VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University

Jonathan Levin

  Home Institution
  Oberlin College   (Oberlin, OH)
  E-mail: jdlevin(at)oberlin.edu

  Home mentor
  Michael Moore
  E-mail: michael.moore(at)oberlin.edu
  Affiliation: Department of Biology
  Interests: Plant Systematics - the study of plant evolutionary diversity
  Research Focus: (1) The Origins and Biogeography of Gypsophily in the Chihuahuan Desert
       (2) Plastid Genome Evolution and Flowering Plant Phylogenetics
 

VCU Lab
Engineering Building West 409

VCU mentor
Summer 2009 - Wan-ling Chiu
Dept. of Biology
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
E-mail: wchiu(at)vcu.edu

Summer 2010 - Stephen Fong
Email: ssfong(at)vcu.edu

Summer 2009
Research Proposal

Understanding the Method by which Nostoc Invades the Gunnera Gland
Research article, presented (June 9, 2009)
CYCLOPS, a mediator of symbiotic intracellular accommodation
Research presentation (August 1, 2009)
6th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
Modification of the cell wall in the symbiotic gland of Gunnera manicata
Poster Presentation of BBSI Work
Presented at the 26th Mid-Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Society Conference - (August 20, 2009)
What does it take for Gunnera plants to form N2-fixing symbiosis with cyanobacteria?

Academic Year 2009-2010
Research Proposal

Identification and Expression Analysis of Host Genes Responsible for the Establishment of Gunnera-Nostoc Symbiosis

Summer 2010
Research Proposal (June 14th, 2009)

Investigating the Sufficiency of Synthetic Upstream (UP) Elements to Initiate Transcription in Prokaryotes
Research article, presented (June 25, 2010)
Guenther S, Huwyler D, Richard S, Loessner MJ. (2009). Virulent Bacteriophage for Efficient Biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75(1): 93-100

Powerpoint Presentation

Research presentation (August 2009)
7th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
Analysis of the Effects of Synthetic Upstream (UP) Elements on Constitutive Promoter Strength
Final Report
Analysis of the Effects of Synthetic Upstream (UP) Elements on Constitutive Promoter Strength

Prior research
Plant Systematics: The evolution of gypsophily in genus Gaillardia (Asteraceae)
Striated muscle physiology: Causes of mutant myosin phenotypes in C. elegans

Characteristic interests and activities
Playing the piano, brewing, cooperatives, Food Not Bombs, bicycling, backpacking, parading, hospitality exchange, hitchhiking, free things (both of the interpretation of being liberated and not costing money)

Pertinent Research Articles (Annotated)
Literature Review 2010












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