College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Biology

Katherine Marie Schmid

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Presentations
Publications
Awards and Grants
Editorial Service

Presentations

American Oil Chemists Society

"Genetic engineering of plants for cyclic fatty acids," 1996.

American Society of Plant Physiologists

"Effects of cyclopropene fatty acids on Ustilago maydis sporidia," with G.W. Patterson, 1986.
"Inhibition of fungal growth and fatty acid desaturation by sterculate," with G.W. Patterson, 1987.
"Petroselinic acid deposition in seeds of Daucus carota L.," with E.B. Cahoon , J.B. Ohlrogge, 1990.

American and Canadian Societies of Plant Physiologists

"Isolation of a cDNA clone for spinach acyl carrier protein II," with J.B. Ohlrogge, 1989.
"Compartmentation and synthesis of cyclopropene fatty acids in cotton roots," With S. Tripathy, D.Garrett, K.D. Chapman, 1997.

Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops

"Preliminary experiments on genetic engineering of plant fatty acids," with J.B. Ohlrogge , M.A. Post-Beittenmiller, J.F. Battey, 1989.

International Symposia on Plant Lipids

"Deposition of cyclopropene fatty acids in developing Malva seeds," 1996.
"Production of lipid bodies rich in cyclopropene fatty acids by cotton roots," S. Tripathy, D.Garrett, K.D. Chapman, 1998.

National Plant Lipid Cooperative Symposia

"Expression of bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthase in tobacco cells," 1993
"Engineering for cyclopropane fatty acid production in plants," 1995
"Synthesis and distribution of cyclopropene fatty acids in cotton roots," with S. Tripathy, D. Garrett, K.D. Chapman, A.S. Reddy, 1997.

UCLA Symposia on Plant Gene Transfer

"Expression of spinach acyl carrier protein in transgenic tobacco plants," with M.A. Post-Beittenmiller , J. Ohlrogge, 1989.
"Acyl carrier protein as a probe of the organization and regulation of plant fatty acid synthesis," with J.B. Ohlrogge , A. Hloušek-Radoji, J.G. Jaworski, M.A. Post-Beittenmiller, 1990.

designates first author other than K.M. Schmid. Note to editor: In my field, it is considered academic dishonesty to exclude coauthors in lists of this type.

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Publications

S. Xu, G.W. Patterson and K.M. Schmid. 1986. Sterols of Amaranthaceae. Phytochemistry 25: 1883-1886.

K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1988. Effects of cyclopropenoid fatty acids on fungal growth and lipid composition. Lipids 23: 248-252.

K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1988. Distribution of cyclopropenoid fatty acids in Malvaceous plant parts. Phytochemistry 27: 2831-2834.

K.M. Schmid and G.W. Patterson. 1989. Perturbation of fungal growth and lipid composition by cyclopropenoid fatty acids. In P.A. Biacs, K. Gruiz, T. Kremmer, eds., Biological Role of Plant Lipids. Proceedings, 8th International Symposium on Plant Lipids; Budapest, Hungary; July 25-28, 1988. New York, Plenum, 409-412.

J.F. Battey, K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1989. Genetic engineering for plant oils: potential and limitations. Trends in Biotechnology 7: 122-126.

M.A. Post-Beittenmiller, K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1989. Expression of holo and apo forms of spinach acyl carrier protein-I in leaves of transgenic tobacco plants. The Plant Cell 1: 889-899.

S. Xu. G.W. Patterson, W.R. Lusby, K.M. Schmid and T.A. Salt. 1990. The distribution and phylogenetic significance of desmethylsterols in Chenopodium and Atriplex: Coexistence of ? 7 and ?5-sterols. Lipids 25: 61-64.

K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1990. A root acyl carrier protein-II from spinach is also expressed in leaves and seeds. Plant Molecular Biology 15: 765-778.

K.M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1990. Expression of acyl carrier proteins in spinach. In P.J. Quinn, J.L. Harwood, eds., Plant Lipid Biochemistry, Structure & Utilization. Proceedings, 9th International Symposium on Plans lipids; Wye, England; July 8-13,1990. London, Portland Press Ltd., 447-449.

J.B. Ohlrogge, D. Post-Beittenrniller, A. Hloušek-Radoji, K. Schmid and J. Jaworski. 1992. Plant fatty acid biosynthesis and its potential for manipulation. In D.D. Bills, S. Kung, eds, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology and Nutrition. Boston, Butterworth Heinemann, 365-383.

K.M. Schmid.1995. Dihydrosterculate in tobacco transformed with bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthase. In J.-C. Kader, P. Mazliak, eds, Plant Lipid Metabolism. Boston, Kluwer, 108-110.

K. M. Schmid and J.B. Ohlrogge. 1996. Lipid metabolism in plants. In D.E. Vance, J. Vance, eds, Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes, 3rd ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 363-389.

K. Schmid, J. Andrews and J. Ohlrogge. 1997. Fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis and degradation. In D.T. Dennis, D.B. Layzell, D.D. Lefebvre, D.H. Turpin, eds, Plant Metabolism, 2nd. Ed., Addison Wesley Longman Ltd., Harlow, England, 414-429.

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Awards and Grants

Graduate School Fellowship, 1985-1986
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi

Grants:
United States Department of Agriculture, 1992-1996, "Introduction of bacterial cyclopropane fatty acid synthase to plants," $50,000.
National Plant Lipid Cooperative Travel Grants, 1995, 1997

Professional Editorial Service

Ad hoc Reviewer

Journal of Biological Chemistry
Lipids
Phytochemistry
Plant Physiology
Science
USDA

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