Lucia Strader, PhD

Professor

Howard H. and Maryam R. Newman Chair in Plant Biology

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Publications

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Ma, Q., Liu, S., Doyle, S.M., Raggi, S., Pařízková, B., Barange, D.K., Ratnakaram, H., Wilkinson, E.G., Crespo Garcia, I., Bygdell, J., Wingsle, G., Boer, D.R., Strader, L.C., Almqvist, F., Novák, O., Robert, S. RACK1A positively regulates opening of the apical hook in via suppression of its auxin response gradient. (2025) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122(30):e2407224122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2407224122

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Strader, L.C., Edwards, D., Sureshkumar, S., Balasubramanian, S., Chen, T., Dong, X., Antunes, M.S., Zebluim, L., Chaisupa, P., Wright, R.C. Core biological principles and tools stemming from basic Arabidopsis research. (2025) Plant Cell. 37(7). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf141

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Damodaran, S., Strader, L.C. Protocol for determining regulators of competence in regeneration of adventitious roots using hypocotyl wounding approach in Arabidopsis. (2025) STAR Protoc. 6(2):103818. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103818

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Due, A.D., Davey, N.E., Thomasen, F.E., Morffy, N., Prestel, A., Brakti, I., O'Shea, C., Strader, L.C., Lindorff-Larsen, K., Skriver, K., Kragelund, B.B. Hierarchy in regulator interactions with distant transcriptional activation domains empowers rheostatic regulation. (2025) Protein Science. 34(6):e70142. DOI: 10.1002/pro.70142

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Friesner, J., Argueso, C.T., Busch, W., Hamann, T., Strader, L., Williams, M., Wu, S., Roeder, A.H.K. In defense of funding foundational plant science. (2025) Plant Cell. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf106

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Chauhan, G., Wilkinson, E.G., Yuan, Y., Cohen, S.R., Onishi, M., Pappu, R.V., Strader, L.C. Active transport enables protein condensation in cells. (2025) Science Advances. 11(21):eadv7875. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv7875

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Roeder, A.H.K., Argueso, C.T., Williams, M., Auge, G., Li, X., Strader, L., Uauy, C., Wu, S. Focus on Translational Research from Arabidopsis to Crop Plants and Beyond. (2025) Plant Cell. 37(5). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf119


Prigge, M.J., Morffy, N., de Neve, A., Szutu, W., Abraham-Juárez, M.J., McAllister, T., Jones, H., Johnson, K., Do, N., Lavy, M., Hake, S., Strader, L.C., Estelle, M., Richardson, A.E. Comparative mutant analyses reveal a novel mechanism of ARF regulation in land plants. (2025) Nature Plants. 11(4):821-835. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01973-3

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Allen, J.R., Flanagan, M., Pathak, S., Emenecker, S.K., Emenecker, R.J., Strader, L.C. An improved toolkit of gateway- and gibson assembly-compatible vectors for protoplast transfection and agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. (2025) BMC Res Notes. 18(1):149. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-025-07231-1

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Education

BS, Agronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
PhD, Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX


Awards & Honors

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2025
  • Society for Experimental Biology Plenary Lecture Award, 2025
  • American Society of Plant Biologists 25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology, 2024
  • American Society of Plant Biologists Charles Albert Shull Award, 2022
  • American Society of Plant Biologists Women’s Young Investigator Award, 2015
  • National Science Foundation Early Faculty Career Development Award, 2015