Lucia Strader, PhD

Professor

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

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Publications

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Peng, J., Agudo-Canalejo, J., Chodasiewicz, M., Van Damme, D., Daskalakis, V., González-Fuente, M., Gao, R., Filippidi, E., Guo, H., He, S., Huang, K., Huang, S., Jang, G.J., Jia, M., Knorr, R.L., Lai, X., Li, R., Liang, Q., Liu, C., Liu, X., Miao, Y., Ouyang, M., Quan, X., Solis-Miranda, J., Strader, L.C., Üstün, S., Wang, S., Wang, W., Wang, Z., Xiong, Y., Xu, C., Xu, G., Ye, H., Zhao, C., Zhu, P., Zhu, Y., Gutierrez-Beltran, E., Moschou, P.N., Fang, X. A practical guide to investigating biomolecular condensates: a comment from the plant community. (2026) Sci China Life Sci. DOI: 10.1007/s11427-026-3459-x

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Sageman-Furnas, K., Strader, L.C. Nuclear auxin signaling and temperature: perception and response across scales. (2026) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.71505

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Chu, J., Ang, A.C.H., de Roij, M., Strader, L., Xu, T., Weijers, D. Auxin signaling. (2026) Cell. 189(15):4531-4547. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.06.024

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Ban, Z., Prigge, M.J., Zhu, Y., Morffy, N., Neher, W.R., Muroyama, A., Strader, L., Estelle, M. Mutational analyses of an instability domain reveal its conserved role in the regulation of class-B ARF levels in Arabidopsis. (2026) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 123(23):e2537963123. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2537963123

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Nguyen, N.T., LaMontagne-Mueller, E.D., Kauffman, G.F., Vedra, M., Peck, S.C., Strader, L.C., Heese, A. Clathrin adaptor EPSIN1 (EPS1) modulates plasma membrane abundance of PLEIOTROPIC DRUG RESISTANCE PDR9 for effective hormone homeostasis. (2026) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.71208

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Wilkinson, E.G., Sageman-Furnas, K., Pereyra, M.E., Borniego, M.B., Casal, J.J., Strader, L.C. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR thermostability. (2026) Nature Communications. 17(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71012-y

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Borniego, M.B., Pereyra, M.E., Sageman-Furnas, K., Rossi, A.H., Wilkinson, E.G., Strader, L.C., Casal, J.J. Thermosensory reconfiguration of the auxin transcriptional pathway to drive root cell growth. (2026) Nature Communications. 17(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71011-z

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Kim, J., Strader, L., Damodaran, S. Cytokinin signaling mediated by KMD2 promotes Arabidopsis hypocotyl grafting success. (2026) MicroPubl Biol. 2026. DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001768

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Pathak, S., Chakravarti, A., Bersche, C., Joseph, J.A., Strader, L.C. Molecular basis for thermoresponsive protein condensation in plants. (2025) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.18.695255

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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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Delaforge, E., Due, A.D., Theisen, F.F., Morffy, N., O'Shea, C., Blackledge, M., Strader, L.C., Skriver, K., Kragelund, B.B. Allovalent scavenging of activation domains in the transcription factor ANAC013 gears transcriptional regulation. (2025) Nucleic Acids Research. 53(4). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf065

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Pérez-Henríquez, P., Nagawa, S., Liu, Z., Pan, X., Michniewicz, M., Tang, W., Rasmussen, C., Cui, X., Van Norman, J., Strader, L., Yang, Z. PIN2-mediated self-organizing transient auxin flow contributes to auxin maxima at the tip of Arabidopsis cotyledons. (2025) Nature Communications. 16(1):1380. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55480-8

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Coll, N.S., Moreno-Risueno, M., Strader, L.C., Goodnight, A.V., Sozzani, R. Advancing our understanding of root development: Technologies and insights from diverse studies. (2025) Plant Physiology. 197(2). DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae605

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Meese, E.K., Strader, L.C. Biomolecular condensates modulate membrane remodeling. (2025) Molecular Plant. 18(1):17-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2024.11.009


Willoughby, A.C., Strader, L.C. Apical hook opening of plant seedlings: Unfolding the role of auxin and the cell wall. (2024) Developmental Cell. 59(24):3194-3196. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.11.018

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Damodaran, S., Strader, L.C. Factors governing cellular reprogramming competence in Arabidopsis adventitious root formation. (2024) Developmental Cell. 59(20):2745-2758.e3. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.06.019

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Mellado-Ortega, E., Jing, H., Wilkinson, E., Lois, M., Strader, L. Methodology to enable high-throughput imaging of Arabidopsis seedlings on cover glass-bottom multiwell plates. (2024) MicroPubl Biol. 2024. DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001255

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Morffy, N., Van den Broeck, L., Miller, C., Emenecker, R.J., Bryant, J.A., Lee, T.M., Sageman-Furnas, K., Wilkinson, E.G., Pathak, S., Kotha, S.R., Lam, A., Mahatma, S., Pande, V., Waoo, A., Wright, R.C., Holehouse, A.S., Staller, M.V., Sozzani, R., Strader, L.C. Identification of plant transcriptional activation domains. (2024) Nature. 632(8023):166-173. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07707-3

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Pérez-Henríquez, P., Nagawa, S., Liu, Z., Pan, X., Michniewicz, M., Tang, W., Rasmussen, C., Van Norman, J., Strader, L., Yang, Z. PIN2-mediated self-organizing transient auxin flow contributes to auxin maxima at the tip of Arabidopsis cotyledons. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.24.599792

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Pérez-Henríquez, P., Li, H., Zhou, X., Pan, X., Lin, W., Tang, W., Nagawa, S., Lin, D., Xu, T., Michniewicz, M., Prigge, M.J., Strader, L.C., Estelle, M., Hayashi, K.I., Friml, J., Qi, L., Liu, Z., Van Norman, J., Yang, Z. Hierarchical global and local auxin signals coordinate cellular interdigitation in . (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.17.599171

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Pathak, S., Strader, L.C. GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues. (2024) Molecular Plant. 17(6):842-844. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2024.04.010


Cowling, C.L., Homayouni, A.L., Callwood, J.B., McReynolds, M.R., Khor, J., Ke, H., Draves, M.A., Dehesh, K., Walley, J.W., Strader, L.C., Kelley, D.R. ZmPILS6 is an auxin efflux carrier required for maize root morphogenesis. (2024) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121(22):e2313216121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313216121

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Cohen, J.D., Strader, L.C. An auxin research odyssey: 1989-2023. (2024) Plant Cell. 36(5):1410-1428. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae054

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Kohler, A.R., Scheil, A., Hill, J.L., Allen, J.R., Al-Haddad, J.M., Goeckeritz, C.Z., Strader, L.C., Telewski, F.W., Hollender, C.A. Defying gravity: WEEP promotes negative gravitropism in peach trees by establishing asymmetric auxin gradients. (2024) Plant Physiology. 195(2):1229-1255. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae085

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Theisen, F.F., Prestel, A., Elkjær, S., Leurs, Y.H.A., Morffy, N., Strader, L.C., O'Shea, C., Teilum, K., Kragelund, B.B., Skriver, K. Molecular switching in transcription through splicing and proline-isomerization regulates stress responses in plants. (2024) Nature Communications. 15(1):592. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44859-2

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Del Bianco, M., Friml, J., Strader, L., Kepinski, S. Auxin research: creating tools for a greener future. (2023) J Exp Bot. 74(22):6889-6892. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad420


Emenecker, R.J., Cammarata, J., Yuan, I., Howard, C., Ebrahimi Naghani, S., Robert, H.S., Nambara, E., Strader, L.C. Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation. (2023) Development. 150(23). DOI: 10.1242/dev.202106

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Jing, H., Wilkinson, E.G., Sageman-Furnas, K., Strader, L.C. Auxin and abiotic stress responses. (2023) J Exp Bot. 74(22):7000-7014. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad325

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Prigge, M.J., Morffy, N., de Neve, A., Szutu, W., Abraham-Juárez, M.J., Johnson, K., Do, N., Lavy, M., Hake, S., Strader, L., Estelle, M., Richardson, A.E. Comparative mutant analyses reveal a novel mechanism of ARF regulation in land plants. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.09.566459

