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Dr. Rebecca Silady

Associate Professor,

Biology & Biochemistry

Meet Dr. Rebecca Silady

OF NOTE:
After completing my postdoc, I worked in the biotech field before returning to academia to pursue my passion for teaching.

KNOWN FOR:
Trying to outsmart my kitties, who are always up to new shenanigans.

WHEN NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, CAN OFTEN BE FOUND:
Participating in my parish church, spending time in my garden, and working on sewing projects.

Classes

Examples of classes taught by Rebecca Silady:

General Biology
Senior Seminar

Education

Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University
B.S. in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis

Representative Publications and Presentations

Publications

Roberts EL, Silady RA, Elmer WH, and Triplett LR. 2022. Introduction to field plot experimentation: A four-part enrichment activity to enhance summer undergraduate research programs. The Plant Health Instructor. 22: DOI:10.1094/PHI-T-2022-0623-01
Elmer WH, Roberts EL, Silady RA, and Triplett LR. 2022. Lesson plans for a four-part activity introducing field plot experimentation to undergraduate researchers. The Plant Health Instructor. 22: DOI:10.1094/PHI-L-2022-0623-01
Elmer W, Zuverza-Mena N, Triplett L, Roberts EL, Silady RA, and White J. 2021. Foliar application of copper oxide nanoparticles suppresses Fusarium wilt of Chrysanthemum. Environmental Science & Technology. 55: 10805-10810.
Nemali KS, Bonin C, Dohleman FG, Stephens M, Reeves WR, Nelson DE, Castiglioni P, Whitsel JE, Sammons B, Silady RA, Anstrom D, Sharp RE, Patharkar OR, Clay D, Coffin M, Nemeth MA, Leibman ME, Luethy M, and Lawson M. 2015. Physiological Responses Related to Increased Grain Yield under Drought in the First Biotechnology-Derived Drought Tolerant Maize. Plant Cell and Environment 38:1866-1880.
Silady RA, Effgen S, Koornneef M and Reymond M. 2011. Variation in Seed Dormancy Quantitative Trait Loci in Arabidopsis thaliana Originating from One Site. PLoS ONE 6: e20886.
Silady RA, Ehrhardt DW, Jackson K, Faulkner C, Oparka K and Somerville CR. 2008. The GRV2/RME-8 protein of Arabidopsis functions in the late endocytic pathway and is required for vacuolar membrane flow. Plant Journal 53:29-41.
Silady RA, Kato T, Lukowitz W, Sieber P, Tasaka M, Somerville CR. 2004. The gravitropism defective 2 mutants of Arabidopsis are deficient in a protein implicated in endocytosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Plant Physiology 136:3095-103.
Mueller LA, Goodman CD, Silady RA, Walbot V. 2000. AN9, a petunia glutathione S-transferase required for anthocyanin sequestration, is a flavonoid-binding protein. Plant Physiology 123:1561-70.
Walbot VI, Mueller LA, Silady RA, Goodman CD. 2000. Do glutathione S-transferases act as enzymes or carrier proteins for their natural substrates? In: Brunold C, Rennenberg H, De Kok LJ, Stulen I, and Davidian JC, editors. Sulfur nutrition and sulfur assimilation in higher plants: molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects. Bern (Switzerland): Paul Haupt Publishers. p. 155-165.