Dr. Christopher Topp
Research Associate Member
Department of Plant Science
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
United States of America
Biography
"Principal Investigator Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of Georgia in 2009 B.S. in Genetics, University of Georgia in 2001 Awards: USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2013), Fanning Award for Leadership and Academic Excellence (2009), UGA Graduate School, Doctoral Completion Assistantship, UGA Graduate School (2008)"
Research Interest
" Chris’s current research interests are subterranean phenotyping and characterizing the environmental and genetic factors that condition root growth. As a postdoctoral scholar, he led the development of a high-throughput 3D root imaging and analysis pipeline, and applied it to map regions of the rice genome controlling root architecture. Long-term, he aims to understand how genotype directs phenotype for agriculturally important traits."
Publications
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Topp CN, Zhong CX, Dawe RK. Centromere-encoded RNAs are integral components of the maize kinetochore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004 Nov 9;101(45):15986-91.
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Deal RB, Topp CN, McKinney EC, Meagher RB. Repression of flowering in Arabidopsis requires activation of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression by the histone variant H2A. Z. The Plant Cell. 2007 Jan 1;19(1):74-83.
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Zhong CX, Marshall JB, Topp C, Mroczek R, Kato A, Nagaki K, Birchler JA, Jiang J, Dawe RK. Centromeric retroelements and satellites interact with maize kinetochore protein CENH3. The Plant Cell. 2002 Nov 1;14(11):2825-36.
