CV for Dr. Jeffrey Rollins

Associate Professor (80% Research, 20% Teaching)

Education

  • North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, B.S. 1988, Biological Sciences; M.S. 1991, Plant Pathology
  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Ph.D. 1996, Plant Pathology

Employment:

  • 2007 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
  • 2000 - 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
  • 1996-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Teaching:

  • PLP 6502 Host-Parasite Interactions I
  • Colloquium in Plant Pathology
  • Supervise graduate students in M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

Research:

  • Fungal Molecular Biology. My research focuses on studies of the broad host range plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and the identification and manipulation of molecular factors required for pathogenesis and development.

Grants:

  • 2005. USDA Sclerotinia Initiative Special Grants Program. J. A. Rollins.  Microarray Development: Application of Genomic Technology to the Analysis of Gene Expression in S. sclerotiorum. $32,265.
  • 2004 USDA-NRI CSREES Biology of Plant Microbe Associations Panel,. J. A. Rollins. Regulation of Apothecial Morphogenesis in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; $200,000, 3 years.
  • 2004 USDA Sclerotinia Initiative Special Grants Program. EST Development: Application of Genomic Technology to the Analysis of Gene Expression in S. sclerotiorum. J. A. Rollins and M. B. Dickman.$70,800, 1 year.
  • 2004 USDA-NRI CSREES Microbial Genomics Panel. M. B. Dickman, L. M. Kohn, C. Cuomo, and J. A. Rollins. Genomics of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. $856,534.
  • 2002 US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund. D. Prusky and J.A. Rollins. Modulation of pathogenicity of postharvest pathogens by environmental pH. $359,000, 3 Years.
  • 1998 USDA NRICGP Posdoctoral Fellowship Grant 98-35303-6778. J.A. Rollins. Molecular characterization of sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. $90,000, 2 Years.

Publications:

  • Jurick II, W.M. & Rollins, J.A. 2007. Deletion of the adenylate cyclase (sac1) gene affects multiple developmental pathways and pathogenicity in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44:521–530
  • Kim, Y.T. Prusky, D. & Rollins, J.A. 2007. An activating mutation of the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pac1 gene increases oxalic acid production at low pH but decreases virulence. Molecular Plant Pathology 8:611–622
  • Kramer-Haimovich, H., Servi, E., Katan, T., Rollins, J., Okon, Y. & Prusky. D. 2006. Effect of ammonia production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on pelB activation, pectate lyase secretion, and fruit pathogenicity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1034-1039.
  • Chen, H., Dekkers, K., Cao, L., Rollins, J. A., Ko, N., Timmer, L. W. & Chung, K. R. 2005.  A gene with domains related to transcription regulation is required for pathogenicity in Colletotrichum acutatum causing Key lime Anthracnose. Mol. Plant Pathol., 6:513-525
  • Rodrigues, F., Jurick II, W. M., Datnoff, L. E., Jones, J. B. & Rollins, J. A. 2005. Silicon influences cytological and molecular events in compatible and incompatible rice-Magnaporthe grisea interactions. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol.  66:144-159.
  • Jurick II, W., Dickman , M.B., and Rollins, J. A. 2004. Characterization and functional analysis of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase A catalytic subunit gene (pka1) in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 64:155-163
  • Rollins J. A. 2003. The Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pac1 gene is required for sclerotial development and virulence. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 16:785-795.
  • Drori N, Kramer-Haimovich H, Rollins J, Dinoor A, Okon Y, Pines O, Prusky D. 2003. External pH and nitrogen source affect secretion of pectate lyase by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:3258-3262.
  • J. M.Lorang, R. P. Tuori, J. P. Martinez, T. L. Sawyer, R. Redman, J. A. Rollins, T. J. Wolpert, K.B. Johnson, R. Rodriguez, M. B. Dickman, and L. M.Ciuffetti. 2001. Green Fluorescent Protein: Lighting up Fungal Biology. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:1987-1994
  • J.A. Rollins and M.B. Dickman. 2001. pH signaling in Sclerotina sclerotiorum: Identification of a pacC/RIM1 homolog. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67:75-81.
  • J.A. Rollins. 2001. Abiotic Diseases. In:Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O. C. Maloy, and T. D. Murray (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, New York
  • L. Vaillancourt, M. Du, J. Wang, J. Rollins, and R. Hanau. 2000. Genetic analysis of mating compatibility between two self-sterile strains of Glomerella graminicola. Mycologia 92:430-435.
  • J.A. Rollins and M.B. Dickman. 1998. Inhibition of sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by increasing endogenous and exogenous cAMP levels. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64:2539-2544.
  • C. P. Woloshuk, G.L. Yousibova, J.A. Rollins, D. Bathangar, and G.A. Payne. 1995. Molecular characterization of the afl-1 locus in Aspergillus flavus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61:3019-3023.
  • J.A. Rollins, M.E. Ehrenshaft, and R.G. Upchurch. 1993. Effects of light- and altered- cercosporin phenotypes on gene expression in Cercospora kikuchii. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 39:118-124.
  • R.G. Upchurch, D.C. Walker, J.A. Rollins, M.E. Ehrenshaft, and M.E. Daub. 1991. Mutants of Cercospora kikuchii altered in cercosporin synthesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 57:2940-2945.