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 19:2329-2348.

  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.