Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology programs.
Dr. Blauth's research focuses on a bacterium that lives symbiotically in plant roots, exchanging critical nutrients. Specifically, she works with students to identify an investigate the bacterial genes involved in sugar breakdown that could be involved in maintaining this relationship.
Education
- Ph.D. Plant Genetics, Cornell University
- B.S. Biology, Cornell University
Professional Background
- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University (1997-1999)
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.
Publications
Gross, T. J., Gross, T. F., & Blauth, S. (2017). Perception of Facial Aging and Its Relationship to Two Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (OXTR rs53576, CD38 rs3796863). SAGE Open, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017726355
Blauth, S. L., Kim, K. N., Klucinec, J., Shannon, J. C., Thompson, D., & Guiltinan, M. (2002). Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 1 (sbe1) in Zea mays L. Plant molecular biology, 48, 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013335217744
Blauth, S. L., Yao, Y., Klucinec, J. D., Shannon, J. C., Thompson, D. B., & Guiltinan, M. J. (2001). Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme 2a in corn. Plant Physiology, 125(3), 1396-1405. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.125.3.1396
Blauth, S. L., Steffens, J. C., Churchill, G. A., & Mutschler, M. A. (1999). Identification of QTLs controlling acylsugar fatty acid composition in an intraspecific population of Lycopersicon pennellii (Corr.) D’Arcy. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 99, 373-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220051247
Blauth, S. L., Churchill, G. A., & Mutschler, M. A. (1998). Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with acylsugar accumulation using intraspecific populations of the wild tomato, Lycopersicon pennellii. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 96, 458-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050762
Areas of Expertise
- Plant genetics
- Molecular biology
- Genomics
- Biotechnology