Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Ph.D.    Curriculum Vitae

Positions held

July 1, 2009 - : Professor, Colorado State University, Biology Department

2004 - 2009 : Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Biology Department

1998 - 2004 : Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, Biology Department

Education
Ph.D. Biology, June 1992, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
M.S. Biology, August 1987, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Postdoctoral Research
August 1994 - July 1998: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley. Advisor: Dr. N. Terry.
   Research topic: Genetic engineering approaches to the phytoremediation of selenium and heavy metals.
June 1992 - June 1994: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Advisor: Dr. S. Smeekens.  Research topic: Genetic engineering approaches to increase drought stress resistance in plants.

Publications
(Note:  1) = shared first authorship)

  1. de Boer D, Cremers R, Teertstra L, Smits L, Hille J, Smeekens S & Weisbeek P (1988) In vivo  import of plastocyanin and a fusion protein into developmentally different plastics of transgenic plants. EMBO Journal 7: 2631-2635
  2. Pilon-Smits EAH, 't Hart H, van Brederode J (1990) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Sedum rupestre: drought enhanced expression and purification. Journal of Plant Physiology 136:155-160
  3. Pilon-Smits EAH, 't Hart H, Meesterburrie JAN, Kreuler R, van Brederode J (1991) Variation in Crassulacean acid metabolism within the genus Sedum: carbon isotope composition and water status dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity. Journal of Plant Physiology 137:342-346
  4. Pilon-Smits EAH, 't Hart H, van Brederode J (1991) Seasonal variation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase specific activity in fifteen species exhibiting facultative or obligate Crassulacean acid metabolism. Journal of Plant Physiology 138:581-587
  5. Pilon-Smits EAH, 't Hart H, Maas JW, Meesterburrie JAN, Kreuler R, van Brederode J (1992) The evolution of Crassulacean acid metabolism in Aeonium inferred from carbon isotope composition and enzyme activities. Oecologia 91:548-553
  6. Pilon-Smits EAH (1992) The evolution of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Aeonium
    inferred from carbon isotope composition and enzyme activities. In: Murata N (ed), Research in photosynthesis, Vol III; IXth international congress on photosynthesis, Nagoya, Japan, August 30 - September 4, 1992. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 943-946
  7. Pilon-Smits EAH, Ebskamp MJM, Paul MJ, Jeuken MJW, Weisbeek PJ, Smeekens SCM (1995). Improved performance of transgenic fructan-accumulating tobacco under drought stress.  Plant Physiology 107:125-130
  8. Pilon-Smits EAH, Ebskamp MJM, Weisbeek PJ, Smeekens SCM (1995) Fructan accumulation in transgenic plants: Effects on growth, carbohydrate partitioning and stress resistance. In: Current topics in plant physiology; Sucrose metabolism, biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology. H.G. Pontis, G.L. Salerno, and E. Echeverria, eds. (Rockville MD: American Society of Plant Physiologists), pp 88-99
  9. Pilon-Smits EAH, 't Hart H, van Brederode J (1996) Evolutionary aspects of CAM in Crassulaceae. In: Winter K, Smith JAC (eds) Crassulacean acid metabolism; Biochemistry, ecophysiology and evolution.  Ecological studies 114.  Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
  10. Pilon-Smits EAH, Ebskamp MJM, Jeuken MJW, Weisbeek PJ, van der Meer IM, Visser RGF, Smeekens SCM (1996). Microbial fructan production in transgenic potato plants and tubers. Industrial Crops and Products 5:35-46
  11. Smeekens SCM, Ebskamp MJM, Pilon-Smits EAH,Weisbeek PJ, (1996) Fructans. In: Engineering plants for commercial products and applications. G.B. Collins, ed. (New York: New York Academy of Sciences), pp 20-25
  12. Pilon-Smits EAH, Terry N, Sears T, Zayed A, van Dun K, Voogd E, Verwoerd TC, Krutwagen RWHH, Goddijn OJM (1998) Trehalose-producing transgenic tobacco shows improved growth performance under drought stress. Journal of Plant Physiology 152:525-532
