Bio
Dr. Shah’s research interests include engineering disease resistance in agronomically important plants, involvement of lipids and lipid oxidation in plant stress response, plant response to phloem feeding insects, and plant defense against pathogens.
Education
Ph.D., Biology, University of Notre Dame, 1991
M.S., Microbiology, University of Bombay, 1985
B.S., Microbiology, University of Bombay, 1983
Courses
BIOL 1720: Principles of Biology II
BIOL 1722: Principles of Biology II
BIOL 4800: Biological Sciences Seminar Series
BIOL 5005: Topics in Biology
BIOL 5860: Biological Sciences Seminar Series
Articles
Vu, H. S., Tamura, P., Galeva, N. A., Chaturvedi, R., Williams, T. D., Wang, X., Shah, J., & Welti, R. (2012). Direct infusion mass spectrometry of oxylipin-containing Arabidopsis thaliana membrane lipids reveals varied patterns in different stress responses. Plant Physiology, 158, 324-339.
Makandar, R., Nalam, V., Lee, H., Trick, H. N., Dong, Y., Shah, J.(2012). Salicylic acid regulates basal resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat. Molecular plant-Microbe Interactions, 25, 431-439.
Lorenc-Kukula, K., Chaturvedi, R., Roth, M., Welti, R., & Shah, J. (2012). Biochemical and molecular-genetic characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana SFD1-encoded dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase. Frontiers Plant Science, 3(26), doi: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00026.
More Articles
Louis, J., Gobbato, E., Mondal, H. A., Parker, J., & Shah, J. (2012). Discrimination of Arabidopsis PAD4 activities in defense against green peach aphid and pathogens. Plant Physiology, 158, 1860-1872.
Chaturvedi, R., Venables, B., Petros, R. A., Nalam, V., Li, M., Wang, X., Takemoto, L. J., & Shah, J. (2012). An abietane diterpenoid is a potent activator of systemic acquired resistance. Plant Journal, 71, 161-172.
Singh, V., & Shah, J. (2012). Tomato responds to green peach aphid infestation with the activation of trehalose metabolism and starch accumulation. Plant Signaling Behavior, 7(6), 1-3.
Nalam, V., Keeretaweep, J., Sarowar, S., & Shah, J. (2012). Root-derived oxylipins promote aphid performance on Arabidopsis thaliana foliage. Plant Cell, 24, 1643-1653.
Singh, V., Louis, J., Ayre, B. G., Reese, J. C., & Shah, J. (2012). Trehalose phosphate synthase11-dependent trehalose metabolism promotes Arabidopsis thaliana defense against the phloem-feeding insect, Myzus persicae. Plant Journal, 67, 94-104.
Swain, S., Roy, S., Shah, J., Wees, S., Pieterse, C., & Nandi, A. (2011). Arabidopsis thaliana cdd1 mutant uncouples constitutive activation of salicylic acid signaling from growth defects. Molecular Plant Pathology, 12, 855-865.
Louis, J., Kukula, K-L., Singh, V., Reese, J. C., Jander, G., & Shah, J. (2010). Antibiosis against the green peach aphid requires the Arabidopsis thaliana Myzus persicae-induced lipase1 gene. Plant Journal, 64, 800-811.
Books
Shah, J., Louis, J., & Singh, V. (2012). Arabidopsis thaliana - aphid interaction. In The Arabidopsis Book 10. doi: 10.1199/tab.0159.
Parker, J., Rietz, S., Wirthmüller, L., Bartsch, M., Bautor, J., Pegadaraju, V., Louis, J.,…Shah, J. (2008). Processes in plant resistance to invasive pathogens and probing insects. In Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions (Vol. 6). St Paul, MN: IS-MPMI.
Welti, R., Isaac, G., Tamura, P., Esch, S. W., Sparks, A., Jeannotte, R., Roth, M.,…Wang, X. (2007). Lipid profiling: Analysis of gene function and physiological responses in Arabidopsis. In In Current Advances in the Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Plant Lipids (pp. 287-291).
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Welti, R., Roth, M. R., Deng, Y., Shah, J., & Wang, X. (2007). Lipidomics: ESI-MS/MS-based profiling to determine the function of genes involved in metabolism of complex lipids. In B. Nikolau & E. Wurtele (Eds.), Concepts in Plant Metabolomics (pp. 87-92). Springer-Verlag.
