Mikhail Nasrallah
Professor
261 Emerson Hall
(607) 255-8191
Email: men4@cornell.edu
Departments
- Plant Biology AG
Concentrations
- Evolution of Plant Mating Systems
- Self-incompatibility
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant Mating Systems
- Plant Molecular Biology
Graduate Fields
- Plant Biology
Education
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Doctorate
Cornell University
1965 -
Master of Science
University of Vermont
1962 -
Bachelor of Science
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
1960
Overview
Mikhail Nasrallah obtained a B.Sc. at the American University of Beirut, an M.Sc. at the University of Vermont, and a Ph.D. at Cornell University.
Research Focus
Plant Reproductive Biology, Self-incompatibility, Evolution of Plant Mating Systems
Teaching Focus
Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering of Plants
Additional Links
Selected Publications
Journal Publications
- Tantikanjana, T., Nasrallah, M. E., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2010). Complex networks of self-incompatibility signaling in the Brassicaceae.. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 13:520-526.
- Boggs, N. A., Dwyer, K. G., Shah, P., McCulloch, A. A., Bechsgaard, J., Schierup, M. H., Nasrallah, M. E., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2009). Expression of Distinct Self-Incompatibility Specificities in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics. 182:1313-1321.
- Boggs, N. A., Nasrallah, J. B., & Nasrallah, M. E. (2009). Independent S-locus mutations caused self-fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics. 5:e1000426.
- Nasrallah, M. E., Boggs, N. A., Dwyer, K. G., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2009). In vivo detection of residues required for ligand-selective activation of the S-locus receptor in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 19:786-791.
- Tantikanjana, T., Rizvi, N., Nasrallah, M. E., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2009). A Dual Role for the S-Locus Receptor Kinase in Self-Incompatibility and Pistil Development Revealed by an Arabidopsis rdr6 Mutation. The Plant Cell. 21:2642-2654.
- Fujimoto , R., Kinoshita , Y., Kawabe , A., Kinoshita , T., Takashima , K., Nordborg , M., Nasrallah, M. E., Shimizu , K. K., Kudoh , H., & Kakutani , T. (2008). Evolution and control of imprinted FWA genes in the genus Arabidopsis. PLoS genetics. 4:e1000048.
- Liu, P., Sherman-Broyles, S., Nasrallah, M. E., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2007). A cryptic modifier causing transient self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology. 17:734-740.
- Sherman-Broyles, S., Boggs, N., Farkas, A., Liu, P., Vrebalov, J., Nasrallah, M. E., & Nasrallah, J. B. (2007). S locus genes and the evolution of self-fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell. 19:94-106.
- Nasrallah, J. B., Liu, P., Sherman-Broyles, S., Schmidt, R., & Nasrallah, M. E. (2007). Epigenetics mechanisms for breakdown of self-incompatibility in inter-specific hybrids. Genetics. 175:1965-1973.