  13. de Souza MP/Pilon-Smits EAH1), Lytle CM, Hwang S, Tai JC, Honma TSU, Yeh L, Terry N (1998) Rate-limiting steps in selenium volatilization by Brassica juncea. Plant Physiology 117: 1487-1494
  14. Pilon-Smits EAH1)/de Souza MP, Lytle CM, Shang C, Lugo T, Terry N (1998) Selenium volatilization and assimilation by hybrid poplar (Populus tremula x alba). Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 1889-1892
  15. Zhu Y/Pilon-Smits EAH1), Jouanin L, Terry N (1999) Overexpression of glutathione synthetase in Brassica juncea  enhances cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Plant Physiology 119:73-79
  16. Pilon-Smits EAH, Hwang SB, Lytle CM, Zhu YL, Tai JC, Bravo RC, Leustek T, Terry N (1999) Overexpression of ATP sulfurylase in Brassica juncea leads to increased selenate uptake, reduction and tolerance. Plant Physiology 119:123-132
  17. Pilon-Smits EAH1)/de Souza MP, Hong G, Amini A, Bravo RC, Payabyab ST, Terry N (1999) Selenium volatilization and accumulation by twenty aquatic plant species. Journal of Environmental Quality 28:1011-1017
  18. Pilon-Smits EAH, Terry N, Sears T, van Dun K (1999) Enhanced drought resistance in fructan-producing sugar beet. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 37(4): 313-317
  19. Zhu YL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Tarun A, Weber SU, Jouanin L, Terry N (1999) Cadmium tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard is enhanced by overexpressing g-glutamylcysteine synthetase. Plant Physiology 121:1169-1177
  20. Zayed A, Pilon-Smits E, de Souza M, Lin ZQ, Terry N. (2000) Remediation of selenium polluted soils and waters by phytovolatilization.  In: Terry N, Banuelos G (eds): Phytoremediation of contaminated soil and water. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp 61-83.
  21. deSouza MP, Pilon-Smits EAH, Terry N. (2000) The Physiology and Biochemistry of Selenium Volatilization by Plants.  In (Ensley BD and Raskin I, eds): Phytoremediation of toxic metals: Using plants to clean up the environment.  Wiley & Sons, New York, pp 171-190
  22. Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2000) Breeding mercury-breathing plants for environmental cleanup. Trends in Plant Science 5:235-236
  23. Pilon-Smits EAH1)/Zhu Y, Sears T, Terry N (2000) Overexpression of glutathione reductase in Brassica juncea - effects on cadmium accumulation and tolerance. Physiologia Plantarum 110: 455-460
  24. Hale KL, McGrath S, Lombi E, Stack S, Terry N, Pickering IJ, George GN, Pilon-Smits EAH (2001) Molybdenum Sequestration in Brassica: A Role for Anthocyanins? Plant Physiology 126:1391-1402
  25. Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2002) Phytoremediation of metals using transgenic plants. Critical Reviews in Plant Science 21:439-456
  26. Hale KL, Tufan HA, Pickering IJ, George GN, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2002) Anthocyanins Facilitate Tungsten Accumulation In Brassica. Physiologia Plantarum 116:351-358
  27. Pilon-Smits EAH, Garifullina GF, Abdel-Ghany SE, Kato S-I, Mihara H, Hale KL, Burkhead JL, Esaki N, Kurihara T, Pilon M (2002) Characterization of a NifS-like Chloroplast Protein from Arabidopsis thaliana - Implications for Its Role in Sulfur and Selenium Metabolism. Plant Physiology 130:1309-1318
  28. Bennett LE, Burkhead JL, Hale KL, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Analysis of Transgenic Indian Mustard Plants for Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Mine Tailings. Journal of Environmental Quality 32: 432-440
  29. Pilon M, Owen JD, Garifullina GF, Kurihara T, Mihara H, Esaki N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Enhanced selenium tolerance and accumulation in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing a mouse selenocysteine lyase. Plant Physiology 131: 1250-1257
  30. Garifullina GF, Owen JD, Lindblom S-D, Tufan H, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Expression of a Mouse Selenocysteine Lyase in Brassica juncea Chloroplasts Affects Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation. Physiologia Plantarum118: 538-544
  31. Olson PE, Reardon KF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Ecology of Rhizosphere Bioremediation. In: McCutcheon SC, Schnoor JL (Eds) "Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants ". Wiley and Sons, pp. 317-355.
