Contact:
Marc Nishimura, PhD
Currently: Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Colorado State University
marc.nishimura at colostate.edu
Education:
post-doc, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Stanford University
B.A., Vassar College
Tenure
2016 - 2018
Publications
Structural, Functional, and Genomic Diversity of Plant NLR Proteins: An Evolved Resource for Rational Engineering of Plant Immunity.
Moneiro F, Nishimura MT.
Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2018 Aug 25;56:243-267. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-045817.
PMID: 29949721
Concerted Action of Evolutionarily Ancient and Novel SNARE Complexes in Flowering-Plant Cytokinesis.
Park M, Krause C, Karnahl M, Reichardt I, El Kasmi F, Mayer U, Stierhof YD, Hiller U, Strompen G, Bayer M, Kientz M, Sato MH, Nishimura MT, Dangl JL, Sanderfoot AA, Jürgens G.
Dev Cell. 2018 Feb 26;44(4):500-511.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.12.027.
PMID: 29396117
A Bacterial Type III Effector Targets the Master Regulator of Salicylic Acid Signaling, NPR1, to Subvert Plant Immunity.
Chen H, Chen J, Li M, Chang M, Xu K, Shang Z, Zhao Y, Palmer I, Zhang Y, McGill J, Alfano JR, Nishimura MT, Liu F, Fu ZQ.
Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Dec 13;22(6):777-788.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.10.019.
PMID: 29174403
TIR-only protein RBA1 recognizes a pathogen effector to regulate cell death in Arabidopsis.
Nishimura MT, Anderson RG, Cherkis KA, Law TF, Liu QL, Machius M, Nimchuk ZL, Yang L, Chung EH, El Kasmi F, Hyunh M, Osborne Nishimura E, Sondek JE, Dangl JL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Mar 7;114(10):E2053-E2062. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620973114.
PMID: 28137883
El Kasmi F, Nishimura MT.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Nov 8;113(45):12619-12621. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1615933113.
PMID: 27803318
Genome-Wide Assessment of Efficiency and Specificity in CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Multiple Site Targeting in Arabidopsis.
Peterson BA, Haak DC, Nishimura MT, Teixeira PJ, James SR, Dangl JL, Nimchuk ZL.
PLoS One. 2016 Sep 13;11(9):e0162169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162169.
PMID: 27622539