The Lee Lab @ SUNY ESF
The Lee Lab @ SUNY ESF
PUBLICATIONS
*Lee, J.H., Carrell, A.A., Piatkowski, B., Carper, D.L., Gunter, L., Jawdy, S., Carter, K., Doktycz, M.J., Abraham, P.E., Shaw, A.J., Schmutz, J., Lovell, J., Healey, A.L., Pelletier, D.A., and Weston, D.J. 2025. Microbial Modulation of Host Plant Proteasome Activity Improves Heat Stress Tolerance. PNAS (in review)
Carter, K., Salvador, C.M., Colegate, S., Carrell, A.A., Lee, J.H., Smith, R., McDonnell, M., Jawdy, S., McLennen, D., Hackworth, T., Gu, L., Mayes, M., Kalluri, U., Sharkey, T.D., Weston, D. 2025. Coupling of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometer and Photosynthesis System for Comprehensive Leaf Volatile Metabolite Profiling. Plant Methods (in review)
Yao T., Ortega-Corretjer, A., Zhang, X., Engle, N., Carter K.R., Reddy, A., Lee, J.H., Weston J., Weston, D.J., Tschaplinski, T.J., Tuskan G.A., Li, M., Chen, J-G. 2025. Variations of Flooding Tolerance in Populus deltoides ‘D-124’ and P. trichocarpa x P. deltoides Hybrid ‘52-225’. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaf098
Feyissa, B.A., Lee, J.H., Carper, D., Engle, N.L., Tschaplinski, T.J., Abraham, P.E., Weston, D.J., Muchero, W., Tuskan, G.A., and Chen, J-G. 2025. Species-Specific Epigenetic Signature Associates With Heat Stress Tolerance in the Perennial Tree Species Populus. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 17:e70033. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.70033
Yang, X., Rush, T.A., Tannous, J., Del Valle, I., Xiao, S., Maharjan, B., Liu, Y., Weston, D.J., De, K., Tschaplinski, T.J., Lee, J.H., Morgan, M., Jacobson, D., Islam, M.T., Chen, F., Abraham, P.E., Tuskan, G.A., Doktycz, M.J., and Chen, J-G. 2024. Utilizing plant synthetic biology to accelerate plant-microbe interactions research. BioDesign Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bidere.2025.100007
Lee, J.H., Burdick, L.H., Piatkowski, B., Carrell, A.A., Doktycz, M.J., Pelletier, D.A., and Weston, D.J. 2023. A rapid assay for assessing bacterial effects on Arabidopsis thermotolerance. Plant Methods 19:63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-023-01022-0
Yang, Y., Shao, Y., Chaffin, T.A., Lee, J.H., Poindexter, M.R., Ahkami, A.H., Blumwald, E., and Stewart, C.N. Jr. 2022. Performance of abiotic stress-inducible synthetic promoters in genetically engineered hybrid poplar (Populus tremula × Populus alba). Frontiers in Plant Science 13:1011939. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1011939
Carrell, A.A., Lawrence, T.J., Cabugao, K.G.M., Carper, D.L., Pelletier, D.A., Lee, J.H., Jawdy, S., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Hanson, P.J., Shaw, A.J., Weston, D.J. 2022. Habitat-adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytologist 234: 2111-2125. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18072
(†Co-first) †Yang, Y., †Lee, J.H., Poindexter, M.R., Shao, Y., Piasecki, C., Ahkami, A.H, DiFazio, S.P., Blumwald, E., and Stewart, C.N. Jr. 2021. Rational design and testing of abiotic stress-inducible synthetic promoters from poplar cis-regulatory elements. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19: 1354-1369. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13550
Lee, J.H., Mazarei, M., Pfotenhauer, A.C., Dorrough, A.B., Poindexter, M.R., Hewezi, T., Lenaghan, S.C., Graham, D.E., and Stewart, C.N. Jr. 2020. Epigenetic footprints of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1720. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01720
Yang, X., Medford, J.I., Markel, K., Shih, P.M., De Paoli, H.C., Trinh, C.T., McCormick, A.J., Ployet, R., Hussey, S.G., Myburg, A.A., Jensen, P.E., Hassan, M.M., Zhang, J., Muchero, W., Kalluri, U.C., Yin, H., Zhuo, R., Abraham, P., Chen, J.G., Weston, D., Yang, Y., Liu, D., Li, Y., Labbe, J., Yang, B., Lee, J.H., Cottingham, R.W., Martin, S., Lu, M., Tschaplinski, T.J., Yuan, G., Lu, H., Ranjan, P., Mitchell, J.C., Wullschleger, S.D., and Tuskan, G.A. 2020. Plant biosystem design research roadmap 1.0. BioDesign Research https://doi.org/10.34133/2020/8051764
Rigoulot, S.B., Schimel, T.M., Lee, J.H., Brabazon, H., Meier, K.A., Schimid, M.J., Seaberry, E.M., Poindexter, M.R., Layton, J.S., Brabazon, J.W., Madajian, J.A., Fianader, M.J., DiBenedetto, J., Occhialini, A., Lenaghan, S.C., and Stewart, C.N. Jr. 2020. Imaging of multiple fluorescent proteins in canopies enables synthetic biology in plants. Plant Biotechnology Journal 19: 830-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13510
Lee, J.H. and Pijut, P.M. 2018. Optimization of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Fraxinus nigra and development of black ash for possible emerald ash borer resistance. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture-Journal of Plant Biotechnology 134:217–229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-018-1414-9
Lee, J.H. and Pijut, P.M. 2017. Adventitious shoot regeneration from in vitro leaf explants of Fraxinus nigra. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture-Journal of Plant Biotechnology 130:335-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-017-1228-1
Lee, J.H. and Pijut, P.M. 2017. Isolation and characterization of a floral homeotic gene in Fraxinus nigra causing earlier flowering and homeotic alterations in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Gene 10:17-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2017.03.003
Lee, J.I., Yu, D.J., Lee, J.H., Kim, S.J., and Lee, H.J. 2013. Comparison of mid-winter cold-hardiness and soluble sugars contents in the shoots of 21 highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) cultivars. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 88:727-734. https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2013.11513031
Lee, J.H., Yu, D.J., Kim, S.J., Choi, D., and Lee, H.J. 2012. Intraspecies differences in cold hardiness, carbohydrate content and β-amylase gene expression of Vaccinium corymbosum during cold acclimation and deacclimation. Tree Physiology 32:1533-1540. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps102