Ruairidh Sawers
Assistant Professor
Penn State University
2019 – present Assistant Professor Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
2010 - 2019 Professor-Researcher, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Irapuato, Guanajuato, MX
2006 – 2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, Paszkowski Lab, U. Geneva/Lausanne, CH
2000 – 2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, Brutnell Lab, Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, US
1996 – 2000 D.Phil., Langdale Lab, U. Oxford, UK
1993 – 1996 B.A. Biological Sciences, U. Oxford, UK
Publications:
4 Jun 2022Portrait of a genus: genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in Zea. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Author(s): Chen, L., Luo, J., Jin, M., Yang, N., Liu, X., Peng, Y., Li, W., Philips, A., Cameron, B., Bernal, J., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Sawers, R., Qing, L., Yin, Y., Ye, X., Yan, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X., Wu, S., Gui, S., Wei, W., Wang, Y., Luo, Y., Jiang, C., Deng, M., Jin, M., Jian, L., Yu, Y., Zhang, M., Yang, X., Hufford, M. B., Fernie, A. R., Warburton, M. L., Ross-Ibarra, J., & Yan, J.
27 Jun 2022 Rhizosphere bacterial communities differ among traditional maize landraces. Environmental DNA. Author(s): Lund, M., Agerbo Rasmussen, J., Ramos‐Madrigal, J., Sawers, R., Gilbert, M. T., & Barnes, C. J.
12 Jul 2023The pho1;2a′-m1.1 allele of Phosphate1 conditions misregulation of the phosphorus starvation response in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) Author(s): Alonso‐Nieves, A. L., Salazar‐Vidal, M. N., Torres‐Rodríguez, J. V., Pérez‐Vázquez, L. M., Massange‐Sánchez, J. A., Gillmor, C. S., & Sawers, R.
30 Jun 2022An adaptive teosinte mexicana introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine levels and is associated with maize flowering time. Author(s): Barnes, A. C., Rodríguez-Zapata, F., Juárez-Núñez, K. A., Gates, D. J., Janzen, G. M., Kur, A., Wang, L., Jensen, S. E., Estévez-Palmas, J. M., Crow, T. M., Kavi, H. S., Pil, H. D., Stokes, R. L., Knizner, K. T., Aguilar-Rangel, M. R., Demesa-Arévalo, E., Skopelitis, T., Pérez-Limón, S., Stutts, W. L., Thompson, P., Chiu, Y. C., Jackson, D., Muddiman, D. C., Fiehn, O., Runcie, D., Buckler, E. S., Ross-Ibarra, J., Hufford, M. B., Sawers, R. & Rellán-Álvarez, R. (2022)
20 Mar 2022Demonstration of local adaptation in maize landraces by reciprocal transplantation. Author(s): Janzen, G. M., Aguilar‐Rangel, M. R., Cíntora‐Martínez, C., Blöcher‐Juárez, K. A., González‐Segovia, E., Studer, A. J., Runcie, D. E., Flint‐Garcia, S. A., Rellán‐Álvarez, R., Sawers, R. & Hufford, M. B
8 Mar 2022A B73×Palomero Toluqueño mapping population reveals local adaptation in Mexican highland maize Author(s): Perez-Limón, S., Li, M., Cintora-Martinez, G. C., Aguilar-Rangel, M. R., Salazar-Vidal, M. N., González-Segovia, E., Blöcher-Juárez, K., Guerrero-Zavala, A., Barrales-Gamez, B., Carcaño-Macias, J., Costich, D. E., Nieto-Sotelo, J., Martinez de la Vega, O., Simpson, J., Hufford, M. B., Ross-Ibarra, J., Flint-Garcia, S., Diaz-Garcia, L., Rellán-Álvarez, R., & Sawers, R.
5 Jun 2021Low nitrogen availability inhibits the phosphorus starvation response in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) Author(s): Torres-Rodríguez, J. V., Salazar-Vidal, M. N., Chávez Montes, R. A., Massange-Sánchez, J. A., Gillmor, C. S., & Sawers, R
1 Apr 2021Identification of the maize Mediator CDK8 module and transposon-mediated mutagenesis of ZmMed12a. Author(s): Alonso-Nieves, A. L., Núñez-Ríos, T., Massange-Sánchez, J. A., Ahern, K. R., Lepe-Soltero, D., García-Aguilar, M., Brutnell, T. P., Sawers, R. & Gillmor, C. S.
30 Dec 2020Gene regulatory effects of a large chromosomal inversion in highland maize. Author(s): Crow, T., Ta, J., Nojoomi, S., Aguilar-Rangel, M. R., Torres Rodríguez, J. V., Gates, D., Rellán-Álvarez, R., Sawers, R. & Runcie, D
30 Oct 2023The genetic architecture of host response reveals the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizae to maize cultivation. Author(s): Ramírez-Flores, M. R., Perez-Limon, S., Li, M., Barrales-Gamez, B., Albinsky, D., Paszkowski, U., Olalde-Portugal, V., & Sawers, R.