Barbara Baker (molecular biologist) explained

Barbara Joan Baker
Workplaces:Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service and University of California, Berkeley
Awards:Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)[1]
Alma Mater:University of California, San Francisco
Thesis Title:Analysis of endogenous avian retrovirus DNA and RNA: viral and cellular determinants of retrovirus gene expression
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:1981

Barbara Baker is an American plant molecular geneticist working at the University of California, Berkeley and the United States Department of Agriculture She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021.[1]

Education and career

Baker graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 1970 and completed her undergraduate studies at UC San Diego in 1974. She went on to earn her PhD at UC San Francisco with J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus in 1981, and did postdoctoral research in Germany.[2] [3] As of 2021, Baker is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a senior scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture.[4]

Research

Baker is a plant geneticist working on plant innate immunity, the mechanism by which plants protect themself from diseases.[5] Baker's research includes cloning the N gene for resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus,[6] [7] which was one of the first plant disease resistance genes cloned.[8] She is also known for her research on R-genes and their role as a defense system against plant pathogens.[9] [10] Baker has also examined the genetic conditions behind the susceptibility to disease in tomatoes,[11] potatoes,[12] and the flowering plants in the genus Solanum.[13]

Selected publications

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News from the National Academy of Sciences - National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members — Including a Record Number of Women — and International Members . . April 27, 2021 . April 26, 2021.
  2. Web site: Young. David N.. 2021-05-06. Barbara Baker, Ph.D., a Los Al graduate, elected to National Academy of Sciences.. 2021-06-12.
  3. Web site: BBaker PGEC USDA. 2021-10-02. pgec.berkeley.edu.
  4. Web site: Young. David N.. 2021-05-06. Barbara Baker, Ph.D., a Los Al graduate, elected to National Academy of Sciences.. 2021-10-02. event-newsenterprise.com. en-US.
  5. Baker. Barbara. Zambryski. Patricia. Patricia Zambryski. Staskawicz. Brian. Dinesh-Kumar. S. P.. 1997-05-02. Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions. Science. 276. 5313. 726–733. 10.1126/science.276.5313.726. 9115193.
  6. Whitham. Steve. Dinesh-Kumar. S. P.. Choi. Doil. Hehl. Reinhard. Corr. Catherine. Baker. Barbara. 1994-09-23. The product of the tobacco mosaic virus resistance gene N: Similarity to toll and the interleukin-1 receptor. Cell. 78. 6. 1101–1115. 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90283-6. 7923359. 41173100. 0092-8674. 2021-04-27.
  7. Whitham. S.. McCormick. S.. Baker. B.. 1996-08-06. The N gene of tobacco confers resistance to tobacco mosaic virus in transgenic tomato. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 93. 16. 8776–8781. 10.1073/pnas.93.16.8776. 0027-8424. 38750. 8710948. 1996PNAS...93.8776W. free.
  8. Staskawicz. B. J.. Ausubel. F. M.. Baker. B. J.. Ellis. J. G.. Jones. J. D.. 1995-05-05. Molecular genetics of plant disease resistance. Science. 268. 5211. 661–667. 10.1126/science.7732374. 0036-8075. 7732374. 1995Sci...268..661S. 6154978. 2021-04-27.
  9. Kuang. Hanhui. Wei. Fusheng. Marano. María Rosa. Wirtz. Uwe. Wang. Xiaoxue. Liu. Jia. Shum. Wai Pun. Zaborsky. Jennifer. Tallon. Luke J.. Rensink. Willem. Lobst. Stacey. 2005. The R1 resistance gene cluster contains three groups of independently evolving, type I R1 homologues and shows substantial structural variation among haplotypes of Solanum demissum. The Plant Journal. en. 44. 1. 37–51. 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02506.x. 16167894. 1365-313X. free.
  10. Hu. Gongshe. DeHart. Amy K. A.. Li. Yansu. Ustach. Carolyn. Handley. Vanessa. Navarre. Roy. Hwang. Chin-Feng. Aegerter. Brenna J.. Williamson. Valerie M.. Baker. Barbara. 2005. EDS1 in tomato is required for resistance mediated by TIR-class R genes and the receptor-like R gene Ve. The Plant Journal. en. 42. 3. 376–391. 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02380.x. 15842623. 1365-313X. free.
  11. Schornack. Sebastian. Ballvora. Agim. Gürlebeck. Doreen. Peart. Jack. Ganal. Martin. Baker. Barbara. Bonas. Ulla. Lahaye. Thomas. 2004. The tomato resistance protein Bs4 is a predicted non-nuclear TIR-NB-LRR protein that mediates defense responses to severely truncated derivatives of AvrBs4 and overexpressed AvrBs3. The Plant Journal. en. 37. 1. 46–60. 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01937.x. 14675431. 1365-313X. free.
  12. Huang. Sanwen. Vossen. Edwin A. G. Van Der. Kuang. Hanhui. Vleeshouwers. Vivianne G. A. A.. Zhang. Ningwen. Borm. Theo J. A.. Eck. Herman J. Van. Baker. Barbara. Jacobsen. Evert. Visser. Richard G. F.. 2005. Comparative genomics enabled the isolation of the R3a late blight resistance gene in potato. The Plant Journal. en. 42. 2. 251–261. 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02365.x. 15807786. 1365-313X. free.
  13. Brigneti. Gianinna. Martín-Hernández. Ana M.. Jin. Hailing. Chen. Judy. Baulcombe. David C.. Baker. Barbara. Jones. Jonathan D. G.. 2004. Virus-induced gene silencing in Solanum species. The Plant Journal. en. 39. 2. 264–272. 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02122.x. 15225290. 1365-313X.
  14. Web site: April 29, 2021. ARS Plant Molecular Geneticist Barbara Baker Elected to National Academy of Sciences : USDA ARS. live. 2021-10-02. www.ars.usda.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429134348/https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2021/ars-plant-molecular-geneticist-barbara-baker-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/ . 2021-04-29 .

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