Research Interests:

Mechanisms of gravity and auxin-induced changes in carbohydrate metabolism; Differential regulation of plant genes in response to potassium deficiency; UV/blue light regulated genes and signal transduction pathways; Calcium signaling in plant cells.

Selected Publications:

Long, J.C.*, Zhao, W.*, Rashotte, A., Muday, G., and Huber, S.C. (2000). Gravity and auxin regulation of a vacuolar acid invertase gene in expanding maize stem pulvinus. (In preparation)
*Authors contributed equally in presented work.

Baum, G., Long, J.C., Jenkins, G.I., and Trewavas, S. (1999). Stimulation of the blue light phototropic receptor NPH1 causes a transient increase in cytosolic calcium. PNAS (USA) 96: (23) 13554-13559

Long, J.C. and Jenkins, G.I. (1998). Involvement of plasma membrane redox activity and calcium homeostasis in the UV-A/blue and UV-B light induction of gene expression in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 10: 2077-2086

Jenkins, G.I., Christie, J.M., Fuglevard, G., Long, J.C and Jackson, J.A. (1995). Plant responses to UV and blue light: Biochemical and genetic approaches. Plant Science 112: (2) 117-13

Education & Experience:

Postdoctoral Experience - NASA/NSF Network for Research on Plant Sensort Systems, Yale University, 1997-1998

Ph.D., Glasgow University, Scotland, 1997
B.Sc. (Hons) - University of the West of England, England, 1993

Contact Details:

Telephone: (919) 513 1483
Fax: (919) 856 4598
Email: joanne_long@ncsu.edu