  32. Hanson B, Lindblom SD, Garifullina GF, Wangeline A, Ackley A, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Selenium Accumulation Affects Brassica juncea Susceptibility to Invertebrate Herbivory and Fungal Infection. New Phytologist 159: 461-469
  33. Burkhead JL, Abdel-Ghany S, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2003) AtCutA: The Arabidopsis thaliana CUTA gene encodes an evolutionarily conserved copper binding chloroplast protein. Plant Journal 34: 856-867
  34. Van Huysen T, Abdel-Ghany S, Hale KL, LeDuc D, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2003) Overexpression of Cystathionine-gamma-Synthase in Indian Mustard Enhances Selenium Volatilization. Planta 218: 71-78
  35. Wangeline AL, Burkhead JL, Hale KL, Lindblom S-D, Terry N, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Overexpression of ATP Sulfurylase in Brassica juncea: Effects on Tolerance and Accumulation of Twelve Metals. Journal of Environmental Quality 33: 54-60
  36. Hanson BR, Lindblom SD, Loeffler ML, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Selenium protects plants from phloem-feeding aphids due to both deterrence and toxicity. New Phytologist 162: 655-662
  37. Van Huysen T, Pilon-Smits EAH (2004) Exploring the Selenium Phytoremediation Potential of Transgenic Brassica juncea Overexpressing ATP Sulfurylase or Cystathionine-gamma-Synthase. International Journal of Phytoremediation 6:111-118
  38. Flocco CG, Lindblom S-D, Pilon Smits EAH (2004) Overexpression of enzymes involved in glutathione synthesis enhances tolerance to organic pollutants in Brassica juncea. International Journal of Phytoremediation 6: 289-304
  39. Ye H, Garifullina GF, Abdel-Ghany S, Zhang L, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2005) AtCpNifS is required for iron-sulfur cluster formation in ferredoxin in vitro. Planta 220:602-608
  40. Bañuelos G, Terry N, LeDuc DL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Mackey B (2005) Field trial of transgenic Indian mustard plants shows enhanced phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated sediment. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 1771-1777
  41. Pilon Smits EAH (2005) Phytoremediation. Annual Reviews in Plant Biology 56:15-39
  42. Abdel-Ghany SE, Ye H, Garifullina GF, Zhang L, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2005) Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in chloroplasts: Involvement of the scaffold protein CpIscA. Plant Physiology 138:161-172
  43. Van Hoewyk D, Garifullina GF, Ackley AR, Abdel-Ghany SE, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Ishiyama K, Inoue E, Pilon M, Takahashi H, Pilon-Smits EAH (2005) Overexpression of AtCpNifS enhances selenium tolerance and accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 139: 1518-1528
  44. Pilon M, Abdel-Ghany S, Ye H, Van Hoewyk D, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Biogenesis of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins in Plastids. In: Setlow JK (Ed) "Genetic engineering principles and methods". Wiley, New York. pp 101-117
  45. Pilon Smits EAH, Pilon M (2006) Sulfur metabolism in plastids. In: Wise RR, Hoober JK (Eds) "Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration - The Structure and Function of Plastids". Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp 387-402
  46. Zhang L Byrne PF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with selenate tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 170: 33-42
  47. Lindblom SD, Abdel-Ghany SE, Hanson BR, Hwang S, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Constitutive expression of a high-affinity sulfate transporter in Brassica juncea affects metal tolerance and accumulation. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 726-733
  48. Ye H, Abdel-Ghany SE, Anderson TD, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2006) Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in chloroplasts. CpSufE activates CpNifS cysteine desulfurase activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281: 8958-8969
  49. Zhang L-H, Ackley AR, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Variation in selenium tolerance and accumulation among nineteen Arabidopsis ecotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology, in press
  50. Pilon-Smits EAH, Freeman JL (2006) Environmental Cleanup using Plants: Biotechnological Advances and Ecological Considerations. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4: 203-210
  51. Ye H, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Iron Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis in Chloroplasts. New Phytologist 171: 285-292.
