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California State University, Monterey Bay: Adjunct Professor, Starting in 2014
Michigan State University: Assistant Professor 2014-Present
California State University, Monterey Bay: Assistant Professor 2014
The University of Texas at Austin: USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2013
The University of Texas at Austin: USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2013
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==Publications==
==Publications==
[[Image:PLoS.jpg|thumb|left|Cover photo for PLoS Biology]]
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'''PDFs for publications available through my''' [http://davidbryantlowry.wordpress.com/publications/ '''website''']
'''PDFs for publications available through my''' [http://davidbryantlowry.wordpress.com/publications/ '''website''']
'''Lowry, D. B.''', T. L. Logan, L. Santuari, C. S. Hardtke, J. H. Richards, L. J. DeRose-Wilson, J. K. McKay, S. Sen, T. E. Juenger. The genomic architecture of transcriptional response to soil water availability in the Tsu x Kas mapping population of ''Arabidopsis thaliana.'' ''Submitted''
'''Lowry D. B.''', K. D. Behrman, P. Grabowski, G. P. Morris, J. R. Kiniry, T. E. Juenger. Local and climatic adaptations across the ''Panicum virgatum'' species complex. ''Submitted''
Sexton J. P., M. B. Hufford, A. Bateman, '''D. B. Lowry''', H. Meimberg, S. Y. Strauss, K. J. Rice. Mechanisms generating species range limits: Inference from patterns of gene flow and abundance across a species' range. ''Submitted''
Aspinwall M. J., '''D. B. Lowry''', S. H. Taylor, T. E. Juenger, C. V. Hawkes, M. V. Johnson, J. R. Kiniry, P. A. Fay. Evidence of a genetically-based leaf functional trait syndrome linked to climate and aboveground productivity in a widespread C4 grass.
''Submitted''
Wright, K. M., D. Lloyd, '''D. B. Lowry''', M. R. Macnair, J. H. Willis. (2013) Indirect evolution of hybrid lethality due to linkage with a selected locus in ''Mimulus guttatus.'' PLoS Biology. ''In press''
'''Lowry, D. B.''', C. T. Purmal, T. E. Juenger. (2013) A population genetic transect of ''Panicum hallii'' (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany. ''In press''
'''Lowry D. B.''', R. Hopkins. (2013) “Speciation and Natural Selection.” Invited book chapter in The Princeton Guide to Evolution, edited by Jonathan Losos. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ''In press''
[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04146.x/full '''Lowry D. B.''' (2012) Local adaptation in The model plant. New Phytologist. 194: 888-890.]
[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01867.x/full '''Lowry D. B.''' (2012) Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 241-257.]
[http://www.amjbot.org/content/99/3/e114.long '''Lowry, D. B.''', C. T. Purmal, E. Meyer, T. E. Juenger. (2012) Microsatellite markers for the native Texas perennial grass, ''Panicum hallii'' (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany Primer Notes & Protocols. 99: e114-e116]
[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030730 '''Lowry, D. B.''', C. S. Sheng, Z. Zhu, T. E. Juenger, B. Lahner, D. E. Salt, J. H. Willis. (2012) Mapping of ionomic traits in ''Mimulus guttatus'' reveals Mo and Cd QTLs that colocalize with MOT1 homologues. PLoS One 7: e30730.]
