Research in the Leonelli Group is currently supported by several funding sources:

Publications: 

2025

• Jooyeon Jeong+, Jake Michael Harris+, Larissa Larocca de Souza, Lauriebeth Leonelli*, "Establishing a suite of native promoters for genetic engineering in cowpea." Plant, Cell, & Environment 48(6):4301-4311 (doi: 10.1111/pce.15431).

• Laurie B. Leonelli*, Komal Attri, Jake M. Harris, Matthew D. Brooks, "A shady business in Legumes: Lutein epoxidase enables a-xanthophyll cycling." (in review PNAS).

• Rachel Dalke, Liam Reynolds, Yuanhui Zhang, Paul Davidson, Laurie B. Leonelli, "Understanding broad spectrum stress responses of Trametes versicolor to engineer enhanced tolerance and nutrient conversion in hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase." (in preparation).

2024

• Vitoria F.C. Leme, Karla Lopez, Tiago Costa , Beth Conerty, Laurie B. Leonelli, Yuanhui Zhang, Paul C. Davidson, "Hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase mycoremediation to increase inorganic nitrogen availability." Heliyon 10 (11): e31992.

2023

• Alvarez J, Hinckley W, Leonelli L, Brooks M, Coruzzi G. “Chapter 7: Dam-ID Seq: A method to capture stable and transient TF-DNA interactions genome-wide in plant cells” Methods in Molecular Biology 2698:87-107. 

2022

• De Souza A, Burgess SJ, Doran L, Hansen J, Manukyan L, Maryn N, Gotarkar D, Leonelli L, Niyogi K, Long S. “Soybean photosynthesis and crop yield are improved by accelerating recovery from photoprotection.” Science 377(6608).

• Leonelli L. “Chapter 20: An in vivo plant platform to assess genes encoding native and synthetic enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis.” Methods in Enzymology 671:489-509.

• Long S, Taylor S, Burgess S, Carmo-Silva E, Lawson T, DeSouza AP, Leonelli L, Wang Y. “Into the Shadows and Back Into Sunlight: Photosynthesis in Fluctuating Light.” Annual Review of Plant Biology 73:20.1-20.32.

Prior to lab inception in 2021:

• 2020 - Alvarez J, Schinke A, Brooks MD, Pasquino A, Leonelli L, Varala K, Safi A, Krouk G, Krapp A, and Coruzzi G. “Transient genome-wide interactions of the master transcription factor NLP7 initiate a rapid nitrogen-response cascade.” Nature Communications 11:1157.

• 2018 - Glowacka K, Kromdijk J, Kucera K, Xie J, Cavanagh A, Leonelli L, Leakey A, Ort D, Niyogi KK, Long SP. “Photosystem II subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop.” Nature Communications 9:868.

• 2017 - Leonelli L, Brooks MD, Niyogi KK. “Engineering the lutein epoxide cycle into Arabidopsis  thaliana.” PNAS 114 (33): E7002-E7008.

• 2017 - Leuenberger M, Morris JM, Chan A, Leonelli L, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR. “Dissecting and modeling zeaxanthin- and lutein-dependent non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana.” PNAS 114 (33): E7009-E7017.

• 2016 - Leonelli L, Erickson E, Lyska D, Niyogi KK. “Transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana for rapid functional analysis of genes involved in non-photochemical quenching and carotenoid biosynthesis.” Plant J 88:375-386.

• 2016 - Kromdijk J, Glowacka K, Leonelli L, Gabilly S, Iwai M, Niyogi KK, Long SP. “Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection.” Science 354(6314):857-861.

• 2016 - Li Z, Peers G, Dent RM, Bai Y, Apel W, Yang SY, Leonelli L, Niyogi KK. “Evolution of an atypical de-epoxidase for photoprotection in the green lineage.” Nature Plants 2:16140.

• 2016 - Armbruster U, Leonelli L, Correa-Galvis V, Strand D, Quinn E, Jonikas M, Niyogi KK. “Regulation and levels of the thylakoid K+/H+ antiporter KEA3 shape the dynamic response of photosynthesis in fluctuating light." Plant and Cell Physiology  57(7):1557-1567.

• 2015 - Glowacka K, Kromdijk J, Leonelli L, Niyogi KK, Clemente T, Long S. "An evaluation of new and established methods to determine T-DNA copy number and homozygosity in transgenic plants." Plant, Cell, & Environment  39(4):908-917.

• 2015 - Ngan C, Wong C, Choi C, Yoshinaga Y, Cheng H, Chen C, Leonelli L, Garcia J, Pratap A, Wang M, Lim L, Kuo R, Chow J, Tice H, Daum C, Visel A, Bristow J, Niyogi K, Wei C. "Lineage-specific chromatin signatures reveal a regulator of lipid metabolism in microalgae.” Nature Plants 1:15107.

• 2013 - Cano L, Raffaele S, Haugen R, Saunders D, Leonelli L, MacLean D, Hogenhout S, Kamoun S. “Major transcriptome reprogramming underlies floral mimicry induced by the rust fungus Puccinia monoica in Boechera stricta.” PLoS ONE 8(9):e75293.

• 2011 - Krasileva K, Zheng C, Leonelli L, Goritschnig S, Dahlbeck D, Staskawicz B. “Global analysis of Arabidopsis/downy mildew interaction reveals prevalence of incomplete resistance and rapid evolution of pathogen recognition.” PLoS ONE 6(12):e28765.

• 2011 - Leonelli L, Pelton J, Schoeffler A, Dahlbeck D, Berger J, Wemmer D, Staskawicz B. “Structural elucidation and functional characterization of the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis effector protein ATR13.” PLoS Pathogens 7(12):e1002428.  

• 2009 - Wang Y, Li M, Stadler S, Correll S, Li P, Wang D, Hayama R, Leonelli L, Han H, Grigoryev SA, Allis CD, Coonrod SA. “Histone hypercitrullination mediates chromatin decondensation and neutrophil extracellular trap formation.” J Cell Biol. 184(2):205-13.

• 2008 - Rentel MC, Leonelli L, Dahlbeck D, Zhao B, Staskawicz BJ “Recognition of the Hyaloperonospora parasitica effector ATR13 triggers resistance against oomycete, bacterial, and viral pathogens.” PNAS 105(3):1091-6.

• 2005 - Vitale A, Perlin J, Leonelli L, Herr J, Wright P, Digilio L, Coonrod SA. “Mouse cPLA2 gamma, a novel oocyte and early embryo-abundant phospholipase A2 gamma-like protein, is targeted to the nuclear envelope during germinal vesicle breakdown.” Dev Biol 282(2):374-84.

• 2004 - Wang Y, Wysocka J, Sayegh J, Lee YH, Perlin JR, Leonelli L, Sonbuchner LS, McDonald CH, Cook RG, Dou Y, Roeder RG, Clarke S, Stallcup MR, Allis CD, Coonrod SA. “Human PAD4 regulates histone arginine methylation levels via demethylimination.” Science 306(5694):279-83.

• 2004 - Wang Y, Wysocka J, Perlin JR, Leonelli L, Allis CD, Coonrod SA. “Linking covalent histone modifications to epigenetics; the rigidity and plasticity of the marks.” Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 69:161-169.