Adam D.

Steinbrenner
Division of Biological Sciences @ADSteinbrenner Media
University of California San Diego http://steinbrenner.weebly.com Website
La Jolla, CA 92093 asteinbrenner@ucsd.edu Email

Education:

2015 Ph.D. Plant Biology, University of California Berkeley, 2015

2010 BS Biology, Tufts University, 2010

Academic Positions:

2016- HHMI and UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellow with Eric Schmelz, UC San Diego
2010-15 NSF Graduate Research Fellow with Brian Staskawicz, UC Berkeley
2007-10 Undergraduate Researcher with Colin Orians and others, Tufts University

Awarded Fellowships:

2016 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Life Sciences

Research Foundation
$180,000

USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship (funding offer declined)

$152,000

EMBO Short-term Fellowship

4,600

University of California Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship

$15,900

2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

$121,500

Selected Honors and Awards:

2017 PLOS Early Career Travel Award

2014 IS-Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Travel Award
2010 Daniel I. Arnon Scholarship, UC Berkeley
Phi Beta Kappa, Tufts University
Benjamin G. Brown Scholarship, Tufts University
2009 Astronaut Scholarship, Astronaut Scholars Foundation
Paula Frazier Poskitt Memorial Scholarship, Tufts University
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Publications:

(9) Schultink, A., Qi, T., Lee, A., Steinbrenner, A.D., Staskawicz, B. 2017. Roq1 mediates
recognition of the Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas effector proteins XopQ and HopQ1.
The Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13715

(8) Goritschnig, S.*, Steinbrenner, A.D.*, Grunwald, D.J. Staskawicz, B.J. New
Phytologist. 2016. Structurally distinct NLR immune receptors recognize tandem WY
domains of an oomycete effector. *contributed equally. New Phytologist. DOI:
10.1111/nph.13823

(7) Steinbrenner, A.D., Goritschnig, S., Staskawicz, B.J. 2015. Recognition and Activation
Domains Contribute to Allele-Specific Responses of an Arabidopsis NLR Receptor to an
Oomycete Effector Protein. PLOS Pathogens. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004665

(6) Zhang, R., Li, Y., Cowley, T.J., Steinbrenner A., Phillips J.M., Yount B.L., Baric R.S.,
Weiss, S.R. 2015. The nsp1, nsp13, and M proteins contribute to the hepatotropism of
murine coronavirus JHM.WU. J. Virol. JVI.03535-14.

(5) Steinbrenner, A.D., Goritschnig, S., Krasileva, K.V., Schreiber, K.J., Staskawicz, B.J.
2012. Effector Recognition and Activation of the Arabidopsis thaliana NLR Innate
Immune Receptors. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quant. Biol. 77:249-257.

(4) Steinbrenner, A.D., Agerbirk, N., Orians, C.M., Chew, F.S. 2012. Transient abiotic
stresses lead to latent defense and reproductive responses over Brassica rapa life
cycle. Chemoecology. 22:239-250.

(3) Gmez, S., Steinbrenner, A.D., Osorio, S., Schueller, M., Ferrieri, R.A., Fernie, A.R.,
Orians, C.M. 2012. From shoots to roots: transport and metabolic changes in tomato
after feeding by a specialist lepidopteran. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.
144:101-111.

(2) Steinbrenner, A.D., Gmez, S., Osorio, S., Fernie, A.R., Orians, C.M. 2011.
Herbivore-induced changes in tomato primary metabolism: A whole plant perspective.
J. Chem. Ecol. 37(12):1294-303.

(1) Chou, S., Krasileva, K.V., Holton, J.M., Steinbrenner, A.D., Alber, T., Staskawicz, B.J.
2011. The Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis ATR1 effector is a repeat protein with
distributed recognition surfaces. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 108(32):13323-13328.

Invited Presentations:

Oct 2017 When caterpillars attack: tripwires and subterfuge in plant-herbivore

interactions, UC Santa Cruz Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Santa
Cruz, CA, USA.

May 2017 Molecular determinants of herbivore recognition and resistance, UC Davis

Dept. of Plant Pathology, Davis, CA, USA.
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May 2015 Recognition and specificity domains of the Arabidopsis NLR RPP1 and its
cognate effector, ATR1, NLR Biology in Plants and Animals Workshop, Schloss
Ringberg, Germany.

Feb 2015 Allele-specific immune recognition of the RXLR effector ATR1 can occur on
both tandem WY-domains, Oomycete Molecular Genetics Meeting, Asilomar,
CA, USA

Feb 2013 Distinct surfaces of the ATR1 effector specify differential recognition by alleles
of RPP1, Oomycete Molecular Genetics Meeting, Asilomar, CA, USA

Aug 2010 Gone but Not Forgotten: Latent Effects of Transient Abiotic Stress in Brassica
rapa, Ecological Society of America Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Teaching Experience:

2015 Guest Lecturer, Plant-Microbe Interactions PB165, UC Berkeley

2013 Guest Lecturer, Plants, Agriculture, and Society, PB10, UC Berkeley
Teaching Assistant, Experimental Plant Biology Laboratory, PB101L, UC
Berkeley
2012 Teaching Assistant, The Secret Life of Plants, PB40, UC Berkeley
2007-10 Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology, Bio13, Tufts University

Advising and Outreach:

Undergraduate Advising, current affiliation

2017 Jessica Aguilar Venegas, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico

2016 Harley Riggleman, Old Dominion University
Ei Phyu Lin, UC San Diego
2013-15 Derrick Grunwald, currently Dept. of Plant Pathology, U of Wisconsin-Madison
2012-13 Jason Rudberg, currently Dept. of Bioengineering, Stanford University
2011-12 Edmond Li, currently Cardio Dx
2010 Sadrach Pierre, currently Dept. of Chemistry, Cornell University

Outreach (Target Audience)

2017 Mentor, Preuss School Lab Internship Program (URM high school seniors)
2016-17 Triton Day Laboratory Demonstration Volunteer (Entering transfer students)
2016 Volunteer, Expanding Your Horizons workshop (Female students grades 6-10)
2010-15 Team leader, Bay Area Scientists in Schools (Students grades 2-5)
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2013 Presenter, Oakland Unified School District Science Instruction Workshop

(Teachers K-5)
2007-08 Chemistry demonstrations through Tufts University Dept. of Chemistry (Students
grades 4-5)

University, Departmental, and Scientific Service:

Departmental Service

2013 Tsujimoto Memorial Lecture, Coordinator and Host

2012 Graduate Admissions Committee, UC Berkeley Plant and Microbial Biology
2012 External Review Committee, UC Berkeley Plant and Microbial Biology

Invited Peer Reviewer

Journal of Chemical Ecology

PLoS One (2)
PeerJ (2)
Scientific Reports
Revista Columbiana de Entomologia
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Physiol. And Mol. Plant Pathol

Professional Memberships

American Society of Plant Biologists

International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions