Stephen D. Deslauriers

I earned my B.S. in Biology from the University of California-Riverside in 2005 and remained at UCR for my graduate studies in the Department of Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology. Working with Dr. Paul Larsen, I isolated and characterized novel mutants that affect the ethylene signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. I finished my doctoral dissertation in 2012, decided I had had enough of Southern California, and joined the Spalding Lab as a research associate (postdoc). My work in the lab focuses on utilizing electrophysiology to study auxin transport by the ABCB family of proteins, which play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining auxin gradients throughout the plant.

Publications:

Deslauriers, SD, and Larsen, PB. FERONIA is a key modulator of brassinosteroid and ethylene responsiveness in Arabidopsis hypocotyls. Molecular Plant 2010; 3:626-640.

Robles, LM, Deslauriers, SD, Alvarez, AA, and Larsen, PB. A loss-of-function mutation in the nucleoporin AtNUP169 indicates that normal auxin signaling is required for a proper ethylene response in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 2012; 63(5): 2231-41