Chaturvedi, R., & Shah, J. (2006). Salicylic acid in plant disease resistance. In S. Hayat & A. Ahmad (Eds.), Salicylic Acid-A Plant HormoneDordrecht. The Netherlands: Springer.
Welti, R., Shah, J., LeVine, S., Esch, S. W., Williams, T. D., & Wang, X. (2005). High throughput lipid profiling to identify and characterize genes involved in lipid metabolism, signaling, and stress response. In L. Feng & G. Prestwich (Eds.), Functional Lipidomics. New York: Marcel Dekker.
Klessig, D. F., Kachroo, P. K., Slaymaker, D., Yoshioka, K., Navarre, D. A., Clark, D., Kumar, D., & Shah, J. (2002). SA- and NO-mediated signaling in plant disease resistance. In S. Leong, C. Allen & E. Triplett (Eds.), Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. (3, 78-82). St Paul, MN: IS-MPMI.
Klessig, D.F., Durner, J., Navarre, R., Kumar, D., Shah, J., Zhou, J.M., Zhang, S.,…Du, H. (2000). Salicylic acid- and nitric oxide-mediated signal transduction in disease resistance. In S. Sopory, R. Oelmuller & S. Maheshwari (Eds.), Signal Transduction in Plants: Current Advances, 201-207. New York: Academic/Plenum Press.
Shah, J., & Klessig, D. F. (1999). Salicylic acid: Signal perception and transduction. In K. Libbenga, M. Hall & P. Hooykaas (Eds.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Hormones, 33, 513-541. UK: Elseiver.
Klessig, D. F., Durner, J., Shah, J., & Yang, Y. (1998). Salicylic acid-mediated signal transduction in plant disease resistance In J. Romeo, K. Downum & R. Verporte (Eds.), Recent Advances in Phytochemistry: Phytochemical signals and Plant-Microbe Interaction, 32, 119-137. New York: Plenum Press.
Posters/Presentations
Louis, J., Kukula, K. - L., Singh, V., Reese, J. C., & Shah, J. (2011, June). Arabidopsis MPL1 (Myzus persicae induced lipase1) mediated defense against green peach aphid. 22nd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Arabidopsis Meeting, Madison, WI
Syyerson, R. L., Elakkad, A. M., Dahleen, L. S., Nalam, V. J., Klossner, G., Shah, J., & Dill-Macky, R. (2011, December). Testing transgenic spring wheat and barley lines for reaction to Fusarium head blight: 2011 field nursery report. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, St. Louis, MO.
Nalam, V., Klossner, G., Sarowar, S., Lee, H., Trick, H., & Shah, J. (2011, December). Engineering defense regulatory genes and host susceptibility factors for enhancing FHB resistance in wheat. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, St. Louis, MO.
More Presentations
Louis, J., Parker, J. E., & Shah, J. (2011, November). Molecular and mechanistic role of Arabidopsis PAD4 protein in defense against the green peach aphid. Entomological Society America Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.
Singh, V., Louise, J., Mondal, H.A., Nalam, V., Ayre, B.J., Reese, J., & Shah, J. (2011, September). Trehalose signaling in plant defense against sap-sucking insect. Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Induced Resistance against Pathogens and Insects held at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Vu, H. S., Tamura, P., Galeva, N. A., Chaturvedi, R., Williams, T. D., Wang, X., Shah, J., & Welti, R. (2011, January). The detection of oxidized membrane lipids in plant stress response. Presented at Gordon Conference on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function, Galveston, TX.
Kukula, K. - L., Chaturvedi, R., Shah, J., Roth, M., & Welti, R. (2011, January). Role of the Arabidopsis dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase SFD1 in lipid metabolism and plant defense. Presented at Gordon Conference on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function, Galveston, TX.
Welti, R., Vu, H.S., Roth, M., Tamura, P., Shiva, S., Sarower, S., Nalam, V.,…Shah, J. (2011, May). Plant lipidomics to identify the roles of lipids in plant stress responses. American Oil Chemists Society Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chaturvedi, R., Venables, B. J., Petros, R., Takemoto, L. J., Nalam, V., Maoyin, L., Wang, X., & Shah, J. (2011, June). Identification of a diterpenoid as a vasculature translocated signal associated with the activation of systemic acquired resistance. 22nd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Arabidopsis Meeting, Madison, WI.
Singh, V., Louis, J., Ayre, B. G., Reese, J. C., Pegadaraju, V., & Shah, J. (2011, August). Arabidopsis defense against green peach aphid: Emerging role of trehalose metabolism. ASPB Plant Biology 2011 Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