  52. Freeman JL, Zhang LH, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Spatial imaging, speciation and quantification of selenium in the hyperaccumulator plants Astragalus bisulcatus and Stanleya pinnata. Plant Physiology 142: 124-134
  53. Zhang L-H, Abdel-Ghany SE, Freeman JL, Ackley AR, Schiavon, M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Investigation of Selenium tolerance mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia Plantarum 128: 212-223
  54. Freeman JL, Quinn CF, Marcus MA, Fakra S, Pilon-Smits EAH (2006) Selenium-tolerant diamondback moth disarms hyperaccumulator plant defense. Current Biology 16: 2181-2192
  55. Schiavon M, Zhang L, Abdel-Ghany SE, Pilon M, Malagoli M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Variation in copper metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Columbia, Landsberg erecta and Wassilewskija. Physiologia Plantarum 129: 342-350
  56. Galeas ML, Zhang LH, Freeman JL, Wegner M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Seasonal fluctuations of selenium and sulfur accumulation in selenium hyperaccumulators and related non-accumulators. New Phytologist 173: 517-525
  57. Banuelos G, LeDuc DL, Pilon-Smits EAH, Tagmount A, Terry N (2007) Transgenic Indian mustard overexpressing selenocysteine lyase, selenocysteine methyltransferase, or methionine methyltransferase exhibit enhanced potential for selenium phytoremediation under field conditions. Environmental Science and Technology 41: 599-605
  58. Zhang L-H, Ackley AR, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Variation in selenium tolerance and accumulation among nineteen Arabidopsis ecotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology 164: 327-336
  59. Van Hoewyk D, Abdel-Ghany SE, Cohu C, Herbert S, Kugrens P, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) The Arabidopsis cysteine desulfurase CpNifS is essential for maturation of iron-sulfur cluster proteins, photosynthesis, and chloroplast development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 5686-5691
  60. Rabier J, Schwob I, Bouraima-Madjebi S, Leon V, Prudent P, Viano J, Nabors MW, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Characterization of metal tolerance and accumulation in Grevillea exul var exul. International Journal of Phytoremediation 9: 419-435
  61. Quinn CF, Galeas ML, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Selenium: Deterrence, toxicity, and adaptation. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 3: 460-462
  62. Freeman JL, Lindblom SD*, Quinn CF, Fakra S, Marcus MA, Pilon-Smits EAH (2007) Selenium accumulation protects plants from herbivory by orthoptera due to toxicity and deterrence. New Phytologist 175: 490-500
  63. Murthy N, Ollagnier-de-Choudens S, Sanakis Y, Abdel-Ghany SE, Rousset C, Ye H, Fontecave M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2007) Characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana SufE2 and SufE3: Functions in Chloroplast Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly and NAD Synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282: 18254-18264
  64. Olson PE, Castro A, Joern M, DuTeau NM, Pilon-Smits EAH, Reardon KF (2007) Comparison of plant species in a greenhouse phytoremediation study on an aged PAH-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 36: 1461-1469
  65. Olson PE, Castro A, Joern M, DuTeau NM Pilon-Smits EAH, Reardon KF (2008) Effects of agronomic practices on phytoremediation of an aged PAH-contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 1439-1446
  66. Van Hoewyk D, Pilon M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) The functions of NifS-like proteins in plant sulfur and selenium metabolism. Plant Science 174:117-123
  67. Van Hoewyk D, Takahashi H, Hess A, Tamaoki M, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Transcriptome and biochemical analyses give insight into selenium-stress responses and selenium tolerance mechanisms in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum 132: 236-253
  68. Galeas ML, Klamper EM*, Bennett LE, Freeman JL, Kondratieff BC, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Selenium hyperaccumulation affects plant arthropod load in the field. New Phytologist 177:715-724
  69. Quinn CF, Freeman JF, Galeas ML, Klamper EM*, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Selenium protects plants from prairie dog herbivory - Implications for the functional significance and evolution of Se hyperaccumulation. Oecologia 155:267-275
  70. Padmavathi L,Ye H, Pilon-Smits EAH, Pilon M (2008) Cysteine desulfurase-mediated sulfur donation pathways in plants and phototrophic bacteria. In: (Dahl C, Hell R, KNaff, D Leustek T, eds) Sulfur metabolism in phototrophic organisms. in Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (Govindjee, Series Ed). Springer, Berlin, pp 133-149
