Maloof Lab:Julin Maloof

I am an associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of California, Davis. My Lab studies plant / environment interactions, with an emphasis on how plant development changes in response to the light environment.

Contact Info
Mailing Address Julin N. Maloof Department of Plant Biology, LS 1002 University of California, Davis 1 Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 Office 2131 Life Sciences (530) 752-8077 (voice) (530) 752-5410 (fax) Lab 2115 Life Sciences (530) 752-8086 email jnmaloof at ucdavis.edu 

Education

 * 1998-2002 Postdoctoral Scholar, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Advisors: Joanne Chory and Detlef Weigel.
 * 1998 Ph. D. University of California, San Francisco. Advisor: Cynthia Kenyon.
 * 1989 B. A. Haverford College.

Other
One of the things that I enjoy about being in Davis is close proximity to the Sierra. For photos of some of some of my adventures there and elsewhere, please visit my simple photo gallery.

Publications

 * Kerwin, R. E., Jimenez-Gomez, J. M., Fulop, D., Harmer, S. L., Maloof, J. N. & Kliebenstein, D. J. Network Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Circadian Clock Outputs Identifies Metabolic Pathway-to-Clock Linkages in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 23, 471-485 (2011).


 * Chang, C. S., Maloof, J. N. & Wu, S. H. COP1-mediated degradation of BBX22/LZF1 optimizes seedling development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 156, 228-239 (2011).


 * Nozue, K., Harmer, S. L. & Maloof, J. N. Genomic Analysis of Circadian Clock-, Light-, and Growth-Correlated Genes Reveals PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR5 as a Modulator of Auxin Signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 156, 357-372 (2011).


 * Kim, K., Shin, J., Lee, S. H., Kweon, H. S., Maloof, J. N. & Choi, G. Phytochromes inhibit hypocotyl negative gravitropism by regulating the development of endodermal amyloplasts through phytochrome-interacting factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108, 1729-1734 (2011).


 * Maloof, J. N. Recent advances in regulation of flowering. F1000 Biol Rep 2, (2010).


 * Brock, M. T., Dechaine, J. M., Iniguez-Luy, F. L., Maloof, J. N., Stinchcombe, J. R. & Weinig, C. Floral Genetic Architecture: An Examination of QTL Architecture Underlying Floral (Co)Variation Across Environments. Genetics 186, 1451-1465 (2010).


 * Brock, M. T., Maloof, J. N. & Weinig, C. Genes underlying quantitative variation in ecologically important traits: PIF4 (phytochrome interacting factor 4) is associated with variation in internode length, flowering time, and fruit set in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Ecol 19, 1187-1199 (2010).


 * Jiménez-Gómez, J. M., Wallace, A. D. & Maloof, J. N. Network analysis identifies ELF3 as a QTL for the shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 6, (2010).


 * Jimenez-Gomez, J. M. & Maloof, J. N. Sequence diversity in three tomato species: SNPs, markers, and molecular evolution. BMC Plant Biol 9, 85 (2009).


 * Jiménez-Gómez, J. M. & Maloof, J. N. Plant research accelerates along the (bio)informatics superhighway: symposium on plant sensing, response and adaptation to the environment. EMBO Rep 10, 568-572 (2009).


 * Schwartz, C., Balasubramanian, S., Warthmann, N., Michael, T. P., Lempe, J., Sureshkumar, S., Kobayashi, Y., Maloof, J. N., Borevitz, J. O., Chory, J. & Weigel, D. Cis-regulatory Changes at FLOWERING LOCUS T Mediate Natural Variation in Flowering Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 183, 723-32, 1SI-7SI (2009).


 * Balasubramanian, S., Schwartz, C., Singh, A., Warthmann, N., Kim, M. C., Maloof, J. N., Loudet, O., Trainer, G. T., Dabi, T., Borevitz, J. O., Chory, J. & Weigel, D. QTL Mapping in New Arabidopsis thaliana Advanced Intercross-Recombinant Inbred Lines. PLoS ONE 4, e4318 (2009).


 * Covington, M. F., Maloof, J. N., Straume, M., Kay, S. A. & Harmer, S. L. Global transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of key pathways in plant growth and development. Genome Biol 9, R130 (2008).


 * Filiault, D. L., Wessinger, C. A., Dinneny, J. R., Lutes, J., Borevitz, J. O., Weigel, D., Chory, J. & Maloof, J. N. Amino acid polymorphisms in Arabidopsis phytochrome B cause differential responses to light. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105, 3157-3162 (2008).


 * Weinig, C., Johnston, J. A., Willis, C. G. & Maloof, J. N. Antagonistic multilevel selection on size and architecture in variable density settings. Evolution 61, 58-67 (2007).


 * Nozue, K., Covington, M. F., Duek, P. D., Lorrain, S., Fankhauser, C., Harmer, S. L. & Maloof, J. N. Rhythmic growth explained by coincidence between internal and external cues. Nature 448, 358-361 (2007).