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Allen, J., Flanagan, M., Pathak, S., Emenecker, S., Emenecker, R., Strader, L. An Improved Toolkit of Gateway- and Gibson Assembly-Compatible Vectors for Protoplast Transfection and Agrobacterium-Mediated Plant Transformation. (2023) Res Sq. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3558280/v1

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Jing, H., Strader, L.C. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR protein accumulation and function. (2023) BioEssays. 45(11):e2300018. DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300018

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Gutierrez-Beltran, E., Strader, L., Bozhkov, P.V. Focus on biomolecular condensates. (2023) Plant Cell. 35(9):3155-3157. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad182


Field, S., Jang, G.J., Dean, C., Strader, L.C., Rhee, S.Y. Plants use molecular mechanisms mediated by biomolecular condensates to integrate environmental cues with development. (2023) Plant Cell. 35(9):3173-3186. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad062

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Jing, H., Yang, X., Emenecker, R.J., Feng, J., Zhang, J., Figueiredo, M.R.A., Chaisupa, P., Wright, R.C., Holehouse, A.S., Strader, L.C., Zuo, J. Nitric oxide-mediated S-nitrosylation of IAA17 protein in intrinsically disordered region represses auxin signaling. (2023) J Genet Genomics. 50(7):473-485. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2023.05.001

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Kohler, A.R., Scheil, A., Hill, J.L., Allen, J.R., Al-Haddad, J.M., Goeckeritz, C.Z., Strader, L.C., Telewski, F.W., Hollender, C.A. Defying Gravity: promotes negative gravitropism in (peach) shoots and roots by establishing asymmetric auxin gradients. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.26.542472

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Boeynaems, S., Chong, S., Gsponer, J., Holt, L., Milovanovic, D., Mitrea, D.M., Mueller-Cajar, O., Portz, B., Reilly, J.F., Reinkemeier, C.D., Sabari, B.R., Sanulli, S., Shorter, J., Sontag, E., Strader, L., Stachowiak, J., Weber, S.C., White, M., Zhang, H., Zweckstetter, M., Elbaum-Garfinkle, S., Kriwacki, R. Phase Separation in Biology and Disease; Current Perspectives and Open Questions. (2023) Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(5):167971. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.167971

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Strader, L.C., Staller, M.V., Willis, A.E., Faulkner, G.J., Beggs, J.D., Cech, T.R. The complexity of transferring genetic information. (2023) Molecular Cell. 83(3):320-323. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.01.002

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Goloubinoff, P., Woodson, J.D., Strader, L.C., Fu, Z.Q. Important questions and future directions in plant biochemistry. (2022) Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(10):811-813. DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.07.003


Figueiredo, M.R.A., Strader, L.C. Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Aux/IAA protein degradation dynamics. (2022) Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(10):865-874. DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.06.004

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Jing, H., Korasick, D.A., Emenecker, R.J., Morffy, N., Wilkinson, E.G., Powers, S.K., Strader, L.C. Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR condensation and nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning. (2022) Nature Communications. 13(1):4015. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31628-2

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Sageman-Furnas, K., Strader, L. Connected phytohormone biosynthesis pathways at the core of growth-stress tradeoffs. (2022) Molecular Plant. 15(7):1087-1089. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.06.005


Allen, J.R., Strader, L.C. Beating the heat: Phase separation in plant stress granules. (2022) Developmental Cell. 57(5):563-565. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.02.012

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Allen, J.R., Wilkinson, E.G., Strader, L.C. Creativity comes from interactions: modules of protein interactions in plants. (2022) FEBS Journal. 289(6):1492-1514. DOI: 10.1111/febs.15847

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Strader, L., Weijers, D., Wagner, D. Plant transcription factors - being in the right place with the right company. (2022) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 65:102136. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102136

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Morffy, N., Strader, L.C. Structural Aspects of Auxin Signaling. (2022) Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 14(1). DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a039883

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Pierik, R., Fankhauser, C., Strader, L.C., Sinha, N. Architecture and plasticity: optimizing plant performance in dynamic environments. (2021) Plant Physiology. 187(3):1029-1032. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab402