  71. Tamaoki M, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Cooperative ethylene and jasmonic acid signaling regulates selenite resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 146:1219-1230
  72. Schiavon M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Wirtz M, Hell R, Malagoli M (2008) Interactions between chromium and sulfur metabolism in Brassica juncea. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:1536-1545
  73. Tamaoki M, Freeman JL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) New insights into the roles of ethylene and jasmonic acid in the acquisition of selenium resistance in plants. Plant Signaling and Behavior 3:865-867
  74. Reisinger S, Schiavon M, Terry N, Pilon-Smits EAH (2008) Heavy metal tolerance and accumulation in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) overexpressing bacterial - glutamylcysteine synthetase or glutathione synthetase. International Journal of Phytoremediation 10: 440-454
  75. Pilon-Smits EAH, LeDuc DL (2009) Phytoremediation of selenium using transgenic plants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 20: 207-212
  76. Pilon-Smits EAH, Quinn CF, Tapken W, Malagoli M, Schiavon M (2009) Physiological functions of beneficial elements. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 267-274
  77. Freeman JL, Quinn CF, Lindblom SD, Klamper EM, Pilon-Smits EAH (2009) Selenium protects the hyperaccumulator Stanleya pinnata against black-tailed prairie dog herbivory in native seleniferous habitats. American Journal of Botany 96: 1075-1085
  78. Zhu Y-G, Pilon-Smits EAH, Zhao F-J, Williams PN, Meharg AA (2009) Selenium in higher plants: Understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation. Trends in Plant Science 19: 436-442
  79. Pilon-Smits EAH, Quinn CF (2010) Selenium Metabolism in Plants. In: "Cell Biology of Metal and Nutrients", Hell R, Mendel R, eds. pp 225-241
  80. Quinn CF, Freeman JL, Reynolds RJB, Lindblom SD, Cappa JJ, Marcus MA, Fakra SF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2010) Selenium hyperaccumulation protects plants from cell disruptor herbivores.BMC Ecology 10: 19
  81. Freeman JL, Tamaoki M, Stushnoff C, Quinn CF, Cappa JJ, Devonshire J, Fakra S, Marcus MA, McGrath S, Van Hoewyk D, Pilon-Smits EAH (2010) Molecular mechanisms of selenium tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Stanleya pinnata. Plant Physiology 153: 1630-1652
  82. Alford, EA, Pilon-Smits EAH, Paschke M (2010) To the root of metallophytes – a view from the rhizosphere.Plant and Soil 337: 33-50
  83. Pilon-Smits EAH, Valdez Barillas JR, Van Hoewyk D, Lin ZQ (2010) Phytoremediation of Selenium. In: (Plaza G. ed.) “Trends in bioremediation and phytoremediation”, Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp 355-372.
  84. Bãnuelos GS, Walse SS, Pickering IJ, Fakra SC, Marcus MA, Pilon-Smits EAH, Yang SI, Freeman JL (2011) Localization, chemical speciation, and semi-quantification of selenium in cactus pear, Opuntia ficus-indica, grown in saline drainage sediment. Plant Physiology 155: 315–327
  85. Quinn CF, Wyant K, Wangeline AL, Shulman J, Galeas ML, Valdez JR, Paschke MW, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Selenium hyperaccumulation increases leaf decomposition rate in a seleniferous habitat.Plant and Soil 341: 51-61
  86. El-Mehdawi AF, Quinn CF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Effects of selenium hyperaccumulation on plant-plant interactions: Evidence for elemental allelopathy? New Phytologist 191: 120-131
  87. Wangeline AL, Valdez JR, Lindblom SD, Bowling KL, Reeves FB, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Selenium tolerance in rhizosphere fungi from Se hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator plants.  American Journal of Botany 98: 1139-1147
  88. Quinn CF, Prins CN, Gross AM, Hantzis L, Reynolds RJB, Freeman JL, Yang SI, Covy PA, Bañuelos GS, Pickering IJ, Fakra SF, Marcus MA, Arathi HS, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Selenium Accumulation in Flowers and its Effects on Pollination. New Phytologist 192: 727–737
  89. Valdez-Barilla JR, Quinn CF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Selenium accumulation in plants - phytotechnological applications and ecological implications. International Journal of Phytoremediation 13(S1): 166-178
  90. Quinn QF, Lindblom SD, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Ecological aspects of selenium phytoremediation. In: "Phytoremediation: Processes, Characteristics, and Applications" (Columbus F, Ed.). Nova Publishers. In press.
  91. Dhankher OM, Pilon-Smits EAH, Meagher RB, Doty S (2011) Biotechnological approaches for phytoremediation. In: Plant biotechnology and agriculture: Prospects for the 21st century, A. Altman and P.M. Haegawa eds., Elsevier Press, in press.
