Chris R. Somerville

Christopher Roland Somerville is a Canadian-American biologist known as a pioneer of Arabidopsis thaliana research. His interest in A. thaliana was partly stimulated by a review article[1] written by George Rédei.[2][3] He majored in Mathematics and completed a PhD in Genetics at the University of Alberta, and then did postdoctoral research in the laboratory of William Ogren before serving as a faculty member at U. Alberta and Michigan State University. Somerville directed the Department of Plant Science at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University and then the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of California, Berkeley.[4] He retired from the UC Berkeley faculty in 2017.[5] He was also co-founder and Executive Chairman of Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. and a co-founder of Poetic Genetics, LS9, Inc, and Redleaf, Inc. Somerville was awarded the Balzan Prize together with Elliot Meyerowitz in 2006 for his work developing the small mustard plant or A. thaliana as a model.[6][7][8][9]

Research highlights

  • First map-based cloning of an A. thaliana gene[10]
  • Lead development of 'The Arabidopsis Information Resource' (TAIR) database and web resource

Selected interviews and historical pieces

  • Somerville, Chris (2000-01-07). "The twentieth century trajectory of plant biology". Cell. 100 (1): 13–25. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81680-3. ISSN 0092-8674. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  • Somerville, Chris R. (2001-01-01). "An early Arabidopsis demonstration. Resolving a few issues concerning photorespiration". Plant Physiology. 125 (1): 20–24. doi:10.1104/pp.125.1.20. ISSN 0032-0889. PMC 1539316. PMID 11154287. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  • "Q & A: Chris Somerville". Current Biology. 14 (20): 872–873. 2004-10-26. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.064. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 15498473. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

Selected scientific review articles

  • The mutants of Arabidopsis[11]
  • Plant functional genomics[12]
  • A fortunate choice: the history of Arabidopsis as a model plant[13]
  • Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls[14]
  • Biofuels[15]
  • Implementing industrial–academic partnerships to advance bioenergy research: the Energy Biosciences Institute[16]

References

  1. ↑ Redei, G P (1975-12-01). "Arabidopsis as a genetic tool". Annual Review of Genetics. 9 (1): 111–127. doi:10.1146/annurev.ge.09.120175.000551. ISSN 0066-4197. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  2. ↑ Pennisi, Elizabeth (2000-10-06). "Arabidopsis comes of age". Science. 290 (5489): 32–35. doi:10.1126/science.290.5489.32. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 11183143. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  3. ↑ Potter, Erik (2014). "From apathy to apogee". MIZZOU Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Christopher Roland Somerville: Alternatives under development". Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. August 1, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ "College of Natural Resources Faculty Retirements". UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  6. ↑ "Elliot Meyerowitz Christopher Somerville - Balzan Prize Plant Molecular Genetics". Milano Zurigo. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Christopher Somerville". Balzan Prizewinner Biography. October 11, 1947. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ Studies, D.E.L.; Medicine, I.; Resources, B.A.N.; Sciences, B.L.; Health, C.E.M.T.; Oaks, S.C.; Shope, R.E.; Lederberg, J. (2002). The National Plant Genome Initiative: Objectives for 2003-2008. National Academies Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-309-16879-3. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ (U.S.), National Science Foundation (1991). Mosaic. The Foundation. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Arondel, V.; Lemieux, B.; Hwang, I.; Gibson, S.; Goodman, H. M.; Somerville, C. R. (1992-11-20). "Map-based cloning of a gene controlling omega-3 fatty acid desaturation in Arabidopsis". Science. 258 (5086): 1353–1355. doi:10.1126/science.1455229. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 1455229. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  11. ↑ Estelle, M. A.; Somerville, Chris R. (1986). "The mutants of Arabidopsis". Trends in Genetics. 2: 89–93. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  12. ↑ Somerville, Chris; Somerville, Shauna (1999-07-16). "Plant functional genomics". Science. 285 (5426): 380–383. doi:10.1126/science.285.5426.380. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10411495. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  13. ↑ Somerville, Chris; Koornneef, Maarten (2002). "A fortunate choice: the history of Arabidopsis as a model plant". Nature Reviews Genetics. 3 (11): 883–889. doi:10.1038/nrg927. ISSN 1471-0056. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
  14. ↑ Somerville, Chris; Bauer, Stefan; Brininstool, Ginger; Facette, Michelle; Hamann, Thorsten; Milne, Jennifer; Osborne, Erin; Paredez, Alex; Persson, Staffan; Raab, Ted; Vorwerk, Sonja; Youngs, Heather (2004-12-24). "Toward a Systems Approach to Understanding Plant Cell Walls". Science. 306 (5705): 2206–2211. doi:10.1126/science.1102765. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 15618507. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  15. ↑ Somerville, Chris (2007-02-20). "Biofuels". Current Biology. 17 (4): 115–119. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.010. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 17307040. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  16. ↑ Youngs, Heather; Somerville, Chris (2017-06-01). "Implementing industrial–academic partnerships to advance bioenergy research: the Energy Biosciences Institute". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 45: 184–190. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2017.03.027. ISSN 0958-1669. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
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