[http://www.amjbot.org/content/early/2011/12/20/ajb.1100285.abstract '''Lowry D. B.''', C. S. Sheng,, J. R. Lasky, J.H. Willis. (2012) Five anthocyanin polymorphisms are associated with an R2R3-MYB cluster in ''Mimulus guttatus''. American Journal of Botany 99:82-91]
[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000500 '''Lowry, D.B.,''' J. H. Willis. (2010) A widespread chromosomal inversion polymorphism contributes to a major life-history transition, local adaptation, and reproductive isolation. PLoS Biology 8: e1000500]
[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123501089/abstract Hall M. C., '''D. B. Lowry''', J. H. Willis. (2010). Hall M. C., D. B. Lowry, J. H. Willis. (2010) Is local adaptation in ''Mimulus guttatus'' caused by trade-offs at individual loci? Molecular Ecology. 19: 2739-2753]
[http://www.springerlink.com/content/vm4456721023284g/ Wu, C. A., '''D. B. Lowry''', L. I. Nutter, J. H. Willis. (2010) Natural variation for drought response in the ''Mimulus guttatus'' species complex. Oecologia 162: 23-33]
[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122462935/abstract '''Lowry, D. B.''', M. C. Hall, D. E. Salt, J. H. Willis. (2009). Genetic and physiological basis of adaptive salt tolerance divergence between coastal and inland ''Mimulus guttatus.'' New Phytologist 183: 776-788]
[http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1506/3009.long '''Lowry, D. B.''', J. L. Modliszewski, K. M. Wright, C. A. Wu, J. H. Willis. (2008). The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 3009-3021]
[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120775240/abstract '''Lowry, D. B.''', R. C. Rockwood, J. H. Willis. (2008). Ecological reproductive isolation of coast and inland races of ''Mimulus guttatus''. Evolution 62: 2196-2214]
[http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v100/n2/abs/6801018a.html Wu, C. A., '''D. B. Lowry''', A. M. Cooley, K. M. Wright, Y. W. Lee, and J. H. Willis. (2008). ''Mimulus'' is an emerging model system for the integration of ecological and genomic studies. Heredity 100: 220-230.]
==Important Things==
==Important Things==
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*[http://davidbryantlowry.wordpress.com/ My website]
*[http://davidbryantlowry.wordpress.com/ My website]
*[[David Lowry CV]]
*[http://lowrylab.wordpress.com/david-lowry-cv/ David Lowry CV]
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*[https://github.com/davidbryantlowry Programming Scripts on Github]
*'''Contact Info:''' You can contact me at davidbryantlowry@gmail.com.
*'''Contact Info:''' You can contact me at davidbryantlowry@gmail.com.
*Make sure to check out the [[Mimulus Community]] and the [[Texas Switchgrass Collaborative]].
*Make sure to check out the [[Mimulus Community]] and the [[Texas Switchgrass Collaborative]].
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Michigan State University: Assistant Professor 2014-Present
California State University, Monterey Bay: Assistant Professor 2014
The University of Texas at Austin: USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2013
Duke University: PhD, 2004-2010
The University of California, Berkeley: BS, 1997-2001
Research Interests
Switchgrass in its native riparian habitat in central TexasField experiment with Mimulus guttatus
The genetics of adaptation and speciation
Adaptation is the most fundamental way that the environment can change the phenotypes of organisms. Adaptations can also lead to the formation of reproductive isolating barriers, which are the building blocks of new species. I am very interested in understanding the genetic underpinnings of reproductive isolation at various stages in the speciation process.
Understanding adaptation is also crucial to predicting how organisms will respond to future global change and will help inform management decisions as well as guide future agricultural breeding.
Landscape evolutionary genomics
One of the core goals of my research program is to understand how the natural landscape molds the genomes of organisms through adaptation. To that end, I am using a combination of genetic mapping and genome sequencing approaches to identify genes involved with adaptation to the heterogeneity of the natural landscape. During my dissertation, I focused on how adaptive alleles in Mimulus guttatus are spread across the landscape and what phenotypic effects they have in different environments across western North America. Currently, I am developing Panicum grasses as a model system to understand adaptation along a longitudinal soil moisture cline across Southwestern United States and a latitudinal temperature cline across the Great Plains. Our lab recently received funding from the Department of Energy to develop Panicum hallii as a model system for local adaptation and bioenergy research.
Phenotypic diversity of Switchgrass, Panicum virgatumField experiment with Panicum hallii
Using evolutionary biology to improve bioenergy crops
Civilization is built on a foundation of domesticated grasses. Without those grasses (corn, wheat, rice, oats, barley, sorghum) there would be no ballet and human beings would never of landed on the moon. Plant breeders have quietly worked in the shadows to increase the yield of crops and in turn maintain our modern world.
Now, there may actually be potential to domesticate a new set of grass species to use to help combat the growing energy problem. My research is focused understanding the factors involved in local adaptation in the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Loci involved in local adaptation are likely to be of high value to crop breeders interested in improving drought, heat, cold, herbivore, and disease tolerance.
