Javad Torabinejad

Research Assistant Professor 213 Latham Hal (0390) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: (540) 231-9597 Fax: (540) 231-3347 E-Mail: javad at vt.edu

Education| Research Interests| Experience| Selected Publications

Education

• Ph.D., Ecology. Utah State University
• B.S. and M.S., Plant Science (Horticulture and Agronomy), Utah State University

Research Interests

• Functional genomics of the soybean seed phytic acid pathway
• Biotic and abiotic stress induced phosphoinositide signaling in various organisms.

Experience

• Research Assistant Professor, Elizabeth Grabau, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2007-present
• Research Scientist, Glenda Gillaspy, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2004-2006
• Postdoctoral Research, Daryll Dewald and Don Roberts Laboratories, Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2000-2004
• Research Associate, Yajun Wu laboratory, Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2003
• Graduate Research Assistant, Martyn Caldwell, Department of Rangeland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1992-1999

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Selected Publications

• Gunesekera B., Torabinejad J., Robinson J., Gillaspy G.E. 2007. Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatases 1 and 2 Are Required for Regulating Seedling Growth. Plant Physiology 143(3): 1408-1417.
• Torabinejad J., Gillaspy, G.E. 2005. Functional Genomics of Inositol Metabolism. In: Biology of Inositols and Phosphoinositides. Subcellular Biochemistry, Vol. 39. Lahiri Majumder, A. and Biswas, B. B. (Eds.)
• Williams M.E., Torabinejad J., Cohick E., Parker K., Drake E.J., Thompson J.E., Hortter M., Dewald D.B. 2005. Mutations in the Arabidopsis phosphoinositide phosphatase gene SAC9 lead to overaccumulation of PtdIns(4,5)P2 and constitutive expression of the stress-response pathway. Plant Physiology 138(2): 686-700.
• DeWald D.B., Torabinejad J., Samant R.S., Johnston D., Erin N., Shope J.C., Xie Y., Welch D.R. 2005. Metastasis suppression by breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 involves reduction of phosphoinositide signaling in MDA-MB-435 breast carcinoma cells. Cancer Research 65(3): 713-717.
• Hama H., Torabinejad J., Prestwich G.D., DeWald D.B. 2004. Measurement and immunofluorescence of cellular phosphoinositides. In: Signal Transduction Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Dickson, R.C. and Mendenhall, M.D. (Eds.) 284: 243-258.
• DeWald, D.B., Torabinejad J., Jones C.A., Shope J.C., Cangelosi A.R., Thompson J.E., Prestwich G.D., Hama H. 2001. Rapid accumulation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate correlates with calcium mobilization in salt-stressed Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 126: 759-769.
• Torabinejad J., Caldwell M.M. 2000. Inheritance of UV B tolerance in seven ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh. and their F1 hybrids. Journal of Heredity 91: 228-233.
• Torabinejad J., Caldwell M.M., Flint S.D., Durham S. 1998. Susceptibility of pollen to UV-B radiation: an assay of 34 taxa. American Journal of Botany 85: 360-369.

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