David J. Weston

Plant Systems Biology
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Phone: (865)-241-8323
Fax: (865)-576-9939
westondj@ornl.gov

Education:

• 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

Research Interests:

• 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.

Recent Publications:

• 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