Publications:

2008

(1) Desai M and Hu J (2008). Light induces peroxisome proliferation in Arabidopsis seedlings through the photoreceptor phytochrome A, the transcription factor HY5 HOMOLOG, and the peroxisomal protein PEROXIN11b. Plant Physiol 146, 1117-1127.

(2) Hu J and Desai M (2008). Light control of peroxisome proliferation during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis. Plant Signal & Behav 3(10). Published online at http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/psb/article/5876.

(3) Zhang X and Hu J (2008). Two small protein families, DYNAMIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3 and FISSION 1, coordinately regulate peroxisome fission in Arabidopsis. Provisionally accepted.

(4) Zhang X, Quan S, and Hu J (submitted). The Arabidopsis FISSION1A and FISSION1B proteins promote peroxisomal and mitochondrial division with partial redundancy.
 
(5) Reumann S, Quan S, Shrestha K, Yang P, Holbrook D, Aung K, Linka N, Weber A, Olsen L, and Hu J (to be submitted). In-depth proteome analysis of Arabidopsis leaf peroxisomes supplemented by in vivo subcellular targeting verification uncovers low-abundance proteins with metabolic and regulatory functions.

(6)  Williams, A.W., and Olsen, L.J. AtDEG15 is a peroxisomal protease that processes the PTS2 proteins thiolase and aspartate aminotransferase 3 in Arabidopsis.  Manuscript in preparation.

(7) Kaur N and Hu J (to be submitted). Peroxisome biogenesis and function. In CR Somerville, EM Meyerowitz, eds, The Arabidopsis Book. American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD.

2007

(1) Orth, T., Reumann, S., Zhang, X., Fan, J., Wenzel, D., Quan, S., and Hu, J. (2007). The
PEROXIN11 protein family controls peroxisome proliferation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 333-350.

(2) Hu J (2007). Plant peroxisome multiplication: highly regulated and still enigmatic. J. Integr Plant Biol 49 (8), 1112-1118.

(3) Hu J (2007). Toward understanding plant peroxisome proliferation. Plant Signal & Behav 2(4), 308-310.

(4) Bräutigam, A., Gagneul, D., and Weber, A.P.M. (2007) High-throughput colorimetric
method for the parallel assay of glyoxylic acid and ammonium in a single extract. Anal Biochem, 362, 151-153. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

2006 (since 10/2006)

(1) Reumann S. and Weber A.P.M. (2006) Plant peroxisomes respire in the light: Some gaps of
the photorespiratory C2 cycle have become filled - others remain. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1763, 1496-1510. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

Oral Presentations:

2008

(1) Jianping Hu: “Plant peroxisomes: proliferation and signaling”, Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI. January 2008.

(2) Jianping Hu: “Peroxisome proliferation and signaling in Arabidopsis”, Section of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis, CA. March 2008.

(3) Jianping Hu: “Molecular basis of plant peroxisomal proliferation and distribution”, Plenary session in Cell Biology, 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada. July 2008.

2007

(1) Andreas Weber: “Functional and evolutionary genomics of intracellular metabolite transport in plant cells.” Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. March 2007. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

(2) Brandon Wojcik and Laura Olsen: “Investigation of the Expression and Localization of sHsp15 in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Presented at the Midwest ASPB meeting at Michigan State University as both a poster and a talk. Won award for Best Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation. March, 2007.

(3) Laura Olsen: “The Ins and Outs of Peroxisome Biogenesis.” Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University. April 2007.

(4) Andreas Weber: “Making the connections – Intracellular metabolite transport in plant cells. ” University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. April 2007. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

(5) Andreas Weber: “Functional and evolutionary genomics of intracellular metabolite transport in plant cells.” Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany. May 2007. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

(6) Jianping Hu: “The role for PEX11 and dynamin-related proteins in Arabidopsis peroxisome proliferation.” 3rd International Symposium on Plant Neurobiology, Strbske Pleso, Slovakia. May 2007.

(7) Sigrun Reumann: "Proteome analyses of leaf peroxisomes from Arabidopsis: Compartmentalization of unprecedented metabolic pathways and defense mechanisms and identification of novel targeting peptides" University of Hanover, Germany, May 2007.

(8) Jianping Hu: “Understanding the Arabidopsis peroxisomal proteome.” Workshop on Proteomics, 18th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Beijing, China. June 2007.

(9) Jianping Hu: “Toward understanding plant peroxisome proliferation.” Minisymposium on Organelle Biology, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL. July 2007.

(10) Jianping Hu: “Genetic and biochemical analyses of peroxisome biogenesis and function in Arabidopsis”, Department of Biology, Hope College, Holland, MI. September 2007.

2006 (since 10/2006)

(1) Andreas Weber: “Making the connections – Intracellular metabolite transport in plant cells.” Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. November 2006. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

(2) Andreas Weber: “Functional and evolutionary genomics of intracellular solute transport in plant cells”. Department of Plant Biology, Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK. November 2006. (Andreas Weber was a co-PI on the project till 5/07)

 
Poster Presentations:

2007

(1) Navneet Kaur, Jilian Fan, Sheng Quan, Jianping Hu: “ Role of two ubiquitin like proteins in Arabidopsis peroxisome biogenesis and function.” Midwest ASPB meeting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. March 2007.

(2) Mintu Desai and Jianping Hu: “Light regulated expression of PEX11b gene in Arabidopsis.” Midwest ASPB meeting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. March 2007.

(3) Pingfang Yang, Sigrun Reumann, Kalpana Shrestha, Kyaw Aung, Laura Olsen, Andreas Weber, and Jianping Hu: “Using systems biology to understand peroxisomal proteomes in Arabidopsis.” The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL, USA. July 2007.

(4) Zhang X, Orth T, Reumann S, Fan J, Wenzel D, Quan S, Aung K, Hu J. 2007 Toward understanding plant peroxisome proliferation. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL. July 2007.

(5) Kaur N, Fan J, Quan S, Hu J 2007 The role of two ubiquitin-like proteins in Arabidopsis peroxisome biogenesis and function. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL. July 2007.

(6) Desai M, Hu, J 2007 Light regulated expression of PEX11b gene in Arabidopsis. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL. July 2007.

(7) Reumann, S., Babujee, L., Ma, C., Wienkoop, S., Siemsen, T., Antonicelli, E., Rasche, N., Lueder, F. Weckwerth, W., Jahn, O. Proteome analysis of Arabidopsis leaf peroxisomes reveals novel targeting peptides and compartmentalization of unprecedented metabolic pathways and defense mechanisms. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL, USA. July 2007.

(8) Reumann, S., Antonicelli, E., Siemsen, T., Lingner, T., Morgenstern, B., Meinicke, P. Predicting PTS1/2-targeted matrix proteins of plant peroxisomes from genome sequences. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Chicago, IL, USA. July 2007.