Education
Ph.D. in Plant Physiology, Sussex University, UK
Current position
Professor in Plant Biology Department, University of California Davis, USA
Publication (since 2012)
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Walley, J., Xiao, Y., Wang, J. Z., Baidoo, E. E., Keasling, J. D., Shen, Z., Briggs, S. P. and Dehesh, K. (2015). Plastid-produced interorgannellar stress signal MEcPP potentiates induction of the unfolded protein response in endoplasmic reticulum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112(19): 6212-6217.
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Wang, C. Q., Sarmast, M. K., Jiang, J. and Dehesh, K. (2015). The transcriptional regulator BBX19 promotes hypocotyl growth by facilitating COP1-Mediated EARLY FLOWERING3 degradation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 27(4): 1128-1139.
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Taylor-Teeples, M., Lin, L., de Lucas, M., Turco, G., Toal, T. W., Gaudinier, A., Young, N. F., Trabucco, G. M., Veling, M. T., Lamothe, R., Handakumbura, P. P., Xiong, G., Wang, C., Corwin, J., Tsoukalas, A., Zhang, L., Ware, D., Pauly, M., Kliebenstein, D. J., Dehesh, K., Tagkopoulos, I., Breton, G., Pruneda-Paz, J. L., Ahnert, S. E., Kay, S. A., Hazen, S. P. and Brady, S. M. (2015). An Arabidopsis gene regulatory network for secondary cell wall synthesis. Nature 517(7536): 571-575.
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Wang, C. Q., Guthrie, C., Sarmast, M. K. and Dehesh, K. (2014). BBX19 interacts with CONSTANS to REPRESS FLOWERING LOCUS T transcription, defining a flowering time checkpoint in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26(9): 3589-3602.
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Bjornson, M., Benn, G., Song, X., Comai, L., Franz, A. K., Dandekar, A. M., Drakakaki, G. and Dehesh, K. (2014). Distinct roles for mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and CALMODULIN-BINDING TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR3 in regulating the peak time and amplitude of the plant general stress response. Plant Physiol 166(2): 988-996.
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Benn, G., Wang, C. Q., Hicks, D. R., Stein, J., Guthrie, C. and Dehesh, K. (2014). A key general stress response motif is regulated non-uniformly by CAMTA transcription factors. Plant J 80(1): 82-92.
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Savchenko, T. and Dehesh, K. (2014). Drought stress modulates oxylipin signature by eliciting 12-OPDA as a potent regulator of stomatal aperture. Plant signaling & behavior 9(4): 1151-1160.
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Savchenko, T., Kolla, V. A., Wang, C. Q., Nasafi, Z., Hicks, D. R., Phadungchob, B., Chehab, W. E., Brandizzi, F., Froehlich, J. and Dehesh, K. (2014). Functional convergence of oxylipin and abscisic acid pathways controls stomatal closure in response to drought. Plant Physiol 164(3): 1151-1160.
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Xiao, Y., Wang, J. and Dehesh, K. (2013). Review of stress specific organelles-to-nucleus metabolic signal molecules in plants. Plant Sci 212: 102-107.
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Walley, J. W., Kliebenstein, D. J., Bostock, R. M. and Dehesh, K. (2013). Fatty acids and early detection of pathogens. Curr Opin Plant Biol 16(4): 520-526.
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Savchenko, T., Pearse, I. S., Ignatia, L., Karban, R. and Dehesh, K. (2013). Insect herbivores selectively suppress the HPL branch of the oxylipin pathway in host plants. Plant J 73(4): 653-662.
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Xiao, Y., Savchenko, T., Baidoo, E. E., Chehab, W. E., Hayden, D. M., Tolstikov, V., Corwin, J. A., Kliebenstein, D. J., Keasling, J. D. and Dehesh, K. (2012). Retrograde signaling by the plastidial metabolite MEcPP regulates expression of nuclear stress-response genes. Cell 149(7): 1525-1535.