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Zhang, Y., Kilambi, H.V., Liu, J., Bar, H., Lazary, S., Egbaria, A., Ripper, D., Charrier, L., Belew, Z.M., Wulff, N., Damodaran, S., Nour-Eldin, H.H., Aharoni, A., Ragni, L., Strader, L., Sade, N., Weinstain, R., Geisler, M., Shani, E. ABA homeostasis and long-distance translocation are redundantly regulated by ABCG ABA importers. (2021) Science Advances. 7(43):eabf6069. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf6069

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Yoo, C.Y., He, J., Sang, Q., Qiu, Y., Long, L., Kim, R.J., Chong, E.G., Hahm, J., Morffy, N., Zhou, P., Strader, L.C., Nagatani, A., Mo, B., Chen, X., Chen, M. Direct photoresponsive inhibition of a p53-like transcription activation domain in PIF3 by Arabidopsis phytochrome B. (2021) Nature Communications. 12(1):5614. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25909-5

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Morffy, N., Strader, L.C. Plant promoter-proximal pausing? (2021) Nature Plants. 7(7):862-863. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00970-6


Emenecker, R.J., Holehouse, A.S., Strader, L.C. Biological Phase Separation and Biomolecular Condensates in Plants. (2021) Annual Review of Plant Biology. 72:17-46. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-081720-015238

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Narlikar, G.J., Myong, S., Larson, D., Maeshima, K., Francis, N., Rippe, K., Sabari, B., Strader, L., Tjian, R. Is transcriptional regulation just going through a phase? (2021) Molecular Cell. 81(8):1579-1585. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.046


Allen, J.R., Strader, L.C. Nucleocytoplasmic partitioning as a mechanism to regulate Arabidopsis signaling events. (2021) Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 69:136-141. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2021.01.006

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Van Norman, J.M., Strader, L.C., Sozzani, R. Editorial overview: Directionality and precision - how signaling and gene regulation drive plant development and growth. (2020) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 57:A1-A3. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.11.001


Wilkinson, E.G., Strader, L.C. A Prion-based Thermosensor in Plants. (2020) Molecular Cell. 80(2):181-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.09.026

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Emenecker, R.J., Holehouse, A.S., Strader, L.C. Emerging Roles for Phase Separation in Plants. (2020) Developmental Cell. 55(1):69-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.09.010

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Mittag, T., Strader, L.C. I Will Survive: How NPR1 Condensation Promotes Plant Cell Survival. (2020) Cell. 182(5):1072-1074. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.011

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Trujillo-Hernandez, J.A., Bariat, L., Enders, T.A., Strader, L.C., Reichheld, J.P., Belin, C. A glutathione-dependent control of the indole butyric acid pathway supports Arabidopsis root system adaptation to phosphate deprivation. (2020) J Exp Bot. 71(16):4843-4857. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa195

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Morffy, N., Strader, L.C. Old Town Roads: routes of auxin biosynthesis across kingdoms. (2020) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 55:21-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.02.002

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Homayouni, A.L., Strader, L.C. Sugar rush: Glucosylation of IPyA attenuates auxin levels. (2020) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117(14):7558-7560. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003305117


Powers, S.K., Strader, L.C. Regulation of auxin transcriptional responses. (2020) Developmental Dynamics . 249(4):483-495. DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.139

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Emenecker, R.J., Strader, L.C. Auxin-Abscisic Acid Interactions in Plant Growth and Development. (2020) Biomolecules. 10(2). DOI: 10.3390/biom10020281

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Strader, L.C., Ritchie, S., Soule, J.D., McGinnis, K.M., Steber, C.M. Recessive-interfering mutations in the gibberellin signaling gene SLEEPY1 are rescued by overexpression of its homologue, SNEEZY. (2004) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101(34):12771-6. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404287101

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McGinnis, K.M., Thomas, S.G., Soule, J.D., Strader, L.C., Zale, J.M., Sun, T.P., Steber, C.M. The Arabidopsis SLEEPY1 gene encodes a putative F-box subunit of an SCF E3 ubiquitin ligase. (2003) Plant Cell. 15(5):1120-30. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.010827

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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

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