Biosciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Telephone : (865) 574-4597
Fax : (865) 576-9939
Email : t2t@ornl.gov
Timothy J. Tschaplinski
Distinguished Scientist
- Ph.D., Forestry, University of Toronto, 1987
- M.S., Forestry, University of Toronto, 1982
- B.S., Biology, Carleton University, 1980
Research Interests:
- Biochemical basis of drought tolerance of deciduous tree species
- Water relations and production physiology of Populus
- Direct and indirect effects of elevated C02 on plant C and N metabolism
- Auxin regulation of branching in Populus
- Metabolomics of Populus
Recent Publications:
- Weston DJ, Pelletier DA, Morrell-Falvey JL, Tschaplinski TJ, Jawdy SA, Lu TY, Allen SM, Karve A, Melton SJ, Martin MZ, Schadt CW, Chen JG, Yang X, Doktycz MJ, Tuskan G. 2012. Pseudomonas fluorescens induces strain-dependent and strain-independent host plant responses in defense networks, primary metabolism, photosynthesis and fitness. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 25: 765-778.
- GA Tuskan, S DiFazio, P Faivre-Rampant, M Gaudet, A Harfouche, V Jorge, JL Labbé, P Ranjan, M Sabatti, G Slavov, N Street, TJ Tschaplinski, T Yin. The obscure events contributing to the evolution of an incipient sex chromosome in Populus: a retrospective working hypothesis (2012) Tree Genome and Genetics: DOI 10.1007/s11295-012-0495-6
- Assessment of Populus wood chemistry following the introduction of a Bt toxin gene (Tree Physiology, 2006)
- Genome-wide analysis of the structural genes regulating defense phenylpropanoid metabolism in Populus (New Phytologist, 2006)
- The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials (Science, 2006)