Iowa State University
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
1210 Molecular Biology Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3260
Phone: 515-294-7322
Fax: 515-294-6755
Email:
Carolyn J. Lawrence
Assistant Professor (Collaborator)
Research Description
Dr. Lawrence's group manages the operation of the Maize Genetics & Genomics Database (MaizeGDB) and has interest in functional aspects of maize chromosomes during cell division. The work at MaizeGDB is focused on creating data storage, access, and analysis solutions for information generated by the community of maize researchers. The maize chromosome research focuses on how chromosome move and how the physical structure of chromosomes relates to maps and DNA sequences. Another area of interest to the group is finding ways to link basic research to applied uses including utilizing genomic data to breed improved plants.
Carolyn J. Lawrence. 2007. MaizeGDB, the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database. in Plant Bioinformatics, D. Edwards (Editor) for the series Methods in Molecular Biology Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA .
Carolyn J. Lawrence and Virginia Walbot. 2007. Translational Genomics for Bioenergy Production from Fuelstock Grasses: Maize as the Model Species. The Plant Cell 19(7):2091-2094.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Mary L. Schaeffer, Trent E. Seigfried, Darwin A. Campbell, and Lisa C. Harper. 2007. MaizeGDB's New Data Types, Resources, and Activities. Nucleic Acids Research 35(Database):D895-900.
Lincoln D. Stein, William D. Beavis, Damian D. Gessler, Eva Huala, Carolyn J. Lawrence, Doreen Main, Lukas A. Mueller, Sue Y. Rhee, and Daniel S. Rokhsar. 2006. Save Our Data!. The Scientist 20(4):24-25.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Trent E. Seigfried, Hank W. Bass, and Lorinda K. Anderson. 2006. Predicting Chromosomal Locations of Genetically Mapped Loci in Maize Using the Morgan2McClintock Translator. Genetics 172(3):2007-2009.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Trent E. Seigfried, and Volker Brendel. 2005. The Maize Genetics and Genomics Database. The Community Resource for Access to Diverse Maize Data. Plant Physiology 138(1):55-58.
Qunfeng Dong, Carolyn J. Lawrence, Shannon D. Schlueter, Matthew D. Wilkerson, Stefan Kurtz, Carol Lushbough, and Volker Brendel. 2005. Comparative Plant Genomics Resources at PlantGDB. Plant Physiology 139(2):610-618.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Qunfeng Dong, Mary L. Polacco, Trent E. Seigfried, and Volker Brendel. 2004. MaizeGDB, the Community Database for Maize Genetics and Genomics. Nucleic Acids Research 32:D393-397.
Sanford Baran, Carolyn J. Lawrence, and Volker Brendel. 2004. PGROP - A Gateway to Plant Genome Research 'Outreach' Programs. Plant Physiology 134(3):889.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Christian M. Zmasek, R. Kelly Dawe, and Russell L. Malmberg. 2004. LumberJack: A Heuristic Tool for Sequence Alignment Exploration and Phylogenetic Inference. Bioinformatics 20(12):1977-1979.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, R. Kelly Dawe. 2004. A Standardized Kinesin Nomenclature. The Journal of Cell Biology 167(1):19-22.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Russell L. Malmberg, Michael G. Muszynski, and R. Kelly Dawe. 2002. Maximum Likelihood Methods Reveal Conservation of Function Among Closely Related Kinesin Families. Journal of Molecular Evolution 54(1):42-53.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, N. Ronald Morris, Richard B. Meagher, and R. Kelly Dawe. 2001. Dyneins Have Run Their Course in Plant Lineage. Traffic 2(5):362-363.
Carolyn J. Lawrence and A. Scott Holaday. 2000. Effects of Mild Night Chilling on Respiration of Expanding Cotton Leaves. Plant Science 157(2):233-244.
Carolyn J. Lawrence, Lisa C. Harper, Mary L. Schaeffer, Taner Z. Sen, Trent E. Seigfried, and Darwin A. Campbell. MaizeGDB: the Maize Model Organism Database for Basic, Translational, and Applied Research. International Journal of Plant Genomics submitted.
