David Weston: Plant Genomics Group

Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Telephone : (865)-241-8323
Email : westondj@ornl.gov
Fax : (865)-576-9939

David J. Weston

Ph.D., Plant and Environmental Science/Molecular Biology, Clemson University, 2006
M.S., Horticulture/Plant Physiology, Cornell University, 2001
B.S., Plant Science, Cornell University, 1998

Ecological genomics with an emphasis on scaling systems biology to plant adaptation mechanisms and ecological models.
Systems biology analysis- applying network theory and genomic signature concepts to bridge transcriptome, enzyme activity, and metabolite data.
Plant physiology- using gas exchange and chlorophyll-a fluorescence to investigate the effects of warming on photosynthesis.

Leakey, A.D.B., E.A. Ainsworth, S.M. Bernard, C.R. Markelz, D.R. Ort, S.A. Placella, A. Rogers, M.D. Smith, E.A. Sudderth, D.J. Weston, S.D. Wullschleger, S. Yuan. 2008. Gene expression profiling – opening the black box of plant ecosystem responses to global. Accepted Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01818.x
Yang, X., U.C. Kalluri, S. Jawdy, L.E. Gunter, Y. Tongming, T. Tschaplinski, D.J. Weston, R. Priya, G.A. Tuskan. 2008. F-box gene family is expanded in herbaceous annual plants Arabidopsis and Rice relative to woody perennial plant Populus. Plant Phys. 148: 1189-1200.
David J. Weston, Lee E. Gunter, Alistair Rogers, and Stan D. Wullschleger. 2008. Connecting Genes, Coexpression Modules, and Molecular Signatures to Environmental Stress Phenotypes in Plants. BMC Systems Biology.
Weston, D.J. and W.L. Bauerle. 2007. Inhibition and acclimation of C3 photosynthesis to moderate heat: A perspective from thermally contrasting genotypes of Acer rubrum L. Tree Physiology
Weston, D.J., W.L. Bauerle, G.A. Swire-Clarke, B.D. Moore, and W. V. Baird. 2007. Characterization of Rubisco activase from thermally contrasting genotypes of Acer rubrum L. In press: The American Journal of Botany