 * Maloof, J. N. Small but not forgotten. Heredity 96, 1-2 (2006).


 * Balasubramanian, S., Sureshkumar, S., Agrawal, M., Michael, T. P., Wessinger, C., Maloof, J. N., Clark, R., Warthmann, N., Chory, J. & Weigel, D. The PHYTOCHROME C photoreceptor gene mediates natural variation in flowering and growth responses of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Genet 38, 711-715 (2006).


 * Nozue, K. & Maloof, J. N. Diurnal regulation of plant growth. Plant Cell Environ 29, 396-408 (2006).


 * Lu, L., Lee, Y. R., Pan, R., Maloof, J. N. & Liu, B. An internal motor kinesin is associated with the Golgi apparatus and plays a role in trichome morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Mol Biol Cell 16, 811-823 (2005).


 * Maloof, J. N. Plant development: slowing root growth naturally. Curr Biol 14, R395-R396 (2004).


 * Wolyn, D. J., Borevitz, J. O., Loudet, O., Schwartz, C., Maloof, J., Ecker, J. R., Berry, C. C. & Chory, J. Light-response quantitative trait loci identified with composite interval and eXtreme array mapping in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 167, 907-917 (2004).


 * Maloof, J. N. Genomic approaches to analyzing natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Curr Opin Genet Dev 13, 576-582 (2003).


 * Maloof, J. N. QTL for plant growth and morphology. Curr Opin Plant Biol 6, 85-90 (2003).


 * Nemhauser, J. L., Maloof, J. N. & Chory, J. Building integrated models of plant growth and development. Plant Physiol 132, 436-439 (2003).


 * Borevitz, J. O., Maloof, J. N., Lutes, J., Dabi, T., Redfern, J. L., Trainer, G. T., Werner, J. D., Asami, T., Berry, C. C., Weigel, D. & Chory, J. Quantitative trait loci controlling light and hormone response in two accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 160, 683-696 (2002).


 * Friedrichsen, D. M., Nemhauser, J., Muramitsu, T., Maloof, J. N., Alonso, J., Ecker, J. R., Furuya, M. & Chory, J. Three redundant brassinosteroid early response genes encode putative bHLH transcription factors required for normal growth. Genetics 162, 1445-1456 (2002).


 * Nordborg, M., Borevitz, J. O., Bergelson, J., Berry, C. C., Chory, J., Hagenblad, J., Kreitman, M., Maloof, J. N., Noyes, T., Oefner, P. J., Stahl, E. A. & Weigel, D. The extent of linkage disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Genet 30, 190-193 (2002).


 * Maloof, J. N., Borevitz, J. O., Dabi, T., Lutes, J., Nehring, R. B., Redfern, J. L., Trainer, G. T., Wilson, J. M., Asami, T., Berry, C. C., Weigel, D. & Chory, J. Natural variation in light sensitivity of Arabidopsis. Nat Genet 29, 441-446 (2001).


 * Maloof, J. N., Borevitz, J. O., Weigel, D. & Chory, J. Natural variation in phytochrome signaling. Semin Cell Dev Biol 11, 523-530 (2000).


 * Maloof, J. N., Whangbo, J., Harris, J. M., Jongeward, G. D. & Kenyon, C. A Wnt signaling pathway controls hox gene expression and neuroblast migration in C. elegans. Development 126, 37-49 (1999).


 * Hunter, C. P., Harris, J. M., Maloof, J. N. & Kenyon, C. Hox gene expression in a single Caenorhabditis elegans cell is regulated by a caudal homolog and intercellular signals that inhibit wnt signaling. Development 126, 805-814 (1999).


 * Schlesinger, A., Shelton, C. A., Maloof, J. N., Meneghini, M. & Bowerman, B. Wnt pathway components orient a mitotic spindle in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo without requiring gene transcription in the responding cell. Genes Dev 13, 2028-2038 (1999).


 * Maloof, J. N. & Kenyon, C. The Hox gene lin-39 is required during C. elegans vulval induction to select the outcome of Ras signaling. Development 125, 181-190 (1998).


 * Eisenmann, D. M., Maloof, J. N., Simske, J. S., Kenyon, C. & Kim, S. K. The beta-catenin homolog BAR-1 and LET-60 Ras coordinately regulate the Hox gene lin-39 during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development. Development 125, 3667-3680 (1998).


 * Kenyon, C. J., Austin, J., Costa, M., Cowing, D. W., Harris, J. M., Honigberg, L., Hunter, C. P., Maloof, J. N., Muller-Immerglück, M. M., Salser, S. J., Waring, D. A., Wang, B. B. & Wrischnik, L. A. The dance of the Hox genes: patterning the anteroposterior body axis of Caenorhabditis elegans. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 62, 293-305 (1997).


 * Chavez, R. A., Maloof, J., Beeson, D., Newsom-Davis, J. & Hall, Z. W. Subunit folding and alpha delta heterodimer formation in the assembly of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Comparison of the mouse and human alpha subunits. J Biol Chem 267, 23028-23034 (1992).