Jeffery Dangl
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Jeffery L. "Jeff" Dangl (b. Oct 13, 1957) is an American
biologist
. He is currently John N. Couch Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
. Dangl earned his BAS of Biological Sciences and Modern Literature, MS of Biological Sciences, and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University
. He joined the UNC faculty after a postdoctoral period at the Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung
in Köln, Germany and as a Group Leader in the Max-Delbrück Laboratorium of the same institute.
Dangl was an immunologist prior to studying Arabidopsis as a model system to study plant disease resistance. Dangl has studied the genetic and molecular basis of plant disease susceptibility and resistance gene-for-gene relationship
. He, along with collaborator, Jonathan D. G. Jones, proposed the "zig-zag model" for the co-evolution of plant resistance genes and pathogen effectors.
Dangl is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2007), the Deutsche Academie der Naturforscher , The Leopoldina (2003), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(2004). Jeff Dangl is the recipient of the 2009 Award from the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI). The Board of Directors of the IS-MPMI noted that Dangl’s “seminal work in understanding the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions has made innumerable and invaluable contributions in elucidating the innate immune response in plants”. In 2009, Dangl received the Stephen Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists
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He is a member of the editorial board of eight leading journals in genetics, genomics, and cell biology, he has served on several scientific advisory boards for companies, and he served administrative roles in several national and international societies relating to plant biology research.
United States
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biologist
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
. He is currently John N. Couch Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. Dangl earned his BAS of Biological Sciences and Modern Literature, MS of Biological Sciences, and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He joined the UNC faculty after a postdoctoral period at the Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research is located in Cologne, Germany. The institute was founded as part of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Plant Breeding Research in 1928 in Müncheberg, midway between Berlin and the German-Polish border...
in Köln, Germany and as a Group Leader in the Max-Delbrück Laboratorium of the same institute.
Dangl was an immunologist prior to studying Arabidopsis as a model system to study plant disease resistance. Dangl has studied the genetic and molecular basis of plant disease susceptibility and resistance gene-for-gene relationship
Gene-for-gene relationship
The gene-for-gene relationship was discovered by Harold Henry Flor who was working with rust of flax . Flor was the first scientist to study the genetics of both the host and parasite and to integrate them into one genetic system...
. He, along with collaborator, Jonathan D. G. Jones, proposed the "zig-zag model" for the co-evolution of plant resistance genes and pathogen effectors.
Dangl is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2007), the Deutsche Academie der Naturforscher , The Leopoldina (2003), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
(2004). Jeff Dangl is the recipient of the 2009 Award from the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI). The Board of Directors of the IS-MPMI noted that Dangl’s “seminal work in understanding the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions has made innumerable and invaluable contributions in elucidating the innate immune response in plants”. In 2009, Dangl received the Stephen Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists
American Society of Plant Biologists
The American Society of Plant Biologists is a professional society devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences. It was founded in 1924 as the American Society of Plant Physiologists and renamed in 2001...
.
He is a member of the editorial board of eight leading journals in genetics, genomics, and cell biology, he has served on several scientific advisory boards for companies, and he served administrative roles in several national and international societies relating to plant biology research.