Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

Valerian V. Dolja  Professor, Ph.D., 1980, Moscow State University, Russia doljav@science.oregonstate.edu Faculty of Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing   Office/Lab: Cordley 4067/4064 Phone: 514-737-5472/5481

Research Area

Plant virology and cell biology.

Description of Research

Comparative genomics and evolution of viruses with the emphasis on positive-strand RNA viruses that infect eukaryotic organisms. Mechanisms of the replication, assembly, and transport of the plant viruses. Virus-plant interactions at the cellular and molecular levels. Suppression of the RNA interference by viral proteins. Plant RNA viruses as gene expression vectors. Mechanisms of the organelle trafficking within plant cells. Functional genomics of plant myosins.

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

Dror Avisar
Elizabeth Kurth
Marilyn Miller
Valera Peremislov
Oleksiy Prokhnevskyy

Graduate Students

Yu-Ping Liu (Ph.D. expected 2008)

Teaching

BI 405H Viruses in Modern Society

BOT 555 Plant Virology

MCB 555 Genome Expression

Publications

PubMed