Derek Gingerich

Education

• Ph.D. Cornell University - 2002
• B.S. Eastern Mennonite University - 1996

Courses

• Biol 111 Essentials of Cell Biology and Genetics
• Biol 304 Molecular Biology

Research - Plant Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioinformatics 

• Genetic and molecular analysis of targeted protein degradation by the ubiquitin/26S proteasome pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Evolution of E3 ubiquitin-ligase gene families in the plant kingdom
• Publications:
  

  Gingerich DJ, Hanada K, Shiu SH, Vierstra RD. (2007). Large-scale, lineage-specific expansion of a Bric-a-Brac/ Tramtrack/ Broad Complex ubiquitin-ligase gene family in rice. Plant Cell in press.

  Gingerich DJ, Gagne JM, Salter DW, Hellmann H, Estelle M, Ma L, and Vierstra RD. (2005). Cullins 3a and 3b assemble with members of the Broad Complex/Tramtrack/Bric-a-Brac (BTB) protein family to form essential ubiquitin-protein ligases (E3s) in Arabidopsis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 18810-18821.
       
  Gagne JM, Smalle J, Gingerich DJ, Walker JM, Yoo SD, Yanagisawa S, and Vierstra RD. (2004). Arabidopsis EIN3-binding F-box 1 and 2 form ubiquitin-protein ligases that repress ethylene action and promote growth by directing EIN3 degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:6803-6808.