  92. Grant K, Carey N, Pilon-Smits EAH, Schulze J, Pilon M, Mendoza M, Van Hoewyk D (2011) Functional analysis of APR2 in an Arabidopsis mutant reveals novel insight into the mechanisms of selenate toxicity. Biochemical Journal 438: 325–335
  93. Mehdawi AF, Quinn CF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Selenium Hyperaccumulators Facilitate Selenium-Tolerant Neighbors via Phytoenrichment and Reduced Herbivory. Current Biology 21: 1440-1449
  94. Prins CN, Hantzis LJ, Quinn CF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Effects of Selenium accumulation on reproductive functions in Brassica juncea and Stanleya pinnata. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62: 5233-5239
  95. Schiavon M,  Pilon-Smits EAH, Pittarello M, Wirtz M, Malagoli M (2012) Interaction of selenate and molybdate with the transport and assimilation of sulfate in Brassica juncea L. Czern. Experimental and Environmental Botany 75: 41– 51
  96. El-Mehdawi AF, Pilon-Smits EAH (2011) Ecological Aspects of Plant Selenium Hyperaccumulation. Plant Biology .doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00535.x
  97. El Mehdawi AF, Cappa JJ, Fakra SC, Self J, Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Interactions of Selenium and Non-accumulators during Co-cultivation on Seleniferous or Non-Seleniferous Soil – The Importance of Having Good Neighbors. New Phytologist 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04043.x
  98. Lindblom SD, Valdez-Barillas JR, Fakra SC, Marcus MA, Wangeline AL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Influence of Microbial Associations on Selenium Localization and Speciation in Roots of Astragalus and Stanleya Hyperaccumulators. Experimental and Environmental Botany, in press
  99. Valdez Barillas JR, Quinn CF, Freeman JL, Lindblom SD, Marcus MS, Fakra SC, Gilligan TM, Alford ER, Wangeline AL, Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Selenium distribution and speciation in hyperaccumulator Astragalus bisulcatus and associated ecological partners. Plant Physiology 159: 1834–1844
  100. Schiavon M, Galla G, Quaggiotti S, Wirtz M, Pilon-Smits EAH, Hell R, Barcaccia G, Malagoli M (2012) Transcriptome profiling of genes differentially modulated by sulfur and chromium identifies potential targets for phytoremediation and reveals a complex S-Cr interplay on sulfate transport regulation in B. juncea. Journal of Hazardous Materials 239–240: 192–205
  101. Schiavon M, Moro I, Pilon-Smits EAH, Malagoli M, Dalla Vecchia F (2012) Accumulation of selenium in Ulva sp. and effects on morphology, ultrastructure and antioxidant enzymes and metabolites. Aquatic Toxicology 122-123:222-31
  102. Sarret G, Tappero R, Castillo Michel H, Isaure MP, Pilon-Smits EAH, Zhao FJ (2012) Use of Synchrotron-based Radiation to Elucidate Metal Uptake and metabolism in Plants.  Advances in Agronomy, in press
  103. Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Plant Accumulation of Sulfur’s Sister Element Selenium – Potential Applications and Ecological Implications. In: de Kok LJ, Rennenberg H, Hawkesford MJ (eds.) Sulfur Metabolism in Plants: Mechanisms and application to food security, and responses to climate change. Springer, in press
  104. Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Plant selenium metabolism – Genetic manipulation, phytotechnological applications and ecological implications. In: “Environmental Contamination - Health Risks, Bioavailability and Bioremediation” M.H. Wong, ed. Taylor and Francis, pp. 293-311
  105. Se-resistant, Se-excluding wasp and beetle herbivores. PLoS ONE 7(12) e50516
  106. Lindblom SD, Fakra SC, Landon J*, Schulz P*, Tracy B*, Pilon-Smits EAH (2012) Co-cultivation of Astragalus racemosus and Astragalus convallarius with selenium-hyperaccumulator rhizosphere fungi: Effects on plant growth and accumulation of selenium and other elements. Planta, in press
  107. Alford ER, Pilon-Smits EAH, Marcus MA, Fakra SC, Paschke MW (2012) No evidence for a cost of tolerance: Selenium hyperaccumulation by Astragalus does not inhibit root nodule symbiosis. American Journal of Botany, in press